As I did last year, I’m gonna give you a rundown of what I consider to be the best and worst films of my movie year, and when I say my year that’s what I mean, not necessarily the year’s new cinema or DVD releases, but films that I saw for the first time in 2011. The majority of the entrants in the best & worst I have talked about before so I won’t go on about them too much.
Best
5. Buried (2010) – Ryan Reynolds buried alive, for some a wish fulfilled, but certainly a cracking film.
4. Attack the block (2011) - The Directorial debut of Joe Cornish, otherwise known as one half of comedy pairing Adam & Joe. The film follows the exploits of a gang of youths from a London council estate, and how they react to an alien invasion.
3. Summer wars (2009) – Japanese anime from Mamoru Hosoda who's previous credits include The Girl Who Leapt Through Time and Digimon: The Movie.
2. Submarine (2010) – Another British directorial debut, this time from Richard Ayoade, and again a man most known for TV comedy, in this case playing the character Moss in the series The I.T. Crowd.
1. Let the right one in (2008) – Swedish adaptation of the book of the same name, which was then remade by those filthy Americans.
Worst
5. The hudsucker proxy (1994) or A serious Man (2009) - not sure which one was worse, but they both deserve a mention, basically I bought a box set of seven Coen Brothers films, which I thought was worth £15, after watching some of them I’m not so sure. A Serious Man was just boring nothing really happens, and just when it starts to get interesting it ends, and The Hudsucker Proxy while having what would be an interesting plot, is filled with the most annoying characters ever put on film, and this is from somebody who wants to reach into the screen and punch Will Ferrell in face at evry sighting, the worst offender being the bell hop, who makes Pee-Wee Herman look like Patrick Stewart.
4. A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010) – Hollywood destroys another franchise with this monstrosity; the new Freddy has no personality, and neither does anyone else. You sit there willing Freddy to kill everyone, and quickly so you can stop watching this tripe as soon as possible, with the hopeful climax of Freddy offing himself so we don’t have to sit through a sequel.
3. Thunderbirds (2004) – A painful live action version of the Gerry Anderson puppet classic. For every brilliant Ben Kingsley film there is an equally shit one, for every Ghandi there is a Thunderbirds.
2. Cyborg (1989) up until about two weeks ago this held the top spot of my year’s worst movies. Basically incoherent Jean Claude Van Damme sci-fi kung-Fu bollocks. Its got all the quality of a student film.
1. Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer and the Island of misfit toys (2001) – This sneaked into the top spot at the last minute, appearing on Day 4 of The 12 Days of Christmas Movies Challenge. Not only does this have the honour of being the worst Christmas movie I’ve ever seen, and for anyone that’s sat through Santa Who? or Meet the Santas will know this to be a particular achievement, but it also wins this year’s number one spot, and on to my top ten worst films ever. I could actually feel my brain melting.
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