Hi everyone. Welcome to Eternal Sunshine of the Spotty Mind, a discussion blog for our film club. I'll be blogging posts about films seen as part of the film club, as well as films generally, in a particular classic and foreign films. Hopefully there will also be contributions from other film club members. I think Natalie and Anthony have already put their hands up for non-film related posts, so there's that to look forward to.
For now, let's get straight into some film discussion: favourite film of last year. Did we agree with the Oscars and think that The King's Speech was the best? Or was The Social Network the better film? My personal favourites were The Social Network and Toy Story 3. The Social Network because it was really expertly made, from script to score to performance. I think the real discriminating factor was that it was just so on point for this 'facebook' Web 2.0 generation. When a film captures the zeitgeist as well this does, I think it's exactly what film as art is meant to do. I've watched it 3 times now and it's still riveting each time. Toy Story 3 because, apart from also being expertly made, that last scene made me ugly cry. Yes, deep film discussion there. Guilty pleasure? What else but Burlesque?
What were your favourite films of 2010?
