Tis the Top Ten Season

We are in that ultimate crunch before the year is out, and I finally have the time to get around to all the films I've been too busy for until now. I got through a solid five of them over the weekend, and I continue to move forward at a rate of a film each day. But that isn't holding everyone else back from publishing their own top ten lists ahead of the year's official cap-off date. Kris Tapley of In Contention is quite often the first to put forth his ordered list of films. I can't imagine it'll be long for Guy Lodge to follow suit, and then it's just a matter of time before we get to the now much larger crew of Film Misery. It's quite a bit more than simply enjoyable to trade thoughts with them from week to week. I'll be sure to keep you posted on when they do eventually crop up.

I remain on this side of the year until I'm confident I've seen just about everything that's worth coming around to. That does include films on the higher side of the awards season ("The Artist", "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy"), the lower side ("War Horse", "The Descendants"), those that simply exist outside of it ("Shame", "Young Adult", "Girl with the Dragon Tattoo", "Weekend", "Tomboy", "Martha Marcy May Marlene", "A Separation"). That puts together a grand total of 11 films I've still to see, not to mention the ones I need to revisit. I will say that you'll get my annual list of the best male and female performances on the 30th and 31st, respectively. But it won't take as long a gasp as last year to get out my Top 15 of this year. Somehow, 10 just doesn't get too much past the surface. May end up jolting it to 20 by the time this year is officially out.

Tapley and Thompson Pick Their Best

You might get more than a few of these lists of other internet journalists in the next few weeks. Earlier today, Kristopher Tapley of In Contention and Anne Thompson of Thompson on Hollywood published their podcast of their 10 best films of 2010. They have a very healthy banter going on between the two of them, and it's engaging to listen to, and therefore I highly suggest that people follow this link at some point to hear it. What depresses me and I find really disconcerting is how "off the board" most of their picks were, and that's anything but an insult. I always found that to be a fantastic trait to have such a distinct taste in films, and I hope that I someday acquire that taste.

It definitely causes me to question everything I've seen this year and to reassess where my list of the best films of 2010 is presently. I obviously won't be publishing that until the very end of the year, or perhaps a few days later. There are a lot of films that I still need to see, and my list is bound to change quite a lot. Almost every hour of my day, I think about "this" was better than "that", and I keep switching things up as I settle on my opinion. I may not know what I truly think until the last minute, and even after that, I may not be entirely sure. My greatest fear is that you can guess exactly where each film will be on my list. I do hope that's not the case, and I can only hope that once things settle down, it'll become more clear. Until tomorrow, this is me signing out.

Comic Con 2010: Panels for Paul, Cowboys and Aliens, Captain America, and Thor!

As much as I'd like to go into extreme depth with this post, I'm just sick and tired of Comic Con by now. I hate hearing about all these things that I wasn't able to witness, and I really hope that I get a chance to be there next year. Until then, I leave you with one more link to In Contention, where you'll be able to find out what Kristopher Tapley thought of yesterday's panels, including that of Paul, Cowboys and Aliens, Captain America, and Thor. So the link is below. Enjoy reading about things you didn't have the pleasure of seeing for yourself.

In Contention

Comic Con 2010: Green Lantern, Harry Potter, and Sucker Punch Panels!

So today Warner Bros. finally got around to advertising their top upcoming movies, which this year is narrowed down to three. Those three are Green Lantern, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, and Sucker Punch. As much as I'd like to point you off to one specific site, I just can't, because I planned to send you to Kristopher Tapley's article detailing it at In Contention. What happened? Kris didn't really go that deep into the Potter footage. I understand that he's become fatigued with the franchise, as quite a few people have, and I respect that. It just means I have to send you off to two different sites. One is the previously mentioned article by In Contention, and the other is ComingSoon.net's breakdown of the footage. You can find the links below, and if any of the footage burrows its way online, I'll let you know.

In Contention
ComingSoon.net

Comic Con 2010: Day 2 Panels!

Sorry if today isn't as eventful as yesterday. Nobody can expect any other major studio to pull what Disney pulled yesterday with their TRON Legacy panel. Today's panels were pretty standard, and we haven't really gotten anything special out of it. My source for Comic Con panel details yesterday, Kris Tapley from In Contention, hasn't done many posts today, but I thank him for the detailed look into the panels he saw yesterday. If you want to follow his twitter feed, you'll get a few more by the minute bits from Comic Con as they happen.

For the dish on today's panels, we turn to ComingSoon.net, who have given detailed descriptions of the goings on at Comic Con today. Today's panels included the Guillermo Del Toro produced Don't Be Afraid of the Dark, James Gunn's Super, Skyline, Green Hornet, The Other Guys, and Battle: Los Angeles. So check out the link provided above to find out more about the anticipated films.

Comic Con 2010: Thursday's Panels: Megamind, and TRON Legacy!

Today Hall H was host to two 3D projects, both being released in the last two months of this year. One is Dreamworks' Megamind, the animated comedy-action film about a supervillain turned good. The other is Disney's TRON Legacy, the sequel to the original 1980s film, TRON. As much as I'd love to tell you all about what went down there, I can't. I wasn't there, so it only makes sense to direct you to somebody who was. In this case, I mean the more than reliable Kristopher Tapley over at In Contention. So feel free to skip on over there to get his take on the Comic Con panels. Also, just a small bit of news, Joss Whedon has confirmed that he is directing The Avengers, so that's pretty great.

TRON Legacy panel
Megamind panel