I’m a little surprised ‘Drive’ didn’t get in the ‘Top Five’ catagory. Other than that, totally agree.

Very surprising wins. I also loved Midnight in Paris, Planet of the Apes, Moneyball, X-Men: First Class, and Warrior.

What about RATLINE, SINISTER, and DINO WOLF?

MEEK’S CUTOFF a bad film? It was better than CAPTAIN AMERICA, ATTACK THE BLOCK, GREEN HORNET and especially GREEN LANTERN (that was truly awful). But then that is just my opinion.

My top 10 of 2011 list: http://tiny.cc/u9gpf

Quentin, you and I should not get in a room together. I may not be able to forgive you for calling “Meek’s Cutoff” one of the worst of 2011.

Pleasantly surprised at the recognition for The Three Musketeers!

Hmm… I kind of find this list a bit laughable. 

Midnight in Paris at number #1? I think I agree

Thank you for another incredible list on my favourite website!

WTF…u liked Green Lantern and Fast Five?

The Green Hornet was the sort of film you’d expect from the trip-ier end of the 1960s put into a blender with the stoner comedies of the Noughties and was hysterical, heart-breaking and outstandingly thrilling!

Three Muskateers? Seriously? Over a similarly silly but actually amazing films like Thor?

Quentin’s list is pretty fucking preposterous! We all know Rooney Mara in Girl With The Dragon Tattoo is the best film of the year, and in fact it is one of the best performances by an actress, in the fucking decade. I will agree about Drive and Hanna, in his “nice try” award, because I felt they were trying to be too much like a Quentin Tarantino movie, in terms of how they try to use certain styles of “cool”, that Q is known to do better than anyone else. And in fact, when I saw Drive, I knew I wasn’t going to be able to watch it again, because the whole movie just drains itself out, same with Hanna.

But he does have some preposterous films like Green Hornet, Red State, and Attack The Block. I mean, these movies are pretty fucking stupid to say the least. Perhaps, because his friends were in them, which is the most reasonable explenation for these choices. And The Three Musketeers, I understand there is a reference to this in Django Unchained, and Christoph Waltz was also in it with the amazingly, gorgeous, godess, that is Milla Jovovich (drooling, and fapping…fapping! FAPPED!) Ugh…..where was I…..

Oh, yeah, hey Quentin! Why didn’t you choose The Girl With Dragon Tattoo, I love movies too, and I thought this was the best film of 2011.

That is all. Can’t wait for DJANGO UNCHAINED! 

Paul WS Anderson is da man. Two words. Milla Jovovich.

“The skin I live in”, “Attack the block” and “The artist” are also in my favourite movies list. Here it is: 
http://escritorioenobras.com/2012/01/mis-favoritas-del-2011-siete-peliculas-imprescindibles/ (in spanish).

I totally disagree with Drive not being in the top 10 and involving the Green Lantern in anything other than “Worst something” is inexplicable…. check out my top 10 
http://trumpetsofthelastjudgement.blogspot.com/2012/01/top-10-films-of-2011.html

I think the ‘others considered’ is just movies Quentin saw this year and considered putting in one of the categories, not necessarily that he is listing them as also being great. and the ‘nice try” is honorable mentions.

I expect that McG, Brett Rhatner, Roland Emmerich, and Michael Bay are gonna go balls out to cast Christolph Waltz in their next movies so they can make QT’s best pics list.

WTH? He considered Green Lantern, Hangover II, and The Sitter, but Drive and Hanna get the “Nice Try Award?” What a joke.

How about an independent movie or some non-US commercial movie? Like Bullhead?

Loved Midnight in Paris and several of the others, but really Green Hornet was the worst dreck of the year, and The Sitter was not much better. Agree Moneyball was awesome.

Why did you delete the Worst Films category? Too much heat? Too late the original list is all over the Google search.

I can’t tell you how much fun it is to hear someone say “Q. T. doesn’t know from movies.” 

Yeah, he is a smart guy. 

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it’s so refreshing to know that in this day and age someone isn’t allowed to have an opinion without 50+ people complaining about it.  

He’s just f***ing around with some of the choices. Maybe just to “stir the pot”.

11: yes no yes no no no no yes yes yes no
Nice try: no no yes yes
Best director: no no no no yes
Best screenplay: yes no yes no yes yes
Adapted screenplay: yes no no no no no!

32
13 yes
19 no

We disagree more than we agree. Yet this list seems like a toss to friends rather than something to take seriously and debate.

Tarantino is just pissed he hasn’t made a movie as cool as Drive in a decade. Also Drive was made with a budget Tarantino couldn’t even work with.

No one cares about your list, nerd.

Yes, we aren’t as great as you..we know it..here is the problem….for the last 20 years, Tarantino has not only been one of the most exciting American directors but his passion and knowledge of cinema has been nothing less than stunning and inspirational….this list would be ok if was created by an 18 year old who gets out to the local cineplex once a month…not by someone who has an encyclopedic knowledge of world cinema..
Please forgive us, your highness.

crappy list

I wish I remembered all the movie that came out in 2011. I would say Warrior, Moneyball, Super 8, Rise of the Planet of the Apes all def deserve to be in the top 10. Great movies, i was especially impressed with Super 8. Red State was great, wasn’t expecting that out of Kevin Smith. I’d say Hall Pass and Horrible Bosses deserve to be in there too. Jason Bateman has once again became one of my favorite comedic actors…..
1. Moneyball
2. Super 8
3. Rise of the Planet of the Apes
4. Warrior
5. Everything Must Go
6. Source Code
7. Red State
8. Insidious
9. Hall Pass
10. Horrible Bosses

Tarantino’s the type of guy that likes pretty much every movie.  I think if he gets the sense that the people involved worked passionately on it, that’s good enough for him.  I feel a similar way, my sister and I can usually always find a few good things we like about any movie we see.

Nice List Quentin

Although I beg to differ in your liking craps like The Three Musketeers, Captain America, Green Lantern and Green Hornet and The Sitter (yuck).

But nonetheless, you’re still a great filmaker and we’re very excited about Django Unchained.

I have a question:

Did you see?

A Separation,
Harry Potter 7.2,  
The Help,
Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
Another Earth
Thor

Why did you not mention those great movies?

Maybe he’s one of those few people who isn’t always with the majority… I for instance can’t sit through a sitting of Titanic, while most others I know love it. I love Hugo, which most people do, but others don’t. We’re all granted opinions. It’s interesting knowing what movies likes, right?

It’s also possible he hasn’t seen The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo…

I completely agree with the pointlessness of “Top” lists because no one has seen every movie that came out in 2011, so we have absolutely no idea what other films they are comparing to.   That’s why I list and rank every film I’ve seen theatrically in 2011.   

It’s simple: You basically make a tournament style where you pit every movie against each other and ask yourself, “Which of these two movies mean more to me?”  Then you have a ranking of all the films you have seen.    THAT is the way it should be done.   Though I don’t have a column, nor am I popular enough to even care enough to start one.   I just post in talkbacks of others like QT and Harry Knowles of AICN.   

This is a good list! Everyone is being negative because of a few minor details. How trivial! I don’t agree with it completely and no one is supposed to. QT is a prestigious director/writer so you are the ones who look like idiots when you say his list sucks.

Wow, so “Drive” is on par with Cage in “Drive Angry”?  I call bullshit.  

Dans une interview, Tarantino disait qu’il aimait autant regarder ” Pauline à la plage ” d’Éric ROHMER que ” The Killer ” de John WOO. C’est ça d’aimer le cinéma : être écliptique.
Pensons aussi à son acolyte Robert RODRIGUEZ qui foisonne d’idées aussi géniales que farfelues.

Et vivement la réadaptation du ” Django ” de Sergio CORBUCCI.

three of the five films u’ve mentioned belong to 2010 so u didn’t prove alot. though I also think that 2011 was a good year for films.

Guys, guys…. He’s trolling! Giving ‘Drive’ a Nice Try award over pieces of [censored] like Green Lantern, Young Adult & Fast Five?!

Nice try, QT!

OH MY GOD, QUENTIN TARANTINO HAS DIFFERENT OPINIONS THAN MY OPINIONS!! I DON’T LIKE HIM ANYMORE!!!11!!1!!

Fuck off, snob.

Green Lantern, The Beaver, Fast Five, The Three Musketeers? I guess we all want to be iconoclasts.

All 5 movies I mentioned were 2011 releases in the US…not sure what country or planet you live on

Nice reply, Sarzy….you’re obviously an ignorant clown…

BULLSHIT! You made this up

Somebody give QT a ct-scan right away!  It’s apparent that’s he has suffered from some sort of traumatic brain injury- The Three Musketeers?  Most of the list is questionable, but that one in particular is a sure sign of brain damage.  Maybe he fell, had a stroke, I don’t know- can you catch syphilis from sucking toes?

Drive was the best film of 2011, how it got pushed to the Nice Try list is beyond me. 

jesus christ, why do people cry so much about another mans opinion, he likes what he likes, if you dont agree who gives a fuck, lighten up

Get the Coen bros to remake Ben Hur. Brad Pitt as Judah.

Well great list and good job you are doing..

Drive was in no way shape or form an action movie.

The pacing actually made it as close to perfection in a movie as i’ve seen in a long long time.

Hollywood’s rat. ;P

What ? Rise of the planet of the apes is second…
Waouh, a big surprise coming from QT. James Franco is so… inane, simple-minded, fake, it makes me sick.
Sorry.

Sorry fat Tarantino but now you can´t do something like “Drive” and abbout first Tarantino… Reservoig Dogs is amazing but is a Disney movie compared to Drive.

Why do people get their panties in a bunch over what films Tarantino likes? He’s entitled to like what he likes. It’s just that his “likes” happen to get published. It doesn’t mean that you have to go and start loving the films His Majesty Tarantino likes. Nor does it mean that films that you liked that HE didn’t aren’t worth anything. His list is HIS opinion people. I feel vastly different about some of the films he mentions and has omitted. I neither feel anger towards or inferior because of Tarantino’s choices and neither should any of you.

Agree with this 100%.  I loved that film.  The Guard made my Top 10 list.

I’d like to know what “Apes” was adapted from, since it was an original screenplay.  You’d think a self-imposed great writer could tell the difference.

The Hangover Part 2? Really?

Drive was one of the most overrated pieces of garbage I have ever had the misfortune of watching. It had atrocious pacing, long pauses that built no feeling, they were just for no reason. Seriously, I’m not usually one of those people who criticizes movies for being slow, but when the slowness isn’t fitting, it just seems like the movie could be compressed to 1/3 of its length and make an amazing short.

Drive was actually the most overrated movie this year (with the exception of MI:4 of course).

It is a movie that has already been made, and didn’t need to be remade.

lolwut. Trantino has never made a film worse than Drive. Drive was horrible. 

It definitely was not a second viewing of Sucker Punch. That movie was truly terrible.

Wrong. Worst film since 2000.

You didn’t exactly refute his claims now did you? Although the idea of movies getting “accolades” because they are “art house” projects is funny. It’s like movies are made for the sole purpose of winning awards. It’s not about myth building or story telling (whether good story telling or not.) It’s all about bringing home the trophy.

For me, Midnight in Paris was like “A Night at the Museum” for snob people, I liked it, but I thought it was way overrated.

You’re a trophy. 

Hmmm… Didn’t work as well that time…

this is a list of movies quentin likes it doesnt mean that they are bad or good. its like when you watch a movie and you know its a good movie but you just didnt like it.

Drive for “nice try” WHAT!?! that film was awesome! I need to speak some sense into the guy about that….lol 

what is with the f****** asian movies Quentin ??

We matched in the top 11, and the “others he liked” too, (exept for a few)…. I loved the Woddy Allen Script too. 

The pacing was steady throughout. It told a simple story in a simple way. There was nothing awful about it. It was confident.

Not everyone. And, again, taste is subjective.

Poor quentin, doesn’t have an ounce of the visual talent to make a film like drive, still good to see him support films like attack the block and the artist

Drive is sooooooooooooo overrated… Nice photography, that’s all.

Nice try to Drive and Hannah?…that’s a travesty. I’ll admit, some of Mr. Tarantino’s own films were well done and that he has considerable talent as a director. That being said, I think that his talent as a film critic leaves something to be desired. It appears that he has been bitten by the jealousy bug. Drive and Hannah were two of the most original and praiseworthy films of the year. Shame on you Quentin.

No mention of Tucker and Dale vs. Evil?  Preposterous!!!!

Wow. And I thought Tarantino was a movie connoisseur. He doesn’t age well.

what about separation?

It’s a free country. No need to get your panties in a bunch over the films that QT likes.

it’s cool he likes what he likes, but calling such a well made film like drive ‘a nice try’ is a massive cunt thing to say considering he hasn’t made a good film since the 90s..

Continuing my Rant, GI Joe might have been better than Green Hornet, and you all know how good GI Joe was, I couldn’t even watch that movie drunk it was so bad haha

Exactly.

i sucked drive’s dick 20 times and it was longer and harder than the green hornet’s stinger

This list clearly shows why Tarantino is no film critic.

can’t believe he liked tree of life…

When Tarantino lists Drive in the Nice Try Category its a compliment nothing less. Think about all the movies he did not even talk about (e.g. Tree of Life, Melancholia)

I thought Drive was a very engaging movie, I liked that the editor wasn’t afraid to leave it on some scene/cuts for 30+seconds, I think this pissed a lot of people off and lead to some criticism of the pacing, particular people that prefer to be immersed in dialogue. It’s been dismissed by such as lacking in sophistication but i found it a really refreshing change, much like on the level that a Tarantino film brings. He mightn’t be the most partial critic but he makes awesome movies. I can understand Hanna getting the ‘nice try’ tag, it tried to be too much and in the end was just SHIT. Planet of the Apes was an unimaginative solid movie i’d forgotten about till I saw it here. X-men was a mindless popcorn movie I didn’t mind. Didn’t bother watching Green Lantern/Hornet or Real steel and I know Tarantino has the power to enjoy trash but how do you walk out from a viewing of Captain America not contemplating ‘there’s two hours of my life I’ll never get back’? Please if you have’t already don’t watch it, it might be worse than that last two M. Night Shyamalan movies combined (probably not).  

“In fact, giving it the Nice Try award is probably the best thing anyone has said about these movies this year.” What a bullshit, clearly trying to have a same opinion as Quentin. Drive had bunch of honours, and a lot of great reviews, so what the heck are you talking about?

Anyone that thinks Drive in a masterpiece
is a pretentious arse fuck
that doesn’t know shit about shit
I’d need 4 audio commentaries to get
through all the things wrong with it
& still have a few things left!
For you clowns, I’ll keep it short
The violence was ridiculous. I was expecting some intensely realistic, European brutality and it was just cartoony, Hollywood shit!
Also Ryan gosling was shit on every level
That scene in the elevator was fuckin’ ridiculous! Lame. As. Fuck.
Goodfellas & irreversible – perfect
Ryan looked like a little bitch playin’ a tough guy
The stompin’, the way he grabbed the guy, after that
“beautifully tender kiss”, was like a rehearsal! Zero fuckin’ force,
or aggression.
Then he’s got a look on his face like he jus’ shit his pants!
I couldn’t work out if she fucked off cosa the head stomp
or the smell!
It’s fuckin’ gold : )
Quentin is 100% right on this. If any of you dumb fucks
about film, you’d see it for the piece of shit it is.

Green Hornet’s budget illustrates the problem with Hollywood’s business mode, huge budgets despite increasing offshoring as much special effects, set designs, shooting, etc as possible:
$120,000,000 to make, Gross BO $98,780,042
Green Lantern as well
$200,000,000 to make, $219,851,172 BO

VS the 1980s:
B-Grade :Escape from NY – cost $6 mill Gross= $26 mill
Franchise : Back from the Future – **$19 mill, BO gross=$350 mill**
Auteur film :Full Metal Jacket- $17 mill, BO gross $46 mill

It’s the best film of the year.   I’m baffled that he didn’t get it.  I
thought for sure that QT would understand and defend that movie. 

absolutely lol. Drive in nice try? ROFL

How about Shame, Mr. Tarantino…you might like that one.

Only morons don’t like Drive

Critics generally love Drive, except for the Oscars, it’s gotten 32 awards and 51 nominations thus far..

The Help is OK
Girl With The Dragon Tattoo is pretty bad, I hate hearing them speak English with Sweedish accents, go watch the original Sweedish film, it’s better.Thor, I skipped watching half way, but maybe I’ll retry

Yeah but no one likes you

These are movies. An escape, entertainment. If my cat dies I’m not going to watch Melancholia, I’m going to watch Attack the Block. People love to hate, and I love the movies you chose, and I love the movies Big T chose. I do not love Twilight Breaking Dawn part 1. I do not love Tree of Life. But I watched the latter five times and wrote a lot about it, I enjoyed the process and challenge of watching it. My sister who is much younger wrote a bunch of fan fiction about Twilight. Who cares? They are movies, there is no competition for the viewer there is no prize. I’m just lucky to have found Tarentinos list this year.

and photography has very little to do with the quality of a film

He liked hangover,apes & x-men that’s a crying shame
WTF last year was the worst year in movies so far

Obviously, Quentins taste in movies is COMPLETELY random :D
But maybe that’s why the style of his own films is quite special…!?

You, sir, are the ignorant clown. “2011 releases in the US… not sure what country or planet you live on”.
As if living outside of America is some kind of disability? You lot can be so painfully small-minded, I’m surprised it’s taken you this long to fall apart politically and economically. You haven’t advanced socially since the sixties. Believe it or not, what happens in America isn’t the standard set for the rest of the world. Some other countries will get films before or after America. A film’s release date is not always determined by it’s release in America. 

When he says Nice Try he means they used things that he does in his films. They were influenced by him and somewhat “bit his style” (copied him) That was easy to see from just watching five minutes of Hannah.

Nice try means “Nice try but you’re still not me!” 

inspiredbydopeness

He has such ambiguous taste in films. I mean he likes Battle Royale and dislikes Drive. He likes The Three Musketeers, Fast Five and The Beaver and Dislikes Drive. He dislikes Drive and dislikes Drive. WTF man.

DRIVE is the best movie of 2011 hands down.  I thought Quentin knew his shit better than anyone.  pull your shit together man

Do not lump in Attack the Block with that crap.

I enjoyed Drive very much and never once thought of Tarantino while taking it in. His list overall is very disappointing. Warrior? Is Quentin a bro now? The same guy who loved Battle Royale didn’t enjoy Kill List or Blackthorn?

If this is the real 411 from Tarantino himself…He just lost mad props in my book…Drive, The skin I live in, Moneyball, and “BELLFLOWER” top 4. The rest of the years movies sucked. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo was good on first showing, once you know the who did it…it’s done! “Red State” would of been on my list except for the “Goodman” character giving us the taboo “God” ending. Major no, no in screenwriting.

dude tarentino style is of his own you moron … only thing he bites off other filmakers is maybe some music or a certain way to film a shot … his style of writing is of his own and the ony thing that did inspire his writing is elmore leonard who is a novelist not a film maker ….. everyone is influenced by people and takes thhe good and the bad and crafts ther own shit tarentino just has no problem tlaking about it

Boy, he’s right on (again) about The Three Musketeers. Highly underrated, brilliant Steam Punk …

Three musketeers sucked
Green lantern sucked
Tree of life sucked
Captain America sucked
DRIVE SUCKED…just because there not alot dialogue doesn’t mean its an arthouse masterpiece.
If people in real life acted how they did in drive I would assume either they didn’t hear me or they were just weird, script wasn’t unique at all and certainly not witty or well written, but ryan gosling did look cool in that jacket with a toothpick and it had good music and good cinematography

Funny considering there is NOTHING original in QT’s films. His movies are considered original because they are scattered buffet tables of movies that most mainstream audiences haven’t seen.

Have you watched the Kill Bill movies lately? They’ve aged worse than Brigitte Bardot.

And Melancholia is my nr. 1 movie in 2011, followed by Midnight in Paris, The Skin I Live In, The Artist, Moneyball… (Haven’t seen Red State)

I’m absolutely agree with you