My Winners: The 2003 Retro Hollmann Awards

I watched 79 films from 2003. I nominated 33 of them. And now - 11 winners. Here they are:

The 2003 Retro Hollmann Awards Nominees

Here they are, 33 films across 18 categories - the nominees for the 2003 Retro Hollmann Awards:

My Top Ten of 2003

This was a tough field to narrow down, as this year was full of old favorites and new discoveries. Here’s to the ones that didn't make the final cut: 28 Days Later, Cold Mountain, Elephant, House of 1000 Corpses, The Last Samurai, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, and Phone Booth.

My Top Ten, in alphabetical order:

Best Actress, 2003

I will never forget that photo of Charlize Theron in full Aileen Wuornos drag, clad in a prison jumpsuit with hands clasped while awaiting mercy in a courtroom. It's the picture everyone used to say "this is our next Oscar winner", the picture everyone chose to say "gorgeous women can only win Oscars win they de-glam!" Hell, in 2006, the Academy Awards itself made a joke by saying Charlize Theron was once more "ugging it up" for North Country. If you read "We Predict the Winners" articles from the era, everyone tries to build suspense by saying it's a narrow race between Theron and Diane Keaton in Something's Gotta Give...and everyone predicts Charlize Theron. I was three days from turning 15 and even I knew who'd win:

Who should have won? The performances ranked, by me, from 5th to 1st:

The End of the Year: 2003, Day Six

Here they are, the last 13 films of my 2003. My first time watches here were Cold Mountain, The Company, The Fog of War, House of Sand and Fog, Mona Lisa Smile, and The Station Agent. The movies I’ve seen more than just the two times are The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King and Big Fish.