Best Movies of the Year

Okay, so here it is, a brand new year, 4 months of swearing and trying to turn a 0 into a 1 every time you need to write the date down. But thats okay, because a new year is upon us, time for new beginnings, broken resolutions, and worrying about that whole 2012 thing that the Mayans talked about.

It is also the time to start making lists!.

So here is my list of the best movies of the year: Take that Oscar

Looking back on old 2010 this morning while sipping a double SO El Salvadorian Espresso (that I made with the new Delonghi Espresso maker that I got for Xmas), it was not a particularly great year for Hollywood. When movies that you can figure out by watching the trailers (The Tourist) and sequels of sequels (Toy Story 3) start getting Oscar buzz, you know that you are in trouble. Hollywood's Resolution probably should be to make less crap this year that does not rely on solely on those hokey 3D goggles to make money.

We need more movies like:

10: Piranha 3D!

Thats is right, this is first one on my list of best movies of 2010. I know, it may seem a bit hypocritical to rant about how shitty most 3D movies and then to include one in my top ten list, but honestly this movie will be fun to watch in just about any dimension. The floating cock getting snatched by primordial piranhas and the naked titties in 3D are just extra bonuses.

5: Mother

I just watched this Korean thriller about the strange relationship between a mother and her good looking but mentally disturbed son last night and bam!, I was so blown away by it that I just had to put it on the list. Go ahead, call him a retard, see what happens.

4: Ip Man

Another movie I just recently saw on Netflix, This action packed martial arts story about the guy who schooled Bruce Lee was actually made in 2008, but hey, I figured I am compiling a list of the 5 best films that I saw in 10, not what actually came out. With moving and the new dog and everything, our lets go to the movies budget was slashed, so much of what I watch now is on the old boob toob. Anyway, I watched this movie on Christmas and it made me wanna go out and Slap a Jap wing chun style baby.

3: True Grit

Okay, I have not actually seen this new Brothers Coen movie yet, but I know that when I do, it is bound to be somewhere on the list.

2: Black Swan

I wanted this new Aronofsky film to be number one on my list, but I keep comparing it to his masterpiece "The Wrestler" and finding myself a wee bit disappointed. Still, the hot girl on girl action between Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis virtually guarantees that I will be watching this movie again sometime in the near future, alone with my trusty box of tissue.

1: Inception

Sure, a more artsy fartsy film might beat out this mind bending caper for the Oscar, but Inception is still a winner in my book. Clever, entertaining, action packed and also one of the few films I actually got to see in the theater this year, Inception blew me out of the water and had be wondering what really could be happening inside the worlds we dream.

So there you have it. I was originally going to give you 10 movies for 10, but then i realized that i did not even see ten great movies this year. Fuck, I had to include a movie made in 2008 and a movie I haven't even seen yet to make it to five. But there they are, all great movies that you should give a chance. Whether or not or have a pair of cheap plastic 3D goggles.

Pirhanas meet Mexico

I'm sitting here sipping on some rather cool and a bit watered down mislabeled Mexico Organic Terruno Nayarita from my Sweet Maria's stash and thinking about the movie Pirhana 3D and its chances of winning an Oscar for best picture. I cannot believe no one is taking this picture seriously, I thought it was a gleefulyl glorious masterpiece.

The Nayarita that I am drinking as I ponder was sent to me in the guise FTO Chiapas-Reserve El Truifino due some apparent mishap at the company's Oakland based warehouse. I hope no one got hurt. They sent me a e-mail notifying me of the egregious error that they made in sending me the wrong organic mexican green coffee beans and have even offered to send me a bag of the Chiapas Reserve beans free of charge. I knew something was up with these beans so I am glad SM sent me a message to clear things up. I remember tasting this coffee which I roasted in my Behmor at P1 until deep into the second crack and thinking " now these are definitely not from the Chiapas reserve".

Yeah right, if only I was that big of a coffee nerd to now the difference.

Someday perhaps

Back to Pirhana 3D.

This movies seriously kicked some major ass. It had babes, boobs and booty all in 3D, it had buckets of blood, a severed penis, and some of the funniest deaths ever filmed. It was also clever in that dead pan wink, wink nudge nudge sort of way that made it a joy to watch. Yet despite the glowing reviews from would be critics like me, the movie seems destined for early video release. Hopefully then it will find the audience and acclaim that it deserves.

Now back to Mexican Coffee

Since I like the Nayarita and I am not a big enough coffee nerd to think that the folks over at Sweet maria's duped me into drinking the wrong organic Mexican coffee, i feel a bit guilty in making them ship me a free bag of the other Mexican coffee that I had originally selected when I was browsing their site. However, the cheap Yooper in me finds it hard not to take them up on their free bag.

Now back to the movie

So what if the cameraman played by the one guy from The Daily Show just disappears without an explanation, this movie is still at least twice as clever as Avatard. It might even give Inception a run for its money. Dream within a dream within a dream within yet another dream. Come on.

Okay, that might be going a bit too far. Inception is also a pretty damn good movie.