Hi all
To take my mind off of what was an extremely frustrating day i thought i would find out what CL members thought were their favourite films of 2010.
Behind my kids , Charlton and cricket , films play a big part in my life.
Here are my top 5
1- Avatar
2- Toy story 3
3- Fish Tank
4- The Lovely Bones
5- Catfish
Honerable mentions
The Girl who kicked the Hornets Nest
The Road
44 Inch Chest
Mary and Max
The Secret in Their Eyes
Cemetery Junction
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
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Oil City Confidential
Winter's Bone
struggle to think of any others
Toy Story 3 (Close to perfection)
Kick Ass (Fresh, stupid, fun, but became the film it kinda said it wouldn't)
Inception (Best blockbuster since Dark Knight)
The Expendables (hahaha)
Beds - I'm personally still not convinced by Catfish's authenticity, which makes of breaks it, and The Lovely Bones just didn't work for me, at least not on the dream level. Like Peter Jackson ate an Apple Mac and had a bout of special effects diarrhea. I haven't read the book, from what I know of the story, I didn't think Jackson/ Boyens/ Walsh nailed their script. The final reel didn't fit!
And the other thing is, Fish Tank and Avatar came out in 2009!! (Smiley emoticon)
I was convinced Catfish was real and makers are still adamant it is.
It was always going to be difficult to do the heaven scenes in Lovely Bones and i think they got it about right.
I agree about Toy Story 3 - absolutely stunning.
As for Inception , i thought it was overrated i was really disappointed when i eventually got to see it.
True , Avatar and Fishtank were released in 2009 but i saw them in video release at the start of 2010.
Inception...
I'm struggling after that to be honest, it's not been a great year. Was the Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and Let the Right One In this year? A year of hyped up 3D conversions, remakes and serial adaptations.
Toy Story 3
Kick Ass
HP 7A (nerdy I know but I like all that Potter stuff)
Struggling to think of much beyond that. I thought Inception was knock out good and probably one of my top 5 all time films, but the others in my list were all very good, but not great. As others have said, it's been a weak year dominated by over-hyped 3D rubbish and living in a a bit of a cultural vacuum up here it's not easy finding somewhere to watch things like Let the Right One In that I hear Mark Kermode raving about. I can't even always get hold of them from my local Blockbuster.
Toy Story 3 (brought a tear to my eye)
The A Team ("you can't fly a tank fool")
HP7 (getting darker...poor old Dobby)
Disappearance of Alice Creed (lovely Gemma)
Overall I agree that it has not been a vintage year.
2. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
3. Inception
4. The Social Network
5. Kick-Ass
Machete
Kick Ass
Ermmmm..........
Shutter Island
True Gritt
Inception
Winters Bone
Inception
Kick-Ass
Nowhere Boy (this may have been late 09??)
Toy Story 3
The Social Network
The American
In The City of Sylvia
I Am Love
I'd give my right arm to be in one of his movies. :-)
I want to see that, apparently james franco is brilliant in it.
watched 'the next three days' instead. pretty low key film really, and all the action is in the trailer.
also watched 'book of eli' last night. thought it was brilliantly shot but too unbelievable for my liking.
have you seen pineapple express?....i mean its not a 'serious' film but he is brilliant in that as well.
A prophet
Kick Ass
The Social Network
Expendables
also enjoyed The Town and Wall Street 2, but 2010 was really lacking in gritty films, made up of mostly audience-pleasers
Yeah i saw that, He was probably the best thing about the film. (I Can't stand Seth Rogan)
I never read the book but i remember people saying that it would be near impossible to make into a film but as films go it's up there with best.
Sex-Toy Story 3
The Felacio Network
Slutty Island
3 Women 1 Dog
Toy Story 3
Shutter Island
The Other Guys
Harry Potter
The road
A single man
Inception
Social Network