Best Sci-Fi/Comic/Genre Film of 2011:Poll
Hey kids, Happy New Year and all that jazz. I’m back from vacation in Palm Springs and Mesa, and ready to get going for another year. I see everything went smoothly in my absence… What? No Action Smackdown Final?
Linking the poll at the bottom of the article. You should be able to vote for up to 3 items. If I missed any (pulled these off Wiki), let me know, I will add.
That’s coming this Friday, because I said so. In the meantime, thought we’d look back at the movies of 2011, and yap about those.
Here’s my list of what I saw, and what I thought. My hope is that the other boys will do the same, and you, reader, should also do so in the comments. My REAL hope is that it will spawn an epic discussion, arguments, and someone will get called a cock-nozzle (no fair doing it just because I asked!)
Admin_Rock
My personal list of films viewed in 2011 was a solid C. I missed some of the big ones, and still have no excuse for not having seen them yet, except that at this point, I’m waiting for them to come out on movie channels.
Green Hornet – Wow. What a piece of crap. Gondry is capable of making good movies, but he often stinks the place up. Though the script here was more at fault.
Battle:Los Angeles – I watched about 12 minutes of this, and promptly stopped. Boring, couldn’t bring myself to give a damn.
Paul: Watched this on a plane. It was better than I was expecting. Funny, geeky, I love Simon Pegg.
Suckerpunch: Damn I love this movie. Has that great mix of smarts and splashy. And pretty,pretty girls.
Thor: Thor was….there. Decent enough, but instantly forgettable.
Kung Fu Panda 2: Admin_Rock has a 7 year old, and makes no excuses for going to kids movies. KP2 was actually reall well made, and worth watching. Skidoosh, bitches.
Super 8: Loved it. Homage to Spielberg, so pretty to watch.
Captain America: Fun, different than most Super-hero movies, and very enjoyable.
Crazy Stupid Love: Admin_Rock has a wife and makes no excuses for going to Rom-Coms. This one was really good. That Ryan Gosling, he can do the acting. There’s a scene near the end (should have BEEN the end) of the film where all hell break loose that’s worth the price of admission. Bonus: Emma Stone.
Real Steel: How do you not like a movie about giant robots boxing?
Muppets: Didn’t have the rabid,manic love that many did for this movie, but a solid B. Too much Jason Segal, too much Walter, not enough Muppet moments. But still so worth watching.
For me, the Best of 2011 comes down to Suckerpunch vs Super 8 (which again speaks volumes about my movie watching this year. Now, if you want to compare comic books, I’m your huckleberry, but I was average at best about movies.) So….
Winner: Suckerpunch. It’s the only film on my list that I saw twice in the theatre (both times with RobbieRobTown). It’s a film that many dismiss offhand, but there’s a lot more there, for those that like to dig, and get inside of a film.
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From Cub Reporter Keith
Suckerpunch was easy to dismiss due to the focus on style over substance. But given that I see it as a musical, the Style was the Substance.
I would put it as 2nd Best Genre after my most beloved film of any sort from this year – Rise of the Planet of the Apes. The only film that had me wanting to stay for the next showing the same day. No secret is my love for talking apes movies, and I was so thankful to have such an amazing film join the collection.
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