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Old 07-02-10, 08:40 PM
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Your favorites/best of 2010 so far (first 6 months)

Yeah yeah yeah, I know there is a "Rank em as you see 'em" thread. But that talks about the good AND bad films of 2010. I wanted to hear what people thought were the best of the year only (so far). Or their favorites. Here's a list of mine:

1) "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"
2) "Toy Story 3"
3) "Micmacs"
4) "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest"
5) "North Face"
6) "Iron Man 2"
7) "The Secret in Their Eyes"
8) "A Prophet"
9) "Shutter Island"
10) "Fish Tank"
11) "The Girl Who Played with Fire"

Edit: I want to change number #4. Even though it doesn't open in the U.S. until the Fall, saw it this week.

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Re: Your favorites/best of 2010 so far (first 6 months)

1. Get Him to the Greek - Hysterically funny from beginning to end.
2. Brooklyn's Finest
3. Iron Man 2
4. The Book of Eli
5. The A-Team
6. Kick-Ass
7. The Crazies

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Re: Your favorites/best of 2010 so far (first 6 months)

Originally Posted by Robert
Can only think of 5.

1. Get Him to the Greek - Hysterically funny from beginning to end.
That scene in the hotel suite where they were smokin the "jeffrey" was one of the funniest and best executed comedy scenes ever filmed IMO. My audience was howling the whole time. I missed so much from them laughing, and me.
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Re: Your favorites/best of 2010 so far (first 6 months)

1. Reserved for Predators
2. Reserved for The Expendables
3. Iron Man 2
4. Clash of the Titans
5. Kick Ass
6. The Crazies
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Re: Your favorites/best of 2010 so far (first 6 months)

Reserved for Predators was awesome!

I'm hoping Predators is half as good.
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Re: Your favorites/best of 2010 so far (first 6 months)

Copied directly from my "My Picks of '10" signature which is from the thread "Rank 'Em as You See 'Em". This list changes every time I see a new movie from this year, so in the next week or so it will be outdated.


2010 Top 10

1.) Ip Man 2- 92% (A-)
2.) Shutter Island- 91% (A-)
3.) Toy Story 3- 89% (B+)
4.) Kick Ass- 86% (B)
5.) The Book of Eli- 84% (B)
6.) Youth in Revolt- 76% (C)
7.) Remember Me- 74% (C)
8.) The A Team- 73% (C)
9.) Hot Tub Time Machine- 73% (C)
10.) The Losers- 72% (C-)

* I consider anything above 60 percent to be a decent film, anything below that is either acceptable or plain out horrible.

Others

Iron Man 2- 72% (C-)
The Wolfman- 68% (D+)
Dear John- 66% (D)
How to Train Your Dragon- 65% (D)
From Paris With Love- 63% (D)
The Lovely Bones- 60% (D-)
Edge of Darkness- 54% (F)
Alice in Wonderland- 39% (F)
She's Out of My League- 32% (F)

2010 Average Rating: 70% (C-)

Movies Viewed: 19

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Re: Your favorites/best of 2010 so far (first 6 months)

Originally Posted by JumpCutz
Reserved for Predators was awesome!

I'm hoping Predators is half as good.
Yeah but it's not for the 1st 6 months. July is the 7th month.
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Re: Your favorites/best of 2010 so far (first 6 months)

Kick Ass

The rest were disappointments.
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Re: Your favorites/best of 2010 so far (first 6 months)

Originally Posted by PopcornTreeCt
Kick Ass

The rest were disappointments.
OK....I'm going to go out on a limb here. I loved "Layer Cake". And I LOVED "Stardust". I haven't seen "Kick Ass" yet, is it worth a blind buy??
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Re: Your favorites/best of 2010 so far (first 6 months)

Originally Posted by Daytripper
OK....I'm going to go out on a limb here. I loved "Layer Cake". And I LOVED "Stardust". I haven't seen "Kick Ass" yet, is it worth a blind buy??
Yes.
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Yes.
OK guys, I'm buying it now. I was on travel when it came out and it was gone when I got back. I heard nothing but great things about it. But I love Matthew Vaughn, so I'm sold. I can't wait.

OH....another movie I forgot to add to my top 10 (damn it). Speaking of "Kick Ass"...."Nowhere Boy" featuring Aaron Johnson from "Kick Ass". It's not in the U.S. theaters until this Fall. But came out last year in the U.K. And I bought the BD. Fantastic film (about young John Lennon).
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Re: Your favorites/best of 2010 so far (first 6 months)

The only movie I liked this year so far is...

Shutter Island
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Re: Your favorites/best of 2010 so far (first 6 months)

Of what I've actually gone to the theater to see:

Toy Story 3
Kick Ass

That's it. I'm out. My least favorite list would be much longer. Just an awful year for mainstream film.
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Re: Your favorites/best of 2010 so far (first 6 months)

Best of the Year

1) A-Team
2) Kick Ass
3) Iron Man 2
4) Hot Tub Time Machine

Worst of the Year

1) Shutter Island
2) Book of Eli


*that's pretty much it for releases I've seen this year.
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Re: Your favorites/best of 2010 so far (first 6 months)

Originally Posted by dan30oly
Best of the Year

1) A-Team
2) Kick Ass
3) Iron Man 2
4) Hot Tub Time Machine

Worst of the Year

1) Shutter Island
2) Book of Eli


*that's pretty much it for releases I've seen this year.
Other then having Kick Ass at number 2, your list doesn't surprise me.
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Re: Your favorites/best of 2010 so far (first 6 months)

In no order:

Toy Story 3
Hot Tub Time Machine
Iron Man 2
Book of Eli
Harry Brown
Shutter Island
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Re: Your favorites/best of 2010 so far (first 6 months)

I'm never much for lists, but 'Valhalla Rising' blew me away this year.

That film sticks out above anything else so far.
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Re: Your favorites/best of 2010 so far (first 6 months)

^ Has it already opened stateside?
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Re: Your favorites/best of 2010 so far (first 6 months)

Pretty lousy year for movies overall. I haven't seen that many 2010 releases though.
  1. Toy Story 3
  2. Shutter Island
  3. Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
  4. Hot Tub Time Machine
  5. Iron Man 2
  6. Stones In Exile
  7. Kick-Ass
  8. The Book of Eli
  9. Edge of Darkness

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Re: Your favorites/best of 2010 so far (first 6 months)

Originally Posted by Daytripper
OK....I'm going to go out on a limb here. I loved "Layer Cake". And I LOVED "Stardust". I haven't seen "Kick Ass" yet, is it worth a blind buy??
I'd say hell no. A very, very different movie from those two. I indeed loved STARDUST more than I ever expected to, but KICK-ASS left me cold and disinterested.
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Re: Your favorites/best of 2010 so far (first 6 months)

Can't recall all the movies i've seen but off the top of my head:

1) How to Train Your Dragon
2) A-Team
3) Get Him to the Greek
4) Iron Man 2
5) Kick Ass
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Re: Your favorites/best of 2010 so far (first 6 months)

Originally Posted by KillerCannibal
^ Has it already opened stateside?
Yeah. June 4th was the US opening.
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Re: Your favorites/best of 2010 so far (first 6 months)

In no particular order...

Toy Story 3
Get Him the Greek
The A-Team
The Crazies
Shutter Island
She's Out of My League
Book of Eli
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Re: Your favorites/best of 2010 so far (first 6 months)

in no order:

Red Riding Trilogy: 1974
Winter's Bone
The Killer Inside Me
Valhalla Rising
How To Train Your Dragon 3D
Get Him to the Greek
Fish Tank
Ajami
The Eclipse (not Twilight)

i really need to see The Secret in Their Eyes and Micmacs. bad.
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Re: Your favorites/best of 2010 so far (first 6 months)

Toy Story 3
The A-Team
Percy Jackson...: The Lightning Thief
Kick-Ass
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
How to Train Your Dragon

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