Best of 2011 Part 1! Films 6-11

I’m not a list guy, hey I don’t even grade the films in the posts in here that can be mistaken for reviews. Still I decided to scramble together my own top ten of the year mostly because I’m a fierce advocate of blockbusters and commercial films and I’d thought it would be a good diversion from all the other lists containing the same 25-30 films.

I have gone by the imdb release date for a film which for instance makes Senna illegible. I’m also including Swedish films on the list. The format of ranking eleven films come mainly from the fact that I started this post before seeing a film that would later land on it. I also find it appropriate to have eleven films on a Best of 2011 list.

Here are the ones I haven’t had the chance to see yet so if you come here to rant about the Artist or Beginners save your keyboards for other blogs and yes I know its a bunch of them and a list loses credibility when not having seen such and such film etc, bla bla…

Beginners, The Artist, Young Adult (want to see it real bad),  Midnight in Paris,  Attack  the Block, The Muppets, The Skin I live In,  Take Shelter, Incendies, 50/50, Melancholia, Super 8,  Shame, We need to talk about Kevin

Honorable Mention – Tree of Life

I got to say that I feel caught in the middle of the Tree of Life ranters and ravers. Sure it looks good, but it also drags a whole lot but I’ve seen a lot worse than this at the cinema 2011. However, had I not been fore warned by seeing Thin Red Line at the cinema (the closest I’ve ever been of a leaving a film mid through) I’d probably had been a lot more disappointed. Just wanted to throw it out there.

11. Rise of the Planet of the Apes

The original Planet of the Apes franchise (5 features between 1968-1973) is probably my favorite franchise but after the total Tim Burton fiasco remake I didn’t expect very much from this one. I got to say it was a positive surprise holding up better than I could wish for. My favorite part was not the big action finale but the tense build-up that was the first half of it where some scenes even dipped its toes in the darkness of the Conquest of the Planet of the Apes which its a re-hash of.

10. Captain America

Time for another surprise, I was a huge Spidey and X-men fan boy growing up but never really got into the whole Avengers thing (beside following them in Secret Wars). As with the Apes rehash I was pleasantly surprised by it. I really liked the aspect when they turned the Captain into a rallying propaganda machine instead of having him fight in the battles.

9. Gone aka Försvunnen

This was a film I didn’t know of until a week before its theatrical release and its also the first Swedish film on the list. Försvunnen is clearly inspired by Steven Spielberg’s the Duel and in this case thats a great compliment not all comparisons between modern films and classic 70′s are. The story is very simplistic, its about a women relocating to the north of Sweden who is being followed when she is on the road. Its being sold internationally by sales agent Yellow Affair.

8. Soul Surfer 

OK, here we go, if more people had actually seen this film I’d be afraid of a sh*t storm of comments. However, knowing the blogging crowd I’m certain people will let me know what they think about it without having seen it. To me its one of the most underrated films of last year.

7. Bridesmaids

Bridesmaids is the reason this list consists of eleven entries. To me the highlights of the film was the comedic acts (the airplane sequence!!!!!!) rather than the notion that this is supposed to be a ground breaking film for women. I don’t agree on that since most of the main cast in the Bridesmaid group still play very stereotypical characters but very funny ones. Definitively check it out possibly the funniest film of 2011.

6. Whats your number

I know 95% of you guys think I’m joking about this one but I got to say I was really entertained by it. Sure it was a tad predictable but so what????? Not all stereotypical rom-coms suck (I’d bet you hate this one Castor)!!!! One last thing I’d like to bring up is that I really like how the Anna Faris character feels genderless in the fact that she gets to behave like most slutty (sloppy) guys do in rom-coms and she isn’t really judged by it in the end. To be honest I felt this one probably was more revolutionary than Bridesmaids. Hows that for a final conclusion!

I’ve decided to split this list into two parts because the length it took me to even come this far! Let me know what you think so far if you are calm enough to be able to scribble some thoughts down. Also if you have guesses on the top five that I’ll hopefully publish tomorrow let me know!