My Tops of 2011 - August

WAITING FOR FOREVER. My god, this movie was madness. Richard Jenkins' talent can't make up for the horrendously awful childhood stalker love story and brain-dead characters.

MARS NEEDS MOMS lived up to its hype as a bomb. Too insanely bad for adults, too dark for kids. Overall depressing and pointless with an awful performance by Dan Fogler.

THE SMURFS wasn't as bad as I thought it would be but it was still pretty bad. The lame human storylines, the bipolar annoying and stupid/cute and brave Smurfs, and that horrible Guitar Hero scene were all atrocious.

RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES had a great mo-cap performance by Andy Serkis and a surprisingly good and entertaining script. Its bait and switch finale works though it might annoy others while Freida Pinto was completed wasted.

BEATS, RHYMES, & LIFE: THE TRAVELS OF A TRIBE CALLED QUEST was very original and blazingly bombastic, especially at the beginning, but loses steam with its Behind the Music second half.


Best Films of 2011


1. Bridesmaids

2. Rango

3. The Tree of Life

4. Source Code

5. Super 8

6. X-Men: First Class

7. The Green Hornet

8. Paul

9. Thor


Worst Films of 2011


1. Passion Play

2. Waiting For Forever

3. Mars Needs Moms

4. Battle: Los Angeles

5. Atlas Shrugged

6. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

7. Scream 4

8. Gnomeo and Juliet