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​TOP 10 MOVIES OF 2001

RUNNER UP: “DONNIE DARKO”

Directed By: Richard Kelly
Written By: Richard Kelly

10. “A.I. ARTIFICAL INTELLIGENCE”

Directed By: Steven Spielberg
Written By: Steven Spielberg

9. “TRAINING DAY”

Directed By: Antoine Fuqua
Written By: David Ayer

8. “MONSTERS INC.”

Directed By: Pete Docter
Written By: Andrew Stanton & Dan Gerson

7. “A BEAUTIFUL MIND”

Directed By: Ron Howard
Written By: Akiva Goldsman

6. “SHREK”

Directed By: Andrew Adamson & Vicky Jenson
Written By: Ted Elliot, Terry Russo, Joe Stillman & Roger S. H. Williams

5. “BLACK HAWK DOWN”

Directed By: Ridley Scott
Written By: Ken Nolan

4. “MULHOLLAND DRIVE”

Directed By: David Lynch
Written By: David Lynch

3. “MOULIN ROUGE!”

Directed By: Baz Luhrmann
Written By: Baz Luhrmann & Craig Pearce

2. “MEMENTO”

Directed By: Christopher Nolan
Written By: Christopher Nolan

1. “THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING”

Directed By: Peter Jackson
Written By: Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, Phillippa Boyens


MY TOP 5 WORST FILMS OF THE YEAR (In no particular order…they all sucked)
1. Grown Ups
2. Jonah Hex
3. The Last Airbender
4. Little Fockers
5. Alice In Wonderland

MY TOP 5 BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENTS OF THE YEAR
1. Winters Bone
2. The Kids Are Alright
3. Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows: Part 1
4. Iron Man 2
5. Tron: Legacy

MY TOP 5 MOST MEMORABLE MOMENTS IN FILM
1. The Ending to Toy Story 3
2. The Opening Scene in The Social Network
3. The Transformation in Black Swan
4. The Hallway Fight Scene in Inception
5. “The Scene” in 127 Hours

Best Performances By An Actor/Actress
James Franco in 127 Hours
Natalie Portman in Black Swan

Best Performance By A Supporting Actor/Actress
Christian Bale in The Fighter
Hailee Steinfeld in True Grit

Best Use of Music in a Film
The Social Network

Best Script
The Social Network by Aaron Sorkin

Guilty Pleasure of the Year
Hot Tub Time Machine

Top 5 Best Technical Achievements in Film
1. The editing of The Social Network
2. The time framing device for the van in Inception
3. The cinematography in Black Swan
4. The production design in Shutter Island
5. The editing on 127 Hours

The Top 10 Movies I Missed in 2001
1. Fish Tank
2. Barney’s Version
3. Buried
4. I Love Your Phillip Morris
5. Another Year

Film I’m Most Looking Forward To In 2002
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2

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