2010 - Favourite film n telly?

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hehe top ten

1. Inception
2. The Book of Eli
3. Shutter Island
4. The Secret in their eyes
5. Splice
6. Kick Ass
7. The Crazies
8. Greenberg
9. The killer inside me
10 get him to the greek.

The Social Network

Toy Story 3
The Social Network

Both modern classics IMO. Toy Story 3, especially, was very near flawless. It's great when mainstream films that all the family can watch can rank as the 2 of the best films of the year.

Kick Ass was so much fun, I loved it.

Inception, I enjoyed it but it was very overrated.

I really didn't rate Kick Ass That for me is the most overated film in a long time. Didn't like Scott Pilgrim, either. In fact, i don't care if i see Michael Cera playing Michael Cera ever again

4.3.2.1 is easily the worst film i've seen this year, though. Watched it in preperation for that blog post, and its truly honking

Pity, cos i've enjoyed Noel Clarke's previous stuff

A-Team was good fun, but Expendables just pips it for OTT 80s actionnnyness. Both a riot, though.

And i think i'm one of the few who really enjoyed Iron Man 2. I can see its various faults, but as a pure action popcorn film, it worked for me

Pity Tron: Legacy isn't out til the 17th, as i'm proper looking forward to the trip to the pictures for that, and i reckon it'll be a highlight of this year

Inception is getting a tiny bit of backlash now it's out of the cinema and the "event" of it has died down, but i really really enjoyed it, daftness an all. Went to see it twice, once with my dad who thought it was the shittest, most boring film ever made

1. Inception - Great film by a great director and a great cast
2. Shutter Island
3. The Social Network
4. The Town - underated imo
5. Toy Story 3 - watched not that a great copy of it so will further evaluate when watched again


Apprentice, An Idiot Abroad, Accused, and This is England 86 all the best telly

The Town's clearly winning Best Picture at the Oscars.

did he punch you for making him go?

OH ITS BEEN A LONG TIME. MISSED THAT

this is england 86.

These are my thoughts on stuff I saw from this year. Some will be 2009 for American audiences but they were either given a UK cinema release this year or didn't get one at all so the DVD release was the first time we'd of got to see it legally.

01: Gainsbourg (Vie héroïque)
Best film I saw all year. Thought it was wonderful & the balance between biopic & the more surreal moments was balanced perfectly.
02: Red Hill
Unless it slipped straight under the radar I'm not even sure if it's been released here yet. I saw it in August at FrightFest, was superb. Like a more stripped down version of No Country For Old Men, simple revenge type plot done so well.
03: The Road
Think it came out in 09 everywhere else but didn't make it over here until early 2010, fantastically bleak.
04: Machete
Was always going to be high on my list weren't it? If ever a movie had been made for my eyes than it was this. I'm really upset it's flopped as I was hoping it would of sparked all the other grindhouse trailers to be made into fully fledged films.
05: Κυνόδοντας [Dogtooth]
Original, Bizarre, disturbing, funny. A completely unique film which I liked when I saw it then couldn't stop thinking about it for weeks, I've a feeling when I watch it again it could be my number one.
06: The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Everybody knows I can't stand Nicolas Cage but he was really good in this (minus a few scenes which had me laughing out loud) Being a kind of remake of a film I loved I was ready to shoot this down but it really surprised me & despite having the same principle ideas as the original it was a totally different experience.
07: The Expendables
I know a few on here that weren't completely sold on this but for me it delivered absolutely everything I could of hoped for. an old-skool blast with all my old favourites. I love you Sly can't wait for the Death Wish remake
08: Mr. Nice
This seemed to go completely unnoticed. Rhys Ifans was perfect as Howard Marks, was really funny in places & David Thewlis was superb too.
09: Frozen
Adam Green (no not that one) I think could really become a really good medium budget genre film maker. Was one of those where you know exactly whats going to happen from the second you switch it on but it was just so well done that I ended up loving it more than perhaps I should of.
10: Hatchet II
Adam Green again. First one was ok but this one really delivered. Worth checking out for anyone who enjoys a good old fashioned slasher.
11: Separado!
Gruff Rhys's road movie, not the psychedelic blast I expected but more an educational warm feeling film.
12: Black Dynamite
This came out ages ago but only just got a release over here Blaxsploitation piss-take movie, great fun.

The last few I liked but kind of slightly disappointed with.

13: Tetro
I fucking love Vincent Gallo, for me he's one of the best actors around, such a shame he probably doesn't get the parts he should due to being a bit of a loon. Was a real slow burner which should of delivered but I just never connected with it & the ending felt forced to me. Worth a watch though.
14: [REC] 2
I liked but not half as much as the first one. Still 989898989 times better than Cloverfield (welcome back dan xxx)
15: Shutter Island
Didn't get the hype for this one, felt it was completely predictable yet performances & production values were high enough to make it a decent watch.
16: F
British slaher-type deal set in a school. Saw it at frightfest not sure if it's coem out yet, well done just didn't grab me as anything special
17: Primal
Decent Aussy Virus movie, final 20 minutes let it down by introducing some of the worst CGI ever

Not a film but a cracking documentary on a franchise which I've loved since a Kid, Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy. 4 hours of in depth interviews/facts & so on, really good watch.

This lot I saw and didn't care for:

The Runaways - rock-biopic. About as average as they come. Catch it if its on TV otherwise I wouldn't bother.
Dead Cert - Saw this at fright fest, starred Dan Sullivan from Eastenders was a cockney vampire film So bad I almost enjoyed it, also has a 17 second cameo from danny Dyer.
Inception - I'm still shocked anybody likes this. I was fucking fuming when I left the cinema, a complete waste of 8 quid. HATED it.
Srpski film - The most controversial film of the year, also one of the worst. Went out to break every taboo known to film & succeeded, unfortunately never succeeded at being any good.
The Human Centipede (First Sequence) - Was better than I thought it would be, I guess it was fun just a bit average.
Isle Of Dogs
Worst film I saw all year, awful.
Oh & I watched 20 minutes of kick-ass & felt like smashing the TV in so switched it off. Completely agree with Dan, I've no interest in seeing that cunt save the world.
Also, no interest in seeing the social network, not my scene.

think you'd enjoy the social network karl. it's superbly, written performed and paced. it's a proper movie. i know a lot of people who've said the same as you about it not being their scene but they've all ended up really liking it.

I'll probably see it eventually one day but I've little interest in it. I'm not much of a fan of Fincher in general. I've just never understood the appeal of his work.

the american

the league

Yeah, that looks decent. Wanted to see it, but missed it in the cinema and all the torrents are shit atm



aye, not heard that much this year



Another i really wanna see!



Haha yep, really dull wasn't it. The manager (him from Boardwalk Empire) was good though



Yup, i reckon you'd like it too, Karl. I had some reservations about it too, but it's pretty fast moving and very well done. Even if most of it appears to be total bollocks, according to the real people

Oh, and agreed on This Is England 86, just missed my top ten

Dan, you on leecherslair?

it's a torrent site - full of good quality films n that - there's a 1080p rip of the town on it

PM me your email address n I'll invite you, if you fancy it

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