Top Ten Movies of 2010 selected by "Universal Screen Yearbook Special Edition 2010 Complete Movies"

1. Top Ten Best Movies

1. "Inception" Space" (USA) One small step for Nolan, one giant leap for a blockbuster movie.

This film is not Nolan's best and most complex film, but it is definitely worthy of consideration by fans, critics and filmmakers - how can a subject that may have been avant-garde, obscure, and full of experimentation be considered? It has been transformed into a high-end entertainment blockbuster with a shooting cost of up to 160 million US dollars. The consciousness of the creator and the inclusiveness of the film investment market are by no means a one-day success. The success of this film is due to its unexpected creativity, star cast, and big scenes built with a lot of money. The latter two are especially indispensable. Otherwise, it will just become a new talking point for fans and critics. This film is straightforward about the accustomed story. For the audience, trying an exciting test is a huge impact and expansion of narrative form for popular commercial blockbusters that fear that the audience will not understand what is going on.

2. "The King's Speech" (UK) The victory of traditional drama

From all aspects, this film can be called this year's "The Queen", except that the protagonist is from Elizabeth The second person became her father, George VI, and the lowest period of George VI's life was selected. The grand scheme has long lost people's hearts now, and seeing the big from the small is a common expression method in historical biographical movies. The script of this film fully follows the traditional British drama: the plot is step-by-step, the lines are subtle and cunning, and there is a bit of British dry humor. Each character is given a shining point. Yes, the biggest highlight of this film is the actors' Acting.

3. "The Social Network" (USA) This is the spirit of the times

If "Wall Street" represents all the enthusiasm, ideals and success rules of people in the last two decades of the last century , then "The Social Network" belongs to a new era. This biographical film about Mark Zuckerberg (the father of Facebook) tells us: "The Internet connects to reality, and geeks inherit the world. This is the spirit of our times, whether you want to admit it or not.

4. "Confession" (Japan) In the Name of Revenge

There is such a kind of movie, you meet it on a warm autumn day, it is oriented toward peace, has a calm demeanor, and pulls up like an acquaintance Your hands will then lead you step by step into a world that you have never set foot in, have never even heard of, and have not even imagined. In the next two hours, you will sink here and be completely subverted frame by frame. The picture of your outlook on life and the dialogue that skipped the periosteum and penetrated directly into the brainstem were overwhelming. When the movie was over, you walked out and the dazzling sunlight came down again. You felt dizzy and had to hold on to the wall to walk, looking in front of you. Traffic and pedestrians, you don’t even know that world is the real world

5. "127 Hours" (USA) A person’s chronological history

Thirds of the time. There is almost no dialogue. Three-quarters of the time the shot is of cliffs and the sky. Four-fifths of the time is the wandering and struggle of the protagonist alone. Three-sixths of the time his face is on the screen. In the past, if someone recommended such a movie to you, you would tell him to get as far away as possible, but "127 Hours" leaves you with no time to leave, unless you are a patient with severe vertigo. An action movie, but there is only one main character who cannot act.

6. "Three Idiots in Bollywood" (India) Save the Child

A hodgepodge of Hollywood genre movies. A typical Indian movie, with a strong story core, the facial expression of the characters is not a problem at all

7. "How I Spent This Summer" (Russia) Polar Legend

< p>The work has oil painting-like images and wonderful performances. Uncle Xiong and the handsome boy shared the Berlin Best Actor title at the beginning of the year.

8. "Uncle" (South Korea) Don't mess with the pawnshop owner<. /p>

The plot is ordinary to the point of simplicity, but Won Bin is so handsome in the movie, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, personal heroism here. "Those who live for tomorrow will be punished by those who live for today." "People kill"

9. "Let the Bullets Fly" (China) Bullets Fly Where the Sun Sets

Although it cannot become another landmark work by Jiang Wen, this film has no Doubt is the best Chinese-language film this year. A purely commercial film, it is enough to put our censorship and cultural system to shame.

10. A beautiful farewell gift from "Toy Story 3" (USA)

At the end of the film, in front of the huge incinerator, all the toys we have known in the past fifteen years held hands Get started and bravely face the coming destruction. How can anyone who loves these toys withstand the temptation of these tears? It can be seen that this is an emotional outburst that Pixar carefully prepared for that generation of children. This is probably one of the most unforgettable scenes in the history of animation.

2. Top Ten Documentaries of the Year

1. "Music Life" Country: Hong Kong, China Director: Zhang Jingwei

The protagonist of the film, Huang Jiazheng, is only 17 years old. He is recognized as a music prodigy. He performed Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 1 with the Czech orchestra at the age of 11. However, he was not very happy and kept thinking about such profound propositions as the meaning of life. When asked what his ideal was, he said it was to be a human being. The film is reminiscent of "Mozart" and "The Social Network," both stories about a lonely genius. Genius is both a gift and a curse. He was one of the lucky ones among his peers. He was arrogant and uninhibited, and could play music that directly touched people's hearts at a young age. However, because of his precocious wisdom, he experienced more pain than others, and his too huge halo also obscured and hurt many people. He is not cute, but he is respectable. Zhang Jingwei conveyed his views gently and tolerantly. This is a movie that shows true humanity in a "human" way: no matter what genius, he is first and foremost a human being.

2. "Sunshine Baby" Country: France Director: Thomas Balmes

This film records four people of different races, skin colors and genders from four countries. The growth process of a baby from birth to learning to walk. The four countries are Namibia, Japan, Mongolia and the United States in Africa. The film adopts a purely observational recording method, completely eliminating subtitles and explanations, but clearly shows the impact of completely different living environments on children's growth. African babies are the cutest, but their lives are almost primitive: American babies follow their mothers to pick things at random in the supermarket. A person's fate is probably 80% determined at the moment of birth. However, the director did not make any value judgments on these living environments, but focused entirely on the baby's growth process. Those smile-inducing life clips connect this sampling record of the starting point of life. Adults who are frustrated by life should watch this movie: life is such a beautiful miracle.

3. "The Cove" Country: United States Director: Louis Sihoyos

The most well-known documentary in 2010 is none other than "The Cove". Rick O'Barry, who single-handedly led the dolphin show industry, spent 35 years personally destroying this industry. He and his companions went deep into Japan's Taiji region, where more than 20,000 dolphins were slaughtered every year. The director of this film made his film debut in order to stand up for his old friend. This movie follows the path of a "truth movie" and continues Michael Moore's style, which sees movies as a loudspeaker for his own cry. Therefore, the film selects materials that are conducive to expressing one's own views. The local fishermen and government officials all have hateful facial expressions. The blood-stained sea water in the climax makes people even more sad and angry. In the final analysis, this is just a high-quality environmental documentary. You can be moved and refuse to eat dolphin meat from now on, but don’t be naive enough to think that this is the whole truth.

4. "Legend of the Sea" Country: China Director: Jia Zhangke

Over the years, Jia Zhangke's focus has gradually shifted from Fenyang to the wider world. This time, he used His own life experience has written the past and present life of Shanghai. Everyone in the shot looks as natural as everyday life. The interviewees include the descendants of gangsters, politicians, and movie stars, as well as Shanghainese who have lived in Taiwan and Hong Kong. Some people talk about big events, and some people talk about small details. Maybe what they said is not the most important. The most important thing is that they are still alive. Their gestures, together with their clear accents, all have the aftertaste of the sea. These fragments of personal memories continue the thread of time, switching freely between the three spaces of history, psychology and geography. However, what kind of spiritual context is hidden under the context of time? The answer of the movie is just like its English title: "I knew I knew." Trying to find out is the best thing that Jia Zhangke can do now.

5. "Restrepo" Country: United States Director: Sebastian Junger

This documentary records a group of American soldiers fighting in Afghanistan A full year of experience with the Lungar Valley field platoon. The camera never leaves the valley and there are no official interviews, thus maintaining a strong sense of immersion. This is one of the fronts with the heaviest casualties for US troops on the Afghan battlefield. Every week, the captain invites all the elders in the village for "serious talks", hoping that they will inform them of the whereabouts of the Taliban, but he has never been able to communicate smoothly with the locals. In their free time, the soldiers would dance to the music on their Ipods and play guitar under the sunset. For them, war is just a profession. A soldier in the team died. After hearing the news, the policeman who came over hugged the body bag and cried bitterly. However, just the day before, the air force's bombing accidentally injured local children and killed 7 local civilians. This unprovoked war cannot give people the slightest comfort, not even the brotherhood of life and death and the Communist Party.

6. "Exit from the Gift Shop" Country: United States Director: Banks

This movie with "Paranoid Films" written in the title looks like a director from beginning to end In a big joke to the audience, he tells the story of an eccentric French store clerk's search for Banksy. Banksy is a well-known graffiti artist in the UK and a mysterious eccentric in the art circle. In all the scenes about him in the film, his face is covered and even his voice has been processed. The focus of the story is the passionate Frenchman. After he bought souvenirs at the gift shop next to the gallery, he developed a passion for being an artist. He began to understand Banksy and his street art and finally became one of them. In the end, his graffiti works were sold so well that even Madonna Ask him to design the cover of his latest album. In the movie, Banksy ruthlessly mocks those pseudo-artists who only copy others to make money, but from the audience's point of view, this is more like a clever self-promotion by Banksy.

7. "The Stealer" Country: United States Director: Charles Ferguson

This is a documentary that explores the 2008 financial crisis in detail. The 2-hour video brings together interviews with various political figures, financial experts, university teachers and journalists from Asia, Europe and the Americas. The interviewed figures are all very high-level. Even Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and the French Finance Minister were invited. out. The film uses a large number of footage of court confrontations as evidence, and the analysis is very logical. It is not just about finance, but more about the relationship between finance, politics, and academia. The clear views are hidden behind as objective a statement as possible, allowing the audience to ponder for themselves. Although it explains the operating model of the financial industry, the film still expresses it clearly and freely. At the same time, it does not forget to use the star power and let Matt Damon be responsible for the narration. Fighting against crisis is the surface, fighting against greed is the core. Those of us who find it difficult to stay away from the world should all watch this movie.

8. "Waiting for Superman" Country: United States Director: Davis Guggenheim

Americans are wary of danger in times of peace and have begun to reflect on the shortcomings of their country's public education system. : Why more and more children are unable to receive normal secondary education. Guggenheim's last documentary "An Inconvenient Truth" won an Oscar. He has a good understanding of the tastes of the American public. He presents facts and reason, conducts extensive interviews, and mixes in a little humor. Sensation is absolutely indispensable. ; Coupled with interesting explanation techniques such as data, icons, and small animations, it becomes this documentary that the public loves to see. After a little research, you will find that Guggenheim’s reasoning lacks strict logical support. What is the standard for student performance decline? Is it just a C or a D given by the teacher? It also seems too extreme to blame the problems of American education generally on teachers. We can see the problem, but not the solution, so we can only helplessly "wait for Superman."