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[WalkingDeadMike]

Haven't seen The Big O yet but I've heard some pretty good things about it

It wasn't anything ground-breaking, but def worth a watch, IMO.

 

[Mystirious]

Heero was kind of a jerky jerk but Duo and Quatre were indeed pretty neat

And I thought that Treize was pretty as well. Overall I dug Gundam Wing I think I would definitely list it as one of my favourite Gundam shows

That might partly be because of nostalgia though

 

[Mystirious]

It wasn't anything ground-breaking, but def worth a watch, IMO.

I'll have to try and find it on dvd

 

[chamber-music]

I'm watching Return To Oz man this is one crazy movie.

I love Disneys live action 80s 'Dark Period' stuff like Oz, Something Wicked This Way Comes, Black Hole, Watcher In The Woods, Tron, Flight Of The Navigator

ITs funny that I thought The Wheelers were creepy when I was a kid because now they look like extras from Starlight Express

 

[Drz]

Hope noone had their International Hangover day as bad as mine. \o/ Ya 2012! Movies! Mayan Prophecy! All kinds of fun stuff coming up!

 

[Cain]

All kinds of fun stuff coming up!

Yes like BATMAN: LEVIATHAN

Oh and Prometheus; that looks like it will be worth the wait.

 

[Drz]

Hobbit too.

 

[Kane52630]

John Carter, Prometheus, Avengers, The Dark Knight Rises, The Amazing Spider-man, and The Hobbit.

Good year for movies indeed.

 

[Drz]

I'm seeing "J. Edgar" and "This Must be the Place" on Friday and then Shame on January 13th, so yeah this year is off to a good start, then we get some delicious crap like Underworld 4 and hopefully Cranked-awesome Ghost Rider. =)


My Top movies of 2011

1) Drive: The best movie of the year hands down. Ryan Gosling steals the show as the unnamed sociopathic stunt driver who gets dirty with Bryan Cranston & Albert Books who plays an excellent villain, added with an amazing original soundtrack, beautiful kills and characters, this was the movie of the year hands down.

2) X-Men First Class: Matthew Vaughn finally does the X-Men movie he wanted, and boy was it amazing. Focusing on characters, most importantly on Charles Xavier’s & Erik Lensherr’s friendship and its’ downfall, with great performances from Michael Fassbender, James McAvoy, Jennifer Lawrence while alongside adding some high action pack sceneries, this was the summer movie of the year for me easily.

3) Hanna: Hanna Heller is a 16-year old girl who has lived in the wilderness with her father to train her into the perfect soldier, now they allow themselves to become aware for the CIA and the ultimate cat & mouse game is set up! Thrilling action, great acting from Saoirse Ronan, Cate Blanchett & Eric Bana give this spy thriller a lot to be excited about.

4) Captain America the First Avenger: A love letter to the Captain America created by Jack Kirby & Joe Simon while also being inspired by modern Cap writers such as Mark Millar & Ed Brubaker makes a perfect mix of heroism, comedy and action with superb acting from Chris Evans, Hugo Weaving & Hayley Atwell. Fun origin story movie to one of my favorite superheroes out there.

5) Rise of the Planet of the Apes: Surprise hit movie of the year with Andy Serkis giving an Oscar worthy performance thru his acting abilities and the incredible talented WETA workshop team. Andy Serkis stars as the ape Caesar who leads to Apes to an revolution, but this movie is just a lot more than just Apes revolving against humans, this is about Caesar and his family. While the movie has some pointless supporting characters and utterly pointless love interest, what Serkis, James Franco and John Lithgow manage to do, is tell a heartwarming story about a family.


6) 50/50: Emotionally powerful, very up lifting drama comedy regarding a man receiving cancer with 50% chances of survival. Joseph-Gordon Levitt’s character story is wonderful and Seth Rogen plays a very great best friend for him. As I said: very up lifting and touching movie.

7) Drive Angry: Oh hell yes, exploitation and Nic Cage come together in this beautiful, incredibly under rated action flick. It’s a damn shame exploitation genre has becoming such a niche market with fun movies like Black Dynamite and Drive Angry coming out. Anyhow not only does Nicholas Cage play a total badass anti-hero, we also got William Fichtner playing a totally cool slick devil accountant with badass scenes and lines. Fun exploitation movie, which I believe people would really enjoy if they just knew about the film.

8) All Star Superman: Superman’s last hurrah, an adaptation of the same titled Grant Morrison & Frank Quitely, Dwayne McDuffie and Bruce Timm give a good adaptation that sadly cuts a lot of context from the comic, but luckily and most importantly keeps the same powerful themes with saying goodbye and Superman doing his herculean tasks. James Denton as Superman was wonderful; he carried the essence of kindness and calm to him, while Anthony LaPaglia has the viciousness and cruelty of Lex Luthor. The extras in the Blu-ray we’re incredible as well, from commentary of Grant Morrison and Bruce Timm to other fun specials.

9) Attack the Block: With great music, pacing and well casted teenage actors, this is a surprise comedy that kicks ass in so many ways. Nothing greater than seeing wannabe teenage gangstas having their turf war with aliens, drug dealers and the police all mixed up to the brawl. Genius!

10) Kung Fu Panda 2: We gotta save Kung Fu!!!! Man what a great plot or what guys? The sequel to the 2008 hit action comedy returns, with better action scenes, more focus on the characters, especially Po & his Goose father, and did I mention better action?! Heck yeah! Incredibly entertaining with Gary Oldman as an sociopathic villain and despise the last minute forced twist ending being all crap and a questionable plot hole, this was incredibly entertaining movie and a lot of fun.


Honorable mentions in no particular order:
- The Beaver
- The Muppets
- Batman: Year One
- Green Lantern: Emerald Knights
- Source Code
- I saw the Devil
- 13 Assassins
- Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol
- Grant Morrison: Talking with Gods
- Hysteria
- Horrible Bosses
- Cowboys & Aliens
- The Skin I Live in
- David Fincher’s Girl with a Dragon Tattoo
- Thor

And my personal most hated films of the year would be these two particular films: Green Lantern & the Immortals. However I will warmly recommend The Three Musketeers & Season of the Witch, which are so awful, they become very entertaining action flicks.

PS: Movies such as Ideas of March, Shame, J. Edgar & Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy; I won’t be able to see till 2012, hence they are not on this list, but I am anxious to see them and I do wonder will they make it to the 2012 list.

What we're your most liked movies of 2011?

 

[Cain]

I'm seeing "J. Edgar" and "This Must be the Place" on Friday and then Shame on January 13th, so yeah this year is off to a good start, then we get some delicious crap like Underworld 4 and hopefully Cranked-awesome Ghost Rider. =)


My Top movies of 2011


What we're your most liked movies of 2011?

I can't think of 10 movies I saw in 2011 that to me were some of the greatest of all time. I could only name Drive and Tree of Life when it comes to that. Then there was some solid stuff like 13 Assassins, Source Code, Fast Five, Assassination Games & The Skin I Live In that stood out.

The Marvel studios movies were good for what they were at that moment but I will probably never see either of them ever again. I loathe the X-Men movies so I will never see the new one. Didn't see any of the animated DC stuff outside of ASS which was alright. I pretty much avoided all oscar bait except for Melancholia (which was disappointing) and The Help which I found overtly preachy to the point of nausea. Both films did contain some great performances just that as a whole they really didn't work for me at all.

 

[Cain]

I can't think of 10 movies I saw in 2011 that to me were some of the greatest of all time. I could only name Drive and Tree of Life when it comes to that.

I almost forgot about Midnight In Paris. Ok so that makes 3.

 

[chamber-music]

John Carter, Prometheus, Avengers, The Dark Knight Rises, The Amazing Spider-man, and The Hobbit.

Good year for movies indeed.

Good list. Raid as well is one I'm looking forwards to. I'm willing to bet it will be the best action movie of 2012

 

[Mrs. Sawyer]

I won't see melancholia because I can't stand Lars Von Trier

 

[Supergirl]

2012 is off to a great start. My paternal grandfather passed away today.

 

[Kane52630]

Yeah it's a bad start for the year. Right now i'm at a Jules Winnfield.

 

[Supergirl]

"Enemies"?

On the Hype?

News to me. I've made friends here, but if I don't like you from your posts, you can be damned sure that the goddamn SuperFerret isn't losing sleep over you.

I sure hope the goddamn SuperFerret loses sleep over me. Being that he doesn't have a Big Ears to protect his sleep.

 

[HighFivingMF]

I won't see melancholia because I can't stand Lars Von Trier

I won't see it because it looks dumb.

 

[WalkingDeadMike]

2012 is off to a great start. My paternal grandfather passed away today.

Sorry to hear that, SG. Hope 2012 starts to get better for you tomorrow.

Yeah it's a bad start for the year. Right now i'm at a Jules Winnfield.

I didn't get a chance to watch it, but I can't believe they lost that game. Shotty needs to get canned.

 

[Mystirious]

Sherlock was absolutely fab tonight

Irene Adler as a bisexual dominatrix? I love this series even more now The actress playing her was incredible

2012 is off to a great start. My paternal grandfather passed away today.

I'm so sorry for your loss Supergirl

Yes like BATMAN: LEVIATHAN

Oh and Prometheus; that looks like it will be worth the wait.

I cannot wait for Prometheus it looks like its going to be fantastic

And Batman: Leviathan should be fabulous definitely looking forward to that coming out later this year

Hobbit too.

With Benedict Cumberbatch voicing a dragon

 

[Mystirious]

John Carter, Prometheus, Avengers, The Dark Knight Rises, The Amazing Spider-man, and The Hobbit.

Good year for movies indeed.

The Avengers is going to be fun on a bun made of fun

And there's new series of the Avengers animated series starting this year as well I think and new Doctor Who later in the year

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Yeah, it's gonna be awesome. (Even though the new season of Avengers should've started last year and was delayed to coincide with the premiere of Loeb's s***ty Ultimate Spider-Man pet project this year.)

(Not that I'm bitter.)

o)

 

[Mystirious]

Yeah, it's gonna be awesome. (Even though the new season of Avengers should've started last year and was delayed to coincide with the premiere of Loeb's s***ty Ultimate Spider-Man pet project this year.)

(Not that I'm bitter.)

o)

Brooklyn Rage

Ultimate Spidey might be good though Corp. Paul Dini is one of the people working on it that must be a good sign

 

[Hound55]

Brooklyn Rage

Ultimate Spidey might be good though Corp. Paul Dini is one of the people working on it that must be a good sign

I want to see Batman pop up in Ultimate Spidey...

 

[Drz]

Lol Corpulent, if anything is Loeb's pet project it's Hulk & the agents of S.M.A.S.H which Paul Dini is also involved in.

 

[Mystirious]

I want to see Batman pop up in Ultimate Spidey...

That would be an epic team up of epicness