My Top 5 Films of 2011
While 2011 was a painfully weak year for movies, these five films made it bearable. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Drive The Ides of March Shame Contagion Honorable Mentions: A Dangerous Method The Conspirator Moneyball Music = Immigrant Song by Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross featuring Karen O My Picks for: Best Picture – Drive Best Director – David Fincher (The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo) Best Actor – Ryan Gosling (Drive) Best Actress – Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady) Best Supporting Actor – Christopher Plummer (Beginners) Best Supporting Actress – Janet McTeer (Albert Nobbs) Best Original Screenplay – Contagion Best Adapted Screenplay – The Ides of March Best Original Score – Contagion Best Cinematography – The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Best Documentary – Buck Best Editing – Contagion Best Sound Editing – Contagion Best Sound Mixing – Drive Best Visual Effects – The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
SEEING GOOD MOVIES THIS YEAR FAIL
@QuentinKaufman91 Good list
Sooooo I take it you never saw Young Adult, Source Code, The Descendants, Cave of Forgotten Dreams, Higher Ground, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, or Hugo.
@BunnyMan456 Sooo I did see Source Code, The Descendants & Hugo. I have yet to see the rest, and I don’t have much interest in Young Adult, another than the fact that Reitman directed it. And Werner’s doesn’t count since it’s a documentary. Sorry you disagree with my choices, you should make a video of your own.
@grindhouse141 I just disagree that the year was painfully weak, especially considering 2009. Be interested in Young Adult. Great channel! I hope for more Scorsese commentaries.
@BunnyMan456 2009 was weak? Inglourious Basterds, Public Enemies, A Serious Man, A Single Man, Up in the Air, Bronson….. I’m going to have to disagree with you there.
@grindhouse141 You know, last year I made a list of all the best/most notable movies from every year of every decade and I discovered that no particular year is ever really that weak. But I think we can agree that with next year’s lineup, any movie lover could die happy at the end of 2012.
@BunnyMan456 I’m with you there.
@grindhouse141 Wow was GWTDT better than Drive? I thought Drive was almost a perfect film….
@bkmenor808 It’s really hard to say. This year is the first year in recent memory where there hasn’t been a clear winner. I think Drive & Dragon Tattoo are the two best but I really can’t pick between them. I would have to see Dragon Tattoo again before I could even begin to think about which is better. But they are both films that get into your head and stay there for days, if not weeks after you see them.
@grindhouse141 Yeah I know what you mean. Drive totally stuck with me after I saw it too. It was like watching a painting come to life, so hauntingly beautiful, not to mention the superb acting. I haven’t seen Dragon Tattoo yet but I’m coming in with high expectations!
@bkmenor808 It’s always best to go in with lower expectations since it’s so easy to be disappointed. That’s why I’ll have to see it again before I can fully appreciate it. I remember when I saw Drive for the 1st time and I so disappointed. But I really wanted to appreciate it and so I went to go see it again the next day and I fucking loved it. So while I thought Dragon Tattoo was great, it didn’t knock me out like I thought it would. Hopefully it will the 2nd time.
@grindhouse141 Interesting. It only took one viewing for me to fall in love with Drive. And I also went into that movie with high expectations. But you’re right, the lower the expectations, the better. I haven’t seen Shame yet but I really want to. Looks like a brilliant character study, am I right?
@bkmenor808 Absolutely
Red Sate,
Bridesmaids
Horrible Bosses
Friend with Benefits
Our Idiot Brother
Unknown
Hall Pass
Rango
Limitless
Paul
Source Code
American: The Bill Hicks Story
X-Men: First Class
Beginners
Super 8
Bad Teacher
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 2
Captain America: The First Avenger
Cowboys & Aliens
Crazy, Stupid, Love.
Attack the Block
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
30 Minutes or Less
Colombiana
Contagion
Drive
Moneyball
50/50
Puss in Boots
The Rum Diary
Tower Heist
A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas
J. Edgar
Melancholia
Happy Feet Two
Hugo
The Muppets
My Week with Marilyn
The Sitter
Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol
Your Highness
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
We Bought a Zoo
The Ides of March
Shame
Hanna
Conan the Barbarian
The Help
Kung Fu Panda 2
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Priest
Thor
The Dilemma
No Strings Attached
The Green Hornet
Those are my favorite films of 2011.All seen on weekend matinees and bittorrented.
@kblixt Was that a list of EVERY film that came out this year or just your favorites?
@grindhouse141 Just faves.
@kblixt Wow, must be nice to be able to appreciate so many different kinds of movies.
I guess it is ,I’m not really picky. I like everything about movies Interviews with anyone involved,Making of,BTS stories,soundtracks,dvd audio commentaries,deleted scenes,outtakes/bloopers & etc. I also like high and low brow movies of every genre.
Great video grindhouse. I really want to see “Shame” and “The Ides of March” now. Drive is incredible and probably my #1 for 2011. I really like your channel. Keep it up!
@kingsolomon45 Thanks, I will.
I Like Drive so much