AFI Award Winners: ‘Dragon Tattoo,’ ‘War Horse’, ‘J. Edgar’ Make The Cut; Special Awards To ‘The Artist’ And ‘Harry Potter’

COMMENTS (45)

• Really? J. Edgar and The Help both weren’t worthy.
  Leo did not convince and the direction was limp.
  The Help had an episodic script, bad accents, no clear protagonist and stereotypical caricatures.
  I would have used their slots to put in “The Debt” and “Drive”

  Comment by wrtrprod7 — Sunday December 11, 2011 @ 1:06pm PST  Reply to this post

• No Drive? No Boss? Ridiculous.

  Comment by Inside The Production — Sunday December 11, 2011 @ 1:12pm PST  Reply to this post

• Eastwood grants AFI the honor of the J. Edgar premiere. AFI, in turn, puts J. Edgar on its list. Quid pro quo.

  J. Edgar is a terrible movie.

  Comment by Jon — Sunday December 11, 2011 @ 1:15pm PST  Reply to this post

• Midnight in Paris, good luck Woody !
  J Edgar ? Their kidding right…..

  Comment by Dick Sicario — Sunday December 11, 2011 @ 2:57pm PST  Reply to this post

• J. EDGAR and THE HELP, but no SHAME? Silly. And BRIDESMAIDS? Funny and entertaining, but MOTY-worthy?

  Comment by asuka — Sunday December 11, 2011 @ 3:02pm PST  Reply to this post

• parks and rec????

  Comment by bo ring — Sunday December 11, 2011 @ 3:28pm PST  Reply to this post

• Wow. What a weak year if that’s the best they can do. J. Edgar, Bridesmaids, and The Help do not belong on this list.

  Comment by Brandon — Sunday December 11, 2011 @ 3:35pm PST  Reply to this post

• No Boss or “The Debt”? .. bad omission.

  Comment by Rachel — Sunday December 11, 2011 @ 3:37pm PST  Reply to this post

• If george clooney wins an award for the descendants you will be hearing screaming from hooksett, nh…He is charming in interviews but this is not an award worthy performance…either was up in the air. Fingers crossed for the Christmas releases.

  Comment by Shelly — Sunday December 11, 2011 @ 3:38pm PST  Reply to this post

• Laughable and ridiculous as always. AFI, no one believes that The Help, Bridesmaids and the sickeningly sentimental War Horse are better films than Drive & The Ides of March, and Contagion, to a lesser degree. Shame? Carnage? Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy? Melancholia? Well, at least they included The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. I would have thought they’d exclude that for sure.

  Comment by AS — Sunday December 11, 2011 @ 3:40pm PST  Reply to this post

  • Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy is British so it can’t be picked for the AMERICAN Film Institute’s top 10 of the year.

    Comment by Inelligible — Sunday December 11, 2011 @ 5:54pm PST  Reply to this post

• At least Homeland is a winner in the eyes of the AFI…..it’s a great show and worth watching every single week.

  Comment by Dan — Sunday December 11, 2011 @ 3:48pm PST  Reply to this post

• Wow, Hollywood is really in its heyday. Surely I jest.

  Comment by Clyde — Sunday December 11, 2011 @ 5:22pm PST  Reply to this post

• At least they discovered there were no Great films this year..J Edgar ?????The Help????At least Midnight in Paris made it-My son and wife conceived a baby during their trip to Paris this year!! Can’t wait for the last episode for season 2 of “Boardwalk Empire”, this is a great HBO series, fingers crossed for it! We will see. Hollywood needs new actors and actresses-bring it on.

  Comment by Henry Hunter — Sunday December 11, 2011 @ 6:09pm PST  Reply to this post

• Bridesmaids? Not funny unless you’re a 20something female. All of them at work LOVED it.

  Comment by Rocker — Sunday December 11, 2011 @ 6:25pm PST  Reply to this post

• I’m sorry, but apparently no one who made the decision actually saw J EDGAR. I expected a lo0t from that film, but honestly, IT STUNK! I wanted to walk out and save myself further pain, but I chose to see if anything–anything at all–was going to happen. It didn’t. It was HORRIBLE!

  Comment by Scott — Sunday December 11, 2011 @ 7:02pm PST  Reply to this post

  • Misspelled word…”I expected a LOT…,” not a loot. My apologies.

    Comment by Scott — Sunday December 11, 2011 @ 7:05pm PST  Reply to this post

    • no problem, thought you were canadian…

      Comment by al — Monday December 12, 2011 @ 8:45am PST  Reply to this post

• How the heck can they snub Community? it is the best program on TV since NewsRadio.

  Comment by Tory — Sunday December 11, 2011 @ 8:43pm PST  Reply to this post

• Where’s Enlightened and Friday Night Lights?

  Comment by ? — Sunday December 11, 2011 @ 10:16pm PST  Reply to this post

• AFI needs to stop embarrassing itself with these best of lists…

  Comment by Gimme My Tuition Back, Tutti! — Sunday December 11, 2011 @ 10:36pm PST  Reply to this post

  • Amen.

    Comment by Bob Collins — Monday December 12, 2011 @ 10:37am PST  Reply to this post

• The Artist is the Best Film of 2011 and Ranks up there as One of the best films of the last few decades IMHO.

  Comment by DavidJ — Sunday December 11, 2011 @ 11:14pm PST  Reply to this post

• Grand Torino had a message and J. Edgar had problems.

  Comment by elwood — Sunday December 11, 2011 @ 11:17pm PST  Reply to this post

• A so called artist doesn’t evaluate so as to win some award but Hollywood needs to give out awards to confirm the quality of their work which is sadly lame. A true artist knows the value of his/her work and no statue can define it.

  Comment by stoptouchingthatmabel — Monday December 12, 2011 @ 12:04am PST  Reply to this post

• Bilge, propaganda, porno, too pricey a product for this depressed economy/environment. Wait for the DVD if film is half good because none are really worth the money.
  The audience poll of Hollywood channels the Political polls; dissatisfied with the incumbents. “Throw them all OUT”.

  Comment by rowley — Monday December 12, 2011 @ 1:16am PST  Reply to this post

• Exactly how many of the awards shows are there? Which one counts the most? Is it just me, or is this getting silly?

  Comment by Punjabbi — Monday December 12, 2011 @ 4:01am PST  Reply to this post

• Bridesmaids? Are we supposed to take this seriously?

  Parks and Rec? Really? I’ve never once laughed at that show. Sons of Anarchy is the best show on TV, not even considered. This entire thing is a joke.

  Comment by Jamie — Monday December 12, 2011 @ 5:16am PST  Reply to this post

  • I completely agree, Jamie…Sons of Anarchy is the BEST show on television – Parks and Rec??? Louie??? Seriously????

    Comment by Vicki — Monday December 12, 2011 @ 7:43am PST  Reply to this post

• Hugo is movie of THE DECADE and no one seems to know it yet.

  Comment by David Andrew Gay — Monday December 12, 2011 @ 5:31am PST  Reply to this post

  • Lmao

    Comment by Erick — Monday December 12, 2011 @ 9:45am PST  Reply to this post