Below is the list of my Top 20 favorite movies of the year 2010 followed by some Honorable Mentions. Note that i can change the list whenever i want.
Top 20 Movies:
1. The Social Network:
Coming from David Fincher, i knew this movie would be in my Top 5 at the end of the year. Wasn't sure at first since the idea of making a movie on how Facebook was formed would make a ridiculous teenage college geeks kind of a movie with added cliches. But i was surprised at how amazingly this movie unfolds the story in such a grand way, it feels like a biopic to be honest. The movie basically features flashbacks by Mark Zuckerberg the CEO who is on trial on how he got the idea, how he pursued it and what he did on the way. The Slow burning drama with a flawless screenplay, the best editing for a movie i have seen in years followed by one of the most terrific score and some amazing performances, specially by Jesse Eisenberg makes this movie phenomenal. I can't stop watching it, the sharp dialogues by Sorkin is a cherry on the top. This movie should have won Best Picture Oscar like it did everything else ... period!
2. Black Swan:
One of the most amazing experiences i have ever had watching a movie was when i watched Black Swan. Truly the best indie movie of the year that reaches a place that makes it the masterpiece that it is. The story of a struggling ballerina trying to make it big in a play while battling it out with the her insecurities as she ages and the competition she faces, her trainer, her obsessed mother etc is a shocking, twisted, scary and almost surrealist orgasmic experience that you would ever have. Natalie Portman outshines in the performance of her career. The movie scared me like no other horror movie ever did, i constantly got goosebumps watching a girl slowly dragging herself to the depths of despair, darkness and in her words "achieving the perfection". I laughed at many people getting scared of the "Ballet Dance can be Deadly" aspect of it, what they don't get is that this movie in its insanity tells us what happens in this particular or any profession as you age and you need to prove of your worth to yourself first more than anyone else. Call it a Psychological thriller or a horror movie, it is an unforgettable experience.
