I'm not necessarily talking about your favourite movies, or those that are "Best Picture" type movies that everyone agrees are great... just movies that you believe accomplished everything they set out to, and ended up being the best movie they could possibly be. If you're one of those people that believe nothing is perfect and anything could always be improved, just get out now.
While I wouldn't count this as one of my personal favourites, I'd have to say Taken. That movie was just so much fun. There was nothing profound or thought provoking in it's narrative, but it was just so incredibly entertaining that I felt it did everything right.
The other is even less serious, and I'm not sure that anyone will share this opinion but the movie is Piranha (3D). Comedy horror is such a weird genre since the movie has to be kind of dumb so that you can laugh at some of the deaths rather than feeling bad for the characters, yet you also need to care somewhat about the protagonist or the entire movie just ends up being stupid. I feel like Piranha toed this line perfectly. I mean the movie is really, really dumb. But it's also funnier than most straight-up comedies I've seen. It also has the best use of gore I've seen in movies, period. I'm generally not a fan of gore (even though I love horror/slasher flicks) but the gore in Piranha actually had me laughing out loud . All-around one of the best movies I've ever seen, and it accomplished everything a movie in that genre sets out to do.
I don't expect everyone to write as much as this, but I'd appreciate a line or two at least. Really curious to know what choices other people have.
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