Top 10 Movies of 2011
2011 was a GREAT year for movies. More often than the not, I left the theater feeling highly entertained. Here are my faves:
Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Part Two: A satisfying finale to a series, film or tv, is nearly impossible. But David Yates did such a fantastic job that the most disappointing part of watching the film was that there was no standing ovation at the end. Also thank you internet!!
Pina: This movie made me want to quit my day job and train to be a dancer at the school of Pina. Unlike anything I have seen before.
Drive: Sexiest Movie Of The Year. Style, blood, minimal dialogue & the perfect soundtrack.
Certified Copy: An absorbing meditation on relationships, the shapes that love can take in a lifetime, featuring the mesmerizing Juliette Binoche.
Carnage: I have a theory that you can tell if you will like a movie in the first ten minutes. I loved this in the first five. Four characters, one room = TENSION. MY FAVOURITE.
Bridesmaids: I saw this in theatre twice. I loved how excessive the jokes were, that each time they really, reaalllly went there.
Winnie The Pooh: No sarcasm. No pop culture references. No 3D. Just a sweet, earnest movie. The world needs more of this.
Incendies: I resisted seeing this for so long because the trailer kind of put me to sleep. The film does anything but. Truly haunting. Believe the praise.
Bill Cunnigham New York: “He who seeks beauty will find it.”
Beginners: Generally the white-man-with-existential-crisis genre does nothing for me. But throw in a charming gay dad, and the father-son dynamics that come with, and that changes everything.
Honourable Mentions:
West is West: In recent years there has been an influx of films discussing what it means to live in North America as an South Asian immigrant. What I loved about this film is that it showed the flip side, the ways our connection to The Motherland can be romanticized and unfortunately lost.
Weekend: A gay Before Sunrise. The beauty, excitement and ache of making a connection to someone in a short span of time.
Rabbit Hole: How do you recommend the saddest movie of 2011? A devastating examination of loss with incredible performances by Kidman & Eckhart.
Biggest Disappointment:
Tree of Life: Even the incredible visuals couldn’t keep me from falling asleep (perhaps it was all the religious overdubs.) Then walking out. Wish I had watched this 2 min synposis instead.
