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Your Top 10 for 2009?
It's all in the title.
10. District 9 While I may not have enjoyed it as much as everyone else I still thought it was a great movie. Initially, I was just a bit impressed but after a peer mentioned that the script "was probably written in 8 minutes" I revisited it and, that fella be damned, it just got even better. 9. Drag Me To Hell I've seen this several times since it's release, 3 of those in the theater. The only way my viewing experience could have improved from all of the times I've seen was by not watching it with a cat person. 8. Observe and Report Perhaps the funniest study of a dark character I've ever seen. Seth Rogen gives the best performance thus far in his career as Ronnie, the bipolar mall security guard with dreams of becoming a cop. It performed poorly, perhaps because of the audiences' expectations of a goofy comedy starring Seth Rogen or perhaps because of the "rape controversy" surrounding a certain scene (why was only Seth Rogen blamed? He didn't write or direct the scene and Anna Farris was also there.) Either way, it deserved much more attention and praise. 7. Watchmen Hands down best comic book movie of the year (though Wolverine really wasn't much competition.) The comic was brought to life without much being changed in the sense of the story, tough the ending is very different. Jackie Earle Haley deserves serious award consideration for his starring role. 6. The Hurt Locker I started watching this expecting not to be wowed, but wow! This was one of the most intense movies I've ever seen. I originally watched because of Guy Pearce being in it and was a bit disappointed with his limited screentime, but the rest of the movie more than made up for it. I can't recommend it highly enough. Go see The Hurt Locker! 5. Funny People This is higher on my list than it would be for anybody else here I'm sure. But I'm a big Sandler fan (Well, I believe he can act and get excited when he actually shows it.) as well as a big fan of Rogen and Apatow. So this grouping had me excited from the start once I found it would be a more serious project. Many complained about the run time, but I didn't mind at all, I was completely into it the whole time. i absolutely loved the scene with Eminem and Ray Romano, it could possibly be my favorite cameo of all-time. 4. Up It's a Pixar movie, of course it would be great! Though I felt it a step down from last year's Wall-E, this is easily my second favorite Pixar movie. Walter is a character I wanted to follow through the entire movie and beyond. Dug has also officially taken the position of favorite movie dog, sorry Sam from Dog Soldiers. This one was much more wacky than Pixar's other movies as well (dogs flying airplanes). But the heart and soul remain intact and the film ends in something that will warm yours. 3. Trick 'R Treat Well, after all these years and "Damn you, Roderick Usher for telling me about this so early"s later, I finally got to see it. Well worth the wait. It filled me up with all of the wonder and goosebumps Halloween gave me when I was a little kid dressing up as Batman to go out for candy and to see all of the witches and pumpkins and ghouls. While nothing will replace John Carpenter's Halloween (first film I ever remember seeing) in my heart as the representative for the scariest night of the year, this is a very, very, very close second. 2. Inglourious Basterds The members of this forum have already said everything that could possibly said about this movie, so I'll agree with the great reviews and simply add: Yes, Quentin, this is your masterpiece. Oh, and give Waltz the Oscar. 1. A Serious Man Only the Coens can tell a story about a Jewish physics professor and his family in 1967 Minneapolis and make me feel like I'm there. The film is clearly made with a perfect mixture of love, creativity, and skill. After a movie starring George Clooney and Brad Ptt they took the risk and made this film with a cast of unknowns (A very big welcome to Michael Stuhlbarg, I look forward to seeing much more of you). This is my favorite movie of the year and I can't wait to put the DVD in my collection right next to Burn After Reading. Anyway, folks. Share yours. |
In no particular order;
Zombieland Watchmen Trick 'r Treat Avatar Star Trek Xmen Origins: Wolverine Drag me to Hell District 9 9 The Men who Stare at Goats |
I'm thinking of more movie's I've seen this year now, so I'm gonna keep editing this post. Currently organizing. Maybe blurbs later.
Martyrs Start Trek Inglourious Basterds Drag Me To Hell The Hangover Paranormal Activity Zombieland Watchmen Trick-r-Treat Coraline Other movies I saw: District 9 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Terminator Salvation Saw VI Movies I want to see: (Huuuge list. With all the homework I've had no time for the love of my life, movies. For my reference more than yours, but reviews or advice would be nice.) The Burrowers UP Dead Snow Evangelion 1.0 Had a chance to see this in theaters, but ended up bogged down with projects. Would have been quite the experience. (500) Days of Summer Is this as pretentious as I think it will be? Joseph Gordon-Levitt makes me want to see it but it's probably a typical indie flick. Dead Girl I've read good reviews both here and at Rue Morgue. Seems to be more than worth my time. Thirst Had really been looking forward to this one, and heard some awesome reviews here and on youtube. Julie and Julia I'm a sucker for a Meryl Streep movie, and my Mom suggests it. Ponyo OMGOMG so cuuuttte ^^ Miazaki is a genius and makes perfect movies. Grace Whip It It's about roller derby. I have wanted to be a roller derby girl for years but there's no team near me. Obviously this movie appealed to me. Antichrist Nine I'll probably go see this soon. Fucking musicals get my money any day. |
This could be a fun short project, if everyone wasn't so busy with Christmas right now.
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No kidding. Was going to start this thread, but need to sit down and go through movies that were released this year. The ones last January I generally associated with the previous year. I've started my "list" so far - Hopefully will complete it by the end of the week. Seeing people's pics help me remember. Good choices so far. |
Might as well put mine on here too...
01 - District 9 02 - Inglourious Basterds 03 - Avatar 04 - Up 05 - Zombieland 06 - Watchmen 07 - Star Trek 08 - Coraline 09 - Moon 10 - Knowing |
I thought Knowing was your #1, __V__, I was about to drop my jaw and let it type a bunch of gibberish on my keyboard!
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