{"id":3422,"date":"2020-01-27T12:34:55","date_gmt":"2020-01-27T17:34:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gracegazette.org\/wordpress1\/?p=3422"},"modified":"2020-01-27T12:34:55","modified_gmt":"2020-01-27T17:34:55","slug":"the-2020-golden-potato-award-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gracegazette.org\/wordpress1\/the-2020-golden-potato-award-winner\/","title":{"rendered":"The 2020 Golden Potato Award Winner"},"content":{"rendered":"

With approximately 175 student and teacher responses, the ballots have been cast and Grace Church has come to a decision as to what the best film of 2019 was and the Golden Potato Award goes to Disney\u2019s \u201cAvengers: Endgame.\u201d With almost 14% of Grace voting for it, the mega-blockbuster Marvel Studios feature beat out the competition of Greta Gerwig\u2019s \u201cLittle Women\u201d (10.2%), \u201cJoker\u201d (8.3%), Bong Joon-ho\u2019s filmmaking phenomenon, \u201cParasite\u201d (7.6%) and \u201cStar Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker,\u201d which tied with \u201cParasite.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\u201cAvengers: Endgame\u201d was one of the highest-rated films of the year and the highest-grossing in the history of cinema, with box office receipts of $2.798 billion. Since its release, the newest Avengers film has not gotten many award nominations outside of visual effects and production design. The only notable nominations include an Academy Award for Best Achievement in Visual Effects, a BAFTA for Best Achievement in Special Visual Effects, and a Grammy nomination for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nIn second place for the Golden Potato Award is Academy Award-nominated \u201cLittle Women,\u201d from writer\/director Greta Gerwig.\u00a0 Set in the aftermath of the American Civil War, Gerwig\u2019s film looks at the lives of the March sisters \u2014 four young women (Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Eliza Scanlen, and Florence Pugh) trying to make a name for themselves and live life on their own terms in a time where women had few options open to them. \u201cLittle Women,\u201d which was adapted from Louisa May Alcott\u2019s novel of the same name, is considered one of the year’s best films, with it receiving a 95% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and 91% by Metacritic.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nAfter \u201cLittle Women,\u201d the third-place runner-up for the Golden Potato Award goes to Todd Phillips\u2019 \u201cJoker.\u201d Arguably the most controversial film of 2019, \u201cJoker\u201d quickly became one of the most successful films in history, making $1.063 billion at the Box Office on a $55 million dollar budget. Beyond economic success, the movie won the Golden Lion for Best Film at the Venice Film Festival and was nominated for multiple Golden Globes, with star Joaquin Phoenix ultimately winning the award for Best Performance By An Actor in a Motion Picture \u2014 Drama. The film has since been nominated for 11 Academy Awards, making it the most-nominated film of this year. Some of the highest profile Oscar nominations it has earned include: Best Motion Picture Of the Year, Best Achievement in Directing (Todd Phillips), Best Adapted Screenplay, and, of course, Best Performance By An Actor in a Leading Role (Joaquin Phoenix).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nTied for fourth place with \u201cStar Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker\u201d comes the South Korean film, \u201cParasite.\u201d Directed by Bong Joon-ho, this foreign film has been hailed by critics as one of the best films not only of the year, but of the decade. Prior to this year\u2019s Academy Awards, \u201cParasite\u201d had been nominated for a total of 169 awards, ultimately winning 136 of them, including Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture \u2014 Foreign Language. 7.6% of the Grace community who voted in this poll voted for \u201cParasite.\u201d This marks the first time in Golden Potato history that a foreign film has made the Top 5 best films of any given year. Beyond that, \u201cParasite\u201d has made history at the Academy Awards for it being the first South Korean film to ever get nominated for Best International Feature Film and, more incredibly, Best Motion Picture of the Year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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