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kim's TOP TEN movies of 2011!!

THE LIST:

1. beginners
2. incendies
3. the artist
4. bill cunningham new york
5. tree of life
6. buck & the help (tie)
7. x-men: first class
8. melancholia
9. drive
10. hugo 3d


IF ONLY THERE WAS A TOP ELEVEN: tiny furniture (dammit!!) 

WITH HONORS: 50/50, bridesmaids, company men, the debt, the descendants, hanna, the ides of march, lincolm lawyer, margin call, martha marcy may marlene, mission: impossible ghost protocol, page one: inside the new york times, a separation, super 8, take shelter, we need to talk about kevin & young adult 

THE PEEPS!

best female actor: lubza azabel, incendies
runner-up: kirsten dunst, melancholia
best male actor: jean dujardin, the artist
(super-close) runner-up: brad pitt, tree of life 

best female actor in a supporting role: bérénice bejo, the artist & octavia spencer, the help (tie)
best male actor in a supporting role: christopher plummer: beginners
runner-up: philip seymour hoffman, the ides of march 

best direction: terrence malick, tree of life
(very, very close) runner-up: michel hazanavicius, the artist
best cinematography: emmanuel lubezki, tree of life

best score: ludovic bource, the artist & alexandre desplat, tree of life
best use of a song: "you & whose army? by radiohead, incendies

THE EXTRAS, YO!

best thing about the movies in 2011: nanc, jess & this guy. 
worst thing about the movies in 2011: the crappy movie, extremely loud & incredibly close crapping all over the fantastic book, extremely loud & incredibly close. suck it, daldry. you too, hanks. dammit, sandy!

best trailer: the iron lady (short version)
best directorial debut: j.c. candor, margin call

dudes i fell in love with in 2011: jeremy renner & michael shannon!
gal i feel in love with in 2011: charlize theron!
best internet video: liam neeson with ricky gervais, stephen merchant & warwick davis on "life's too short"!

movie i really wanted to love but just liked: harry potter & the deathly hollows, part II
movies i really wanted to see but didn't get around to it: pariah & my week with marilyn

movies i didn't see because, let's be honest, who cares? albert nobbs & carnage
127 minutes that i'm never getting back: tinker tailor soldier spy. i hate you, ttss. a lot.

most overrated movie of 2011: moneyball
most forgettable: a dangerous method

movies i'm most looking forward to this year: the hunger games & moonrise kingdom!!

number of eligible movies seen: 43

i HEART you, movies!