@Blazing Saddles lovers:

I stand behind my assessment. It is not hard to decide whether a comedy is good or not all that matters is how much I laugh and if the laughs were of quality. I watched the film and laughed only a few times and even then they were minor. I had huge expectations but the film is so poorly written and dumb, I mean "build a replica town for them to terrorize" even for a parody this is shoddy work. Especially if you compare it to something like Monty Python and the Holy Grail which is a similar parody but made on a smaller budget, that movie was funny and brilliant.

Keep up the nitpicking, movie watching is no fun if everyone has the same opinion.

I don't like it when people say someone has good taste in something, so let me just say we have similar taste in movies.

Among great movies like Amélie, The Lives of Others, The Usual Supsects, Unforgiven, Mean Streets, Apocalypse Now, The Graduate, The Big Lebowski, Citizen Kane. The Iron Giant...your "good movies seen in 2011" list even contains some which are among my all-time favourites:
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly / Psycho / Alien / The French Connection (by far and forever my most favorite cop thriller) / Rashomon / Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (best buddy movie ever made) / Pinocchio / The Apartment / The Sting / M*A*S*H

Your meh list contains two movies which I really like as I have a soft spot for some of the Disney movies which are generally considered as weaker in comparison to the classics:
- The Black Cauldron (I love this one - one of the darkest Disney movies; has a "Dark Crystal" vibe to it)
- The Great Mouse Detective
I like both more than The Princess and the Frog which isn't a bad movie either, but the screenplay felt a bit too obviously constructed and screamed a bit too loud: "This is for you, the old-fashioned Disney fans - a handdrawn one with charming songs, just like in the old days!"

Your meh list contains a movie which disappointed me like probably no other movie in the past 15 years:
- Gladiator
I expected something...if not on par with, then at least half as good as Kubrick's Spartacus, but the Gladiator screenplay and dialogues are not even half as good as Spartacus', they are actually light years behind, just like Zimmer's/Gerrard's shitty synthesized-strings hero music is worlds apart from Alex North's outstanding Spartacus score (I'm also a movie score fan).

Your lists also contain some movies which I liked when I first saw them in cinema or on TV but for some reason can't stand anymore:
- Rain Man
- American Beauty (I still like the score though)
. Being John Malkovich (same: still like the beautiful score, can't stand - or better said - don't want to watch the movie anymore)
- Platoon

Yeah, I've also watched a bunch of movies this summer! (Yay Netflix!)

5 Star (Wonderful!)
Gran Torino
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

4 Stars (Loved it!)
Blade Runner
Black Dynamite
Fast Five
Kung Fu Panda 2
Rango
RED
Thor

3 Stars (Liked it.)
Captain America: The First Avenger
Cowboys and Aliens
The Evil Dead
Insidious
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Robocop
Secretariat
The Shining
Super 8
Superman/Batman: Apocalypse
Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny
Unknown
The Wrestler
X-Men: First Class

2 Stars (It's Alright...)
American Psycho
Battle: Los Angeles
Black Swan
Cars 2
Munich
Rio
Superman/Shazam: The Return of Black Atom
Where the Wild Things Are

1 Star (Blech!)
Dead Space: Downfall
Green Lantern
Transformers: Dark of the Moon

yeah bad teacher was pretty shit, i watched it because i thought Jason Segel was in it, they advertised the movie around him... but he was hardly in it, the only good money was when he was arguing with a kid about basketball.

My only complaint is you have Caddyshack under "meh". That's one of the best comedies of all time.

For most of the book adaptions, I never read the book and always judge it only on a movie level. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo was surprisingly good for me.

And I'm so glad The Iron Giant is getting some love.

Dude, that's Mel Brooks that you're bad mouthing.  He's much better than any of the VGChartz writers.  :p

Whoa...  I just noticed that you also rated the Karate Kid remake as a good movie.  For the love of God, what are you thinking?

You must have watched the most recent Busty Cops movie on Cinemax.  Softcore isn't technically pornography...

Yeah, I knew I'd get nitpicked for my placement of the Shining. XD

But really... it wasn't that scary (I mean really... "Red Rum... Red Rum..." I was actually laughing at that whole part. So ridiculous. ), it wasn't surprising (A character played by Jack Nicholson goes crazy? Who would have thought... ) and the characters really play the same note throughout the movie (Dad: I'm crazy! Mom: I'm whiny! Kid: RED RUM!). The only character I could get behind was the cook, and of course he gets an axe straight to the gut (Black guy dies first ). Of course, it still was a good film, with the best parts being the hotel's spirits dragging Jack into madness.

But it's Kubrick, and you're supposed to love it no matter what, so shame on me I guess.

As for Black Swan, it was a good film... but I'm not much of a fan of Darren Aronofsky. His directing style is about as subtle as a chainsaw to your face (which is why I thought the Wrestler worked so well.). The whole thing is sooooo melodramatic at parts that I couldn't help but role my eyes at her descent. But still, the choreography was excellent and the climax was great too.

American Psycho... I'm glad I saw it, as it's an interesting film and a black satire at the whole 80's high-class society. But the movie could have been half of the time and still achieved the same spirit. Just felt too dragged out for me. Christian Bale was great though.

Munich... It could be in the 3 Star range... but every time I think of it I remember that eye-roll worthy final scene in which he's having sex with his wife all while we're being shown how the atheletes died. It was just so ridiculous. Rest of the film wasn't bad though.

X-Men: First Class was a great showcase for Magneto and Charles (great actor chemistry right there), but I just wasn't blown away. It was a good movie, but I didn't love it.

I actually agree with your placement of all the movies there(atleast the ones ive seen) apart from 1... why the hell is blazing saddles in the bad section!!! but its your opinion :)

And i also tried a similar thing last summer holiday where i watched a different film everyday, as i could just stay up late and watch one. Although I'd ran out of movies for this year