Top Movies of 2010 

I didn't see quite as many movies in 2010 as I normally would have liked, but I saw a bunch of good ones. Here, in rough order, are my top movies of 2010.

(I should note that there are a bunch of new movies that have come out recently -- Black Swan, 127 Hours, The Fighter -- that I haven't seen yet.)

Toy Story 3 -- Surprisingly, my favorite movie of the year. If you're a sap like me, and remotely like the the Toy Story series, you'll enjoy the movie. It pretty much hits every note it needed to, and addresses the topic of growing up/moving on/leaving things behind with more grace and depth than I think you'd expect from an animated movie. If there was justice in the world, Toy Story 3 would get a Best Picture nomination.

Scott Pilgrim vs. The World -- Comics, indie rock, video games, nerds. If you were trying to put together a movie that would pretty much hit my sweet spot, you would put together Scott Pilgrim.

The Social Network -- Given its subject matter, a surprisingly tense, well-paced movie. Unsurprisingly, given its writer and director, a well-written, well-shot movie. If you know much about the Facebook story, you need to come into this looking at it as historical fiction. It's a story -- a really good one -- based on some truth.

Inception -- Visually stunning, incredibly inventive idea, that gets bogged down by one sub-plot too many, and one locale that is just a huge let down after 90 minutes of mind blowing special effects. Chop 15 minutes off of this movie and it would probably move up the list.

Those are the only ones I would call out as being outstanding. I'm guessing over the next few months I'll add a few more movies to this list. If British mini-series qualify in your mind, add Luther and Sherlock (which you should go out of your way to see) to the list.