Flashback: Bryan’s Top 10 Movies of 2001

I was digging through some old paperwork and I happened upon my old handwritten top ten list from 2001. So, I thought I’d share it and a few thoughts with everyone as an interesting look at my tastes and how they’ve evolved (or haven’t) over the years. Plus, it’s been about 10 years more or less so an anniversary is a good enough excuse as well.

Earth’s Mightiest Decade – Part 6: Predictions

The last ten years have been filled with huge successes and tremendous learning curves. One thing this decade’s audience loves to do is speculate. Let’s do that for a bit. We’ve seen where we’ve been, now let’s think about where we might go. The following list is our top 10 predictions for the decade ahead…

Earth’s Mightiest Decade – Part 5: Hypothetical Casting

I think we can all agree that there will be big summer super hero movies for a good long while. There will be an Avengers sequel. There will be yet another Spider-Man. Another era of Batman is around the corner. With so many properties on the horizon, we can’t help but play our favorite game Cast That Hero! In a perfect world, we would see these actors suiting up in the future. We also take a moment to mourn great casting that could have been.

Earth’s Mightiest Decade – Part 4: Best Moments

During the last decade, after watching each new superhero teaser or trailer or film, many conversations started with, “Dude, did you see…” We would think about the moments that got our blood pumping, that satisfied an indescribable need for a film to just kick our ass. So, whether they be teasers, trailers, or scenes from films, these are our top 10 best moments from the last decade.

Earth’s Mightiest Decade – Part 3: Biggest Disappointments

There’s been a lot of trial and error in the last ten years. In the race to make the biggest superhero blockbusters, Hollywood has also made some real shit. Hollywood has been making westerns for decades, same with comedies and dramas. Comparatively, superheroes are new territory. The following is a list of the greatest disappointments from the decade when superheroes were king.

Earth’s Mightiest Decade – Part 2: Best Casting

Finding actors to play superheroes is one very interesting process. Many of these characters have been around for over half a century and they are iconic images in American culture: Peter Parker’s disheveled nerdiness, Steve Roger’s physique and golden hair, Elektra’s accent. Well, they can’t all be home-runs. Over the last ten years, there have been almost as many missteps as there are triumphs in finding just the right person to embody characters that sometimes defy reality. These are the ten best cast actors and the characters they brought to life.

Earth’s Mightiest Decade – Part 1: 10 Years of Hero Worship

Marvel’s The Avengers opens May 4th 2012, a decade and a day after comic book blockbuster Spider-Man opened. After May 3rd, 2002, the following 10 years had every summer packed with comic book to film adaptations. Where the 70s had grim and realistic films dominate the box office, the 80s had cop-oriented high concept action films, and the 90s had all-star romantic comedies, the 00s had mega-budget films about capes and tights.

If I Were King of the Oscars… 2012

It’s time for my nominations! Hopefully, you’ve had a look at my top ten already. Now, it’s time for my favorites in every other category. I posted this last year, so even though the Oscars are long gone, I’m doing it again.  As usual, some of these the Academy got right, others not so much. Here is what my personal ballot for 2011 would look like. A lot of the same movies pop up, but I assure you, I honestly thought about what was best in each category. I didn’t just fill it out with my top 5 films, trust me.

Bryan’s Top Ten Movies of 2011

As is becoming tradition, I don’t complete my top ten list until a few months into the new year. This is mostly because I’m trying to see everything I missed. This list is late for that reason of course, but also because I was having my friends at Outpost Media put together a video companion (which I think came out looking sweet, many thanks to them). I thought it might be fun. So watch the video, then read on for more context or read first then watch or whatever you feel like doing. Just enjoy.

Top 10 Older Films Discovered in 2011

I like to feel like I’ve seen most of the movies on everyone else’s top ten lists before I compile mine. That being the case, my list is still not ready yet. So… since I’ve done posters and trailers already, I thought I’d offer up a different list. Here now, in alphabetical order, are the 10 best movies I saw last year that were not released last year. If you’ve seen them, great, but if you haven’t, fire up the queue and then tell me what you thought.

Top 10 Movies We’re Looking Forward to in 2012

Bryan had an idea (read: he stole it from In Contention) for a collective top 10 list of the movies scheduled for release in 2012 that we here at Shooting the Script are most looking forward to seeing. And though Bryan and I don’t always agree–he thinks the LOTR trilogy counts as one timeless classic, whereas I think it’s three boring films that didn’t age well–I was also interested to see what our gang was looking forward to, and figured you might be too.

Top 10 Trailers – 2011

Last week I shortlisted the year’s best posters, now it’s time for the trailers. For those who don’t know, creating trailers is literally my day job; so this is actually one of the more informed opinions on the internet (Kermit: Yayyyyyyy!). I’m a sucker for a good music cue, sharp editing, and anything that makes you want to see the damn picture. This list only covers movies released in 2011, so no The Dark Knight Rises here. This year, number one is so ridiculously obvious, but let’s not get ahead of ourselves.

Top 20 Posters – 2011

[Editor's note: #1 might not be safe for work.]
Let the list making begin! As you might remember from my inaugural list, we here at Shooting the Script do not receive screeners or invites to advanced screenings. Therefore, our top 10 films of the year list doesn’t usually hit until March, once we’ve caught up with everything.

So, here are my favorite movie posters of the year instead. Once again, these are for films released in 2011 so The Dark Knight Rises will have to wait until next year. Quality of film matters not… just design. Here…we…go.

Dark Night of the Soul: 24-Hours of Horror

I know it’s very last-minute, but like Scott Weinberg, I was also urged on by a friend (Bryan) who read the 24 Hours of Horror with Edgar Wright piece by Keith Phipps over at The A.V. Club. Bryan’s email went a little something like this: “You should do one of these… we should just rip this off but you be Edgar Wright.” So, thanks to Keith, Edgar, Scott, Bryan, and my own irresistible urge to make yet another horror-centric list, I present to you my own hastily compiled 24-hour horror fest.

Family Fright Fest: Top 25 Family-Friendly Halloween Movies

Halloween is right around the corner. And while I’m a fan of scary movies, I know that some fans of Halloween aren’t actually all that fond of being scared. Plus, many of my peers now have children of their own, making Halloween more of a family affair. So, whether you have a family of your own or you’re just not fond of really scary movies, I’ve compiled a list of fairly family friendly films for a fun Halloween.