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Movies, you guys. Sometimes they make you laugh and sometimes they make you THINK. Haha. Oh lord. Look, what do you want from me? It’s the middle of December. I might be dead tomorrow, you never know. I’ve put together a Top 10 List of my Favorite Movies of 2010. You know why? BECAUSE THAT IS MY JOB. Take a look! How’s my driving, etc. Perhaps you agree with me and perhaps you disagree with me. That is called America. Speaking of America, this is the land of milk and PRIZES, and that is why anyone who shares this list with their friends on Facebook, either by clicking “like” or by clicking “share” will be eligible to win a $50 Amazon Gift Card. (ANOTHER $50 Amazon Gift Card. NOT the $50 Amazon Gift Card that I told you about yesterday. Wowowowow!) Perhaps you want to share this list with someone with the added comment “this jerk made a bad list that I hate.” Fair enough. You might still win a prize, who knows. There is no disqualification for FREEDOM OF SPEECH. Now, admittedly, it might seem like we are trying to buy your Facebook likes, but that’s actually not true. It is an homage to 2010′s The Social Network. We are only trying to buy ONE of your Facebook likes at an EXORBITANT PRICE. It’s just that you won’t know which one until later. Is that part of the fun? Sure? Let’s just talk about the Best Movies list now! Movies! I’m so tired.
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I have not seen ANY movies in 2010. Seriously. None. Not even Avatar.
But I “liked” this list because it’s you, Gabe, and because $50 can get my three young kids a LOT of creamed corn on Amazon.
You buy your garmanbozia from Amazon? I had no idea that was even an option!
avatar came out in 2009, brainiac
If Gabe can put Fantastic Mr. Fox on his list of 2010 movies, I can call Avatar a 2010 film.
Gabe is wrong as well and he didnt take this list at all seriously so throw out that argument with the baby and the bathwater
He didn’t say he hasn’t seen any movies that CAME OUT in 2010. Just that he hasn’t seen any movies in 2010. I haven’t seen Avatar this year either, have you, Steve?
No, but he has watched Gummo every day from 4:00-5:29.
@ face taco, I have no desire to see avatar. everybody’s all like “oh the story’s kinda lame but it looks SOoooo goooooood…” No it doesnt it looks like CGI jpeg ass. It looks like a bunch of floating gif files and other animated computer things and that just sucks so much ass. Fuck.
“It looks like a bunch of floating gif files and other animated computer things and that just sucks so much ass.”
Steve, I’m quoting this response the next time my dad asks me if I’ve seen it yet. He even gave me a copy of it when it came out on DVD, and I’m like, “No thanks, Dad”.
Can I hazard an agreement with ya Steve? Avatar was a silly movie. My friends have also told me that I HAVE to see it in 3D cuz that makes it SOOO GOOD, but I take a drag on my pipe, readjust my monocle and tell them, “If a movie is only good because of the special effects, it’s a CRAPPY MOVIE”.
Also, Avatar makes me sad forever because now we will never get a film version of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ excellent, slightly racist, but mostly excellent, Barsoom chronicles. If you haven’t read them, it’s basically avatar with green people and red people.
No argument there, Stevers. The only movie I’ve ever watched based solely on visual style was The Crying Game.
Thanks, facetaco, for the defense. By the way, Avatar came out on December 18th, 2009, just two weeks before 2010. Sorry, Steve-O, for not consulting IMDB before posting. I know details are important to everyone.
http://www.cynical-c.com/?p=15808
Really? Not one movie? Maybe movies just aren’t your thing… Consider spending your time pursuing other mediums of amusement.
BALRGH I AM FAIL. I misread your comment as “I have not liked ANY movies…” You can’t fire me. I quit. Try spending more of your time at the movies! There were good ones!
MadAlfred, will you babysit my three boys? We would love to go out to the movies!
I charge $20 an hour teaching the LSAT and my classes all ended. So now I’m unemployed! So I will happily babysit! I am a 30 year old man living at home hooray for law school!
Same here. I didn’t even see Inception (as a result, I don’t get half of the jokes on this site. Being that the other half of the jokes are Arrested Development references, I get no jokes). I did, however, see Harry Potter twice because it was the tits.
if you choose to not watch arrested development and then also choose to watch harry potter movies then you are a fucking retard and you should go to hell. what are you even doing on this site? you don’t belong here. you’re a creep. you’re a weirdooooo what the hell you doin’ heeeeerrrreee etc.
I’ve missed you. <3
tad harsh steve…. but i agree that everyone should watch arrested development till their eyes bleed… BLEED DAMMIT
that’s how I’m choosing to spend my twelve-inches-of-snowed in forced staycation
Steve, I love how you always turn your comments into song lyrics. It’s like that improv game!
I’m looking forward to seeing Harry Potter, Inception, and many other 2010 movies once they are available to stream on Netflix. Right now I am contented watching “The Big Sleep” in fifteen minute increments before bedtime. (That’s not even a pun. I really do that.)
I thought I was the only one. I have an aversion to committing 2 hours to a movies, yet I can sit and watch 12 straight hours of a TV series.
And anyone who recently disactivated their facebook can go cry now
It is me I am the one who’s crying
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSKVEkMiTMI
I am too. My privacy paranoia has deprived me of a shot at a gift card (but also of friend requests from elementary school friends who now work at Dave and Busters, so its like I’m breaking even)
Don’t worry Ian. There’s a whole group of us who don’t have Facebook. We can all cry together.
you would have to pay me more than a measly $50 to go back to facebook and expose myself to more invasions of privacy from people I dont stay in touch with I.R.L., brohams mcgee
YEAH SUCK ON THAT FACEBOOK YEAHHHHHHHH!!!!
- Said the guy who does nothing but sit in his dark room with no furniture and plays raquetball with himself.
pocket pool?
I JUST GOT THIS.
am i doing it right
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I was so upset to discover there isn’t an actual band called Violent Sneeze. I am also so gullible.
Restrepo is the best movie of the year easily.
I don’t get that. I liked it but I’ve seen better Frontline episodes on PBS.
@ kenny powers, you’re wrong, watch it again and you’ll see
Restrepo was so good. I think it is Netflix streaming now if anyone wants to have a panic attack for 90 minutes or so.
The strange thing is, I think I do.
I am not sure what that says about us. Oh well, something totally positive, I am sure!
Actually I thought it was suprisingly un-panic-inducing. I mean of course some bad things happen but it kind of unfolds like a really long episode of Cops with better interview breaks. See it. Don’t be afraid.
Restrepo is great but not as great as Exit Through the Gift Shop
I’m not even sure what is going on in this thread but if Animal Kingdom is not mentioned than it is a bullshit list. My #1 this year.
You mean THIS fucking thing?
Agreed. That movie was bananas! My heart was in my throat the entire time.
You forgot something…
There WAS a picture here, I’m certain of it! Now I just look foolish!
Gabe only liked this movie because he hates white people.
I was going to maybe go see that Owl movie tonight at the dollar theater, but it’s not on this list! It was good, though, right? I mean, $1 good?
Yeah, I just watched it the other night and was surprised at how good it was. It was clearly a kid’s movie, but not the kind that feels the need to pander to or talk down to the audience (except for that one musical montage with a RIDICULOUSLY out of place song). I really wish I had seen this in the theater in 3D, the animation is so good. Also, I had a lot of fun playing the “who’s famous voice is that?” game.
No Pilgrim?
Nope.
That’s easily in my top 5 movies of the year. I watched it again last night and loved it just as much when I saw it in the theater. I’ll probably watch it again tonight with the commentary.
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I’m so with you on being like, viscously indifferent to Scott Pilgrim. I saw it, and I was like “Fine. Yes, that was a movie I watched.” I have almost no other response toward it.
Since this is a movie related post, I think this is a good place to say how shocked I am to NOT have seen the “Assasination of Yogi Bear” video as a post.
I SAW THAT THIS MORNING! His face when he sees the wanted sign, priceless!
It was on the Videogum twitter account.
For those of you who haven’t seen it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6w0r-ScEG4
and after you see that, see the source for the parody here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHpYXIwYli8
see, but the problem is now I have to spend $9.99 to get the soundtrack on itunes so that I can stare out my office window filled with sadness. THANKS ALOT WERTTREW.
Nick Cave! Hooray!
I would’ve like this better if it had 250 movies edited montage-style for 6 plus minutes.
Seriously Gabe, how could you leave out Valentine’s Day & Predators? Topher came out with TWO movies this year and you didn’t pick either????
NEVER FORGET!
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I actually really liked Predators. Even though I kept guessing ridiculous things that would happen that ended up happening
Speaking of “Never Forget”ing, is that the World Trade Center in the background? Did I just alwas miss that it was part of the joke of this picture? Arg.
I don’t get it? Like, is the THIRD Jackass movie in a row really the most interesting and original film of the year? Is this haha-so-funny-movies-are-goofy, or does Gabe’s penchant for nonfiction really skew that far into parody? Admittedly, some good movies are included, but was Step Up 3D really a bigger “oh, they’re just having fun, movies are goofy” win than Ironman 2 or Transformers 3 or whatever? (I am literally asking, because I didn’t see any of them). And also admittedly, 2010 was not a great year for movies. Avatar came out last year and it was still the only movie with any buzz this year, and it was not great in the first place. And admittedly finally, all of the “best movies” tend to come out in December/January bbbbbuuuuutttttttt stilllllllllll… this is weird. I liked it anyway, though!
I disagree that this year was not a great year for movies. Black Swan, Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World, The Social Network, 127 Hours, Inception, Toy Story 3 and Animal Kingdom were all GREAT movies. The Town, The Fighter, I Love You Phillip Morris, Mother, Exit Through The Gift Shop, The King’s Speech, Harry Potter, Cyrus and Kick-Ass were all Very Good movies. And I still haven’t seen True Grit, Winter’s Bone, The Ghost Writer, Please Give, Blue Valentine and I Am Love, which are all apparently GREAT or Very Good.
And regarding your comment about buzz:
Didn’t Toy Story 3 make A BILLION DOLLARS and become the highest grossing animated film of all time this year? Didn’t everyone you know mention something about The Social Network at some point this year? Wasn’t Inception a HUGE hit that outperformed everyone’s expectations and had many people going to the theater 2 or 3 times to see it?
It seems like there was quite a lot of buzz around those 3 movies this year, not to mention the buzz that seems to be building currently for Black Swan.
A Prophet. That’s all. A Prophet.
I hate to be professor contrary, over here and maybe it’s because I saw it on a 12 hour plane flight from Europe, but I thought Winter’s bone was this, but for adults:
You have my axe, Notsewfast.
Not to get all professor movies, because I generally don’t even get half of the smart things people say about movies, but I thought Winter’s Bone was less about the plot and more about the window into a world which I knew absolutely nothing about and was extremely engrossing. The atmosphere and setting of the movie was so unlike anything I’ve experienced in real life or movies, and the anticipation for something to boil over when she kept sticking her nose in people’ business was enough to keep me engaged throughout. And the acting was pretty great.
Good list, very critical.
I appreciate the sincerity in the list. It’s easy to go “Oh well, Uncle Boonmee gave such a unique vision into what movie could be and Le Blue duh Blah was such a refreshing take on post-blah blahdernism”, instead of stating “I liked this. It was funny”.
That being said, I enjoyed Inception, Dinner For Schmucks, The American and Harry Potter, but I haven’t seen enough movies to make a full list.
See ‘A Prophet’.
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So he can buy himself something to make up for the terrible Sterling’s Gold.
Amazing!
I love George C. Scott like all other videogum monsters love Ryan Gosling*
*just without the eye rape
Not all other Monsters. ME! THIS MONSTER! I am president of the Ryan Gosling fan club!
My sincerest apologies thisismynightmare.
Your Gosling love campaign was so strong I could only assume it was the combined work of millions of monsters. Alas, ’twas but one.
This is my favorite Gif of 2010. It’s this one then the Ryan Gosling “Oh no you didn’t gif.” But this one wins out because of my love for George C. Scott. Wert I would be interested in what your favorite gifs of the year are.
Clearly, Gabe has forgotten to mention 2010′s greatest cinematic triumph:
yeah, Tangled was pretty good.
The only problem I had with Toy Story 3 was the part where they all held hands and ACCEPTED DEATH in the burning trash pit. Nightmares. I will wait to see The Social Network due to my anger at the website that it’s supposedly based on has robbed my status as a “hard worker” from 7–5. Inception was really good and I am glad that I waited until all the hype died down (“it’s like the Matrix + Heat but better!”), and I cannot wait for True Grit. I like mine regular.
YES. I thoroughly enjoyed “Toy Story 3″, but I would call it less “a pleasure” and more “alternately terrifying and tear-inducing”. I mean, whenever I watch a children’s movie I fully expect to cry at least once, but the scene in the trash pit was intense for me as an adult; I can’t imagine how a child would react to it. But still, genuinely great movie.
A Prophet is better.
no 127 hours?
127 hours is probably second best movie after Restrepo IMO*
*IMO stands for In My Opinion, FYI**
**FYI stands for For Your Information
I actually did not know what IMO stood for, and I’ve been meaning to google that shit for literally years and just haven’t. And I bet IMHO stands for “In My Humble Opinion” right? Shit. Mind=blown, so sarcasmo.
1) Enter The Void
127 Hours
2) Toy Story 3
3) The Social Network
4) Scott Pilgrim
5) Black Swan
6) Inception
7) Let Me In
9) Dogtooth
10) Mystery Team
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0) A Prophet
Exit Through the Gift Shop? Deserves better than just an honorable mention.
going to watch that shortly bro thanks for playing you win a $93 gift certificate
Because of my hatred of pagination it took me a while before I figured out what was happening with this post. It took me long enough that I made this:
Then I started browsing through movie releases here: http://www.movieweb.com/releases/year/movies?s=date&pg=18 To see what else I may have seen that I totes forgot about. There’s not much out there.
So what did this post do? It made me realize that I didn’t miss much. I saw Micmacs, and I have Cyrus and Dogtooth in the library queue along with The Social Network. Also – the Expendables is at home. Waiting. Just waiting.
Yes! Exit Through the Gift Shop is #1 on my list.
I think Waiting for Superman is gonna win the best documentary oscar, but I really hope that either Rivers or Banksy win, if only for the entertainment of watching them accept the award.
I really hate how it focused on Thierry Guetta so much, that guy is a fuck-up and a hack.
Sorry to be all negagum, but I was waiting for this movie for the better part of this year.
dude, it was fake.
But more importantly, what are Birdie’s favorite movies of 2010? She’s the celebrity now.
1. Chew Toy Story
2. Lick-Ass
3. Exit Through The Doggy Door
4. The Kibbles Are Alright
5. Winter’s Milkbone
I’ll stop.
889 Hours. (Get it? You get it.)
Lick-Ass made me laff more than anything else all day. I’m a 12 year old boy on the inside, apparently.
1. Black Swan
2. Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World
3. The Social Network
4. Inception
5. Toy Story 3
6. 127 Hours
7. Animal Kingdom
8. The Fighter
9. Exit Through The Gift Shop
10. Mother
Honorable Mention:
I Love You Phillip Morris
Cyrus
The King’s Speech
Kick-Ass
The Town
Didn’t anyone see A Prophet?
For me, A Prophet, was hands down Best Movie of the Year. Nothing else even came. (Although we’ll have to wait for True Grit).
Other noteworthys:
Jackass 3D
Winter’s Bone
Toy Story
Inception (minus the plot)
Black Swan
So yeah, essentially half of Gabe’s list. Good job Gabe! You sure know your monsters!
P.S. NOTHING will ever be the new “I drink your milkshake.” (Plainview 4 Lyfe)
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Hi! So there you are!
Did anyone see Public Speaking? Its the documentary about Fran Lebowitz directed by Martin Scorsese. Its really good. Fran Lebowitz should be a Monster god.
I guess someone did see it….and didn’t like it.
In NY mag, Matthew Weiner said “Jackass 3D” was his “favorite thing” this year. I don’t know if I can bring myself to watch it though. “Antichrist” sat next to my DVD player for three weeks before I finally worked up the courage to pop it in.
Ughh I LOVED A Prophet. Seriously watch it, so good.
This thread has seriously improved. Let’s hear it for A Prophet! Beaten to the best foreign language oscar by a fucking lame melodrama from Argentina.
If you can put Fantastic Mr Fox in your best movies of 2010 list then I can get away with it too! I have probably watched that movie 1000 times and I feel ridiculous admitting all the things I know have related to it (UK McDonalds toys!).
*I now have…
Too many typos!
The best thing about Gabe’s list of the 10 best movies of 2010 is that it includes 13 movies, 5 of which he hasn’t seen and 1 that came out in 2009. I’m dead serious – that’s why it’s the best list.
Anyone else not like Winter’s Bone? I didn’t believe anything that happened in that movie. It was so contrived. Especially that last shot where the kid is playing the guitar and everyone is looking at nothing so seriously and the sun is setting. Puke. That said, I think my favorite movie this year was How to Train Your Dragon. It was so sweet and funny.
Well, I didn’t grow up in the backwoods of Missouri, but the story seemed pretty credible to me. Probably due in large part to the very good acting happening everywhere in that movie. Then again, if John Hawkes were in How to Train Your Dragon, I would probably describe that movie as “indelibly true to life, hardly can be called fiction.”
See A Prophet.
I’m a bit late here on this thread but here comes my list:
Great movies of 2010
- A PROPHET
- FOUR LIONS
- RESTREPO
Good movies of 2010
- MADE IN DAGHENHAM
- INCEPTION
- NIGHT CATCHES US
Not-so-bad movie of 2010
- SHUTTER ISLAND
My Top Movies of 2k10
1. The Town
2. Dogtooth
3. Machete
4. Winter’s Bone
5. Solitary Man
6.Brooklyn’s Finest
7. Get Low
8. Shutter Island
9. Inception
10.The Social Network
My favorite movie of 2010 is no other than “Avatar”. It has what it take to be a movie.
Zetaclear
Hate to be the guy with the Correct Answer but Four Lions was the best movie of the year