The 5 must see films of 2010 are as follows, in nor particular order:
* Inception: Rent it, buy, stream it. Easily the best film of the year. Leo is an exceptional actor & thank the gods on Olympus he shies away from rom-coms & other junk (talking about you Vince Vaughn & Owen Wilson.) Chris Nolan is a very good director with a great resume, the last 2 Batman films & Memento. Nolan is a director whose films I'm going to see based on his reputation. Just like David Fincher; Fight Club, The Game, Panic Room, Zodiac & Social Network (which I didnt bother to see.)
* Black Swan: Excellent film. Natalie Portman's performance was magnificent & she got an Oscar nomination & a Golden Globe for a reason. I enjoy films where the main character descends into madness! Darren Aronofsky, like Fincer, is another directer whose films I will see regardless of the material. Pi & Requiem for a Dream were great films & The Fountain was interesting as well but I may not have been smart enough to figure out how all the stories wove together.
* The Town: This wasn't as good as Inception or Black Swan but it was better, in my opinion, than The Joneses, Shutter Island & Due Date. Men by nature enjoy heist films. This was a very good heist film, gritty & dark. It bit too much like Heat but quite frankly Heat was a great heist film so why not use it as a template. Jeremy Renner, he of Hurt Locker, was the standout performance.
* Restreppo: Sebastian Junger's documentary about life of an Army unit in the Kornegal Valley in Afghanistan. Look, the U.S. is currently at war & I just think people should see this film because we owe to the men & women serving in the military. The filmmakers aren't preaching nor do they have an agenda.
* Inside Job: Directed by Charles Fergurson, who was recently on Real Time, it shows the collapse of the U.S.'s financial institutions. It's explained in layman's terms so the average person can understand it. This was nothing short of a criminal conspiracy! The guys who who a had in this have been working with the gov't since the Reagan administration. I saw this film in NYC & was enraged after seeing it. I had to go to a bar & have several beers to even me out so I could see my next film. Basically, you'll never trust a financial institution or want to see heinous misfortune fall upon a CEO. Some the people interviewed, the culprits, arte so arrogant you want to see them punched in the face but for some reason they are beyond reproach. These guys make Madoff's Ponzi scheme look like it originated in Romper Room.
Thanks for your time. I would like to end with a quote from Steve Martin's character in the Grand Canyon, "That's part of your problem: you haven't seen enough movies. All of life's riddles are answered in the movies." What I'm trying to say is, see more movies. Don't be indiscriminate, look for interesting subjects or directors.
* Inception: Rent it, buy, stream it. Easily the best film of the year. Leo is an exceptional actor & thank the gods on Olympus he shies away from rom-coms & other junk (talking about you Vince Vaughn & Owen Wilson.) Chris Nolan is a very good director with a great resume, the last 2 Batman films & Memento. Nolan is a director whose films I'm going to see based on his reputation. Just like David Fincher; Fight Club, The Game, Panic Room, Zodiac & Social Network (which I didnt bother to see.)
* Black Swan: Excellent film. Natalie Portman's performance was magnificent & she got an Oscar nomination & a Golden Globe for a reason. I enjoy films where the main character descends into madness! Darren Aronofsky, like Fincer, is another directer whose films I will see regardless of the material. Pi & Requiem for a Dream were great films & The Fountain was interesting as well but I may not have been smart enough to figure out how all the stories wove together.
* The Town: This wasn't as good as Inception or Black Swan but it was better, in my opinion, than The Joneses, Shutter Island & Due Date. Men by nature enjoy heist films. This was a very good heist film, gritty & dark. It bit too much like Heat but quite frankly Heat was a great heist film so why not use it as a template. Jeremy Renner, he of Hurt Locker, was the standout performance.
* Restreppo: Sebastian Junger's documentary about life of an Army unit in the Kornegal Valley in Afghanistan. Look, the U.S. is currently at war & I just think people should see this film because we owe to the men & women serving in the military. The filmmakers aren't preaching nor do they have an agenda.
* Inside Job: Directed by Charles Fergurson, who was recently on Real Time, it shows the collapse of the U.S.'s financial institutions. It's explained in layman's terms so the average person can understand it. This was nothing short of a criminal conspiracy! The guys who who a had in this have been working with the gov't since the Reagan administration. I saw this film in NYC & was enraged after seeing it. I had to go to a bar & have several beers to even me out so I could see my next film. Basically, you'll never trust a financial institution or want to see heinous misfortune fall upon a CEO. Some the people interviewed, the culprits, arte so arrogant you want to see them punched in the face but for some reason they are beyond reproach. These guys make Madoff's Ponzi scheme look like it originated in Romper Room.
Thanks for your time. I would like to end with a quote from Steve Martin's character in the Grand Canyon, "That's part of your problem: you haven't seen enough movies. All of life's riddles are answered in the movies." What I'm trying to say is, see more movies. Don't be indiscriminate, look for interesting subjects or directors.
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