John “The Arrow” Fallon’s Top 10 of 2011!

NOTE: KIDNAPPED and I SAW THE DEVIL made my Top 10 of last year.

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Looking back at the slate of genre films we got in 2011; on a whole, I can’t say that what the Studios churned out blew me away. Of course there were exceptions… but funnily enough, some of the big budget Hollywood flicks I did dig were films that were critically panned and hated on by the masses. If there was ever a year where I deserved to have a picture of myself in the dictionary next to the word “minority”, 2011 would be it, cause I wound up there a lot! Maybe it’s because, I am often able to forgive a flawed narrative line, if the flick kicks ass with its audio/visual aesthetics or/and its exploitation goodies. Or maybe it’s cause I have no shame in enjoying a imperfect film that provides me with a f*ck load of FUN. Who knows, who cares!

Xavier Gens went back to his indie roots with The Divide!

With that, thank Mitra that the Indie and Foreign scene kicked in once again to better my movie-going year and give me some superior jolts. Now I didn’t get to see everything, cause well, I have a freaking life and need to get laid too. Two films I really wanted to see but didn’t get the chance to were Darren Bousman’s 11-11-11 and Martha Marcy May Marlene. Maybe they would have made my TOP 10, maybe not. Too f-ing late now. As per every end of the year, I went on a marathon in late November/early December, tapping movies that I had missed to see if they would make my list or not. If they did, I’d write a review for them; if not, I didn’t bother. So nope, I MELT WITH YOU (3 on 4), COLD FISH (3 ON 4), MELANCHOLIA (2.5 on 4). A BOUT PORTANT (3 on 4), 13 ASSASSINS (2.5 on 4), TREE OF LIFE (I have no idea what I’d rate it, still don’t know how I feel about the thing), ANOTHER EARTH (2.5) and  BELLFLOWER (2 on 4) didn’t make my 2011 top list.

The red headed stepchild of 2011…Conan! I loved ya dawg!

PS: I cheated big time this year and reviewed the sports drama WARRIOR. To be honest, it had no business on AITH (even by REEL ACTION standards, where the review appeared) but I loved the movie so much that I needed to support it. It will obviously not be in my GENRE TOP 10, but I had to mention it.  All right, am done rambling! Here are the 10 genre flicks that really did it for me in 2011! Am not saying they are the BEST of 2011. Personally I don’t see how anybody can claim that with a straight face being that if you show one movie to 50 people, you will get different opinions across the board. So how does one define THE BEST? Exactly. We’re all individuals, with our own perceptions of things and our own personal tastes. It still blows my mind that some folks out there can’t “grasp” that concept yet. So all I am saying is that these are the flicks that I (yeah, just little whole me) got the most out of in 2011 for varied. Here we go!