Best of the Rest of 2010

My opinions on the rest of film in 2010.




BEST DIRECTOR: Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan


HM: Christopher Nolan (Inception), David Fincher (The Social Network), Edgar Wright (Scott Pilgrim vs. the World), Lisa Cholodenko (The Kids Are All Right), Niels Arden Oplev (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), Banksy (Exit Through the Gift Shop)


BEST SCREENPLAY: Christopher Nolan, Inception


HM: Aaron Sorkin (The Social Network), Mark Heyman, Andres Heinz, and John McLaughin (Black Swan)


BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Wally Pfister, Inception


HM: Matthew Libatique (Black Swan), Jeff Cronenweth (The Social Network)


BEST EDITING: Andrew Weisblum, Black Swan


HM: Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall (The Social Network)


BEST SCORE: Hans Zimmer, Inception


HM: Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (The Social Network), Daft Punk (Tron: Legacy), A. R. Rahman (127 Hours)


BEST SONG: "Naina Miley", Robot (Enthiran)


HM: "Mother Knows Best", Tangled


BEST POSTER ART: Black Swan


HM: The Social Network, Inception, Let Me In, Enter the Void, Waking Sleeping Beauty, The Human Centipede (First Sequence), Rabbit Hole, For Colored Girls


BEST TRAILER: The Social Network


HM: Inception, Machete


BEST GUILTY PLEASURE: The Human Centipede (First Sequence) and Robot (Enthiran)




UNDERRATED AND UNAPPRECIATED

Actors and Actresses that gave great performances in terrible films and/or in roles with little material and screentime.

Josh Brolin (Jonah Hex, True Grit)
Chris Evans (Scott Pilgrim vs. the World)
Michael Fassbender (Jonah Hex)
Michael Gambon (The King's Speech)
Jackie Earle Haley (A Nightmare on Elm Street)
Rooney Mara (A Nightmare on Elm Street, The Social Network)
Barry Pepper (True Grit)
Michael Sheen (Tron: Legacy)
Brenda Song (The Social Network)
Timothy Spall (The King's Speech)
Olivia Wilde (Tron: Legacy)