2011 was an excellent movie year!
The beginning of the movie year may have started off on a bad note (the awful Season of the Witch being the first movie of '011) but as the months went on, some great movies came out (The Adjustment Bureau, Red Riding Hood, Bereavement).
As the summer arrived, a lot of cool films graced the silver screen(Captain America, Cowboys & Aliens, The Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Colombiana).
As the summer arrived, a lot of cool films graced the silver screen(Captain America, Cowboys & Aliens, The Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Colombiana).
And the fall season introduced a batch of wonderful movies (Drive, Straw Dogs, The Ides of March).
Unlike the start the movie year, the end of it, ended with a bang, with some really extraordinary and provocative films (The Artist, Shame, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo).
Besides, the witch-less Season of the Witch, there thankfully weren't a lot of bad movies I had the displeasure of seeing. The French, Sleeping Beauty started off good but took a weird turn and ended so horribly abrupt, which is why it made it into the 'Worst' category.
Without any thought, the top film on my 'Best' list goes to the charming, romantic, ingenious, ode to Old Hollywood, silent and black & white- The Artist.
Second on the list is the indie The Perfect Host, a clever drama/borderline dark comedy about a dinner host who is perfectly demented.
Third, The Adjustment Bureau- a cool thought-provoking sci-fi romance about fate vs. freewill.
The mystery filled The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, the American remake of the 2009 Swedish film, about the odd-paired tattooed hacker and journalist investigating the case of a missing girl, comes in next.
And making the top five, is the brutal yet at times- beautiful, horror Bereavement, sequel to 2005's Malevolence, telling the story of a young boy kidnapped by a serial killer who is trained to follow in his footsteps.
As well as categories:
Best Performances, Worst Performances, Coolest, Original, Disappointing, Scariest, Funniest, Violent, Action-Packed, Romantic, Sexiest, Saddest, Controversial, Best Cast, Worst Cast, Overrated and Underrated?
Without further ado, I present:
Cinemanista's
Best and Worst Films of 2011
BEST:
The Artist
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OK7pfLlsUQM
The Perfect Host
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVqMrcakPg0
The Adjustment Bureau
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHVU3fKhsjI
Dragon Tattoo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5XSmfFo7-8
Bereavement
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQIYaD1BxQI
Drive
Trailer:
Shame
Trailer:
Trust
Trailer:
Cowboys & Aliens
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zH7KZD5vGBY
Red Riding Hood
Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PM8V3cHdSC4
WORST:
Season of the Witch
Sleeping Beauty
Season of the Witch
Sleeping Beauty
BEST PERFORMANCES:
The Artist
The Artist
Whose Performance?
Jean Dujardin and Bérénice Bejo
as a silent movie star and an extra turned star.The Devil's Double
Whose Performance?
Dominic Cooper
as Latif Yahia, double for Uday Hussein and Uday Hussein.
Whose Performance?
David Hyde Pierce
as a dinner host.
The Girl with the
Dragon Tattoo
Whose Performance?
Rooney Mara
as a troubled, hacker.
Whose Performance?
Ryan Gosling
as a movie stunt/getaway driver.
Shame
Whose Performance?
Michael Fassbender and Carey Mulligan
as brother and sister- a sex addict and a nightclub singer.
The Ides of March
Whose Performance?
Ryan Gosling and George Clooney
as a campaign manager and a presidential candidate.
Trust
Whose Performance?
Liana Liberato
as a girl who falls in love with the online predator who rapes her.
The Double
Whose Performance?
Richard Gere
as a CIA agent.
WORST PERFORMANCES:
Season of the Witch
Whose Performance?
Nicholas Cage
as a knight.
New Year's Eve
Whose Performance?
The entire cast.
ORIGINAL:
The Artist
The Adjustment Bureau
Cowboys & Aliens
The Perfect Host
Bereavement
Super 8
COOLEST:
Cowboys & Aliens
The Adjustment Bureau
The Girl with the
Dragon Tattoo
Colombiana
Drive
Fast Five
The Rise of the
Planet of the Apes
Captain America
Cowboys & Aliens
The Adjustment Bureau
The Girl with the
Dragon Tattoo
Colombiana
Drive
Fast Five
The Rise of the
Planet of the Apes
Captain America
Thor
X-Men:
First Class
Sanctum
Lord of the Dance
3D
DISAPPOINTING:
SCARIEST:
The Thing
The Thing
Final Destination 5
Bereavement
Scream 4
FUNNIEST:
Bridesmaids
Bridesmaids
Mr. Popper's Penguins
The Hangover 2
ACTION-PACKED:
Mission Impossible 4
Battle:
Los Angeles
Colombiana
The Rise of the
Planet of the Apes
The Mechanic
Mission Impossible 4
Battle:
Los Angeles
Colombiana
Fast Five
Cowboys & Aliens
The Rise of the
Planet of the Apes
The Mechanic
VIOLENT:
Bereavement
Bereavement
Straw Dogs
Scream 4
Final Destination 5
DRIVE
The Mechanic
ROMANTIC:
The Adjustment Bureau
The Artist
Twilight:
Breaking Dawn
The Ledge
The Adjustment Bureau
The Artist
Twilight:
Breaking Dawn
The Ledge
SEXIEST:
Shame
SADDEST:
No One Killed Jessica
No One Killed Jessica
CONTROVERSIAL:
Shame
Trust
Devil's Double
The Girl with the
Dragon Tattoo
BEST CAST:
Cowboys & Aliens
New Year's Eve
Captain America
Thor
The Ides of March
Colombiana
The Mechanic
Contagion
Fast Five
Scream 4
Cowboys & Aliens
New Year's Eve
Captain America
Thor
The Girl with the
Dragon Tattoo
The Ides of March
Colombiana
The Mechanic
Contagion
Fast Five
Scream 4
WORST CAST:
Season of the Witch
Season of the Witch
Sanctum
OVERRATED:
The Hangover 2
Mission Impossible 4
UNDERRATED:
The Perfect Host
The Ledge
The Double
The Devil's Double
Bereavement
Trust
The Lincoln Lawyer
Contagion
Here's to the upcoming 2012 movie year, being even better than 2011!
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