If you couldn’t tell already by being here, I love art in all of its forms as channels for human expression. Film is one of the highest arts, taking teamwork, planning and of course months of execution to create. For years I’ve loved talking about film with my friends and debating who would be worthy of our own praise. Last year, I decided to begin a tradition of posting my own Top 10 Movies of the Year (Click here for my 2010 Picks!)
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| inks on bristol / 2011 |
2011 was a great year for cinema and there were some tough cuts I had to make from a list which was constantly being revised throughout the year. Some genuinely good movies with huge production value such as Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Limitless, and Water for Elephants (one of my wife’s favorites, based on a novel she loves) made my list initially but got bumped in the end. Acting doesn’t always carry a film to the finish line with me either. Look for Woody Harrelson to get an Oscar nod for his balls-out psychological portrayal of an anti-hero dirty LAPD officer in Rampart, a movie worthy of note that could only be carried so far by some really nice acting. But hey, you don’t want to hear about who didn’t make the cut, right? Let’s get to the films which did make my list this year…
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