Monday, August 06, 2012

10 years of random movies I enjoy(ed)

I'm repeatedly taken to task about my being critical about films. I could care less as we all like what we like. I *do* refuse to give films that I don't enjoy a pass just because they're popular. Anyhow after a current round of critical comments via my Twitter stream I was asked the 'Well what movies DO you like?' question. More specifically I was asked by my friends Comfort and Adam (http://www.uniquescomic.com/) what movies of the last ten years I've liked.

The hardest part of that question for me was actually figuring out what came out in the last ten years. Since having two children (now 3 & almost 5) my film watching has come to a virtual halt or at the very least an extremely delayed trickle. There are TONS of films from the last 4 years or so that I have every intention and desire to see but just haven't gotten around to. Hell many of them I even bought on disc sight-unseen and STILL haven't had time.

The following list was culled from me looking at the top 150 grossing films each year for the past ten years. This list is far from inclusive especially because I often seek foreign films to watch and though I enjoy many of them I'm too lazy to go browse either my DVD shelves or more online lists.
There is NO order or ranking here- just films jotted down as they either came up on the lists or popped into my head.

Oh and naysayers? I actually enjoy the VAST majority of films I choose to watch. It's not MY fault you like crappy films. ;P

Lord of the Rings trilogy
Moon
Tron Legacy
Pixar (all of them)
A.I.
A Knight's Tale
Serenity
Zoolander
Amelie
Brotherhood of the Wolf
3000 Miles To Graceland
Ghost World
Spider-Man 1 & 2
Minority Report
most of the Harry Potter films
Blade 2
About A Boy
The Mist
The Descent
Dog Soldiers
Doomsday
Centurion
The Transporter
Crank
The Expendables
Frailty
Spirited Away
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
X-Men 2
Kill Bill 1&2
Love Actually
Shaun of the Dead
Hot Fuzz
Lost In Translation
The Devil's Rejects
Dodgeball
The Chronicles of Riddick
Team America
Open Water
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Sin City
Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Zathura
Borat
Pan's Labyrinth
Children Of Men
Simpsons Movie
Grindhouse
Iron Man
Tropic Thunder
Rambo
Tangled
District 9
Inglourious Basterds
Drag Me To Hell
Piranha 3D
Repo! The Genetic Opera
The Devil's Backbone
The Host

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