Nancy's TOP TEN movies of 2011!

THE LIST:

1. Hugo 3D
2. Melancholia
3. The Descendants
4. The Artist
5. Beginners & Warrior (tie)
6. Super 8
7. Jane Eyre
8. The Interrupters
9. Pariah
10. Drive



HONORABLE MENTION:

A Better Life, Attack the Block, Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey, Bridesmaids, Crazy Stupid Love, Life in a Day, Lincoln Lawyer, Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, Moneyball, Take Shelter, The Company Men, The Help, The Ides of March, Tree of Life*, We Need to Talk About Kevin, X-Men First Class**, Young Adult

*(said in a whispered voice to no one in particular) Wow did I love slash hate this movie!

**I realized this is totally cheating, but I just HAVE to give this movie a little extra love. It was the last to get chopped from the top ten and damn was that a hard decision!

BONUS FEATURES:

New favorite person to watch on screen: Jessica Chastain (but nominated for The Help? Really? Really? Should have been for Tree of Life or Take Shelter! C'mon now!).

Worst Oscar Snubs: Honestly, what the crap are the Oscars thinking this year?? Soooo many awesome performances/movies were ignored. Here are a few of the ones I find most offensive:

1. Adepero Oduye, lead actress in Pariah (no way Glenn Close is better than her)
2. Melancholia (I get it, the director made an ass of himself at Cannes, but this movie (especially Kirsten Dunst) is amazing!)
3. the Interrupters (if you've seen this documentary, you know. if you haven't, what the h-e-double-hockey-sticks are you waiting for??)

Movie that can GET BENT: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (yawwwwn!)

Movie I wanted to love (so badly!) but just didn't: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part II

Best movie to see after three martinis: Red Riding Hood ("wait, Gary Oldman died??")

Best crappy movie watched on Christmas: A Christmas Kiss (others in contention: Water for Elephants (ewww) and Your Highness (holy awful batman!)

Number of eligible movies seen: 54

That's all for this year folks! See you at the movies!

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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

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(the full list of movies in order can be found here)