Reel Salazar's BEST of 2013 in Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror

For the past two years our blog has honored the best in science fiction and fantasy. Past winners include Hugo and The Dark Knight Rises. This year Science Fiction, fantasy, Horror and Action films demonstrated that there were unforgettable genre movies. They were infused with great acting, incredible directing and most importantly, an original visions. The following films demonstrated that although genre films have a stigma against them, there is still room for creativeness.

THE NOMINEES AND WINNERS FOR THE TECHNICAL AWARDS ARE:

Art Direction

Ender’s Game

Gravity

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

The Lone Ranger

Oz: The Great and Powerful

Cinematography

Sean Bobbit-Byzantium

Hoyte van Hoytema-Her

Emanuel Lubezki-Gravity

Anthony Dodd Mantle-Trance

Amir Mokri-Man of Steel

Costume Design

Paco Delgado-Blancanieves

Gary Jones- Oz: The Great and Powerful

Penny Rose-The Lone Ranger

Trish Summerville-The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Richard Taylor, Ann Maskrey-The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Film Editing

The Conjuring

Gravity

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Trance

World War Z

Makeup

Elysium

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Oz :The Great and Powerful

Star Trek Into Darkness

Warm Bodies

Music Score

Danny Elfman: Oz: The Great and Powerful

Michael Ghiacchino: Star Trek Into Darkness

Steven Price-Gravity

Howard Shore: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Hans Zimmer-Man of Steel

Sound Editing

Trance

Gravity

Oblivion

Pacific Rim

World War Z

 

Sound Mixing

Elysium

Gravity

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Man of Steel

Pacific Rim 

Stunt Ensemble

Gravity

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Kick Ass 2

Man of Steel

Visual Effects

Elysium

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Gravity

Pacific Rim

Star Trek Into Darkness

THE SCREENPLAY, ACTING AND DIRECTING AWARDS:

Best Adapted Screenplay

Jonathon Levine-Warm Bodies

Nick Damici-We Are What We Are

Simon Beaufoy-The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Peter Jackson-The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Pablo Berger-Blancanieves

Original Screenplay

Joe Ahearne-Trance

Chad Hayes & Cary Hayes-The Conjuring

Alfonso Cuaron & Jonas Cuaron-Gravity

Simon Pegg & Edgar Wright-The World’s End

Spike Jonze-Her 

Actress in a Supporting Role

Gemma Arteron-Byzantium

Scarlet Johansson-Her

Nicole Kidman-Stoker

Lili Taylor-The Conjuring

Maribel Verdu-Blancanieves

Actor in a Supporting Role

Vincent Cassel-Trance

Benedict Cumberbatch-Star Trek Into Darkness

Russell Crowe-Man of Steel

Tom Hiddleston-Thor: The Dark World

Ben Kingsley-Iron Man 3

Actress in a Leading Role

Sandra Bullock-Gravity

Rosario Dawson-Trance

Jennifer Lawrence-The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Saorise Ronan-Byzantium

Saoirse Ronan-How I Live Now

Actor in a Leading Role

Matt Damon-Elysium

Robert Downey Jr.-Iron Man 3

James McAvoy-Trance

Simon Pegg-The World’s End

Joaquin Phoenix-Her

Directing

Pablo Berger-Blancanieves

Alfonso Cuaron-Gravity

Spike Jonze-Her

Jonathan Levine-Warm Bodies

Edgar Wright-The World’s End

AND THE NOMINEES FOR BEST PICTURE ARE

Blancanieves

Gravity

Her

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Warm Bodies 

This year the race came down to one film as it showed how cinema has evolved. The technological feat mixed with the emotional story line and great acting only made for an enduring movie that was unforgettable. The other four films were a demonstration of how the genre film has changed and while "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire was a typical Hollywood film, it was a great adventure.

AND THE WINNER IS GRAVITY