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.

[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.

[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]

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 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.

[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.

[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)

[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]

If you wanted more forein films on the list (Polytecnique, A Prophet, Thirst, Vengence, I Killed My Mother, Mother). They were good but not good enouph to make it to the list.

[RockChalk]

I have a top 15 based on what I have seen whatever is missing either I havent seen or I dont hink deserved to be ranked

1. Everlasting Moments (thought it was very oringinal and fell in love with it)
2. Waltz with Bashir
3. The Class
4. Inglorious Basterds (The non Brad Pitt part of this movie puts it this high up)
5. Baader Meinhoff Complex (Awesome Story)
6. 35 Shots of Rum
7. Moon (Love Sam Rockwell)
8. Hurt Locker
9. Let the right one In
10. Worlds Greatest Dad
11. Adam
12. Up
13. Sugar
14. tetro
15. (500) Days of Summer

[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]

Originally Posted by robertthunder

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.

I've read so much good about that film and it looked fantastic from the trailers. Just the look of the visual look of the film had me interested. Due to the limited release it will be quite some time before I get to see it unfortunately


My preliminary Top 10 favorites (just had to bold that to clarify it for the people who will dissect my list and say that my choices aren't valid and that I don't watch enough types of movies ) so far this year would be (in no particular order):

Star Trek
Taken
Terminator Salvation
Whiteout (Yes, that Whiteout)
Up
Fast&Furious
Knowing
State of Play
Transformers 2
Wolverine


I think I've only seen about 20 movies this year, so a Top 20 list would include even the movies I didn't like such as The Haunting in Connecticut. I didn't like that one at all!


The ones I suspect will have a place on that list after seeing them would be Avatar, Sherlock Holmes, The Road and maybe 9 (it didn't come to my theater).

Should each of those make the cut then Transformers 2, Wolverine, Fast&Furious and Knowing would be the ones I'd drop.




As for Public Enemies, I thought the film was passable. I saw it at midnight and liked it, but not enough to buy it or anything. I think I gave it a B- after seeing it if I remember correctly. Depp did a great job.

[robertthunder]

Originally Posted by RockChalk

1. Everlasting Moments (thought it was very oringinal and fell in love with it)
2. Waltz with Bashir
3. The Class
5. Baader Meinhoff Complex (Awesome Story)
6. 35 Shots of Rum
10. Worlds Greatest Dad
11. Adam
13. Sugar

1. Seen it in 08' doesn't qualify for my list.
2. Seen it in 08' doesn't qualify for my list.
3. Seen it in 08' doesn't qualify for my list.
5. Ok great film!! It was on my long list but just got cut out when I was cutting the list down. Everyone should check it out though!!
6. I found the film flat and lacking cinematic excellence. Also seen in 08!
10. This was a letdown for me. I was expecting something more from Bobcat Goldthwait
11. Peter Gallagher was the best thing about this film. (500) was better.
13. The baseball movie?? Really?? Blind Side was better and I didn't like Blind Side. Also came out last year.

[Lepidopterous]

From what I've seen so far:

1. Avatar
2. Inglourious Basterds
3. District 9
4. Watchmen
5. (500) Days of Summer
6. The Road
7. Nine
8. Drag Me to Hell
9. Up
10. Where the Wild Things Are
11. Ponyo
12. Taken
13. Thirst
14. The Messenger
15. Star Trek
16. Up in the Air
17. The Hangover
18. Public Enemies
19. Julie & Julia
20. State of Play

Honorable Mention:

Brothers
Fast & Furious
Away We Go
Defiance
Coraline

Planning to see sometime soon: Moon, A Serious Man, Black Dynamite, The Lovely Bones, The White Ribbon, Crazy Heart, Zombieland, Adam, The Hurt Locker

[RockChalk]

Originally Posted by robertthunder

1. Seen it in 08' doesn't qualify for my list.
2. Seen it in 08' doesn't qualify for my list.
3. Seen it in 08' doesn't qualify for my list.
5. Ok great film!! It was on my long list but just got cut out when I was cutting the list down. Everyone should check it out though!!
6. I found the film flat and lacking cinematic excellence. Also seen in 08!
10. This was a letdown for me. I was expecting something more from Bobcat Goldthwait
11. Peter Gallagher was the best thing about this film. (500) was better.
13. The football movie?? Really?? Blind Side was better and I didn't like Blind Side. Also came out last year.

Um... Sugar is a baseball movie

And to fill you in I havent seen Black Dynamite or Mysuicide yet they will more than likely make the list when I see them :-)

[robertthunder]

Originally Posted by RockChalk

Um... Sugar is a baseball movie

I ment baseball, I just wanted to make the comparison to Blind Side and football was on my mind. Sorry!!

[RockChalk]

Originally Posted by robertthunder

I ment baseball, I just wanted to make the comparison to Blind Side and football was on my mind. Sorry!!

Its ok haha
I didnt think it was half bad, I really liked the main character in it I think thats why it is where it is, After I see a few more movies (been busy last few months) I can almost gurantee it will miss the cut