That Show Sucks

2010 had a decent list of movies that turned out to be awesome. Don’t get me wrong, the standouts truly shined because of the monster wave of indifference that most films inspired. However, the standouts were truly great.

Here’s a list of the more popular options that shored up 2010. In my mind, the films were the ones that truly defined the year itself. I’m listing my standouts in order of release, as to not give off the sense that I’m biased or anything.

NOT EVEN BIASED AT ALL, GUYS

How To Train Your Dragon. I honestly didn’t know about this movie going into it. However, I was blown away by how charming and funny and heartfelt this movie was. This movie had heart and spirit and soul, and was one of the few 3D movies I’ve veer seen that actually looked good with the effect. It was a kids movie that adults could fully enjoy equally, which is high praise indeed.

Inception. There’s hardly any need to even go into this one. Inception has essentially redefined what film is capable of. Whirling, surreal effects and a deep and complex plot elevated this movie above the pack. It filled an existentialist gap that was left by the Matrix franchise and bettered what science fiction movies could be in many ways.

The King’s Speech. This was undoubtedly a heavy hitter, shored up by the performance of a lifetime by Colin Firth. This one so many awards during Oscar season that it stands out as best movie (from an awards perspective). Very moving show.

True Grit. My personal favorite of the pack. A truly dynamic reboot of a beloved Western, that actually did its best to be accurate and truthful to both source material and history. Whoa! Great performances and raw realism made True Grit something awesome.

It’s all a matter of perspective, of course. But no matter what people say, 2010 was undoubtedly a good year, in the sense that some truly memorable movies came out among a pack of uninspired ones.

Shout out in the comments if you feel passionately about one of these films, or if you feel like there’s something that was forgotten.

In case any of you have missed the announcements, Cars 2 is out in late June!

We’ll be following the adventures of Mater and Lightning McQueen in like a month! From the trailers and sneak peaks that have been played so far, it’s looking like they are going bigger and more explosive with this one than the previous iteration, with more action and fast moving things. And stuff.

The more over the top feel may be a bit of a calculated risk, but it’s looking like it will be truly fun. I’m fully expecting Cars 2 to have fun homages to other high octane movies, so it should be funny.

Now, there are going to be some people (including me) who would be skeptical about the prospect of a sequel, especially when the first Cars movie concluded so effectively. Under normal circumstances, this caution would be well merited. However, this is Pixar, and they have produced nothing but excellence.

That statement isn’t just a glowing reflection of Pixar as a company, either. Pixar will be staking their sizable reputation on making sure that things are of the utmost quality. It’s in their best interest that this is good and profitable at the same time. And Pixar isn’t exactly known for making shovelware, so we’re in good hands.

It’s gonna be DELIGHTFUL, people. De-lightful. I’m truly excited to see it.

Well, it’s official. The cancellation list is in. And I am sad.

While the cancellation list was fairly long and in depth for the next cycle, here are the three that make me kind of sad that they are gone.

Lie To Me. Fine, this one may have had it coming. The show started off with Cal Lightman being a brilliant psychologist that read people for a living, then it kind of went all CSI/ NCIS on us and gave us a team of para-psychologists that ran around randomly interrogating people and acting super tough while breaking the law. But it was still fun, if a bit stupid.

Human Target. I honestly don’t get this one. Human Target was a fun silly action show that was kind of like an ‘American James Bond’ miniseries. It had great production values and fun fights, and they always managed to top themselves. And it’s getting canceled right in the middle of an interesting story arc.

*facepalm*

Mr. Sunshine. Ok, this one I’m upset about. The show was just barely finding itse;f, and had a fun enough setting that nay variety of wacky things could have happened inside the Sunshine Arena. All of the different types of wackiness were part of the fun. It was like, the heir to Better Off Ted. And they cancelled it when it was funny! Aaaah! This was supposed to be the reinvention of Matthew Perry! They took Chandler away from me again, and it’s like they re-cancelled Better Off Ted in the process.

In case you’re feeling as sad as me, here is a picture of a puppy.

Daaaaaawww

But seriously, a few shows didn’t make it kind of deserved to, and it’s really too bad we didn’t get to see where they were going with things. Such is TV.