Finally,
here is the list. I did this to wrap up 2010 and 2011. You can read
the 2010 take here and the 2011 one here. In hindsight I might rate
some movies differently, but that's in the past. Just click on the
movie title to go to my original review.
Honorable
Mention
This
is a comedy that I wasn't sure about going in; after all, there was
the crappiness of American Wedding... this one, though, ended up
being quite entertaining and it was nice for those who were in high
school when the first one came out (like me) or otherwise saw all the
other theatrical films in the series. It's really funny and has some
nice setpieces.
10:
Chronicle
I
saw it late in its theatrical run. I ended up being shocked that this
was as good as it was given it was from 20th Century Fox
and the first previews I saw, it looked like some teenybopper crap.
Thankfully I was wrong. There will be a sequel, and this time there
appears to be studio interference (the first one being filmed in
South Africa probably helped in there not being that) and boy am I
disappointed in that.
9:
The Grey
I
know that how the movie ended really divided people and I know people
who loved it and others hated it. Me, I fall in the former. Besides
that, this is a downbeat 70's style drama with a tremendous plane
crash.
8:
Haywire
In
hindsight I should have seen this on the big screen. I know that
various people out there don't like it; me, I think it's a cool and
stylish action thriller with an admittedly basic plot. The awesome
score really makes it, I say. The action scenes are also pretty
great.
7:
Killer Joe
Also
in hindsight I should have seen this on the big screen as it did play
in NC-17 form in Orlando. I goofed. My problems with one major
character aside, the rest of it was quite strong and pretty great
overall.
6:
Dredd 3D
Talk
about movies that divide people... I have come across plenty of
complaints about this from action fans, let alone regular folk. Me, I
really dug this stylized film which by coincidence ; as I heard from
someone I know on Twitter, this movie knows what it is, does it well,
and gets it done in under 90 minutes.
I
just talked about this movie a few days ago. It was thankfully a
movie from Tarantino that I thought was a hit rather than a miss.
4:
Skyfall
A
movie I saw twice on the big screen. I am glad it made me forget just
how lousy and crappy Quantum of Solace was. Great action, a Dark
Knight sort of story, and what a villain Javier Bardem was.
Not
to have people worry about me, but I swear this is a movie I could
have written, given that I share many of the same viewponits. I am
not saying I want to gun down all the stupid ignorant rude people in
America; I am just glad that the shitty American culture we have
today with “reality” TV and people not being nice to each other
got skewered so viciously.
I
heard really strong buzz about this movie for months before it came
out. Thankfully it lived up to the hype and more. What an amazing
action spectacle, and great action scenes at that. And this was a
random movie from Indonesia, of all places. If you love
action/martial arts, this is a must-see. It was just coincidence this
had some strong similarities to Dredd 3D.
I
know some action fans who either disliked or downright hated it. I am
not quite sure why they thought that or expected something else given
the first movie and who was in this one. Me, this had to be my Number
One. I had a HUGE adrenaline rush from this that I was feeling on the
long drive home and even after I made it to my bedroom. Yep, I enjoyed the movie that much. The first 15 minutes blew anything in the original out of the water and I fell in love with it then.
I'll be back Monday night.
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