Why bother posting this? I don't know but I thought it would be fun to look through the films released this year and list those I particularly liked. Here it is in a very rough order:
- Last king of Scotland - thriller set in Uganda which earned Forest Whitaker an Oscar for his portrayal of Idi Amin.
- Letters from Iwo Jima - American film in Japanese, showing a little of the horror and the honour of the WW2 battle.
- Ratatouille - perfect Pixar.
- Notes on a Scandal - uncomfortable, but scarily good acting from Cate Blanchett and Judi Dench.
- Blood Diamond - Leonardo DiCaprio, a fake African in a fake Africa, but a good film nonetheless.
- The Bourne Ultimatum - Difficult to imagine better action, although the plot was lacking somewhat.
- The Lives Of Others - Humanity in the Stasi.
- Becoming Jane - I had low expectations but I actually really believed in James McAvoy and Anne Hathaway.
- Michael Clayton - George Clooney plays a fixer for dirty big law firm who a nasty big corporation wrongly decide to try kill instead of pay off.
- Once - Sort of an Irish indie film about music, love and what could have been.
I saw quite a bit this year thanks to Orange Wednesdays, but missed a lot too.
There are only two films I would have to be paid to see a second time:
- Pirates Of The Caribbean 3: At World's End
- Babel
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