January 8, 2010
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When it was suggested by a student of mine that I compile a list of the best films of this past Decade I knew it would be a daunting task. I mean what criteria do you use; best script, best acting, best action, best drama, most stirring, most scary, funniest, highest grossing, most expensive, most talked about, most popular? It had me going for quite some time let me tell you.
This marks the third year for Your Entertainment Ticket and Alyn Darnay has been a contributor since the site’s inception. Alyn is a director of film, video and Television advertising and most recently had his short film Smooth Operator screened in several film festivals including; Fort Lauderdale, Orlando, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Phoenix and Delray Beach. Alyn is an author and has recently released his book on Script Writing.
This direct to DVD edition of American Pie tops the last two with better direction and more laughs, but the storyline is wearing thin. Strictly for adults but directed at High Schoolers to early college, the film gathers all the clichés from the previous sequels and ties them into The Book Of Love. I do admit that the acting in this one outdoes Band Camp, Wedding, Beta House and the ridiculous Naked Mile, even though the raunchiness barometer is about the same in all the American Pie films.
If you think picking the best films for any one given year is easy, try 2009 with the most diverse genre’s, slick CGI magic and A-list actors taking on some amazing roles. Of the hundreds of movies I have seen this year only a little over 30 were memorable enough from which to consider for my following top ten. Although probably only a small percentage may end up on the short list for best film by the Academy of Arts and Sciences, never-the-less the choices below either impressed, shocked, spun me around, informed, inspired but mostly entertained me to the point that I would want to see them again and again.