LORD OF THE RINGS

Info: The Lord of the Rings may not be a shoe-in at the Academy Awards, but it was the obvious "big dog" of the 2001 GYEAH Oscars. Peter Jackson has made a gem of a film, and now the only question is: Will The Two Towers win this honor next year? I wouldn't bet against Gandlaf & Co.

Runner-Up: Memento

2000 Winner: Gladiator

Denzel Washington - Training Day

Info: Washington has been one of the most loved actor's of the last decade, but he's never once played a role like Alonzo Harris in Training Day. Many were skeptical of Denzel taking this role, but after seeing it, we all know: King Kong ain't got nothing on him!

Runner-Up: Ian McKellan - Lord of the Rings

2000 Winner: Christian Bale - American Psycho

Nicole Kidman - The Others

Info: Just like last year's winner, Roberts, there was no doubt who would win this GYEAH Oscar. We all knew Kidman had it locked up like a safe, but the only question was for what film? Surprisingly the flashy Moulin Rouge lost out to the throwback ghost story, The Others.

Runner-Up: Cameron Diaz - Vanilla Sky

2000 Winner: Julia Roberts - Erin Brockovich

Guy Pearce - Memento

Info: Many entertainers flipped their careers upside down in 2001, putting weak films in their past and gaining instant credibility. Jaime Foxx, Halle Berry, Will Smith....the list goes on and on. But in your eyes, there was no better decision than Guy Pearce taking the role of the troubled Leonard Shelby. We're not arguing with you one bit.

Runner-Up: Will Smith - Ali

2000 Winner: N/A - New Category for 2001

Teddy - A.I.

Info: Not everyone can be the star of the show. Not everyone can command every minute of screen time. And because of this, it's not everyday when a supporting character steals the show. Mention A.I. to anyone and they won't comment on Jude Law or Haley Joel Osment, they'll say: "Damn that Teddy was one smooth bastard!" Amen.

Runner-Up: Julia Roberts - Ocean's 11

2000 Winner: Chris Rock - Nurse Betty

Gandalf's Demise - Lord of the Rings

Info: It's only fitting that the most memorable scene goes to the movie you voted as best of the year. This is the year of LOTR, and Gandalf's Demise was a perfect choice for Most Memorable Scene. Ocean's 11 intricate heist planning and Swordfish's mind-blowing opening scene put up some stiff competition but nothing could unseat LOTR.

Runner-Up: Casino Heist - Ocean's 11

2000 Winner: Maximus vs. Commodus - Gladiator

Angelina Jolie - Tomb Raider

Info: GYEAH.com's fan base is made of movie freaks and videogame fans, so how could Jolie not walk away with this award? Lara Croft was the sexiest thing to happen to videogames since analog control, and they couldn't have made a better choice for her celluloid counterpart. Tomb Raider may have been a disappointment, but Jolie in tight outfits for 2 hours was certainly not.

Runner-Up: Halle Berry - Swordfish

2000 Winner: Rebecca Romijn-Stomas - X-Men

BLOW

Info: We've noticed that you voters are definitely suckers for sexual innuendo. Last year Snatch dominated this competition and now Blow easily takes home the top honors. Does this movie highlight the life and times of a blow job queen or a cocaine czar? Hopefully a little bit of both.

Runner-Up: Along Came a Spider

2000 Winner: Snatch

LORD OF THE RINGS

Info: Yet again, there is little surprise with this one. Some were skeptical of a movie translation of some of the most loved books of all-time. But all doubts were erased when the first LOTR trailers hit the media. There was unanimous excitement, and the movies lived up to every ounce of it. A rare feat in Hollywood these days.

Runner-Up: The Fast & the Furious

2000 Winner: Gladiator

THE FAST & THE FURIOUS

Info: Lord of the Rings actually lost an award? Yeah we can't believe it either. But if there ever was a movie that lived up to the title "action," than Fast & Furious is that movie. The nitrous oxide, the amazing chase scenes, and the young cast made this your choice for Best Action Movie of the Year, take that Gandalf!

Runner-Up: Lord of the Rings

2000 Winner: Gladiator

A BEAUTIFUL MIND

Info: In one of our new categories for 2001, A Beautiful Mind barely edged out the gritty Training Day. Mind is a little too understated to make a big splash in our version of the Oscars, but Mind should take home a handful of statuettes at the Academy Awards. Despite an odd story centering around math and mental madness, A Beautiful Mind was truly deserving of your votes for Best Drama.

Runner-Up: Training Day

2000 Winner: N/A - New Category for 2001

THE OTHERS

Info: The horror genre was officially reborn in 2001. Do you doubt this statement? Well view this evidence: Session 9, From Hell, Jeepers Creepers, and....your favorite The Others. Hopefully 2002 brings as much to the genre as 2001, and doesn't kill it's recent surge with crap like Jason X.

Runner-Up: Jeepers Creepers

2000 Winner: Final Destination

JURASSIC PARK 3

Info: Just like last year's winner, Hollow Man, there is massive battle lines drawn by viewers of Jurassic Park 3. Some thought it was another great romp through Crichton's vision, while other's viewed it as milking a dead cow. Despite the disagreements, it had more fans than enemies and took home the top honors.

Runner-Up: Vanilla Sky

2000 Winner: Hollow Man

ALI

Info: Another great year of sports action on the field, and another husk filled one at the movie theaters. There was only one respectable sports flick and it dominated this increasingly pointless award. Many would argue that the best sports movie in years was the made for television Season on the Brink. Hollywood should be ashamed.

Runner-Up: A Knight's Tale

2000 Winner: Remember the Titans

MOULIN ROUGE

Info: Can you imagine a movie more tailor-made for females? It had dancing, singing, amazing costumes, beautiful actors/actresses, betrayal, heartbreak, and a love affair. Some men could actually stomach, and greatly enjoy, this musical but the majority were left hurting worse than Kidman's Satine.

Runner-Up: crazy/beautiful

2000 Winner: What Women Want

SHREK

Info: Why in the world does GYEAH.com have an award like this? Obviously no kid under 15 has any business being around a place where we spit more profanity than a drunk Bobby Knight. There might be little sense in it's presence, but Shrek took home the top award anyway.

Runner-Up: Monster's, Inc.

2000 Winner: N/A - New Category for 2001

JAY & SILENT BOB STRIKE BACK

Info: The end of Kevin Smith's New Jersey series was full of hilarious moments and left many laughing out loud in the theater. Others expected too much out of this flick and wound up losing a great deal of View Askew love. Personally I hope Smith goes back to his roots and stays as far away from the garbage comedy that is prevalent in J&SB Strike Back.

Runner-Up: Rush Hour 2

2000 Winner: Me, Myself, and Irene

MEMENTO

Info: Last year M. Night snagged this award for his truly unique Unbreakable and solidified his place as one of the most interesting young directors in Hollywood. This year another icon is born with Christopher Nolan's mind-bending Memento. M. Night has even become a vocal fan of Nolan's work, obviously the GYEAH.com readers are too.

Runner-Up: Shrek

2000 Winner: Unbreakable

JEEPERS CREEPERS

Info: Not everyone can agree on the quality of Jeepers Creepers, and it's often been discussed on the GYEAH.com message boards. Some people are willing to throw out the plot holes and corny effects and enjoy the throwback horror flick, while others find them to be completely inexcusable. But all can agree it came out of nowhere to be a decent movie without the usual Hollywood juggernaut of hype.

Runner-Up: Brotherhood of the Wolf

2000 Winner: Boiler Room

GLITTER

Info: We thought last year's Battlefield Earth win was as obvious as this category could ever be. But we were dead wrong as Mariah Carey gave us a masterpiece of husk and proved that she's only talented at singing and sucking.....Umm, you fill in the rest.

Runner-Up: Freddy Got Fingered

2000 Winner?: Battlefield Earth

GLITTER

Info: The depression plagued diva, Mariah, is at it again as her life story is deemed the most unoriginal movie of the year. Amazing in a year of such garbage as Scary Movie 2, American Pie 2, & Rollerball. Good work Mariah!

Runner-Up: Scary Movie 2

2000 Winner?: Nutty Professor 2 - The Klumps

PLANET OF THE APES

Info: You couldn't go anywhere this summer without being bombarded with hype for Tim Burton's version of Planet of the Apes. Magazines, television, billboards, Happy Meals, you name it and Ape logos and images were on it. The hype was insane, and the movie didn't live up to one dollar of the advertising budget. A horrid, utterly forgettable movie. Good work Tim!

Runner-Up: Driven

2000 Winner?: Dungeouns & Dragons

Freddie Prinze, Jr. - Summer Catch

Info: I couldn't be happier with your choice for worst actor. I loathe Freddie Beotch, Jr. more than anal rape. Someone please explain to me how he's still getting acting work and how he's nailing Sarah Michelle Gellar? I question the existence of god.

Runner-Up: Tom Green - Freddy Got Fingered

2000 Winner?: The Cast of Blair Witch 2

Mariah Carey - Glitter

Info: In a year where there was three singers trying to make the switch to movies, it was only obvious that one of them would take this honor(?). Mariah proved that she's the shittiest of the bunch and gave herself a mental breakdown to boot.

Runner-Up: Britney Spears - Crossroads

2000 Winner?: The Cast of Blair Witch 2

Mariah Carey - Glitter

Info: Mariah is at it again, and her domination of the "worst" awards has got to be amazing even to her biggest critics. Hopefully she doesn't know how to navigate the internet or she might stumble on our awards and end up slitting her wrists.

Runner-Up: Cuba Gooding, Jr. - Snow Dogs

2000 Winner?: John Travolta - Battlefield Earth

ALI

Info: Critics were split on Michael Mann's take on the "Greatest of All-Time." But you felt that Ali was worthy of no praise and was the most overrated film of the year. I personally agree with many complaints about Ali, yet I feel there was many other films more worthy of a golden shower.

Runner-Up: Moulin Rouge

2000 Winner?: X-Men

GLITTER

Info: 2001 was not the year to have a girlfriend. Sure you could get sex and all that other good stuff, but if your girlfriend liked going to the movies...you could be in for some horrible shit. Every month there was another celluloid husk that your significant other could drag you to, including A Walk to Remember, Crossroads, On the Line, Serendipity, Snow Dogs. The list goes on and on, but to no one's surprise Glitter continues it's dominance as the shittiest of the shitty.

Runner-Up: Corky Romano

2000 Winner?: Save the Last Dance

FROM HELL

Info: This is the new category that DVD built. Obviously none of us could make it to all the films that we wanted to in 2001. Many may dismiss this year as an off year for movies, and true it may not have a great deal of "amazing" films, but it had an ungodly number of films worthy of a viewing. Thanks to DVD we can view all those movies in the coming months with a crystal clear picture and sweet ass sound. On May 14th, DVD players will get a major workout as many of you view From Hell for the first time.

Runner-Up: Lord of the Rings

2000 Winner: N/A - New Category for 2001

Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Info: Last year you named Fellowship of the Ring your most anticipated movie, and now it's sequel is 2002's winner. The original lived up to the hype, so there's no reason to doubt that Jackson and Co. can't work their magic again. Now the only question is will #3 be back in this place next year? 

Runner-Up: Spiderman

2000 Winner: Lord of the Rings

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