Since we are right around the Pro-Bowl and the NBA All-Star announcements, it seems like as good a time as any to announce the all hero team of 2010 (consisting of movies released in 2009). These are the big screen heroes who shined the brightest at their positions as well as those who just barely missed the cut.
1) Best Vigilante – Dominic Torretto (Fast & Furious)
If there was any hero in 2009 who played by his own rules, it was definitely Dom. He robbed oil trucks, “cheated” in street racing and questioned underlings by hanging them out a window. And all this for the tragic purpose of avenging the death of his one true love.
Reserves: Wolverine (X-Men Origins: Wolverine), Bryan Mills (Taken), Lt. Aldo Raine (Inglorious Basterds)
2) Best Lawman/Soldier – Optimus Prime (Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen)
Look he lead a army didn’t he? That makes him a soldier whether he’s human or not. And who had a better military campaign than Optimus Prime in 2009? His fight in the woods was by far the best action sequence of the year. He even kicked death’s ass.
Reserves: Duke (G.I. Joe), John Connors (Terminator Salvation), Jake Sully (Avatar)
3) Best Boyish Hero – Larry Daley (Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian)
Larry is hardly a boy, but certainly boyish. I mean his best friends are talking action figures for crying out loud. Even though it was a sequel Larry came from the dimmest place. I mean yea, he was rich, but he certainly seemed pathetic selling crazy glow-in-the dark flashlights and losing the respect of his son when he knows deep down he’d rather be doing what he loves. He was trapped under the thumb of society. If that’s not boyish, I don’t know what is.
Reserves: Sam Witwicky (Transformers), Harry Potter (Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince), Ginormica (Monster vs. Aliens)
4) Best Damsel – Kim Mills (Taken)
Kim is probably the only true damsel on this list. After all she did absolutely nothing to help herself. In fact, she even went out of her way — out of the country — to make it happen despite her father’s many warnings. And even after her rescue, she learned nothing, electing to ride off with her enabling mother and step-father leaving her father to hold to bag, which almost guarantees it’s going to happen again. That’s a true damsel.
Reserves: Mikaela Banes (Transformers), Brandi (Observe & Report), Bella Swan (Twilight: New Moon)
5) Best Romeo – Sherlock Homes (Sherlock Holmes)
Sherlock has that playboy swagger, whether or not it works on every girl — which it usually does, it’s just that some girls know it’s working — it’s still magic. And of course inversely, he doesn’t seem to be phased one bit when they resist him. That’s the mark of a true Romeo.
Reserves: Lucian (Underworld: Rise of the Lycans), Derek Charles (Obsessed), Brian O’Conner (Fast & Furious)
And now that we know the players, next up comes the winners of the awards of best hero and villain of 2009 as well as a few other awards!
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