Any holocaust movies this year? Twitching retarded gimps? If not, I'll put my money on Geroge Clooney's "Shameless Oscar Bait: The Motion Picture".

I'm surprised J. Edgar is that high. The reviews have been pretty lackluster.

I think the best movie I've seen so far this year is X Men: First Class.

In other words, this has not been a great year for movies.

I keep seeing rave reviews for this movie The Descendants. Who plays Milo?

Sybarite: I'm surprised J. Edgar is that high. The reviews have been pretty lackluster.

Not a big fan of bio-pics. It's usually shiat I already learned in high school with actors I know too well from other things doing bad impressions of historical figures. Like Hannibal Lecter doing his Nixon impression or the guy from Species doing Ghandi.

It doesn't help that Leo's old man make-up was terrible. But old people make-up usually sucks. Although I give Clint Eastwood props for still directing at 80-something. The guy's the farking Highlander.

/good bio-pics: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and Gia for two entirely different reasons

I'd like to see Drive take home the Best Picture Oscar,but most likely,it'll be either The Descendants or *sigh* War Horse .

I haven't seen any of those movies.

I've heard fantastic things about Take Shelter and The Only Attractive Olsen Sister movie,so I'm going to check them out. Somewhere.

Tax Boy: Best movies I've seen so far this year (note I haven't seen that much...):

Contagion

Captain America

Saw J Edgar over the weekend. It sucked. Plus the aging makup on Leonardo diCaprio was hilariously bad.

So Contagion was good? Because I saw Outbreak years ago and thought the subject was pretty well covered.

Best movie I've seen this year: Rango.

/Quit screwing over the animated movies you Oscar dweebs. They're better than 99% of the drivel you shove out.

brandnewchair: this (next) years Oscars is going to be a pretty lackluster affair.

Like the last several haven't?

Tax Boy: Unlike Outbreak, Contagion actually tried for realism (I went with some friends who have government jobs they can't tell me that much about, and my friend who does bioterrorism analysis said that other than some computer screen animation simplification with proteins it was spot on), the Contagion's SARSish/H1N1 mutation scenario was a lot more likely than the ebola-like disease in Outbreak, and the plot in Contagion made a lot more rational sense (I think Outbreak had some sort of silly military conspiracy bioweapon plot).

Contagion had the same structure as Traffic, in that it had many intersecting plots and characters. It was a much more complex movie than Outbreak.

Huh. That sounds a lot better than trailers and general conversation about it seemed to suggest. Thanks, I'll have to check it out.

When did War Horse come out?

I don't even remember that one.

/oh, it didn't come out yet?
//and it's already nominated?
///fark YOU, YOU RIGGED ACADEMY farkS

Apos: I've heard fantastic things about Take Shelter and The Only Attractive Olsen Sister movie,so I'm going to check them out. Somewhere.

Yes, I'm going to see Martha Marcy May Marlene over the holiday weekend. Really looking forward to it.

So far, I think the best film I've seen this year was Win Win with Paul Giamatti.

gunga galunga: I see him looking at that 100% rating, pounding his fists against the desk in impotent fury, tears streaming down his cheeks, and screaming to the Gods.

You jinxed it. it's at 98%.

No love for Moneyball?

8 inches: No love for Moneyball?

2nd best movie of the year.

bigmattress: I liked X-Men, and I gotta agree with others, Drive is the best I've seen this year. At least the best directed movie I've seen this year.

I won't disagree with the latter half, but I can't say I loved drive. I admired it, I understood what it was doing - it just didn't hit me.

My five favorite films viewings dating from this year:

Paul
13 Assassins
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Hesher (J. Gordon Levitt is the actor of the year IMO). "50/50" would be no.
The Tree of Life

I've no clue why 6 didn't appear in the posted post.

Pandora's Litterbox: Hesher (J. Gordon Levitt is the actor of the year IMO). "50/50" would be no.

Can't believe I totally forgot about 50/50. That might be the best movie of the year. Here's my top 10 so far:

50/50
X Men First Class
Moneyball
Drive
Super 8
Rango
The Way Back
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Source Code
Midnight in Paris

Sybarite: Apos: I've heard fantastic things about Take Shelter and The Only Attractive Olsen Sister movie,so I'm going to check them out. Somewhere.

Yes, I'm going to see Martha Marcy May Marlene over the holiday weekend. Really looking forward to it.

So far, I think the best film I've seen this year was Win Win with Paul Giamatti.


I'd heard a bit about Win Win earlier in the year,but the chatter died down quickly,leading me to assume-incorrectly,it seems-that it was a rare Giamatti turkey. Good to know that isn't the case.

Apos: I'd heard a bit about Win Win earlier in the year,but the chatter died down quickly,leading me to assume-incorrectly,it seems-that it was a rare Giamatti turkey. Good to know that isn't the case.

It's not a turkey, but its not amazing. It's a solid film, but nothing that really sticks with you. Not nearly as good as The Station Agent.

JerseyTim: I keep seeing rave reviews for this movie The Descendants. Who plays Milo?

This didn't get the adoration it deserved.

DamnYankees: Can't believe I totally forgot about 50/50. That might be the best movie of the year.

I wouldn't go that far. But there's no denying that JGL was dead-solid perfect in his acting. He's rapidly becoming my new insta-answer whenever I'm asked about who I think the best film actor of this new generation is (and I'm strangely asked that a lot). I don't think he's given a truly rotten performance (yeah, some are less than others but he's never less than "good" and often quite "excellent")

I never would have thought that I'd one day hold that opinion watching him on Third Rock From The Sun.

I hope he's at least nominated for either Hesher or 50/50. And I don't really give all that much of a sh(t about the whole Oscar thang.

/going to see "The Muppets" this weekend. Hope to add that to my top 10.