12:44 PM
Darragh
As 2010 comes to a close, I think its time to, as everyone else is, look back on the year and discuss if it has been a triumph for cinemas and movie-goers or if this years variety can be put in the recycle bin!I would like to take the time to look at the good and the bad movies of the year, unfortunately there was an absurd amount of the latter! So this post may seem slightly negative towards this years releases but believe me it is not on purpose!! Good or bad though this year in movies will probably be known for one thing... 3D! Almost every release had a 3D alternative which got old very quickly, but that dit not stop them making them and converting them!
I'll start on a positive note, we did see two fantastic animated films this year in Toy Story 3 and Despicable Me. These two "kids" movies were above and beyond what I had expected and are guarenteed to be in my DVD collection soon. Unfortunately not all the animated films this year were that good, Shrek 4, Alpha and Omega and Legend of the Guardians all disappointed and I am sure this will be reflected when these are put straight in the DVD bargin bin!!
Another big genre reboot this year saw the return of the minimal thinking, big explosion, one-liner action films from the 80's and early 90's. I have always loved this type of film, pure entertainment, who cares about Oscars when you can have a good time watching shit blow up!
The Expendables, The A-Team, The Losers, Red, Unstoppable, The Crazies and even From Paris with Love, all provided that bit of excitement that casual cinema folk and movie-buffs alike want to see. Give them enough time and these will be as classic as Die Hard, Rambo and Commando!
If you are not into all guns-a-blazin' action films there were more "Rom-Coms" and "Chick-Flicks" out than you could shake a pink stick at! Even at that though, they were not great by any means and will/should be soon forgotten. If you were duped into seeing these I feel sorry for you but I at least you didn't see all of them! Remember Me, Leap Year, Dear John, Valentine's Day, The Bounty Hunter, Date Night, The Back-up Plan, Letters to Juliet, Sex and the City 2...... the list goes on and on! Expect the DVD's to be given away for free with newspapers, magazines and packets of Tayto shortly after release!
We still got the big budget blockbusters this year with Iron Man 2 and Inception spending a long time on the big screen, others like Skyline and Salt came and went without much notice.
Comedies were also hit and miss, with Due Date and The Other Guys being brilliant and Hot Tub Time Machine and Grown Ups being terrible.
I have left out loads of films from the above, good and bad, but this is starting to become a bit of an essay and I don't want it to go on for ever!
I'll leave you with my Top 10 and Worst 10 of the year in no particular order below.
All in all it has been a good year for movies but it does almost seem like two bad films for every 1 good one! Here's hoping 2011 will be better :)
Top 10.
Kick-ass
Buried
The Expendables
Despicable Me
Due Date
Inception
Toy Story 3
The Losers
Iron Man 2
Cop Out
Worst 10
Legion
Leap Year
Extraordinary Measures
Shrek 4
Alice in Wonderland
Death at a Funeral
Furry Vengeance
Marmaduke
Eat Pray Love
The Switch
I would like to hear what you think though, what were your best and worst films of the year and are they similar to mine? Comments and emails always welcome and just in case I don't post again this year... Happy New Year!!
I know you cannot remember all of the films from 2010, so here is a list of the 100 most popular movies of the year, for both good and bad reasons!
2010 Movies:
Daybreakers
Leap Year
The Book of Eli
Extraordinary Measures
Legion
Tooth Fairy
Edge of Darkness
From Paris With Love
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
Valentine's Day
The Wolfman
Shutter Island
Cop Out
The Crazies
Alice in Wonderland
Brooklyn's Finest
Green Zone
Remember Me
The Bounty Hunter
Repo Men
Hot Tub Time Machine
How to Train Your Dragon
Clash of the Titans
Date Night
Death at a Funeral
Kick-Ass
The Back-up Plan
The Losers
Furry Vengeance
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Harry Brown
Iron Man 2
Letters to Juliet
Robin Hood
Looking for Eric
MacGruber
Shrek Forever After
Sex and the City 2
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Survival of the Dead
Get Him to the Greek
Killers
Marmaduke
Splice
Ondine
The A-Team
The Karate Kid
Jonah Hex
Toy Story 3
Cyrus
Knight and Day
Grown Ups
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
The Last Airbender
Despicable Me
Predators
The Girl Who Played With Fire
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Inception
Salt
Charlie St. Cloud
Dinner for Schmucks
The Other Guys
Eat Pray Love
The Expendables
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Vampires Suck
Piranha 3D
The Switch
The Last Exorcism
Takers
The American
Going the Distance
Resident Evil: Afterlife
Alpha and Omega
Devil
Easy A
The Town
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
You Again
Buried
Case 39
Let Me In
The Social Network
Life as We Know It
Secretariat
Jackass 3D
Red
Paranormal Activity 2
Saw 3D
Due Date
Megamind
Skyline
Unstoppable
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
The Next Three Days
Burlesque
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
The Tourist
Tron: Legacy
