There were some great films in the cinema listings last year in the form of Inception, Toy Story 3, True Grit, The King's Speech, Inside Job, The Social Network and Black Swan. And, of course, where there's roaring success, there's abject failure, too.
The critics have a field day when Hollywood film makers get it wrong and whilst there were some great new films out last year, 2010 also saw some woeful movies flop in dramatic fashion at the box office. To save you the bother, we've watched a host of terrible films from last year and come up with our top five picks, or should that be bottom five? Either way, read on to find out which movies to steer clear if you haven't already had the misfortune of seeing them.
5. The Back-up Plan - Starring none other than Jennifer Lopez, Alex O'Loughin and Michaela Watkins, this so-called comedy is about a woman (played by JLo) who feels she's been left on the shelf and it's time to go it alone. She visits a sperm bank and uses a donor to conceive twin babies through artificial insemination, but, irony of all ironies, she only goes and meets the love of her life the same day, doesn't she? Sound rubbish? It is.
4. Cop Out: Bruce Willis plays a veteran officer of the NYPD, but this is no place for John McClane. The plot is centred on Jimmy Monroe's (Willis) rare baseball card. Well, need we say any more than that? OK, if you really want to know, he and his partner Paul, played by Tracy Morgan, get suspended without pay after the capture of a drug dealer goes wrong and Jimmy has his daughter's wedding to pay for. Oh, what on earth to do? He sells his baseball card, the store that receives it gets robbed and hilarity ensues as they spend the rest of the film hunting the thieves down.
3. Valentine's Day - Soppy mush that sees an all-star cast bomb badly. The likes of Jessica Alba, Bradley Cooper, Anne Hathaway, Ashton Kutcher and Julia Roberts come together for the first and hopefully last time in Valentine's Day, which focuses on numerous couples and their romantic exploits on the said day. Have these type of films not been done to death by now? Obviously not.
2. You Again: Some nerdy girl is bullied in high school by no other than the head cheerleader and goes on to become a successful businesswoman. Seriously, you couldn't write this stuff. Oh wait, they did and it flopped. The nerd's brother's wedding comes around and it turns out he's marrying the oppressive cheerleader from high school days of yore, who plays the innocence card when she gets accused of such despicable behaviour. I think you can guess what the girl's mission is from here on in.
1. Sex and the City 2 - The girls are back - whoopee! As if the first Sex and the City was not tedious enough, Sarah Jessica Parker and co return with more invaluable (!?!) lessons in life and love. The awesome foursome head off to Abu Dhabi and get up all sorts of antics. One of them gets married and then meets an old flame. Riveting. Roll on Sex and the City 3 we say!
That completes are mustn't-see top five films of 2010 - you've been warned!
The critics have a field day when Hollywood film makers get it wrong and whilst there were some great new films out last year, 2010 also saw some woeful movies flop in dramatic fashion at the box office. To save you the bother, we've watched a host of terrible films from last year and come up with our top five picks, or should that be bottom five? Either way, read on to find out which movies to steer clear if you haven't already had the misfortune of seeing them.
5. The Back-up Plan - Starring none other than Jennifer Lopez, Alex O'Loughin and Michaela Watkins, this so-called comedy is about a woman (played by JLo) who feels she's been left on the shelf and it's time to go it alone. She visits a sperm bank and uses a donor to conceive twin babies through artificial insemination, but, irony of all ironies, she only goes and meets the love of her life the same day, doesn't she? Sound rubbish? It is.
4. Cop Out: Bruce Willis plays a veteran officer of the NYPD, but this is no place for John McClane. The plot is centred on Jimmy Monroe's (Willis) rare baseball card. Well, need we say any more than that? OK, if you really want to know, he and his partner Paul, played by Tracy Morgan, get suspended without pay after the capture of a drug dealer goes wrong and Jimmy has his daughter's wedding to pay for. Oh, what on earth to do? He sells his baseball card, the store that receives it gets robbed and hilarity ensues as they spend the rest of the film hunting the thieves down.
3. Valentine's Day - Soppy mush that sees an all-star cast bomb badly. The likes of Jessica Alba, Bradley Cooper, Anne Hathaway, Ashton Kutcher and Julia Roberts come together for the first and hopefully last time in Valentine's Day, which focuses on numerous couples and their romantic exploits on the said day. Have these type of films not been done to death by now? Obviously not.
2. You Again: Some nerdy girl is bullied in high school by no other than the head cheerleader and goes on to become a successful businesswoman. Seriously, you couldn't write this stuff. Oh wait, they did and it flopped. The nerd's brother's wedding comes around and it turns out he's marrying the oppressive cheerleader from high school days of yore, who plays the innocence card when she gets accused of such despicable behaviour. I think you can guess what the girl's mission is from here on in.
1. Sex and the City 2 - The girls are back - whoopee! As if the first Sex and the City was not tedious enough, Sarah Jessica Parker and co return with more invaluable (!?!) lessons in life and love. The awesome foursome head off to Abu Dhabi and get up all sorts of antics. One of them gets married and then meets an old flame. Riveting. Roll on Sex and the City 3 we say!
That completes are mustn't-see top five films of 2010 - you've been warned!
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