Alright here we go...
My Top 10 of the Year 10. The Muppets
9. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
8. The Ides of March
7. Bridesmaids
6. Drive
5. Crazy Stupid Love
4. Carnage
3. My Week With Marilyn
2. Hugo
1. The Artist
The Artist and Hugo were both throwbacks to classic Hollywood, revolving around early film-making. They both featured great story telling, which combined with excellent performances, direction, scores, etc, all came together to make incredibly enjoyable films.
Here would be my next 5 favorites:
11. The Help
12. Midnight In Paris
13. Iron Lady
14. J. Edgar
15. The Debt
Every year I also put out my least favorites of the year, but usually it's filled with things that are pretty much universally seen as garbage. However, this year an interesting thing happened -- I found some that I did not like at all, that critics and audiences rather liked. Here we go...
My Least Favorites
5. Moneyball
4. Adjustment Bureau
3. Our Idiot Brother
2. Larry Crowne
1. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
I must have completely missed the boat on Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy because I thought it was one of the most boring movies I have ever seen. I couldn't even concentrate on the plot and performances because I was so bored. And this is coming from someone who tries to find at least one good thing about a movie. Couldn't do it here. Also, don't get me started on how bad Larry Crowne was. I was very embarrassed for Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts. Poor things.
If anyone is wondering, I saw 45 movies released in 2011. Those are where this list comes from.
Anyway, there are my lists for the year. Oscar nominations are Tuesday morning, and the Oscars are right around the corner, so I'll be back with my predictions and wishes at some point soon.
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-Andrew
Controversial indeed. Your top 2 films would pretty much match my own! Niiiiiiice! I wouldn't feel to badly for Tom Hanks, though. The butthead wrote and directed the film. He's lost his testicles the last few years and I would very much like him to detect them once again. Getting tired of these film choices as of late.
ReplyDeleteI would, also, put Crazy Stupid Love on mine, as well. Such a surprisingly enjoyable film. Great lists, my friend!
That's what the saddest thing to me was. I could have overlooked the fact that Tom and Julia wanted to work together so they took this horrible script because it would be fun....But instead, he dreamed this whole thing up and executed it! For shame!
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