The 20 Worst movies I saw in 2010

Avoid!!!

1. Sex and the City 2

I can't believe my girls were reduced to this mess. Disappointing. only watch if you are a super fan like me- you'll find some things in the movie you'll like...

2. Prince of Persia

yawn. Greasy Jake Gyllenhaal with a bad accent is so not appealing to me.

3. The Other Guys

not that funny- I hate it when all the funniest clips are in the previews!

4. Avatar

lame.

5. Alice in Wonderland

Dear Johnny Depp, 

Stop ruining all my beloved childhood movies by playing such a freaky weirdo!!

6. Cirque de Freak

How could such a weird movie with vamps, spiders and a monkey girl turn out so boring?

7. Couples Retreat

stop with the lame comedies!

8. The Spirit

really bad.

9. Greenberg

Ben Stiller plays a jerk from NYC who moves to LA and meets another dumb ass.

10. Bride Wars

bad weave on Kate Hudson.

11. Cheri

ugh. whiny.

12. The Box

made no sense.

13. Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull

I want my money back!!

14. 10,000 BC

I saw this awhile ago but if it wasn't for Jon making caveman mullet jokes this would be the worst movie of all time!

15. the Other Boleyn Girl

the book was excellent. this was not.

16. The Wicker Man

I saw this one awhile ago too but just wanted everyone to know that this could be the worst movie EVER!

17. Honey

I saw it on E! and there was literally NOTHING else on tv. So I turned it off after a few minutes, got my lazy butt up and did laundry instead.

18. Blood: the Last Vampire
dumb.

19. Street Fighter: the legend of Chun Li
The riveting performance by Chris Klein is Oscar worthy! LOL

20. Bangkok Dangerous
known for it's famous quote: "Rain? Your name means Rain?" in spain? on a plane?...

 *actually reading this list I'm realizing how much time I've wasted! 

The 20 Best movies I saw in 2010

Not in any order...


1. The Town
Love a good Beantown thriller...(The Departed) Plus I just love that Jeremy Renner!

2. A Serious Man
I can't describe why- it was just more of a MOOD. The first part of the movie hooks you, and it's just so spooky.

3. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
I love a good kick ass girl movie. and a good murder mystery. Lots of creepy guys in that one. Didn't read the books yet...

4. Toy Story 3
made me cry like a baby!

5. Inception
It was just like one of my normal dreams. I totally got it.

6. Kick Ass
Again, I love a good kickin ass girl character. Plus I thought this was a semi realistic super hero movie. As in, he'd really get his ass kicked if he tried to stop a robbery...

7. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Just pure fun! Plus I love that "Ramona" song by Beck.

8. The Hurt Locker
aahhh. Jeremy.

9. Inglorious Basterds
Tarantino is genius! and he gives the audience what they want!

10. Zombieland
I just love zombie movies.

11. Cyrus
Funny as hell

12. Precious
It struck a chord with me. Or maybe that was just Mo'nique hitting me in the head with a frying pan. The book was good also.

13. Let the Right one In
I haven't seen the american version yet, but this movie was excellent.

14. Winter's Bone
*see my previous post for full review

15. The Hangover
I think I saw this in 2009 though? oh well. It was so funny!

16. Splice
I wouldn't exactly call it a "good" movie as I would call it a "WTF! is happening" movie. Insanity.

17. Watchmen
maybe I saw this in 2009? It was a good one anyways

18. Thirst
A great vampire flick with a crazy ending

19. Ice Age 3
don't laugh- this movie was really funny and cute!

20. Marathon Man (oldie but goodie)
The movie where "Is it safe?" became a scary thing to say to someone

The Kids are All Right

The movie was all right.

The Kids are All Right is a movie about siblings- Laser and Joni who want to find out who their real father is. (who was a sperm donor) They have two mothers, one played by Annette Bening and the other mother is played by Julianne Moore. Early on Laser and Joni find their birth dad and try to build a relationship with him (the dad is played by Mark Ruffallo who I feel always plays the same lazy smokey type of character, plus he's kinda annoying) Anyways I don't want to give too much away but the sex in the movie was kind of pathetic and non-believing- which I thought brought the movie down a bit. Otherwise good acting from Annette Bening! Go see "Julia" instead- a much better Bening movie.

Annette Bening and Julianne Moore

Winter's Bone

If Jennifer Lawrence isn't (at the very least) nominated for her incredible performance in Winter's Bone, I swear to never host another Oscar Party (that no one ever shows up to...) EVER AGAIN!
Winter's Bone is a movie about a young girl named Ree growing up in some backwoods town (next door to where they filmed Deliverance?) who's drug dealer father has skipped town, put the deed to the house as bail money (or something like that) and unless she finds him she'll lose her house and her little brother and sister will end up in the foster care system. (her mother is too sick and mentally ill to care for them.)

The journey that she takes to find her father and the truth about where he is and why he's gone is so facinating because everyone around her- neighbors, law officials and family members alike- are all so shady and dangerous.  None more so than her Uncle Teardrop (you just know he's spent a lot of time in prison by that name alone) played by John Hawkes- loved him in Deadwood!

John Hawkes as Teardrop. He aint no joke.

Her bravery and persistance is unwavering. She needs to find the truth and as a viewer I felt I need to know what was going to happen to this girl.
A really good, emotional movie!

True Grit

As the credits started rolling after True Grit was ending I turned to my husband and said- "Good... but not as good as I thought it would be." I always view my end credit gut reaction as the best impression/review of a movie.

The best of anything in this movie is definitely the incredible performance by Hailee Steinfeld. She plays a 14 year old girl named Mattie who hires a bounty hunter Rooster (played by Jeff Bridges) to hunt down the man who killed her father. (played by Josh Brolin) All the other actors are good but Mattie definitely steals the show. This girl is steely, bound and determined. She is not your cute and cuddly teenager for sure! I have a special fondness for a movie where the girl character is kick ass... although she kicks ass more verbally than physically...

Jeff Bridges and Hailee Steinfeld

The only time where my attention wavered from Mattie was when Barry Pepper's character (Lucky Ned Pepper) came onto the screen. At this point I was a little confused on why he was there and who he was (mostly because I could hardly understand a word Jeff Bridges was saying...) but who cares because Barry Pepper is so darn good! Wished there was more screen time for him.

Hailee with Barry Pepper

I love the western genre, I just love the idea of olden times, whores, saloons and cowboys. I would add True Grit to my dvd collection, but I wouldn't run out to Target on the Tuesday it came out and pay $30 bucks for the blu-ray special addition. Just sayin.