Friday, December 30, 2011

Movies of 2011

Top five:
Contagion - It could happen.  Again.
Captain America: The First Avenger - Pulled all the right strings to make it a good action/adventure movie.
X-Men: First Class - Hard to resist a good origin movie to a classic franchise.
Source Code - A very well done time-travel / do-over movie. Avoids most of the pitfalls of the genre.
In Time - The only reason this movie made it to my top five is because it strikes a chord within me.  The feeling of always not having enough time. Irony of spending time to watch it is not lost on me.

Enjoyable:
Moneyball - Good underdog story.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Battle Los Angeles
Cowboys and Aliens
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Cars 2
The Ides of March
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Friends with Benefits
The Muppets
Paul
The Adjustment Bureau
The Three Musketeers
Thor

Could have done without watching (in no particular order):
Shaolin
The Darkest Hour
Drive
The Smurfs
Green Lantern
Fast Five
Kung Fu Panda 2
Sucker Punch
I am Number Four
Hanna
Another Earth
Tower Heist
Larry Crowne
The Mechanic
Priest
Johnny English Reborn
Rango
The Eagle
The Resident
Mars Needs Moms
The Green Hornet

Plan to watch:
Mission Impossible - Ghost Protocol
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
The Adventures of Tintin
The Iron Lady
1911
Sorcerer and the White Snake