2010 Isn't Dead: 12 Films Worth Mentioning

To complete my film thoughts for 2010 I decided to make a top 12 list of non top 10 films that deserve to be in a top 10...because no one makes a top 12 list...

# 1 - The Cove
Wow. Hard hitting climax. Jaw dropped when they revealed the hidden cam footage. Very well made documentary. If you like dolphins as food, this will serve as propaganda, but good propaganda non the less, for the rest of the world. After seeing this I'll feel too bad to even stroke one of these lovely sex enjoying pain feeling mammals.

# 2 - Machete
Classic grindhouse film. Tongue in cheeck nonsense. But I love nonsense.

# 3 - Kick-Ass
What a pleasure to watch! Classic and pleasing to my man muscle(little boy desires in me that can never die, like owning a mini gun firing jet-pack) desiring a perfect blend between action, comedy and drama. It left me with the feeling that if I had watched this film 12 years ago it would have been my favourite...ever!

# 4 - Tangled
Disney movies just get to me. It must be due to the spell they put on me when I was a child to laugh at the funny bits and cry at the sad ones...I know this because it still happens today. I can't seem NOT to enjoy what Disney chooses to dish out. If they were to put a piece of elephant secretion on a plate and serve it as such, I'd still laugh at the funny bits and cry at the sad ones.

# 5 - Jackass 3(D)
If you don't like seeing people put themselves in ridiculous situations, where no human being would be in otherwise, aiming for epicness? You're fine. But me, I like. You know when you laugh so much you cant breathe and a certain amount of snot shoots from your nose and spits runs from your mouth but you cant seem to do anything about it because you're basically paralysed from laughing? Not? You're still fine. But me, I failed.

# 6 - Away We Go
The more sophisticated comedy on the list. Sam Mendes proves his mastery over this genre through his directing. I might be pro-Mendes, but what he touches turns to cinematic gold for me. Loved the indie feel of this film from a big-time director. Mendes was disguised and no former trace of his other films could be seen, maybe in the exception of the editing. Still VERY good.

# 7 - MacGruber
MacGuyver rip-off by SNL legends. I love slapstick and we don't find to many good ones any more. This was the best of 2010.

# 8 - Repo Men
This Hollywood remake of Repo: The Genetic Opera was surprisingly good. I approach remakes with extreme caution and found this one pleasantly surprising. Jude Law was totally believable as a bad-ass in the fight scenes, one more thing I found surprising! It's has a dark ending/twist which really put the cherry on the cake for me.

# 9 - Tron: Legacy
Amazing effects. Cinematography blew my hair back, it would have been my mind but I was sitting in the back of the cinema. In honour of my second cinema viewing of the film, I watched Tron(1982). I can understand how it could have become a cult film, but big ups to the Joseph Kosinski who made our 2010 sequel worth its legacy.

# 10 -
I love films where the comedy lies in the drama. Well, the rule of comedy is that it has to be played real. So my first statement carries no weight really. Anyway! Great script followed by great directing!

# 11 - Youth in Revolt
I'm not the biggest Michael Cera fan, solely because he is the king of typecasting. Given, he is very good in what he does. And the reason why I liked this film so much is because I got to see a little something else from him in the form of his evil alter-ego. The combination of this and the elements of what I like about him with a dash of unexpected mature humour made this bad-boy find his own way onto the list.

# 12 - Dinner for Schmucks
I really didn't expect to like this one. If Cera is the king of typecast, Carell is its prince(and Paul Rudd is slowly, but surely, joining the ranks). The script and Carell never made this utterly idiotic character feel forced or unbelievable. I found his idiocy charming, cute, hilarious, sad and heart warming. Exactly what they were aiming for! The mind-battle between Steve Carell and Zack Galifinakis something I will be re-enacting with my fellow fan friends for a long time.