2011 movies: The Descendants vs. Moneyball?

The Descendants. It's my second favorite film of 2011 (I'm extremely close to putting it a #1), while Moneyball it sitting tight at #3.

The Descendants just did more for me. George Clooney's performance is one of the best I've ever seen, he's so human, yet so larger than life at the same time. It's hard to explain. The screenplay and supporting cast are flawless, the landscape is beautiful, and it's so original (although it was based on a novel).

Moneyball is a brilliant film as well, largely due to its absolutely perfect screenplay. Everybody turned in a memorable performance, especially Pitt and Hill, who completely tore up the screen.

I was debating for a while which film had the better script, but I had to lean towards The Descendants in the end. It's truly the best film of the year, in my opinion.

BQ:

1. 50/50

2. The Descendants

3. Moneyball

4. Drive

5. Midnight in Paris

6. Win Win

7. Crazy, Stupid, Love

8. Hugo

9. Shame

10. The Artist

I need to to re-watch 50/50, Drive, Midnight in Paris, Crazy Stupid Love, and Hugo to see if they can keep their spots, though.

BQ2: I'm watching The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo now, I still need to see Take Shelter, The Tree of Life (I feel like it'll be a chore to watch, which is why I'm avoiding it), The Muppets, A Dangerous Method, A Separation, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, and a whole sh*t ton of indie and foreign flicks.

BQ3: Clooney. Brad Pitt may have the better catalog, but Clooney just brings this certain charm and energy to the screen that completely sets him apart.

BQ4: Shame, probably. The last ten minutes are stunning. War Horse was cool, too. It definitely had the emotional pay off.

BQ5: You ask this a lot Donson.

1. Moonrise Kingdom

2. Django Unchained

3. The Silver Linings Playbook

4. The Place Beyond The Pines

5. Twylight Zones

BQ6: Oh, I don't know.

BQ7: Bar, definitely. Unless somebody ends up throwing a superbowl party.

Moneyball

BQ:

1. Moneyball

2. Rise of The Planet of The Apes

3. The Descendants

4. X-Men: First Class

5. Drive

6.Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

7. 50/50

8. The Help

9. Hugo

10.The Artist

BQ2 Not really

BQ3 Clooney

BQ4 The ending of 50/50

BQ5 The Dark Knight Rises

The Hunger Games

The Bourne Legacy

Prometheus

Skyfall

BQ6 The Pats I hope will win, but The Giants are Indy's choice cause they hate the Pats

BQ7 I have been hanging out at the Superbowl Villiage, went on the Zip Line, but will watch the game on TV

MP I am not

Id say Moneyball

BQ- 1. Drive

2. Midnight In Paris

3. 50/50

4. Moneyball

5. Tree Of Life

6. The Descendants

7. A Seperation

8. War Horse

9. Artist

10. Terri

BQ2- Shame, Take Shelter, Tinker tailor soldier spy

BQ3- Pitt(Fight club, se7en, 12 monkeys, tree of life, moneyball, inglorious basterds etc etc)

BQ4- Contagion!!

BQ5- Prometheus, Dark Knight Rises, Hobbit, Spiderman, Hunger games

BQ6- Giants

BQ7- Girlfriends house

MQ- GWDT played at my theater and Shame i have no idea. Maybe wait for DVD release and get it off amazon?

Moneyball

BQ:

1. 50/50

2. Rise of The Planet of The Apes

3. Moneyball

4. X-Men: First Class

5. Hugo

6. Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows: Part 2

7. The Decedents

8. The Help

9. The Girl with The Dragon Tattoo

10. The King's Speech

BQ2: I heard the new Mission Impossible was good.

BQ3: Eh, Brad Pitt, I also like his movies more, especially Fight Club, my favorite from his movies.

BQ4: 50/50

BQ5:

1. The Dark Knight Rises

2. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

3. Prometheus

4. The Grey

5.The Amazing Spider-Man

BQ6- Patriots, but I barely watch football.

BQ7- Nope just watching it, not a big football fan.

Moneyball

TOP10 not in order:

HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallowsPt2

50/50

The Guard

13 Assassins

M:I Ghost Protocol

Rango

Xmen : First Class

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Attack The Block

Cedar Rapids

BQ2: Moneyball

BQ3: Pitt

BQ4: 50/50

BQ5: I Am Bruce Lee

Project X

The Hobbit

The Hunger Games

American Reunion

Marvel's The Avengers

Brave

The Dark Knight Rises

BQ6&7: i'm a baseball game idiot.. but i'll go for Giants!!

Moneyball

BQ

1. Sucker Punch

2. Bridesmaids

3. The Balck Mamba

4. Fast Five

5. Hanna

6. Johnny English Reborn

7. We Need to Talk About Kevin

8. Drive

9. Transformers Dark of the Moon

10. Melancholia

BQ2: *need to*? lol nope, there are some that fall under *want to*

1. Young Adult

2. The Iron Lady

3. Tower Heist

4. Sherlock Holmes

5. Contagion

6. Restless

7. Not Another Not Another Movie

BQ3: lol, not even close - Pitt

BQ4: ending scene - Sucker Punch

ending sequence - Fast Five

BQ6&BQ7: lol