Top 10 Hollywood Films of the last decade (2005 - 2015)
Hundreds and thousands of Hollywood movies have been released over the last decade. But comparing all movies that were released, not all are worth watching. Considering that there are employees with a busy work life or students with examinations to sit for, who wants to finally sit back relax and enjoy some movies at home but only to be dissapointed with the results of what they have watched. In fact there are even movies that were poorly made with confusing storylines but are rated above average in websites like IMDb and Rotten Tomatoes. This will definitely drain the precious time of these busy people by offering them huge disspoinments! Hence, here are some of the TOP 10 movies which were decided through the preferences of the Blobblecups group members which are guaranteed to be time worthy. In this list of films, there are movies of different genres, be it animation, action or even love. These are definitely some movies that are highly recommended and worth the time to be watched. Hope you enjoy reading through our list of the Top 10 Hollywood films of the last decade!
Firm name: Pixels
Year released: 2015
Director: Chris Columbus
Main cast: Adam Sandler, Kevin James, and Michelle Monaghan
Studio: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Worldwide Box-Office Gross: USD $78,747,585 (November 6, 2015)
Brief Synopsis:This story happens in 21st century, the mystical aliens suddenly invade the earth. The strange thing is they appeared in the form of characters from pixels video games; whoever touched by them, the human will transform into pixelated. The American president, Will Cooper immediately asked Sam Brenner, who extremely skilled in video games, and his friend Ludlow Lamonsoff and their enemy, Eddie. They now have to use their skills to play games and fight the battle together in order to save the world from aliens. Finally they save the planet and the human on the earth.
Why this movie rocks:I have to admit that the storyline of this movie completely drove me crazy! Influenced by my brother, I used to be extremely wallowing in comedies and video games like Pac-man! I feel like crying when it comes out, all the childhood memory pops up too.In fact, Pixels didn’t go well in the office box and the reviews are quite disappointing me but somehow this is one of the best and perfect movie that I’ve ever watched so far. The visual effects and sound effects are just too amazing and awesome, Oscar worthy movie!
Best scene: Oh my god! The best scene must be the climax where Sam and his friends fighting with Donkey Kong! That scene impressed me a lot, especially with the background music of ‘We will rock you’. By that time, my fighting blood was boiling until they won the battle.
References: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlPHfuk8lEQ
Film name: Cinderella
Year released: 2015
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Main cast: Lily James, Cate Blanchett, Richard Madden
Studio: Pinewood Studios
Worldwide Box-Office Gross: USD $201,148,159 (11 September 2015)
Brief Synopsis: Cinderella’s mother tells her daughter the magic of ‘having courage and being kind’ on her death bed, after a few months Cinderella’s father passed away suddenly and left Cinderella goes on living with her two jealousy stepsisters and the evil stepmother. For the next few years, they have been bullying and torturing her. One day, Cinderella met Prince Kit, they promised to meet each other again someday. Cinderella attend the ball but she left, loses one of her glass slippers. After searching for a long time and encountering difficulties, Cinderella and Prince Kit are married.
Why this movie rocks?:Just like the original Cinderella released by Disney many years ago, the new version remains dolce and romantic as it was. Besides, it also reminds me of our real life situations, life is not always a bed of roses, we must be kind and have courage to adopt, to love and to appreciate our life.
Best scene:I love the plot when Prince Kit and Cinderella met in the drawing room. They were facing each other after numerous obstacles and barriers, the words cannot describe how beautiful the scene was. At last, Cinderella tries on the glass slipper, and it was perfectly fit and comfort just like the shoe was born to be hers.
Film name: The DUFF
Year released: 2015
Director: Ari Sandel
Main casts: Mae Whitman as Bianca, Robbie Amell as Wesley, Bella Thorne as Madison, Bianca A. Santos as Casey adn Skyler Samuels as Jess.
Studios: Wondrland Sound and Vision, Vast Entertainment, CBS Films
Worldwide Box Office Gross: US $43,528,634 million
Brief Synopsis: Bianca (Mae Whitman) was addressed a "DUFF" which stands for a "Designated Ugly Friend" in the social hierarchy. A "DUFF" is basically someone who is the least attractive person within a group of friends, whom people make good use of to approach the better looking ones. In this movie, Bianca tries her best to change where she stands in the social hierarchy and tries to approach her life long crush, Toby by seeking help from her neighbour whom she hates but grew up with ever since young age, Wesley.
Why this movie rocks: This movie have taught us great life lessons. The movie started off by portraying scenes of Bianca disliking herself and disliking where she stands in the social hierarchy. But after going through tough trainings with Wesley to avoid being addressed as the "DUFF", and to get the attention of Toby, the guy who she thought she had a crush on, she came to realise that everything only worsened. Slowly by the end of this movie, Bianca only realised that the only thing that was supposed to be changed is the way of how she views herself and the person she truly loves is actaully her neighbour, Wesley whom she has grew up with and knows very well. Through this, the audience are able to realise that in life how people see you all depends on how you see of yourself and that you should be proud of who and what you are no matter what people say. Also, through this movie, audience were indirectly advised to love someone not just by their looks but also by who they are because a love that was attracted by looks will definitely last longer than a love that was attracted by the personality.
Best scene: One of the best scenes in this movie was where by the end of the movie, both Bianca and Wesley realise who they truly love was actually each other. Bianca showed up at their high school prom night, wearing a night gown which Wesley had bought for her. After noticing the presence of Bianca, Wesley could only focus on Bianca eventhough his date, who is one of the most popular girl in school is just right next to him.
Reference: http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=duff.htm
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Firm name: Maleficent
Year released: 2014
Director: Robert Stromberg
Main cast: Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning, Sharlto Copley
Studio: Pinewood Studios.
Worldwide Box-Office Gross: USD 241,407,328 (November 28, 2014)
Brief Synopsis:The story background is basically according to the very old story, Sleeping Beauty. However, some of the details have changed and it twisted the fate of the protagonists. Maleficent cursed a girl who name Aurora because Aurora’s father cheated on her, yet she admitted Aurora is innocent and found the true happiness once again by getting along with Aurora all those years until they knew each other. Feeling guilty, Maleficent attempted to retract the curse since she realized Aurora is innocent but only true-love-kiss can save Aurora. Eventually, Maleficent saved Aurora’s life by her true-love-kiss.
Why this movie rocks?:What I love about this movie is the sincere from the story, it makes me believe in true love again. I am so obsessed over Maleficent, she reminds me of love is not only love from lovers, friends or even family, there is also love from Maleficent which makes miracle happens. The ways the protagonists tell the story, the heart-warming and unique storyline, the guiltiness of Maleficent, the innocent Aurora and the most heart-shaking scene where Maleficent kisses Aurora’s forehead, all these are the things I love about this movie. If you love fairy tales with happy ending please go and watch it!
Best scene: The scene that made a deep mark in my memory is the scene when Maleficent sits beside Aurora and she said: “I will not ask for your forgiveness. What I have done is unforgivable. I was so lost in hatred and revenge… you stole what was left of my heart. And now I’ve lost you forever. But I swear, no harm will come to you as long as I love… and not a day shall pass that I won’t miss your smile…”
References:http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/maleficent-2014
Film name: Big Hero 6
Year Released: 2014
Directors: Don Hall, Chris Williams
Main Cast: Ryan Potter as Hiro Hamada (voice), Jamie Chung as GoGo Tomago (voice), T.J. Miller as Fred (voice), Damon Wayans Jr. as Wasabi (voice), Genesis Rodriguez as Honey Lemon (voice) and Scott Adsit as Baymax (voice).
Studio: Disney Pixar Animation Studios
Worldwide Box-Office Gross: US $657,818,612 million
Brief synopsis: 14 year old boy, Hiro Hamada and his brother, Tadashi Hamada were robotics geniuses in the futuristic fictional city of San Fransokyo (San Francisco + Tokyo). Before the sudden death of Tadashi Hamada, Tadashi had introduced his brother an inflatable healthcare companion robot named Baymax. After awhile, Hiro Hamada figured that the death of his brother was not by accident and to seek for revenge, Hiro gathered up Tadashi's best friends from the robotics school of his university. Together they fight against their enemy who so happened to have stolen the "microbots" which Hiro had presented during the school's science fair on the day Tadashi died.
Why this movie rocks: The amazing story plot of this movie has managed to not just touched the hearts of many audience with it's death scenes but it has also impacted the audience with its cute and entertaining scenes which were mostly displayed through Baymax. The fact that his movie is not like any other Disney movies that were always magical and fairtytale-like, has caught many attention. Instead, this movie contains action scenes and deaths scenes which can be a little too much for children to watch. Despite that, this movie has managed to sustain the attention of it's audience as the storyline of the movie flows very smoothly and the scenes they showed were very straightforward. Also, the graphics of the movie were made of high-quality as every movements portrayed were shown nicely and clearly. Most importantly, the fact that this movie had focused on making Baymax a huge, bouncy, clumsy and cute character has definitely attracted and kept the attention it's audience especially audiences of younger age.
Best scene: One of the best scenes of this movie is where Baymax sacrificed himself by the end of the movie just to save the life of it's owner, Hiro Hadashi. This touching scene has brought back the happy and adventurous memories that Hiro, Baymax and the rest of their friends had been through. Coming back to reality seeing how all these will come to a stop saddens the hearts of thousands and millions of people as this scene happened so unexpectedly.
References: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/11/08/big-hero-6-cast_n_6107120.html
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Film name: Mulan
Year Released: 1998
Director: Barry Cook & Tony Bancroft
Main Cast: Mulan (Ming-Na Wen), Mushu (Eddy Murphy),Captain Li Shang (BD Wong),The Emperor of China (Pat Morita)
Studio: Walt Disney Animation Studios
Worldwide Box-Office Gross: US$ 304.3
Brief synopsis: Fearful that her ailing father will be drafted into the Chinese military, Mulan (Ming-Na Wen) takes his spot -- though, as a girl living under a patriarchal regime, she is technically unqualified to serve. She cleverly impersonates a man and goes off to train with fellow recruits. Accompanied by her dragon, Mushu (Eddie Murphy), she uses her smarts to help ward off a Hun invasion, falling in love with a dashing captain along the way.
Why this movie rocks: This movie is basically the best Disney Princess movie because it teaches young girls that they can do anything that they want in the world as long as they put their heart and soul to it. It is unlike the other Disney Princesses movies where the female protagonist do is just sit and wait for their Prince Charming to come for the rescue. This movie definitely proved that anything a man can do, a woman can do just as well. Mulan, who is a girl, sacrificed herself to join the war just to defend her father’s honor. During training, Mulan was even one of the best soldier despite being a girl. This movie also showed that a woman should stand up to what she believes in. Throughout the movie, Mulan continues to speak her mind, influencing those around her. Disney definitely did the right decision on producing this film because there isn’t any other Disney Princesses that is better than Mulan that promotes women empowerment
Best scene: The best scene is definitely the part where Captain Li-Shang challenged his army to climb up the pole with weight tied up to them. Before the scene, Mulan was the weakest in the army and Captain Li-Shang had not hope for her and assigned her to go back because she was not qualified to join the army. Well, she proved everyone wrong by being the only person who successfully climb up the pole. Yet again, women can do anything that men can do.
Reference: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120762/
Film Name: Wall-E
Year Released: 2008
Director: Andrew Stanton
Main Cast: Ben Burtt as Wall-E (voice), Elissa Knight as Eve (voice), Jeff Garlin as Captain (voice) and Fred Willard as Shelby Forthright.
Studio: Disney Pixar Animation Studios
Worldwide Box-Office Gross: US $ 521,311,860 mil.
Brief Synopsis: WALL-E, short for Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-class, is the last robot left on Earth. He spends his days tidying up the planet, one piece of garbage at a time. But during 700 years, WALL-E has developed a personality, and he's more than a little lonely. Then he spots EVE (Elissa Knight), a sleek and shapely probe sent back to Earth on a scanning mission. Smitten WALL-E embarks on his greatest adventure yet when he follows EVE across the galaxy. (86 words)
Why this movie rocks: The movie “Wall-E” rocks it’s because the story that it conveys is very deep and meaningful; it also educates people who are unaware of what is happening around the world. Wall-E is the robot that saved our planet called Earth. This movie reminds its audience to not be lazy and rely too much on robots and machines, instead get up and make a change. Not only the story is good, but the animation is also definitely one of a kind - that is why this movie has won an Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film of the Year. (97 words)
Best Scene: The best scene that you can find in this movie would most likely be the scene when Wall-E has found a living thing (plant) still existing in our filthy planet. Wall-E didn’t lose hope and strived to make a change and bring back the population from galaxy and back to Earth. Another great scene is when Wall-E offered himself to save the planet - that could be one of the most tear-jerking scenes. However, thankfully, he managed to come back to life.
Reference:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0910970/
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=wall-e.htm
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0910970/awards?ref_=tt_ql_4
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Film Name: Tangled
Year Released: 2010
Director: Nathan Greno, Byron Howard
Main Cast: Mandy Moore as Rapunzel (voice), Zachary Levi as Flynn Rider (voice) and Donna Murphy as Gothel (voice).
Studio: Walt Disney Animation Studios/ Walt Disney Pictures
Worldwide Box-Office Gross: US $ 591,794,936 mil.
Brief Synopsis: When the kingdom's most-wanted bandit, Flynn Rider (Zachary Levi), hides in a convenient tower, he immediately becomes a captive of Rapunzel (Mandy Moore), the spire's longtime resident. Crowned with 70 feet of magical golden hair, she has been locked away for years and desperately wants freedom. The feisty teenager strikes a deal with Flynn, and together they begin a whirlwind adventure. (62 words)
Why this movie rocks: This movie rocks because of its perfect animation on Rapunzel’s ever famous long, golden hair. Disney has managed to bring this old fairytale story back to live. From the animation, to the vocals, and to the storyline, it is just simply amazing. They have also made a twist near the end of the story which captures a significant moment in the story of Rapunzel. Furthermore, the songs written are very suitable for the movie. As Rapunzel sings, her hair glows and gives out power to heal - that is simply amazing. This movie has also been nominated for Best Animated Feature Film on the Golden Globe Award. (106 words)
Best Scene: The best scene would most probably be the scene when Rapunzel heals Flynn’s wound with the power of her long hair as she sings a song. That scene is when true love came about and a scene, which shows the hidden power that Rapunzel has; that explains why everyone is after her magical hair.
Reference:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0398286/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0398286/companycredits?ref_=ttfc_ql_5
https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=tangled+movie
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Film Name: Avatar
Year Released: 2009
Director: James Cameron
Main Cast: Sam Worthington as Jake Sully, Zoe Saldana as Neytiri, Michelle Rodriguez as Trudy Chacon, and Stephen Lang as Colonel Miles Quaritch.
Studio: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Worldwide Box-Office Gross: US $ 2,787,965,087 bil.
Brief Synopsis: On the lush alien world of Pandora live the Na'vi, beings who appear primitive but are highly evolved. Because the planet's environment is poisonous, human/Na'vi hybrids, called Avatars, must link to human minds to allow for free movement on Pandora. Jake Sully (Sam Worthington), a paralyzed former Marine, becomes mobile again through one such Avatar and falls in love with a Na'vi woman (Zoe Saldana). As a bond with her grows, he is drawn into a battle for the survival of her world. (85 words)
Why this movie rocks: Avatar is unique in its way because of the excellent animation that it has. This movie has won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects which proves just how terrific the movie is! Besides the animation and effects, the story plot is also well-written and planned. This movie can bring someone to an unfamiliar world yet it can be a world which you would love to be in! The alien world of Pandora contains so much beauty and meaning in it. The love that is shown in this movie has proved the fiery and passionate love that one can give to the other no matter in what situation. (108 words)
Best Scene: Meeting Neytiri - Because this scene is when Jake meets Neytiri for the first time, and she is one of the Na’Vi, and it is also a great indicator of the tension between the Na’Vi race and humans. But who knows this is the beginning of a spark between them?
Reference:
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=avatar.htm
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Film name: Forrest Gump
Year Released: 1994
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Main Cast: Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks),Mrs. Gump (Sally Field), Jenny Curran (Robin Wright),Lieutenant Dan Taylor (Gary Sinise)
Studio: Paramount Studios
Worldwide Box-Office Gross: US$ 677.9 million
Brief synopsis: Slow-witted Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks) has never thought of himself as disadvantaged, and thanks to his supportive mother (Sally Field), he leads anything but a restricted life. Whether dominating on the gridiron as a college football star, fighting in Vietnam or captaining a shrimp boat, Forrest inspires people with his childlike optimism. But one person Forrest cares about most may be the most difficult to save -- his childhood love, the sweet but troubled Jenny (Robin Wright).
Why this movie rocks: This movie teaches so much about life and the meaning of it. That life isn't as bad as most people make it seem. An innocent man can affect so many lives with his purity. This movie is telling everyone to have a better outlook on life. That we need to appreciate even the smallest things and not let the big things hold us back just like Forrest Gump. Although life may throw us hardships but just like a box of chocolates, we have to just bite into it and get through it even if we don’t favor it. That we all need to hold true to our values and not sink into a place that feels like there's no hope.
Best scene: Best scene was when he was sitting on his porch and then decided to go for a little run. That “little run” turned into a longer run and in the end, he ended up running across the country. His jog turned into a three-year, two-month, 14-day and 16-hour crisscross of the entire United States and the best part was he did that for no particular reason. This scene best explain that sometimes in life you don’t need to have an explanation to why you did the things you do and it is the reason why it is the best scene in our opinion.
Reference: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109830/
Hope you enjoyed reading our list of the Top 10 Hollywood films of the last decade together with the informations and personal reviews which came along with it! Where you have the time, instead of just reading it's story plot, you should definitely make time to watch these movies as some of them contains really great life lessons which will be very helpful for the time to come.