The following films (listed alphabetically) almost made the cut: The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu, Beginners, Certified Copy, City of Life and Death, A Dangerous Method, Dragonslayer, Fast Five, Go Go Tales, House of Pleasures, Jane Eyre, The Lincoln Lawyer, Love Exposure, Martha Marcy May Marlene, Mysteries of Lisbon, Rubber, Silver Bullets, Take Shelter, The Trip, Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives and Winnie the Pooh.
Why does Longworth say that the movie is "a mess" and "distancing" if she likes it? Why do good review have to come with reservations?" Every moment of "Margaret" is absolutely wonderful -- the kind of searing/harrowing/emotionally involving movie that comes along very rarely -- and there is nothing that is messy or distancing about it. I haven't been riveted this much by a movie for years.
"The Tree of Life" was cinematic diarrhea. I'm astounded that "Captain America: The First Avenger" didn't make the list as one of the best movies of 2011. It was a hell of a better movie than "Melancholia" and Margaret."
Further proof that movie critics don't know sh*t.
Hopkins began his novitiate in the Society of Jesus at Manresa House, Roehampton, in September 1868 and moved to St. Mary's Hall, Stonyhurst, for his philosophical studies in 1870, taking vows of poverty, chastity and obedience on 8 September 1870.[9] Writing would remain something of a concern for him as he felt that his interest in poetry prevented him from wholly devoting himself to his religion.
Only pretentious, pseudo intellectuals would think that The Tree of Life is good. It was a pure piece of......ummm....pretentious, pseudo intellectual crap.
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I don't understand the praise heaped by the writer on Melancholia. It's a truly awful movie. Though it does have the distinction of showing us von Trier stealing from Thomas Vinterberg not once, but twice. The first half of the movie is a rehash of "The Celebration" while the second half is obviously influenced by It's All About Love. More importantly, the reasons given for liking the movie - "its subversion of Hollywood's two primary currencies: the special effects epic, and, in the casting of Kirsten Dunst as von Trier's alter ego, the celebrity confessional" - even if true. aren't reasons to like or dislike any movie. They are purely conceptual placeholders. And if you think Melancholia is a "special effects epic" you haven't watched a Hollywood movie since 1970. The tradition von Trier is actually referencing, and the true ancestor of this film is Tarkovsky. Not Hollywood and not Kirsten Dunst. Get a grip!
Where's "Hugo" or "The Descendants"? Did you not see these films? Your top 10 list is subjective, not objective.I understand you trying to gain traction for these little-promoted, little-seen movies you include on your list but you need to be more cognizant of the wider public's tastes. This is a critics' only list appreciated only by critics. The impression is you are trying to impress rather than express. You got one of them right. I liked "Moneyball."
Don't be an indignant philistine, Muckraker. Of course her list is subjective. That's what all opinions are, by definition. (Including yours!) If you are happy sharing tastes with what you believe to be the public at large, then enjoy that, and let people who have slightly higher standards do their thing. For what it's worth, I am not a critic and I have seen five of these ten films (plus a few of her also-rans), and I mostly enjoyed them. "The Future" is probably my favorite movie of the year, followed by "Melancholia." "Moneyball" was interesting, but not remotely among my favorites. I agree that "Hugo" was excellent, and I wish she had included it, but she didn't. That's cool. "The Descendants" was the very definition of mediocrity, but if you're looking for critics to celebrate it, you should be in hog heaven. It's showing up on all kinds of lists for reasons I cannot discern. Subjectively speaking, naturally.
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