2010: a good year for movies
Except for Danny Boyle’s 127 Hours*, I finally saw all of the 83rd Academy Award’s Best Picture (2011 Oscar) nominees** during the past month. I still prefer Nicole Holofcener’s Please Give, while my Oscar list favorites are The Kids Are All Right, The Social Network, and Inception. I thought of adding Derek Cianfrance’s Blue Valentine to round out a Top Five list, but then remembered Scott Pilgrim vs. the World was also released this year***. The list is as follows:
- Please Give (Nicole Holofcener)
- Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (Edgar Wright)
- The Kids Are All Right (Lisa Cholodenko)
- The Social Network (David Fincher)
- Inception (Christopher Nolan)
Honorable Mentions: Blue Valentine, I Am Love, The Man From Nowhere, The Town, and Harry Potter: Deathly Hallows, Part 1 (maybe I'm nuts or just getting younger with old age?)
Guilty Pleasure: She's Out of My League
* My apologies to Mr. Boyle, who I think is a wonderful filmmaker (see Trainspotting, 28 Days Later, and Sunshine).
** Other Best Picture Oscar Nominees included True Grit, The Fighter, Winter’s Bone, The King’s Speech, Black Swan, Toy Story 3, and 127 Hours.
*** I have yet to see Animal Kingdom, Another Year, Everyone Else, The Illusionist, and Rabbit Hole--all 2010 releases.
3 comments:
Scott Pilgrim is right! You aren't getting younger, Deqthly Hallows was the most contemplative and adult of the Harry Potter movies. Dare I say THEY are getting more mature?
Great blog. I'm loving your lists. I Am Love is a film I haven't heard a lot of people talking about but I absolutely loved it.
thanks ned. i just checked out your blog...very nice ( i feel like amatuer-hour over here, lol). i am love is so damn good, im probably underrating it. i had seen that and two lovers in the same week so i wrote that 50+50=100 word review on both.
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