Best Director
Winner:
- Ang Lee (Lust, Caution)
Nominees:
- Pang Ho-Cheung (Exodus)
- Johnnie To Kei-Fung, Wai Ka-Fai (Mad Detective)
- Ann Hui On-Wah (The Postmodern Life of My Aunt)
- Jiang Wen (The Sun Also Rises)

Worst Film
Wonder Women
No other film really came close. Its nearest competitor, Beauty and the 7 Beasts, had the benefit of intending to be throwaway cinematic junk. Wonder Women actually tried to be a good film. Too bad that it didn't succeed.

Most Underrated Film
Hooked on You
This award was probably given to Hooked on You because it received absolutely no support at the Hong Kong Film Awards, scoring zero nominations. Conversely, it was LoveHKFilm.com's runner-up for Best Picture. Strange how these things work out.

Most Overrated Film
The Warlords
This film received so much praise that it's definitely not hurting for admirers. Regardless, it surprisingly did not make our panel's Top 10, and actually, only 2 out of 8 people thought to include it in their personal Top 10 list. Fret not; it'll win all the real awards out there.

Most Bizarre Film
Ming Ming
Flying black beads, two Zhou Xuns, and Daniel Wu as a triad enforcer looking for his mom. There's also a guy with a talent for "jumping", plus a final message that could induce laughter. Even if you liked Ming Ming, you have to admit that it's one strange movie. The music was good, though.

Most Disappointing Film
Blood Brothers
Any film with Chang Chen running around shooting people should be a slam dunk, but Blood Brothers was a botched layup that didn't even hit the rim. In English: Blood Brothers should have been good, but instead it was the lethal combination of bad and boring. By the way, the film was produced by John Woo and was based on his masterpiece, Bullet in the Head. Now that's disappointing.

Best Production Values
Lust, Caution
This award should probably be retired, because if a bunch of investors throw an ungodly sum of money at a film, it's bound to look pretty damn good. Lust, Caution did look good. It also sounded good. It was also a good film. It was everything.

Worst Production Values
House of Mahjong
It always feels unfair to pick on a low-budget cheapie for Worst Production Values, but House of Mahjong took place in a conspicuously empty mall, featured occasionally soft and out-of-focus cinematography, and even managed to show the film crew and their equipment in the background of one shot. That's not quality.

Most Underrated Performer
Ronald Cheng Chung-Kei (Mr. Cinema)
How can a guy who's considered our Best Supporting Actor also be the most Underrated Performer? A good question, but regardless, Ronald Cheng is the winner of this year's Most Underrated Performer Award because, well, some people think he's a bad actor but he really isn't. Hey, he won a Best Supporting Actor award, didn't he?

Funniest Performer
Ian Powers (Contract Lover)
Richie Ren and Fan Bing-Bing were the stars of Alfred Cheung's Contract Lover, but Ian Powers stole this movie from them. How? He played a gay martial artist who instigates a love triangle while fighting for the honor of Jet Li's character in Fearless. 'Nuff said.

Best Overacting
Liu Kai-Chi (The Detective)
Truthfully, his role in The Detective was no great shakes, but it just demonstrates what an amazing actor Liu Kai-Chi is. Whenever he overacts - which can be often, e.g. SPL or Protégé - he owns the screen, and does so without making audiences wonder what he's consuming between takes. Liu Kai-Chi, we salute you.

Worst Overacting (tie)
Jim Chim Sui-Man (Simply Actors)
Louis Koo Tin-Lok (Protégé)
With Simply Actors, Jim Chim took overacting to new heights - no mean feat for a man with such an extensive history of overacting. Louis Koo's tan, teeth, and too-toned physique made it impossible to imagine him as a strung-out junkie in Protégé. His goofy overacting only seals the deal.

Taking Up Space
Fiona Sit Hoi-Kei (Wonder Women)
Maybe it was the role more than the actress, but Fiona Sit won the Taking Up Space Award for the second year running - a first at this questionably relevant website. She's actually a decent actress, but Sit has been incongruous in her most recent films, as if she somehow is appearing in a completely separate movie. The fact that the movies are bad is not helping her.

Career Suicide
Barbara Wong Chun-Chun (Wonder Women)
She directed the consensus Worst Picture of 2007, but that's not the only reason Barbara Wong won this dubious honor. She also gets this award for complaining to the media about how English language film reviewers were "unfair" in their criticism of Wonder Women because they didn't like the film's product placement. We think making a better movie could solve her problem.

Ross Chen (a.k.a. Kozo)
Webmaster, LoveHKFilm.com

Shelley Cheung
Minion of Kozo
Editing Monkey, YesAsia.com

Paul Fox (a.k.a. Canton Kid)
College Lecturer, Media Studies
HKU Space

Kevin Ma (a.k.a. LMFDean9)
Film Student
Writer, LoveHKFilm.com

Yvonne Teh (a.k.a. YTSL)
Blogger, Webs of Significance

Sean Tierney
Assistant Professor, School of Journalism and Communications
Chinese University of Hong Kong

Yang Won-Min
Botanist

Tim Youngs
Film Festival Consultant