Movie Reviews 2010

Daybreakers 7/10
Extraordinary Measures 7/10
Shutter Island 9/10
The Crazies 8/10
From Paris With Love 5/10
Wolfman 6/10
Green Zone 7/10
Repo Men 4/10
Nightmare on Elm Street 7.5/10
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo 9/10
Marmaduke 7/10
The Karate Kid 8/10
Toy Story 3 8/10
The Last Airbender 2/10
Inception 9/10
Dinner For Schmucks 7/10
Piranha 3D 8/10
The Last Exorcist 6/10
Resident Evil After Life 4/10
The Legend of the Guardians 5/10
Let Me In 8/10
Paranormal Activity 2  5/10
Saw 3D The Final Chapter 7/10
The Road 8/10
The Girl Who Played With Fire 8.5/10
Amusement 5/10
Black Swan 8.5/10

I tally 27 movies screened/watched/rated this year (down from 36 last year) and to be honest it will continue to decline as we expect to be a full digital theatre by the end of next summer so there will be fewer and fewer oppertunities or needs to screen films at 2 in the morning.  (That and "I don't watch movies")

Horrible Mention

Twilight-Eclipse  -Negative Eleventy Billion

Somebody please take Stephanie Meyer and Robert Pattenson out behind the shed and put'em down Old Yeller style.

Bottom 3
#3. Resident Evil-Afterlife 4/10

I haven't seen any in the series so this one was quite ridiculous and I'm just not a fan of movies based off of games. Hell I'm not even a fan of games.  This movie was over the top ridiculous and not in a cool Pirahna 3D kind of way either.

#2. Repo Men- 4/10

Renting people organs and then repossessing them if they can't make the payments? Original Concept I suppose but aside from a couple of cool kills it was just all over the place.  The swerve at the end was interesting but almost a year later I can't remember it being mindblowing or anything.

#1. The Last Airbender- 2/10

Was this movie supposed to be serious? I was laughing at all the cheezy facial expressions as the different elements of the earth were stirred up to use as weapons. (When we were in the Gulf War did we use butter as weapons?) Terrible worst movie I screened all year.

Enough of the bad on to the good...

Honorable Mention-

Pirahna 3D 8/10 Hillarious over the top movie that did just what I hoped it would do.  While the 3D wasn't really necessary, this Spring Break Slaughter was just what the projectionist ordered.

The Black Swan 8.5/10

Aronofsky's first film since he did the Wrestler doesn't disappoint.  You'll never look at Ballet the same again.

The Girl Who played with Fire 8.5/10

The second movie based on the Swedish book series by Steig Larson.  Lisbeth Salander is a great character that merged well from story to on screen. Subtitled yes, but worth looking into.  Make sure you begin with the first movie though or you'll be confused.

Top 3
#3. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 9/10

Ah yes what I was just talking about.  The first movie was just slightly better than the second.  I've also read the trilogy so that may also influence my rating here.  I suggest checking both the book and movie out.

#2. Shutter Island 9/10

Another one that I remember the trailer for a holiday release just for it to get pushed back to February so I read the book as well as I couldn't wait for it to come out.  Amazing performance by Dicaprio and company.  Well done.

#1.  Inception 9.5/10

Great year for Dicaprio as Inception is one of those movies where you have to pay attention the entire time and it actually makes you think what the hell is going on in the juggle of Dreams and Reality throughout. What's the cliche comment here? ah yes a real MindF*ck of a movie.  So if your idea of a great movie is sitting drugged out through a Seth Rogen comedy where you zone out and drool on your shirt sleeve for 2 hours while texting your BFF then this movie wouldn't be for you but then again none of these movies I've mentioned would be. 

Good Night.