Good and Bad of 2011: Movies - Vol. 2

Welcome to Day 2 of the Geek's Good and Bad of 2011! Are y'all having fun? Well, if not just yet, today marks the beginning of super funness. It's the day where I give out awards, ladies and gents. Weird awards, duh awards, fun awards, what have you. 2011 is over with, let's give credit where credit is due. Now without further ado, let's get this ball rollin'!

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WHAT'S YOUR NUMBER? Approximately 85 2011 movies watched to date.

TOP THEATER EXPERIENCES -
Numero One: Bridesmaids
Numero Two: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part II
Numero Three: Crazy, Stupid Love

REMAKE FOR THE WIN: Fright Night
REMAKE FAIL: Straw Dogs
REMAKE OKAY: Arthur

I WILL FOLLOW THIS MAN TO THE ENDS OF THE ERT: Joseph Gordon-Levitt
BATTLE OF THE FOURQUELS:
Contestants: Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Scream 4, Breaking Dawn, Part 1
Winner:

I HONESTLY FORGOT THIS CAME OUT: Fast Five

ZERO INTEREST CINEMA:
[I am fully aware most of these are kids flicks, but c'mon, the writers & studios could have at least put the slightest bit of effort into their product to look even slightly appealing]

• The Smurfs
• Mr. Popper's Penguins
• Country Strong
• The Roommate
• Gnomeo & Juliet
• Justin Beiber: Never Say Never
• Hop
• Monte Carlo
• Zookeeper
• Spy Kds 4D
• Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star
• Arthur Christmas
• War Horse

THE GOOD AND BAD OF SUPERHEROES ON DVD
Winner: Green Lantern: Emerald Knights
Dropped the Ball, Big Time: Batman: Year One

ALIEN INVASION MOVIES AREN'T MEANT TO BE BORING, GUYS: Battle: Los Angeles

MOVIES THAT NEEDED A FEW MORE DRAFTS
Immortals
I Am Number Four
Our Idiot Brother
Green Lantern
Conan the Barbarian
Battle: Los Angeles
The Tree of Life

BEST LINE OF DIALOGUE: "Elizabeth is dying. Oh wait: fuck you. Elizabeth is dying." - The Descendants

2011 IN REVIEW: THE ANDY STYLE
(yes, a near rip off of Kai's list, but it was ingenious)

1. THE END OF POTTER

2. BEST FIGHT SIGHT EVAH

3. ALAN TUDYK

4. BATMOBILE GEEKGASM

5. HOW NOT TO DO A SEQUEL

6. WOAH

7. YOU CAN BE MY ORACLE

8. COLIN FARRELL

9. CLAYMATION COMEBACK

10. THE BETTER 'LET'S JUST FUCK' COMEDY

11. ONE FOR THE GEEKS

12. CLEVER BUSINESS STRATEGY

13. THIS IS HOW YOU DO A PREQUEL

14. TYLER LABINE

15. DREAMWORKS ANIMATION DOMINATION

16. CHRIS EVANS DOESN'T LIKE SHIRTS

17. MAKE IT STOP, MAKE IT HAVE MEANING

18. BRING BACK GORE VERBINSKI

19. HATS OF POWER

20. SCI-FI COOL

21. THE DRUNK DICK DOCTOR

22. MANIACAL LAUGH!

THE #1 STAR OF 2011Uggie the Dog, The Arist

SEXIEST ACTRESS OF 2011

Jessica Chastain honestly came out of nowhere. I don't know when it was in the year, but mom and I sat down in the theater to watch The Debt. Jessica played the younger version of Helen Mirren, and was absolutely mesmerizing. She never stopped impressing me. And then I saw her face in The Help. And then The Tree of Life. And now, most recently, Take Shelter. Damn, girl, either you love to have work, or these were all filmed quite a while ago and were unleashed all in the same year by coincidence. Point is, in each of these films, Jessica Chastain is a highlight, and I don't mean that just because of her beauty. When I think back on The Debt, I think of Chastain's struggle to keep her composure when being inspected by a doctor she aims to apprehend; in The Help, a naive blond who doesn't discriminate and just wants to have fun; in The Tree of Life, an affectionate mother who protects her children from Brad Pitt [weird sentence there]; and in Take Shelter, the voice of strength and support. This woman ruled 2011, and I hope she doesn't fall off the face of the earth anytime soon. She's drop-dead gorgeous, and talented to boot. Rare and awesome.

FAORITIST MOVIE POSTER OF 2011

Nearly goes without saying, this poster is clever in ways not many are. The only one next to Ides of March that could potentially receive this wonderful merit would be the poster for Young Adult, a brilliant poster that lost out because I'm unable to not be bias and shake off my particular distaste towards that flick. Still, lovely poster. The Ides of March is simple and subtle simultaneously, and I want to clap every time I look at the poster because of that. Ryan Gosling becoming George Clooney. In the movie, pretty sucky fate. In real life, eh, not too bad.

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Whew! That was a lot... Okay, then, rightio, Day 2 of the 6-day Good and Bad of 2011 has been completed! Thanks to everyone who is checking in to check out the awards and write-ups, I hope you're enjoying. Come back tomorrow where I unveil 9 of the top 10 flicks of 2011. Boo ya!