The Blue Lagoonies and Other Movie Mash-Ups

Do you watch Cougar Town? You should. It's the only show on television that is guaranteed to send me into fits of laughter. Whenever I watch it I have to record it at the same time so I can go back and revisit all the jokes I missed! Purchasing season 1 on DVD was one of the best decisions I made in recent months, true fact!

Last night, completely by accident, I stumbled across the season 2 premiere (at 10.30 at night, for shame Channel 7 and Australian television viewers who, for some reason, still watch Grey's Anatomy and Two and a Half Men) and I was so glad to have it back. There was a hilarious Jennifer Aniston cameo (the sage leaves! OH MY GAWD, THE SAGE LEAVES! I nearly fell off the couch with laughter) as well as "movie mash-ups", a new drinking game ("we drink while we're doing it!") that the cul-de-sac crew invented. It's very hilarious and, ta da, here it is on YouTube.


I bring this up because over at My New Plaid Pants, my mate Jason is doing a movie mash-up of sorts (not the same as Cougar Town, but it works as a tie in nonetheless) as he counts down his favourite films and performances of 2010. You should definitely go read if the thought of I Am Fish Tank appeals to your laugh gene. (Wait, do we even have a laugh gene?)

Connor: We should definitely fuck.
Emma Recchi: Bellissimo!
Amazing. He also came up with this as a "moment of 2010 awesomeness", which I can't help but scream "Yes!" at.


And speaking of "best of 2010" have you been following Nathaniel Rogers' Film Bitch Awards? They're routinely my favourite part of any given Oscar season (give or take the actual Oscars) what with their less narrow view and fun sub-categories, which are about to get under way. "Best Cameo", anyone? How about "Best Musical Sequence"? Fantastic.

Although, if you want to take a look at my favourite personal ballot of the season - don't you much prefer them to same ol' same ol' organisations? - it would have to be Guy Lodge's at In Contention. There is part one and part two to indulge in and it's fabulous stuff. I may not have liked them but titles like Dogtooth, The Fighter and Everyone Else sitting alongside those I do like such as Black Swan, White Material, Fish Tank and The Illusionist makes for a compelling, personal, fascinating read. I suggest you run along and do so.

Now.

The Best (And Worst) Posters of 2010 - Part Three

For parts one and two of this three part look at the best and worst movie posters of 2010, by all means, click this link and then this one!


And so we come to the final instalment. We've already looked at the worst and handed out a few fun prizes, now we get to countdown the 50 best posters of 2010. I guess, if you want to get technical, it's more than 50 (as you'll see further down the list), but let's just call it 50 and be done with it, yeah? This list will be subjective, I'm sure, and you will all have your own opinions as to what the best posters were, but I hope this list works as a good summary of the very best that the year had to offer. I didn't think 2010 was that great of a year for the medium until I actually started making the list and realised I couldn't stop. That is always a good sign, I reckon, and while my #1 was glaringly obvious from the moment I saw it all the way back in January, I've had a great time siphoning through all the contenders and soaking in the beauty.

Let's start this bad boy!

50. The Human Centipede
49. Predators
48. The American


47. William S Burroughs: A Man Within
46. Sweetgrass
45. Tiny Furniture


44. GasLand
43. New York, I Love You
42. Burlesque


41. Life During Wartime
40. Frozen
39. Red Riding


38. A Film Unfinished
37. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
36. Survival of the Dead


35. Daddy Longlegs
34. The Tree
33. The Social Network


32. Monsters


31. True Grit
30. A Little Death
29. Piranha 3D


28. Howl
27. Music from the Big House


26. Devil
25. Fish Tank
24. Let Me In


23. The White Stripes Under Great White Northern Lights
22. Somewhere
21. Enter the Void


20. Shutter Island
For it's plot tease (put the pieces together) and shirking of cliché (Leo's big head for one).


19. Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work
For it's striking and uncharacteristic feminine pink-on-pink.


18. The Girl Who Played with Fire
For Noomi Rapace's pose. All she needs is a middle finger in the air and the other down her pants.


17. Rabbit Hole
For being unexpected, and excellent too.


16. The Four-Faced Liar
15. Four Lions
For Colored Girls
Completely coincidental that these three should sit side by side. They're here for the bringing the funny (#16 and #15) and for their artfulness (#14).


13. The Expendables
For its Mexican cockiness.


12. Machete
For it's blaxploitation goodness.


11. Animal Kingdom
For it's family portrait of menace.


10. Black Swan
For their boldness and impact.


9. Dawning
For the immediate itch under the skin that I get from looking at them.


8. And Everything is Going Fine
For it's striking and unique imagery.


7. Best Worst Movie
For it's shlocky inventiveness.


6. I'm Still Here
For creating it's own iconography and that typography.


5. I Am Love
For it's grandeur, elegance and that typography.


4. Carlos
For being retro is the best way possible (WHITE BORDERS! QUOTE MARKS!)


3. Love and Other Drugs
For selling the "rom" and the "com" and being sexy doing it!


2. Shit Year
For being the total opposite of "shit".


1. The Runaways
For dripping sex (literally). For the worn vinyl sleeve backdrop. For the "cherry bomb". For being the best poster of 2010.

And that's it, folks. Posters for 2010 are done and dusted and it's time to move on to 2011. Chime in with your thoughts/disbeliefs/crazy rants in the comment section. What was your favourite poster of the year?