Welcome back one and all. This year admittedly I got off to a terribly lazy start, as here we are already into the 2nd month of 2010. At last I got around to making the time and effort to doing what I look forward to doing every year, even if its just for the 2 or 3 eyes that may ever read this boring of a blog. Anywho, i decided to change it up a bit and add this part to the yearly List, citing a little bit more to the year that was in film. hope you enjoy, and as always, leave comments galore, i enjoy them. Thank you for stopping through the rabbit hole.
Worst Hype: Terminator Salvation and Transformers 2. On a more personal basis, T4 runs away with this but Revenge of the Fallen has to be mentioned as well. Michael Bay’s style has finally showed its wear and age. After his rise from the late 90s he’s been slowly showing the same formula in every action movie and finally, with an iconic franchise sequel no less, he finally fell flat in horrific fashion. It’s a disgrace this movie ever made 400 million at the box office. And yes I’m not going to talk about T4.
Best Hype and Exceeded: Star Trek. Maybe since I was never into the Star Trek story or any of the older films/shows/etc I didn’t carry as much expectation going in. But I know plenty of fans and critics did and this movie sailed high on both those fronts, receiving much high praise. Star Trek’s reboot story was extremely hooking and action paced through and through. Not to mention it had one of the best opening sequences to a movie all year.
Best Animated Flick (no one watched): 9. This movie came and went without much of a word nor a peep. Tim Burton’s produced post apocalyptic tale about 9 small scientist/robots that are all that’s left of humanity after robots destroyed much of the world. Think Pixar with Tim Burton behind the lens and you get an idea of the weird yet very cool movie that despite what you heard is MUCH better than the well-over praised Up was.
Largest Disappointment (with Oscar-worthy potential prior): Invictus. Unlike summer blockbusters that one can be hyped over yet disappointed later, Invictus was a film that had much potential to do great things, however disappointed miserably. Eastwood directing, two strong leads in Freeman and Damon. A captivating true story you could really triangulate into a dramatic emotional tale. Flat, flat and pothole flat. Oh, what Invictus could have been.
Best Sequel (in a year of too many): Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. I never thought I’d see the day when I would watch a Harry Potter movie at midnight. Nevertheless when November rolls around, when the first of the final two split films are released, I am most definitely going to be there. Each of the last 4 installments have gotten better and better and…yea you get the picture.
Most Stand-Out Performance (Actress): Mon’ique in Precious. I truly believe 2012 is the end of the world. Never in my mind could I ever imagine Monique acting the way she did in this movie. Everyone is praising the new young woman in the picture who, don’t get me wrong, did wonderful. But Monique as her abusive, welfare-riddled mother, was the steal of the show. I was moved and astounded by her in every scene. She was like an atomic bomb ready to blow right through the picture with every scene she carried.
Most Stand-Out Performance (Actor) Christoph Waltz in Inglorious Basterds. The guy better known as “the jew hunter” from the Quentin Tarintino WW2 epic. Brad Pitt did give audiences one of his better performances, shedding that dull Benjamin Button accent for a very southern-hospitality Tennessean one. However, Waltz, an actor no one in US has seen before, walked in from the very opening and took over the movie with every shot he stood in front of the camera.
Most Mailed-In Performance: Christian Bale in Terminator Salvation. Call me sour if you want, but if there was one thing that had me hopeful going into a “McG directed movie” was an actor of Bale’s caliber starring. If the movie were to fall through at least Bale would potentially carry the film to enough life to keep it afloat. How wrong was I? Bale completely mailed in one of the worst performances I’ve ever seen, so bad you can distinctly hear the dreaded “batman voice” in half the dialogue when he speaks. And if the rumors are true that he had the writers re do the script to give John Connor a larger role than what was done originally than I’m truly disappointed in how much Bale ruined my favorite childhood franchise story.
Best Opening Scene: Inglorious Basterds. In just about every Quentin Tarintino movie he opens the film with a BANG, dramatic or not at times. In his “10 years in the making” newest classic, he clearly outdoes himself. No doubt, in part, due to one of the best performances of any actor in a QT film, Christoph Waltz as the “jew hunter” Colonel Hanz Landa. Whoever knew two men talking in germen, then English, over a glass of milk and a couple of pipe smokes could engage in one intensified conversation that ends with one hell of a closing.
Best Final Act/Closing: Up in the Air. Unfortunately, I rather not say why this is, for to even mention it would give the improper “headsup” toward something to look for that would otherwise be unnoticed going in. The best part of this movie was not expecting where it takes you when it’s all over. Try to see this movie if you see one movie all year. It was a trip I look forward to taking again, buy your ticket and fly with George Clooney soon. (wahh wahhhhhhhh, cornball, i know)
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