Very Belated Thoughts on Grown Ups and A Revised Ranking of 2010's Best Movies. This Sentence Serves No Other Purpose Than Making This Title Long.

I apologize for my stark absence from the Madhouse. I needed a break so I left you, my minions, here to hold the fort down. Thank you for doing so. The place is nice and tidy. I'll offer three thoughts on Grown Ups:

1. I love anything that Adam Sandler does. Except Little Nicky. Those were the dark ages of Sandler, and we've come far.

2. David Spade played his best role ever.

3. Grown Ups was the funniest movie I've seen this year. When I'm in my 40s I can imagine being just like the dudes in the movie.

This is not my best review but I let my thoughts on the movie stagnate and for that I apologize. I promise it won't happen again.

I've been thinking about my ranking for the best movies of 2010 for a few weeks, and there are some revisions I need to make. I have two areas of criteria that I judge movies by: How entertained am I and will I see the movie again.

I put Robin Hood at the top of the list and I need to change that. After letting my thoughts on the movie percolate I decided that I don't share the same feelings as when I left the theater. I probably wouldn't see the movie a second time. But don't let my change heart cause you to feel that you won't be entertained. You will be. Here's the new list for 2010:

1. How To Train Your Dragon

2. Toy Story 3

3. Shutter Island

4. Iron Man 2

5. Grown Ups


6. Date Night

7. Robin Hood

8. Killers

9. The Crazies

10. Kick-Ass

11. Alice in Wonderland

12. The Book of Eli

13. Remember Me

14. Valentine's Day

15. The Bounty Hunter

This weekend I plan to go and see Robert Rodriguez's "Predators". My hopes for this movie are pretty high. From the trailers it looks promising.

And today let the countdown begin for Inception. 11 days.