Monday, February 21, 2011

The Top 10 of Twenty 10

Well, it's that time of year again, when Hollywood's best and brightest prepare to slap themselves on the back for award season glory. The first year of the new decade had provided us with some excellent and brilliant films, and, of course, we were also treated to many bland-to-absolutely rotten stinkers. Here's what comprised the best of the best, and the worst of the worst.

BEST MALE PERFORMANCE OF 2010


1. Jeff Bridges as "Rooster Cogburn" in True Grit
2. Colin Firth as "King George VI" in The King's Speech
3. Jesse Eisenberg as "Mark Zuckerberg" in The Social Network
4. Christian Bale as "Dicky Eklund" in The Fighter
5. James Franco as "Aron Ralston" in 127 Hours
6. Andrew Garfield as "Eduardo Saverin" in The Social Network
7. Leonardo DiCaprio as "Dom Cobb" in Inception
8. Geoffrey Rush as "Lionel Logue" in The King's Speech
9. Jeremy Renner as "Jem Coughlin" in The Town
10. John Hawkes as "Teardrop" in Winter's Bone

(Honorable Mentions: Armie Hammer as "Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss" in The Social Network; Mark Ruffalo as "Paul Hatfield" in The Kids Are All Right; Mark Wahlberg as "Micky Ward" in The Fighter)

BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCES OF 2010


1. Jennifer Lawrence as "Ree Dolly" in Winter's Bone
2. Natalie Portman as "Nina Sayers" in Black Swan
3. Annette Bening as "Nic Allgood" in The Kids Are All Right
4. Melissa Leo as "Alice Ward" in The Fighter
5. Marion Cotillard as "Mal Cobb" in Inception
6. Hailee Steinfeld as "Mattie Ross" in True Grit
7. Julianne Moore as "Jules Allgood" in The Kids Are All Right
8. Chloe Grace Moretz as "Mindy MacReady/Hit-Girl" in Kick-Ass
9. Emma Stone as "Olive Penderghast" in Easy A
10. Michelle Williams as "Cindy Heller" in Blue Valentine

(Honorable Mentions: Mila Kunis as "Lily" in Black Swan; Amy Adams as "Charlene Fleming" in The Fighter; Nicole Kidman as "Becca Corbett" in Rabbit Hole)

WORST PERFORMANCES OF 2010


1. Sarah Jessica Parker as "Carrie Bradshaw" in Sex and the City 2
2. Ashton Kutcher as "Spencer Aimes" in Killers
3. Katherine Heigl as "Jen Kornfeldt" in Killers
4. Rob Schneider as "Rob Hilliard" in Grown Ups
5. Kim Cattrall as "Samantha Jones" in Sex and the City 2
6. Noah Ringer as "Aang" in The Last Airbender
7. Megan Fox as "Lilah" in Jonah Hex
8. Bruce Willis as "Jimmy Monroe" in Cop Out
9. Taylor Swift as "Felicia Miller" in Valentine's Day
10. Brendan Fraser as "Dan Sanders" in Furry Vengeance


(Honorable Mentions: Patrick Wilson as "Agent Lynch" in The A-Team; Johnny Depp as "Frank Tupelo" in The Tourist; Tracy Morgan as "Paul Hodges" in Cop Out)

FUNNIEST PERFORMANCES OF 2010


1. Michael Keaton as the voice of "Ken" in Toy Story 3
2. Zach Galifianakis as "Ethan Tremblay" in Due Date
3. Nicolas Cage as "Damon MacReady/Big Daddy" in Kick-Ass
4. Will Ferrell as "Allen Gamble" in The Other Guys
5. Johnny Knoxville as "Himself" in Jackass 3D
6. Chris Evans as "Lucas Lee" in Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
7. Chloe Grace Moretz as "Mindy MacReady/Hit-Girl" in Kick-Ass
8. Emma Stone as "Oliver Penderghast" in Easy A
9. Sharlto Copley as "H.M. Murdock" in The A-Team
10. Robert Downey, Jr. as "Peter Highman" in Due Date


(Honorable Mentions: Kieran Culkin as "Wallace Wells" in Scott Pilgrim vs. The World; Sam Rockwell as "Justin Hammer" in Iron Man 2; Jason "Wee Man" Acuna as "Himself" in Jackass 3D)

BEST CAMEOS OF 2010


1. Mike Judge as the voices of "Beavis and Butthead" in Jackass 3D
2. Thomas Jane as "Vegan Police Officer" in Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
3. Michael Sheen as "Castor" in Tron: Legacy
4. Arnold Schwarzenegger as "Trench" in The Expendables
5. Mark Wahlberg as "Holbrooke Grant" in Date Night
6. Chris Cooper as "Stephen MacRay" in The Town
7. Michael Caine as "Stephen Miles" in Inception
8. Derek Jeter as "Himself" in The Other Guys
9. Rip Taylor as "Himself" in Jackass 3D
10. Danny McBride as "Lonnie" in Due Date


(Honorable Mentions: Juliette Lewis as "Heidi" in Due Date; Stan Lee as "Larry King" in Iron Man 2; Spike Jonze as "Old Woman" in Jackass 3D)

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST OF 2010


The Social Network (Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake, Armie Hammer, Josh Pence, Max Minghella, Rooney Mara, Brenda Song, Joseph Mazzello)

BREAKOUT STARS OF 2010


1. Chloe Grace Moretz (Kick-Ass, Let Me In)
2. Andrew Garfield (The Social Network, Never Let Me Go)
3. Hailee Steinfeld (True Grit)
4. Jennifer Lawrence (Winter's Bone)
5. Mia Wasikowska (Alice in Wonderland, The Kids Are All Right)
6. Tom Hardy (Inception)
7. Aaron Johnson (Kick-Ass, Nowhere Boy)
8. Clark Duke (Kick-Ass, Hot Tub Time Machine)
9. Logan Lerman (Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief)
10. Armie Hammer (The Social Network)

BEST DIRECTORS OF 2010


1. David Fincher (The Social Network)
2. Tom Hooper (The King's Speech)
3. Joel and Ethan Coen (True Grit)
4. Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan)
5. Christopher Nolan (Inception)
6. Ben Affleck (The Town)
7. Debra Granik (Winter's Bone)
8. David O. Russell (The Fighter)
9. Lee Unkrich (Toy Story 3)
10. Lisa Cholodenko (The Kids Are All Right)

(Honorable Mentions: Matthew Vaughn, Kick-Ass; Danny Boyle, 127 Hours; Edgar Wright, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World)

BEST SCORES OF 2010


1. Daft Punk, Tron: Legacy
2. Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, The Social Network
3. Hans Zimmer, Inception
4. Alexandre Desplat, The King's Speech
5. Clint Mansell, Black Swan
6. Carter Burwell, True Grit
7. John Murphy, Henry Jackman, Ilan Eshkeri, Marius de Vries, Kick-Ass
8. Randy Newman, Toy Story 3
9. A.R. Rahman, 127 Hours
10. Dickon Hinchliffe, Winter's Bone


BEST ACTION/FIGHT SEQUENCES OF 2010


1. The Revolving Hallway, Inception
2. Light Cycle Showdown, Tron: Legacy
3. Hit-Girl High Rise Massacre, Kick-Ass
4. "Fill your hands, you sonuvabitch!", True Grit
5. Scott vs. Gideon vs. Ramona vs. Knives, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
6. The Parachuting Tank, The A-Team
7. Hit-Girl vs. The Drug Dealers, Kick-Ass
8. Scott vs. Todd Ingram, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
9. Monaco Showdown, Iron Man 2
10. Chase to the Grid Portal, Tron: Legacy


(Honorable Mentions: Midget Bar Brawl, Jackass 3D; Tony vs. Rhodey, Iron Man 2; The Avalanche, Inception)

THE GOVERNOR'S "JUST RETIRE NOW" AWARD OF 2010


M. Night Shyamalan

(Honorable Mention: Adam Sandler)

WORST FILMS OF 2010


1. The Last Airbender
2. Killers
3. Grown Ups
4. Vampires Suck
5. Sex and the City 2
6. The Bounty Hunter
7. Jonah Hex
8. Clash of the Titans
9. Cop Out
10. A Nightmare on Elm Street


(Honorable Mentions: The Expendables; You Again; Letters to Juliet)

MOST "MEH" MOVIES OF 2010 (Not good or bad, but just... meh)


1. The A-Team
2. Predators
3. Despicable Me
4. The Human Centipede
5. The Losers
6. Alice in Wonderland
7. Get Him to The Greek
8. The Karate Kid
9. Dinner for Schmucks
10. The Wolfman

BEST FILMS OF 2010


1. The Social Network
2. True Grit
3. Inception
4. The King's Speech
5. Toy Story 3
6. Kick-Ass
7. The Crazies
8. Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
9. Black Swan
10. Winter's Bone


(Honorable Mentions: The Town; The Kids Are All Right; Tron: Legacy)

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