Sundance 2011

I love going to Sundance! It's so awesome to meet the directors and actors and hear what they have to say on the movie. Plus it's just cool seeing something before the masses, it makes me feel posh and better than everyone. :-) This year Scott and I got a little carried away and spent a lot of money and saw a bunch of movies! Which was awesome, but also exhausting! Here are some of the films I saw in order of most favorite to least favorite:
(side note: most titles are links to their trailers)

1. Silent House. It was filmed all in one take and was scary and had a twist...It. Was. Amazing! Plus I think Scott is now in love with the Olsen twins little sister. She did do a pretty spectacular job though.

2. Troll Hunter. A foreign film and a documentary revealing the truth about trolls!

3. On the Ice. This one felt genuinely Sundance to me because there were no big names and it was the directors first big film. Plus the music and cinematography were beautiful!

4. Knuckle. A documentary about bare knuckle boxing in Ireland. Really interesting! By the end I really cared about this little family we were following even though I couldn't understand everything they said.

5. Submarine. This was an all around good film. I liked the way it was directed and the script, but I mostly just liked the director. Richard Ayoade is hilarious!! Seriously the best Q&A I've ever been too. I now need to watch the British series called the IT Crowd with him in it.

6. Perfect Sense. Ewan McGregor & Ewen Bremner. Love me some Scottish men! It did have excessive boobies in it which I was not a fan of, but the story was really cool and interesting.
7. Vampire. While watching this film I felt how long it was and got a little bored. It did move slow, but it was one that lingered with me. The cinatomagraphy was really good and the movie kept me thinking about the content long after it was over. It made you root for the serial killer...cause by golly he had standards!

8. Son of No One. All star cast!! Katie Holmes, Channing Tatum, Ray Liota, & Tracy Morgan. Another New York cop movie and yes I may have cried a bit.

9. The Guard. Another cop movie set in Ireland with Don Cheadle and Brenden Gleeson, it was pretty hilarious!

These last two films weren't bad by any means, it's just that I felt I would have been OK to wait a month and see them for half the price in the theater when they come out. Which they will eventually because of the names attached to them.

Every year we learn something new about how we want our Sundance experience to be the next year. This year we learned that it's not worth going unless it's the premier, no more shows in Ogden, and try not to pack so many films into one day when you had to get up at 4am. So excited for next year already! **Please note that Scott would probably not place these films in this order. You will have to ask him his opinion. Also, he saw 2 more films. Devils Double and Hobo with a Shot Gun.