The Top 25 Movies of 2010
25.Green Zone: Director: Paul Greengrass Writer: Brian Helgeland Cast:Matt Damon, Amy Ryan, Greg Kinnear, Brendan Gleeson The story: Greengrass is a director who knows how to make a topical movie. From his work on United 93 to this recent work with Green Zone a movie about going to war for the wrong reasons. If Greengrass should keep up one trend it's working with Damon. The chemistry between these two is fantastic the way they work off each other. Greengrass knows how to get a performance out of him. I also love his genius use of hand held cameras and how he makes you go from audience members to feeling like were in the war scenes with Damon. Also we get some great real life shots from what appears to be news footage. Solid well made political action thriller.
24.The Ghost Writer: Director:Roman Polanski Writer: Robert Harris Cast: Ewan McGregor, Kim Cattrall, Olivia Williams, Pierce Brosnan The story: If I can just say one thing in defense of Mr. Polanski It's that you hate the man not the art. I won't go any further into it suffice to say that Polanski has made a really intense thriller and has proven that he is one of the better older directors still working. He really has taken a much younger leading man and all together cast. He pulls this off beautifully and really does a wonderful job of building tension. He starts off with only a bit of paranoia and from there shovels it on a bit at a time until you have no idea who to trust. I have to say the Polanski did such a great job he even got me to like Cattrall and I am a big hater on those sex and the city movies.
23. Piranha 3D: Director: Alexandre Aja Writer:Pete Goldfinger Josh Stolberg Cast: Elizabeth Shue, Richard Dreyfuss, Ving Rhames, Christopher Lloyd, Jerry O'Connell The story:If you can't read the title then I can't help you in the the explanation. This is the most bloody film that is on my list this year. It is a huge gore fest and its in 3D. The plot is simple an underwater cave opens up setting free a ton of ancient and pissed off fish who are hell bent on wrecking spring break. A group of unlikely heroes band together to turn these fish into sushi. Not the most well received movie of the year and certainly not the most watched movie of the year but it had T&A, gore and hilarious deaths. These were the things that made this movie really work when it needed to work. I really dug the way this film was shot in that campy 3D that didn't seem to take itself seriously and just seemed to have fun doing it. Are we going to get a sequel to this movie. One can only hope and pray that something is still swimming in the water.
22.127 Hours:Director:Danny Boyle Writer: Danny Boyle Cast: James Franco
The story:I have to say that after slummdog millionaire I didn't think Boyle was capable of doing any wrong. The movie he put out this year isn't right but it certainly doesn't fall into the wrong category either. It hangs in the middle and doesn't impress nor does it offend. If anything really good comes out of this movie it is the very fine acting job from Franco as the main character Aron Ralston a man who goes hiking and becomes trapped between a rock and a hard place. Franco does a great job by keeping the audience vested in his performance and having us be with him every step of the way. I only have a problem with the way the film is shot and edited some of the time. It feels to jolted and mixed up. Overall Boyle does a nice job keeping the audience interested in a movie that by all rights should have not worked.
21.Despicable Me:Director:Pierre Coffin & Chris Renaud Writer: Ken Daurio Cast: Steve Carell, Jason Segel, Russell Brand, Julie Andrews The story:When I first saw this trailer way back in the beginning of the year I did not care in the slightest for what seemed to be a second rate Pixar film. I then was asked by the one person who has pushed me into seeing a few movies I wouldn't have normally watched this year, My Mom. She wanted to go see it and I thought it would kill a few hours during a hot summer night. So we walked in and I sat down for what would be one of the best experiences of the summer months. I am a huge Carell fan from his work on the office to all the things funny and this is certainly a shining jewel in his crown. This story does for super villains the way The Incerdibles did for heroes. I also enjoyed this movie because the secondary characters of the minions could have be down right annoying but instead the directors found a way to spotlight them and almost have them steal the show. this movie really plays well with the idea that some people do bad things but aren't bad guys. This is one for kids and adults. We only get a few great kids films a year that also appeal for adults so take advantage of them.
20.Iron Man 2: Director: Jon Favreau Writer: Justin Theroux Cast:Robert Downey Jr., Don Cheadle, Scarlett, Johansson, Gwyneth Paltrow, Sam Rockwell, Mickey Rourke, Samuel L. Jackson
The story: With a cast like that how can you not be excited? the story picks up with Downey Jr. confessing to the press and the world that he is Iron Man. He continues on with being the flashy playboy and is living the life and being the worlds biggest superhero. What the public eye doesn't see is that the arc reactor in his chest keeping him alive is also slowly poisoning him as well. Downey Jr. must find a cure or he will while at the same time fend off a man who is hell bent on getting revenge for his fathers past transgressions. What this movie does so well is it takes the same idea and kicks it up to another level. This film is filled with action and some great new characters including the long awaited arrival of Iron Man's counterpart War Machine. This is the next part of the build up to the Avengers movie which will be coming out within the next two years. Make sure you stay till the end of the movie to see what Marvel is cooking up next. You will feel hammered after you see it.
19.Due Date: Director:Todd Phillips Writer: Alan R. Cohen Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Zach Galifiankis, Michelle Monaghan, Jamie Foxx, RZA The story: It's odd that both of Downey Jr.'s movies would wind up back to back with one another. I have to say I dig this one just a bit more because the material is fresher and we get so see Downey doing some great physical and verbal comedy. He is very funny but the star of the movie is Galifiankis with the way he plays every scene to the point you are almost crying. If this rated R comedy can get my mom to laugh out loud then the rest of you defiantly need to go see it. The story is simple Downey needs to get home to his wife who is going to be giving birth soon. He gets thrown off a plain and is forced to drive cross country with Galifiankis. The plot becomes funny as hell with a few great cameos along the way. This is some great work it wets my appetite for Phillips to do the next Hangover movie.
18.Get Low: Director:Aaron Schneider Writer: Chris Provenzano Cast: Robert Duvall, Sissy Spacek, Bill Murray, Lucas Black The story: Its a shame that this movie came out in late October and not later in the year because of the fact that Duvall may very well be overlooked for one of his finest performances that he has ever given. I'm not saying that he will win but I don't think he will even get nominated. This is a true crime because of how much great work he has done and how wonderful and honest this performance is. The story of a man who wants to have his funeral while he is still alive. This is such a rich and wonderful script and really shows. I have to also give some great props to Murray for playing the lighter side of this movie by keeping it funny but not a comedy. See this one with someone you love or with someone you haven't seen in a spell.
17.Kick-Ass: Director: Matthew Vaughn Writer: Jane Goldman Cast:Aaron Johnson, Christopher Mintz- Plasse, Mark Strong, Chloe Moretz, Nicholas Cage The story: Who said the superhero genera is dead I say it is Kicking some serious ASS. I love this movie because it is such an underdog film in so many ways. The characters are rich and alive with so much power behind them that they nearly come off the screen in a explosion of violence and awesomeness. I usually don't geek out like this but Kick Ass came out in April when it felt like nothing good was going to be coming out all year. The movie may be called Kick-Ass but the film is stolen by Moretz as the bad to the bone Hit-Girl who is just an unstoppable killing machine. Now If you want to look for one of the most fun movies this year it is certainly this thrill ride that does not let up till the lights go up. In 2012 get ready for the sequel that will go balls to the wall.
16.Predators: Director: Nimrod Antal Writer: Alex Litvak Cast: Adrien Brody, Topher Grace, Alice Braga, Walton Goggins, Laurence Fishburne, Danny Trejo The story: If someone had told me at the beginning of the year that I would like the Predator reboot more then the Machete original film I would have told them they were crazy and yet here we are nearly 365 days later and I have watched predators at least three times and have seen half of Machete. I really dug how well done this film was and what an enjoyable action film it was. The premise is simple, a group of strangers all deadly in their own way are set down on an alien world and are hunted by some highly skilled alien hunters. Brody leads a wonderful cast of humans who don't trust each other but don't have much of a choice in this tough situation. I love this movie because of quick it gets into the action. With barely any exposition they get into that these people are screwed if they don't stop these elite hunters.
15.Shutter Island: Director: Martin Scorsese Writer: Laeta Kalogridis Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley, Max von Sydow, Michelle Williams, Jackie Earle Haley The story: If ever a movie has you looking over your shoulder or wondering if you can trust your fellow movie goers that would be this little gem from Scorsese who still proves he can bring the violence and the great film making. To his credit he is working with an amazing cast who just knows how to make a film sparkle in every sense of the acting aspect. DiCaprio leads a dope cast in this story about two detectives who are sent to an island where they are tasked to finding a missing patient. What I love about this movie so much is that I knew the ending from reading the book and I didn't care because of how well crafted it was. Also the script writer did a wonderful job staying very true to the book with only taking out very minor details. I really think this movie got looked over but I guess that's what happens when you come out during February.
14.The Expendables: Director: Sylvester Stallone Writer: Dave Callaham Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Randy Couture, Steve Austin, Bruce Willis, Arnold Schwarzenegger The story: If you can't tell by the cast this movie kicks all kinds of ass and leaves you asking for more. This is the story of a group of mercenaries who take any job for the right money. They are asked to go to an island and help free the island from an evil Dictator. After that all you are going to get is these men tearing the place apart and the right audience yelling at the top of their lungs about how bad ass all of it is. I am huge fan of all these action juggernauts and all the ass they kick. This movie is so dam big with so much potential to suck but it worked on every level and also I have to say that the cameo's are wonderful and I must say that when a friend of yours says that his childhood and adult hood are fighting on screen you know this is a hell of a ride.
13.Four Lions: Director: Christopher Morris Writer: Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain, Simon Blackwell, Cast: Kayvan Kovak, Nigel Lindsay, Riz Ahmed, Adeel Akhtar The story: This one gets my Bronson award. Last year I saw a movie that came from England that no one else saw and this year those talented people across the pond have put out a new film that was my number one for a few weeks. This is a film that plays like a documentary and is one of the funniest movies I have seen in a few years. The film follows four Muslim fundamentalists who are bent on blowing themselves up. The only problem is that they are failures in every sense of it. From scene one the four demonstrate how bad they are as not only terrorist but also at being all around bad. This cast is full of people who have never been seen before and that's what I like about it so much. It gives the film a sense of reality and makes you laugh and stop laughing for these characters all within seconds of each other. The movie also has the great ability from going comedy to drama within moments and never looking back. This takes bravery and really seems to make its mark. Check this one out guys I hope you really get a kick out of it.
12.The American: Director: Anton Corbijn Writer: Rowan Joffe Cast: George Clooney, Irina Bjorklund, Thekla Reuten The story: If ever a movie depended on a performance it would have to be the wonderful work done by Clooney as the very alone and very broken assassin for hire in The American. Our film opens on him in the woods with a woman who seems to be his lover when all of a sudden he takes her out. The film then follows him on what seems to be his last job in a small Italian village. What Clooney does so well is when he works on a movie he doesn't just show up say some lines and leave he throws himself in full on with producing and becoming the character six ways from Sunday. His performance is so straight forward that you forget you are watching Clooney and you are seeing the character he is playing. The man knows how to put out a performance and I wouldn't be surprised if he takes one of the five nominations for this years Oscars.
11.Toy Story 3: Director: Lee Unkrich Writer: John Lasseter Cast: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Ned Beatty The story: In what may be the best animated film all year we get the final and almost tear causing chapter in the Toy Story trilogy. The years have stayed consistent with ours and the little boy Andy has grown up and is on his way to college. The toys are terrified of being sent to the attic. If things weren't bad enough they are taken to a daycare and are put under the paw of the head toy Lotso the bear who runs the place like a prison. I love this film because of how dark the writers took it. This film is so well made because they take into account that the kids who watched the first one are grown up and they remember that but also keep the kids happy. I have to say if any film has made me consider showing emotion in the theater it would be this one with one of the most touching ends to the year.
10.The Fighter: Director:David O. Russell Writer: Scott Silver Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Melissa Leo The story: We begin with Wahlberg and Bale on a couch the two are talking about the two styles of fighting. Bale explains how he stays away from his opponent in a fight and how Wahlberg gets in close and works him over with titan like punches. This from the start shows what are two characters are all about without even showing us any sort of development in story. The film progresses from their showing the once great Bale training his brother who is a talented fighter but is always being put in the middle of his family and a fight he can't win. After a vicious beating Wahlberg is forced to decide between his future and the future of his relationship with his family. This entire piece is wonderful because of the elements all mixing into one fine film. You have the wonderful relationship between the two leads which at no point seems forced or over tried. Bale is arguably one of the best performances of this year or any. The sheer jaw dropping look of how he has altered his physical appearance to become this once great fighter turned crack addict is nothing short of Oscar worthy. Bale is assured the supporting Oscar even though he should be going toe to toe with any of the lead actors this year. Wahlberg is no slouch either as the lead and real life Mickey Ward. Wahlberg does a nice job of being the glue in this film that keeps everything together nicely. The great thing about his and Bale's performances is that they are constantly working to outdo the other while still showing respect to each others artistry. The females in this film are wonderful as well Adams and Leo are going to be the front runners in my eyes so far for this years supporting actress. They show both sides of the love they have for Wahlberg and how he takes that love. the only compatition that these two have is the young girl from True Grit. Overall this is a wonderful film full of amazing performances and a story you want to cheer for from start to finish.
09.Winter's Bone: Director: Debra Granik Writer: Debra Granik Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Shelley Waggener, Garret Dillahunt, John Hawkes The story: I have seen some wonderful performances this year from new actors but not since the early work of Ellen Page in Hard Candy has a first time performance caught me so off guard. Jennifer Lawrence is this performance. She plays Ree Dolly who is forced to keep her family together after her drug dealing father splits. Things seem to be going ok until we learn that the dad has skipped bail and put the house up as collateral. It is up to Lawrence to find him or prove he is dead before the house and her family is broken apart. I have given a lot of thought and Lawrence is the best female performance of the year and she does this with nearly no help except for a wonderful secondary performance from Hawkes as her uncle. Hawkes gives the right amount of support without overshadowing her he has shown that a true character actor doesn't need to be at the center all the time. I also dug that this movie was shot in the Ozark and that most of the cast are from the area. The film feels authentic and you get the sense that everything you are seeing is 100% real with no sense of imitation.
08.True Grit: Director: Joel and Ethan Coen Writers: Joel and Ethan Coen Cast: Jeff Bridges, Hailee Steinfeld, Matt Damon, Josh Brolin, Barry Pepper The story: I am a guy who loves the brothers Coen and will see everything they do until I'm toes up. The two are so talented and never do the same genre twice. This time they take on the western and remake one of the most well liked westerns. They have done such a wonderful job paying respect and taking their own spin on the classic tale of revenge in the old west. We set our story on a girl (Steinfeld) who has come to settle her fathers affairs and hire someone to hunt down the man who gunned him down. She runs across Rooster Cogburn (Bridges) who is considered the toughest bounty hunter in the area. She hires him to help her bring the Tom Chaney (Brolin) to justice so he can hang for the killing. Damon plays Bridges fellow hunter who wants to nab Chaney for other reasons. I love how well the cast seems to jell with each other in every sense. Bridges gives an amazing performance with this unbelievable supporting cast. I love how the Coens have taken this and really toned down the script and made it more true to the book. The language to this script is so wonderful because of how it seems so eloquent and rough at the same time. This felt like a more toned down version of Deadwood. It's not as violent or vulgar but it still gets its point across. I have never seen a Coen film like this because it almost seems restrained from their other stuff. In a way it works they play it like an old fashioned western. I love that they have such respect for a classic but they know how to throw that Coen magic into the mix.
07.Kings Speech: Director: Tom Hooper Writer: David Seidler Cast: Colin Firth, Helena Bonham Carter, Geoffrey Rush, Michael Gambon, Guy Pearce, Timothy Spall The story: Once a year I get a movie that pulls on my heartstrings in just the right manner and forces me to almost or sometimes shed a tear. This year the genius of Mr. Firth along with an amazing supporting cast has caused me to examine the trails and triumphs of King George the VI as we examine his life and his long journey and rise to power. This film got me to shed some water because of how believable everyone in the cast was.
Firth first of all is going to win best actor hands down no doubt in my mind that he will be taking the statue because of the way he brings this tragic character to life and makes the audience feel for him every step of the way. When we see him struggle in the begining to give a speech you are nearly in tears watching this wonderful performance.
Next we have the wonderful Rush who is so good at providing the comic and touching moments to the film. He plays second to Firth so well and the two complement each other as both pupil and teacher but also as equals and eventually friends. Finally on the list is Bohnam Carter, who i usually have problems getting past the fact that she is usually in some second rate Burton film that does not show her real talents as an actress. With the speech she is able to chew scenery and really prove what a talent actress shes is. The story is one of sheer triumph and as far as I can say for Oscar will be one of the top ten pictures chosen to represent this year.
06.The Town: Director: Ben Affleck Writer: Peter Craig Cast: Ben Affleck, Rebecca Hall, Jon Hamm, Jeremy Renner, Blake Lively, Pete Poslethwaite The story: I have seen some awesome bank robber movies over the course of my life but none have taken a romantic element and mixed it so well with the raw side of pulling a high risk job. Affleck is really at his best in both directing and acting with this smart cops and robbers thriller. His strong directing is not only shown in the performance he gives it is also in the amazing secondary performances from all the other actors. Look at the acting that comes from Lively as the coked out woman who is in love with Affleck's character. To look at Lively in real life you would see a very attractive young lady but in this she comes across as a woman who has been ridden hard and put up wet. I really enjoyed how much the scenes of action were done with a very Heat like quality to them. They are executed like a well timed trapped and everything springs at the right moment making it seem like it all goes flawless. Another person to mention in this amazing cast is Jon Hamm who plays the FBI agent who is hunting down the crew of robbers. The entire cast is wonderful and makes this well rounded thriller very enjoyable.
05.Scott Pilgrim Vs the World: Director: Edgar Wright Writers: Michael Bacall, Edgar Wright, Bryan Lee O'Malley Cast: Michael Cera, Alison Pill, Mark Webber, Johnny Simmons, Ellen Wong, Kieran Culkin, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, The story: So I was up till about four in the morning watching this film and I was fist pumping and cheering the entire way through it. I have never been so impressed with such a young cast of actors. Usually when I see so many younger actors I get the feeling like everyone is shoving each other out of the way to get the most camera time but with this cast everyone compliments each other so well. Every single member puts out an A plus performance with no sense of trying to it. Leave it to the very talented directing of Wright to pull this cast from being just an average group to making it one of the best Ensemble cast performances to come out this year. The story is a rather simple one. Scott Pilgrim Cera is in love with the new girl Romona Flowers. Things seem to be going fine for Scott until he is confronted by the fact that he must defeat her seven evil Exes. From their on it is one wonderful misadventure after another with several great moments coming from every member of the cast. I must give it up to Wright as one of the better directors of this year for making me forget Cera in his past rolls and seeing him as the tough ass kicking Pilgrim in this film.
04.Exit Through the Gift Shop: Director: Banksy Writer: NA Cast: Banksy, Shepard Fairey, Thierry Guetta, Rhys Ifans, Space Invader The story: This little film made it in just under the wire I was watching this when I was about two away from finishing this post and from out of nowhere this little film knocked me on my ass and showed me that I was missing a very important genre in my list. Documentary is usually not something I go for right away unless its a subject that interests me or its something that I have never heard of. In this case it was both street art is something I have seen in both wonderful and average representations. I have an appreciation for it because it is difficult to do and it is something I cannot do. The story follows Guetta a man who has a camera fused to his hand and must film everything. He becomes interested in filming artists who's canvas isn't legal by any means. He becomes obsessed with filming these artists and collecting them on thousands of hours of tape. He eventually has all of them but one. An unknown artists by the name of Banksy. He is a man who is huge in Europe for doing fantastic art that questions the world around us. Eventually Guetta meets him and the film takes an interesting turn as it stops being about Banksy and becomes about Guetta's journey into the world of art. The film pisses me off at times and makes me want to drop my jaw in sheer wonderment of how amazing these art works are. It reminds me a lot of F for Fake from the way the subject matter switches and the unnoticed transition of storyteller to storyteller.
03.Black Swan: Director: Darren Aronofsky Writer: Mark Heyman Cast: Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Vincent Cassel, Barbara Hershey, Winona Ryder The story: when I said that Shutter Island was a movie that made you look around and not trust what you were looking at I had yet to see this little piece of mind bending movie making. I have seen every Aronofsky movie and this was the first that I went back within a day of and saw again. Arnofsky is still the king of making his audience incredibly uncomfortable and keeping their eyes glued to the screen. With this film he shows us his past work with Requiem and the Wrestler and proves that he can take his elegant steady camera work and mix it with his shaky hand held work. The two styles mesh together perfectly and we see a film that can at times be a beautiful work of art and at other times be a raw look into a very unwell mind. This movie has such a wonderful sense of what it wants to be. Aronofsky plays it like a 70's Italian horror film. This works so well with the wonderful sets and the beautiful people so that when horrible things start to happen you are caught off guard. The movie centers around a young girl Nina "Portman" who is a dancer and is trying to be cast as the main lead in Swan Lake. The part of the Swan Queen requires her to dance both the White and Black swan. Nina has no problem with the White but when it comes to the Black all the pressure comes down on her like a ton of bricks. The film is mostly Portman just tearing it up with her insanely talented performance but she has a lot of help from the rest of the cast who helps her attain the levels of madness that she needs to reach. The movie builds and builds upon itself so well with multiple levels until you reach a point at which your not sure what is real and when everything stopped being real. The film is in a word Perfect.
02.Inception: Director: Christopher Nolan Writer: Christopher Nolan Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Ken Watanabe, Josephy Gordon-Levitt, Marion Cotillard, Ellen Page, Tom Hardy, Cillian Murphy The story: Sometimes you can only entrust a story to the person who created it and in this case Nolan is the only man who could have pulled of this story. Nolan is more then a director, he is three things a writer a director and a magician. As a writer he has brought us several entertaining stories over the span of his twelve years as a filmmaker. He has taken us to a world where time seems irrelevant he has brought us to the mean and dark streets of Gotham and he has shown us a world where magic exists. Now Nolan takes us into a dream. Yes I mean a dream I'm not saying that to be weird and artsy. This fine film is constructed in only a way that Nolan could create with him playing the role of guide and leading us through this story of what we perceive as reality and what we know as dreams. The story takes place in a world where technology has made it capable to enter the world of dreams and be able to obtain ideas and other such valuables from the dreamers. DiCaprio leads a team of thieves to enter the dreams of a powerful businessman and instead of stealing they are asked to implant an idea into his mind. This is the process known as Inception. This movie is so amazingly well done because of how painstakingly detailed it is. Nolan has created a world that seems so real and at the same time you feel that no place on earth is like this. The cast is simply perfect. It is another example of young talented actors helping each other out and not fighting for camera time. Along with DiCaprio this is the most rich thing Gordon-Levitt has done since Brick. It is amazing how Nolan manages to make everyone in the cast shine in their own way despite how much or how little time they put in. This is truly a work of brilliance and once again proves why I will be one of the first people to line of for Nolan's third and final chapter in 2012 perfectly titled "The Dark Knight Rises."
01.The Social Network: Director: David Fincher Writer: Aaron Sorkin Cast: Jesse Eisenberg, Rooney Mara, Andrew Garfield, Armie Hammer, Max Minghella, Justin Timberlake The story: I have been bitching all year about how this is one of the worst years for movies and that nothing that great has come out this year and I look back at my list and realize that some fine work has come out but only one film can be number one. This was the film that inspired me to start writing again on the blog. If you need further proof go check out my posts on the film and also on the trailer to the film. I have spouted so much praise for this film and I have just enough left in the tank to say that this film is one of the best written best directed and best acted films to be presented this year. The film is about the invention of Facebook and is based on the speculative novel "The Accidental Billionaires." The story follows Mark Zuckerberg (Eisenberg) throughout his brief time at Harvard and into him creating what would become what we know as Facebook. Eisenberg has been on my radar since he was in The Squid and the Whale in 2005. He gives what might be the performance of the year by playing a young man who sees all the angles and isn't afraid to take the risks in creating one of the most important websites in social networking history. I have seen Fincher get some impressive performances out of people before but before this Eisenberg was always this guy who played second fiddle and was somewhat nervous in all of his roles. Now he is still that character but his nervousness has been replaced with confidence and a take no shit attitude from anyone. The rest of the cast is also nothing short of amazing. The amount of time and effort Fincher put into this cast and tweaking everything to feel like you were watching a documentary more then a movie is impressive. Also for those big budget special effects movies who love to digitally alter people to make them look older or younger, take a page from the Fincher camp and look at the Winklevoss twins played by the same guy. This movie had so much potential to be a great film from the trailer and it delivered and didn't disappoint in any way shape or form. The academy has been pretty spot on over the last few years in giving the right director and picture out but this year it is the clear choice that this is the film that and filmmaker that needs to be recognized for its accomplishments.
Final Thoughts/Thanks:The year is almost over I am posting this on New Years eve for all those who are interested to read it. I hope I haven't left anything out and if I have you people need to call Bull on it and tell me what I am missing so I can see it and see if I agree. The end of 2010 marks a new chapter in the Moonshine review not only will movies be a huge thing in 2011 also we go to music and TV as well so for all of you who have read this little blog I say thank you. People To thank are my parents for telling me to keep writing. My new roommates who keep it quiet so I can write this blog. All those at work who I can fight agree and bitch about movies with I say thank you. See you in 2011 everyone.
Ben Kolton
