Top Ten Movies of 2009?- Page 2

[degrassifan]

Posted: 1/21/10 at 1:50am

"Absolutely, visually it was beautiful. But that's like saying Heidi Montag is the best person of 2009."

Hahahahahahahaha! This actually cracked me up!

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 1/21/10 at 2:05am

I agree that UP IN THE AIR was the most affecting film of 2009, what a great story. I loved every second of it. I too hope it wins Best Picture but I believe at this point AVATAR is a sort of foregone conclusion.
I've yet to see BROKEN EMBRACES, A SINGLE MAN and INGLORIOUS BASTERDS. Will write my top ten when I get to those.

[Q]

Posted: 1/21/10 at 2:11am

"Worst year for movies in recent memories. I few gems, but aside from those listed below, cinema-going felt like a chore in 2009."

After making that statement, you don't include UP?

Whatever.

The movie that affected me the most this year was the doc IN SEARCH OF BEETHOVEN - so, I'm pretty much out of the loop. As usual.

[jrb_actor]

Posted: 1/21/10 at 2:18am

Every year someone(s) has to declare what a crappy year in film it is.

[StickToPriest]

Posted: 1/21/10 at 2:20am

"Every year someone(s) has to declare what a crappy year in film it is."

That's how it goes.

I thought it was a pretty fantastic year.

[broadwayman17]

Posted: 1/21/10 at 2:20am

No order:
UP
THE HANGOVER
THE HURT LOCKER
UP IN THE AIR
STAR TREK
INGLORIOUS BASTERDS
THE BLIND SIDE
(500) DAYS OF SUMMER
ZOMBIELAND
MICHAEL JACKSON'S THIS IS IT

Updated On: 1/21/10 at 02:20 AM

[Q]

Posted: 1/21/10 at 2:21am

It's ALL subjective - despite what some might think.

[jrb_actor]

Posted: 1/21/10 at 2:22am

Of course, it is. It's just a predictable statement and makes me laugh. I'm sure someone said it in '39, '72, and '99.

[AC126748]

Posted: 1/21/10 at 11:40am

I made my comments about this being the worst year for films in recent memory based on my own experiences in the cinema, of course. As Q said, this is all subjective, of course. Of the 100+ films released in 2009 that I saw, I rated less than ten with four stars. Most of the films that have garnered extreme praise (Precious, An Education, (500) Days of Summer, Where the Wild Things Are, In the Loop, The Class, A Single Man...and on and on...) did absolutely nothing to me. That constitutes a pretty lousy year to me, although I'm grateful that small miracles such as A Serious Man, The Hurt Locker and The Beaches of Agnes occurred.

Re:Up...quite good, but I'd take Fantastic Mr. Fox or Coraline over it any day.

[strummergirl]

Posted: 1/21/10 at 12:25pm

Where The Wild Things Are had a lot of hype with incredible trailers and promotions but lots of critics were underwhelmed, they thought it was good but no masterpiece. First time I ever dozed off while watching a film at a theater.

I have not seen a lot of movies from last year (Precious, In The Loop, Crazy Heart, Herzog's Bad Lieutenant, Me & Orson Welles, An Education, and a slew of foreign films being talked about) that I want to see but the previous two years of movies before 2009 I thought were great years in movies so 2009 was at a disadvantage already with me. I was completely disappointed with WTWTA, Invictus, Public Enemies, Up in The Air, Star Trek, State of Play, The Half-Blood Prince, Funny People, and to a lesser extent Watchmen but I see some of the films mentioned so yeah, it's all subjective.
Updated On: 1/21/10 at 12:25 PM

[jrb_actor]

Posted: 1/21/10 at 12:39pm

Watchmen! I did enjoy that--an admirable effort of an extremely difficult work to adapt.

AC: No offense was intended.

[AC126748]

Posted: 1/21/10 at 12:51pm

None taken. My comment was somewhat opaque, so I didn't want to come off sounding like a crank. :)

[strummergirl]

Posted: 1/21/10 at 1:03pm

I did not hate Watchmen necessarily, I loved Jeffrey Dean Morgan as The Comedian and Jackie Earle Haley as Rorschach. Matthew Goode did not even bother me as Ozymandias and I actually liked the changed ending even as a fan of the graphic novel. But it felt like Zack Snyder's understanding of the source material was akin to a student copying and pasting things off the internet for a class paper then when told to articulate that paper is revealed to really having no idea of the paper's meaning.. It was a faithful but I will be willing if you gave it to a better director than Fanboy Snyder it would have been a much better movie experience.
Updated On: 1/21/10 at 01:03 PM