FFA Movie Poll - 2010 it's countdown Monday! (1 Viewer)

[KarmaPolice]

# 3  215pts

10/4

You don't wanna go around Little Arthur's askin' them people about anything they ain't offered to talk about. That's a real good way to end up et by hogs... or wishin' you was.

A plodding bore

A girl is searching for her presumably dead father in order to prevent her house from being seized by a bondsman. The claustrophobic atmosphere in the film is accompanied by dry local dialog which won't exactly make you spin in your seat. By the time the film is over, you have gained nothing in terms of entertainment or a better understanding of what the hell it is that makes these people tick. The film just kind of drags on for 100 minutes and then ends. It's not a poorly made film by any means, it just begs the question why anyone would bother to create it in the first place.

WINTER'S BONE

 

[On The Rocks]

#5  196pts

9/2

You didn't give a #### if I got killed by Mungin; now, all of a sudden, you're worried Sanchez is gonna hurt me? Why? I mean, come on, ****. 'Cause you're stuck in here and can't be the center of attention no more?

Seriously?

Wahlberg plays an aging boxer trying to catch a break and finally win an important match in an attempt to boost his career. In between the repetitive scenes showing him train, the audience is treated to a rambling screenplay (consisting primarily of totally dense individuals bickering and shouting) and the most irritating characters in film known to man. No cliché is left untouched; the white trash family members (E.T.), the love interest from the local bar (A space Odyssey) and of course the poorly shot boxing sequences (Groundhog Day, et al).

Words fail me to describe my perplexity as I try to make sense of the 7.8 rating this parody of film making has somehow garnered. I gave up on the reliability of this website's movie scores long ago, but people really need to get some perspective, it's becoming embarrassing..

THE FIGHTER

I must vote for movies more on performances then overall movie quality.  I put this at #1 based on the performances of Christian Bale and Melissa Leo. Bale was so great!

 

[Yankee23Fan]

#10  155pts

You must pay for everything in this world, one way and another. There is nothing free except the grace of God.

What a let down!

I was very excited to go see this film with my husband as we both love westerns. To both our horror this film was very slow and too manicured and staged to even be halfway believable. The acting was stiff and I felt the lines were awkward and unrealistic for the times. The cast just did not work well together and were simply reading their lines and had no feeling or expression in the presentation. The film went on and on and on and never did pick-up. Wow....I wish we could get back to the great westerns with awesome actors that can really give you a heart pounding performance and keep you entertained throughout the entire story. If you love a true western that really makes you believe & feel involved and interested in the story then I would highly suggest you skip this film, it is by far the worst western I and my husband have every seen!Our friends also saw this film and found it terrible!

TRUE GRIT

The 19th Amendment in action.

 

[Yankee23Fan]

#4  208pts

9/3

Now Woody, he's been my pal for as long as I can remember. He's brave, like a cowboy should be. And kind, and smart. But the thing that makes Woody special, is he'll never give up on you... ever. He'll be there for you, no matter what.

Why does this get so much praise?

Okay this is Toy Story 3. The film everyone says that they liked, they say it was the Citizen Kane of animated films. And I'm just going to say, I don't get it. The main problem with the movie is it's just unpleasant. How did this get a G rating. I'd love to get somebody, anybody, from the MPAA to say maybe, just maybe, we should have given it PG! I mean that there is no fun in this film. But my review will be in obvious contrast to the others because I think it's bad. Well, it is. Granted it some good moments but it was just dark and unpleasant. Cars 2 get's hated while I like it. This get's liked while I hate it. Cars 2 get's hated because they say it was so much darker than the 1st. But this is twice as violent. Granted the last 2 films weren't all whimsical but in the last two did you see the toys getting tortured?! No! This simply does not happen! When did "You've got a friend in me," turn into "Burn alive, burn until you rot in hell!" When did that happen?! Is there something I missed in the last 2? Do I have an abridged DVD? Somebody tell me when the last 2 films were as dark as this! I'm sorry but this film is horrible! I still don't understand why so many people liked it. The last part of the movie with Andy playing with his toys for the last time was the only bit of the movie that I found good. That is my review.

TOY STORY 3

 This person should be euthanized.  There is no place in humanity for such an empty soul. 

 

[KarmaPolice]

#2  231pts

13/1

You are probably going to be a very successful computer person. But you're going to go through life thinking that girls don't like you because you're a nerd. And I want you to know, from the bottom of my heart, that that won't be true. It'll be because you're an #######.

What a trash...! If u got brains simply avoid it!

The social network to me is just another proof of recent mass hysteria where we can't distinct good from bad. This cheap drama-soap dramatically rewrites the history and I guess that's what made me angry. This is too much of a recent history and they're using real names in a docudrama setting. To me, this is history manipulation and not dramatization of a real story! 1)How lame that the Napster founder is played by the girls idol Justin. 2)How lame that he's talking about social networking as if he discovered it! Geez! Facebook just added a few very smart add ons, the social networking is certainly not their idea! I'd rather see a movie about the guys who actually did come up with the social networking idea i.e. profiles not for dating, but for friends. 3)Facebook is based mostly on cheating, lying, copying and misleading (i.e. Did u forget that back in the days we all used to receive this "friends invitations to join facebook?" Do u remember that facebook once u joined misled u on entering Ur e-mail password and then hacked into Ur address book and sent ALL of them an invitation to join face-book without our permission??)

This film is a horror film about how horribly well things work if Ur smart and unethical. As far as the film goes it technically work fine, it's interesting that Mark is somehow honest about himself not being such a nice person, but under my humble opinion this whole film is made to fill Mark's vanity issues and wanting to stay in history as the founder of social networking, which is simply a lie.

THE SOCIAL NETWORK

 

[El Floppo]

Floppo is definitely the worst. 

Actually true.

 

[Ilov80s]

Ok scratch my last post- I am shocked Winters Bone was #3. Was Iron-Man 2 not on the list?

 

[Yankee23Fan]

#2  231pts

13/1

You are probably going to be a very successful computer person. But you're going to go through life thinking that girls don't like you because you're a nerd. And I want you to know, from the bottom of my heart, that that won't be true. It'll be because you're an #######.

What a trash...! If u got brains simply avoid it!

The social network to me is just another proof of recent mass hysteria where we can't distinct good from bad. This cheap drama-soap dramatically rewrites the history and I guess that's what made me angry. This is too much of a recent history and they're using real names in a docudrama setting. To me, this is history manipulation and not dramatization of a real story! 1)How lame that the Napster founder is played by the girls idol Justin. 2)How lame that he's talking about social networking as if he discovered it! Geez! Facebook just added a few very smart add ons, the social networking is certainly not their idea! I'd rather see a movie about the guys who actually did come up with the social networking idea i.e. profiles not for dating, but for friends. 3)Facebook is based mostly on cheating, lying, copying and misleading (i.e. Did u forget that back in the days we all used to receive this "friends invitations to join facebook?" Do u remember that facebook once u joined misled u on entering Ur e-mail password and then hacked into Ur address book and sent ALL of them an invitation to join face-book without our permission??)

This film is a horror film about how horribly well things work if Ur smart and unethical. As far as the film goes it technically work fine, it's interesting that Mark is somehow honest about himself not being such a nice person, but under my humble opinion this whole film is made to fill Mark's vanity issues and wanting to stay in history as the founder of social networking, which is simply a lie.

THE SOCIAL NETWORK

I was ready for this moran to write,  "well, you're honor,  on the night in question,  per se, your honor....

 

[wikkidpissah]

I must vote for movies more on performances then overall movie quality.  I put this at #1 based on the performances of Christian Bale and Melissa Leo. Bale was so great!

The Greek chorus of sistahs was my favorite paaht by faaaah

 

[wikkidpissah]

Floppo is definitely the worst. 

Big slice a worstwurst

 

[KarmaPolice]

#1  245pts

13/4

What is the most resilient parasite? Bacteria? A virus? An intestinal worm? An idea. Resilient... highly contagious. Once an idea has taken hold of the brain it's almost impossible to eradicate. An idea that is fully formed - fully understood - that sticks; right in there somewhere.

A fake "thinking person's movie"

I cannot phrase it better, so I will quote Rex Reed who called Inception's storyline "prattling drivel." A friend claimed Inception is a "thinking person's movie", but a thinking person will realize that it is only masquerading as a thinking person's movie. At bottom, intellectually, "there is no there there." Add to this that someone clearly believed the film needed to be pumped up with overwrought drama to qualify it as a "summer blockbuster." I couldn't wait for it to end, and when it did, the intrusiveness of the loud, schlocky music over the closing credits seemed to crystallize all the incipient negative feelings I had been having throughout the movie. I hope that this director will go back to doing smaller films that do not stretch his concepts beyond what they can support.

INCEPTION

 

[KarmaPolice]

Ok scratch my last post- I am shocked Winters Bone was #3. Was Iron-Man 2 not on the list?

Are you even reading my posts?

 

[KarmaPolice]

There are so many great negative reviews for Inception, but they are all spoilery or about 10pgs long.  

 

[KarmaPolice]

I was ready for this moran to write,  "well, you're honor,  on the night in question,  per se, your honor....

I luv how ppl try to B smart, but write in text lingo and abbrvs.  

 

[Ilov80s]

Are you even reading my posts?

I scrolled back and see IM2 was a tie with Machete. I don’t think I noticed there were two in that post. It makes me happy though, I assumed Ironman and other comic stuff would all get way overrated.

 

[El Floppo]

@KarmaPolice... As always, this

 

[KarmaPolice]

Sorry, not going to post the # of votes here.  The list is waaay too long, and I want to get through it...  Now for the best of the rest:

40-49pts:

Animal Kingdom

Restrepo

30-39pts:

Tron

13 Assassins

[rec] 2

Troll Hunter

I Saw the Devil

The Other Guys

Never Let me Go

The Kids are Alright

Planet Hulk

The Trip Incendies

Waste Land

The Man From Nowhere

Please Give

 

[KarmaPolice]

20-29pts:

Tangled

Unstoppable

Secretariat

Predators

She's Out of My League

A Nightmare on Elm Street

Rare Imports

The Last Exorcism

Devil

The Crazies

The American

Salt

Rabbit Hole

Inside Job

Get Him to the Greek

Certified Copy

The Illusionist

Who Is Harry Nilsson

 

[KarmaPolice]

10-19pts

Disappearance of Alice Creed

The A-Team

Paranormal Activity

LEgion

Cemetery Junction

Last Train Home

Frozen

Ghost Writer

Greenberg

Chronicles of Narnia 3

Resident Evil:  Afterlife

Saw 3D

Submarine

OSS 17

Sex, Drugs and Rock & Roll

Point Blank

Boy

In A Better World

Elite Squad 2

Jackass 3D

Tiny Furniture

Four Lions

The Genius Within: Inner Life of Glenn Gould

Single Digits:

Daybreakers 

Knight and Day

Rubber

Piranha 3D

Diary of a Wimpy Kid

The Switch

Wolfman

Tooth Fairy

Life As We Know It

Edge of Darkness

Robin Hood

Megamind

The Way Back

Biutiful

Date Night

Dinner for Schmucks

Ondine

Everything Must Go

Next 3 Days

Client 9

Catfish

Casino Jack & The United States of Money

The Killer Inside Me

 Lottery Ticket

Expendables

Cat in Paris

Death at a Funeral

Waiting for Superman

Louder Than a Bomb

Marwencol

IP Man 2

Yellow Sea

Unthinkable 

I Spit on Your Grave

 

[KarmaPolice]

Now back to the 80s!

 

[KarmaPolice]

1989 is up and running ------>  HERE

 

[Northern Voice]

Why are you not posting number of votes along with total points?

And also who ranked them highest, we have standards to uphold.

I feel less bad about not voting, seeing that even 30 for Scott Pilgrim wouldn't have pushed it to top ten.

 

[KarmaPolice]

And also who ranked them highest, we have standards to uphold. .

That was my original intent, but so many went with tiers and I ran out of room writing all the names down.   I might be more willing to spend that time if we weren't doing these every other week.

 

[El Floppo]

Am I the only vote for Four Lions? Thought that was hilarious

 

[wikkidpissah]

Am I the only vote for Four Lions? Thought that was hilarious

Did not see that listed. Woulda got 2nd ten from me if i knew. It was a hoot

 

[El Floppo]

Did not see that listed. Woulda got 2nd ten from me if i knew. It was a hoot

She's got a beard

The wookie is down

Where is there? I dunno.

 

[Keith R]

Social Network was my most notable willful omission.  Thought it was barely serviceable.  Glad it finished behind Inception.

 

[krista4]

# 3  215pts

10/4

You don't wanna go around Little Arthur's askin' them people about anything they ain't offered to talk about. That's a real good way to end up et by hogs... or wishin' you was.

A plodding bore

A girl is searching for her presumably dead father in order to prevent her house from being seized by a bondsman. The claustrophobic atmosphere in the film is accompanied by dry local dialog which won't exactly make you spin in your seat. By the time the film is over, you have gained nothing in terms of entertainment or a better understanding of what the hell it is that makes these people tick. The film just kind of drags on for 100 minutes and then ends. It's not a poorly made film by any means, it just begs the question why anyone would bother to create it in the first place.

WINTER'S BONE

This is the biggest pleasant surprise in any of these countdowns so far.  I barely even read the countdowns but scrolled through and saw this.  Great job, folks.

 

[KarmaPolice]

The dramas I was referring to that IMO were also good enough to be at the top but got little love were Never Let Me Go and Rabbit Hole.  Both great movies. 

 

[Frostillicus]

#16 83pts

Who the #### are you supposed to be? The green condom? You know it ain't Halloween for another few months, kid?

Probably the worse thing I've ever seen. AVOID LIKE PLAGUE.

I registered here to review this film, as I believe the high rating it has is a result of manipulation. I went to the cinema to see this after checking out the reviews here, and it has irreparrably damaged my confidence in IMDb. . .

It is clear that the review system is being manipulated to give UTTER TRASH like this high ratings on IMDb.

CHILD EXPLOITATION

I suppose if you're a Hollywood producer backed by enough money to market your product, you can exploit children in your film. You can also assist in the progressive de-sensitization of the masses to violence and pretend to be provocative and original by getting your child actress to act out scenes of murder and extreme violence. You can do all this and still get rave reviews in the mainstream media , who are getting payed by your bosses, so who cares about human values anymore? People who find this film funny, or good in any way have some serious problems, in my opinion. This is like a bunch of ######, coked-up teenagers with lots of cash to burn trying to be as awful as Tarantino in his worse moments. If you think this would be funny somehow, you are mistaken. This juvenile, onanistic sh!t is like the worse straight-to-DVD American trash you can pick up for a buck in junk stores.

The facts : this film is marketed to young people; has received rave reviews and has not been utterly condemned for its abusive, criminal exploitation of the worse parts of human nature and Americanised trash "culture" . Pretty depressing, and this has lots to say about the hopelessness of our "civilisation". It's funny if you have the humour of a sociopathic 13-year old boy from New Jersey. And it is precisely this demographic that should be kept away from films like this at all costs.

Hollywood continues with its campaign to completely erode humane values and de-sensitize people to violence and torture. How come full-on sex scenes including genitals are taboo, but scenes of gory murder and torture are now so commonplace that even children can participate? How did we get here?

Thugggish violence and shootings in schools by under-age psychopaths can be expected to continue with increased regularity thanks to films like this. Violence and torture are funny, yeah , as funny as a full-force baseball-bat hit to your genitals.

Like another reviewer has said: AVOID LIKE THE PLAGUE

KICK-###

That review is so ####### awesome.

 

[Frostillicus]

#15  89pts

Whatever happened to chivalry? Does it only exist in 80's movies? I want John Cusack holding a boombox outside my window. I wanna ride off on a lawnmower with Patrick Dempsey. I want Jake from Sixteen Candles waiting outside the church for me. I want Judd Nelson thrusting his fist into the air because he knows he got me. Just once I want my life to be like an 80's movie, preferably one with a really awesome musical number for no apparent reason. But no, no, John Hughes did not direct my life.

Contrived and unconvincing

Easy A has received so many positive reviews I was astonished at how bad it was. From the beginning it was difficult to suspend disbelief that a 17-year-old girl would stand out from the crowd for losing her virginity. And how much more difficult to suspend disbelief when the actress playing the character is 22.

It would have been worth the effort if the writing shone, but aside from some clever quips it was painful. The characters behaved in unbelievable ways. The movie has been compared to the works of John Hughes, but Molly Ringwald made a much more convincing outsider than Emma Stone. Stone is very charming and eye-catching, but is miscast for the part if we are to believe this attractive intelligent self-confident and funny woman is an invisible wall-flower who can only gain attention by pretending promiscuity.

Patricia Clarkson, Stanley Tucci and Malcolm MacDowell were a pleasure to watch, as usual, but they were peripheral to the action of the film.With the praise it has received I was expecting a Juno or a Clueless, but this film had less to say than American Pie.

EASY A

This is an outrage.

 

[Frostillicus]

This is true in context.  The mistake of the final Harry Potter movies was making 2 movies out of Deathly Hallows, but only 1 for Half Blood Prince which was the deepest story.

The better movie breakup would have been to make Half Blood Prince and Deathly Hallows 3 movies like they did, but extending HBP into a second movie that merged into the start of Deathly Hallows, with the third movie starting in the middle of DH.

Yes, I've given thought to this.

I agree.

 

[Mr. Mojo]

Well I love old movies and Golden Hollywood history so The Artist was in my wheelhouse. I enjoyed Birdman a lot- it was weird, dark and funny as hell. I actually liked it more the 2nd time. There’s a lot to it.

I'm guessing that you liked 3 Billboards, too, if you liked Birdman that much.

I can't get these into movies where people just seem to be constantly yelling or arguing with each other. I hear the term "black comedy" but it isn't humorous to me at all. I thought the same about Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (late 60's movie).

However, I thought that  I, Tonya was excellent. That was really funny, to me.

 

[Mr. Mojo]

I can't believe that Animal Kingdom didn't make it anywhere near the top.

I don't know if people here didn't see or didn't like it.

 

[Yankee23Fan]

This was by far the most different from my list that the countdown has hit. I think I had 3 of the top 10. 

 

[Dr. Octopus]

#11  124pts

When we crack this mountain open, all hell is going to break loose.

In my undies. Good thing I brought extras

Review: How to Train Your Dragon

How to Train Your Dragon offers no practical dragon training information. NONE. Zero stars.

To be honest I am not impressed.

The title clearly suggests that instructions would be provided on how I can train my dragon.

Clearly this was just marketing hype and false advertising. I am surprised that others have given a positive review. Surely I'm not the only person who thinks that a book titled "How to Train Your Dragon" would over at least SOME practical training information?

Terribly disappointed.

I would like my money back.

HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON

I'm hoping this review was tongue in cheek.

 

[wikkidpissah]

I can't believe that Animal Kingdom didn't make it anywhere near the top.

I don't know if people here didn't see or didn't like it.

I liked the premise a LOT more than the execution, which is why i didn't point it high

 

[Ilov80s]

I'm guessing that you liked 3 Billboards, too, if you liked Birdman that much.

I can't get these into movies where people just seem to be constantly yelling or arguing with each other. I hear the term "black comedy" but it isn't humorous to me at all. I thought the same about Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (late 60's movie).

However, I thought that  I, Tonya was excellent. That was really funny, to me.

I haven’t seen 3B yet. I don’t usually like movies where people just yell. A Woman Under the Influence was really well acted but not that enjoyable. WAOVW? is the grandmother of all yelling movies but I thought they managed to get a lot of humor out of it so the movie wasn’t so one note.

 

[Mr. Mojo]

I liked the premise a LOT more than the execution, which is why i didn't point it high

I thought it was an amazingly well done, up front, realistic crime drama.

 

[El Floppo]

I haven’t seen 3B yet. I don’t usually like movies where people just yell. A Woman Under the Influence was really well acted but not that enjoyable. WAOVW? is the grandmother of all yelling movies but I thought they managed to get a lot of humor out of it so the movie wasn’t so one note.

Fwiw I didn't like 3bs but loved birdman

 

[Yankee23Fan]

Fwiw I didn't like 3bs but loved birdman

 Im the opposite. 

 

[El Floppo]

 Im the opposite. 

You really are.

 

[krista4]

Fwiw I didn't like 3bs but loved birdman

 Im the opposite. 

  Me too.

 

[wikkidpissah]

disappointed to be the lone vote on Peter Weir's The Way Back & Innaratu's Biutiful

 

[krista4]

disappointed to be the lone vote on Peter Weir's The Way Back & Innaratu's Biutiful

If we could have had 25 movies, Biutiful would have made my list.  It turned out that there were just a lot of movies I enjoyed from 2010.  Haven't seen The Way Back.

 

[Eephus]

disappointed to be the lone vote on Peter Weir's The Way Back & Innaratu's Biutiful

 I didn't realize Biutiful was 2010.  I liked it.

 

[El Floppo]

She's got a beard

The wookie is down

Where is there? I dunno.

 loved this movie... although first to admit hahas about terrorism might not be for everybody.

but if you find any of those funny, see Four Lions. 

 

[wikkidpissah]

 loved this movie... although first to admit hahas about terrorism might not be for everybody.

but if you find any of those funny, see Four Lions. 

terrorists are people, too and, like people, most of em are flaming iijitts

 

[BLOCKED_PUNT]

Sorry I didn't get to this. Not sure why Scott Pilgrim made this list. 

 

[BLOCKED_PUNT]

Ditto Hot Tub