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Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Vera Farmiga, Michelle Monaghan, Jeffrey Wright
Director: Duncan Jones
Release Date: 1st April 2011
A soldier (Gyllenhaal) wakes up in the body of an unknown man and discovers he’s part of an experimental government program to find the bomber of a Chicago commuter train. Each time the train explodes, it’s reset for him to try again. The director’s previous effort, Moon, was perhaps the best sci-fi movie of 2009. This isn’t as good, but is still highly entertaining. At its best it feels like a Hitchcock film, from the acting to the camera work to the music. And the concept has a way of tickling the brain. Yes it’s a mish-mash of Quantum Leap, 12 Monkeys, Groundhog Day and particularly Deja Vu, but it does it in a compelling way. Just ignore Jeffrey Wright’s hammy performance.
The Thing
Starring: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Joel Edgerton, Eric Christian Olsen
Director: Matthijs van Heijningen Jr.
Release Date: 14th October 2011
Prequel to the ’82 John Carpenter classic, set in the Norwegian camp that discovered the alien craft and shapeshifting creature. This is a personal choice, but if you’re a big fan of Carpenter’s version like me, and don’t nitpick too much (yes, the dog is a different colour), you’ll have a great time. The difference between this and other horror remakes (it is one) is you can tell everyone involved really gets the source material and actually cares about doing the best they can. It has inventive ‘Thing-outs’ (the cgi itself varies between excellent and disappointing), great sound, fun-to-unravel whodunit mysteries, and a talented cast.
Tucker & Dale vs Evil
Starring: Tyler Labine, Alan Tudyk, Katrina Bowden, Jesse Moss
Director: Eli Craig
Release Date: 23rd September 2011
Tucker and Dale are best friends on vacation at their dilapidated mountain house, who are mistaken for murderous backwoods hillbillies by a group of obnoxious, preppy college kids. When one of the students gets separated from her friends, the boys try to lend a hand, but as the misunderstanding grows, so does the body count. This is a gory, good-spirited horror-comedy that cleverly flips the many cliches of the killer redneck movie. Tucker and Dale are both wonderfully played. The college kids overact a bit, but it’s still a most enjoyable ride.
Here’s our top 20:
20. Crazy, Stupid, Love
19. Fright Night
18. Super 8
17. Thor
16. Captain America: The First Avenger
15. Contagion
14. The Adventures Of Tintin
13. Midnight In Paris
12. The Descendants
11. Warrior
10. Bridesmaids
9. X-Men: First Class
8. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
7. The Artist
6. Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol
5. Rise Of The Apes
4. Hugo
3. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
2. Drive
1. Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows – Part 2
What were your favourites this year?
#1 Rise of The Planet of The Apes (trailer looks crazy and description here makes it sound possible for it to be a good movie)
#2 Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon
#3 Contagion (I Am Legend prequel?)
looks pretty much like a major blockbuster year. there are so many potentially good movies in 2011: pirates 4, x men, capt america, thor, scream, thing, transformers 3, green lantern/hornet…. I think you get the point.
I’m behind the number 1 choice all the way.
Makes sense to me.
What????? No “Atlas Shrugged”? That’ll be one of 2011′s best films.
Scorsese doing 3D? That’ll be cool to see…
Ha ha, I just got an image of GoodFellas in 3D… wow…
On a scale of anticipation, my top 2011 movies at the start of the year were:
5. Captain America
4. Rise of the Planet of the Apes
3. Thor
2. Harry Potter and the D’thly Hallows : Part Two
1. The Thing
Thanks! Those movies were awesome !
Mine are:
10. Contagion
9. Hanna
8. The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn
7. Captain America: The First Avenger
6. Thor
5. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
4. Green Lantern
3. Immortals
2. Super 8
1. Hugo
I’m also anticipating Transformers 3 and Cowboys & Aliens.
Another remake of The Thing? The original 50s B-Movie was awesome. The best movies of 2011 will probably be the new Holmes and Green Hornet, and other super hero movies.
Oh God. I’m giving up movies altogether. There’s clearly no point being into them, at least this year. Never have I seen such a massive crock of vomit and skanky cheap entertainment. Simon Pegg needs to be banished. Please don’t tell me he’s going to have anything to do with Tintin… That’s the only one that has any potential to have some classic charm to it, and done in a French style would go down well. In fact it should be French. Instead, I will have to consider self-immolation as the entertainment industry churns out more unpalatable diarrhoea which I’ve no inclination to listen to, observe, or swallow. I look forward to 2012, unless it brings along the quality of its namesake movie where Cusack sacrifices every ounce of dignity and kudos….
2011 = WET MESSY FART
Wow you clearly have no taste in movies or have a really bad one i’m glad you won’t be seeing the movies because I would hate to be stuck in a movie theatre with you for 2 hours. I’ve seen some of these movies already and they lived up to my expectations and are far better than most of last year.
Whoa,
Give me a break. Maybe someone does need to take a break from movies and read a book.
Tintin is Belgian, not french…
The most hyped ones may all be sequels, but they’ll still be good movies. Best movies of 2011? I’m looking forward to seeing Johnny Depp again as Captain Jack Sparrow, I miss the wackiness in him. Transformers 3 as well.
I can’t wait to see The Thing. How is it going to beat the guy’s-chest-turns-into-a-mouth scene? Anyway it has to be better than the dismal XBox game – there was one room where you had to shoot things that looked like turkey drumsticks and no matter how many you burnt the drumsticks kept coming.
Not sure why Scorsese’s doing a remake of Bugsy Malone though.
the best movies in 2011:
1.transformers 3
2.fast five
3.the thing (a classic reborn)
Green Lantern, Captain America and Battle Los Angeles…
Greeting from estonia!!! MY TOP 3 MOVIES IN 2011 ARE:
3.Unknown
2.The Adjustment Bureau
1.Source Code
my favourite movie has to be hugo cabret only because chloe moretz is starring in it and she is just so frikin awesome.
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