Ten-Years-Later Match Cut Consensus - 2010

[Grouchy]

Let's do a countdown of your favorite films from the year. Post a top 10 (IMDb dates) below. I'll count up the votes and give you a top 20-25 (depending on the statistical significance of the results).

Points will be counted using a weighted system:

1. - 10 pts
2. - 8 pts
3. - 7 pts
4. - 6 pts
5. - 5 pts
6. - 4.5 pts
7. - 4 pts
8. - 3.5 pts
9. - 3 pts
10. - 2.5 pts

(Weighted system used to give top films a boost, and to minimize the distinction between second tier films.)

[baby doll]

1. Copie conforme (Abbas Kiarostami)
2. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (Apichatpong Weerasethakul)
3. The Ghost Writer (Roman Polanski)
4. Mistérios de Lisboa (Raúl Ruiz)
5. Film socialisme (Jean-Luc Godard)
6. Arrietty the Borrower (Yonebayashi Hiromasa)
7. Greenberg (Noah Baumbach)
8. Carlos (Olivier Assayas)
9. Post Mortem (Pablo LarraÃ*n)
10. Hereafter (Clint Eastwood)

[Peng]

1. Toy Story 3
2. 13 Assassins
3. The Social Network
4. Certified Copy
5. Inception
6. Black Swan
7. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
8. True Grit
9. Shutter Island
10. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

[Yxklyx]

I don't care much for this year. I don't know why I had Inception at #1:

1. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (Edgar Wright)
2. Inception (Christopher Nolan)
3. The Kids are Alright (Lisa Cholodenko)
4. Exit Through the Gift Shop (Banksy)
5. Another Year (Mike Leigh)
6. Black Swan (Darren Aronofsky)
7. Kick-Ass (Matthew Vaughn)
8. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (Apichatpong Weerasethakul)
9. The Social Network (David Fincher)
10. Toy Story 3 (Lee Unkrich)

EDIT: I've watched Scott Pilgrim three times so I moved it to #1. I don't think I'll ever re-watch the others.

[Dukefrukem]

Easy #1 for me but a bad year for movies. Rare 4 comedies in my top 10. Shocker.


1. Inception
2. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
3. 127 Hours
4. The Fighter
5. Super
6. Hot Tub Time Machine
7. The Crazies
8. Toy Story 3
9. 13 Assassins
10. MacGruber

[Dukefrukem]

I don't care much for this year.

Agreed!

[baby doll]

I don't care much for this year.

I think it's a rather good year, considering I didn't have room in my top ten for Les Amours imaginaires, Attenberg, O Estranho Caso de Angélica, Exit Through the Gift Shop, The Forgotten Space, Hahaha, Nostalgia de la luz, Le quattro volte, Rubber, and These Hammers Don't Hurt Us (any of which I'd be happy to watch again).

[Mysterious Dude]

1. Meek's Cutoff
2. Carlos
3. Black Swan
4. Inception
5. Blue Valentine
6. Winter's Bone
7. In a Better World
8. Viva Riva!
9. 13 Assassins
10. The Illusionist

[Skitch]

1. Scott Pilgrim vs the World
2. Tron: Legacy
3. Inception
4. The American
5. Ip Man 2
6. The Social Network
7. Black Swan
8. Brooklyn's Finest
9. The Ghost Writer
10. The A-Team

Honorable mentions (in no order): Book of Eli, Predators, Unstoppable, The Wolfman, The Crazies, Kick-Ass.

Now breakdown my thoughts...

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Its always a bitch making a top list. For me when I really feel the gun to my head to pick, "rewatchability" becomes a big issue. Is Ip Man 2 better than Black Swan or better constructed than Social Network, in the pantheon of all cinema? Of course not, but I've watched it at least 3 more times than either. That says something to me.

Scott Pilgrim is (imo) the best all around film. I adore Inception...but that very tail end wobble annoys the shit out of me, and the stuff with his wife is depressing so it hurts rewatchability. Tron: Legacy is one of my favorite films ever...but that dodgy younging-CGI is undeniable. I can overlook it to enjoy the film, but its a negative mark. The American is one of the most underrated films ever. To be honest, 1-4 could be interchangeable depending on the day. And I'm an 80s kid. I grew up on A-Team, and that movie is fucking fun as hell. I doesn't deserve awards or anything, but I needed a tenth lol.

HM: These films are all watchable and entertaining blu-rays on my shelf. Predators I respect because it may have the best cold open of any film ever. Unstoppable I'm partial to because I remember the event and actually used to work through where the first half hour of that film is shot so I recognize all those places. I have never really understood the hate on Wolfman, especially the directors cut. I think its a fine film. I've never seen the original Crazies but I've watched the remake plenty. Kick-Ass is delightful Nic Cage.

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[Ezee E]

1.Social Network
2. Shutter Island
3. Inception
4. Black Swan
5. Exit Through the Gift Shop
6. Senna
7. Book of Eli
8. 127 Hours
9. I Saw the Devil
10. The Town

[Ezee E]

Let me know if I'm off on Senna

[Skitch]

Oh shit...I Saw The Devil...hmmm...HM.

[Skitch]

Let me know if I'm off on Senna

You're not.

[baby doll]

Now breakdown my thoughts...

Its always a bitch making a top list. For me when I really feel the gun to my head to pick, "rewatchability" becomes a big issue.

Ditto. I was tempted to put Mistérios de Lisboa even higher on my list but I've only seen it once (it's four and a half hours long). By comparison, I've seen Copie conforme four times, Uncle Boonmee, The Ghost Writer, Film socialisme, Greenberg, and Hereafter three times, Arrietty the Borrower and Post Mortem twice, and both versions of Carlos once each.

[Dukefrukem]

I have I Saw the Devil as the 2nd best film in 2011.

[Dukefrukem]

Easy #1 for me but a bad year for movies. Rare 4 comedies in my top 10. Shocker.


1. Inception
2. I Saw the Devil
3. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
4. 127 Hours
5. The Fighter
6. Super
7. Hot Tub Time Machine
8. The Crazies
9. Toy Story 3
10. 13 Assassins

So... fixed.

[Skitch]

Ditto. I was tempted to put Mistérios de Lisboa even higher on my list but I've only seen it once (it's four and a half hours long). By comparison, I've seen Copie conforme four times, Uncle Boonmee, The Ghost Writer, Film socialisme, Greenberg, and Hereafter three times, Arrietty the Borrower and Post Mortem twice, and both versions of Carlos once each.

I really need to see The Ghost Writer again. I watched it once when it came out, blu has been on my shelf forever.
Do you have a review of The American? Have we discussed this before? I know we don't agree on lots of films but that one seems like one that would be up your alley.

[baby doll]

I really need to see The Ghost Writer again. I watched it once when it came out, blu has been on my shelf forever.
Do you have a review of The American? Have we discussed this before? I know we don't agree on lots of films but that one seems like one that would be up your alley.

I wrote about it on my blog when it came out. The short version is that I found the plot ridiculous with twists you can see coming a mile away and some very clunky dialogue.

[Skitch]

Ah well. Time to start a thread about underrated films lol

[transmogrifier]

1. Confessions
2. Shutter Island
3. Bedeviled
4. Winter's Bone
5. Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale
6. 13 Assassins
7. Toy Story 3
8. Inception
9. Despicable Me
10. The Yellow Sea

[Dukefrukem]

1. Shutter Island

This is SHOCKING to me.

[Lazlo]

1. The Social Network
2. Black Swan
3. Inception
4. Toy Story 3
5. Blue Valentine
6. Senna
7. Shutter Island
8. Meek's Cutoff
9. Let Me In
10. Tangled

[transmogrifier]

This is SHOCKING to me.

Me too. I have it as #2.

[Skitch]

I also would not have pegged trans as a Shutter Island fan.

[Grouchy]

This is SHOCKING to me.

Not a fan?

I want to take the opportunity to see a couple I missed. Can we put a deadline on saturday? Friday?