the 4th annual MARZON-YEAH! movie awards - THE PERFORMANCES and THE MOMENTS
WELCOME ONE AND ALL TO ONE OF THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS AWARD SHOWS IN ALL OF MY APARTMENT. This is a chance for me to share my favorite things about the 2019 movies I saw in theaters and streaming! I’m not just trying to single out one specific winner, but recognizing what I think are huge achievements - interesting moments that I really connected with or special performances! Note that I don’t think they’re objectively the best, rather my favorites so don’t @ me, please.
PART 1 - THE PERFORMANCES
MVPs
FAVORITE LEAD ACTING PERFORMANCES
FAVORITE SUPPORTING ACTING PERFORMANCES
PART 2 - THE MOMENTS
FAVORITE SCENES
BIGGEST FACEPALM MOMENTS
MOST TEARS
2016 Marzon-Yeah! Awards (Part 1) (Part 2)
2017 Marzon-Yeah! Awards (Part 1) (Part 2)
2018 Marzon-Yeah! Awards
marzoña’s 2019 in movies!
Part I - THE PERFORMANCES
MVPs
These prolific people turned in 3+ great performances in 2019 movies! (I know I may be missing a few…)
Toni Collette
Velvet Buzzsaw, Knives Out, Unbelievable
Adam Driver
The Report, The Dead Don’t Die, Marriage Story, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Jake Gyllenhaal
Velvet Buzzsaw, Spider-Man: Far From Home, Sea Wall/A Life
O’Shea Jackson Jr
Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Long Shot, Just Mercy
Samuel L. Jackson
Glass, Captain Marvel, Avengers: Endgame, Shaft, Spider-Man: Far From Home
Brie Larson
Captain Marvel, Avengers: Endgame, Just Mercy, Between Two Ferns: The Movie
James McAvoy
Glass, Dark Phoenix, It Chapter Two
Tim Blake Nelson
The Report, Angel Has Fallen, Just Mercy, Watchmen
Bob Odenkirk
Long Shot, Dolemite is my Name, Little Women, Undone
Florence Pugh
Fighting With My Family, Midsommar, Little Women
Charlize Theron
Long Shot, The Addams Family, Bombshell
Emma Thompson
Late Night, Missing Link, Men in Black: International, Last Christmas
Rebel Wilson
Isn’t it Romantic, The Hustle, Jojo Rabbit, Cats
Finn Wolfhard
It Chapter Two, The Goldfinch, The Addams Family, Stranger Things 3
FAVORITE LEAD ACTING PERFORMANCES
Assuming the Oscar nominated performances, here are my favorite leads of 2019 movies!
ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL - Rosa Salazar
ARCTIC - Mads Mikkelsen
ATLANTICS - Mame Bineta Sane
AVENGERS: ENDGAME - Robert Downey Jr.
BOOKSMART - Kaitlyn Dever
BRITTANY RUNS A MARATHON - Jillian Bell
CRAWL - Kaya Scodelario
THE FAREWELL - Awkwafina
GLASS - James McAvoy
GLORIA BELL - Julianne Moore
GRETA - Chloe Grace Moretz
HONEY BOY - Noah Jupe
THE IRISHMAN - Robert De Niro
KNIVES OUT - Ana De Armas
LONG SHOT - Charlize Theron
LUCE - Kelvin Harrison Jr.
MIDSOMMAR - Florence Pugh
THE NIGHTINGALE - Aisling Franciosi
ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD - Brad Pitt
READY OR NOT - Samara Weaving
RICHARD JEWELL - Paul Walter Hauser
ROCKETMAN - Taron Egerton
SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK - Zoe Colletti
UNCUT GEMS - Adam Sandler
WAVES - Kelvin Harrison Jr.
WAVES - Taylor Russell
WILD ROSE - Jessie Buckley
FAVORITE SUPPORTING ACTING PERFORMANCES
Again assuming the Oscar nominated performances, here are my favorite Supporting Acting performances!
THE ART OF SELF DEFENSE - Alessandro Nivola
AVENGERS: ENDGAME - Karen Gillan
BOOKSMART - Skyler Gisondo
CAPTAIN MARVEL - Ben Mendelsohn
CLIMAX - Sofia Boutella
DARK WATERS - Bill Camp
DARK WATERS - Anne Hathaway
THE DEATH OF DICK LONG - Andre Hyland
THE FAREWELL - Zhao Shuzhen
ISN’T IT ROMANTIC - Brandon Scott Jones
IT CHAPTER TWO - Bill Hader
JUMANJI: THE NEXT LEVEL - Jack Black
JUST MERCY - Rob Morgan
THE KID WHO WOULD BE KING - Angus Imrie
KNIVES OUT - Daniel Craig
LATE NIGHT - John Lithgow
LES MISÉRABLES - Alexis Manenti
MIDSOMMAR - Jack Reynor
ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD - Julia Butters
THE PEANUT BUTTER FALCON - Shia LaBeouf
PET SEMATARY - Amy Seimetz
PET SEMATARY - Jeté Laurence
SERENITY - Jason Clarke
SHAZAM - Jack Dylan Grazer
THE SOUVENIR - Tom Burke
SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME - Jake Gyllenhaal
PART II - The Moments
FAVORITE SCENES
A few of my favorites scenes, whether they hooked me by their acting, gripping action or whatever else! (See “MOST TEARS” for more Favorites!)
1917 - the night window
AD ASTRA - space pirates!
THE AERONAUTS - aureole and yelling
ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL - the bar / sewer fight
ALWAYS BE MY MAYBE - double date with Keanu
ANNABELLE COMES HOME - Feeley Meeley
BOMBSHELL - Rudi’s job interview
BOOKSMART - awkward dancing
BOOKSMART - party one-shot
BOOKSMART - the bathroom chat
CLIMAX - the nightmare
DARK PHOENIX - train sequence (not actually; they took out my favorite scene!!!)
THE FAREWELL - finding the earring
THE FAREWELL - karaoke at the wedding
FORD V FERRARI - test drive with Mr. Ford
FROZEN II - “Lost in the Woods”
GEMINI MAN - motorcycle chase
GLASS - Kevin’s first session with Dr. Staple
HER SMELL - Act 4
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON: THE HIDDEN WORLD - a rendezvous in the clouds
HUSTLERS - first meeting on the rooftop
THE IRISHMAN - “How late is too late?” / meeting in Miami
IT: CHAPTER 2 - catching up over Chinese food
IT: CHAPTER 2 - beneath the bleachers
JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 3 - PARABELLUM - knives and horsies
KNIVES OUT - a game of Go
KNIVES OUT - solving the case
THE LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCO - “This is our home”/opening sequence
THE LION KING - Hakuna Matata
MARRIAGE STORY - the big fight
MIDSOMMAR - a collective cry
ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD - Rick on set of ‘Lancer’
ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD - watching ‘FBI’
PADDLETON - halftime speech / afterlife
PAIN AND GLORY - visit from an old friend
PARASITE - cutting the camping trip short
THE PEANUT BUTTER FALCON - the wrestling match
POKEMON: DETECTIVE PIKACHU - Mr. Mime
READY OR NOT - the music room
RICHARD JEWELL - repeating into the phone / cleaning the house
ROCKETMAN - “Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting”
SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME - the bar in Prague
TERMINATOR: DARK FATE - the falling airplane
TRIPLE FRONTIER - infiltrating the compound
THE TWO POPES - “I’m going to resign”
THE TWO POPES - The Sistine Chapel conversation
UNCUT GEMS - the final sequence
US - the home invasion
WILD ROSE - “Outlaw State of Mind”
WILD ROSE - ‘You sing?’ / the video audition
YESTERDAY - rooftop concert
BIGGEST FACEPALM MOMENTS
The scenes that made me sigh in disappointment…
ABOMINABLE - “Fix You” (mainly the song choice)
ALADDIN - Speechless (Reprise)
CLIMAX - turning upside down
GEMINI MAN - the final scene at the college
GRETA - taking creepy pictures of Erika
SERENITY - the twist
SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME - JB Smoove, in general
STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER - the kiss
TERMINATOR: DARK FATE - saving Grace
YESTERDAY - smoochin’ in the hotel
MOST TEARS
The moments that made me realize my eyes are allergic to popcorn or something in theaters. These also fall into the “FAVORITE SCENES” category.
1917 - “Where’s Lieutenant Blake?!”
THE AERONAUTS - Stargazing with father
ANNABELLE COMES HOME - “He misses you.”
AVENGERS: ENDGAME - “Avengers… Assemble.”
A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD - visiting Mr. Rogers’ New York apartment
DOCTOR SLEEP - “there’s a cat on my bed”
FIGHTING WITH MY FAMILY - RAW
I LOST MY BODY - finding the recorder on the rooftop
JOJO RABBIT - following the butterfly
JUDY - making omelets
JUMANJI: THE NEXT LEVEL - Eddie and Milo talking in the forest
JUST MERCY - breathe and imagine being outside
LITTLE WOMEN - coming down the stairs
MARRIAGE STORY - “Being Alive”
THE MUSTANG - a horse conversation with his daughter
THE NIGHTINGALE - “I am not your Nightingale”
PAIN AND GLORY - opening his mother’s box
PARASITE - future plans
PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE - “I saw her again”
SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK - phone call to Dad
STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER - “Hey, kid.”
TOY STORY 4 - Gabby Gabby finds a kid
WILD ROSE - one year later
Thank you so much for reading! I’ve already started listing my favorites of 2019, so tune in next year for those picks!!!