Let's Talk About My 2011 Best and Worst Lists.

I want to give a few little tidbits (feeble as some of them may seem) behind the best and worst of 2011.  Crazy, Stupid, Love was funny, romantic, silly, witty, and completely entertaining.  There are a few surprises along the way that you really don't see coming.  I think Steve Carrell is better in movies like this than he is on The Office.  He can actually act.  When Ryan Gosling takes his shirt off, Emma Stone's reaction is exactly what was going through my mind.  There's also a really funny moment with a velcro wallet.
Super 8; so nostalgic.  Spielberg to a tee.  If Goonies, ET, and Close Encounters had a baby, it would be Super 8.  The kid actors are really good here.  And it is so great that we get to see the movie that they've been working on during the credits.
Baseball movies are great.  Moneyball is no exception.  It's a much smarter movie than I think you would anticipate.  Brad Pitt is so reminiscent of Robert Redford that it's kind of spooky.  And I actually wanted to watch Jonah Hill during the whole movie.  He wasn't his normal obnoxious self.  Maybe he lost that part of himself with all the rest of the weight.
Pirates 4. Ugh.  A really good cast of actors stuck in a really awful story.  The first movie was awesome because it was new and fresh and we hadn't seen it before.  But no no no, we can't make just one good movie.  We have to go screw it up by milking it for everything it's worth.  Hey Disney, the horse is dead, stop beating it.
Sherlock Holmes seems like I should like it.  But I don't.  I didn't like the first one and I didn't like the second one.  They're boring.  And they're not as smart as they think they are.  And for the love of everything holy Guy Ritchie, enough of the slow motion.  It does nothing but slow down an already long story.  The chase scene in the forest is so long that I think my butt fell asleep.  Never a good thing.
Go on Youtube, watch the preview for The Way Back, do not go rent the movie.  Resist the urge, I'm warning you.  The preview gets you all excited for this epic journey of hope that turns out to be a muddy boring walk through the desert.  Too bad.  It had so much potential.