Top Ten Movies of 2009?
Top Ten Movies of 2009?
JudasIscariot
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/05
#1Top Ten Movies of 2009?
Posted: 1/10/10 at 6:56pm
So, the Oscars are due to have ten Best Picture nominees this year. Which ten movies are your favorite, and in what order? This is purely your opinion, not what is most likely to get nominated, so don't be ashamed to list Nine.
1. (500) Days of Summer
2. Inglorious Basterds
3. Up In The Air
4. Avatar
5. Where The Wild Things Are
6. District 9
7. Sherlock Holmes
8. The Hangover
9. The Road
10. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
#2Top Ten Movies of 2009?
Posted: 1/10/10 at 7:38pm
"so don't be ashamed to list Nine."
I wasn't. And I'm cheating and putting eleven.
My number one:
THE HURT LOCKER
The other ten in alphabetical order:
AVATAR
DISTRICT 9
FANTASTIC MR. FOX
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
ME AND ORSON WELLES
NINE
PRECIOUS
A SERIOUS MAN
UP IN THE AIR
WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
"One no longer loves one's insight enough once one communicates it."
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
#2Top Ten Movies of 2009?
Posted: 1/10/10 at 8:13pm
I can't even manage ten:
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
(500) Days of Summer
Avatar
Waltz With Bashir
The Hangover
The Fantastic Mr. Fox
Up
Cruel_Sandwich
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/30/05
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#4Top Ten Movies of 2009?
Posted: 1/10/10 at 8:35pm
1- District 9 and Star Trek are tied
2- Up
3- The Princess and the Frog
4-The Proposal
5-Zombieland
6-Sherlock Holmes
7-Brothers
8-I Love You, Man
9-Avatar
10-Funny People
Updated On: 1/10/10 at 08:35 PM
degrassifan
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/23/08
#5Top Ten Movies of 2009?
Posted: 1/10/10 at 11:50pm
1. The Princess and the Frog
2. Up
3. The Hangover
4. Precious
5. Orphan
6. Harry Potter 6
I didn't go to the movies that much this year.
#6Top Ten Movies of 2009?
Posted: 1/11/10 at 12:21amAlas, it will be another month before everything rolls out here in the midwest.
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#7Top Ten Movies of 2009?
Posted: 1/11/10 at 1:00am
I don't really like going to movies very much anymore and I haven't seen many of the would-be contenders, but I will say I appreciated what was achieved in the following movies:
District 9, Avatar, Precious, Up
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#8Top Ten Movies of 2009?
Posted: 1/11/10 at 2:41am
Did I even see ten new movies this year?
I thoroughly enjoyed UP IN THE AIR and INGLORIOUS BASTERDS. I'll be glad if either one wins Best Picture.
The others on this last were impressive, but not the best. I thought UP was too sappy in some parts, and the villain was probably the worst in Pixar history. PRECIOUS was too over the top for me to believe.
"I want a lap dance from an octopus."
-JG2
-JG2
#9Top Ten Movies of 2009?
Posted: 1/11/10 at 4:14am
Was there even ten great movies last year?
Well I didn't want to get into it, but he's a Satanist.
Every full moon he sacrifices 4 puppies to the Dark Lord and smears their blood on his paino.
This should help you understand the score for Wicked a little bit more.
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#10Top Ten Movies of 2009?
Posted: 1/20/10 at 3:31amJust saw A SINGLE MAN, which shot straight toward the top of my list. What a beautiful movie, emotionally, thematically and visually.
"One no longer loves one's insight enough once one communicates it."
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
#11Top Ten Movies of 2009?
Posted: 1/20/10 at 9:03amI don't get The Hangover love. I really don't. It was an ok movie. At best.
"A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men" - Willy Wonka
#12Top Ten Movies of 2009?
Posted: 1/20/10 at 10:16am
Here is my TOP 15, without having seen A SERIOUS MAN, A SINGLE MAN, THE YOUNG VICTORIA, INVICTUS, THE LAST STATION, or THE LOVELY BONES.
PRECIOUS
AWAY WE GO
PIRATE RADIO
THE SOLOIST
THE BLIND SIDE
THE HURT LOCKER
(500) DAYS OF SUMMER
HARRY POTTER & THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE
UP
AVATAR
UP IN THE AIR
AN EDUCATION
INGLORIOUS BASTARDS
LAW ABIDING CITIZEN
BROTHERS
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
#13Top Ten Movies of 2009?
Posted: 1/20/10 at 10:45am
In no specific order... and I only came up with 8
Julie and Julia
Up
The Blind Side
Avatar
Inglorious Basterds
Coraline
Watchmen
The Cove
Honorable Mention: Every Little Step
"A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men" - Willy Wonka
#14Top Ten Movies of 2009?
Posted: 1/20/10 at 5:03pm
I haven't seen a ton of movies this year, but these were my personal favorites:
Up in the Air
Up
District 9
Harry Potter
Avatar
Taking Woodstock
Julie & Julia
For me, Up in the Air is the most compelling film I've seen this year, but I've yet to see many others.
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
#15Top Ten Movies of 2009?
Posted: 1/20/10 at 5:05pm
I'm really shocked to see AVATAR on so many peoples lists. I thought it was a lot of fun but not anything "great".
To me, UP IN THE AIR was the finest film of 2009 and I'm hoping against hope it takes Actor, Screenplay and Picture while Cameron will no doubt win Director.
#16Top Ten Movies of 2009?
Posted: 1/20/10 at 5:09pmAvatar will be on nearly every short list for its technical achievements. I thought the story and dialogue were awfully weak, but I have to hand it to them for the visuals. I was hugely impressed with what was accomplished.
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
#17Top Ten Movies of 2009?
Posted: 1/20/10 at 5:13pmAbsolutely, visually it was beautiful. But that's like saying Heidi Montag is the best person of 2009.
#18Top Ten Movies of 2009?
Posted: 1/20/10 at 5:34pm
Not really. There are many components that contribute to making a successful film and some of them outweigh others if they are strong enough. For example, if excellent performances and writing are superior to the visual aspect of a film, you can still enjoy what you are watching. I don't think Heidi's alleged "beauty" compensates for the rest of her detriments.
Personally, I thought the original Star Wars deserved Best Picture because it brought to life instantly iconic scenes, characters, special effects and music coupled with an engaging story as a landmark film in motion picture history. I can't say the same for Avatar, though. It just didn't have the same depth and range in its screenplay, but I put it on my short list because I recognize staggering technological achievement when I see it.
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
#19Top Ten Movies of 2009?
Posted: 1/20/10 at 5:59pm
Up
The Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Princess and The Frog
Up In The Air
Avatar
Precious
District 9
Inglorious Bastards
500 Days of Summer
The Hangover
Those are all the movies that I saw in 2009 that I thought were exceptional. Some of the other front runners, I haven't seen yet.
"You drank a charm to kill John Proctor's wife! You drank a charm to kill Goody Proctor!" - Betty Parris to Abigail Williams in Arthur Miller's The Crucible
#20Top Ten Movies of 2009?
Posted: 1/20/10 at 6:18pm
My number 1 is probably Precious. Lots of great films this year. Still need to see a few.
Highlights for me so far:
District 9
Up
Inglourious Basterds
(500) Days of Summer
Star Trek
Avatar
Julie & Julia
The Hurt Locker
Coraline
Really want to see Up in the Air, An Education, A Single Man, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Where the Wild Things Are, The Princess and the Frog and very curious about The Blind Side now that Sandra Bullock is a contender for Best Actress.
#21Top Ten Movies of 2009?
Posted: 1/20/10 at 6:20pmI'm so happy Bullock is finally a serious contender for the Oscar and I hope she wins, although I think this really is Meryl's year again.
#22Top Ten Movies of 2009?
Posted: 1/20/10 at 8:58pm
1. Brothers
2. The Blind Side
3. Avatar
4. The Reader
5. The Proposal
6. Orphan
7. The Hangover
8. Up
9. The Ugly Truth
10. Greta
#23Top Ten Movies of 2009?
Posted: 1/20/10 at 11:09pm
Worst year for movies in recent memories. I few gems, but aside from those listed below, cinema-going felt like a chore in 2009. Alphabetically:
The Beaches of Agnes
Broken Embraces
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Hurt Locker
I Love You, Man
Inglourious Basterds
Julie and Julia
The Last Station
A Serious Man
Up in the Air
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
#24Top Ten Movies of 2009?
Posted: 1/20/10 at 11:31pm2Acting, THE READER was a 2008 film. Kate Winslet won an Oscar for it last year, remember?
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
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