2010 New Release Database

[Fezzik]

Lot of the ones I've seen lately arent showing up so...

Easy-A: Nay
Red: Yay
Tangled: Yay
Black Swan: Big as HELL Yay
Tron: Legacy: Very mild Yay

EDIT: Wow, a LOT of the movies I've posted opinions about aren't included - was it changed that you had to post here to have your vote counted? That's fine if it did...just wasnt aware.

I'll add more as I come across them.

[TripZone]

Julianne Moore's original end speech is favorable to Ruffalo's character. The final one just disposes of him and seems to be pandering to some audience. Whatever that audience is I have no idea.

This annoyed me also.

[Watashi]

Narnia 3: yay

I actually prefer this to the bloated Harry Potter half-sequel.

[eternity]

EDIT: Wow, a LOT of the movies I've posted opinions about aren't included - was it changed that you had to post here to have your vote counted? That's fine if it did...just wasnt aware.

I'll add more as I come across them.
Votes are counted from other threads if they are noticed. It's a little much to expect every opinion from every thread to be recognized by E.

[Melville]

Black Swan - yay

[baby doll]

Julianne Moore's original end speech is favorable to Ruffalo's character. The final one just disposes of him and seems to be pandering to some audience. Whatever that audience is I have no idea.My reading is that Ruffalo is horning in on Benning's territory, first as parent and then sexual partner. In other words, once he starts acting as a father-figure to the kids, having crossed that boundary, it's inevitable that he's going to schtup at least one of the moms. So for the family unit to survive, he has to be excommunicated. Maybe the problem is that Ruffalo is too charming and sexy and too much of a nice guy; if his fatherly advice undermined Benning's parental authority in some way, then there would be a greater imperative for kicking him out of the home. Instead, I'm left wondering why, in a film about alternative family structures, isn't he schtupping Benning as well? Wouldn't that be a fitting ending where they both wind up pregnant by him a second time?

[B-side]

Black Swan - yay

[Fezzik]

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Yay

[Fezzik]

Votes are counted from other threads if they are noticed. It's a little much to expect every opinion from every thread to be recognized by E.

Which is why I decided to post them here...going through all the threads has got to be like a second job.

Didn't mean to come off as snotty. Sorry if I did.

[Watashi]

Exit through the Gift Shop - yay

[Henry Gale]

TRON: Legacy - yay.

By the way, was it just me missing something, or did the opening credits only say "TRON", with the subtitle nowhere to be found? Kind of like how X2, the newest Shrek or Piranha 3D all just used certain titles in the marketing and not in the actual films. I may have just missed it since no one else has mentioned it. Mind you, I also heard no mention of Cillian Murphy's cameo to the point where I just assumed it was a complete look-a-like.

[soitgoes...]

The Robber - yay

[eternity]

Black Swan - nay

[MadMan]

Playing catchup at the end of the year, like I always do:

Cyrus-Yay
The Other Guys-Yay
Scott Pilgrim vs The World-Yay
Winter's Bone-Yay

[soitgoes...]

White Material - yay

[Rowland]

Black Swan - Yay

[Watashi]

Black Swan - yay

[soitgoes...]

Red Hill - Nay

[Boner M]

Red Hill - Nay
Yeah, I think my 2-star rating might've been too generous. Even the entertaining parts are pure No Country For Old Men knockoff. And the jukebox scene is probably the worst scene of the year.

btw, this also reminded me that you needed a list of good Aussie films. I'd say Matthew Newton's Three Blind Mice, Warwick Thornton's Samson & Delilah, Ben Hackworth's Corroboree and Rolf de Heer's Ten Canoes are the only ones in the last 5 years that you really need to go out of your way to see. I didn't see South Solitary but TripZone is the first person to make a case for it. There's so much anxiety in the Australian film industry over what local audiences want to see; as result, much of the produce is unsatisfying hodgepodges of various conventions and impulses; films that aren't quite commercial and aren't quite art films and don't make much of a mark in any way. You really don't need to investigate further.

[B-side]

Uncle Boonmee - yay

[soitgoes...]

Yeah, I think my 2-star rating might've been too generous. Even the entertaining parts are pure No Country For Old Men knockoff. And the jukebox scene is probably the worst scene of the year.
It's just a ridiculously stupid film. Things like when Cooper is handcuffed to the railing, and all he has to do do is lift it up to be free just left me rolling my eyes. The symbolic panther with no purpose but to be symbolic. Explaining how he couldn't shoot a kid to foreshadow later events. Coming home to get his gun, when there's a half a dozen men who have been killed laying about the town with their weapons nearby. Sneaking into his house. Don't wake the wife! Load the gun in the same room as the wife. Fuck me. The "twist" that could be seen well before the reveal.

btw, this also reminded me that you needed a list of good Aussie films. I'd say Matthew Newton's Three Blind Mice, Warwick Thornton's Samson & Delilah, Ben Hackworth's Corroboree and Rolf de Heer's Ten Canoes are the only ones in the last 5 years that you really need to go out of your way to see. I didn't see South Solitary but TripZone is the first person to make a case for it. There's so much anxiety in the Australian film industry over what local audiences want to see; as result, much of the produce is unsatisfying hodgepodges of various conventions and impulses; films that aren't quite commercial and aren't quite art films and don't make much of a mark in any way. You really don't need to investigate further.
Rolf de Heer's film's been on my radar for awhile now. I've heard of Samson & Delilah. Thanks for the other recommendations.

[soitgoes...]

Uncle Boonmee - yayI was going to watch this earlier today, but I opted for White Material instead.

[B-side]

I was going to watch this earlier today, but I opted for White Material instead.

I'll be seeing that soon. Let's hope it breaks my streak of indifference to Denis.

[soitgoes...]

I'll be seeing that soon. Let's hope it breaks my streak of indifference to Denis.Uh oh. What have you seen?

EDIT: I should state that this is the best film I've seen of her's by a comfortable margin. I'm not her biggest fan either, but I've liked the previous 3 films I've seen.

[B-side]

Uh oh. What have you seen?

EDIT: I should state that this is the best film I've seen of her's.

L'intrus and Beau travail.

[TripZone]

Ben Hackworth's Corroboree

*shudder*

Actually, it was somewhat interesting considering its total divergence from mainstream filmmaking, terribly rare now in Australia, but I'm convinced it's all a wank. The filmmakers speaking on the DVD features...cringeworthy.
I uploaded it onto KG.

Samson and Delilah is one of the only formally impressive films made here in the last decade. The second half bothers me a bit, though. Ten Canoes is at the top for the decade in Aussie film. Moulin Rouge! is wonderful. I'm a supporter of his Australia, too. If I felt comfortable considering Bright Star mostly Australian, it would actually be #1. Somersault is nice. Clara Law is one of our finest filmmakers, so The Goddess of 1967 . And her Letters to Ali is noteworthy. Alkinos Tsilimidos' work is almost good enough to mention. Three Blind Mice rocks, yeah. The 90s was when we soared.

[soitgoes...]

L'intrus and Beau travail.Beau travail is my least favorite, but also my entry point. Chocolat is probably my second favorite now. I can see that film being a sort of companion piece to White Material, thought the latter film is much more ambitious.

[B-side]

BTW, Ezee, mark me down for a yay for Heartbeats, The Oath and Trash Humpers.

[B-side]

Beau travail is my least favorite, but also my entry point. Chocolat is probably my second favorite now. I can see that film being a sort of companion piece to White Material, thought the latter film is much more ambitious.

L'intrus was my entry point.:P

[soitgoes...]

Rolf de Heer is two for two in the awesome department, so I don't doubt that Ten Canoes will continue that trend.

[TripZone]

Rolf de Heer is two for two in the awesome department, so I don't doubt that Ten Canoes will continue that trend.

I'm not sure I care for anything he's done outside of Ten Canoes.
Alexandra's Project is really effectively grim, though. The last act is ludicrous. The Tracker is alright. Bad Boy Bubby...meh. He's somehow both an auteur and totally not one at all, as if making each film far removed from his previous work was his signifier.

[dmk]

Yeah, I think my 2-star rating might've been too generous. Even the entertaining parts are pure No Country For Old Men knockoff. And the jukebox scene is probably the worst scene of the year.
It's just a ridiculously stupid film. Things like when Cooper is handcuffed to the railing, and all he has to do do is lift it up to be free just left me rolling my eyes. The symbolic panther with no purpose but to be symbolic. Explaining how he couldn't shoot a kid to foreshadow later events. Coming home to get his gun, when there's a half a dozen men who have been killed laying about the town with their weapons nearby. Sneaking into his house. Don't wake the wife! Load the gun in the same room as the wife. Fuck me. The "twist" that could be seen well before the reveal.
Sigh.

*Put here markings in defence of the film’s (almost Lewton-esque) atmosphere carrying the whole derivative (but no more so than any other Australian recent) product into very watchable terrain*

*also mention the understated and touching duo sequences with Claire van der Boom lying down. Credit the music as the major sponsor.*

*Admit to being biased in favour of the jukebox scene as it stars a man I know (or knew years ago).*

*YAY Vincere*

[TripZone]

What did you like about Vincere?

[dmk]

What did you like about Vincere?
Closer to a mild yay, but the light and shadow is year-best. Grandly cinematic.

[TripZone]

Closer to a mild yay, but the light and shadow is year-best. Grandly cinematic.

One more thing, are there proper subs for Persecution? I read somewhere that there were terrible auto-translated ones.

Oh, that was you!

[NickGlass]

Blue Valentine - yay

A little on-the-nose w/ its past/present juxtapositions, but never less than heroically & unguardedly honest. (yes, I'm copying my twitter reviews)

I agree with the first clause--and partially with the second. I found the final act rather bombastic, thereby betraying the candid, raw realism of rotting affection the film had worked so hard to capture. Also, the two central characters are so commanding that it seems everyone forgot to develop the ridiculous supporting characters (Williams' ex-boyfriend, the doctor, etc.).

I was predictably mesmerized by Gosling and Williams (prefer Williams, though, since Gosling skirts the risible occasionally), and I liked the film fine, but the only aspect of the film I found surprising was the complete lack of support these brilliantly committed lead performances were given.

[Derek]

Love and Other Drugs - fuck nay
Sweetgrass - yay
Tron: Legacy - mild yay
Hereafter - mild nay

[baby doll]

One more thing, are there proper subs for Persecution? I read somewhere that there were terrible auto-translated ones.There are English subtitles on the Canadian DVD so I would assume so.

[Ezee E]

I switched Scott Pilgrim to a yay as I find myself talking more good about it then bad, even though it does get tiresome.

[Stay Puft]

Samson and Delilah is one of the only formally impressive films made here in the last decade.

That doesn't bode well.

[eternity]

Cop Out - nay

The first ten minutes were hilarious and the entirety of it was never *bad*, but...just really boring.

[Spinal]

Tron: Legacy - mild yay


Please explain.

[Ivan Drago]

Exit Through The Gift Shop - Yay

[Watashi]

Please explain.
You both gave it the same rating. :frustrated:

[MacGuffin]

You both gave it the same rating. :frustrated:

They're using a different scale. Spinal = * - ****, Derek = None - ****.

[Ezee E]

Match Cut suggests you avoid these movies at all costs:


Alice In Wonderland -- although everyone saw it anyways
http://i.ytimg.com/vi/WDhFVZwfe3c/hqdefault.jpg
The A-Team
Chloe
Clash of the Titans
Cop Out
Date Night
Daybreakers
Devil
Edge of Darkness
Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
http://sproots.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/dragon-tattoo.jpg
The Good, the Bad, and the Weird
The Human Centipede
http://www.iwatchstuff.com/2010/04/05/human-centipede-trailer.jpg
Iron Man 2
Jonah Hex
http://www.collider.com/uploads/imageGallery/Jonah_Hex/megan_fox_jonah_hex_movie_imag e_corset_01.jpg
The kids are All Right
Knight & Day
The Last Airbender
Legion
Life During Wartime
http://www.dose.ca/3478391.bin?size=dose462
Nightmare on Elm Street
Robin Hood
The Secret of their Eyes
She's Out of My League
Splice
http://media.daemonsmovies.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/SPLICE-Movie-12-550x296.jpg
Survival of the Dead
The Wolfman

[eternity]

Eccentricities of a Blond Haired Girl: nay

Also, Rouge is counted for Copie Conforme, which is otherwise known as Certified Copy.

[soitgoes...]

Tron: Legacy - Nay

[Rowland]

I like how you snuck The Kids Are All Right on there E. I liked six of those, and didn't mind several more.

[Boner M]

Lebabon - nay

Dull, dull, dull. Affectedly 'tactile' images, interchangeable characters, all at the service of the newsflash that 'war is hell'.

[TripZone]

Lebabon - nay

Dull, dull, dull. Affectedly 'tactile' images, interchangeable characters, all at the service of the newsflash that 'war is hell'.

I could tell it was such from the kind of people who have expressed an appreciation for it. Is that terrible? Oh well, they are useful in their untrustworthiness.

[Boner M]

I agree with the first clause--and partially with the second. I found the final act rather bombastic, thereby betraying the candid, raw realism of rotting affection the film had worked so hard to capture. Also, the two central characters are so commanding that it seems everyone forgot to develop the ridiculous supporting characters (Williams' ex-boyfriend, the doctor, etc.).
Hmm, I didn't really find the finale all that bombastic. Sure, there're some histrionics but I never felt the film falling victim to any bad impulses. Does subt(it)lety always have to be the dominant mode of emotional representation? I think Gosling's risks being a little too movie-star charismatic in the early stages, and it's not as razor-sharp a dissection of romantic relationships as Everyone Else, but it's at least as truthful as, say, Two Lovers.

[Boner M]

I could tell it was such from the kind of people who have expressed an appreciation for it. Is that terrible? Oh well, they are useful in their untrustworthiness.
Yeah, most reviews I've read seem obliged to like it. It's probably not as bad as I make it out to be, I just felt my mind tune out and stared at the film for the most part.

[soitgoes...]

Somewhere - yay

[B-side]

Somewhere - yay

[Boner M]

I hate you both too.

[B-side]

I hate you both too.

If it's any consolation, for about a half hour worth of the film I kinda hated it.

[TripZone]

Tuesday, After Christmas - yay

[B-side]

Tuesday, After Christmas - yay

I thought about watching this tonight, too.

[StanleyK]

The Chronicles of Narnia 3 - naaayyy...



Also, a nay for Megamind.

[Fezzik]

Forgot to mention:

The Town - a very BIG Yay

[B-side]

Tuesday, After Christmas - yay

If we're counting it, you can put me down for a yay as well.

[NickGlass]

Tuesday, After Christmas - yay

Oh, we're including this? OK.

Tuesday, After Christmas: Yay

[TripZone]

I dunno, I don't decide these things.

[Ezee E]

I don't know either. Too much work to look up the US release date (I know a simple wikipedia search, but when you do this for 30+ movies it gets tiresome) so I just put it up.

[Derek]

I don't know either. Too much work to look up the US release date (I know a simple wikipedia search, but when you do this for 30+ movies it gets tiresome) so I just put it up.

Played NYFF, but no US release yet, so this'll probably be 2011.

[NickGlass]

I don't know either. Too much work to look up the US release date (I know a simple wikipedia search, but when you do this for 30+ movies it gets tiresome) so I just put it up.

It is not being released in the US until 2011--I believe in May. So, by those rules (which I thought were well stated, just to keep everything organized), Certified Copy, Uncle Boonme, and likely a few others should be held off until 2011. When are you going to create the 2011 New Release Database? Maybe now would be a good time. There's no reason there can't be a 2010 and 2011 routing at the same time.

[Kurosawa Fan]

It doesn't have a U.S. release date outside of the NY Film Festival, if that factors into things.

[Kurosawa Fan]

Well. Seems my comment was a tad unnecessary.

[Derek]

Please explain.

Not sure what you're looking for...if it's a credible defense, I don't have one. I enjoyed its idiosyncracies (Bridges dude-isms, Sheen's ridiculous performance, Daft Punk, etc.) and action sequences enough to give it the slightest of yay's. It's much more mixed, but I had to pick a side.


You both gave it the same rating. :frustrated:

Everytime you give **1/2 to a film you like, you are saying you're better than Roger Ebert. Why so pretentious, Wats?

[Ezee E]

Alright, what else is 2011:

Certified Copy
Tuesday, After Christmas
Uncle Boonmee

I'll make the transition over the next few days. That way, people can see what's eligible for the 2010 Match Cut, Top Tens, etc.

[B-side]

Alright, what else is 2011:

Certified Copy
Tuesday, After Christmas
Uncle Boonmee

I'll make the transition over the next few days. That way, people can see what's eligible for the 2010 Match Cut, Top Tens, etc.

Then there are films that don't seem to have a planned US release like I Wish I Knew.

[NickGlass]

The 2011 titles, insofar as I can tell:

Certified Copy
Tuesday, After Christmas
Uncle Boonmee
The Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Heartbeats (this Canada vs. US thing is annoying, though--can't we both just get along..with release dates)
Indendies (see Heartbeats parenthetical)
Leap Year (Rowe)
Poetry

Hahaha, Oki's Movie, The Robber, and Film Socialism don't even have a distributor, so that's your call (I say move it to 2011, as well).

[Ezee E]

I'll probably move them to 2011. They'll at least get a Netflix release I assume.

[Stay Puft]

Kitano's Outrage doesn't seem to have a planned release, either (but then none of his recent films have been distributed over here).


Then there are films that don't seem to have a planned US release like I Wish I Knew.

That one is weird as I don't think it was commerically released anywhere. It was commissioned for Shanghai World's Fair and was screened free of charge.

[soitgoes...]

Detective Dee
Hadewijch
Honey
The Housemaid
La Belle Endormie (Sleeping Beauty)
Love Exposure

All are 2011 or still waiting for a distributer.

[NickGlass]

Hadewijch

All are 2011 or still waiting for a distributer.

Not this one.

(Sorry, I know this is all so pedantic, but it's being released by IFC on Friday: http://www.ifccenter.com/films/hadewijch/)

[Lazlo]

Please Give - Nay

[soitgoes...]

Not this one.

(Sorry, I know this is all so pedantic, but it's being released by IFC on Friday: http://www.ifccenter.com/films/hadewijch/)No that's cool. I was just going by IMDb. I'd be happy to include it as a 2010 film for Match-Cut purposes. I imagine it will have to be on the 2011 lists as well, since next to nobody has seen it here.

[Lazlo]

Tron Legacy - Yay!

[Ivan Drago]

Greenberg - A surprising YAY

I didn't expect to like it that much.

[Boner M]

Love and Other Drugs - nayest nay of all nays

Just a giant, gaping black hole of grating smugness & phoniness, with corporate endorsement as the rotten cherry on top of the shit sundae; I haven't loved any 2010 release as much as I hated this one. Congrats, Ed Zwick!

[Ivan Drago]

Love and Other Drugs - nayest nay of all nays

Just a giant, gaping black hole of grating smugness & phoniness, with corporate endorsement as the rotten cherry on top of the shit sundae; I haven't loved any 2010 release as much as I hated this one. Congrats, Ed Zwick!

The fact that he, of all people, directed that really blows my mind. Hope it was only for the money.

[Boner M]

The fact that he, of all people, directed that really blows my mind. Hope it was only for the money.
Nah, he's a pretty shitty director. It's of a piece with his oeuvre.

[Ivan Drago]

Nah, he's a pretty shitty director. It's of a piece with his oeuvre.

Eh I loved Legends of the Fall (then again it's been forever since I saw it last) and have heard nothing but good things about Glory.

[MacGuffin]

Eh I loved Legends of the Fall (then again it's been forever since I saw it last) and have heard nothing but good things about Glory.

People enjoy Glory?

[Watashi]

People enjoy Glory?
A lot of people seem to enjoy Glory. (http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1008415-glory/) I am one of them.

I hope this answers your question.

[Watashi]

Oh, and True Grit - fuck yes

[MacGuffin]

A lot of people seem to enjoy Glory. (http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1008415-glory/) I am one of them.

I hope this answers your question.

My bad. Haha.

[Stay Puft]

Tron Legacy - yay

If only for The Dude entering the End of Line and Daft Punk.

(Yes, it was a lot of fun, but also a kind of annoying sequel with little winks and nods to the first film and fans and all that, and one of those movies where enjoyment is derived mostly from content, because for all the visual imagination from designers and effects artists on display, there was none in the director's or editor's chair.)

[soitgoes...]

Buried - yay

[B-side]

Buried - yay

I'm thinking of rewatching it now that it has a decent release. I watched it with cam audio. Yuck.

[soitgoes...]

I'm thinking of rewatching it now that it has a decent release. I watched it with cam audio. Yuck.I had some issues with the decisions Ryan Reynolds character made, but there's no denying the tension Cortés was able to create, as well as making a film with one location and character interesting throughout its runtime.

[B-side]

I had some issues with the decisions Ryan Reynolds character made.

Like what?

[soitgoes...]

Like what?The snake bit for one (throw alcohol and light it in an enclosed area is wrong on many levels). The lighter for two (though it seems using the lighter had no consequences because of the story's faults).

[B-side]

The snake bit for one (throw alcohol and light it in an enclosed area is wrong on many levels). The lighter for two (though it seems using the lighter had no consequences because of the story's faults).

Eh, those didn't really hurt the film for me. The former especially doesn't seem out of the realm of reason for someone in his state.

[soitgoes...]

Eh, those didn't really hurt the film for me. The former especially doesn't seem out of the realm of reason for someone in his state.
The former, maybe not, but the second one is just plain stupid. Thankfully Reynolds had the writer on his side. Well maybe not at the end, but you get my drift.

[TripZone]

People enjoy Glory?

One of the worst movies of all time.

[baby doll]

Forgot to mention:

The Town - a very BIG YayReally?! I didn't think it was a bad film, just really, really generic.

[Boner M]

Really?! I didn't think it was a bad film, just really, really generic.
Word. And it's one of Melville's select few 'yays' this year! Baffling.

[dmk]

Can you imagine how good The Town could have been with Adrian Lyne directing, that being the initial plan?

I mean, that plot outline has the capacity for something beautiful and it’s just model material for Lyne:

"The novel centers on a man who wants to clean up his criminal ways after falling for a teller at a bank he just robbed. Complications arise when the FBI agent who is investigating him also falls for the teller. The tricky love triangle threatens the recovering thief’s plans."

It's like Ben Affleck removed the most interesting aspect of the premise (the love triangle), opting for... a thoroughly generic crime movie whose existence is absolutely futile. Nice one, guy.

[baby doll]

Word. And it's one of Melville's select few 'yays' this year! Baffling.I just did a check of his yays and nays, and so far he's nayed Exit Through the Gift Shop, The Ghost Writer, The Social Network, Un prophète, and Winter's Bone. It may be the case that some of these have been over-praised, or didn't speak to him, but to say they're bad movies seems, just in terms of pure craftsmanship, objectively wrong.

[Boner M]

It may be the case that some of these have been over-praised, or didn't speak to him, but to say they're bad movies seems, just in terms of pure craftsmanship, objectively wrong.
I'll play the Devil's advocate and suggest that Melville, like most of us, is going purely by gut reaction. Besides, didn't you 'nay' I Am Love; a film that is, by any standard, superbly crafted all round? And didn't you 'nay' Everyone Else basically because it 'didn't speak to you'? I mean come on.

[B-side]

but to say they're bad movies seems, just in terms of pure craftsmanship, objectively wrong.

Must. Not. Rage.

[Derek]

Love and Other Drugs - nayest nay of all nays

Just a giant, gaping black hole of grating smugness & phoniness, with corporate endorsement as the rotten cherry on top of the shit sundae; I haven't loved any 2010 release as much as I hated this one. Congrats, Ed Zwick!

YES! I had planned on going off on this one, but haven't had the time to really devote to the hate-filled rant I'm planning out on my head. But today is Festivus, so hopefully later tonight I'll get a chance to air my grievances. But seriously, this film is not merely incompetent, but morally reprehensible. I haven't hated a film as much as this one in quite some time.

[B-side]

But today is Festivus, so hopefully later tonight I'll get a chance to air my grievances.

Not until you pin me.

[NickGlass]

YES! I had planned on going off on this one, but haven't had the time to really devote to the hate-filled rant I'm planning out on my head. But today is Festivus, so hopefully later tonight I'll get a chance to air my grievances. But seriously, this film is not merely incompetent, but morally reprehensible. I haven't hated a film as much as this one in quite some time.

I heard about a scene where, during sex, Anne Hathaway's orgasm turns into a Parkinson's tremor. That was enough of an indicator that I should never, ever see this film.

[Derek]

I heard about a scene where, during sex, Anne Hathaway's orgasm turns into a Parkinson's tremor. That was enough of an indicator that I should never, ever see this film.

I may have blacked out during that scene b/c I don't remember it, but the film's supposedly compassionate view towards Parkinson's comes off as a Pfizer rep's plead for investors - "We'll find a cure!". As for Hathaway, it's unfortunately hilarious how she goes from being a total sexpot early in the film, the camera lingering on her naked body in sex-scenes like a cheap-o 90s Skinemax flick, to a shaking mess after not taking her meds - the tragedy not being the lack of a cure, but the loss of her sexuality and her appeal to the male audience as a sexual object. Not that this came as a surprise as the entire film plays from the superinflated ego of the alpha male, with even its limp pot shots at pharmaceutical reps being far outweighed by its mindless hero-worshipping of Gyllenhaal's character.

[Watashi]

the camera lingering on her naked body in sex-scenes like a cheap-o 90s Skinemax flick.

I will see this movie.

[Derek]

I will see this movie.

The fact that I still hate this movie so much, despite featuring more AH nudity than I ever thought we'd get, only tells you how putrid the rest of it is. Download and fast-forward; don't put yourself through the ringer.

[NickGlass]

I may have blacked out during that scene b/c I don't remember it, but the film's supposedly compassionate view towards Parkinson's comes off as a Pfizer rep's plead for investors - "We'll find a cure!".

Ah, ok. I learned everything I needed to about this film from this small capsule by Karina Longworth:

"LOVE AND OTHER DRUGS. Anne Hathaway bares her breasts in Edward Zwick's rom-dramedy, frequently and casually and with the confidence of a one-time Oscar nominee who knows that a role in which her romantic viability is undercut by a debilitating disease is a pretty sure shot at nomination No. 2. Should you decide that you cannot wait for the screen grabs to make it to Mr. Skin, be forewarned that Love and Other Drugs, an unfunny sex farce and a relationship study without a shred of genuine human behavior, also includes the following: period-defining montages set to both Spin Doctors and "Macarena"; an Inconvenient Boner set piece forcing Jake Gyllenhaal to scamper across several frames holding a pillow in front of his pelvis; a pull-over-on-the-highway make-up-cute; and a sex scene in which an orgasm evolves into a Parkinson's tremor — or maybe, even more tastelessly, vice versa? Ask yourself: Is it worth it?"

[eternity]

I never had plans to see Love and Other Drugs, but now...

[baby doll]

I'll play the Devil's advocate and suggest that Melville, like most of us, is going purely by gut reaction. Besides, didn't you 'nay' I Am Love; a film that is, by any standard, superbly crafted all round? And didn't you 'nay' Everyone Else basically because it 'didn't speak to you'? I mean come on.With regards to I Am Love, while it may be strongly crafted in terms of things like production design and music, the script is a big ol' mess of stuff (most of it cliché). As for Everyone Else, I'm definitely going to have to watch it again, but yeah, my gut-reaction is: it's definitely well made for what it's trying to do; I'm just not very sympathetic to those aims. But then, I'm not completely sympathetic to Winter's Bone either, yet it is so well crafted as a thriller that I wasn't bored by it either. I'd be interested to hear what Melville thought about these movies--that is, if he's got a legitimate (or at least interesting) complaint, or if he's just being glibly dismissive.

[Derek]

Shoot the Piano Player (Truffaut 60) **½

You are banned from French films. I'm cutting you off!

[Melville]

I'd be interested to hear what Melville thought about these movies--that is, if he's got a legitimate (or at least interesting) complaint, or if he's just being glibly dismissive.
I didn't much like them, so I gave them a nay. I don't know what objectivity or glibness has to do with it. My brief responses to the movies can be found in this very thread (with a fairly lengthy discussion of The Social Network in its thread). Since you dismiss any meaning in films (except when criticizing their adoption of social norms), I doubt we'd agree on what constitutes an interesting complaint.

[baby doll]

Winter's Bone - nay. It felt phony in its oppressively grey bleakness, especially the climactic scene.Okay, that's an interesting take on the film--one I'm somewhat sympathetic to, given my own suspicion that the film's pseudo-documentary aesthetic is designed to lend credibility to a somewhat far-fetched thriller plot. As for The Ghost Writer, however...

[Pop Trash]

People enjoy Glory?

I love Glory. The ending always gets to me *tear* Legends of the Fall is kind of a guilty pleasure, and I'll be the first to admit it's pretty soapy.

[soitgoes...]

You are banned from French films. I'm cutting you off!Merde! Denis?

[MacGuffin]

Merde! Denis?

That's okay, I agree it's thoroughly mediocre.

[Derek]

Merde! Denis?

Ok, French female directors are fair game. :)

[soitgoes...]

Ok, French female directors are fair game. :)Yes! That gives me something like 20 more films to watch from France.

I do have Day for Night coming up, also Eustache's The Mother and the Whore and L'argent. Guess my ratings! I choose one star for the middle film. I'm guessing that it isn't going to be 4 hours of lesbian sex like the title leads me to believe.

[baby doll]

Yes! That gives me something like 20 more films to watch from France.You should check out Y aura-t-il de la neige Ã* Noël?.

[eternity]

Somewhere - yay

[Lazlo]

Black Swan - Fuck Yay

[Boner M]

Piranha 3D - nay

Hard to nay a movie that treats Jerry O'Connell in such a manner. But even the fun parts all smack of desperation.

[B-side]

Tron: Legacy - yay

[Pop Trash]

Easy A - nay

Intermittently entertaining, but also overwritten and too cookie cutter Hollywood. Emma Stone is charming, but mostly this felt like a waste of time. Also, just because you are self-aware that you are stealing from other movies, doesn't mean you aren't any less guilty of lacking an imagination.

[Mysterious Dude]

Exit Through the Gift Shop - yay
I Am Love - yay
Valhalla Rising - yay

I seem to be very generous when I rate movies like this.

[Bosco B Thug]

Devil - Nay
Not bad at first, but bad by the end. Stupid by the end, script was unsalvageable from the get-go.

Scott Pilgrim - Yay
Not having read the thread for this or anything, I don't think I'm stepping on anyone's toes or opinions when I say I had no idea what I was watching or what the hell the point of any of it was.

My score is high-end positive, though, so I didn't care/I was won over.

[Stay Puft]

Around a Small Mountain - nay

Borderline, but it just ain't Rivette if it ain't three hours.

[Raiders]

Black Swan - nay
True Grit - yay

[Ezee E]

Alright, 2011 is updated, and '11 movies have been removed from this year. This will include any awards/top ten consideration as well.

[soitgoes...]

Alright, 2011 is updated, and '11 movies have been removed from this year. This will include any awards/top ten consideration as well.You have a Copie Conforme listing in 2010. This is the same as Certified Copy.

[Ivan Drago]

True Grit - yay

[Weeping_Guitar]

Eccentricities of a Blonde-Haired Girl - yay
Everyone Else - nay
Easy A - yay
Vincere - nay
Exit Through the Gift Shop - Yay
Countdown to Zero - yay

[Derek]

Somewhere - nay
Amer - mild yay
True Grit - yay
White Material - yay

[eternity]

I'm Still Here - yay
Bluebeard - yay (though towards the end there, I'm pretty sure Breillat was trying as hard as she could to make me dislike the movie)
Harry Brown - nay

[Ivan Drago]

Black Swan - YAY x 1000

[Spinal]

You can give me a YAY for Black Swan even though I was kinda whiny about it.

[Bosco B Thug]

Psh, I'm giving The Last Airbender a yay. It's pretty good for what it is. It's better than any of the first 6 Harry Potter films, that's for sure - it actually feels like a real movie. Wait, no, I should re-watch Cauron's entry, he's also a distinctive director infiltrating franchise material.

[baby doll]

Vincere - nay:cry:

[Boner M]

Everyone Else - nay
Easy A - yay
:cry::cry:

[TripZone]

:sad::sad::sad:

[eternity]

Everyone Else - yay-ish

[Derek]

:cry::cry:

Don't cry, Boner. We can hate on Somewhere together.

Also, put me down for a yay for Fish Tank. Want more Fassbender please.

[Derek]

The Last Airbender (Shyamalan 10) - 5


Psh, I'm giving The Last Airbender a yay.

That sound you hear is Watashi's head exploding. :)

[Bosco B Thug]

That sound you hear is Watashi's head exploding. :) Always glad to make people's heads turn... or explode...

I mean, I gave Shutter Island a higher rating (5.5) and a nay. So really the yay-nay designation is clearly loose in terms of rigid protocol, and shouldn't be expected to have such. In any case, everyone please keep any body parts from exploding on behalf of such awesome iconoclasm. :)

[Derek]

Always glad to make people's heads turn... or explode...

I mean, I gave Shutter Island a higher rating (5.5) and a nay. So really the yay-nay designation is clearly loose in terms of rigid protocol, and shouldn't be expected to have such. In any case, everyone please keep any body parts from exploding on behalf of such awesome iconoclasm. :)

Oh, I have no problem with it. I understand that rating scales are relative and the yay/nay leaves no room for a grey area, but abnormalities like **=yay have bothered Wats in the past, so I fear he may not be able to handle this one. ;)

[Bosco B Thug]

Oh, I have no problem with it. I understand that rating scales are relative and the yay/nay leaves no room for a grey area, but abnormalities like **=yay have bothered Wats in the past, so I fear he may not be able to handle this one. ;) Oh, I know you'd have no problem with it, wasn't saying any of that to you. You're the **-can-be-a-yay guy, now that takes balls!

[endingcredits]

Black Swan - yay

[eternity]

Change my yay on The Kids Are All Right to nay.

[Dukefrukem]

wanna give props and thanks to Ezee for heading this up. That's a lot of updating.

[Ezee E]

Thanks. It's actually been kind of fun seeing how movies progress throughout the year, and the similarities/differences in tastes that we all have.

[Lazlo]

True Grit - Yay!

[soitgoes...]

Black Swan - Fuck yeah

[soitgoes...]

Howl - nay

[Weeping_Guitar]

True Grit - Yay

[endingcredits]

Robin Hood - nay

I forgot about these:
The Secret in Their Eyes - nay
Shutter Island - (mild) yay

[eternity]

I Am Comic - yay

[kopello]

Jackass 3D - yay
Four Lions - yay
The Town - nay
Winter's Bone - mild yay
Restrepo - yay

[eternity]

The Ghost Writer - yay

[Ezee E]

I'll probably do just one more of these:

BOX OFFICE:
1) Inception - $550
2) Shutter Island - $530
3) Social Network - $440
4) Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World - $400
5) Toy Story 3 - $390
6) The Ghost Writer - $370
7) Kick-Ass - $370
8) Iron Man 2 - $360
9) Alice in Wonderland - $310
10) Greenberg - $290
11) Hot Tub Time Machine - $290
12) Exit Through the Gift Shop - $280
13) Winter's Bone - $280
14) The Town - $260
15) Black Swan - $260

[Raiders]

Black Swan - nay
True Grit - yay

Thinking this got missed...

[MacGuffin]

I'm Still Here - yay

[Boner M]

The King's Speech - mild yay

Passable middlebrow fluff for quality times with the folks on Boxing Day. Puts the usually insufferable Geoffrey Rush to good use. Baffled by the 88 score on metacritic.

[TripZone]

Metacritic's system baffles me often.

[Sycophant]

True Grit - yay

[Winston*]

Let Me In - Yay

[eternity]

Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work - yay

[NickGlass]

The King's Speech - mild yay


Hm, I've been sort of dreading seeing this, but I suppose it's somewhat encouraging to hear that you think it's, err, passable.

[Henry Gale]

True Grit - yay

Apparently I already nay'd Somewhere even if I don't think I did it formally, so I'll guess that it's from my thoughts in the thread. It's my correct vote, though.

[MadMan]

True Grit-Yay

Probably going to be the last 2010 release I see in theaters, or this year overall for that matter.

[Boner M]

Apparently I already nay'd Somewhere even if I don't think I did it formally, so I'll guess that it's from my thoughts in the thread. It's my correct vote, though.
E moves in mysterious ways.

[Boner M]

October Country - YAY

Major props to Rowland for being the first to bring this to my attention; a perfect example of how unreserved compassion and a lyrical eye can dissolve socio-economic barriers. Sorta like the doco equivalent of George Washington.

[Sycophant]

Tangled - yay

[Watashi]

Tangled - yay

Nice.

[dmk]

October Country - YAY

Major props to Rowland for being the first to bring this to my attention; a perfect example of how unreserved compassion and a lyrical eye can dissolve socio-economic barriers. Sorta like the doco equivalent of George Washington.
I turned it off after 30 minutes, but it felt more like a doco equivalent of Blessed (or just about any other recent Australian film with (rarely) Working-class characters) than George Washington. I had enough of it after the umpteenth time they cut-away to the characters’ hands.

Palmieri: I hate that guy’s redneck face, so I'm just going to cut to his hand. Yeah, that’s nice. Jesus, what is that growing on her face? HANDS IMMEDIATELY!

EDIT- I just called them 'characters', and I mean it, in that they were quite the characters.

[soitgoes...]

Skyline - nay

[Rowland]

October Country - YAY

Major props to Rowland for being the first to bring this to my attention; a perfect example of how unreserved compassion and a lyrical eye can dissolve socio-economic barriers. Sorta like the doco equivalent of George Washington.Excellent, it's cool you gave this a chance, since it seems off the radar of most critics and cinephiles. As dmk aptly illustrates, it seems to me a film ripe for polarized reactions, and I don't necessarily begrudge the response because I flirted with it at points as well, but as a whole I was emphatically won over by its raw intimacy, overwhelming heartache, expansive sociological reach, vivid aesthetic, and the lucid discourse of its alternately compassionate and narcissistic subjects, either lost within or striving to transcend their predetermined archetypes and socioeconomic prisons.

[Watashi]

Best Worst Movie - yay

I wish George Hardy was my dad.

[DavidSeven]

Easy A - yay.

Yeah, the filmmaking is the standard generic stuff we routinely see in this genre, but the writing is so much better than what we see from Apatow's crew and maybe even Tina Fey. Fluffy as heck but damn witty and engaging. Definitely passable entertainment.

[Boner M]

the writing is so much better than what we see from Apatow's crew and maybe even Tina Fey
The barbs/zingers/bon-mots/etc might be witty, but the job of a screenwriter to give each character a distinctive voice is obviously lost on this film's scribe. The whole thing felt like a clever wordsmith's revenge on his Catholic upbringing.

[DavidSeven]

The barbs/zingers/bon-mots/etc might be witty, but the job of a screenwriter to give each character a distinctive voice is obviously lost on this film's scribe. The whole thing felt like a clever wordsmith's revenge on his Catholic upbringing.

I didn't have a problem with the characterizations, except maybe Kudrow. I guess you have to accept the film as existing in a Wes Anderson or His Girl Friday type universe, where everyone is kind of alike, or not. I went along with it. I could probably be convinced that most of the characters don't do much more than fill out standard archetypes while being opposite sides of the same central character, but, at the same time, I'm not going to be defending the film as being anything approaching stellar or groundbreaking either.

[Pop Trash]

Easy A - yay.

Yeah, the filmmaking is the standard generic stuff we routinely see in this genre, but the writing is so much better than what we see from Apatow's crew and maybe even Tina Fey. Fluffy as heck but damn witty and engaging. Definitely passable entertainment.

What? No way. It's written like Diablo Cody after a six pack and three hours of sleep.

[Kurosawa Fan]

Jules, the Reluctant Lesbian - nay

Lord what a silly, shallow movie that was. Blech. Way to skirt any real examination of sexual roles, taboos, and politics, instead settling for melodrama and quirk.

[eternity]

The King's Speech - yay ... barely.

[Spinal]

Scott Pilgrim - yay

Now here is a film that commits whole-heartedly to its own absurd vision. A bit too adorable at times? Perhaps. But with so much gusto and invention, it's hard to complain.

[Spinal]

Tangled - Yay

[Watashi]

The King's Speech - yay

[Lazlo]

Wild Grass - Nay.

I mean, seriously. WTF?

[MacGuffin]

Wild Grass - Nay.

I mean, seriously. WTF?

Good to see I didn't miss anything during those last twenty minutes.

[Lazlo]

Good to see I didn't miss anything during those last twenty minutes.

Only if you call the guy crashing a plane because he's self-conscious about his pants-zipper being stuck wide-open missing anything. Retarded.

[Rowland]

Still my number one of the year.

[Boner M]

If you don't like Wild Grass, you've never known love.

[TripZone]

I've never known love, and I thought Wild Grass was wonderful. Let's not say silly things.

[Boner M]

Amended: If you don't like Wild Grass, you don't know what the fuck you're talking about so shut the fuck up.

[Rowland]

Best Worst Movie - yay

I've read a few reviews that accused this of being overly fawning, which leads me to wonder how they missed its gradual but unmistakable tonal shift. The second half of this thing is often really painful and sad to watch.

[MacGuffin]

Amended: If you don't like Wild Grass, you don't know what the fuck you're talking about so shut the fuck up.

Classy!

[baby doll]

Amended: If you don't like Wild Grass, you don't know what the fuck you're talking about so shut the fuck up.Repped!

[baby doll]

If you don't like Wild Grass, you've never known love.Incidentally, I've known love and this movie has nothing in common with my experience. Then again, I'm not a stalker (and potential serial killer) who fell in love with a lady aviator I don't know while married to a much younger woman.

[Pop Trash]

Scott Pilgrim - yay

Now here is a film that commits whole-heartedly to its own absurd vision. A bit too adorable at times? Perhaps. But with so much gusto and invention, it's hard to complain.

I watched this again last night, and felt the same way as when I saw in the theater: it's a bit like eating dessert for dinner. The first few bites (the first 45 minutes or so) are so tasty and enjoyable, but after 90 minutes, it gets a bit overwhelming and you want something with more substance.

[eternity]

I watched this again last night, and felt the same way as when I saw in the theater: it's a bit like eating dessert for dinner. The first few bites (the first 45 minutes or so) are so tasty and enjoyable, but after 90 minutes, it gets a bit overwhelming and you want something with more substance.
The first half hour of the film is substantive and nearly perfect. Like a fine dinner followed up with a lot of candy in a bowl of cane sugar.

[Pop Trash]

The first half hour of the film is substantive and nearly perfect. Like a fine dinner followed up with a lot of candy in a bowl of cane sugar.

Word.

[Fezzik]

The barbs/zingers/bon-mots/etc might be witty, but the job of a screenwriter to give each character a distinctive voice is obviously lost on this film's scribe. The whole thing felt like a clever wordsmith's revenge on his Catholic upbringing.

I cannot possibly GIVE enough rep for this comment. I was constantly annoyed that there wasn't a single normal, unhypocritical, non-zealot Christian in the entire movie.

I mean, yes, there are plenty of bad Christians out there, but damn guys, not every one of us is like that.

[Watashi]

Everyone Else - yay

[eternity]

I cannot possibly GIVE enough rep for this comment. I was constantly annoyed that there wasn't a single normal, unhypocritical, non-zealot Christian in the entire movie.

I mean, yes, there are plenty of bad Christians out there, but damn guys, not every one of us is like that.
The movie's entire premise is flawed. It hinges on the idea that a very attractive, allegedly whip-smart girl would be "unknown" at her high school and that having sex with a guy that none of them knew would make her a social pariah. Both are varying levels of absurd. Plus, a few references to John Hughes movies and having cool parents does not make for a Juno-esque "smartest teen girl ever" character; just because the audience is told over and over about how cool the lead is, the character is written like a total ditz, and Emma Stone can only do so much with the material.

[soitgoes...]

Never Let Me Go - Eh, yay I guess.

[Rowland]

Dogtooth - yay

[Kurosawa Fan]

Seems my joke a few posts back isn't being recognized as a legitimate vote, so allow me to clarify.

The Kids Are All Right - HUGE nay

[Ezee E]

Seems my joke a few posts back isn't being recognized as a legitimate vote, so allow me to clarify.

The Kids Are All Right - HUGE nay
Ha. I looked it up quickly, saw there was nothing, and moved right on.

Now that I know what it's referring to, I applaud your effort.

[Fezzik]

The Ghost Writer - HUGE yay
Exit Through the Gift Shop - Another HUGE yay.

[Raiders]

The American - yay

I take nothing away from this film except an immense appreciation that Corbijn directed the shit out of it.

[Rowland]

The King's Speech - nay

Dullsville.

[Boner M]

The second half of this thing is often really painful and sad to watch.
Oh man, totally. That horror convention scene is just abyss-like. On that note...

Best Worst Movie - yay

[Winston*]

Toy Story 3 - Yay

Loved the surveillance cymbal monkey, so funny.

[Mysterious Dude]

True Grit - yay
The Exploding Girl - yay
The Kids Are All Right - yay

TRON: Legacy - very disappointed nay

[kopello]

The Kids Are Alright - yay
The King's Speech - mild yay

[Spinal]

True Grit - Yayish

[EyesWideOpen]

Black Swan - huge yay
Exit Through the Gift Shop - mild yay

[Mysterious Dude]

Please Give - oh, yay, I guess, but what's with all the random adultery in 2010 comedies?

[Lazlo]

Tangled - Yaaaaaay!

[B-side]

True Grit - mild yay

[NickGlass]

Carlos: Yay

[transmogrifier]

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger - nay

Starts well, with a loose, engaging vibe, but quickly becomes apparent that it is about nothing much at all, and the various romantic implosions are just boring.

[Watashi]

Dogtooth - what the fuck did I just watch

That's a yay btw.

[elixir]

Dogtooth - what the fuck did I just watch

That's a yay btw.

How did you feel about
the car at the end?

I thought it was a good touch, and one of the images I'll remember for a long time.

[Watashi]

How did you feel about
the car at the end?

I thought it was a good touch, and one of the images I'll remember for a long time.

I thought it was the only way to end the film. The whole film builds towards that image. While there are some definitely some dark comedic moments, I wouldn't exactly call it a "comedy".

[Bosco B Thug]

I Am Love - Yay
Black Swan - That was a confused movie. But watchable it was, so Yay

[eternity]

Never Let Me Go - yay

[Ezee E]

Blah blah. Restrepo shows the stress that soldiers have on the front line. Blah blah. Of course it's stressful. What did you want me to think?

Not bad by any means, but certainly nothing to be in awe about. Just what you expect really.

[Pop Trash]

I thought it was the only way to end the film. The whole film builds towards that image. While there are some definitely some dark comedic moments, I wouldn't exactly call it a "comedy".

Remind me how it ended again? The girl is trapped in the trunk of her dad's car after he leaves for work? I saw this last summer in a totally empty theater in NYC, so my memory is a bit foggy. Kinda depressing since I thought if anyone, New Yorkers would embrace such a weird-ass foreign film.

[soitgoes...]

About when are you going to stop updating this thread? I imagine there needs to be some end.

[Ezee E]

About when are you going to stop updating this thread? I imagine there needs to be some end.
Fair question. I figure it should end when we finish the "top twenty" thread in Feb/March.

[Ivan Drago]

Oh man, totally. That horror convention scene is just abyss-like. On that note...

Best Worst Movie - yay

I really want to see this movie but I'm surprised to hear it's so sad considering it's a documentary about Troll 2. How is it sad?

[Rowland]

Blah blah. Restrepo shows the stress that soldiers have on the front line. Blah blah. Of course it's stressful. What did you want me to think?

Not bad by any means, but certainly nothing to be in awe about. Just what you expect really.Yeah, I was a mild yay with this one. It's a respectable work, illustrating the futility of the war in Afghanistan (and reflecting the quagmire formally through the chaotic footage) while honoring the sacrifice of the troops, sneaking in a few particularly barbed observations for good measure, but it didn't say anything that The Hurt Locker hadn't already with greater clarity and poetry, and I couldn't shake the impression in the end that it veered a bit too closely to agitprop.

[Rowland]

I Am Love - Yay
I Am Love (Guadagnino 10) - 7.5Nice. I haven't seen many responses to this one that have been as positive as mine. It's still in my top ten for the year.

[TripZone]

Never Let Me Go - NAY

[Lazlo]

Everyone Else - Nay

[Boner M]

Everyone Else - Nay
You're not doing very well at cinema lately. May I suggest croquet as an alternative activity?

[soitgoes...]

Sweetgrass - yay

[Raiders]

Everyone Else - YAY

Best feature-length film of 2010 so far for me. My actual #1 would still be the six-minute Day & Night.

[Bosco B Thug]

Nice. I haven't seen many responses to this one that have been as positive as mine. It's still in my top ten for the year. Yah, it's quite good. Altman's A Wedding inverted, a global message film a la Tokyo Sonata. It gets ragged on for being artsy; I kind of agree, its artfulness is a bit overly chic and flashy, but most of the time it's great and reflective of the story and what makes it so good. Love scene in the grass does suck, though, as many point out.

[Lazlo]

You're not doing very well at cinema lately. May I suggest croquet as an alternative activity?

Give me the joyous cinematic celebration of Tangled over the boring, sad-sack wallowing of Everyone Else and the nonsensical Wild Grass any day, thank you.

[baby doll]

Give me the joyous cinematic celebration of Tangled over the boring, sad-sack wallowing of Everyone Else and the nonsensical Wild Grass any day, thank you.Epic fail?

I mean, seriously, that's like trashing a comedy for having too many jokes.

[Mysterious Dude]

Bluebeard - nay

[EyesWideOpen]

The Human Centipede - hell nay

I can't believe for a second that four of you yay'd this.

[Rowland]

Speaking of which, my yay for The Human Centipede wasn't counted.

Also:

True Grit - yay

[Bosco B Thug]

Realization: both Black Swan and The Human Centipede had lecherous-old-man-making-lewd-gestures scenes.

The Human Centipede's was better and meant more to the film.



Aaand NAY to I'm Still Here.

[Ivan Drago]

I'm Still Here - Yay

[Fezzik]

The King's Speech - mild yay, but I don't understand the hype. Firth and Rush were both very good, but overall it was quite dull.

The Fighter - mild yay again, mostly because of the acting. Bale and Leo carried this thing.