Review of the year

Here, for those who care, is my rough top 10 of the year, and a wee bit about them


1) Moon
For a debut, and in the genre of science fiction, Duncan 'Zooey Bowie' Jones crafted an absolute masterpiece. The film was written for Sam Rockwell, and he gives nothing but a fantastic performance that had me in awe for the whole film. A beautifully fresh, yet not noticeably unoriginal, science fiction film.

2) The Hurt Locker
Kathryn Bigelows movie gives a shockingly stark view of modern warfare. Jeremy Renner's Sgt James is a fantastically arrogant man with guts to boot, a perfect character. Several fantastic scenes with magnificent cinematography all round.

3) Star Trek
I'm going to start by saying I don't like Star Trek. But J J Abrams reboot is well worth its salt. Chris Pine's Kirk is hilarious. And that opening scene has me blubbing every time I watch it.

4) Drag Me To Hell
Sam Raimi tearing it up when returning to horror. One of the few films I paid to see more than once at the cinema this year, due to the intense grip of it's atmospheric horror. Some laughs, plenty screams. Everything you could ever want in a horror.

5) Up!
Do I really have to explain this? Heartwarming, and Pixar's masterpiece (in my opinion)

6) Watchmen
The comic book movie to end all comic book movies. I'm talking specifically of the Ultimate cut, with everything from the amazingly crafted graphic novel adaptation in all of it's glory. Some slightly wooden acting, but barely noticeable behind Patrick Wilson and Jackie Earl Haley's amazing performances.

7) In The Loop
Malcolm Tucker: "Climbing the mountain of conflict"? You sounded like a Nazi Julie Andrews!
Malcolm Tucker: Does that not fit within your purview, Marie Antoinette? Why don't you just scuttle off back to fucking Cranford and play around with your tea and your cakes and your fucking horse cocks. Let them eat cock!
Nuff said.

8) District 9
I'm so glad that this wasn't the Halo movie. Sharlto Copley makes this film, and one of the characters of the year, in Wikus, the loveable South African council worker, forced to deal with alien relocation, and transformation. Such an amazing debut feature from Neill Blomkamp, look forward to seeing his work in the future.

9) A Serious Man
The Coen brothers have the opportunity to make any film they want, so they make a 'not autobiographical, promise' film about a Jewish community, and particularly one man's involvement in it all. Michael Stuhlbarg plays the amazing Larry Gopnik, who never seems to be able to finish a sentence. Perfectly crafted film about fate, karma, and all that jazz!

10) Zombieland
There was a toss-up for spot number ten, with Inglorious Basterds, Fantastic Mr Fox and The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. And a few others. But Zombieland made it from it's ability to bring me a stupendously awesome zombie movie, which I always crave!

Honorable mentions to Christoph Waltz for Hans Landa, the Jew Hunter. And Joseph Gordon-Levitt's dancing. And Rush, for their contributions to I Love You, Man.