Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler - the best performance I have ever seen, him losing to Sean Penn for Milk this year was one of the worst things to EVER happen! Below are my favourite award speechs from award bodies who got it right, oh and his appearance in The Pledge, which I think is really good!
Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight - mad as a hatter, a close second.
Joaquin Phoenx - Gladiator - before Letterman and the beard happened, Joaquin was brilliant. He stole the show from Russell in this.
Heath Ledger - Brokeback Mountain - He is amazing, the only actor to appear twice on this list! He was only 24 when he did this.
Jackie Earle Haley - Little Children - brilliant creep, his brilliant performance has meant he got the roles in Watchmen and as the new Freddy Kreuger, which I am only interested in seeing because of him.
Javier Bardem - No Country for old men - Call it has been overplayed so I thought I would show you his first appearance.
Sharlto Copley - District 9 - one of the best debut performances of all time? tragic hero.
Jim Broadbent - Iris - he is heartbreaking.
Cillian Murphy - Batman Begins - he is easily the best villain in the original, showing boring Liam Neeson how its done.
Robin Williams - Insomnia - are all my favourite performances creeps? again, another one, but Robin is brilliant, he is a much better framatic actor than a comedian.
Saturday, 2 January 2010
Funniest Moments of the Decade
Charlie factory: elevator - I WEPT
Moulin rouge: like a virgin - no clip unfortunately, but I assume you know it well (Ewan, camera 3!)
Team America: fight
Zoolander: Walk Off - Well I can't find that scene! So heres a scene thats NEARLY as good
Goldmember: fight in bag (1st of 3 Goldmember selections, whoops)
Not another teen movie: Sean Patrick Thomas cameo
Scary movie 3 – spinning scene, skip a bit into the clip, the rest is poor
Little Miss Sunshine – escape pageant - arrgh, no footage, it is brilliant, Steve Carrell and Paul Dano go into the pageant and immediately leave. Tiny moment but laugh out loud hilarious
Shaun of the dead: don’t stop me now - done to death I know, but still classic
Tropic Thunder – tom dances - he's better than RDJ, so grotesque!!
I Heart Huckabees – Mark Whalberg - every line he delivers is hilarious, come back Mark!!
Team American – secret signal
Goldmember – opening - back flips are a highlight
Goldmember – mole - I'm gonna chop it up and make some guacMOLEE
Shaun of the dead – not present on youtube; do you see them? no...oh wait there they are (puts head slightly to the left)...I think it's more of a 'see' than 'describe' hilarity
Wallace and Gromit – a bullet? a bullet? a bullet?
Spiderman 3: emo walk
Tropic thunder: simple jack
Bridget Jones: the fight between Darcy and Cleaver, very funny and very non existent
Mamma mia: Colin firth coming out as gay
Spiderman 3 - How's the pie?
Moulin rouge: like a virgin - no clip unfortunately, but I assume you know it well (Ewan, camera 3!)
Team America: fight
Zoolander: Walk Off - Well I can't find that scene! So heres a scene thats NEARLY as good
Goldmember: fight in bag (1st of 3 Goldmember selections, whoops)
Not another teen movie: Sean Patrick Thomas cameo
Scary movie 3 – spinning scene, skip a bit into the clip, the rest is poor
Little Miss Sunshine – escape pageant - arrgh, no footage, it is brilliant, Steve Carrell and Paul Dano go into the pageant and immediately leave. Tiny moment but laugh out loud hilarious
Shaun of the dead: don’t stop me now - done to death I know, but still classic
Tropic Thunder – tom dances - he's better than RDJ, so grotesque!!
I Heart Huckabees – Mark Whalberg - every line he delivers is hilarious, come back Mark!!
Team American – secret signal
Goldmember – opening - back flips are a highlight
Goldmember – mole - I'm gonna chop it up and make some guacMOLEE
Shaun of the dead – not present on youtube; do you see them? no...oh wait there they are (puts head slightly to the left)...I think it's more of a 'see' than 'describe' hilarity
Wallace and Gromit – a bullet? a bullet? a bullet?
Spiderman 3: emo walk
Tropic thunder: simple jack
Bridget Jones: the fight between Darcy and Cleaver, very funny and very non existent
Mamma mia: Colin firth coming out as gay
Spiderman 3 - How's the pie?
Best deaths of the decade
American psycho - Paul Allen - Brilliant, my favourite part of the film, hilarious.
American Psycho
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Sunshine - Kaneda - brilliant soundtrack!
King Kong - Lumpy the Chef - so OTT and gross!
Sunshine - Mace - sigh, the best character
FOTR - Gandalf - very moving (even though he technically doesnt die)
POTC2 - Jack - again, not a real death, but he goes out Sparrow style
Blood Diamond - Random evil - Djimon Honsou certainly gets the enraged scream award
There will be blood - Eli - certainl inventive
The Departed - Leo - huge shock!
Final destination 3 - Gym dude - hilariously bad
American Psycho
Jason | MySpace Video
Sunshine - Kaneda - brilliant soundtrack!
King Kong - Lumpy the Chef - so OTT and gross!
Sunshine - Mace - sigh, the best character
FOTR - Gandalf - very moving (even though he technically doesnt die)
POTC2 - Jack - again, not a real death, but he goes out Sparrow style
Blood Diamond - Random evil - Djimon Honsou certainly gets the enraged scream award
There will be blood - Eli - certainl inventive
The Departed - Leo - huge shock!
Final destination 3 - Gym dude - hilariously bad
Endings of the decade - spoilers OBV
The Mist - jaw dropping, don't watch unless you're sure you will never watch the movie!
The Wrestler - another weepie!! Poor Ram.
United 93 - tears galore, haunting.
Lost in translation - makes me cry, lovely ending.
The Descent - can't put the video on here, but the ending can be found here: it is so haunting and bleak, easily the best part of the film. The Americans had to have a different 'happy' ending as this was too much, haha.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jf_-vwIrsQ&feature=PlayList&p=3926F20CD28CB551&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=10
Batman Begins - oooh, spine tingling moment! Sets up TDK brilliantly
Final destination - very amusing ending to a HORRIBLE movie
Peterpan - And I never saw Peter Pan again......CRYY
Drag me to hell - great slap in the face
The lake house - poor film, but nice ending, these two share so much chemistry, seems ridiculous to have them apart for the whole movie
Slumdog millionaire - I'm on about the dance on the credits, does that count?
The life of David Gale - twist may be easy to see coming, but still spin tingling. Not bad for a completely adequate movie.
Hard Candy - nice twist
POTC - tee hee
ESOTSM - ending is non existent, so here's a nice scene
The Wrestler - another weepie!! Poor Ram.
United 93 - tears galore, haunting.
Lost in translation - makes me cry, lovely ending.
The Descent - can't put the video on here, but the ending can be found here: it is so haunting and bleak, easily the best part of the film. The Americans had to have a different 'happy' ending as this was too much, haha.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jf_-vwIrsQ&feature=PlayList&p=3926F20CD28CB551&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=10
Batman Begins - oooh, spine tingling moment! Sets up TDK brilliantly
Final destination - very amusing ending to a HORRIBLE movie
Peterpan - And I never saw Peter Pan again......CRYY
Drag me to hell - great slap in the face
The lake house - poor film, but nice ending, these two share so much chemistry, seems ridiculous to have them apart for the whole movie
Slumdog millionaire - I'm on about the dance on the credits, does that count?
The life of David Gale - twist may be easy to see coming, but still spin tingling. Not bad for a completely adequate movie.
Hard Candy - nice twist
POTC - tee hee
ESOTSM - ending is non existent, so here's a nice scene
Saddest moments of the decade
Requiem for a dream: poor Ellyn
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuzNohk5cYw
Billy Elliot: DAD!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWtTtXBPW9s
Crash: the cloak
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYHIxZQv7Iw&feature=related
The Wrestler: I'm just a broken down piece of meat
The hours: I got on a bus
Cast away: Wilson!!!!
Finding Nemo – finds Nemo
ROTK: I can carry you
Crash: the crash
Castaway: the love of my life
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuzNohk5cYw
Billy Elliot: DAD!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWtTtXBPW9s
Crash: the cloak
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYHIxZQv7Iw&feature=related
The Wrestler: I'm just a broken down piece of meat
The hours: I got on a bus
Cast away: Wilson!!!!
Finding Nemo – finds Nemo
ROTK: I can carry you
Crash: the crash
Castaway: the love of my life
Best of the Decade
Decade:
The wrestler
Ghost world
Brokeback mountain
Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind
Moulin rouge
Little children
The mist
The dark knight
American psycho
Religulous
Erin Brockovich
Return of the king
Sunshine
United 93
The constant gardener
21 grams
Funny games
Gladiator
Mystic River
Requiem for a dream
The wrestler
Ghost world
Brokeback mountain
Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind
Moulin rouge
Little children
The mist
The dark knight
American psycho
Religulous
Erin Brockovich
Return of the king
Sunshine
United 93
The constant gardener
21 grams
Funny games
Gladiator
Mystic River
Requiem for a dream
2009 - best of and worst of
2009
Best:
1) The Wrestler
Brilliant, I cannot fault it. Mickey Rourke delivers the best performance I have ever seen, truly heartbreaking. The movie is sad, well written, true to life, wonderfully acted, very funny in places and has a bittersweet ending and Bruce Springsteen! Perfect length too. Wins this list HANDS DOWN.
2)Religulous
Documentary looking at the ridiculous nature of religion, hence the title. It is HILARIOUS, easily the funniest film of the year and very intelligent.
3) Star Trek
I loved this, I really was not expecting to, I went in a bit like a spoilt teenager. Oh well, the team behind Lost really pulled it off. As a non trekkie, it was a perfect introduction to the interesting world. It didnt take itself too seriously, it kind of reminded me of Firefly/Serenity in that way. Great performances especially from Spock the younger. Not so sure about Eric Bana though.
4) 500 days of summer
Very sweet, and kooky...but in a good way! I know I gave Juno a hard time, but I much prefered this. It didnt obsess with using annoyingly cute dialogue (homskillet) or props (HAMBURGER PHONE) and I think perhaps because Tom was a realistic character and Joseph Gorden Levitt is bursting with charisma and comic timing. A bit iffy about Zoooey deshahahah, but never mind. The script is original, funny and touching. There is no chase scene at the end! A first for a rom com?
5) Drag me to hell
The movie equivelant of a rollercoaster, it is sooo much fun. Sam Raimi really got his act together after Spidey 3. Not being limited to a 12 certificate, Raimi can push the boundaries of horror that Spidey 3 needed for the exploration of the dark side. Drag me to hell is gross, far fetched, silly but great fun. What horror should be, I jumped out of my seat and laughed in equal doses. Brilliant ending.
6) Slumdog Millionaire -
What can I say that hasnt been said? Very enjoyable, brilliant performances, perfect balance of humour and sadness. Lovely seeing the underdog beat the crap out of Benjamin Button at the awards season! Jai Ho!
7) Revolutionary Road - The book is better, but I think this is Mendes return to form after the dull misfires of Road to perdition and Jarhead. Leo and Kate share electrifying chemistry and deliver great performances (especially Kate, better here than in the overrated Reader), even when they HATE each other. Creepy ending, lovely score by good ol' Thomas Newman. Not the best film to see on a first date or after a wedding. It is sad to think that this may have happened if Jack Dawson survived the sinking, oh well, he died so it doesnt matter.
8) District 9 - ahhh, Michael Bay and Roland Emerich, bloody well take note! An action movie with special effeects that horror of horrors does not completely focus on fighting and explosions!! (Michael is drooling as I type this) A brilliant debut performance from Copley, who is the tragic hero Vikus, truly shocking and a great political commentry on race and humanity. Perfect length too. The budget was something ridiculous like a few million yet managed to create brilliant alien creatures without shoving them in our faces every 2 seconds, the film focuses more instead on Vikus and his bodily transformation and his desperate attempts in survival.
9)Moon - Lovely little film, really took me by surprise. It starts off strangely and it really keeps you guessing, I had no idea where it was headed. Nice touch of the Hal ripoff robot with Kevin Spacey's voice.
10) Paranormal Activity - nice to see a horror movie when less is more, I wasnt as scared as I hoped to be, but the atmosphere was intense, the use of sound was incredibly creative and the last 15 minutes certainly made the old palms sweat. I dont like sleeping with my foot out of the bed now though, dooo.
Worst:
I highly doubt these are the worst in the year, I have avoided a lot of films, but alas, I got caught out. I unfortauntely did not catch the applauded Hottie and the nottie, hes just not THAT into you, Marley and Me, Crank 2, Gamer, Dance Flick and of course Transformers etc.
1) Knowing
Jesus Christ this was horrendous. I think this tops the list as I didn't expect it to be THIS bad. Nicholas Cage delivers a shocking performance, he is half asleep with his hand laid out waiting for that saaweet paychecque. Knowing doesnt know what it wants to be - a horror? an action adventure? a philisophical look at life on earth? a sci fi? That's right, it goes all George Lucas on you and a bit of Narnia thrown in.
2) 2012
Arrghhh, awful. Every damn action sequence has the main carboard leads escape the tornado/earthquake/laver by 1 second. EVERY scene. They also appeared to run out of money by the end, the cameras quickly changed to the ones used in Dr Who/Power Rangers. Roland Emerich - nearly as bad as Michael Bay?
3) The Final Destination
I enjoyed the 3D opening credits, they flew right into my face! the entrails on the other hand, hmmm...not scary, just stupid. I'm not a fan of the series, but this rivals the original film in levels of badness. The hairdressing scene crossed the line as did the use of 'it's only a dream! being used TWICE.
4) Bride Wars
How does Kate Hudson get work? This was shocking, and I thought SATC was too materialistic and shallow - it looks like it was produced by the peace hippy nature loving society in comparison to horrible bride wars. Women do not act like this! Also, men also have personalities!!! And why does Candice Bergen get wheeled out to do every chick flick under the sun as 'stern older woman?'
5) Watchmen
Oohh controversial choice. It has a fresh rating on rotten tomatoes, quite well received and I can admire a lot of things about it. However, all of that can't change that when I was in the cinema I was praying for it to end. I was unbelievably bored, disengaged and wondering what the fuss was about. The novelty of the Guy Ritchie sloooooowwwfast! camera work was ridiculous, OTT violence that seemed to be added as an after thought, about 45 minutes too long and the worst sex scene ever perhaps? How can a sex scene involving lovely Patrick Wilson not be enjoyable?? Damn you Zach Snyder. Perhaps if I read the 'graphic novel (i.e. comic book) it might make more sense. I like Jackie Earle Hayley though.
Best:
1) The Wrestler
Brilliant, I cannot fault it. Mickey Rourke delivers the best performance I have ever seen, truly heartbreaking. The movie is sad, well written, true to life, wonderfully acted, very funny in places and has a bittersweet ending and Bruce Springsteen! Perfect length too. Wins this list HANDS DOWN.
2)Religulous
Documentary looking at the ridiculous nature of religion, hence the title. It is HILARIOUS, easily the funniest film of the year and very intelligent.
3) Star Trek
I loved this, I really was not expecting to, I went in a bit like a spoilt teenager. Oh well, the team behind Lost really pulled it off. As a non trekkie, it was a perfect introduction to the interesting world. It didnt take itself too seriously, it kind of reminded me of Firefly/Serenity in that way. Great performances especially from Spock the younger. Not so sure about Eric Bana though.
4) 500 days of summer
Very sweet, and kooky...but in a good way! I know I gave Juno a hard time, but I much prefered this. It didnt obsess with using annoyingly cute dialogue (homskillet) or props (HAMBURGER PHONE) and I think perhaps because Tom was a realistic character and Joseph Gorden Levitt is bursting with charisma and comic timing. A bit iffy about Zoooey deshahahah, but never mind. The script is original, funny and touching. There is no chase scene at the end! A first for a rom com?
5) Drag me to hell
The movie equivelant of a rollercoaster, it is sooo much fun. Sam Raimi really got his act together after Spidey 3. Not being limited to a 12 certificate, Raimi can push the boundaries of horror that Spidey 3 needed for the exploration of the dark side. Drag me to hell is gross, far fetched, silly but great fun. What horror should be, I jumped out of my seat and laughed in equal doses. Brilliant ending.
6) Slumdog Millionaire -
What can I say that hasnt been said? Very enjoyable, brilliant performances, perfect balance of humour and sadness. Lovely seeing the underdog beat the crap out of Benjamin Button at the awards season! Jai Ho!
7) Revolutionary Road - The book is better, but I think this is Mendes return to form after the dull misfires of Road to perdition and Jarhead. Leo and Kate share electrifying chemistry and deliver great performances (especially Kate, better here than in the overrated Reader), even when they HATE each other. Creepy ending, lovely score by good ol' Thomas Newman. Not the best film to see on a first date or after a wedding. It is sad to think that this may have happened if Jack Dawson survived the sinking, oh well, he died so it doesnt matter.
8) District 9 - ahhh, Michael Bay and Roland Emerich, bloody well take note! An action movie with special effeects that horror of horrors does not completely focus on fighting and explosions!! (Michael is drooling as I type this) A brilliant debut performance from Copley, who is the tragic hero Vikus, truly shocking and a great political commentry on race and humanity. Perfect length too. The budget was something ridiculous like a few million yet managed to create brilliant alien creatures without shoving them in our faces every 2 seconds, the film focuses more instead on Vikus and his bodily transformation and his desperate attempts in survival.
9)Moon - Lovely little film, really took me by surprise. It starts off strangely and it really keeps you guessing, I had no idea where it was headed. Nice touch of the Hal ripoff robot with Kevin Spacey's voice.
10) Paranormal Activity - nice to see a horror movie when less is more, I wasnt as scared as I hoped to be, but the atmosphere was intense, the use of sound was incredibly creative and the last 15 minutes certainly made the old palms sweat. I dont like sleeping with my foot out of the bed now though, dooo.
Worst:
I highly doubt these are the worst in the year, I have avoided a lot of films, but alas, I got caught out. I unfortauntely did not catch the applauded Hottie and the nottie, hes just not THAT into you, Marley and Me, Crank 2, Gamer, Dance Flick and of course Transformers etc.
1) Knowing
Jesus Christ this was horrendous. I think this tops the list as I didn't expect it to be THIS bad. Nicholas Cage delivers a shocking performance, he is half asleep with his hand laid out waiting for that saaweet paychecque. Knowing doesnt know what it wants to be - a horror? an action adventure? a philisophical look at life on earth? a sci fi? That's right, it goes all George Lucas on you and a bit of Narnia thrown in.
2) 2012
Arrghhh, awful. Every damn action sequence has the main carboard leads escape the tornado/earthquake/laver by 1 second. EVERY scene. They also appeared to run out of money by the end, the cameras quickly changed to the ones used in Dr Who/Power Rangers. Roland Emerich - nearly as bad as Michael Bay?
3) The Final Destination
I enjoyed the 3D opening credits, they flew right into my face! the entrails on the other hand, hmmm...not scary, just stupid. I'm not a fan of the series, but this rivals the original film in levels of badness. The hairdressing scene crossed the line as did the use of 'it's only a dream! being used TWICE.
4) Bride Wars
How does Kate Hudson get work? This was shocking, and I thought SATC was too materialistic and shallow - it looks like it was produced by the peace hippy nature loving society in comparison to horrible bride wars. Women do not act like this! Also, men also have personalities!!! And why does Candice Bergen get wheeled out to do every chick flick under the sun as 'stern older woman?'
5) Watchmen
Oohh controversial choice. It has a fresh rating on rotten tomatoes, quite well received and I can admire a lot of things about it. However, all of that can't change that when I was in the cinema I was praying for it to end. I was unbelievably bored, disengaged and wondering what the fuss was about. The novelty of the Guy Ritchie sloooooowwwfast! camera work was ridiculous, OTT violence that seemed to be added as an after thought, about 45 minutes too long and the worst sex scene ever perhaps? How can a sex scene involving lovely Patrick Wilson not be enjoyable?? Damn you Zach Snyder. Perhaps if I read the 'graphic novel (i.e. comic book) it might make more sense. I like Jackie Earle Hayley though.
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