Favorite Films of the 2010s

To close out the last month of 2019, I will post about my favorite films of the 2010s, going for 31 for every day of December. There may be other favorites that I would be leaving out, but a lot of these have been my favorites of the decade.

Goon/Goon: Last of the Enforcers (2011 and 2017)

I put these as a double because I just love these two movies so much. They're dirty and messy and hilarious hockey movies about a likable loser named Doug (Seann William Scott) who is the enforcer on a Halifax hockey team, just knocking guys out with bloody punches, but feeling like the misfit because of his quietness and lack of brightness. He's a sweet guy, and it was a nice change to see Scott expand his acting from just playing smirking assholes in bro comedies to playing someone with more heart and sensitivity. In the first film, he gets a girlfriend in a hockey groupie (Alison Pill), makes friends with the rowdy, shit-talking team, and goes up against a rival enforcer (Liev Schreiber), gaining more experience and finding his place in the world. In the sequel, he gets the hell beaten out of him by a new enforcer rival (Wyatt Russell), ending his career on the ice. He tries to work a straight job in insurance, is awaiting the birth of his child with his now-wife, and misses hockey and reconciles with his old rival (Schreiber) to get back to his team and take back his place on the ice.

That's the basic plot, but the beauty of this film is in its heart of showcasing a wonderfully potty-mouthed team of Canadians and Eastern Europeans shit-talking one another in thick accents and having a brotherly love for one another. I just adore these movies and the rawness of it all.