Your Top Movies of 2009

[robertthunder]

Well now it's time for the list that actually matters and what people really give a shit about... The top 20 movie list. I had so much fun coming up with this list because there hasn't been this many good films in one year in a long long time!! It was the year of blue. Blue penis, blue boobs, blu-ray and back to directors making blue style films (not Burton Blue ). It felt good again to be a film fan. I look foreword to the comments (especially the questions about how Avatar made it on the list as high it did with the review I gave it earlier). But I'll let you guys take a look. I look foreword to all of your lists.

Robert's Top 20 Motion Pictures of 2009:

1. Inglourious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino)
2. My Suicide (David Lee Miller)
3. Nine (Rob Marshall)
4. Antichrist (Lars Von Trier)
5. A Single Man (Tom Ford)
6. Up In The Air (Jason Reitman)
7. Up (Pete Docter)
8. (500) Days of Summer (Marc Webb)
9. Watchmen (Zack Snyder)
10. The White Ribbon (Michael Haneke)
11. An Education (Lone Scherfig)
12. Public Enemies (Michael Mann)
13. Drag Me To Hell (Sam Raimi)
14. Avatar (James Cameron)
15. Observe and Report (Jody Hill)
16. Where The Wild Things Are (Spike Jonze)
17. The Hurt Locker (Katherine Bigelow)
18. The Hangover (Todd Phillips)
19. Black Dynamite (Scott Sanders)
20. Tetro (Francis Ford Coppola)

Worthy Mentions:

-Moon (Duncan Jones)
-Fanboys (Kyle Newman)
-Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl (Yoshihiro Nishimura and Naoyuki Tomomatsu)

[RockChalk]

Originally Posted by robertthunder

Well now it's time for the list that actually matters and what people really give a shit about... The top 20 movie list. I had so much fun coming up with this list because there hasn't been this many good films in one year in a long long time!! It was the year of blue. Blue penis, blue boobs, blu-ray and back to directors making blue style films (not Burton Blue ). It felt good again to be a film fan. I look foreword to the comments (especially the questions about how Avatar made it on the list as high it did with the review I gave it earlier). But I'll let you guys take a look. I look foreword to all of your lists.

Robert's Top 20 Motion Pictures of 2009:

1. Inglourious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino)
2. My Suicide (David Lee Miller)
3. Nine (Rob Marshall)
4. Antichrist (Lars Von Trier)
5. A Single Man (Tom Ford)
6. Up In The Air (Jason Reitman)
7. Up (Pete Docter)
8. (500) Days of Summer (Marc Webb)
9. Watchmen (Zack Snyder)
10. The White Ribbon (Michael Haneke)
11. An Education (Lone Scherfig)
12. Public Enemies (Michael Mann)
13. Drag Me To Hell (Sam Raimi)
14. Avatar (James Cameron)
15. Observe and Report (Jody Hill)
16. Where The Wild Things Are (Spike Jonze)
17. The Hurt Locker (Katherine Bigelow)
18. The Hangover (Todd Phillips)
19. Black Dynamite (Scott Sanders)
20. Tetro (Francis Ford Coppola)

Worthy Mentions:

-Moon (Duncan Jones)
-Fanboys (Kyle Newman)
-Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl (Yoshihiro Nishimura and Naoyuki Tomomatsu)

Inglorious not best of 2009!

Moon more than honorable mention!

Observe and Report should not be on any top list EVER!

And the above bolded titles are not top 20, the other films on the list I can go for but not those

[robertthunder]

Originally Posted by RockChalk

Inglorious not best of 2009!

Moon more than honorable mention!

Observe and Report should not be on any top list EVER!

And the above bolded titles are not top 20, the other films on the list I can go for but not those

I could go on all day about Inglourious but i'm just going to save my breath. It's cinematic brilliance; but to each his own.

Moon lost some value the second time I saw it. Maybe a third will rekindle the love, but until then honorable mention.

OaR You just didn't get it. It was great. It's what more comedies need to strive for.

Did you see Drag Me To Hell?? Fantastic!!
Avatar... I don't want to get into this. Look for my post in the review thread for it. It will explain more. On the list more because of what its going to do for effects and 3D.
Enemies is great filmmaking. Michael Mann has acheived another great film here, that isn't getting the respect it deserves.
You didn't like Watchmen?? Why?? For being the closest adaptation EVER! it easily makes my list.

[RockChalk]

Originally Posted by robertthunder

I could go on all day about Inglourious but i'm just going to save my breath. It's cinematic brilliance; but to each his own.

Moon lost some value the second time I saw it. Maybe a third will rekindle the love, but until then honorable mention.

OaR You just didn't get it. It was great. It's what more comedies need to strive for.

Did you see Drag Me To Hell?? Fantastic!!
Avatar... I don't want to get into this. Look for my post in the review thread for it. It will explain more. On the list more because of what its going to do for effects and 3D.
Enemies is great filmmaking. Michael Mann has acheived another great film here, that isn't getting the respect it deserves.
You didn't like Watchmen?? Why?? For being the closest adaptation EVER! it easily makes my list.

OaR may be funny but it isnt top 20 of 2009, you dont have a single foreign or small release or independent film on there...

Drag me to hell was good for a Horror movie, not good to great in general
Avatar is just another blockbuster where people think that beacuse it has cool effects or awesome 3d that makes it a great movie

Enemies was slow, had too many gangster movies cliches in it for me and just didnt seem very original and I ddint think Christian Bale was very good in it..

Just because watchmen was the closest adaptation yet doesnt make it a great movie to be on top 20 of 2009, but it is an opinion list

[robertthunder]

Originally Posted by RockChalk

OaR may be funny but it isnt top 20 of 2009, you dont have a single foreign or small release or independent film on there...

WHAT?????????
My Suicide, Antichrist, Tetro, The White Ribbon, A Single Man, Black Dynamite, Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl, An Education and to a certain extent (500) Days of Summer.

[Rob71]

Originally Posted by RockChalk

OaR may be funny but it isnt top 20 of 2009, you dont have a single foreign or small release or independent film on there...

Drag me to hell was good for a Horror movie, not good to great in general
Avatar is just another blockbuster where people think that beacuse it has cool effects or awesome 3d that makes it a great movie

Enemies was slow, had too many gangster movies cliches in it for me and just didnt seem very original and I ddint think Christian Bale was very good in it..

Just because watchmen was the closest adaptation yet doesnt make it a great movie to be on top 20 of 2009, but it is an opinion list

I love how you point out his list is nothing more than an opinioin by giving your...Opinion.

[Elvis]

Originally Posted by robertthunder

Plus ELVIS I don't see your list anywhere so I can go and bash the shit out of that. Only fair don't you think??

oh you'll get my list friend.....when the year is over! I don't make lists before I have seen all the films I want to see.

[KilloWertz]

Originally Posted by RockChalk

Just because watchmen was the closest adaptation yet doesnt make it a great movie to be on top 20 of 2009, but it is an opinion list

Exactly, so there's nothing wrong with anyone having Watchmen on their top 20 list. It's personally on my top 10 of 2009 list at the moment, and there's nothing wrong with that. Oh, right, you are the one that told me I like crap. Never mind.

[RockChalk]

Originally Posted by killowertz

Exactly, so there's nothing wrong with anyone having Watchmen on their top 20 list. It's personally on my top 10 of 2009 list at the moment, and there's nothing wrong with that. Oh, right, you are the one that told me I like crap. Never mind.

Yea it is an opinon list and I have given my opinons about other peoples lists as people have about mine

[MCT]

Originally Posted by robertthunder

Enemies is great filmmaking. Michael Mann has acheived another great film here, that isn't getting the respect it deserves.

....because it was a massive letdown.

[robertthunder]

Originally Posted by MCT

....because it was a massive letdown.

For what we were expecting the film to be it was a let down at first. But after a few re-watchings the film has merit. The cinematography and Marion Cotillard's performance shine here. I will agree if I had only seen this film once it would not even have made the list, but after rewatching and letting it sink in it is a film worth mentioning. I don't think this is Mann's best film by a long shot but it is still a solid film.

[Diesel]

I was expecting a Top 10 thread to pop up soon and you show up with a Top 20 instead


I wouldn't be able to finalize my list until I see Avatar, Sherlock Holmes and The Road (won't get to see this one until home video).

I've also heard great stuff about Moon, so I'm interested in checking that one out.

Edit: Up In The Air as well, based on the trailers I've seen it looks pretty good.

[robertthunder]

Yesterday at 6:04pm I had seen every major film that needed to be seen in 09'. So I'm one of the only people at this point who can actually make a detailed and informative list. I thought I would get on it right away.

[Diesel]

Have you seen The Road?

[robertthunder]

Originally Posted by Diesel

Have you seen The Road?

Yep.
The Road was a great example of dank filmmaking. I thought it was good, and any other year it would prob have made it onto the list, but there was just so much this year.

[jadedeath]

Originally Posted by robertthunder

Yesterday at 6:04pm I had seen every major film that needed to be seen in 09'. So I'm one of the only people at this point who can actually make a detailed and informative list. I thought I would get on it right away.

Have you seen Sherlock Holmes?

Logan

[Edo]

Originally Posted by RockChalk

Inglorious not best of 2009!

Moon more than honorable mention!

Observe and Report should not be on any top list EVER!

And the above bolded titles are not top 20, the other films on the list I can go for but not those

wow Hurt Locker is ranked #17 that movie should be on top

[amarster]

Originally Posted by Edo

wow Hurt Locker is ranked #17 that movie should be on top

i agree... hurt locker then inglourious basterds then district 9...cant wait till moon and i'll try to ignore the book as much as possible when i see the road (book was excellent)

[jadedeath]

Originally Posted by RockChalk

Inglorious not best of 2009!

Moon more than honorable mention!

Observe and Report should not be on any top list EVER!

And the above bolded titles are not top 20, the other films on the list I can go for but not those

*cough cough* opinion *cough cough*

Logan

[Travis]

I got a lot to see. Seen 3 of them. Haven't been to the theater this year.

1. Inglourious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino)
2. My Suicide (David Lee Miller)
3. Nine (Rob Marshall)
4. Antichrist (Lars Von Trier)
5. A Single Man (Tom Ford)
6. Up In The Air (Jason Reitman)
7. Up (Pete Docter) VERY GOOD
8. (500) Days of Summer (Marc Webb)
9. Watchmen (Zack Snyder) NOT FOR ME
10. The White Ribbon (Michael Haneke)
11. An Education (Lone Scherfig)
12. Public Enemies (Michael Mann) OKAY
13. Drag Me To Hell (Sam Raimi)
14. Avatar (James Cameron)
15. Observe and Report (Jody Hill)
16. Where The Wild Things Are (Spike Jonze)
17. The Hurt Locker (Katherine Bigelow)
18. The Hangover (Todd Phillips)
19. Black Dynamite (Scott Sanders)
20. Tetro (Francis Ford Coppola)
-Moon (Duncan Jones)
-Fanboys (Kyle Newman)
-Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl (Yoshihiro Nishimura and Naoyuki Tomomatsu)