Action/Adventure
- Percy Jackson & the Olympians--unexpectedly fun to watch this wretched distortion of Greek mythology
- Prince of Persia--Yummy hero. Awesome twist at the end. Sequel, anyone?
- The Sorcerer's Apprentice--Good story spun out of the Fantasia mop sequence
- The Karate Kid--Better than the original, believe it or not
- The Tourist--This merits a re-watch; Jolie has such incredible poise, and I thoroughly enjoyed the ending
- Red--Helen Mirren's lethal accessories; need I say more?
- Date Night--Steve Carrell and Tina Fey might make the funniest movie couple ever
- Knight & Day--"You just don't seem very happy to see me."
- The Switch--Somehow they managed to make this a heartfelt, unraunchy comedy
- Easy A--I totally wish Emma Stone had gotten the Golden Globe for this
- Life as We Know It--Again, a genuine, thoughtful romantic comedy
- Morning Glory--No romance, and no apology for an obsessive work ethic
- Tangled--The best Disney princess movie yet
- City Island--This movie somehow got overlooked by most people; it's a wonderful story about a dysfunctional family that has one of the best movie endings of the year
- The Joneses--Hard to watch; prepare yourself. But kind of scary.
- Unstoppable--Edge-of-your-seat suspense. I sure like Chris Pine.
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1--The kids have learned to act after all! I'm glad they aren't making us wait until next Christmas for the last installment.
- Inception--Blew my mind, the way the Matrix did for a lot of people
- Secretariat--I actually didn't know anything about the story until I saw this. A great family movie.
- The King's Speech--I never recommend rated R movies to my parents. This is THE exception.
- Despicable Me--An older guy desperately trying to be a bad boy gets turned into a softie by a couple of cute orphan girls. Yup, my dad would enjoy this one.
- Temple Grandin--A fascinating look at a brilliant, but severely autistic woman who has been extremely influential in improving our understanding of autism, as well as pioneering improvements in the humane treatment of cattle in the United States.
- The Social Network--update 1/28/11--great movie! I love how humanely the script treated all the characters, no matter how terrible they were to each other.
- Toy Story 3 (saw it halfway)
- Megamind
- Black Swan--on second thought, now that I've read the plot summary on Wikipedia, I don't think I'll watch it.
Wow, you watched a lot of movies this year. I don't think I watched that many movies, let alone remember what they were all about. Kind of sad really. In High School I used to be the Entertainment Editor of our school newspaper called The Lance and I knew about every movie that was out. Unfortunately, no so much anymore.
ReplyDeleteAnyhow, with that said I would encourage you to see Megamind and Toy Story 3, both good movies, kind of different as far as animated features go.