2011 Match-Cut Top 10/Bottom 5 Lists (US RELEASE DATES)

[Adam]

For the official countdown sometime in March

HERE ARE THE RULES

1. Post your 2011 top 10, and your bottom 5-10 (if you want) by US release dates. A full list can be found here (http://www.panix.com/~dangelo/nymaster11.html)

2. To keep the thread tidy, keep your lists in ONE POST ONLY. Update them only by editing the original post. You can make a new post in the thread saying 'updated with [title]' or whatever, but keep in mind such posting only makes you an attention whore, on account of nobody cares.

3. ENGLISH TITLES ONLY.

4. Boner will set the deadline - I'd guess it'll be pretty early in March



The Tree of Life will win

[Ezee E]

1. Rango
2. Drive
3. The Artist
4. Contagion
5. The Descendents
6. Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
7. Hugo
8. Into the Abyss
9. The Skin I Live In
10. Melancholia

WORST:
1. Super
2. Rampart
3. Rubber
4. Passion Play
5. Transformers: Dark Side of Moon

[Spinal]

1. Pina
2. The Tree of Life
3. The Names of Love
4. Super 8
5. Rango
6. Melancholia
7. Jane Eyre
8. Happy Feet 2
9. The Artist
10. Leap Year


Worst

1. Hobo With a Shotgun
2. The Muppets

[Adam]

1. Drive
2. We Need To Talk About Kevin
3. Melancholia
4. Submarine
5. Hanna
6. The Skin I Live In
7. Tuesday, After Christmas
8. A Separation
9. The Descendants
0. The Tree of Life

1. Conan the Barbarian (worst)
2. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
3. Colombiana
4. The Rum Diary
5. Rango (least worst)

Great year, Johnny Depp

[TGM]

1. Sucker Punch
2. Drive
3. Rise of the Planet of the Apes
4. Another Earth
5. Kung Fu Panda 2
6. Hugo
7. The Artist
8. Super 8
9. The Ides of March
10. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

Worst:

1. The Hangover: Part II (worst)
2. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
3. Bridesmaids
4. The Tree of Life
5. The Green Hornet

[Boner M]

1. The Tree of Life
2. Certified Copy
3. Le Quattro Volte
4. Drive
5. Martha Marcy May Marlene
6. Melancholia
7. We Need to Talk About Kevin
8. The Skin I Live In
9. The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu
10. Love Exposure

WORST:

1. The Iron Lady
2. Pirates of the Caribbean 4
3. The Future
4. Cowboys & Aliens
5. Albert Nobbs

[elixir]

1. The Tree of Life
2. Certified Copy
3. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
4. Le Quattro Volte
5. A Separation
6. Martha Marcy May Marlene
7. House of Tolerance
8. Mysteries of Lisbon
9. Love Exposure
10. Weekend

5. Bad Teacher
4. Thor
3. The Green Hornet
2. Green Lantern
1. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

[Dukefrukem]

1 Melancholia
2 A Separation
3 Attack the Block
4 Drive
5 Contagion
6 I Saw the Devil
7 Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
8 We Need to Talk About Kevin
9 Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
10 Super 8


70 Vanishing on 7th Street
71 Green Lantern
72 Priest
73 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
74 Cowboys & Aliens

[Sycophant]

TOP TEN (Best on top)
1. Love Exposure
2. The Artist
3. The Descendants
4. A Separation
5. Bridesmaids
6. Outrage
7. 13 Assassins
8. Cold Fish
9. Source Code
10. Moneyball

BOTTOM FIVE (Worst on top)
1. Paul
2. Breaking Dawn Part 1
3. Drive
4. Super
5. The Ides of March

DISCLAIMER: I've only seen 28 movies from last year. And I don't like Drive.

[Lazlo]

TOP
1. Drive
2. The Tree of Life
3. Super 8
4. Meek's Cutoff
5. Take Shelter
6. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
7. Martha Marcy May Marlene
8. Senna
9. A Separation
10. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

BOTTOM
5. Green Lantern
4. A Little Help
3. Arthur
2. Daydream Nation
1. Every Day

[MadMan]

Best:

1. Drive
2. The Artist
3. Tree of Life
4. The Descendants
5. Super 8
6. Moneyball
7. The Fab Five
8. Hanna
9. Everything Must Go
10. Attack The Block


Worst Movies of the Year (so far):

27. The Help
28. Battle: LA

I need to re-edit my Top 10 list in the other thread since Hesher is considered 2010 instead of 2011 by Criticker.

[EyesWideOpen]

Best:

1. Drive
2. A Separation
3. The Artist
4. Melancholia
5. Restless
6. Beginners
7. The Ides of March
8. Pariah
9. The Help
10. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Worst:

1. Bunraku
2. The Four Times
3. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
4. Gnomeo and Juliet
5. Paul

[Boner M]

Worst:

2. The Four Times
:sad:

[EyesWideOpen]

:sad:

The sad thing is that goats are one of my favorite animals so if it wasn't for their presence it would have easily been number one.

[B-side]

1. A Separation (Farhadi)
2. The Adventures of Tintin (Spielberg)
3. The Tree of Life (Malick)
4. Certified Copy (Kiarostami)
5. Snowballs (Korine)
6. Le Havre (Kaurismäki)
7. The Skin I Live In (Almodóvar)
8. Drive (Refn)
9. Rampart (Moverman)
10. Sleeping Beauty (Leigh)

Worst:

The Descendants (Payne)
Too Big to Fail (Hanson)
Horrible Bosses (Gordon)
Texas Killing Fields (Mann)
Uncle Kent (Swanberg)

[Boner M]

Already got a host lined up for the countdown. None of you will guess it, but I'll let you try.

[B-side]

Already got a host lined up for the countdown. None of you will guess it, but I'll let you try.

The re-animated corpse of Raoul Ruiz? Ignatiy Vhpijvgiudhfsdgku? Me? Ron Paul?

[MadMan]

I'm hoping for Ron Paul :pritch:

[Fezzik]

So I've finally caught up enough on 2011 to feel comfortable enough in posting this:

Top 10:


The Artist
Drive
Moneyball
The Descendants
Hugo
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Super 8
Rango
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
Attack the Block


Bottom 5 (Worst first):


War Horse
Cowboys & Aliens
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Just Go With It
Bridesmaids

[dreamdead]

Best of the Year:

1. Tree of Life
2. Certified Copy
3. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
4. Poetry
5. Hahaha
6. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
7. Weekend
8. Drive
9. Meek's Cutoff
10. Jane Eyre


Worst of the year (that I've seen):
1. Hobo with a Shotgun
2. Bridemaids
3. Crazy, Stupid, Love
4. Rango
5. X-Men: First Class

[Weeping_Guitar]

01. Beginners
02. The Tree of Life
03. Submarine
04. Super 8
05. Young Adult
06. The Artist
07. The Ides of March
08. Tinker, Tailor, Solider, Spy
09. Drive
10. The Descendants


WORST:
01. 30 Minutes or Less
02. Green Lantern
03.Super
04. Film Socialisme
05. Paul

[Ezee E]

Already got a host lined up for the countdown. None of you will guess it, but I'll let you try.
Jaime Christley?

[Watashi]

WIP

1. The Tree of Life
2. Drive
3. 13 Assassins
4. Senna
5. Take Shelter
6. Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol
7. Attack the Block
8. Rango
9. Midnight in Paris
10. The Guard

Worst:

1. Green Lantern
2. Sucker Punch
3. Crazy, Stupid, Love
4. Paul
5. Immortals

[Spinal]

Rango on worst lists? Seriously, people?

[Kiusagi]

1. Drive
2. Moneyball
3. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
4. The Tree of Life
5. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
6. Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
7. The Muppets
8. 50/50
9. Rise of the Planet of the Apes
10. Source Code

Worst:

1. The Roommate
2. The Help
3. Machine Gun Preacher
4. The Hangover Part II
5. Trust

[Winston*]

The Tree of Life
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
Melancholia
Martha Marcy May Marlene
Tinker, Tailor, Solider, Spy
Drive
13 Assassins
Tintin
The Artist
Attack the Block

Worst


The Perfect Host
Sleeping Beauty (Leigh)
X-Men: First Class
Super 8
The Man from Nowhere

[soitgoes...]

A Separation (Farhadi)
Poetry (Lee)
Nostalgia for the Light (Guzmán)
The Tree of Life (Malick)
Le quattro volte (Frammartino)
Honey (Kaplanoglu)
13 Assassins (Miike)
Love Exposure (Sono)
Melancholia (Trier)
Certified Copy (Kiarostami)


Worst (on top):

Battle Los Angeles (Liebesman)
The Rite (Håfström)
Your Highness (Green)
Water for Elephants (Lawrence)
Straw Dogs (Lurie)

[Rowland]

Hmm, my top five are rock solid for now, but I think I'll remix the lower half a bit. And for my five worst, I'll stick to theatrically released stuff, otherwise it'd mostly be DTV stuff:

1. The Tree of Life
2. Drive
3. Certified Copy
4. Nostalgia for the Light
5. Le quattro volte
6. Attack the Block
7. Beginners
8. Tomboy
9. Take Shelter
10. The Future

Worst:

1. Stake Land
2. Road to Nowhere
3. Sucker Punch
4. Limitless
5. Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame

Good to know I still have a few weeks to catch up with stuff, and maybe some repeat viewings, before this deadline.

[soitgoes...]

18 out of 18 people gave Poetry a yay. I expected it to be on more than two lists.

[Rowland]

18 out of 18 people gave Poetry a yay. I expected it to be on more than two lists.It's a strong runner-up for me. There have probably been many years during which a weaker release lineup would have resulted in Poetry cracking the top ten.

And speaking of which, this is a fine example of how the consensus doesn't necessarily constitute degrees of enthusiasm.

[Stay Puft]

18 out of 18 people gave Poetry a yay. I expected it to be on more than two lists.

Haha, I haven't posted my list here yet (though it's top five for me) but yeah I was just reading the thread and thinking "where are all the Poetry votes?" replete with sad face.

The film is SO GOOD. And it's probably the film that has sat best with me in the intervening months, might even topple my top three after another viewing.

[baby doll]

1. Melancholia (Lars von Trier)
2. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (Apichatpong Weerasethakul)
3. Certified Copy (Abbas Kiarostami)
4. Of Gods and Men (Xavier Beauvois)
5. Film socialism (Jean-Luc Godard)
6. The Time That Remains: Chronicle of a Present Absentee (Elia Suleiman)
7. A Separation (Asghar Farhadi)
8. Heartbeats (Xavier Dolan)
9. Mildred Pierce (Todd Haynes)
10. A Screaming Man (Mahamat-Saleh Haroun)

Worst: City of Life and Death, The Guard, Good Neighbors, Hobo With a Shotgun, Last Night

[Bosco B Thug]

Here's some foreshadowing for my Awards ballot.

Maybe I'll fit one more viewing that's on Netflix Instant, but not too likely.

TOP 10
1. Melancholia
2. Certified Copy
3. A Separation
4. The Tree of Life
5. Happy Feet Two
6. A Dangerous Method
7. Meek's Cutoff
8. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
9. Kung Fu Panda 2
10. Mission: Impossible 4

(For measurement's sake, Le Havre, a film I'm ambivalent towards, would've ended up #11. I definitely feel I've only skimmed the top of 2011.)

BOTTOM 10
5. Green Lantern
4. Bad Teacher
3. The Adjustment Bureau
2. The Rite
1. Larry Crowne

[Pop Trash]

BEST:

1. The Tree of Life
2. Take Shelter
3. Meek's Cutoff
4. Melancholia
5. Terri
6. Tomboy
7. Martha Marcy May Marlene
8. A Separation
9. Margaret
10. Bridesmaids

WORST:

1. The Help (worst)
2. No Strings Attached
3. X-Men: First Class
4. J. Edgar
5. The Change-Up (least worst)

INELIGIBLE SINCE I COULDN'T EVEN FINISH IT:

1. Attack the Block

[Ivan Drago]

1. The Tree of Life
2. Midnight In Paris
3. The Adventures of Tintin
4. Drive
5. Shame
6. The Descendants
7. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
8. Rango
9. The Artist
10. Into The Abyss

42. Rubber
43. Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
44. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
45. Season of the Witch
46. The Twilight Saga - Breaking Dawn: Part 1

[Gizmo]

1. The Artist
2. Certified Copy
3. Another Earth
4. Moneyball
5. Melancholia
6. The Descendants
7. A Separation
8. Meek's Cutoff
9. 50/50
10. Drive


35. Cowboys and Aliens
36. Transformers Dark of the Moon
37. Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Pt. 1
38. Scream 4
39. The Hangover 2

[monolith94]

So is Tabloid being counted for 2010 or 2011?

[Rowland]

So is Tabloid being counted for 2010 or 2011?2011

[monolith94]

1. Tabloid
2. Tree of Life
3. Drive
4. Hugo
5. The Muppets
6. The Artist
7. The Guard
8. Immortals
9. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
10. Midnight In Paris

[monolith94]

For the record, I don't have a bottom five list because I didn't go to see movies like Breaking Dawn and I don't really understand why anyone would.

[baby doll]

For the record, I don't have a bottom five list because I didn't go to see movies like Breaking Dawn and I don't really understand why anyone would.Because they thought it was a sequel to Breakin' 2: Electric Bugaloo?

[Gizmo]

Because we're married?

[eternity]

1. Young Adult
2. Life in a Day
3. We Need to Talk About Kevin
4. The Descendants
5. Midnight in Paris
6. Martha Marcy May Marlene
7. The Tree of Life
8. Drive
9. Super
10. Hugo

Worst:
1. Water for Elephants
2. Transformers: Dark of the Moon
3. Cowboys & Aliens
4. X-Men: First Class
5. Red State

[Mysterious Dude]

1. The Artist
2. The Tree of Life
3. Martha Marcy May Marlene
4. Meek's Cutoff
5. Tomboy
6. Drive
7. Shame
8. Kinyarwanda
9. 13 Assassins
10. The Descendants

Worst:

1. The Help
2. The Four Times
3. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
4. Le Havre
5. Win Win

[Pop Trash]

I didn't know The Artist was so beloved on here. Are you guys Academy voters or something?

[MadMan]

I didn't know The Artist was so beloved on here. Are you guys Academy voters or something?If we were Academy voters, Incredibly Loud Oscar Bait and War Horse would be on everyone's ballots, plus The Help. Nah, those that put The Artist on their ballots apparently think its a good/great movie. Shocking, I know....

[Rowland]

I didn't know The Artist was so beloved on here. Are you guys Academy voters or something?Huh, I didn't realize it was so popular either, looks like it'll play a larger role in our consensus awards than I anticipated. I haven't seen it yet, but I hope to really enjoy it.

[Sycophant]

Man, I don't like being treated like I'm part of some mindless shit-loving horde.

I don't even like the implication that the Academy Awards voters are some mindless shit-loving horde.

[Spinal]

The Artist is not Oscar Bait. It has a director no one has heard of. Its biggest stars are John Goodman and James Cromwell. It's a silent movie, for pete's sake.

[Rowland]

Yeah, it's only being angled as Oscar bait, and very successfully at that it seems, because of the Weinsteins.

[Ezee E]

If you told me at the beginning of 2011 that a French-funded black and white silent film starring Jean Dujardin and Berenice Bejo would be the frontrunner for Best Picture... You could have had your way with me.

And that includes Brightside.

[Boner M]

Worst:

2. The Four Times
3. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
4. Le Havre
Holy fail, Batman.

[Boner M]

Hmm... just realised The Four Times might have a chance at making the worst-of consensus.

Leaving the site if this happens.

[Rowland]

Hmm... just realised The Four Times might have a chance at making the worst-of consensus.

Leaving the site if this happens.But it will make the best-of as well. *shrug*

[Boner M]

But it will make the best-of as well. *shrug*
Stay out of my martyrdom fantasy.

[Derek]

Stay out of my martyrdom fantasy.

Won't happen. Rowland *shrugs* in all our fantasies.

[MadMan]

The Artist is not Oscar Bait. It has a director no one has heard of. Its biggest stars are John Goodman and James Cromwell. It's a silent movie, for pete's sake.Absolutely. If anything, I could see it losing out on Best Picture as much as it winning Best Picture. Pop Trash should enlist eternity's help on this, as he dislikes The Artist (big surprise there, btw).


Man, I don't like being treated like I'm part of some mindless shit-loving horde.We should just use the mindless, shit-loving horde to get Pop Trash. Pitchforks and torches for all!


I don't even like the implication that the Academy Awards voters are some mindless shit-loving horde.Really I want to think of them that way, but then it occurred to me that since there are actually indie movies or eccentric fare that does get some nominations at times, that's not entirely true. Besides if that was the case, how else do you explain Incredibly Loud Oscar bait getting a BP nom when it wasn't nominated for anything at the Golden Globes? (To my knowledge, anyways) The same thing goes for True Grit last year-it didn't get a single Golden Globe nomination, but it was nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actress.

[B-side]

And that includes Brightside.

:lol:

I've had The Four Times/Le Quattro Volte on my hard drive in HD for weeks. Still haven't watched it for some reason. And I loved Frammartino's first film.

[Pop Trash]

Man, I don't like being treated like I'm part of some mindless shit-loving horde.


We'll always have Bridesmaids :pritch: which unfortunately might get on the "worst" list. And it's not like I disliked The Artist, I'm just a bit perplexed by the gushing it's getting. I'm pretty sure I prefer Hugo.

[MadMan]

I wonder if maybe I'll like Hugo more. Probably.

[Ivan Drago]

For the record, I don't have a bottom five list because I didn't go to see movies like Breaking Dawn and I don't really understand why anyone would.


Because we're married?

Because we wanted to smuggle beer into the theater and watch the greatest unintentional comedy since The Room?

[Fezzik]

For the record, I don't have a bottom five list because I didn't go to see movies like Breaking Dawn and I don't really understand why anyone would.

There hasn't been any movies you've seen this year that you expected to like that you ended up hating/loathing?

I don't go to stuff I don't think I'll dislike either, but sometimes it happens. I thought Cowboys and Aliens would at least be mindless fun, but I found it not only to be a bad film, but incredibly "unfun."

It happens.

[Watashi]

I don't even understand the point of seeing a film that has the potential to be just "okay". I skipped more movies last year because I felt it wasn't worth the time and effort.

My bottom three movies were all films I saw with other people and really had no desire to go.

[Dukefrukem]

Is this really a conversation?

The bottom 5 movies you see in a year are just the 5 worst movies you’ve seen in a year. You don’t have to anticipate it being bad or mediocre or okay. monolith94’s post makes no sense.

[Watashi]

Is this really a conversation?

The bottom 5 movies you see in a year are just the 5 worst movies you’ve seen in a year. You don’t have to anticipate it being bad or mediocre or okay. monolith94’s post makes no sense.
It makes perfect sense if you've liked every movie you've seen from a year.

[Pop Trash]

I'll occasionally see a movie just cuz my inner nerd might like it (like X-Men:FC) or because it has a good cast/reviews (like X-Men:FC) then sometimes I wind up disappointed (like X-Men:FC).

[Watashi]

Yeah, I mainly saw X-Men First Class because of its ridiculous tomatometer, the cast, and the chance it might be a good X-Men movie. Only when I sat down, I realized I was watching a Matthew Vaughn film.

[Dukefrukem]

It makes perfect sense if you've liked every movie you've seen from a year.

And you've all rated them all the exact same grade?

[Pop Trash]

Yeah, I mainly saw X-Men First Class because of its ridiculous tomatometer, the cast, and the chance it might be a good X-Men movie. Only when I sat down, I realized I was watching a Matthew Vaughn film.

"Hey man, you like movies right? Did you see Kick-Ass? It was AWESOME!"
-drunk guys at multiple parties I went to circa 2010

[Watashi]

And you've all rated them all the exact same grade?
It doesn't matter what you rate it. Why would you put a movie you liked on a "worst of" list?

[Derek]

I don't understand film buffs who don't watch movies they think they may dislike. That's kind of the whole point - to see at least a little bit of everything, veer out of your safety zone from time to time and occasionally come away surprised.

[Dukefrukem]

It doesn't matter what you rate it. Why would you put a movie you liked on a "worst of" list?

It's not a "worst of" list. It's your bottom list. :frustrated:

But i guess it wouldn't matter for the purpose of the thread.

If I watched 20 movies, and liked them all, I would have naturally put the first 10 as my top and the last 10 as my bottom. That's all I'm saying.

[Watashi]

It's not a "worst of" list. It's your bottom list. :frustrated:



The bottom 5 movies you see in a year are just the 5 worst movies you’ve seen in a year.

Huh?

[elixir]

This is silly. Look at the first page. Everyone takes "bottom" to mean "worst."

[Dukefrukem]

This is silly. Look at the first page. Everyone takes "bottom" to mean "worst."

Ok I agree.

[elixir]

I think it's meant to be taken that way.

[Spinal]

Regardless of how many films I've seen, I don't put films on my top list unless I've given it ***1/2 or higher. And I don't put films on my bottom list unless I've given it *1/2 or lower.

[Russ]

I don't understand film buffs who don't watch movies they think they may dislike. That's kind of the whole point - to see at least a little bit of everything, veer out of your safety zone from time to time and occasionally come away surprised.

I kinda disagree.

If I have access to x number of films that appeal to me and I'm pretty sure I'd like, and I have equal access to y number of films that don't appeal to me and I'm pretty sure that I wouldn't like, with time being a luxury as the unknown in this equation, exactly why would I watch y film over x film again? (although I do, on occasion) Reading some positive reviews would pretty much be the only reason for me, but other than that, I don't wish to go exploring in that direction, at least not while there's still so many in the x film bin yet to be watched.

I always suspected I was just a film fan in film buff's clothing. :)

[Killed_by_Smalls]

Top
01. Certified Copy
02. Hugo
03. Drive
04. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
05. Tree of Life
06. Cave of Forgotten Dreams
07. Hanna
08. Midnight in Paris
09. Attack the Block
10. Young Adult


Bottom
1. Green Lantern
2. Your Highness
3. The Hangover Part II
4. Hall Pass
5. Vanishing on 7th Street

[Ezee E]

Understand where duke is coming from, but I approach it like Spinal does.

[Derek]

I kinda disagree.

If I have access to x number of films that appeal to me and I'm pretty sure I'd like, and I have equal access to y number of films that don't appeal to me and I'm pretty sure that I wouldn't like, with time being a luxury as the unknown in this equation, exactly why would I watch y film over x film again? (although I do, on occasion) Reading some positive reviews would pretty much be the only reason for me, but other than that, I don't wish to go exploring in that direction, at least not while there's still so many in the x film bin yet to be watched.

I always suspected I was just a film fan in film buff's clothing. :)

Russ, I've seen the films you watch. You don't have a safety zone to veer out of. ;)

I see what you're saying, but you also use your limited time to watch more adventurous or obscure films, so I guess your the special exception. But seriously, I guess I was talking more about people who simply won't try to delve into a genre or style that they haven't really explored in the past or who stick to the couple genres they love all the time.

[B-side]

I kinda disagree.

If I have access to x number of films that appeal to me and I'm pretty sure I'd like, and I have equal access to y number of films that don't appeal to me and I'm pretty sure that I wouldn't like, with time being a luxury as the unknown in this equation, exactly why would I watch y film over x film again? (although I do, on occasion) Reading some positive reviews would pretty much be the only reason for me, but other than that, I don't wish to go exploring in that direction, at least not while there's still so many in the x film bin yet to be watched.

I always suspected I was just a film fan in film buff's clothing. :)

Same here. I'd rather take a shot on an obscure Romanian film with nice screenshots than something like Breaking Dawn. Sure, there's a very minute chance I'll enjoy the latter, but there's a much higher chance I'll find the former more pleasing, at least aesthetically, which is more than I'm sure I could say about Breaking Dawn.

[soitgoes...]

Same here. I'd rather take a shot on an obscure Romanian film with nice screenshots than something like Breaking Dawn. Sure, there's a very minute chance I'll enjoy the latter, but there's a much higher chance I'll find the former more pleasing, at least aesthetically, which is more than I'm sure I could say about Breaking Dawn. You chose the wrong Sijan film to watch.

[B-side]

You chose the wrong Sijan film to watch.

I've already seen Who Sings Over There. I preferred it. This one seemed mired in Yugoslavian politics I'm not at all familiar with. That said, it still had a sort of infectious insanity to it, even if the subs were kinda bad.

[soitgoes...]

I've already seen Who Sings Over There. I preferred it. This one seemed mired in Yugoslavian politics I'm not at all familiar with. That said, it still had a sort of infectious insanity to it, even if the subs were kinda bad.
Who Sings Over There is one of the few foreign comedies that works perfectly. I do think a lot of the success of foreign comedies is dependent on the subtitler.

[B-side]

I do think a lot of the success of foreign comedies is dependent on the subtitler.

Precisely. I'm sure I'd have liked The Marathon Family better if the subtitles were better.

[baby doll]

I don't understand film buffs who don't watch movies they think they may dislike. That's kind of the whole point - to see at least a little bit of everything, veer out of your safety zone from time to time and occasionally come away surprised.I used to be more omnivorous in my viewing habits, but after a while I got to the point where I said, "Fuck it, I don't need to see every movie on Ebert's top ten list."

[kopello]

1. The Tree of Life
2. The Four Times
3. Meek's Cutoff
4. The Skin I Live In
5. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
6. Hanna
7. Nostalgia for the Light
8. A Separation
9. Cave of Forgotten Dreams
10. Poetry

1. Road to Nowhere
2. The Eagle
3. Horrible Bosses
4. Drive
5. 13 Assassins

I used to see as many new releases as possible back in the day. There are some years where I saw probably 20-25 movies I didn't even like. Now there's hardly a chance I'll see something unless I'm interested in it, and know I'll probably like it.

[hey it's ethan]

1. The Tree of Life
2. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
3. Hugo
4. Melancholia
5. Certified Copy
6. Le Quattro Volte
7. Drive
8. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
9. The Skin I Live In
10. A Dangerous Method

1. Battle Los Angeles
2. Like Crazy
3. Horrible Bosses
4. Abduction
5. Paul

[transmogrifier]

In my opinion it is easy to distinguish between a movie worth skipping because it is likely to be a chore - such as all the Twilight films - and a movie worth seeing because it may be entertaining trash - such.as Drive Angry, which alas wasn’t in the end. Not all bad films are the same kind of bad.

[Henry Gale]

The Best:

1. The Tree of Life
2. Drive
3. Midnight in Paris
4. Hugo
5. Certified Copy
6. The Descendants
7. Take Shelter
8. A Separation
9. Melancholia
10. Rango

11. Hanna
12. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
13. Moneyball
14. Young Adult
15. Contagion
16. Attack The Block
17. The Artist
18. Super 8
19. Martha Marcy May Marlene
20. Source Code

The Worst:

1. The Roommate
2. Battle: Los Angeles
3. Green Lantern
4. Friends With Benefits
5. Another Earth (least worst)

[Rowland]

1. The Tree of Life
2. The Four Times
3. Meek's Cutoff
4. The Skin I Live In
5. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
6. Hanna
7. Nostalgia for the Light
8. A Separation
9. Cave of Forgotten Dreams
10. Poetry

1. Road to Nowhere
2. The Eagle
3. Horrible Bosses
4. Drive
5. 13 Assassins

I used to see as many new releases as possible back in the day. There are some years where I saw probably 20-25 movies I didn't even like. Now there's hardly a chance I'll see something unless I'm interested in it, and know I'll probably like it.I'm the same way for the most part, besides the occasional movie that I watch out of being a good sport with friends and family, because I like to have an opinion about a movie that has been widely buzzed about (whether publicly, critically, or awards-wise), or out of just sheer morbid curiosity. Otherwise, everything I go out of my way to watch, I have some genuine hope about at least finding worthwhile in some respect.

And yet I still wound up with close to fifty movies that I gave nays last year, but many of those are in the mixed range, and that's really not so bad out of 125 films or so seen total. I'm sure if I'd seen more movies that I was likely to dislike, the top of my worst list wouldn't be populated by the likes of Stake Land and Road to Nowhere, which I legitimately did not care for much at all, but I know there were surely many commercially released movies last year that I would have disliked more had I wasted my time with them.

[baby doll]

1. Melancholia (Lars von Trier)
2. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (Apichatpong Weerasethakul)
3. Copie conforme (Abbas Kiarostami)
4. Des Hommes et des dieux (Xavier Beauvois)
5. The Time That Remains: Chronicle of a Present Absentee (Elia Suleiman)
6. Les Amours imaginaires (Xavier Dolan)
7. Mildred Pierce (Todd Haynes)
8. Un homme qui crie (Mahamat-Saleh Haroun)
9. Rubber (Quentin Dupieux)
10. The Tree of Life (Terrence Malick)

Worst: City of Life and Death, The Guard, Good Neighbors, Hobo With a Shotgun, Last NightUpdated for last minute addition.

[Watashi]

Updated for last minute addition.


3. ENGLISH TITLES ONLY.

*cough*

[Raiders]

I read through but perhaps I missed it. What is the actual due date for lists?

[Gizmo]

I read through but perhaps I missed it. What is the actual due date for lists?



4. Boner will set the deadline - I'd guess it'll be pretty early in March

that's all I've seen.

[MadMan]

Updated list.

Top 10:

1. Drive
2. Midnight In Paris
3. Hugo
4. The Artist
5. Tree of Life
6. The Descendants
7. Super 8
8. Moneyball
9. Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Part 2
10. The Kennedys

Bottom List:

1. The Help
2. Battle LA

[transmogrifier]

I'm the same way for the most part, besides the occasional movie that I watch out of being a good sport with friends and family, because I like to have an opinion about a movie that has been widely buzzed about (whether publicly, critically, or awards-wise), or out of just sheer morbid curiosity. Otherwise, everything I go out of my way to watch, I have some genuine hope about at least finding worthwhile in some respect.

And yet I still wound up with close to fifty movies that I gave nays last year, but many of those are in the mixed range, and that's really not so bad out of 125 films or so seen total. I'm sure if I'd seen more movies that I was likely to dislike, the top of my worst list wouldn't be populated by the likes of Stake Land and Road to Nowhere, which I legitimately did not care for much at all, but I know there were surely many commercially released movies last year that I would have disliked more had I wasted my time with them.

I think you get better at judging what you are likely to enjoy - I for one have very little interest in seeing The Artist or The Descendants, and I know that I'll never watch J. Edgar or Invictus, even though I tend to like Eastwood films. What do those four films have in common? Well, they seem to be safe, solid, mainstream fare with little in the way of talking points or artistic risk-taking. Do I have the 8 hours to spare for that type of "reward"?

[Boner M]

I'm closing the poll roughly a week after the match-cut awards.

[baby doll]

1. Melancholia (Lars von Trier)
2. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (Apichatpong Weerasethakul)
3. Copie conforme (Abbas Kiarostami)
4. Des Hommes et des dieux (Xavier Beauvois)
5. The Time That Remains: Chronicle of a Present Absentee (Elia Suleiman)
6. A Separation (Asghar Farhadi)
7. Les Amours imaginaires (Xavier Dolan)
8. Mildred Pierce (Todd Haynes)
9. Un homme qui crie (Mahamat-Saleh Haroun)
10. Rubber (Quentin Dupieux)

Worst: City of Life and Death, The Guard, Good Neighbors, Hobo With a Shotgun, Last NightOne more last minute addition.

[baby doll]

*cough*Whoops. Thanks for pointing that out.

[Boner M]

I'll close this on Sunday.

[NickGlass]

1. Certified Copy
2. The Tree of Life
3. A Separation
4. Leap Year
5. Margaret
6. Tomboy
7. The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu
8. Weekend
9. Pina
10. Curling

At first I had trouble thinking of 10, and then--after the first 5 or 6--I realized I have roughly 15 films that I would be fine placing in the second half of my list.

Worst:
1. My Week With Marilyn
2. Albert Nobbs
3. Stakeland
4. Cold Fish
5. Shame

[Stay Puft]

1. The Four Times
2. Certified Copy
3. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
4. Poetry
5. A Separation
6. The Tree of Life
7. Nostalgia for the Light
8. Meek's Cutoff
9. Polytechnique
10. Pina

Worst:
1. No Strings Attached
2. 1911
3. Black Death
4. Vanishing on 7th Street
5. Passion Play

[dreamdead]

Added in Weekend. It's really good; a little too easy narratively in the final moments, but otherwise solid and challenging in its presentation of themes.

[thefourthwall]

1. Tree of Life
2. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
3. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
4. Poetry
5. Drive
6. Midnight in Paris
7. A Dangerous Method
8. Jane Eyre
9. Beginners
10. The Trip

[Ivan Drago]

ABSOLUTE FINAL TOP 10 and BOTTOM 5:

1. The Tree of Life
2. Shame
3. Drive
4. Midnight In Paris
5. The Adventures of Tintin
6. The Descendants
7. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
8. Rango
9. The Artist
10. Into The Abyss

42. Rubber
43. Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
44. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
45. Season of the Witch
46. The Twilight Saga - Breaking Dawn: Part 1

[Raiders]

This still absolutely due tonight? I was planning on doing a proper top ten list with brief write-ups, pictures and all that, but not much point if I submit here first. Can I PM it?

[ContinentalOp]

I want in on this.

1. Drive
2. Attack the Block
3. Rise of the Planet of the Apes
4. The Artist
5. Winnie the Pooh
6. Batman: Year One
7. Tucker & Dale Vs. Evil
8. X-Men: First Class
9. Midnight in Paris
10. Mission Impossible- Ghost Protocol
10. (If B: YO doesn't count) Terri

Bottom bitches
1. Hanna
2. Super 8
3. Unknown
4. Green Lantern

[Mr. McGibblets]

Still working on 2011, but after about 55 movies:


Contagion
A Separation
Take Shelter
The Adventures of Tintin
We Bought a Zoo
Hugo
The Guard
Warrior
Moneyball
The Tree of Life

[Gizmo]

This still absolutely due tonight? I was planning on doing a proper top ten list with brief write-ups, pictures and all that, but not much point if I submit here first. Can I PM it?

I'd say do it. In fact, I think more should have. As it is we can all go through and tally the totals. Looking forward to your indepth top 10. :)

[Dukefrukem]

Bottom bitches
1. Hanna


:frustrated:

[Ivan Drago]

Still working on 2011, but after about 55 movies:

Repped for your avatar and screenname. Welcome!

[ContinentalOp]

:frustrated:
Love the soundtrack. Found the movie poorly written and shallow. Didn't hate it but it's the worst of the 35 or so movies I've seen from 2011.

[Dukefrukem]

Love the soundtrack. Found the movie poorly written and shallow. Didn't hate it but it's the worst of the 35 or so movies I've seen from 2011.

I can't fathom how you would think it was worse than Green Lantern.

[Spinal]

The writing in Hanna isn't great. But it was one of the best-directed movies I saw last year.

[ContinentalOp]

I can't fathom how you would think it was worse than Green Lantern.
GL is a train wreck but it had some fun scenes, mainly in space. Found Hanna to be a pretty empty experience, beyond a moment or two with Eric Bana's character.
And to me I'm comparing a one and a half star movie (out of four) to a one and a half/two star movie anyway.

[Rowland]

My final list, with Take Shelter being the last minute addition. Sorry Mysteries of Lisbon, you're still awesome.

1. The Tree of Life
2. Drive
3. Certified Copy
4. Nostalgia for the Light
5. Le quattro volte
6. Attack the Block
7. Beginners
8. Tomboy
9. Take Shelter
10. The Future

Worst:

1. Stake Land
2. Road to Nowhere
3. Sucker Punch
4. Limitless
5. Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame

[Derek]

Top 10:

1) Tree of Life
2) The Separation
3) Nostalgia for the Light
4) Drive
5) Martha Marcy May Marlene
6) Senna
7) Tomboy
8) Mysteries of Lisbon
9) Rango
10) Polytechnique

EDIT: I put Certified Copy on last year's top 10. It'd probably land at 7 or 8 if I included it this year.

Bottom 5:

1) Bellflower
2) The Future
3) The Dilemma
4) Puss in Boots
5) Another Earth

Alternate garbage: Battle: Los Angeles, 30 Minutes or Less

[Rowland]

10) PolytechniqueOooh, I like this. I've considered including it on my list a few times as well, it's certainly one of my strongest runner-ups.

2) The FutureI think Boner should include my defense of this film when it inevitably lands on our ten worst for the year. :lol:

[Derek]

Oooh, I like this. I've considered including it on my list a few times as well, it's certainly one of my strongest runner-ups.

It sat extremely well and I was thinking about for a couple weeks after I saw it. Definitely should've given it another 1/2 star in retrospect. Hopefully more people check it out when it hits DVD, especially since it's only 75 minutes long.


I think Boner should include my defense of this film when it inevitably lands on our ten worst for the year. :lol:

You're definitely not alone in your love for it, at least outside of MC and it seems destined to inspire mostly love/hate reactions. It's obviously a better made movie than the 3 I put below it, but I had the most kneejerk reaction to both that and Bellflower.

[Rowland]

It sat extremely well and I was thinking about for a couple weeks after I saw it. Definitely should've given it another 1/2 star in retrospect. Hopefully more people check it out when it hits DVD, especially since it's only 75 minutes long.Indeed, I can still vividly recall some of its haunting imagery, and not for any alleged sensationalism inherent to its subject matter as its detractors may cite, but because of how virtuosic is its formal and technical execution, and more importantly, how loaded it is with compassion, both direct and impressionistic.

[Boner M]

I'll keep this open for a few more days.


I was planning on doing a proper top ten list with brief write-ups, pictures and all that, but not much point if I submit here first. Can I PM it?
Bring it on.

[Ezee E]

Nice. I'll be able to fit in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and/or Uncle Boonmee.

[Boner M]

Nice. I'll be able to fit in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and/or Uncle Boonmee.
** each.

[B-side]

1. A Separation (Farhadi)
2. The Adventures of Tintin (Spielberg)
3. The Tree of Life (Malick)
4. Certified Copy (Kiarostami)
5. Snowballs (Korine)
6. Le Havre (Kaurismäki)
7. The Skin I Live In (Almodóvar)
8. Drive (Refn)
9. Rampart (Moverman)
10. Sleeping Beauty (Leigh)

Worst:

The Descendants (Payne)
Too Big to Fail (Hanson)
Horrible Bosses (Gordon)
Texas Killing Fields (Mann)
Young Adult (Reitman)

Removed Uncle Kent and added Young Adult to "Worst".

[Derek]

** each.

Yeah E, please don't bother with Uncle Boonmee.

[transmogrifier]

:frustrated:

It's easily the worst film I've seen so far from 2011 as well. So, so, so banal.

[B-side]

The writing in Hanna isn't great. But it was one of the best-directed movies I saw last year.

Yup.

[Dukefrukem]

So what's the deal? Are we accepting Certified Copy for 2011 or not? I wish I had seen this earlier. It's great.

[Boner M]

So what's the deal? Are we accepting Certified Copy for 2011 or not? I wish I had seen this earlier. It's great.
We are.

[Ezee E]

Yeah E, please don't bother with Uncle Boonmee.
Weird. You usually chastise people for not taking risks on movies.

[Ivan Drago]

Weird. You usually chastise people for not taking risks on movies.

I took a risk on it and came to really like it. And I'm the guy who rates The Room 12 out of 10.

[Derek]

Weird. You usually chastise people for not taking risks on movies.

True, I do. But I don't recommend stasiscore movies to people who I know will dislike them.

[Derek]

Also, it's kinda weird that watching something by one of the most widely respected directors in world cinema is "a risk".

[Spinal]

But I don't recommend stasiscore movies to people who I know will dislike them.

:pritch:

[Derek]

:pritch:

:lol:

Precisely!

[Watashi]

I watched about half of Uncle Boonmee and turned it off when I realized it wasn't for me. Didn't hate it or anything, but Joe's style is not for me.

[Ezee E]

Also, it's kinda weird that watching something by one of the most widely respected directors in world cinema is "a risk".
Heck, I make kind of an effort to see the Palme D'or winners anyway.

[Melville]

True, I do. But I don't recommend stasiscore movies to people who I know will dislike them.
But Boonmee isn't all that static. It's the magical absurdity of folk tales and a serenity of its own. It's existence quietly scintillating in the dark. It's monkey spirits and sex with cat fish.

I might watch A Separation and/or Melancholia before the floating deadline, but in case I don't, here's my current top 10:

1. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
2. Love Exposure
3. Drive
4. The Guard
5. X-Men: First Class
6. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
7. The Skin I Live In
8. Midnight in Paris
9. Snowballs
10. Sleeping Beauty (naked person one)

[Derek]

But Boonmee isn't all that static. It's the magical absurdity of folk tales and a serenity of its own. It's existence quietly scintillating in the dark. It's monkey spirits and sex with cat fish.

Don't get me wrong, I agree. I like it a lot and it was in my top 10 last year, but that "quietly scintillating in the dark" part was what I was equating with stasiscore - not in the sense that there's no movement or action, but that it occurs at its own pace that's likely to distance people who don't typically respond well to stasiscore-esque films. But really, I just like saying stasiscore.

[Melville]

Don't get me wrong, I agree. I like it a lot and it was in my top 10 last year, but that "quietly scintillating in the dark" part was what I was equating with stasiscore - not in the sense that there's no movement or action, but that it occurs at its own pace that's likely to distance people who don't typically respond well to stasiscore-esque films. But really, I just like saying stasiscore.
Ha. Gotcha. But I think its fantastical elements and humor probably give it a much broader appeal than some of Tsai Ming-liang's movies, say, that are really static, or even Weerasethakul's other movies.

[Derek]

Ha. Gotcha. But I think its fantastical elements and humor probably give it a much broader appeal than some of Tsai Ming-liang's movies, say, that are really static, or even Weerasethakul's other movies.

Oh sure, he's no Tsai when it comes to stasis. I'd say Tropical Malady is his most accessible, but Boonmee is easier to sit through than his other two features.

[baby doll]

1. Melancholia (Lars von Trier)
2. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (Apichatpong Weerasethakul)
3. Certified Copy (Abbas Kiarostami)
4. Of Gods and Men (Xavier Beauvois)
5. Film socialism (Jean-Luc Godard)
6. The Time That Remains: Chronicle of a Present Absentee (Elia Suleiman)
7. A Separation (Asghar Farhadi)
8. Heartbeats (Xavier Dolan)
9. Mildred Pierce (Todd Haynes)
10. A Screaming Man (Mahamat-Saleh Haroun)

Worst: City of Life and Death, The Guard, Good Neighbors, Hobo With a Shotgun, Last NightIs it too late to update my list (again), as I just realized that I overlooked Film socialisme?

[Boner M]

Is it too late to update my list (again), as I just realized that I overlooked Film socialisme?
No.

[baby doll]

No.Sweet.

[Boner M]

OK - gonna start tallying these now; just remember to quote yr lists with any updates from hereon.

[Sxottlan]

Here's my list if the counting is just getting started. If it makes it great. If not, that's okay too. I still have a few more 2011 films coming my way anyway.

1. Drive
2. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2
3. The Tree of Life
4. Nostalgia for the Light
5. Tinker Tailer Soldier Spy
6. Midnight in Paris
7. Thor
8. Captain America: The First Avenger
9. Mysteries of Lisbon
10. The Artist

Bottom five (worst to least worst):
1. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
2. Real Steel
3. I am Number Four
4. Battle: Los Angeles
5. Rio

[Melville]

1. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
2. Love Exposure
3. Drive
4. The Guard
5. X-Men: First Class
6. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
7. The Skin I Live In
8. Midnight in Paris
9. Snowballs
10. Sleeping Beauty (naked person one)
New list

1. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
2. Love Exposure
3. Drive
4. Melancholia
5. The Guard
6. X-Men: First Class
7. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
8. The Skin I Live In
9. Midnight in Paris
10. Snowballs

[Boner M]

Any guesses for the host? Hint: it's not a human.

Winston* will be co-presenting this year as well.

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a332/colpot/therewillbe.jpg

[Watashi]

Any guesses for the host? Hint: it's not a human.

The inanimate carbon rod?

[Spinal]

War Horse?

[Ezee E]

The dog from the Artist?

[Boner M]

Another hint: Neither animal, vegetable nor mineral.

[Spinal]

Ennui?

[transmogrifier]

Another hint: Neither animal, vegetable nor mineral.

If we are using the Jaime Christley Method Of Classifying Stuff, basically everything that exists in the universe is still a contender then.

[Gizmo]

beer?

[Winston*]

The Tree of Life
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
Melancholia
Martha Marcy May Marlene
Tinker, Tailor, Solider, Spy
Drive
13 Assassins
Tintin
The Artist
The Yellow Sea

Swapped The Artist with Summer Wars, which isn't eligible anyway.

[Boner M]

Swapped The Artist with Summer Wars, which isn't eligible anyway.
Yellow Sea isn't either.

[Winston*]

Yellow Sea isn't either.

Replaced with Attack the Block.

[NickGlass]

Any guesses for the host? Hint: it's not a human.


Ben Lyons?

[Sycophant]

Hipster nihilism?

[Raiders]

I was thinking something like the stupid cat narration/thoughts from The Future, but that would require including an animal, so maybe not. I guess it depends on how strict Boner was being with his hints.

[Ivan Drago]

Another hint: Neither animal, vegetable nor mineral.

I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess. . .

The nebula at the beginning and end of The Tree of Life?

[Dukefrukem]

The Car in Drive or the Tattoo in Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

[Spinal]

The nebula at the beginning and end of The Tree of Life?

MALICKVISION!

[MadMan]

MALICKVISION!JmnYqKl1LzE

Beyond goddamn mind blowing.