Important Movies

I don't know, it struck me as really derivative of Toy Story 2 and didn't really seem to bring a lot new to the table.  Though admittedly I didn't come to this series the way most people did.

Sequels being on this list should be a rare case, one in which Toy Story shouldn't make the cut.

This isn't a strong year however.

2010 had a lot of great movies and documentaries, but it was only 5 years ago so there isn't really anything "important" yet. You can give Alice in Wonderland credit for Disney focusing on live-action remakes of the cartoons and Harry Potter credit for splitting the last book into two movies thing. That's it.

We already have Deathly Hallows Part Two so I don't think we need Part One as well.

I do feel that Social Netowrk represents the next generation e-business idea very well, and for capturing hte new economic and social reality the world is moving into at that point definitely makes it stand out.

Inception was an important "blockbuster with brains", which was a gasp of fresh air.

I definitely agree with the choice of Four Lions for its timely humour, even if the movie didn't make much of a popularity mark.

Otherwise maybe... Monsters? The Kids are alright? Of the French Prophet film?

I was gonna say that but Dracula gets pissed off when I question if people have seen certain movies.

The movie does have a rather loyal following.  A small following, but a loyal one.  I personally didn't like it, but I admired its boldness, and the ending is particularly disturbing given one recent event.

The movie had trouble in the U.S. because it was released by Drafthouse Pictures, which is of course owned by the Alamo Drafthouse.  Landmark Theaters (AKA the company that owns just about every arthouse in America) views them as a competitor and doesn't work with them.  As such, the only theaters that could play it outside of that chain were the ones that were independently owned.  The theater I saw it in was an absolute shit-hole and I partially blame that for how little I enjoyed it. So it's not exactly fair to judge the movie by its box office performance.  

To be clear, if this was a year that actually had measurably important movies I wouldn't be trying to push this movie forward, but that's kind of where we're at with 2010.  The film's basic attitude, that terrorists are more stupid than evil is interesting and will probably find its way into other movies because I do think that a lot of the people who did see it are taste-makers.

It's a British film about homegrown terrorists. 99.9% of Americans never knew it existed.

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World - Will only continue to grow in popularity over the years.
Tangled - Some might say Princess and the Frog, but I think this was the film to kickstart the resurgence of great Disney animated films with Lasseter's takeover.

Honestly, most of the top films this year were bland for me. Only other one I'd probably consider would be Blue Valentine.

I agree with Drac on Scott Pilgrim, but Tangled might be a good choice. Did sort of kick off Disney's current wave of animated successes.

Wow, this is tough in such a weak year. I always thought 2010 was strong, but thats because I always thought of Inception and Social Network, but after those...