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

[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

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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

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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 Night

Updated 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 Night

One more last minute addition.