My vote goes to Winter's Bone, narrowly edging out The Social Network.

That said, there are a lot of films coming out this month that could potentially top the list (in order of likeliness to be awesome): Black Swan, True Grit, 127 Hours, Biutiful, Blue Valentine, and The Fighter

What do you guys think is the film of the year so far? Paging spöokyjon.

12/1/2010 1:39:06 PM

Hot Tub Time Machine

12/1/2010 1:52:59 PM

Inception or The Town

I haven't heard of Winter's Bone and had no interest in seeing The Social Network.

12/1/2010 1:55:15 PM

Winter's Bone is a fabulous film and will receive some Oscar nods, but it will not be best of the year in that sense or even my mind.


Verdict is still out for me.

12/1/2010 2:02:33 PM

The Expendables

12/1/2010 2:02:48 PM

Inception...

But these get honorable mention:
Toy Story 3
Shutter Island
Kick-Ass

[Edited on December 1, 2010 at 2:04 PM. Reason : modified]

12/1/2010 2:04:24 PM

Yeah, Inception was pretty awesome. That'd probably be in my top 10.

12/1/2010 2:13:31 PM

IBT irrational Shutter Island hate

12/1/2010 2:15:30 PM

I liked Shutter Island waaaay more than I liked Inception

12/1/2010 2:24:15 PM

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"Winter's Bone is a fabulous film and will receive some Oscar nods, but it will not be best of the year in that sense"

I think Best Picture for the Oscars will come down to Inception, The Social Network, and Winter's Bone. The Social Network would be the clear compromise/middle ground. I'd say TSN will probably win best picture. I think Black Swan is a wild card for Best Picture, too.

12/1/2010 2:28:10 PM

I'd say Inception, but that's just my opinion.

12/1/2010 3:16:44 PM

Top 3 finishers: Inception, The Social Network, and Shutter Island.

Best actor: Leo DiCap in Shutter Island

12/1/2010 3:20:19 PM

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"I liked Shutter Island waaaay more than I liked Inception"

+1

^I'd second that about best actor, but I've missed a few of the big movies this year :-/

[Edited on December 1, 2010 at 3:35 PM. Reason : best actor]

12/1/2010 3:34:57 PM

I didn't see very many movies this year so I'll go with Inception

don't understand the Shutter Island love. I figured out the twist within the first 5 minutes.

12/1/2010 3:51:26 PM

Inception was stupid. Why didn't Leo just have his kids flown to wherever Michael Cain was staying. Or why didn't MC fly back and get them and bring them back?

12/1/2010 3:56:49 PM

The Town and TSN were my two fave for the year so far, but I'm holding out for Black Swan and The Fighter b4 I pick.

I enjoyed Inception and Shutter Island, but like ^ I figured out SI's twist early and my love for the visual w/ Inception's fight btw JGL and the other guy in the hall is the clincher for me.

12/1/2010 4:01:28 PM

Scott Pilgrim was probably my favorite movie, though I don't expect it to win any awards. Inception comes in at second, with The Social Network falling somewhere behind that.

12/1/2010 4:08:32 PM

there is only one answer to this question:

12/1/2010 4:16:38 PM

^^^^ Leo was wanted for murder and MC obviously didn't have custody of the kids. It's not exactly easy to have two kids flown to Europe when the US Govt is looking for their father as a murder suspect. Besides, it's a movie.

Is this a personal list of "Best movie of the year" or what we think will win awards? If personal,

1. Scott Pilgrim

2. Toy Story 3
3. Inception
4. Shutter Island
5. The Social Network
6. Let Me In
7. Cyrus
8. Machete

But I haven't seen:
The Town, Harry Potter 6a, How to Train Your Dragon, Winter's Bone

And I'm looking forward to:
127 Hours, Black Swan, Tron: Legacy, True Grit

[Edited on December 1, 2010 at 4:31 PM. Reason : .]

12/1/2010 4:25:46 PM

I haven't seen the movie, so I'm just going on what I've heard here, but I get the sense that it wouldn't be in this conversation at all if it wasn't DiCaprio and Scorsese. Everything I've heard has discouraged me from seeing it.

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"Is this a personal list of "Best movie of the year" or what we think will win awards? "

Yeah, should be a personal list. The post about the Oscars was kind of a side note.

12/1/2010 7:48:45 PM

Im pretty sure these movies will not win best picture, inception, shutter island, toy story 3
they're all good but not really best picture worthy

which leaves the best of what is coming out this month as the winner

12/1/2010 9:39:27 PM

Inception. Harry Potter 7

12/1/2010 9:52:39 PM

SCOTT PILGRIM

12/1/2010 10:19:54 PM

So Scott Pilgrim really is a really good movie? I kind of casually dismissed it because of the Michael Cera oversaturation, but I keep hearing that it's legitimately a good flick.

Or were you being sarcastic?

12/1/2010 10:33:21 PM

hmmm I haven't seen a lot of movies this year but I'd have to say Social Network, Shutter Island, and Kick-Ass were the best of the ones I saw

12/1/2010 11:00:35 PM

Inception and How To Train Your Dragon have been my favorites by far.

Social Network was also awesome.

I have not seen The Town or Shutter Island or Winter's Bone. Never actually heard of Winter's Bone.

Just watched the trailer for winters bone. Looks good. Its got Sol Star and Mr W from Deadwood in it. I've noticed the Deadwood actors seem to show up together a lot of places.

[Edited on December 2, 2010 at 8:06 AM. Reason : *]

12/2/2010 7:54:45 AM

The Expendables










Toy Story 3
Inception
Kick-Ass
How to Train Your Dragon

12/2/2010 8:31:07 AM

Toy Story 3 was a great movie, probably my favorite of all of them, but I would probably have to say Inception for me. But I haven't seen The Town or Shutter Island yet, and am not intrigued by social network or scott pilgrim

12/2/2010 8:47:57 AM

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"So Scott Pilgrim really is a really good movie? I kind of casually dismissed it because of the Michael Cera oversaturation, but I keep hearing that it's legitimately a good flick. Or were you being sarcastic?"

It's excellent. My favorite movie of the year as well.

I really don't understand all the love for The Social Network though -- it doesn't do anything particularly well.

12/2/2010 8:50:37 AM

How to Train Your Dragon was awesome.

I wish I had seen Winter's Bone. But The Social Network and Inception were also great...I enjoyed TSN slightly more, but I can see Inception winning (w/o having seen Winter's Bone of course). 127 Hours has been getting a ton of press though and I am definitely seeing it when it comes to Charleston.

12/2/2010 8:52:12 AM

For anyone interested, Winter's Bone is actually out on DVD now and I bet it's fairly easy to find a torrent online.

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" Just watched the trailer for winters bone. Looks good. Its got Sol Star and Mr W from Deadwood in it. I've noticed the Deadwood actors seem to show up together a lot of places."

Yeah, John Hawkes is a bad-ass. Definitely loved him as Sol Star as well. Didn't realize Mr. Wu was in WB.

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"I really don't understand all the love for The Social Network though -- it doesn't do anything particularly well."

I disagree, I think it did just about everything particularly well. For one, the pacing is pretty brilliant; it's a 2-hour movie that never feels too long. Also, the acting is pretty great (except for those of you that just hate Jesse Eisenberg, which is understandable; I personally love him). The dialogue is sharp (if you can keep up with it), the music fits, the story is interesting, its themes are consistent and intriguing...I thought it was an incredibly well-done film. It plays out like a modern-day Citizen Kane. Not as good, obviously, just similar. What did you think they didn't do well?

^Yeah, 127 Hours and Black Swan both seem to be getting an inordinate amount of hype.

12/2/2010 9:24:55 AM

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"don't understand the Shutter Island love. I figured out the twist within the first 5 minutes."

and? I figured it out pretty early as well, but that doesn't mean it isn't a good movie... a movie isn't made to deceive and surprise you, it is made to entertain you. You know how 99% of movies are going to end before you even go into a theater, yet you still go. It is to see how the director and actors/actresses get you there that makes it a good movie.

12/2/2010 9:27:34 AM

I would go with The Social Network so far.

I believe True Grit will beat it out though.

12/2/2010 10:23:35 AM

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" a movie isn't made to deceive and surprise you, it is made to entertain you. "

While I agree, partially, with this...Shutter Island, for me, lost some of its entertainment value, since it is a "twist" movie, once I figured it out.

Not saying it's a bad movie either...just isn't my favorite for the year of what I have seen so far.

12/2/2010 10:37:42 AM

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"Yeah, John Hawkes is a bad-ass. Definitely loved him as Sol Star as well. Didn't realize Mr. Wu was in WB."

not mr Wu,

Mr W, the guy that killed whores. The same actor also played the guy that shot wild bill.

he is the cop in the WB trailer.

[Edited on December 2, 2010 at 11:38 AM. Reason : *]

12/2/2010 11:36:13 AM

Inception/Social Network/Toy Story 3

12/2/2010 12:01:50 PM

Avatar!!!

12/2/2010 12:14:44 PM

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"I disagree, I think it did just about everything particularly well. For one, the pacing is pretty brilliant; it's a 2-hour movie that never feels too long. Also, the acting is pretty great (except for those of you that just hate Jesse Eisenberg, which is understandable; I personally love him). The dialogue is sharp (if you can keep up with it), the music fits, the story is interesting, its themes are consistent and intriguing...I thought it was an incredibly well-done film. "

From a technical standpoint I think it's a good movie and agree -- the story moves along well enough, it doesn't get boring, and the dialogue is good.

The problem is there's no depth to it all. It's part documentary, part drama and doesn't really do either particularly well. I think it'd be a much better movie if it just picked a side and stuck with it, rather than straddling that line.

12/2/2010 12:44:41 PM

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"not mr Wu, Mr W, the guy that killed whores. The same actor also played the guy that shot wild bill. he is the cop in the WB trailer."

Oh, right right right. Mr. Walcott, I remember now. That guy was in The Road, too. He always plays really seedy characters.

12/2/2010 12:45:28 PM

He also played The Droop-Eyed Cocksucker.

I'm having a tough time picking something out this year, although I still haven't seen The Social Network, The Town, or any of the Toy Story movies (dunno how that happened).

Winter's Bone was great, but I didn't think it was the best movie ever or anything. John Hawkes was such a badass, and Jennifer Lawrence was great.

Inception had the biggest immediate effect on me of anything I've seen this year, even if parts of it don't make a lot of sense in the universe of rules they set up within the film.

There's a shitload of stuff I'll be seeing in the next two weeks (Black Swan, True Grit, The King's Speech) that are viable candidates as well.

12/15/2010 12:33:26 PM

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"Scott Pilgrim was probably my favorite movie, though I don't expect it to win any awards. "

12/15/2010 1:09:34 PM

Scott Pilgrim was great, probably the most fun I've had at the theater this year, but yeah, it's not going to win anything.

12/15/2010 1:13:48 PM

just watched The Kids Are All Right over the weekend and really enjoyed it. I recommend it.

12/15/2010 1:26:22 PM

I've been catching up on movies lately since all the shows I watch are off the air until January...watched Winters Bone last night, which was good but not great though it did have some impressive performances. Scott Pilgrim was pretty fun, but in no way the best movie of the year. At this point The Town and Inception are the best movies I've seen this year.

12/15/2010 1:32:01 PM

I still haven't seen quite a bit (The Social Network, The Fighter, Blue Valentine, and The Town for starters), but my top three as of now would be The King's Speech, Inception, and How to Train Your Dragon (seriously).

1/1/2011 11:39:37 AM

I still haven't seen quite a bit (The Social Network, The Fighter, Blue Valentine, and The Town for starters), but my top three as of now would be The King's Speech, Inception, and How to Train Your Dragon (seriously).

1/1/2011 11:39:37 AM

^I actually have nothing against that top 3. I LOVED "How to Train Your Dragon."

"The Kings Speech" is definitely my #1. "Black Swan" is probably #2. Might have to put "The Town" at #3.

The rest of my tops include "How to Train Your Dragon", "True Grit", "Inception", "127 Hours", "The Fighter", and "The Social Network."

Only movie I really regret not seeing is "Winter's Bone."

1/1/2011 12:41:25 PM

Can't wait to see treetwista's best of 2009 list

1/1/2011 1:40:37 PM

Inception with honorable mention to The Town, True Grit and Toy Story 3.

1/1/2011 10:18:11 PM

if documentaries count, i say 'Restrepo'

if not, i say 'Inception'

1/4/2011 6:04:16 PM