Thursday, January 7, 2010

31-40

40 Broken Flowers instead of Coffee and Cigarettes
39 Shotgun Stories* instead of Big Fish
38 Bloody Sunday instead of The Bourne Ultimatum (the best by far of the insteads)
37 Capote instead of Mission Impossible: III
36 Moartea domnului Lazarescu* (The Death of Mr. Lazarescu) instead of 4
35 Coraline instead of Hounddog
34 Tape instead of Training Day
33 Adaptation. instead of Where the Wild Things Are
32 Rois et reine (Kings and Queen) instead of Un conte de Noël (A Christmas Tale)
31 Step Brothers instead of Kicking and Screaming

Given that there are so so so many good movies out there, maybe the best service a critic can perform is to give advice on what to avoid instead of what to see.  After all, they are getting paid to watch bad movies, while the rest of us are paying for them with our time and (usually) our money.

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