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The Top Ten of '10: TRW's Box Office Picks 10 ARTS February 1, 2011 THE RETRIEVER WEEKLY The Top Ten of ‘10: TRW’s box office picks > from TITLE [10] COURTESY SUSHIXAV.BLOGSPOT.COM Here are some of the best movies of 2010 along with some which should have stayed on the storyboard. Daniel Supanick Shop, Winter’s Bone, The Fighter, The thrillers I’ve seen in a long time. It’s produces the best, most exhilarating Network isn’t completely a movie for STAFF WRITER King’s Speech, Blue Valentine, and It’s probably the year’s most perfect and psychological horror thriller of the its time, but it’s still damn good. Kind of a Funny Story were also con- effective thriller, and it’s wildly cre- year. 1. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World- It kills 2010 wasn’t a bad year for cin- sidered for my top ten list, which ative to boot. 4. Toy Story 3- Toy Story 3 feels me to think that Vampires Suck made ema. It just wasn’t a very good one, includes... 7. Restrepo- This documentary like the perfect ending to a fun and more money in two weeks than this either. If there’s any way to classify 10. Let Me In- Let Me In is an ex- about a platoon of American sol- wonderful ride, and is quite moving movie made in its entire run. Scott this year, it would probably have to ample of how horror, and also vam- diers stationed in the most danger- on its own. In a way it’s a movie for Pilgrim is the most visually and aes- be as the Year of the Cash Grab. We pire films, should be done. It has a ous valley in Afghanistan is one of the kids that grew up with the char- thetically creative film released this had movies based on video games creeping sense of dread and fear that the toughest, most honest pieces of acters. It’s a reminder to them that year. It is an example of the first per- that ended up being really boring, many recent horror films haven’t film to make the screen this year. Re- the nostalgia is nice, but sometimes fect video game movie, blended with and all because everyone involved had, and it’s also got a sweet, black strepo feels like the truest document we just have to move on. Mr. Tortilla the first perfect cinematic represen- seemed to think, “People will see heart. It’s a great horror movie, and of the War on Terror that exists, and Head is also really funny. tation of the experience of reading it anyways.” We had a big-budget it works well on its own despite the all because nothing feels tampered 3. 127 Hours- Danny Boyle takes a comic book, blended with a great sequel to a 28-year-old movie that similarities to its Swedish predeces- with. It’s a hard, compelling look at the story of climber Aron Ralston, a satirical comedy about the travails was a flop in its heyday, and is also sor. the experience of modern warfare climber who was forced to amputate of sustaining a new relationship not well-remembered by general au- 9. True Grit- If you know anything that doesn’t ever preach. It just de- his own arm after getting it caught and with great musical beats. It’s an diences. We had the realization that about the Coen brothers at this livers the events. under a rock, and makes it one of example of one of our generation’s not everything should be in 3D, un- point, you should know that they 6. How to Train Your Dragon- It’s the most visually arresting stories most talented filmmakers, Edgar less it’s Johnny Knoxville getting hit rarely go wrong, even if they’re trek- hard to believe that an animated presented this year. 127 Hours is a Wright, at the top of his game. Scott in the crotch. So, no, not a stellar king into testy waters. True Grit was film about a boy and his pet dragon thrilling film, an uplifting testament Pilgrim ss. the World is a true product year for movies. in these testy waters, but the Coens would present a better, more fully- to the human will, and an example of its generation. If you missed it, When movies were good, though, still managed to pull it off. It’s excit- formed version of James Cameron’s of how good filmmaking can make now’s your chance. Catch up. they were worth talking about. The ing and funny, it feels classic, and it’s Avatar, but Dragon was just that. the simplest situations interesting. following is my list of favorite mov- another in a line of recent films from Where Avatar valued spectacle over 2. The Social Network- Let’s not ies of the year. These aren’t necessar- the Coens that just feels infinitely story, Dragon tells a similar story scoff at “the Facebook movie.” It’s ily the best as defined by objective endurable. with well-written characters rather actually an excellent, tragic story of standards, but the ones that stuck 8. Inception- A lot of people I than typecasts. Also, in my opinion, a young man who fathers a creation Comments can be sent to with me the most as the year con- talked to came out of director Chris- How to Train Your Dragon has more that allows people to connect on a [email protected] tined. The ones I most responded topher Nolan’s Inception saying that exciting flying scenes. worldwide level, and lets it destroy to personally, if you will. Before I it changed the way they dream. 5. Black Swan- Darren Aronofsky’s what relationships he has with those get to my top ten favorites, I should Honestly, I think that notion is a latest film, this feels like a mixture closest to him. It’s a well-told story, mention that Kick-Ass, Catfish, silly exaggeration. However, I can’t of his first feature film Pi and his last and a well made movie that shows Never Let Me Go, The Town, Jackass deny that I think Inception is one of film, The Wrestler. It mixes themes a degree of reservation not seen in 3D, MacGruber, Exit Through the Gift the most well-crafted science fiction and aesthetics from both films, and many films of its nature. The Social .
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