My OperaMy movies, 2010
Friday, December 31, 2010 4:25:20 PM
It is a bit weird posting a list like this when some of the movies I was the most interested in seeing this year I have not gotten around to yet (Machete, The Social Network, The A-Team, The King's Speech, The Warrior's Way, Narnia 3, True Grit), but... It is New Year's Eve, now or never.
This list was spurred on by, and copied from my answer to, Jon Kleiven's recent formspring question.
New movies I saw this year, cross-checked with Wikipedia and sorted by months of release:
JANUARY
Daybreakers
The Book of Eli
Legion
MARCH
Alice in Wonderland
How To Train Your Dragon
MAY
Iron Man 2
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
JUNE
Toy Story 3
JULY
Inception
AUGUST
Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World
Tales from Earthsea (though this one should be disqualified as only the English dub version premiered now as far as I can tell, movie's been out there for years)
OCTOBER
Red
NOVEMBER
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, part 1
Tangled
DECEMBER
Tron: Legacy
So, that is a total of 14 movies that I have seen out of the ones released this year.
To make this process more fun, I am going to narrow it down to one movie per month, then one per season.
JANUARY: The Book of Eli
MARCH: How To Train Your Dragon
MAY: Iron Man 2
JUNE: Toy Story 3
JULY: Inception
AUGUST: Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World
OCTOBER: Red
NOVEMBER: Tangled
DECEMBER: Tron: Legacy
Hey, that was pretty decent. I quite enjoyed all the movies left on this list now.
Ok, to narrow it further down, I am going to pretend I did that awful thing that people do and scale them on the 1-6 dice scale, and remove every one below 6.
The Book of Eli - 5
How To Train Your Dragon - 5
Iron Man 2 - 5
Toy Story 3 - 6
Inception - 5
Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World - 5
Red - 6
Tangled - 5
Tron: Legacy - 4
Eli, Inception and Tangled all had really strong 5s that could potentially be weak 6s if I ever saw them again, but I am pretty sure Dragon, Scott, Tron and Tony belong on the numbers they got. That said, I quite strongly enjoyed all those movies, too.
That leaves me with Red Vs. Toy Story 3, the only two movies this year that after having seen them only once, I already think deserve a 6..
And while Red was absolutely lovely, I had to think a lot before I gave it a 6. Toy Story, that was not a call at all.
So Toy Story 3 is the best movie I have seen this year. Small surprise there.
This list was spurred on by, and copied from my answer to, Jon Kleiven's recent formspring question.
New movies I saw this year, cross-checked with Wikipedia and sorted by months of release:
JANUARY
Daybreakers
The Book of Eli
Legion
MARCH
Alice in Wonderland
How To Train Your Dragon
MAY
Iron Man 2
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
JUNE
Toy Story 3
JULY
Inception
AUGUST
Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World
Tales from Earthsea (though this one should be disqualified as only the English dub version premiered now as far as I can tell, movie's been out there for years)
OCTOBER
Red
NOVEMBER
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, part 1
Tangled
DECEMBER
Tron: Legacy
So, that is a total of 14 movies that I have seen out of the ones released this year.
To make this process more fun, I am going to narrow it down to one movie per month, then one per season.
JANUARY: The Book of Eli
MARCH: How To Train Your Dragon
MAY: Iron Man 2
JUNE: Toy Story 3
JULY: Inception
AUGUST: Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World
OCTOBER: Red
NOVEMBER: Tangled
DECEMBER: Tron: Legacy
Hey, that was pretty decent. I quite enjoyed all the movies left on this list now.
Ok, to narrow it further down, I am going to pretend I did that awful thing that people do and scale them on the 1-6 dice scale, and remove every one below 6.
The Book of Eli - 5
How To Train Your Dragon - 5
Iron Man 2 - 5
Toy Story 3 - 6
Inception - 5
Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World - 5
Red - 6
Tangled - 5
Tron: Legacy - 4
Eli, Inception and Tangled all had really strong 5s that could potentially be weak 6s if I ever saw them again, but I am pretty sure Dragon, Scott, Tron and Tony belong on the numbers they got. That said, I quite strongly enjoyed all those movies, too.
That leaves me with Red Vs. Toy Story 3, the only two movies this year that after having seen them only once, I already think deserve a 6..
And while Red was absolutely lovely, I had to think a lot before I gave it a 6. Toy Story, that was not a call at all.
So Toy Story 3 is the best movie I have seen this year. Small surprise there.
Amrasananas # Saturday, January 1, 2011 4:52:06 PM
Tron: Legacy is just a film that's completely devoid of content. It has no characters outside of Micheal Sheen's Bowie-imitation, it has an incredibly boring plot, and the thematic content was so poorly integrated that it was laughable. The music is great though; probably the second best score of 2010, after The Social Network.
Georgius the PeasantLoki Aesir # Sunday, January 2, 2011 5:22:29 PM
Tron, I definitely get your opinion, but I just got more out of it than that. Could have been my almost historically low expectations, I suppose. But I loved the way the old man caught in time still spoke like a hippie. I loved both the obvious allusions to the Fall in Genesis, and the more subtle ones too. I quite enjoyed the visual style throughout the movie, and as you say, the score was lovely. Finally, while the plot was very straightforward, I enjoyed the characters and themes more than enough to flesh the experience out where the plot would usually have to do it alone. So to me, it sufficed. As you see, I did not love the movie. But I think it was solidly placed on that 4 - I did not ever seriously consider it as weak. Just not as great, either.