December 8, 2010, - 4:10 pm
Movie Coma Week: The Movies That Occupied My Days, This Week
I’ve posted a lot less in the last few days and it’s because of my duties to you to review the upcoming onslaught of Christmastime movies. As longtime readers know, I’m a film critic for the SiriusXM Patriot Channel’s terrific morning show, “The Mike Church Show,” and you can hear my movie reviews on the show, every Friday Morning between 7:30 and 8:00 a.m. Eastern. And I’m a member of the Detroit Film Critics Society. Every year, we have a day when we sit through movie after movie after movie, so that we can vote, as every city’s mainstream media film critics do, on the movies of the year, best actor, etc. I know it sounds fun–and pathetic to whine about it–but we waste the day away, sitting through a whole lot of bad movies for those one or two gems. (Plus, we get a ton of movies in the mail, which we’re expected to watch, then cut up and throw out (or save and never ever lend out to anyone, lest we be banned from screening lists). I’ve cut up and thrown out a heck of a lot, this year.)
This year, our movie coma days were Monday and today. And I sat through a lot of stinkers. Below is what I saw and the respective video trailers. I only really liked one. But that one was the year’s best movie, in my view. Can you guess which one it is? You’ll know soon enough–stay tuned for my reviews when the movies come out in the coming weeks. And remember, this week alone, I sat through 12 hours of this for only 2 good hours, the rest of it garbage (and countless hours in other weeks). That’s a whole lotta lifespan I’ll never get back. In many ways, I feel like a sifter in 1849, going through a lot of dirt for only a few tiny gold nuggets. I’ll be letting you know my nominations/votes for the best movies, actors, etc. in the next couple of days. Again, here’s what I saw . . .
* “Black Swan“:
* “The King’s Speech“:
* “Blue Valentine“:
* “The Company Men“:
* “The Fighter“:
* “The Tourist“:
* “How Do You Know?“:
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Tags: Detroit Film Critics Society, movie coma, movie coma day, Movie Reviews, trailers
From the trailers, I’m guessing that the best movie is The King’s Speech.
JM on December 8, 2010 at 4:32 pm