Lady Blogpants' Best of 2010

2010 was definitely not as good for movies as 2009, but I managed to scrape together five I didn't hate. These are them!

5. Hot Tub Time Machine
OK, this movie isn't nearly as good upon second viewing at home, as opposed to first viewing at The Vista after a couple of El Chavo margaritas. But I still maintain it's a very good comedy. The editor, George Folsey Jr., also worked on Animal House and The Blues Brothers, and dude knows his shit.

4. The Social Network
Not as great as everyone says, but pretty damn good thanks to its screenplay and directing. As I predicted, Armie Hammer wasn't nominated for an Oscar for his amazing Winklevossing, which is a shame. But at least Justin Timberlake wasn't nominated either. His hair is too goddamn curly.

3. True Grit
This is just an excellent, straightforward western. I wish it had been more Coen Brothers-y, but I can't really complain about such a beautifully made movie.

2. Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World
Unlike Hot Tub Time Machine, this movie gets better every time I see it. So much happens so quickly that I really missed a lot on first viewing, but now I'm comfortable ranking it very close to Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz. On a related note, director Edgar Wright is now my new secret movie director boyfriend and I will be VERY SAD if he ever makes a bad movie.

The one flaw in Scott Pilgrim is the Ramona Flowers character; it's hard to get past how boring and unlikable she is even though I know, I know, Scott Pilgrim is the type of shallow douchebag who would like a one-dimensional cipher like Ramona.

1. Rare Exports
I can't think of anything I'd change about Rare Exports. It's pretty perfect--original, well-written, hilarious, AND it stars a child actor I don't want to murder. RARE EXPORTS!

Black Swan: Blacker Than You'd Think (but not in a racist way)

This movie contains 100% more blood and lesbian sex than I anticipated for a Natalie Portman ballet movie. Well played, creepy director!

The Second Coming of Tron

Tron movies, what have you become?!?

Harry Potter and the Speech of the Stuttering Prince

The King's Speech is pretty good except for the casting of Winston Churchill. The filmmakers picked the actor who played Wormtail in Harry Pottah and he spent the whole movie making a "look how hard I'm being Winston Churchill" face that cracked me up every time it was on screen.

I guess the good news is that now my brother and his girlfriend and I are constantly doing Winston Churchill impersonations and probably will be for a couple of weeks.

Fuck You, The Tourist

UGH this whole goddamn movie is Angelina Jolie walking around with a smug look on her face while a bunch of European extras pretend to be awed by her beauty instead of horrified by her weird bony arms.

BLEAHHHHHHH.

Boorlesque

Jesus, Burlesque. Don't you know gay guys don't automatically love every shitty goddamn movie musical that comes out? They like GOOD shitty goddamn musicals, and you, Burlesque, are not one. If I were a gay dude I'd be very insulted that some idiots thought they could throw together weirdly wigged Christina Aguilera, plastic surgery victim Cher (seriously, she looks like that puppet thing from the Saw movies), and Stanley Tucci's character from The Devil Wears Prada and get me to wiggle my jazz hands around while screaming GIRL YOU KNOW THIS!!!!

FILL YOUR HANDS, YOU SON OF A BITCH!

I highly recommend True Grit. This is probably no surprise to regular readers, who are well aware of my love of all things old-timey, Jeff Bridges, and Coen Brothers. I will say this movie isn't as Coen Brothers-y as I'd expected, but it is a fantastic, solid western. It's nice to go into a movie trusting that the filmmakers aren't going to totally fuck you over. You can just relax and know justice will be done, with some delightful Matt Damoning thrown in.

Going to True Grit is like having a spa day. I predict this DVD will join my "relaxing Saturday afternoon western" rotation of Jeremiah Johnson and The Electric Horseman. Congratulations, True Grit. You made it.

Tron

Yeah, I saw it.

Why I Love Living in Los Angeles, Exhibit A: Rare Exports

When one lives in Los Angeles, one gets to see movies like Rare Exports, the most amazing Finnish Christmas horror movie ever made. Seriously, put this movie on your netflix queue right now. It's goddamn incredible. The filmmakers take everything several steps further than you expect them to, and it works every time. I don't want to say anything else and ruin everything, but I will say I do hope you like CGI old man dicks, because Rare Exports has a bunch!

RARE EXPORTS!

LAXNESS! SLOTH!

Oh my goodness, you guys, I've seen so many movies in the past month but haven't reviewed any of them. I'll do that now!