2010 was an unusual year for me in that I saw only about a third (or less) of the number of new films I've seen in pretty much every year of the decade leading up to it. That said, of the few dozen I did manage to see (and we all know the film year isn't over until around the time of the Academy Awards - the Super Bowl of movies - so there are more to be seen), Derek Cianfrance's Blue Valentine is my favorite. I might even venture an objective opinion (is that an oxymoron?) and say that it is absolutely the best film of the year.
