I didn’t get to see all of the movies that I wanted to in 2011. But of the ones I saw, these were my favorites, from #10 to #1. I originally wanted to use video clips for this montage, but decided to find screenshots that could serve as teasers for the movies. I was amazed by the fact that most of these movies contained several scenes in which the characters would stare into the distance. I enjoy solitude to a great degree, and I guess I enjoy seeing characters who also seem enjoy it.
Another year has come and gone. Here are all the ticket stubs I collected during the past 365 days. Mostly movies, but a few music concerts, baseball games, and other events. I didn’t go to the movies as much as I have in previous years, but I still got to see some quality flicks.
I’ll be posting my favorites of 2011 tomorrow, but for now, Tree of Life, Melancholia, Drive, Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Bridesmaids, and Source Code are at the top.
Happy new year!
Well, almost another year has come and gone, and genrocks has posted another beautiful montage of moments from some of this year’s movies. I love that he mostly finds clips that are similar in look, tone, and movement, even if they come from movies that were not necessarily well made.
I personally wish he had used even more shots from The Tree of Life and Melancholia, but I was very happy to see ones from I Saw The Devil, Source Code, and Hanna.
I need to move to a city with an Alamo Drafthouse Theater. I wrote about this wonderful place in the past, and this new video makes my love for a theater (that I’ve never been to) grow even more. The founder, Tim League, is a rebel, a trailblazer, a genius.
Watching Memento
with two friends who haven’t seen it before while the rain is falling outside. This is a good night.
One of the most exciting new filmmakers gets interviewed by one of my favorite movie web sites.
The Movies of 2010
During the past year, I kept track of movies in two ways: 1) ticket stubs and 2) a spreadsheet that included the movie title, date when I saw it, IMDB link, my rating of the movie on IMDB, and where I saw it (specific theater, Netflix, rental, purchase, etc). This made it easier for me to come up with the rankings below. They are ordered by how good I think the movies actually were combined with how much I enjoyed them. For the most part, the better I think a movie is (objectively) the more I enjoy it. However, as in the case of Inception, a movie can have terrible flaws or tendencies but I can still love the hell out of it for other reasons.
So, here are my rankings of the movies released in 2010 that I actually saw:
- The Social Network
- Winter’s Bone
- The King’s Speech
- Black Swan
- 127 Hours
- True Grit
- Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
- Inception
- Toy Story 3
- Greenberg
Biggest surprises: Inception being a disappointment, seeing my first Noah Baumbach movie, outstanding performances by Jennifer Lawrence (Winter’s Bone) and Hailee Steinfeld (True Grit)
Movies I still need to see that would possibly mess up the rankings above: A Prophet, The Kids Are All Right, Exit Through the Gift Shop, Enter the Void, Dogtooth, Mother, The Illusionist, The Ghost Writer
Favorite closing lines: “It was perfect” and “Oh, this is you”
Favorite performances: John Hawkes in Winter’s Bone and Natalie Portman in Black Swan
Favorite screenplays: The Social Network and The King’s Speech
Favorite scores: Inception and The Social Network
dreamsofsleep just saw Inglourious Basterds for the first time and it got me thinking about this video. Sally Menke edited every single Tarantino film. The two of them had an amazing creative partnership. The cast and crew of his films would often look into the camera after a take and say “Hi Sally.” She must have seen thousands of these moments as she sat there going through dailies.
Sally Menke passed away on September 27, 2010.
(Source: imdb.com)
Watching Black Swan for the second time tonight has convinced me that it is one of my three favorite movies of the year along with Winter’s Bone and The Social Network.
It was perfect.
