I don't get to see every movie that comes out in a year. Unfortunately, I have a day job that makes me unavailable during much of the day and leaves me with little money to spend on movies that might be good. Going through the list of new film releases in 2010, I was struck depressed by the number of movies I meant to see but missed. Oh well, that's why god invented Netflix right?
What I like best about putting this list together is how often my opinion changes. While it is rare for a movie to move from bad to good, it may often move from bad to eh? or vice versa. What made it good cannot be undone (unless we're trying to look cool and pretend we didn't like a movie when we did, i.e. "The Switch"). I feel warm and fuzzy inside as I watch the "good" list surpass the other's in quantity. 2010 turned out to be a good year for movies! (Someone tell the HFPA that there were better comedies out there than "Burlesque", stat!)
Below is my list of the best of 2010. Each one was released in theatres in the U.S. this year (so video releases and foreign markets don't count) and, obviously, I have to have seen it. My picks for worst movies and "Eh?", which I call the ones I am ambivalent towards, will be posted later this week.
What should have made the list?
(in no particular order)
Iron Man 2
Harry Potter and the Deadly Hallows: Pt 1
Inception
Tron: Legacy
Kick-Ass
Splice
Scott Pilgrim vs The World
The Runaways
Shutter Island
Repo Men
Devil
Centurion
44 Inch Chest
The Social Network
Black Swan
Millennium Trilogy (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo/Played with Fire/Kicked the Hornet's Nest)
Easy A
The Fighter
The Switch
The Kids Are All Right
127 Hours
Ondine
Never Let Me Go
The Killer Inside Me
Suck
The Extra Man
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