Top Flicks of 2010

It's list time again!
I was at work today and deciding whether to leave the film year on a high note, with The King's Speech, or to leave it on a dubious note and see Gulliver's Travels. Fear not, the last note is indeed a high one.
What a year it's been! I can safely say I've never seen so many films at the cinema in one year - such is the hazard of having a year off work I suppose.
But what a good year it has been, overall anyway, and an awesome year for Australian films! Granted there were bits of crap that stuck to my shoe like The Killers with my least favourite actress in the entire universe Katherine Heigl; the massive flop that was Skyline and its painful dialogue and super-odd ending; Knight and Day that was supposed to be cool and hip but had Tom Cruise instead; and I almost forgot, that piece of embarrassing trash that was Sex And The City 2.
Frikken yeesh.
Some more-than-notable mentions in my top flicks for this year include...
Keats' biopic Bright Star; Oscar Winner The Hurt Locker; that other film that isn't the Hurt Locker, The Green Zone; one of many comic book adaptations, The Losers; Aussie blockbuster Tomorrow When The War Began; low-budget hit Monsters; and made-for-tv political flick The Special Relationship.
Top flicks? There are many this year. In no particular order... well maybe chronological order.
My top flick for January has to be the Aussie musical Bran Nu Dae. It's on DVD now so buy it, watch it, watch it again!
February brought Martin Scorsese back to our screens with the psychological thriller Shutter Island. Leo DiCaprio was pretty darn good too.
March was on fire with Dreamworks' How To Train Your Dragon.
Amelie director Jean-Pierre Jeunet gave us his latest masterpiece in April, Micmacs. Kick-Ass kicked our collective asses as we all came to accept an eleven year old girl saying the 'C' word. Aussie war flick Beneath Hill 60 came just in time to remind us of the sacrifices those brave men and women make everyday.
May was a great month for comedy with Hot Tub Time Machine and Aussie rom-com I Love You Too.
June brought chills with this year's best Aussie film Animal Kingdom - I think this is being released in the UK in February so make sure you see it! Pixar and Toy Story 3 turned us all to weeping four year olds with THAT scene (below).
July brought Jon Amiel's gorgeous film about Charles Darwin - Creation and Christopher Nolan frakked my brain up all good and stuff with his mind altering Inception.
Technically it was released before August but I was a bit late getting to it... the hilarious terrorist flick Four Lions was tops for this month alongside and the most epic of all epics, Edgar Wright's Scott Pilgrim Vs The World which was based on the graphic novels by Brian Lee O'Malley and has one of my favourite lines of the year... Milk and eggs, Bitch!
September taught us that long distance relationships are possible, so long as you're dating either Justin Long or Drew Barrymore with Going The Distance.
October for me was all about Emma Stone in Easy A and Ben Affleck's new flick The Town.
November, November. Harry Potter 7.1, even though it wasn't my favourite of the franchise it was still one hell of a flick and left me drooling for part deux. Eli Roth-produced The Last Exorcism gave me chills and an increased fear of Rednecks.
December rounded out nicely with that 80's flick sequel Tron: Legacy and Oscar buzzing The King's Speech.
Hmmm...
I've missed one haven't I.
Sometime back in October I saw my favourite film of the year. Directed by super genius David Fincher with a screenplay by God himself, Aaron Sorkin, was The Social Network. A film that still gives me chills just thinking about it. Everything fell in to place. Cast. Directing. Score. Script. It was, for me, perfect.
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As always there are a billion flicks I haven't had the time or cash to see and will have to wait until they slowly come out on DVD here in Australialand. If you've got any suggestions for any I've missed, be a dear and pop them in a comment won't you : )

Cry baby, cry.