1) Best Movie of 2010
So far "True Grit"
2) Second-favorite Roman Polanski Movie
"Chinatown", #1 "Repulsion"
3) Jason Statham or Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson
I like The Rock
4) Favorite movie that could be classified as a genre hybrid
"Two-Lane Blacktop" as existential road/minimalist/chase movie
5) How important is foreknowledge of a film’s production history? Should it factor into one’s reaction to a film? The finished product should be all that should matter.
6) William Powell & Myrna Loy or Cary Grant & Irene Dunne
William Powell and Myrna Loy
7) Best Actor of 2010
Matt Damon
8) Most important lesson learned from the past decade of watching movies
Movies have the power to touch on any type of artform
9) Last movie seen (DVD/Blu-ray/theater)
DVD: "El Cid" Theater: "Tron"
10) Most appropriate punishment for director Tom Six
I don't know who that is
11) Best under-the-radar movie almost no one else has had the chance to see
"In Bruges"
12) Sheree North or Angie Dickinson
Angie Dickinson
13) Favorite nakedly autobiographical movie
"Contempt"
14) Movie which best evokes a specific real-life place
Woody Allen's "Manhattan"
15) Best Director of 2010
So far The Coen Brothers
16) Second-favorite Farrelly Brothers Movie
"Fever Pitch"
17) Favorite holiday movie
"It's a Wonderful Life"
18) Best Actress of 2010
Hailee Steinfeld so far
19) Joe Don Baker or Bo Svenson
Joe Don Baker
20) Of those notable figures in the world of the movies who died in 2010, name the one you’ll miss the most
Leslie Nielson
21) Think of a movie with a notable musical score and describe what it might feel like without that accompaniment. "2001" it wouldn't have that extra excitement that the music brings. I can't imagine those ships docking without that classical music.
22) Best Screenplay of 2010
"The Social Network"
23) Movie You Feel Most Evangelistic About Right Now
"True Grit"
24) Worst/funniest movie accent ever
Kevin Costner in Thirteen Days
25) Best Cinematography of 2010
"True Grit"
26) Olivia Wilde or Gemma Arterton
Olivia Wilde
27) Name the three best movies you saw for the first time in 2010 (Thanks, Larry!)
"Summer Hours", "Before Sunset","Eraserhead" I'm probably missing something.
28) Best romantic movie couple of 2010
Not a year for romance in my opinion
29) Favorite shock/surprise ending
Of this year it was probably the end of "Shutter Island", but I couldn't choose overall.
30) Best cinematic reason to have stayed home and read a book in 2010
Summer movies.
31) Movies in 2011 could make me much happier if they’d only _______________
put an arthouse movie theatre closer to where I live.
