Best Films of the Year part 1

Hey Everyone, I know I have been lazy in my movie reviews, so with it being a new year, I decided to quickly run over 10 films that I felt were the best of the year, in my opinion, and yes I did place them in order of which I enjoyed more, enjoy:

Honorable Mentions:

The Fighter: for having a strong cast (particularly Christian Bale and Amy Adams) and for being quite a strong boxing film, which really is a hard feat considering its competition (Rocky, Raging Bull, Million Dollar Baby).

Get Low: Bill Murray and Robert Duvall are amazing in this indie film, I would highly recommend seeing if anything simply for their performances.

Kick Ass: My most favorite guilty pleasure film of the year, I would recommend this any day

Now, for part 1 of my 10 favorite films of the year

10. Inception

Christopher Nolan pens another brilliant script, with a strong cast, led by the terrific Leonardo DiCaprio, this film is fantastic. I did have some problems with some of its editing, and the fact that they had a character written for exposition sake (granted I guess with this material it was kind of needed), but this is just me being nit picky. The score is good, you can really feel the strength of Hans Zimmer’s work through every scene, its really strong, won’t be surprised to see this up for a few Oscars down the road.

9. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

I have two big reasons why I loved this film: 1) it was written/directed by Edgar Wright (who has so far done no wrong in my book with the hilarious Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz), and 2) I had read the graphic novels and they were utterly amazing. Edgar really harnessed the spirit of the novels and the ideas Bryan Lee O’Malley had in mind for the series and it really came through with this film. The cast is brilliant, Kieran Culkin steals all the scenes he’s in, and his 7 evil exes are perfect (Brandon Routh was my favorite but I am rather bias in that his story was my favorite novel). This was also quite the love letter to ‘90’s garage bands, the music was excellent. This is seriously a film that shouldn’t be overlooked. Also, it taught me the greatest lesson of all, vegan powers, coolest thing ever. Movie rating: Awesome.

8. The King’s Speech

Colin Firth was my pick to win the Oscar for Best Actor in A Single Man, but he did not win, but I saw it coming. With this film, he not only deserves another nomination, but he should dominate the awards season (or someone I will mention later). He is also perfectly matched with the great Geoffrey Rush as his therapist, their scenes and chemistry is terrific. Helena Bonham Carter also has a strong performance in this beautiful historical piece whose art direction should get some award recognition. All in all, the film (directed by Tom Hooper, who is known for working on the John Adams miniseries), is gorgeous and well crafted.

Check back soon for part 2...