Wednesday, January 2, 2013

2010 and 2011 revisited

1:57 PM / Cinema / Comments4 Comments

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Happy New Year, everyone!

It's a little early for me to be unveiling my Top 10 films of 2012 (I'll be saving that for the Movie Matters "best of 2012" special, to be recorded in the not too distant future), but in the meantime I thought it would be fun to look at my Top 10 lists from the previous two years and see to what extent, if at all, they've changed since I initially put them together.


Top 10 of 2010

Originally:

  1. THE SOCIAL NETWORK (USA, David Fincher)
  2. TOY STORY 3 (USA, Lee Unkrich)
  3. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO (Sweden/Denmark/Germany/Norway, Niels Arden Oplev)
  4. THE GHOST (France/Germany/UK, Roman Polanski)
  5. SPLICE (Canada/France/USA, Vincenzo Natali)
  6. PONYO (Japan, Hayao Miyazaki)
  7. THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG (USA, John Musker and Ron Clements)
  8. WHIP IT (USA, Drew Barrymore)
  9. AMER (France/Belgium, Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani)
  10. VIDEO NASTIES: MORAL PANIC, CENSORSHIP & VIDEOTAPE (UK, Jake West)

As of January 2013:

  1. THE SOCIAL NETWORK (USA, David Fincher)
  2. TOY STORY 3 (USA, Lee Unkrich)
  3. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO (Sweden/Denmark/Germany/Norway, Niels Arden Oplev)
  4. MONSTERS (UK, Gareth Edwards) * NEW! *
  5. THE TOWN (USA, Ben Affleck) * NEW! *
  6. THE GHOST (France/Germany/UK, Roman Polanski)
  7. PONYO (Japan, Hayao Miyazaki)
  8. SPLICE (Canada/France/USA, Vincenzo Natali)
  9. THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG (USA, John Musker and Ron Clements)
  10. WHIP IT (USA, Drew Barrymore)

(Two films added, two dropped, five moved positions.)


Top 10 of 2011

Originally:

  1. BLACK SWAN (USA, Darren Aronofsky)
  2. ANGELS OF EVIL (Italy/France/Romania, Michele Placido)
  3. SUPER 8 (USA, J.J. Abrams)
  4. THE SKIN I LIVE IN (Spain, Pedro Amaldóvar)
  5. THE ARTIST (France/Belgium/USA, Michel Hazanavicius)
  6. DRIVE (USA, Nicolas Winding Refn)
  7. TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY (France/UK/Germany, Tomas Alfredson)
  8. 127 HOURS (USA/UK, Danny Boyle)
  9. FAIR GAME (USA/UAE, Doug Liman)
  10. HANNA (USA/UK/Germany, Joe Wright)

As of January 2013:

  1. TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY (France/UK/Germany, Tomas Alfredson)
  2. BLACK SWAN (USA, Darren Aronofsky)
  3. WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN (UK/USA, Lynne Ramsay) * NEW! *
  4. ANGELS OF EVIL (Italy/France/Romania, Michele Placido)
  5. SUPER 8 (USA, J.J. Abrams)
  6. DRIVE (USA, Nicolas Winding Refn)
  7. THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU (USA, George Nolfi) * NEW! *
  8. PERFECT SENSE (UK/Sweden/Denmark/Ireland, David Mackenzie) * NEW! *
  9. THE ARTIST (France/Belgium/USA, Michel Hazanavicius)
  10. THE SKIN I LIVE IN (Spain, Pedro Amaldóvar)

(Three films added, three dropped, nine moved positions.)

2011 was a particularly turbulent year, stemming mainly from my overall disappointment with the line-up of films and the real struggle I had even finding ten titles that I felt legitimately belonged in a Top 10 list - my #2 choice wasn't even added until the night before we recorded our podcast and unveiled our lists! Consequently, quite a few fringe cases ended up being either bumped further down the list or off it entirely as, over the course of 2012, I saw more of the previous year's output. The big surprise was TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY, which I found improved immeasurably on a second (and third) viewing, going from a film I originally wasn't sure about including at all to my #1 film of the year.

What about you guys? Do you find that your Top 10 lists from the last few years have changed significantly, or have they remained fairly static?

 
4 Comments

1. Neil Harrison said:

lol Please don't take this the wrong way but I am reminded of the High Fidelity notion of males being obsessed with 'best of' lists.

(Posted on Thursday, January 3, 2013 at 9:02 PM)

2. Neil Harrison said:

Felt kind of bad about the above comment so to prove I'm no different:

2010:

1. Shutter Island
2. The Fighter
3. Black Swan
4. True Grit
5. Inception
6. Kick-Ass
7. The Reef
8. The Last Exorcism
9. 13 Assassins
10. Julia's Eyes

2011:

1. Hanna
2. Drive
3. Hugo
4. The Adventures of Tintin
5. Thor
6. Rise of the Planet of the Apes
7. Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
8. Captain America
9. X-Men: First Class
10. Warrior

(Posted on Friday, January 4, 2013 at 2:36 AM)

3. Neil Harrison said:

Wish there was an edit button. Warrior should have been Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2.

(Posted on Friday, January 4, 2013 at 2:49 AM)

4. Author Profile Page Michael said:

It's a terrible disorder - listosis. I'm forever hopeful someone will come up with an ointment for it. :)

(Posted on Friday, January 4, 2013 at 10:39 PM)

 
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