Okay, so there were some major disappointments in entertainment this year, but on a good few occasions we were surprised in a good way. Here are my top 5 examples of such in 2010:5. MARIO ALL-STARS: As Nintendo's iconic plumber hit his 25th anniversary, the gaming company released this compliation of the original 4 Super Mario Bros games- boy, has their impact not diminished at all. If you get time, get this bargain of a set for Wii.
4. ASSASSIN'S CREED- BROTHERHOOD: Every fan of the Assassin's Creed franchise worried that a mere 12-month gap between instalments would send it the same way as Call of Duty (mediocre, predictable), yet Brotherhood shook off suspicions by providing the most refined game-play so far, a decent (if forgettable) plot and ace multi-player!
3. SHERLOCK: Benedict Cumberbatch's version of Arthur Conan Doyle's famed detective was a fresh take that no one saw coming, and the scale of the cliff-hanger found at the end of the first series on BBC One ensured that next autumn seems too far away.
2. HARRY POTTER & THE DEATHLY HALLOWS- PART ONE: Given that this flick had over two hours to deal with the 'less-eventful' half of Deathly Hallows, it came as a massive shock that it was the best Potter film yet, and actually ramped up the pressure for July 2011's Part Two to deliver!
1. DOCTOR WHO- THE PANDORICA OPENS: This opening part to the season finale ended on the most devilish of twists- the enemies of the Doctor believed him to have caused the cracks in the universe, so fashioned the Pandorica not for a creature to escape from but for the Time Lord to be trapped in to save the cosmos. It's hard to convey just how strange and downright disturbing the scene of the Doctor's imprisonment was, but sufficed to say it was one of the best moments on the show in quite a while!
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