I know that I haven’t been writing lately. But I’ve been busy watching movies and reading and smoking cigarettes. I also have been working harder than Mitt Romney, which is pathetic in its own right. Anyway, if there’s anyone out there, here’s what I considered the Best of 2011, in order.
Best Films
“The Tree of Life”
“Drive”
“Shame”
“Melancholia”
“Hugo”
“Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy”
“A Dangerous Method”
“Beginners”
“The Descendants”
“The Iron Lady”
“Bloodworth”
“Captain America”
“Contagion”
“Midnight in Paris”
“Carnage”
“The Artist”
“The Last Rites of Joe May”
“The Ides of March”
“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”
“Passion Play”
“Sucker Punch”
“Moneyball”
“X-Men First Class”
“Warrior”
“Thor”
Best Director
Terrence Malick
Martin Scorsese
Nicolas Winding Refn
Lars von Trier
David Cronenberg
Best Actor
Michael Fassbender, “Shame”
Gary Oldman, “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy”
Hunter McCracken, “The Tree of Life”
Ryan Gosling, “Drive”
Jean Dujardin, “The Artist”
Best Actress
Meryl Streep, “The Iron Lady”
Kiera Knightley, “A Dangerous Method”
Kristen Dunst, “Melancholia”
Charlotte Gainsbourg, “Melancholia”
Jodie Foster, “Carnage”
Best Supporting Actor
Albert Brooks, “Drive”
Christopher Plummer, “Beginners”
Brad Pitt, “The Tree of Life”
Robert Forster, “The Descendants”
Christoph Waltz, “Carnage”
Best Supporting Actress
Jessica Chastain, “The Tree of Life”
Carey Mulligan, “Shame”
Melanie Laurent, “Beginners”
Carey Mulligan, “Drive”
Kate Winslet, “Carnage”
Best Ensemble
“Tree of Life”
“Carnage”
“A Dangerous Method”
“Melancholia”
“Hugo”
Original Screenplay
“The Tree of Life”
“Midnight in Paris”
“Shame”
“Beginners”
“Melancholia”
Adapted Screenplay
“Drive”
“Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy”
“A Dangerous Method”
“Carnage”
“Hugo”
Best Television Programming
“Californication”
“George Harrison: Living in a Material World”
“Breaking Bad”
“Homeland”
“Too Big to Fail”
So what did you think of the Tree of Life?
I think you ate it.