{"id":28127,"date":"2012-01-11T06:00:19","date_gmt":"2012-01-11T14:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/?p=28127"},"modified":"2017-06-08T09:36:02","modified_gmt":"2017-06-08T16:36:02","slug":"critically-acclaimed-films-2011-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/critically-acclaimed-films-2011-poll\/","title":{"rendered":"Mid-Week Poll: Favorite Critically-Acclaimed Films of 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our poll last week<\/a> asked you to identify which of 2011’s blockbuster hits was your favorite. To date, the ‘Harry Potter’ finale has taken the lead, followed by ‘X-Men: First Class’ and ‘Rise of the Planet of the Apes’. Unfortunately, good movies don’t always manage to become blockbusters. This week, we’ll take a look at some of last year’s most critically-acclaimed films, and let you pick your favorite from that bunch.
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This is the time of year when various critics (and critics’ groups) release Top 10 lists. Many of these wind up highlighting a lot of obscure independent and foreign films that may have never played near you. For the purposes of this poll, I’ve used this article from MetaCritic<\/em><\/a> to identify the 15 best-reviewed wide-release films of 2011, based on the aggregate scores accumulated across numerous review sources. <\/p>\n

MetaCritic<\/em> has a separate list for limited release movies in the same article, but as I said, you probably haven’t had an opportunity to see many (or any) of those. The documentary ‘ My Perestroika’, for example, played on only 19 screens at its widest release. My favorite film of the year, ‘The Artist<\/a>‘, is still only playing on 172 screens. We’re going to stick with movies that most of you actually had a chance to see.<\/p>\n

It turns out that the year’s biggest blockbuster, ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2’, was also the best-reviewed wide-release film with an 87% aggregate rating. I can’t complain with that. I liked the movie a lot, and thought that it was a fitting closer for the franchise. <\/p>\n

Of these 15 titles, I’ve seen about half of them: ‘Harry Potter’, ‘Drive’, ‘Midnight in Paris’, ‘Mission: Impossible’, ‘The Muppets’, ‘Source Code’ and ‘Super 8’. I’m going to go a little against the grain here when I say that I thought ‘Drive’ was absolutely terrible, and deserves to be on a year’s worst list. My pick for best of this group is ‘Midnight in Paris’. I also thought that ‘Mission: Impossible’ and (as mentioned) ‘Harry Potter’ were pretty great. <\/p>\n

Which of these critical darlings was your favorite of 2011?<\/p>\n

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What Was Your Favorite Critically-Acclaimed Film of 2011?<\/strong><\/p>