Superman Returns wins most Saturn Awards
Variety reports that Superman Returns was top movie winner at the Saturn Awards. These awards are presented by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films.
Superman Returns won as best fantasy film, best director (Bryan Singer), best actor (Brandon Routh), best script (Dan Harris and Michael Dougherty) and best score (John Ottman).
Children of Men was the best science fiction film, The Descent was the best horror film, and Cars was the best animated film.
Heroes was awarded the prize as best network television show, and Battlestar Galactica won for best cable or syndicated series. Masi Oka and Hayden Panettiere took best supporting actor and actress awards.
Full list after the jump…
Best Science Fiction Film: Children of Men (Universal)
Best Fantasy Film: Superman Returns (Warner Bros.)
Best Horror Film: The Descent (Lionsgate)
Best Action/Adventure/Thriller Film: Casino Royale (Sony / MGM)
Best Animated Film: Cars (Buena Vista)
Best International Film: Pan’s Labyrinth (Picturehouse)
Best Actor: Brandon Routh (Superman Returns)
Best Actress: Natalie Portman (V For Vendetta)
Best Supporting Actor: Ben Affleck (Hollywoodland)
Best Supporting Actress: Famke Janssen (X-Men: The Last Stand)
Best Performance by a Younger Actor: Ivana Baquero (Pan’s Labyrinth)
Best Director: Bryan Singer (Superman Returns)
Best Writing: Michael Dougherty, Dan Harris (Superman Returns)
Best Music: John Ottman (Superman Returns)
Best Costume: Yee Chung-Man (Curse of the Golden Flower)
Best Make-Up: Todd Masters, Dan Rebert (Slither)
Best Special Effects: John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson, Allen Hall (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest)
Best Network Television Series: Heroes (NBC)
Best Syndicated/Cable Television Series: Battlestar Galactica (Sci Fi Channel)
Best Presentation on Television: The Librarian: Return to King Solomon’s Mines (TNT)
Best Actor on Television: Michael C. Hall (Dexter)
Best Actress on Television: Jennifer Love Hewitt (Ghost Whisperer)
Best Supporting Actor on Television: Masi Oka (Heroes)
Best Supporting Actress on Television: Hayden Panettiere (Heroes)
Best DVD Release: The Sci Fi Boys (Universal)
Best DVD Special Edition Release: Superman II (The Richard Donner Cut)
Best DVD Classic Film Release: Gojira (Godzilla) (Classic Media)
Best DVD Collection: James Bond Ultimate Edition (Collection 1 – 4) (MGM)
Best DVD Television Series: Masters of Horror (Anchor Bay / Starz)
Best Retro Television Series on DVD: Adventures of Superman (Complete 6 Seasons) (Warner)
SPECIAL AWARDS:
The Rising Star Award: Matt Dallas (Kyle XY)
The Filmmakers Showcase Award: James Gunn (Director of Slither)
The Service Award: Kerry O’Quinn (former publisher of Starlog Magazine)
The Special Recognition Award: "Alien Xmas" written by Stephen Chiodo & Jim Strain.
Were the Saturn Awards funded by the makers of Superman Returns? I agree with most of their winners, but anything with Returns seems far-fetched. If any movie had gaping plotlines, it was this movie. Some examples: At the end of Superman II (which this movie supposedly follows), Superman assures the President that he won't ever abandon his duties again. Then he flies off to space for some number of years… In the climactic battle Superman can't perform because of the island (?) being made of Krypton, then by just sheer force of will he suddenly can lift the island of Kryptonite. Before the movie came out, I was excited at the premise of ignoring Superman III & IV with a new continuity, now I will gladly watch them over Superman Returns. The only other award I wouldn't agree with would be Famke Jansen for X-Men III a total waste of her talents. X-Men III: The Wolverine solo movie. I felt totatlly abandoned by this movie, as all the headliners were gone, or mostly absent, Cyclops, Prof X, and Phoenix. We were then forced (in X-Men II & III) to have Storm in a more prominent position (even though her performance in the original movie was lacking). There were some great action sequences and performances in the film, but mainly by the new or newer characters. I apologize to fans of these films, but after such a great start to a new era of Superhero filmmaking with the first two Spider-Man films, and the first two X-Men films, along with Batman Begins, and League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, films like the aforementioned, make it feel like the new Golden Age of Cinema is at a close, before it fully began.