Quentin Tarantino recently released his eleven favorite films of 2011, and thanks to cocaine, he was able to watch all eleven of them in just under 40 minutes. Probably the biggest surprise is that Paul WS Anderson’s Three Musketeers made his top eleven. I still haven’t seen it, but I know it involves pirate ships carried by zeppelins shooting cannons at each other, and I’m a big proponent of the idea that at a certain level, “stupid” becomes “brilliant.”
The other suprise is that he has Drive listed among the “nice try” movies, which… I guess… means… he thought it could’ve been better? I don’t know, but he mentions it alongside Drive Angry, Hanna, and Real Steel, which aren’t exactly flattering company.
Quentin Tarantino’s official Top 11 of 2011
1. Midnight in Paris
2. Rise of the Planet of the Apes
3. Moneyball
4. The Skin I Live In
5. X-Men: First Class
6. Young Adult
7. Attack the Block
8. Red State
9. Warrior
10. The Artist / Our Idiot Brother (tie)
11. The Three Musketeers
I too thought Our Idiot Brother was better than it got credit for, but that’s what happens when you have a lame premise. 50/50 and Cedar Rapids were much better.
Others considered in no particular order
50/50
Beginners
Hugo
The Iron Lady
Carnage
Green Hornet
Green Lantern
Captain America
The Descendants
My Week With Marilyn
Fast Five
The Tree of Life
The Hangover Part II
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol
The Beaver
Contagion
The Sitter
War Horse
Does this just mean that he saw them? Interpret that as you will. Of all the movies that came out this year, if he’s actually considering The Iron Lady and Green Lantern for his best-of-the-year list, he’s even higher than I thought. Why, it’d almost be like seeing a hot naked lady and wanting to jack off to her feet.
Nice Try Award
Drive
Hanna
Drive Angry
Real SteelBest Director
Pedro Almodóvar
Bennett Miller
Woody Allen
Jason Reitman
Michel HazanaviciusBest Original Screenplay
Midnight in Paris
Young Adult
Red State
Attack the Block
Our Idiot Brother
BeginnersBest Adapted Screenplay
Moneyball
The Skin I live In
Carnage
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Hugo
X-Men: First ClassWorst Films
Sucker Punch
Potiche (Trophy Wife)
Miral
Insidious
Rampart
Straw Dogs
Paranormal Activity 3
Meek’s Cutoff[via Tarantino.info]
Ha, even the guy who liked Three Musketeers and Green Lantern thought Sucker Punch sucked. He probably just didn’t understand it because he’s never been molested. You can’t relate to a girl whose vagina hypnotizes people with techno music in a 50s period piece unless you’ve been molested, or so I hear.
