Favorite Movies of 2011

[MannyIsGod]

Mine were Super 8, Thor, Rise of the Planet of the Apes (predictable, tbqh), and Xmen.

I have yet to see some of the movies getting Oscar buzz such as Drive.

[leemajors]

I liked Captain America best out of the comic book movies. Senna was easily the best movie I saw last year, with Cave of Forgotten Dreams right behind that.

[redzero]

Super 8 was not that great.

Favorite movies:

Drive
Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol
Midnight In Paris
X-Men: First Class
Rise of The Planet of The Apes
Source Code
Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Part 2
Warrior
50/50

[Sense]

limitless was alright..
insidious, just because they did a good job with the sound on the movie the ending was kind of crappy, but it was still good.
Bridesmaids
Source Code
Tree of Life
Lincoln Lawyer
Super
Ip Man 2
Hesher

imo
Still haven't seen a lot of movies though...

[IronMexican]

My favorite was Drive.

Go ahead and call me a fag, but the only thing I hated was the over the top gore. Thought it was going to take itself a little more serious.

[JoeChalupa]

The Help

[silverblk mystix]

Midnight in Paris

My Afternoons with Marguerite

.....

Honorable mention:

The Help (evil white people)

The Tree of Life

The Devil's Double

Win Win



pretty shitty year for movies....although I haven't seen all the current end of the year movies...

[monosylab1k]

2011 was mostly a really shitty year for movies imo, only a few good ones

Senna
Drive
Moneyball
Rise Of the Planet Of the Apes
The Tree Of Life
Super 8
Horrible Bosses

that's about all I can think of that i liked

[silverblk mystix]

2011 was mostly a really shitty year for movies imo, only a few good ones

Senna
Drive
Moneyball
Rise Of the Planet Of the Apes
The Tree Of Life
Super 8
Horrible Bosses

that's about all I can think of that i liked

...been meaning to watch Senna for the longest time...

Drive seems interesting too...

[Frenzy]

Ip man


whoa that came out this year? I just assumed it was sitting in netflix for a while. That's up there for me.

As far as theater planet of the apes.

[Spurminator]

The Ides of March was my favorite.

I didn't see a whole lot of movies this year. Planning to rent Tree of Life this weekend.

[Sense]

whoa that came out this year? I just assumed it was sitting in netflix for a while. That's up there for me.

As far as theater planet of the apes.

Ip Man 2 I believe was released in 2011 in the US... but was really out in 2010 in other places.. so I just put it there.

[leemajors]

...been meaning to watch Senna for the longest time...

Drive seems interesting too...

Senna is on Netflix instant.

[leemajors]

My favorite was Drive.

Go ahead and call me a fag, but the only thing I hated was the over the top gore. Thought it was going to take itself a little more serious.

With that soundtrack? lol.

[Muser]

Senna
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Harry Potter
X Men: First Class (My movie of the year)
Hanna

[leemajors]

Senna
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Harry Potter
X Men: First Class (My movie of the year)
Hanna

Good call, forgot about Hanna. I am seeing Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy this weekend, been a fan of John Le Carre for some time. Anyone care to say how Oldman compares to Alec Guinness as Smiley? He played him in two BBC productions.

[quentin_compson]

Melancholia

[Spur|n|Austin]

Drive and Moneyball

[Dark Gable]

Rise of The Planet of The Apes
The Help
J. Edgar Hoover

[Cant_Be_Faded]

Mine were Super 8, Thor, Rise of the Planet of the Apes (predictable, tbqh), and Xmen.

I have yet to see some of the movies getting Oscar buzz such as Drive.

Super 8 and X-Men for sure. Didn't see Thor or Rise yet. But Super8 was all around good times, and X-Men was the best in the franchise yet.

Also thought Bridesmaids was the funniest movie I seen this year, followed by 30 Minutes or Less, Your Highness, and Horrible Bosses.

[Trill Clinton]

X-men was my fav. Planet of the apes is a close second.

[lefty]

Rise of the planet of the apes
Ghost protocol
Holmes 2
Rest was shit (still better than Inception though)

[MannyIsGod]

Super 8 was not that great.

Favorite movies:

Drive
Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol
Midnight In Paris
X-Men: First Class
Rise of The Planet of The Apes
Source Code
Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Part 2
Warrior
50/50

Thats ok cause I thought the Source Code was god awful. HPDH was probably my most disappointing movie of the year. The source material lent itself to an epic ending and the ending was just flat as shit. Really poor adaptation.

[MannyIsGod]

Forgot about Hanna and Moneyball. Also Contagion was scary as fuck in a this is completely plausible way.

[MannyIsGod]

Was Matchete this year? Cause if so it deserves to be in the list if for nothing else but "Matchete don't text"

[Magua]

Hobo With a Shotgun

[leemajors]

Thats ok cause I thought the Source Code was god awful. HPDH was probably my most disappointing movie of the year. The source material lent itself to an epic ending and the ending was just flat as shit. Really poor adaptation.

I have seen two of the HP movies, and my gf is a huge HP fan. She was visibly shaking with anger during some of the scenes, for me it was far more entertaining to watch her than the movie :lol

[MannyIsGod]

Some of the movies were good, some were meh, but the last 2 should have been amazing. The first one was well done but the 2nd could have benefited from another 30-45 minutes of run time. Just a god damn shame really. Beer and Harry Potter huh? Nice job!

[mrsmaalox]

:lol My favorite was Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows II

[IronMexican]

Watched Moneyball. Pretty good.

[GoodOdor]

Please don't watch "The Darkest Hour". I should know better...............

[Capt Bringdown]

Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Midnight In Paris
The Sunset Limited
Lincoln Lawyer

Cave of Forgotten Dreams and Source Code were the biggest disappointments for me.
The best movie I saw in 2011 was 2010's Meek's Cutoff.

[MannyIsGod]

Lincoln Lawyer was this year? I enjoyed that movie.

[Capt Bringdown]

Lincoln Lawyer was this year? I enjoyed that movie.

According to IMDB, released in March '11.

I hope to see more Michael Connelly adaptations.

[cantthinkofanything]

rented The Debt not expecting much but it was a great
movie.

as opposed to many, I liked Source Code and Limitless for what they were.

[SA210]

Moneyball
M.I.4
J. Edgar
Lincoln Lawyer
Super 8
Thor
Limitless

I have yet to see Planet of the Apes and Tree of Life (Can't believe I haven't seen Tree of Life yet)

But hands down, MONEYBALL is my #1 favorite movie of 2011, and probably favorite film of the past couple years. Can't wait for the blu ray on Jan 10th :tu:tu

[redzero]

I really liked Source Code mostly because of its premise. I wish the movie could have been longer, and that more of those eight minute scenarios were shown.

[monosylab1k]

I liked the idea of Source Code but the logic completely broke down at a certain point. There's some movies, like Inception, that you can suspend disbelief because most of it makes sense and you're enjoying it all enough.

With Source Code, it just got to a point where I said "No no no, that makes no damn sense whatsoever" and gave up.

[cantthinkofanything]

I liked the idea of Source Code but the logic completely broke down at a certain point. There's some movies, like Inception, that you can suspend disbelief because most of it makes sense and you're enjoying it all enough.

With Source Code, it just got to a point where I said "No no no, that makes no damn sense whatsoever" and gave up.

I think that about the Spurs' rotation all the time but I still enjoy watching the games.

[benefactor]

No order.

MI4
Super 8
Thor
Sherlock Holmes
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Warrior
X-Men
Fast Five
Captain America

Still need to see a few that were listed in this thread.

[leemajors]

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy was very good, although I can see how it may be hard to follow with those who are not familiar with the book. I still don't understand why they made Peter gay, it made no sense and somewhat muddied things. Other than that my only small quibble was Oldman not looking like a "spindly frog" as Smiley is described. He absolutely nailed Smiley though!

[Blake]

Kung fu panda 2
Bridesmaids
X men

[Fpoonsie]

I liked the idea of Source Code but the logic completely broke down at a certain point. There's some movies, like Inception, that you can suspend disbelief because most of it makes sense and you're enjoying it all enough.

With Source Code, it just got to a point where I said "No no no, that makes no damn sense whatsoever" and gave up.

:lol Good analogy. Pretty much my thoughts. I liked it up until the e-mail timing. Still haven't been able to figure that out.

I can't really wrap my head around Inception completely, but I've resigned myself to the notion that it might just be over my head.


I think that about the Spurs' rotation all the time but I still enjoy watching the games.

:lmao

[PakiDan]

M.I.4 Ghost Protocol
Warrior
The Lincoln Lawyer
Bridesmaids
Rise of..P.O.T.A.
Thor
The Help
Hobo with a Shotgun

[cantthinkofanything]

...and my gf is a huge HP fan...

Maybe you could introduce us. I have a huge HP.

[IronMaxipad]

Drive
Bellflower
The Tree of Life
Moneyball
X-Men

[katyon6th]

Like Crazy
Drive
Crazy, Stupid, Love
The Warrior
Moneyball

[ploto]

:lol My favorite was Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows II

I think that may be the only movie I saw all year.

[IronMaxipad]

Drive
Bellflower
The Tree of Life
Moneyball
X-Men

adding:

Attack The Block