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Best movie of 2009 according to you ..?

Didn't go to a single movie this year.

Looking forward to Dr. Parnassus on the 25th though. I loves me some Terry Gilliam.

And then, next year, Tron Legacy. Woohoo!

On edit: forgot about Clash of the Titans. I love the original, all of its cheesy goodness. We'll see how the remake does.
 
I only saw Up a couple of weeks ago but it's still knocking around my head.
It was the best film I've seen in a while. Absolutely wonderful. Beautiful, hilarious and just perfect :) Loved it in a way I haven't loved anything for a while.

Star Trek was probably my other favourite for the year. And (please don't judge me) I had a lot of fun when I saw New Moon. Mainly 'cause the audience was pretty fun and would laugh when it got over the top.

I was disappointed by:

The Hangover - I don't get how anyone finds this funny. My ex thought it was hilarious; I thought it went too far into the ridiculous and made the mistake of putting all the geniunely funny moments into the trailer.
Bruno - Godawful. Big disappointment since I laughed myself silly when I saw Borat.
Harry Potter - Everything written just for the film was funny, everything from the book ie. the plot was shortened too much
Let The Right One In - Shame since I liked the book, but the film just didn't appeal. Too slow and it cut out too much of the sad side stories in the book.
 
instaxgirl said:
I only saw Up a couple of weeks ago but it's still knocking around my head.
It was the best film I've seen in a while. Absolutely wonderful. Beautiful, hilarious and just perfect :) Loved it in a way I haven't loved anything for a while.

Star Trek was probably my other favourite for the year. And (please don't judge me) I had a lot of fun when I saw New Moon. Mainly 'cause the audience was pretty fun and would laugh when it got over the top.

I didn't like:

The Hangover - I don't get how anyone finds this funny. My ex thought it was hilarious; I thought it went too far into the ridiculous and made the mistake of putting all the geniunely funny moments into the trailer.
Bruno - Godawful. Big disappointment since I laughed myself silly when I saw Borat.
Harry Potter - Everything written just for the film was funny, everything from the book ie. the plot was shortened too much
Let The Right One In - Shame since I liked the book, but the film just didn't appeal. Too slow.
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agreed about let the right one in. i don't know why its such a huge blogger favourite. same with the hangover! not funny at all.

i rarely see new movies but star trek was a complete surprise hit for me.
 
Thirst:

Another amazing, immersive and enthralling Chan-Wook Park film.

I would love to see a twilight fan watch this. :)
 

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Thirst:

Another amazing, immersive and enthralling Chan-Wook Park film.

I would love to see a twilight fan watch this. :)
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On the subject of vampire movies, how about Let the Right One In? I know it's technically a 2008 movie but I didn't get to see it until 2009. Fantastic and incredibly original.

Too bad they're going to remake and ruin it.
 
Am I the only one who thinks the movies released in 2009 were pretty weak? Sure there are funny ones and a couple dramatic ones but nothing to me blew me away across the board. I did love Inglorious B. I liked Star Trek but seriously there are no obvious best picture flicks for the year to me.
 
There were lots of good-but-not-great movies in 2009. Among them:

  • The Reader
  • Taken
  • Watchmen
  • Star Trek
  • The Proposal (I thought it was going to be terrible but it was actually quite funny)
  • Public Enemies
  • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
  • The Hangover

2009 movies I haven't seen yet (or come out in the next couple of weeks) but that could be great:

  • Inglorious Basterds
  • Moon
  • 9
  • A Serious Man
  • Zombieland
  • An Education
  • The Fantastic Mr. Fox
  • The Road
  • Up in the Air
  • Crazy Heart
  • The Lovely Bones
  • Avatar
  • The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus
  • Sherlock Holmes
 
Taken was already released 2008 ;)
but great movie ... i went in expecting some sort of drama, i sure didn't expect_that_

oh yeah quite a few more i have seen:

9: wasn't that great, barely OK
Public Enemies: greatly made but not much in terms standing out of the crowd, great art direction/cinematagrophy, we have seen better from Depp/Bale
Terminator: utterly predictable and apart of effects (helicopter scene) not too great, dissapointing
UP: on thin line between funny, sad, and heart warming . quite good but not on the level of Finding nemo or Monsters Inc., but the talking dog was superb
 
IgnatiusTheKing said:
On the subject of vampire movies, how about Let the Right One In? I know it's technically a 2008 movie but I didn't get to see it until 2009. Fantastic and incredibly original.

Too bad they're going to remake and ruin it.
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I loved that too, and I want to see Thirst.

Nothing I saw this year really stood out (I may've laughed... once? at Hangover) besides Paranormal Activity. I know it's been around for awhile but it wasn't released in my town until a month ago, and I enjoyed it immensely. I found it terrifying.
And stay away from The Box. What even happened in that movie?
 
I just realized I haven't seen any 2009 movies. I guess I shouldn't enter the annual Mac Rumors Oscars contest this time.
 
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^ Very funny.

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^ The story got boring, but managed to still do well thanks to a good dose of gore.

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^ A classic. It just won't die. (I live in Italy, strangely it got here since the beginning of December)

I also saw Jennifer's body. It was decent. Would've been better with more sex. What a waste of Megan Fox.

Can't wait for Scary Movie 5. Looking forward to watch Avatar.
Oh, and Transformers 2 sucked. Was about an hour too long = an hour of total boredness.
 
Hurt Locker and Inglorious Basterds both lived up to my expectations. Adventureland exceeded them, so that's my favourite so far this year.
 
jecapaga said:
Am I the only one who thinks the movies released in 2009 were pretty weak? Sure there are funny ones and a couple dramatic ones but nothing to me blew me away across the board. I did love Inglorious B. I liked Star Trek but seriously there are no obvious best picture flicks for the year to me.
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No, I'm pretty much inclined to agree. I had high hopes for Moon, but it left me disappointed. I thought Jeremy Renner was great in The Hurt Locker but that it ultimately suffered from some script and pacing issues. I haven't seen The Fantastic Mr. Fox yet, and I tend to be a Wes Anderson fan, but I'm not super optimistic. In all honesty, the movie I enjoyed the most this year was Cloudy With a Change of Meatballs.
 
jecapaga said:
Am I the only one who thinks the movies released in 2009 were pretty weak? Sure there are funny ones and a couple dramatic ones but nothing to me blew me away across the board. I did love Inglorious B. I liked Star Trek but seriously there are no obvious best picture flicks for the year to me.
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I agree. Most of the popular movies this year didn't seem that good to me. I loved Inglorious Bastards though.
 
i really enjoyed I love you, man. Kind of crude at times for my liking but I liked the concept and idea behind the movie.
 
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