What I Would Pick in Each Oscar Category (Except the Shorts)

January 25, 2011

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These are my choices for the top performances/accomplishments in films of 2010 in each of the cinematic categories honored by the Academy Awards.  I suppose that you could say if I were unilaterally choosing the Oscar nominees, these would be the nominees.  In a few of the design and technical categories (particularly Makeup and Sound Editing), I did not feel completely equipped to be picking the best, but I did what I could.

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A full blog post detailing my top ten list is here.
Inception
The Social Network
The Fighter
Black Swan
Toy Story 3
Exit Through the Gift Shop
Let Me In
The King’s Speech
Easy A
Splice

Director
Christopher Nolan, Inception
David Fincher, The Social Network
David O. Russell, The Fighter
Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan
Matt Reeves, Let Me In

Actor
Leonardo DiCaprio, Inception
Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network
Colin Firth, The King’s Speech
James Franco, 127 Hours
Mark Wahlberg, The Fighter

Actress
There are a few performances here from movies that I didn’t think were otherwise that great.
Natalie Portman, Black Swan
Jennifer Lawrence, Winter’s Bone
Annette Bening, The Kids Are All Right
Hailee Steinfeld, True Grit
Emma Stone, Easy A

Supporting Actor
Christian Bale, The Fighter
Geoffrey Rush, The King’s Speech
Andrew Garfield, The Social Network
Justin Timberlake, The Social Network
Vincent Cassel, Black Swan
Jonah Hill, Cyrus

Supporting Actress
Melissa Leo, The Fighter
Barbara Hershey, Black Swan
Marion Cotillard, Inception
Amy Adams, The Fighter
Delphine Chanéac, Splice
Mila Kunis, Black Swan

Adapted Screenplay
Aaron Sorkin, The Social Network
Roman Polanski, The Ghost Writer
Joel and Ethan Coen, True Grit
Matt Reeves, Let Me In
Michael Arndt, Toy Story 3

Original Screenplay
Christopher Nolan, Inception
David Seidler, The King’s Speech
Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy, Eric Johnson, and Keith Dorrington, The Fighter
Bert V. Royal, Easy A
Vincenzo Natali, Antoinette Terry Bryant, and Doug Taylor, Splice

Editing
Lee Smith, Inception
Kirk Baxter Angus Wall, The Social Network
Pamela Martin, The Fighter
Andrew Weisblum, Black Swan
Thelma Schoonmaker, Shutter Island

Cinematography
Wally Pfister, Inception
Matthew Libatique, Black Swan
Danny Cohen, The King’s Speech
Bob Richardson, Shutter Island
Roger Deakins, True Grit

Art Direction
Inception
Shutter Island
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Black Swan
Tron: Legacy

Sound Mixing
Inception
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
The Social Network
The Fighter
Black Swan

Sound Editing
Inception
Shutter Island
Toy Story 3
Tron: Legacy
Unstoppable

Costume Design
Inception
Black Swan
The King’s Speech
The Social Network
True Grit

Score
Hans Zimmer, Inception
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, The Social Network
Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel De Homem-Christo, Tron: Legacy
Alexandre Desplat, The Ghost Writer
Heitor Perreira and Pharrell Williams, Despicable Me

Song
“The Clap,” written by Dan Bern and Mike Viola, Get Him to the Greek
“Chop and Change,” written by Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney, Twilight: Eclipse
“Heavy in Your Arms,” written by Florence Welch and Paul Epworth, Twilight: Eclipse
“Fun, Fun, Fun,” written by Pharrell Williams, Despicable Me
“Eclipse (All Yours),” written by Emily Haines, James Shaw, and Howard Shore, Twilight: Eclipse

Foreign Language Film
I saw two foreign language films from 2010 – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and The Girl who Played with Fire – but I believe that neither one was eligible in this category, as they were not released in their home country last year.  But since they were released stateside in 2010, they were eligible for all the other categories.  Also, I believe there can be only one film nominated per country per year.

Documentary Feature
I saw four documentaries from 2010.  Here’s how I rank them:
Exit Through the Gift Shop
Waiting for ‘Superman’
Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work
Catfish

Animated Feature
Toy Story 3
How to Train Your Dragon
Despicable Me

Visual Effects
Inception
Hereafter
Tron: Legacy
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

Makeup
Black Swan
The Fighter
Let Me In
Shutter Island
Jonah Hex

2010: A Year at the Movies

January 2, 2011

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2010 was another record-breaking year for the frequency of my moviegoing.  But this was no ordinary record-breaking; I smashed my previous high of 40-something with a total of 66 visits to a movie theatre, marking my first year of averaging at least one movie per week.  The following is a list of every movie I saw at a theatre in 2010, with dates, showtimes, and theatre locations denoted as well.  Movies that I saw multiple times (only one fits that category this year) are only counted once towards the final tally.

1. It’s Complicated (1/5, 10:20 PM – Regal United Artists Oxford Valley 14, Langhorne, PA)
2. Youth in Revolt (1/8, 9:50 PM – Oxford Valley)
3. Crazy Heart (1/16, 2:30 PM – The Charles Theatre, Baltimore)
4. Edge of Darkness (2/5, 4:20 PM – The Rotunda Cinematheque, Baltimore)
5. Shutter Island (2/27, 7:40 PM – Oxford Valley)
6. The Crazies (3/1, 2:00 PM – Oxford Valley)
7. The Wolfman (3/4, 2:30 PM – Oxford Valley)
8. Alice in Wonderland in 3D (3/5, 1:40 PM – Oxford Valley)
9. Hot Tub Time Machine (4/2, 8:10 PM – Oxford Valley)
10. Clash of the Titans (4/3, 4:20 PM – Oxford Valley)
11. Kick-Ass (4/16, 10:00 PM – Oxford Valley)
12. The Losers (5/7, 2:50 PM – Oxford Valley)
13. Iron Man 2 (5/8, 1:00 PM – Oxford Valley)
14. Robin Hood (5/16, 3:40 PM – Oxford Valley)
15. How to Train Your Dragon in 3D (5/20, 12:50 PM – Oxford Valley)
16. MacGruber (5/22, 8:00 PM – Oxford Valley)
17. Date Night (5/26, 12:10 PM – Oxford Valley)
18. Get Him to the Greek (6/6, 1:00 PM – Oxford Valley)
19. Splice (6/10, 1:50 PM – Oxford Valley)
20. The A-Team (6/12, 8:00 PM – Oxford Valley)
21. Toy Story 3 in 3D (6/18, 9:30 PM – Oxford Valley)
22. Knight and Day (7/1, 7:50 PM – Oxford Valley)
23. Predators (7/9, 8:00 PM – Oxford Valley)
24. Inception (7/16, 10:20 PM – Oxford Valley; also in IMAX, 7/26, 3:40 PM – Regal United Artists King of Prussia, King of Prussia, PA; also 9/16, 6:40 PM, Oxford Valley)
25. Despicable Me in 3D (7/18, 1:50 PM – Oxford Valley)
26. Cyrus (8/4, 9:55 PM – AMC Neshaminy, Bensalem, PA)
27. The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (8/11, 9:15 PM – Oxford Valley)
28. The Expendables (8/14, 10:40 PM – Oxford Valley)
29. Step Up 3D (8/16, 12:50 PM – Oxford Valley)
30. The Kids Are All Right (8/19, 3:55 PM – Oxford Valley)
31. Rifftrax Live: Reefer Madness (8/19, 8:00 PM – Neshaminy)
32. Piranha 3D (8/22, 8:10 PM – Oxford Valley)
33. The Other Guys (8/22, 9:45 PM – Oxford Valley)
34. Eat, Pray, Love (8/23, 3:40 PM – Oxford Valley)
35. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (8/27, 9:30 PM – Oxford Valley)
36. The American (9/3, 1:30 PM – Oxford Valley)
37. Machete (9/4, 10:30 PM – Oxford Valley)
38. The Switch (9/12, 1:40 PM – Oxford Valley)
39. Devil (9/17, 7:20 PM – Oxford Valley)
40. The Town (9/17, 10:30 PM – Oxford Valley)
41. Easy A (10/1, 9:20 PM – Oxford Valley)
42. Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole in 3D (10/2, 1:15 PM – Oxford Valley)
43. Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (10/5, 1:40 PM – Oxford Valley)
44. It’s Kind of a Funny Story (10/8, 1:40 PM – Oxford Valley)
45. Catfish (10/13, 12:20 PM – Neshaminy)
46. Let Me In (10/14, 2:05 PM – Oxford Valley)
47. The Social Network (10/14, 7:10 PM – Oxford Valley)
48. Red (10/15, 7:40 PM – Oxford Valley)
49. Jackass 3D (10/15, 10:30 PM – Oxford Valley)
50. Paranormal Activity 2 (10/21, 10:00 PM – Oxford Valley)
51. Waiting for ‘Superman’ (10/27, 1:45 PM – Neshaminy)
52. Rifftrax Live: House on Haunted Hill (10/28, 8:00 PM – Neshaminy)
53. Secretariat (11/2, 1:05 PM – Oxford Valley)
54. Hereafter (11/10, 1:05 PM – Oxford Valley)
55. Skyline (11/12, 10:10 PM – Oxford Valley)
56. Unstoppable (11/14, 9:30 PM – Oxford Valley)
57. Morning Glory (11/18, 12:40 PM – Oxford Valley)
58. Fair Game (12/1, 7:10 PM – AMC Hamilton, Hamilton, NJ)
59. The Next Three Days (12/7, 1:40 PM – Oxford Valley)
60. Due Date (12/8, 12:40 PM – Oxford Valley)
61. 127 Hours (12/14, 2:25 PM – Neshaminy)
62. The Fighter (12/17, 7:40 PM – Oxford Valley)
63. Tron: Legacy in 3D (12/17, 10:00 PM – Oxford Valley)
64. Black Swan (12/27, 10:35 PM – Oxford Valley)
65. Little Fockers (12/28, 2:00 PM – Oxford Valley)
66. True Grit (12/30, 7:40 PM – Oxford Valley)

Oscar Projections Addendum

December 3, 2010

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A bit of a revision to my Oscar post from yesterday.  Regarding Visual Effects, I completely forgot to consider Tron: Legacy, which could very well blow away the two contenders that I mentioned – Hereafter and Inception.  As for Makeup, I really don’t know if Inception is the top contender or not (or if it is even a contender at all).  All I had to go on for this category was what awardsdaily.com – one of my main sources for Oscar news – had to offer, and according to the folks over there, only Inception and Shutter Island have been targeted as Makeup contenders so far.

Jmunney’s Early 2010 Oscar Projections

December 2, 2010

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The big Academy Awards prognosticators have already switched it into high gear in predicting the nominations for the 83rd Academy Awards, which will take place on ABC the night of Sunday, February 27, 2011, with co-hosts James Franco and Anne Hathaway (unusual choices, but judging by their performances as hosts of Saturday Night Live, I think that they will be able to handle the proceedings).  So I figured it is time for me to add my early perspective.  Here are my predictions for the nominees in the six major categories (predicted winners are in bold):

Best Picture
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids Are All Right
The King’s Speech
127 Hours
The Social Network
The Town
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Don’t count out Inception, the movie everyone was talking about this summer, and things could change completely once The King’s Speech goes into wide release, but right now, Social Network, the best-reviewed movie of the year, is the front-runner.
Also with a chance: Winter’s Bone

Director
Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan
Danny Boyle, 127 Hours
David Fincher, The Social Network
Tom Hooper, The King’s Speech
Christopher Nolan, Inception
Fincher has the edge over Nolan in a battle between two directors who should have been nominated more often than they have been (this’ll be Fincher’s second, Nolan’s first).

Actor
Leonardo DiCaprio, Inception
Michael Douglas, Solitary Man
Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network
Colin Firth, The King’s Speech
James Franco, 127 Hours
The surest bet of the awards season appears to be Firth gobbling up every major lead acting accolade.
Also with a chance: Javier Bardem, Biutiful

Actress
Annette Bening, The Kids Are All Right
Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole
Jennifer Lawrence, Winter’s Bone
Julianne Moore, The Kids Are All Right
Natalie Portman, Black Swan
Winter’s Bone is too small, and the Kids leads may cancel each other out, which moves victory to Portman’s direction.
Also with a chance: Noomi Rapace, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Supporting Actor
Christian Bale, The Fighter
Andrew Garfield, The Social Network
Armie Hammer, The Social Network
Geoffrey Rush, The King’s Speech
Justin Timberlake, The Social Network
In a crowded field, the best bet is the new Peter Parker for being, as Entertainment Weekly Oscar Watcher Dave Karger calls him, “the … moral center” of The Social Network.
Also with a chance: Mark Ruffalo, The Kids Are All Right

Supporting Actress
Helena Bonham Carter, The King’s Speech
Barbara Hershey, Black Swan
Mila Kunis, Black Swan
Melissa Leo, The Fighter
Hailee Steinfeld, True Grit
This category is a little difficult, as none of my picks are in movies that are yet in wide release.  This could come down to a battle of scary moms (Hershey, Leo) versus the Queen Mum (Bonham Carter), but this category’s history of awarding young newcomers bodes well for 13-year-old Hailee Steinfeld.
Also with a chance: Amy Adams, The Fighter

As for the other categories…

Adapted Screenplay
Aaron Sorkin (Social Network) is one of the most beloved screenwriters in the biz today.

Original Screenplay
The speechwriting of David Seidler (The King’s Speech) or the layered puzzle from Christopher Nolan (Inception)?  This looks about dead even right now, so I’ll go with Nolan.

Editing
Unless The Social Network wins everything, Lee Smith ought to be recognized for keeping everything well-timed and in the right place for Inception.

Cinematography
How about Christopher Nolan standby Wally Pfister (Inception) picking up his first win?

Animated Feature
Too bad for How to Train Your Dragon, Despicable Me, and Tangled that they were released the same year as Toy Story 3.

Art Direction
With a lack of any viable colorful nominees, we must look for something expansive and chalk up another victory for Inception.

Costume Design
When nothing else sticks out, go period – The King’s Speech.

Documentary Feature
Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work and Facebook mystery Catfish were surprisngly left off the list of semifinalists, but Inside Job, the tale of the financial meltdown, was always going to be the favorite, with Waiting for “Superman” providing some competition.

Foreign Language Film
Lead Actor candidate Javier Bardem could propel Mexico’s Biutufil to a win.

Makeup
Inception, apparently.

Original Score
If you’re looking for iconic, look no further than Hans Zimmer’s bludgeoning work for Inception, but don’t count out Atticus Ross and Trent Reznor’s dark atmospherics in The Social Network.

Song
I’ve got “The Clap” from Get Him to the Greek.

Sound Mixing and Editing
Inception should sweep up the technical categories.

Visual Effects
Inception will have a chance if old-fashioned camera tricks are considered as much as CGI; otherwise, Hereafter should win on the strength of the tidal wave sequence.

Animated Short
Probably something from Pixar.  Maybe Day and Night (not to be confused with Knight and Day), which played in theatres before Toy Story 3. 

Documentary Short
Maybe something about China.

Live-Action Short
Maybe something about somebody with cancer.

Now That Aaron Paul is an Emmy Winner, Let’s Get “Weird” a Theatrical Release

August 30, 2010

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Aaron Paul won an Emmy last night for Breaking Bad, so it should now only be a matter of not much time before Weird makes it into theatres.

All These Magical Ladies are the Same

August 7, 2010

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I have noticed a trend over the last several years in which just about every film that features a female character with magical powers uses the song “Every Little Thing She Does is Magic” either in the trailer or the film proper (or possibly both).  It has been in the trailers for both Nanny McPhee and Nanny McPhee Returns (just where is she returning from anyway?) and the credits for Bewitched (and possibly at some earlier point in Bewitched – I haven’t seen the whole movie, just the credits).  This list I just came up with does not look too long, actually … can anyone else think of any others?  I feel like there must have been more, or maybe it just started feeling that way when the Police made their third appearance.  The second time was already overkill, so the third time would then naturally give one a sense of ubiquity.  Anyway, are all the little things that Nicole Kidman and Emma Thompson just as magical as everything else they do?  Has this crutch of a song given us the wrong impression, or is there no magical deed too small for magical folk, just as there is no evil deed too small for evil folk?

Inception: Another Piece of the Puzzle

July 26, 2010

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“Non, je ne regrette rien,” the song used as the cue for when the kick is happening in Inception, was most famously recorded by French songbird Edith Piaf.  Piaf was portrayed in the 2007 biopic La Vie en Rose by Marion Cotillard, who won an Oscar for that performance.  Marion is currently starring in Inception as Mal, the deceased wife of Leonardo Dicaprio’s Cobb.  Does this mean anything regarding the mysterious elements of Inception that have been left open to interpretation?  We can probably only ever know in our subconsciouses.

Oscar Winners and Bad Movies

April 28, 2010

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Sandra Bullock pulled off a landmark twofer in the most recent awards season, becoming the first person to win both an Oscar and a Razzie in the same year. But as bad as All About Steve is, it is not bad enough to warrant a spot on the IMDB Bottom 100.  The Mo’Nique-starring Phat Girls, on the other hand, is, currently holding the #77 spot.  With her supporting actress win for Precious, Mo’Nique is now both an Oscar winner and the star of one of the 100 worst movies of all time.  And she is actually not the first to have such a wide-ranging career.  Here are some others:

-Louis Gossett, Jr., Best Supporting Actor Winner for An Officer and a Gentleman, also starred in Why Did I Get Married, Too? (#88).
-Forest Whitaker, Best Actor Winner for The Last King of Scotland, also starred in Battlefield Earth (#89).
-Ben Affleck, Best Original Screenplay Winner for Good Will Hunting, also starred in Gigli (#90).
-Cuba Gooding, Jr., Best Supporting Actor Winner for Jerry Maguire, also starred in Daddy Day Camp (#95).
-George Kennedy, Best Supporting Actor Winner for Cool Hand Luke, also starred in Bolero (#99).

Precious itself has quite the cast.  One of Mo’Nique’s co-stars was Mariah Carey, who of course also appears in the Bottom 100 at #55 with Glitter.

A Very Important Date

March 10, 2010

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My brother is putting together a list his 100 favorite movie trailers of the past decade.  He is doing bit by bit, ten at a time.  (Check out what he’s got, if you like: http://clomemalone.wordpress.com/.)  So far, he’s posted the first ten, which includes such great choices as Deja Vu and Miami Vice.  I have some ideas of what else he should include, but I do not want to post any comments on his blog, because I do not want to influence him.  But I do feel compelled to share what would be some of my choices.  Here are some classic trailers that better make the list: Crank, Crank: High Voltage, Comedian, The Fountain, Rocky Balboa, Hot Rod, Superbad, I Love You, Beth Cooper

Best Movies of 2009

March 10, 2010

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 Two years ago, the first time I wrote up a best movies of the year list, I posted it on my MySpace.  Last year, I posted on MySpace and Facebook (Facebook was the premiere site to view it).  This year, it is on Facebook again, but the premiere place to check it out is my blog (sorry, MySpace).  In fact, it is the first ever post on Jmunney’s blog.

There are some other differences this year.  I finally managed to round out my list to a full ten (last year’s numero diez was only an honorable mention).  I am not all that thrilled by the bottom of the list.  The contenders for the last three spots are all movies that I either have some issue with or lack strong feelings for.  But I gave them all high ratings initially, so I am going to trust my past self.  Also, I am in the midst of Netflixing several movies I missed, so more than any other year, I am backlogged with a lot of potential contenders.  But I’ve got to be at least somewhat timely.

 As I look over my list, it appears that the biggest star of the year was … Jesse Eisenberg?  Two movies about some “land,” with amusement parks as important settings in both.

 1. District 9
From the second the documentary talking heads started talking and immediately upon Wikus van der Merwe’s entrance into the refugee camps, District 9 was the definition of tension.  Suspension of disbelief is essentially forced onto the audience, thus ensuring a successful science-fiction plot.  The documentary format is ingenious; you care deeply for a bunch of aliens, both South African and extraterrestrial, and you believe that this world is not too different from our own.
Memorable Line: “I thought you said not to kill them?”
“He shot at me!”

 2. Adventureland
The performances in Adventureland epitomized “being yourself,” or being someone else, as it were, as the actors were “acting”.  But it is a small distinction, as the acting in this case was simply being.  Never before has Kristen Stewart seemed like a conscious human being, nor Ryan Reynolds just some guy who is not always on the verge of exploding.  And Jesse Eisenberg is the ultimate lead as the young man who just is who he is.
Memorable Line: “Brennan, you been toking up?” “What?” “You been drinking drugs?” “No.” “Your eyes are red.  Have you been crying?”

 3. The Hurt Locker
The greatest modern warfare movie is not really about war.  It is a strikingly unique and subtly realized version of the effects on a man of being a soldier.  Staff Sgt. William James is one of the best assets the U.S. military has, and that status makes him profoundly alone.  So all he can do is just keep on truckin’.
Memorable Line: “Eight hundred! And seventy-three. Eight hundred! And seventy-three. That’s just hot shit.”

 4. Inglourious Basterds
It took me a few months to understand Quentin Tarantino’s revisionist WWII history, and once I did, I felt like a chump.  It’s about the movies!  It’s from Quentin, after all, the guy who references every movie ever made!  It’s about the staging, the illusion, the tableaux, the ensemble.  What do you think, is it his masterpiece?
Memorable Line: “Attaboy, Lieutenant.  Make it yourself like a good chap, will you?  The bar’s in the globe.”

 5. Tyson
If you are going to make a documentary in which your subject sits on the couch and just talks about himself for the entire running time, you better have a damn fine interesting subject.  Mike Tyson fits that bill, amazingly proving himself more interesting than the world already knew him to be.  James Toback is somehow able to create the most fascinating confessional ever caught on film.  Tyson’s apology makes no excuses for his sins; instead, it plumbs the depths of his soul.
Memorable Line: “…Don King, who is just a wretched, slimy reptilian motherfucker … He would kill his mother for a dollar.”

 6. Star Trek
Anyone who wants to create an updated version of a beloved franchise should henceforth follow the example of J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek.  The spirit of the original – discovery where no man has gone before, the conflict between logic and emotion – is intact, but this is a completely new creation not bound by continuity.  In fact, the Star Trek universe was already predisposed to this formula, as the time travel plot point illustrates.
Memorable Line: “I have been and always shall be your friend.”

 7. Zombieland
Zombies are all the rage these days, but only Zombieland dares to show that a world all but destroyed by the undead is a fun place to live.  How often do we get a comedy where the characters are having this much fun nowadays?  We got it all the time in the 80’s – Caddyshack, Meatballs, Ghostbusters – Zombieland might be this generation’s Ghostbusters.  Characterization in a movie like Zombieland is essential, but it is not hard.  Just give everyone a silly backstory.  A dead puppy?  Why not?!
Memorable Line: “You’re about to learn who you gonna call … Ghostbusters.”

 8. State of Play
Nobody wants to give Cal McAffrey a break, and he really does want to do the right thing, but everything in his life and everything in the world of journalism is so tangled up that he can’t do much of anything.  But State of Play does find some room for hope.  And props to Jason Bateman for playing an absolutely iconic sleazeball.
Memorable Line: “Coffee’s free for friends of the press.”

 9. Avatar
It looked pretty, and the archetypal story worked as well as it needed to.
Memorable Line: “Oh, shit.”

 10. I Love You, Man
When I saw I Love You, Man, I loved it.  I loved that Paul Rudd has become a leading man, I loved that Andy Samberg was funny yet restrained, I loved the female power trio friendship, and I loved the supporting appearances from Joe Lo Truglio, Thomas Lennon, and Lou Ferrigno.  But then I started to rethink it.  Was the bromance too indulgent?  Did I like Jason Segel as this character?  I prefer him as an oddly suave jerk.  Ultimately, I Love You, Man is not too self-indulgent, though it teeters precariously close to being so and other bromance movies would be wise to tread cautiously, if at all, and I guess I will just have to live with this character type of Jason Segel’s.  And how can I argue with Rush?
Memorable Line:  “It’s just that Zooey hasn’t seen them all yet. She’s really curious as to what was going on inside that hatch.”

 Probably Good Ones I Missed And/Or Will Be Seeing Soon: Precious, Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, Drag Me to Hell, Moon, World’s Greatest Dad, Ponyo, Gentlemen Broncos, The Princess and the Frog, Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, Big Fan, An Education, Religulous

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