favorite movies of the last year
January 5th, 2011 | author: mari | filed under: moving pictures | 2 comments »true grit, directed by joel and ethan coen
babies, directed by thomas balmès
diary of a wimpy kid, directed by thor freudenthal
red, directed by robert schwentke
127 hours, directed by danny boyle
exit through the gift shop, directed by banksy
toy story 3, directed by lee unkrich
waiting for superman, directed by davis guggenheim
i love you philip morris, directed by glenn ficarra and john requa
the illusionist, directed by sylvain chomet
lucky, directed by jeffrey blitz
a prophet/un prophète, directed by jacques audiard
life during wartime, directed by todd solondz
prodigal sons, directed by kimberly reed
A Prophet was THE best movie of last year, hands down. Those documentaries look really good, too. Especially Prodigal Sons.
Oh, and Red had some pretty choice action scenes, if I may say so myself.
desi, forget last year — a prophet is one of THE best movies i’ve seen, ever.
prodigal sons was really good. i saw it at the laemmle theater on sunset over summer. it was a bit different than the trailer made it out to be. it focused less on the transgendered sibling (the filmmaker) and more on her mentally imbalanced brother. really deep stuff.
and you’ve GOT to see babies and waiting for superman. i know i keep saying that, but seriously. they’ve both become two of my favorite docs.
ps – the fight scene in red between karl urban and bruce willis is one of my favorite hand-to-hand combat sequences in a movie EVER. no phony kung fu shit, just believably raw blows to the face and body. NICE. it’s epicness is up there with the pool hall scene in mean streets.