2010: Intriguing Possibilities
After a year off (because 2009 was terrible for movies), I am back with my picks for the best films of the year. I am going to follow a bizarre off-year Grammy system when it comes to foreign flicks: if I was able to watch it prior to the Academy Awards, it is eligible. So, for example, you won't see Dogtooth below: not because it wasn't available (it was, on Netflix), but because it sucked.
And now, without further ado...
The biennial "The Parts Are Greater than the Sum" Matthew Vaughn Award AND the "Mark is going to get on my case because he probably liked Scott Pilgrim better" Award go to...
Kick-Ass
The Award for the Most Unique Movie Experience [that I hope to never have again and would never recommend to anybody I cared about (but you should at least go check out the opening credits on YouTube)] goes to...
Enter the Void
The "David Edelstein hated it, so you know it has to be good" Award goes to...
The White Ribbon
The Award for the Best Faux-Documentary (that was not ruined because its investors got cold feet and the main players got worried that they were going to ruin their careers) goes to...
Exit Through the Gift Shop
The Award for the Best Movie with a One-Eyed Clairvoyant Viking that is mysteriously not directed by Werner Herzog or Terrence Mallick goes to...
Valhalla Rising
The "Darren Aronofsky deserved either the Best Director Oscar or the Uri Geller Broken Spoon because he convinced the entire academy that Natalie Portman can act" Award goes to...
Black Swan
The Award for the Best Foreign Film (that you can tell is a foreign film because the protagonist is Muslim) goes to...
A Prophet
The Award for the Best Foreign TV Mini-Series [that is also a domestic feature film but is not Carlos (because I didn't get a chance to catch that in theaters this year)] goes to...
Red Riding
The coveted "Haters Gonna Hate" Award goes to...
Inception
And finally, The Award For The Best [I still cannot believe that David Fincher and Aaron Sorkin and Trent Reznor and Justin Timberlake teamed up to make a movie about Facebook] Movie of the Year goes to...
The Social Network
And now, without further ado...
The biennial "The Parts Are Greater than the Sum" Matthew Vaughn Award AND the "Mark is going to get on my case because he probably liked Scott Pilgrim better" Award go to...
The Award for the Most Unique Movie Experience [that I hope to never have again and would never recommend to anybody I cared about (but you should at least go check out the opening credits on YouTube)] goes to...
The "David Edelstein hated it, so you know it has to be good" Award goes to...
The Award for the Best Faux-Documentary (that was not ruined because its investors got cold feet and the main players got worried that they were going to ruin their careers) goes to...
The Award for the Best Movie with a One-Eyed Clairvoyant Viking that is mysteriously not directed by Werner Herzog or Terrence Mallick goes to...
The "Darren Aronofsky deserved either the Best Director Oscar or the Uri Geller Broken Spoon because he convinced the entire academy that Natalie Portman can act" Award goes to...
The Award for the Best Foreign Film (that you can tell is a foreign film because the protagonist is Muslim) goes to...
The Award for the Best Foreign TV Mini-Series [that is also a domestic feature film but is not Carlos (because I didn't get a chance to catch that in theaters this year)] goes to...
The coveted "Haters Gonna Hate" Award goes to...
And finally, The Award For The Best [I still cannot believe that David Fincher and Aaron Sorkin and Trent Reznor and Justin Timberlake teamed up to make a movie about Facebook] Movie of the Year goes to...
posted by d l wright at 3/02/2011 11:11:00 AM
1 Comments:
1) Haven't seen Kick-Ass. Am mostly in love with the Scott Pilgrim books.
2) I've been on the David Fincher bandwagon for a full 13 years now. Welcome.
3) Natalie Portman can act.
4) How many times have you watched Inception? Have you watched it, start to finish, since it came out on video?
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