First of all, we want to say thank you again to all the rockin’ folks that got off their asses and cast in their votes. This first run was a huge success, which means we just might do another one next year…so start keeping your tallies now! We received votes for everything from the mostly-mainstream to the way-out-in-left-field, to the humorous and sarcastic, and even some that were really surprising. And we took them all (with or without a grain of salt)!!

So, without further ado, here they are ladies and gentlemen, your 2008 First Annual CyberMonkeyDeathSquad Monkey Awards Results! And the Magnum goes to . . .

Best Film Overall:

Monkey Choice
The Dark Knight

Fan’s Choice
TIE: Wall-E and Dr. Infierno

Runners Up: Gatchi Boy, Iron Man, Let the Right One In

Best Short Film:
Monkey Choice
Code 7

Fan’s Choice
Treevenge

Runners Up: My Mom Smokes Weed, 7:35 In The Morning, The Horribly Slow Murder with the Incredibly Inefficient Weapon

Best Director:

Monkey Choice
Nacho Vigalondo

Fan’s Choice
Christopher Nolan

Runners Up: Darren Aronofsky, Guillermo Del Toro, Cohen Brothers, Paco Limon

Best Debut Film for a Director:

Monkey Choice
Dr. Infierno, Paco Limon

Fan’s Choice
Timecrimes, Nacho Vigalondo

Runners Up: The Chaser, Synecdoche, NY

Best Visual Effects:

Monkey Choice
Hellboy II

Fan’s Choice
TIE: Iron Man and Machine Girl

Runners Up: Wall-E, Speed Racer

Best Comic Book Adaptation:
Monkey Choice
The Dark Knight

Fan’s Choice
The Dark Knight

Runners Up: Iron Man, Hellboy II

Best Fight Coordination/Choreography:

Monkey Choice
The Good, The Bad, The Weird

Fan’s Choice
Forbidden Kingdom

Runners Up: Chocolate, Dr. Infierno, Rambo

Best Gore:

Monkey Choice
Tokyo Gore Police

Fan’s Choice
TIE: Tokyo Gore Police and Machine Girl

Runners Up: Inside, Martyrs, Teeth

Most Disappointing Film:
Monkey Choice
Cloverfield

Fan’s Choice
Indiana Jones: Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Runners Up: Fanboys, Seventh Moon, The Happening

Best Film You Could Take Your 10-Year Old Cousin To:

Monkey Choice
The Substitute

Fan’s Choice
Wall-E

Runners Up: Forbidden Kingdom, Son of Rambow, Prince Caspian

Best Movie Sequel:
Monkey Choice
The Dark Knight

Fan’s Choice
The Dark Knight

Runners Up: Rambo, Harold and Kumar

Most Surprising Performance for an Actor/Actress:
Monkey Choice
Jean Claude Van Damme (JCVD)

Fan’s Choice
Jean Claude Van Damme (JCVD)

Runners Up: Robert Downey Jr (Tropic Thunder), Tom Cruise (Tropic Thunder), James Franco (Pineapple Express)

Biggest Movie Badass:

Monkey Choice
Shea Whigham (South of Heaven)

Fan’s Choice
TIE: Jean Claude Van Damme (JCVD) and Robert Downey Jr (Iron Man)

Runners Up: Heath Ledger (Dark Knight), Bruce Campbell (My Name Is Bruce)

Dashing Dude and Lovely Lady:
Monkey Choice
Robert Downey Jr. and Elizabeth Banks

Fan’s Choice
Robert Downey Jr. and Carlee Baker

Runners Up: Frieda Pinto, Marisa Tomei, Olga Kurylenko

Best Cameo:
Monkey Choice
Tom Cruise (Tropic Thunder)

Fan’s Choice
Tom Cruise (Tropic Thunder)

Runners Up: Nick Nolte (Tropic Thunder), Samuel L. Jackson (Iron Man)

Worst Casting Choice:

Monkey Choice
The Kids in Gran Torino

Fan’s Choice
Shia Lebouf in anything

Runners Up: Samuel L. Jackson (anything in 2008), Tom Cruise (Valkyrie)

Best Casting Choice:
Monkey Choice
Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler)

Fan’s Choice
Robert Downey Jr (Iron Man)

Runners Up: Frank Langella (Frost/Nixon), Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight), Shea Whigham (South of Heaven)

Best Comeback:

Monkey Choice
Jean Claude Van Damme

Fan’s Choice
Jean Claude Van Damme

Runners Up: Robert Downey Jr, Mickey Rourke

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