My Top 10 Movies of 2010 and Golden Globe Awards 2011

I thought that the golden globe nominees were all excellent movies and stars.  The only thing I would have changed is I would have swapped out Social Network with True Grit.   I thought the latter was much better than the former and deserved to be nominated.   Natalie Portman definitely deserved her award along with Mellisa Leo and Christian Bale.  Their performances were definitely far better than the other nominees.  I think that Leo Decaprio (Inception) and Jeff Bridges (True Grit) could have easily won best actor.  In fact, I was disappointed that True Grit was not nominated in any category.   I guess the Foreign press just doesn't get American westerns.

My top 10 films of 2010 in this order:
1.  Inception.
2.  Black Swan (a very close second)
3.  The Fighter.
4.  True Grit
5.  The King's Speech.
6.  The Town (Ben Affleck
7.  Toy Story 3
8.  Get Low (Robert Duvall)
9.  The Social Network
10.  127 hours.

Social Network won the best picture prize at the Golden Globes but it didn't even make my top 5.  The horrible movie The Kids are All Right is the most over-hyped movie of the year.  I gave that 2 stars as not even being worthy to rent for a dollar.  It's the kind of story that the left wing tree huggers love though so it's bound to get an award though.

Movie Review: The Green Hornet 2 stars

It's bad enough that the movie wasn't worth the normal price of admission but I had to see this in 3D (total waste of 3D) which cost me almost $12!    Seth Rogen wrote and stars as the Green Hornet with his sidekick Kato.  I thought Kato was the best part of the movie but everything else was a disaster.   Terrible story, terrible acting, a terrible villain in Christoph Waltz (outstanding Colonel in Inglorious Bastards), and special effects that seem to be there just to fill time but cost millions.   This is a "by the numbers" how to make a terrible movie.  Besides all the things that were bad in this movie then wasted millions of dollars on special effects and stunts that didn't enhance the movie at all.  I wonder if Seth Rogen is ever going to play a role where he is not the "lovable loser".  I had no love for this movie and it was definitely a loser.

Movie Review, I Love you Phillip Morris 2.5 Stars

This strange movie based upon a true story start Jim Carrey as a sociopathic homosexual who is a successful scam artist.  So this movie sets up like a gay "Catch me if you Can".  Unfortunately, he falls in love with the perpetual victim of scam artists Ewan McGregor.  The madcap adventure ensues both in prison and out.  The movie had some very funny moments but also big gaps were the humor just didn't hit.  Also, more than a few uncomfortable "Brokeback Mountain" moments.  This would make an okay rental if you were fans of the actors but realize it has a very hard R rating.

Movie Review: Country Strong, 2 stars

I had a decision to make.  Do I see the stinky Nicholas Cage movie or the stinky Gwyneth Paltrow movie.  Since Gwyneth is the better actor I went with Country Strong.   It was still probably the better of the two bad movies but it was still pretty bad.  Horrible acting by everyone but Gwyneth, the story was terrible and she was only on the screen around 20 minutes of the hour and fifty minutes of the movie.   You had to wonder what they were thinking when they made this.  When Gwyneth was on the screen it was a three star movie worthy of your movie dollar.  When she wasn't, which was most of the time it was barely a one star train wreck.

If you still want to see it, be sure to rent it so you can fast foward through all the bad parts and enjoy Ms Paltrow's wonderful performance.