Quentin Tarantino vs. Stephen King: Who Has a More Baffling Year-End Movie List?
As mentioned in Broadsheet, Quentin Tarantino released his of 20 favorite films from 2010 over the weekend, and Toy Story 3 grabbed the top honor. It was followed by The Social Network, Animal Kingdom, I Am Love and Tangled. So, eclectic. But how does QT's list compare to famed author Stephen King's top-ten? Let's investigate.
Quentin Tarantino's Year-End List
1. Toy Story 3
2. The Social Network
3. Animal Kingdom
4. I Am Love
5. Tangled
6. True Grit
7. The Town
8. Greenberg
9. Cyrus
10. Enter The Void ("Hands down best credit scene of the year ... Maybe best credit scene of the decade. One of the greatest in cinema history." -- QT)
11. Kick-Ass
12. Knight and Day
13. Get Him To The Greek
14. The Fighter
15. The King's Speech
16. The Kids Are All Right
17. How To Train Your Dragon
18. Robin Hood
19. Amer
20. Jackass 3-D
Stephen King's Year-End List
1. Let Me In
2. The Town
3. Inception
4. The Social Network
5. Takers
6. Kick-Ass
7. Splice
8. Monsters
9. Jackass 3-D
10. Green Zone
Four films overlap -- The Social Network, The Town, Kick-Ass and Jackass 3-D -- and both leave off a beloved summer film (Inception for Tarantino, Toy Story 3 for King) in favor of a not-so-beloved summer film (Knight and Day for Tarantino, Takers for King). Otherwise, neither list is that bad. OK, sure, Tarantino might get mocked for his inclusion of something like Tangled, but he does have seven potential Best Picture nominees among his 20. King only has three -- and skirts heavily toward genre fare -- but his top-4 films received rave reviews, and...well, at least Armond White liked Takers? Advantage Tarantino, but barely...
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Where's The Human Centipede? Recount!
Piranha 3D is the greatest movie since Rambo.
Both men are fools for failing to recognize this.
PS- Mr. Tarantino, I want my money back for Somewhere. I went solely because your jury awarded it an award over Black Swan, and now that's not even on the runners up?
If I wanted nothing to happen for 99 minutes, I wouldn't pay $27 for it. I can get that staring at a wall at home for at least half the price.
I disagree with you about the quality of the film, but QT needs to explain this one. How cold he give it the top prize in Venice and then not even include it on this list? WTF?
Tangled was cute and all, but there is no way it should be higher than How to Train Your Dragon, Despicable Me or Megamind. And mega-minus points for Stephen King's choice of Splice, the most predictable, least scary horror movie this year. And Jackass 3-D on both lists? This was easily the weakest Jackass of the trio. But for the most part, not horrible lists.
Then again, what else is going to appear on these lists? It's not like there were more than 20 really good movies this year.
The favorite films of two untalented hacks - how insignificant.
anybody know what QT's movie #19 is? Never heard of it and searching Rotten and google found nothing.
#19 would be The American, maybe? That's the closest thing I could think of.
It's Amer, a French-Belgian giallo tribute reviewed here last year:
http://www.movieline.com/2010/10/review-giallo-homage-amer-is-a-slice-of-cruel-beauty.php