Films Of The Year 2010
Another year passes and it's time to reflect on the films I've seen in 2010.
I became a regular film-goer in 2003, when I agreed to try and see one film every week and post a review of each one online. After stubbornly succeeding in winning this particular bet I stopped reviewed every film, which is just as well: I've seen loads of movies and this year, I've managed to make it to the cinema on 32 33 occasions. Totting up the numbers, this came as something of a surprise considering the serious injuries I sustained in a traffic accident in March.
But probably because of my limited mobility, the majority of these films (29 in all) have been seen at my local Stratford Picturehouse. Maybe I should be given my own seat in the bar...
In keeping with previous years, I only count actual trips to a cinema - not films on DVD - and as usual I've rated the films I've seen. You can find ratings for previous years here
Ratings:
5 stars: Unmissable!
4 stars: Definitely worth seeing
3 stars: Decent film
2 stars: Disappointing
1 star: Pants
No stars: Why was this released?
In date order - five star films highlighted in bold
Sherlock Holmes (****) - review
The Book of Eli (***)
Daybreakers (***)
Avatar 3D (****)
Up In The Air (****)
The Wolfman (**)
The Lovely Bones (**)
MicMacs (****)
Invictus (****)
Green Zone (***)
A Single Man (*****)
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (*****)
The Ghost (***)
Erasing David (**)
Iron Man 2 (***)
The Bill Hicks Story (***) - review
Bronco Bullfrog (***)
Twilight - Eclipse (***)
Inception (*****)
The Girl Who Played With Fire (****)
Scott Pilgrim v The World (**)
Made in Dagenham (*****)
The First Movie (****) - review
Restrepo (**) - review
Let Me In (***)
Skyline (**)
Unstoppable (**)
Monsters (*****)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 (***)
The Girl Who Kicked The Hornets Nest (****)
The Tourist (*)
Tron: Legacy (**)
The Way Back (****)
POSTSCRIPT
I'd like to make a plea for wider circulation of the "Code of Conduct" for film-goers (see below - click to enlarge) devised by film critic Mark Kermode and his Radio 5 Live sidekick Simon Mayo. I'm sure we've all witnessed these flagrant breaches of simple cinema etiquette. Oh, before I forget, hello to Jason Issacs... obviously.
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I sooo agree with "Code of Conduct" and lateness. Now that does piss me off esp. as they ask whether they can get pass you while you are watching the film. So bloody remiss and bad manners... Oh, feel so much better that's off my chest!!
I loved Inception, Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Liked Made in Dagenham and green Zone. I would also say El Secreto de Sus Ojos (The Secret in Their Eyes) was fantastic. Along with Un Prophète (A Prophet), La mujer sin cabeza (The Headless Woman) and the surreal Kynodontas (Dogtooth), Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll.
I hated really hated The Killer Inside of Me. A have Single Man on DVD which I will watch at some time, same with Salt as it had good reviews but never got round to seeing it at the cinema.
I have Avatar on DVD as well as couldn't be bovvered to see it at the cinema. Have watched a bit of it but got bored.....
You didn't watch Four Lions then?
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