Best Movies of 2010 ... so far

[NSpan]

So, whatd'ya got? I've been SEVERELY lacking in my movie-going priorities.

I've barely seen anything. But I'm looking forward to catching up on MacGruber, Iron Man 2, Human Centipede, Splice, Youth in Revolt, Exit Through the Gift Shop, Predators, etc.

Anyways, here's what I got

"A" Movies
Kick-Ass (A+)
Defendor (A)
Hot Tub Time Machine (A-)

"B" Movies
Shutter Island (B-)
Inception (B-)

"C" Movies
The Book of Eli (C+)
The Crazies (C+)
Cop Out (C)
Legion (C)

"D" Movies
After.Life (D+)
Daybreakers (D+) <--Might need to rewatch this one... at least to give Sam Neill and Willem Defoe another chance.

[Buscemi]

Five Best:

Hot Tub Time Machine
Splice
Toy Story 3
Fish Tank (it never played here so I watched it online and really liked it)
Oceans

Five Worst (that I saw in a theatre):

Why Did I Get Married Too?
The Bounty Hunter
The Wolfman
The Losers
Clash Of The Titans

Biggest Disappointments

The Wolfman (so this is what a year of delays and $150 million creates, proof that Captain America will likely be the worst movie of 2010)
Clash Of The Titans (Leterrier missed the point completely and Fiennes apparently watched Battlefield Earth too many times while preparing for the part)
Cop Out (the beginning of the end for Kevin Smith)
Ramona and Beezus (when you realize that they adapted the fourth book as the first movie, you know you are in trouble)
Green Zone (Damon and Greengrass go from Bourne to...a boring Iraq movie with a mixed message?)
Shrek Forever After (made Shrek The Third look like Wall-E)

[NSpan]

Disappointments
Cop Out (the beginning of the end for Kevin Smith)

Chasing Amy was "the beginning of the the end for Kevin Smith." Cop Out, despite being pretty mediocre, was his best film in years.

[numbersix]

Well I've been watching a lot of local films that won't get a release over in the US for quite some time (if ever!), and there's lots of US films that are still to be released over here.


The Great
Toy Story 3
Four Lions
Ajami
Dogtooth
A Prophet
Fish Tank

The Good
Kick Ass
Inception
I Love You Phillip Morris
Greenberg

The Average
Iron Man 2
Lebanon
Kisses
The Eclipse

The Ugly
Shutter Island
Ondine
the Killer Inside Me
Perrier's Bounty
The Crazies

[delfinasu]

Five Best:
Shutter Island
Toy Story 3
Iron Man 2
Kick-Ass
How to Train Your Dragon

Haven't see yet: Inception (it will be released this Friday in my country), Salt (next week). Looking forward for The Expendables, Resident Evil: Afterlife, Tuesday, after Christmas (an acclaimed Romanian movie) and Tron: Legacy. BUT I don't feel a parfume of Oscar yet

Five Worst:
Killers
The Back-Up Plan
The Bounty Hunter
Clash Of The Titans
Alice in Wonderland - sorry BUT this is another very well packaged candy but bitter - form without substance.

I haven't seen and I don't plan to see: The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, Sex and the City 2, The Last Airbender, Marmaduke, Jonah Hex...

[Buscemi]

Disappointments
Cop Out (the beginning of the end for Kevin Smith)

Chasing Amy was "the beginning of the the end for Kevin Smith." Cop Out, despite being pretty mediocre, was his best film in years.

At least he tried with Chasing Amy. With Cop Out, it was clear that he only did it for the money (and because the initial script title was a dick joke).

[transformers2]

Disappointments
Cop Out (the beginning of the end for Kevin Smith)

Chasing Amy was "the beginning of the the end for Kevin Smith." Cop Out, despite being pretty mediocre, was his best film in years.

I strongly disagree on that one. Clerks 2 and Zach and Miri Make A Porno are both genius imo. Smith has not met his downfall at all.

[undeadmonkey]

I've seen 24 films that have been released in 2010, either theatrically or dvd. of course there are plenty of films that i want to see but just haven't had the opportunity.

9/10
Shutter Island

8/10
Alice in Wonderland
The Book of Eli
Shrek Forever After
Inception

7/10
The Crazies
Daybreakers
She’s Out of My League

6/10
Legion
Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Clash of the Titans
Due Date (note, saw a rough cut, but i'm sure 95% percent was the final product, was pretty funny still)
Iron Man 2

5/10
The Bounty Hunter

4/10
Dear John
Date Night
Kick-Ass

3/10
The Back-Up Plan
The Last Airbender

2/10
The Wolfman

1/10
Dorian Gray
Leap Year
The Runaways
Repo Men

[Brockster]

I'll do mine based on imdb scores. Haven't seen much this year (that came out this year anyway, have seen plenty this year that came out last year.

8/10
Dear John
Iron Man 2

7/10
Valentine's Day
Shutter Island
Remember Me

5/10
Leap Year
From Paris With Love

4/10
Clash of the Titans

[W]

I almost made this thread yesterday and was getting on right now to make it...

10
Kick-Ass - Film of the year so far. There's a great plot, tons of action, and hilariousness throughout.
Toy Story 3 - Loved it better than the first one.

9
Inception - Great film, moves down because I compared it to Kick-Ass, which I was much happier with. Definitely not worthy of #3 all-time though I'm not opposed to it being in the Top 250.
Shutter Island
Hot Tub Time Machine - Hilarious.

8
The Book of Eli - Fallout 3 + The Road a little watered down for the average movie-goer.
The A-Team - Action-packed, slightly cheesy, and three of the four Teamers were great. I didn't even mind Rampage, like I thought I would.

7
She's Out of My League - Hilarious, some down parts, not quotable.
Iron Man 2 - I loved the first, but the second was rather middling.
Death at a Funeral

6
Cop Out - Funny moments throughout, but not great.
The Sorcerer's Apprentice - Nostalgia and Jay Burachel (though not as good as he was in "She's Out of My League) push this higher than it should be.

5
Date Night - Not nearly as good as a Carrell/Fey film should be.
Yout in Revolt (as Cousin Vinny would say) - A few funny scenes, but all in all; bad.

3
Grown Ups - For some reason nobody can make a good family comedy unless it's animated. This should be the biggest disappointment of the year, but all these guys have been awful lately.


Stuff I'll get to soon (or more likely when they go to DVD):
Defendor
Alice in Wonderland
How to Train Your Dragon
Clash of the Titans
Shrek 4
Despicable Me
Dinner for Schmucks

Stuff I may or may not get to:
Percy Jackson
The Crazies
Brooklyn's Finest
Repo Men
Greenberg
The Runaways
A Nightmare on Elm Street
MacGruber
Prince of Persia
Get Him to the Greek
Splice
Karate Kid
Winter's Bone
The Last Airbender
Predators
Salt

Wide Releases I'm probably not even going to give a chance (convince me):
Daybreakers
Leap Year
Spy Next Door
Extraordinary Measures
Legion
Tooth Fairy
Edge of Darkness
When in Rome
Dear John
From Paris With Love
The Wolfman
Ghost Writer
A Prophet
Green Zone
Our Family Wedding
Remember Me
Bounty Hunter
Wimpy Kid
The Last Song
Why Did I Get Married, Too (actually a IMDb Bottom 200 film) #100
The Backup Plan
The Losers
Oceans
Furry Vengeance (actually a IMDb Bottom 200 film) #43
Just Wright
Letters to Juliet
Robin Hood
Sex in the City 2
Killers
Marmaduke (actually a IMDb Bottom 200 film) #83
Jonah Hex
Knight & Day
Eclipse
Ramona and Beezus
Cats and Dogs 2 (I may have to see it because someone likes the trailers a lot)
Charlie St. Cloud

[Donte77]

Inception
Kick Ass
Iron Man 2
Shutter Island (forgot this one)
Hot Tub Time Machine

Movies I have seen that were ok but lacking.

From Paris with Love
Nightmare on Elm Street

[NSpan]

Wide Releases I'm probably not even going to give a chance (convince me):
Legion

Honestly, I'm surprised I even gave this one a chance. But I was pleasantly surprised (and it certainly helped that my expectations were set incredibly low). The trailer made it look truly atrocious... but it really isn't as ridiculous as you'd expect. Silly, sure. But cool, too. The actions sequences were good, the dialogue is passable--though above-average if you consider the genre--and the characters (at least the ones that are meant to be likable) are pretty likable... if a tad underdeveloped. And the story? Well, it is what it is. If you can accept that, what's left over is a fun action/horror flick that's actually worth seeing.

Not exactly a glowing review, I know. But if you happen upon it, go ahead and watch it. It's a decent throwback to some 80s classics that we both grew up watching.

[undeadmonkey]

I was going to say the same thing, except about Daybreakers

[transformers2]

I have seen 21 movies to date. Great year for comedy so far with a lot of hysterical movies coming out. The year as a whole has been pretty good.

1.Kick-Ass(9.5/10)
2.Inception(9.5/10)
3.The Book Of Eli(9/10)
4.Hot Tub Time Machine(9/10)
5.Get Him To The Greek(9/10)
6.MacGruber(9/10)
7.Shutter Island(8.5/10)
8.Predators(8/10)
9.Iron Man 2(8/10)
10.Death At A Funeral(8/10)
11.The A-Team(8/10)
12.She's Out Of My League(8/10)
13.Clash Of The Titans(8/10)
14.The Losers(7.5/10)
15.From Paris With Love(7.5/10)
16.Cop Out(7.5/10)
17.Youth In Revolt(7/10)
18.Daybreakers(6.5/10)
19.Brooklyn's Finest(6.5/10)
20.The Crazies(5/10)
21.The Last Airbender(3/10)

[Shrykespeare]

The Shit (in a Good Way)
How to Train Your Dragon
Toy Story 3

The Great
Inception
The A-Team
Despicable Me
Shutter Island
Alice in Wonderland

The Very Good
Kick-Ass
Shrek Forever After
The Karate Kid
Iron Man 2
Edge of Darkness
The Ghost Writer

The Enjoyable
Date Night
Salt
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Robin Hood
The Book of Eli
The Last Airbender
The Losers
From Paris With Love
Hot Tub Time Machine

The Passable
The Bounty Hunter
Tooth Fairy
Knight & Day
Green Zone
Legion
Daybreakers
Youth in Revolt

The Tolerable
Prince of Persia
Leap Year
Extraordinary Measures
The Crazies
Percy Jackson

The Disappointing
Clash of the Titans
Brooklyn's Finest

The Shit (NOT in a Good Way)
The Wolfman


Waiting to see on DVD:
Cop Out
Mother
She's Out of My League
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
The Runaways
Repo Men
Nightmare On Elm Street (unless someone talks me out of it)
Just Wright
Killers
Get Him to the Greek
Splice
Jonah Hex
The Killer Inside Me
Grown Ups
Predators (may still see this in theaters)

Coming Up (bold means I'll probably see it in theaters, no bold means I'll wait for DVD):
Dinner For Schmucks
The Oxford Murders
The Expendables
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Lottery Ticket
Takers
Going the Distance
Centurion
The American
Machete
Resident Evil: Afterlife
The Town
Alpha and Omega
Legend of the Guardians
Wall Street 2
Buried
Let Me In
The Social Network
Secretariat
Stone
Wild Target
Red
Conviction
Paranormal Activity 2
Saw VII 3D
The Company Men
Due Date
Megamind
Unstoppable
Morning Glory
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Pt. 1
The Next Three Days
Tangled
Faster
The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader
The Fighter
Tron: Legacy
Gulliver's Travels
True Grit
The Debt