1. Megamind
This is my new favorite movie of all time. I love villains, so a villain who ends up as the hero is a movie custom made for me! It answers this very simple question: What if the supervillain actually achieved his goal of killing the superhero? It's a fantastic exploration of the "what if" scenario and I adore it!
2. 2012
I'm a disaster movie junkie -- I totally am -- and this is the Super-Mega-Mondo-King-Daddy of all disaster epics! It's got everything - tornados, earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions in Yellowstone Park - but more than that it uses mythical concepts and deep seated human fears to create a compelling story that highlights the best and the worst of humanity. Just don't watch if you have a heart problem, cause you'd die at least three time while watching it.
3. Love Actually
This is always in my top five movie lists because it looks at all angles of love in a way that most movies don't. Most movies deal with romance or familial bonds, but this movie shows every kind of love there is - parents and children, newly weds, a couple on the verge of divorce, siblings, even love overcoming the limitations of language. It was an ambitious project. as is any movie that follows multiple characters in multiple story lines. But unlike a lot of other movies that try it and fail this succeeds beautifully. I watch it every year at Christmas and any time I feel depressed by the greed and maliciousness of human society.
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