Your Top Ten of 2009 [Archive] - Page 2

Philosophe_rouge

08-17-2009, 02:49 AM

New additions in bold

1. Love Exposure
2. Adventureland
3. The Cove
4. Drag me to Hell
5. The Hurt Locker
6. Trick’ R’ Treat
7. Public Enemies
8. Two Lovers
9. (500) Days of Summer
10. Moon

11. Up
12. Pontypool
13. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
14. Whatever Works
15. The Girlfriend Experience
16. The Children
17. Grace
18. Star Trek
19. 17 Again
20. The Last House on the Left
21. Julie & Julia
22. Breathless
23. Lymelife
24. Away we Go
25. Ponyo on a Cliff
26. I sell the Dead
27. Easy Virtue
28. Sunshine Cleaning
29. Watchmen
30. Coraline
31. Adam
32. Crank 2
33. Taken
34. Observe and Report
35. Thirst
36. Chéri
37. The Limits of Control
38. Fired Up
39. Duplicity
40. Orochi
41. Dream
42. My Bloody Valentine
43. The Uninvited
44. I Love You Man
45. The Haunting in Connecticut
46. Friday the 13th

updates

baby doll

08-17-2009, 02:51 AM

added District 9Regarding (500) Days of Summer: Really, dude? I saw it yesterday and can barely remember it.

I've already taken my shots at Up and Funny People elsewhere on this forum (in short, the former's prologue could've been a near-great NFB short, but the rest of the film is too predictable; the latter is interesting in a Were-they-really-trying-to-make-a-Hollywood-comedy-about-such-depressing-characters? sort of way, but I could never fully warm up to it).

However, I've yet to crap all over The Brothers Bloom, which is charming and whimsical up to a point, but I never cared about the con man plot because I didn't sense that the characters were in any real danger. It was like the filmmakers didn't know if they wanted to make The Lady Eve or House of Games, and it's stupid to rip-off House of Games anyway, because anyone who's seen it, or one of David Mamet's other films, knows right away that everything is a con within a con within a con. It's more surprising when something real happens.

Boner M

08-17-2009, 03:36 AM

Not going to count Hunger or Lorna's Silence.
Why include Still Walking and The Chaser then? Seems like a pretty dumb move Winston, a pretty dumb move if you ask me.

Not sure what to do with Antichrist.
Bash its balls.

Winston*

08-17-2009, 03:43 AM

Why include Still Walking and The Chaser then? Seems like a pretty dumb move Winston, a pretty dumb move if you ask me.

I saw those in the cinema this year, therefore those are 2009 films.

Rowland

08-17-2009, 04:09 AM

Two additions and a minor rearrangement:

1. District 9 [75]
2. Martyrs [72]
3. Up [70]
4. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince [66]
5. Star Trek [65]
6. The Broken [59]
7. Donkey Punch [57]
8. Angels and Demons [51]
9. The Perfect Getaway [47]
10. The Hangover [46]

baby doll

08-17-2009, 01:21 PM

I saw those in the cinema this year, therefore those are 2009 films.Cool, I'm putting The Docks of New York (1928) and Avanti! (1972) on my list.

Raiders

08-17-2009, 02:22 PM

Updated:

1. Coraline [9.0]
2. District 9 [9.0]
3. The Hurt Locker [8.5]
4. Adventureland [8.0]
5. Ponyo [7.5]
6. Star Trek [7.5]
7. Gomorrah [7.5]
8. A Perfect Getaway [7.0]
9. The Hangover [6.5]
10. Drag Me to Hell [6.5]

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince [6.5]
Up [6.0]
State of Play [6.0]
Crank: High Voltage [4.5]
Watchmen [4.0]
Taken [3.5]
Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen [2.5]
Observe and Report [2.5]
Terminator Salvation [2.0]

Hunger's USA limited release was December '08, so I'm exlcuding it. Would place fourth or fifth on the above list if it is to be counted.

baby doll

08-17-2009, 02:29 PM

Hunger's USA limited release was December '08, so I'm exlcuding it.I just checked Mike D'Angelo's website, and you're right: it didn't opened in New York until March this year, but it had an Oscar-qualifying Los Angeles run in December, as did Gamorra.

baby doll

08-17-2009, 02:32 PM

ledfloyd

08-17-2009, 03:10 PM

1. Adventureland
2. Up
3. Goodbye Solo
4. Still Walking
5. Summer Hours
6. In the Loop
7. Ponyo
8. Sugar
9. Revanche
10. Tokyo Sonata
updated. both of these could move on rewatches.

Boner M

08-20-2009, 01:12 PM

Adding QT, as well as Denis and Meadows after discovering they get/got US releases this year.

1. Tokyo Sonata (Kurosawa)
2. Love Exposure (Sion)
3. Import/Export (Seidl)
4. The Limits of Control (Jarmusch)
5. 35 Shots of Rum (Denis)
6. The White Ribbon (Haneke)
7. Inglourious Basterds (Tarantino)
8. Forbidden Lies (Broinowski)
9. Somer's Town (Meadows)
10. Of Time and the City (Davies)

Got rid of Hunger cos of its belatedly-discovered release date issue.

eternity

08-20-2009, 11:41 PM

1. The Brothers Bloom dir. Rian Johnson
2. Adventureland dir. Greg Motolla
3. (500) Days of Summer dir. Marc Webb
4. Watchmen dir. Zack Snyder
5. Moon dir. Duncan Jones
6. Inglourious Basterds dir. Quentin Tarantino
7. Up dir. Pete Docter
8. Funny People dir. Judd Apatow
9. The Soloist dir. Joe Wright
10. Ponyo on a Cliff By the Sea dir. Hayao Miyazaki

11. Fanboys dir. Ryan Newman
12. Observe and Report dir. Jody Hill
13. The Girlfriend Experience dir. Steven Soderbergh
14. The Limits of Control dir. Jim Jarmusch
15. Drag Me to Hell dir. Sam Raimi
16. Julie & Julia dir. Nora Ephron
17. Broken Embraces dir. Pedro Almodovar
18. The Hangover dir. Todd Phillips
19. I Love You, Man dir. John Hamburg
20. The Hurt Locker dir. Kathyrn Bigelow
21. In the Loop dir. Armondo Iannucci
22. Phoebe in Wonderland dir. Daniel Barnz
23. Antichrist dir. Lars von Trier
24. Star Trek dir. J.J. Abrams
25. Public Enemies dir. Michael Mann
26. Bruno dir. Larry Charles
______________________________ ______
Rotten:
27. Orphan Jaume Collet-Serra
28. Whip It! dir. Drew Barrymore
29. Terminator Salvation dir. Joseph McGinty
30. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince dir. That Goddamn Sucker Fucker David Yates
31. Confessions of a Shopaholic dir. P.J. Hogan
32. Taken dir. Pierre Morel
33. Powder Blue dir. Timothy Linh Bui
34. The Obama Deception dir. Alex Jones
35. Obsessed dir. Steve Shill
36. The Pink Panther 2 dir. Harald Zwart
37. X-Men Origins: Wolverine dir. Gavin Hood
38. Bride Wars dir. Gary Winick
39. My Sister's Keeper dir. Nick Cassavetes
40. Paul Blart: Mall Cop dir. Steve Carr
41. The Unborn dir. David S. Goyer
42. The Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience dir. Bruce Hendricks
43. Dragonball Evolution dir. James Wong
44. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen dir. Michael Bay
45. He's Just Not That Into You dir. Ken Kwapis

Julie & Julia, Powder Blue, Inglourious Basterds

Kurosawa Fan

08-21-2009, 04:44 AM

1. Drag Me to Hell
2. Adventureland
3. Coraline
4. The Hangover
5. I Love You, Man
6. The Hurt Locker
7. Up
8. Watchmen
9. Wolverine
10. Observe and Report

1. Moon
2. Drag Me to Hell
3. Adventureland
4. Coraline
5. The Hangover
6. I Love You, Man
7. The Hurt Locker
8. Up
9. Watchmen
10. Wolverine

Ezee E

08-21-2009, 04:56 AM

OMG, two 9.0's from K-Fan!

right_for_the_moment

08-21-2009, 07:02 AM

OMG, two 9.0's from K-Fan!
So what does that mean, he kinda likes them?

soitgoes...

08-21-2009, 09:39 AM

1. You, the Living (Andersson)
2. Summer Hours (Assayas)
3. Two Lovers (Gray)
4. Flame & Citron (Madsen)
5. Coraline (Selick)
6. Whatever Works (Allen)
7. Lorna's Silence (Dardenne Bros.)
8. Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (Miyazaki)
9. Lemon Tree (Riklis)
10. Adventureland (Mottola)
1. You, the Living (Andersson)
2. Summer Hours (Assayas)
3. Two Lovers (Gray)
4. Flame & Citron (Madsen)
5. Coraline (Selick)
6. Whatever Works (Allen)
7. Pontypool (McDonald)
8. Lorna's Silence (Dardenne Bros.)
9. Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (Miyazaki)
10. Lemon Tree (Riklis)

Surprise! I am. I wasn't expecting Pontypool to be so good.

soitgoes...

08-21-2009, 09:41 AM

So what does that mean, he kinda likes them?
Give the last couple pages of the Ratings Scale Discussion Thread a look.

Kurosawa Fan

08-21-2009, 04:36 PM

OMG, two 9.0's from K-Fan!

I'm on a fucking roll!!!

*whips it out*

Raiders

08-21-2009, 04:38 PM

I'm on a fucking roll!!!

*whips it out*

Hmmmm... looks like you overrated this one.

Kurosawa Fan

08-21-2009, 04:41 PM

Hmmmm... looks like you overrated this one.

:cry:

It's not even a six?

Raiders

08-21-2009, 04:44 PM

:cry:

It's not even a six?

Out of ten or 100?

Kurosawa Fan

08-21-2009, 05:02 PM

Out of ten or 100?

I was speaking in terms of length.

Raiders

08-21-2009, 05:14 PM

I was speaking in terms of length.

I was just clarifying if you used US or metric...

... anyway, ratings are all subjective, right dude? If you and Val are pleased with your rating, then by all means have at it.

Kurosawa Fan

08-21-2009, 05:18 PM

I was just clarifying if you used US or metric...

... anyway, ratings are all subjective, right dude? If you and Val are pleased with your rating, then by all means have at it.

Oh, yeah, she's totally pleased. Definitely. Pleased as punch. She's so pleased, she's constantly asking if she can "please" have it. It's pleasing alright. Please, please, please. Yep.

Pleased.

Spinal

08-21-2009, 05:37 PM

http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/1025/20090309doctormanhattan.jpg

Kurosawa Fan

08-21-2009, 05:40 PM

:lol:

Judging by that picture, I might have blue meg beat!

baby doll

08-21-2009, 06:32 PM

I'm so happy that my "keep it in your pants" analogy has caught on.

Dead & Messed Up

08-21-2009, 06:58 PM

Rearranged, revised, better.

01. Watchmen
02. Drag Me to Hell
03. Inglourious Basterds
04. Coraline
05. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
06. The Hangover
07. Up
08. Star Trek
09. Public Enemies
10. Dread

Watashi

08-21-2009, 10:25 PM

To be updated of course.

1. Inglourious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino)
2. Up (Pete Docter)
3. Moon (Duncan Jones)
4. Watchmen (Zack Snyder)
5. Coraline (Henry Selick)
6. Adventureland (Greg Mottola)
7. In the Loop (Armando Iannucci)
8. Public Enemies (Michael Mann)
9. Star Trek (J.J. Abrams)
10. The Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow)

Updated. Sorry Pixar.

Lazlo

08-22-2009, 12:24 AM

1. Up
2. Away We Go
3. Adventureland
4. The Hurt Locker
5. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
6. Moon
7. Duplicity
8. Sin Nombre
9. I Love You, Man
10. Two Lovers

Update:

1. Up
2. Away We Go
3. Adventureland
4. The Hurt Locker
5. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
6. District 9
7. Moon
8. Ponyo
9. Duplicity
10. Sin Nombre

Kurosawa Fan

08-22-2009, 01:10 AM

1. Moon
2. Drag Me to Hell
3. Adventureland
4. Coraline
5. The Hangover
6. I Love You, Man
7. The Hurt Locker
8. Up
9. Watchmen
10. Wolverine

1. Goodbye Solo
2. Moon
3. Drag Me to Hell
4. Adventureland
5. Sin Nombre
6. Coraline
7. The Hangover
8. I Love You, Man
9. The Hurt Locker
10. Up

Ezee E

08-22-2009, 02:01 AM

1. Inglorious Bastards
2. Two Lovers
3. Observe & Report
4. (500) Days of Summer
5. Flame & Citron
6. The Hurt Locker
7. Harry Potter & The Half-Blood Prince
8. Tyson
9. The Hangover
10. Coraline

Yup.

Boner M

08-22-2009, 02:30 AM

What happened to (500) Days of Summer, E? Not sitting well with you?

Ezee E

08-22-2009, 02:48 AM

What happened to (500) Days of Summer, E? Not sitting well with you?
Oops. Edited.

Kurosawa Fan

08-22-2009, 03:36 AM

What happened to (500) Days of Summer, E? Not sitting well with you?

I'm going to fit this in tomorrow evening. Summer Hours at 3, 500 days at 6, and Sugar at 9. And then I'll come home and pass out and hate myself until I do it again next year.

Winston*

08-22-2009, 04:00 AM

I'm going to fit this in tomorrow evening. Summer Hours at 3, 500 days at 6, and Sugar at 9. And then I'll come home and pass out and hate myself until I do it again next year.

When you've got 45 minutes to an hour between films I think it's fine. It's when you're rushing out as the end credits begin of one movie to get to the start of the next, that's when it gets exhausting.

Kurosawa Fan

08-22-2009, 04:05 AM

When you've got 45 minutes to an hour between films I think it's fine. It's when you're rushing out as the end credits begin of one movie to get to the start of the next, that's when it gets exhausting.

The part that bothers me the most is finding time to eat, because the films are at different locations. So basically I'm forced to eat fast food on my way to the other theaters. I'm not a fan of fast food.

Ezee E

08-22-2009, 05:08 AM

The part that bothers me the most is finding time to eat, because the films are at different locations. So basically I'm forced to eat fast food on my way to the other theaters. I'm not a fan of fast food.
It's incredibly exhausting. Luckily, Telluride has some fun people to talk to in lines, and there's usually a good amount of Q&A to see, the city itself, and the gondola rides. Two more weeks!

Pop Trash

08-22-2009, 06:10 AM

8/10
1. Two Lovers
2. Inglourious Basterds
3. Adventureland
4. Goodbye Solo
5. Drag Me to Hell

7/10
6. Up
7. I Love You, Man
8. Star Trek
9. 500 Days of Summer
10. The Hurt Locker

11. Tyson
12. Funny People
13. Public Enemies
14. Observe and Report
15. Bruno

6/10
16. Crips and Bloods: Made in America
17. Away We Go
18. Sunshine Cleaning
19. My Bloody Valentine 3D
20. Wolverine

5/10
21. Friday the 13th
22. The Last House on the Left
23. Terminator Salvation
24. He's Just Not That Into You

2/10
25. GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra

right_for_the_moment

08-22-2009, 06:54 AM

1. The Limits of Control
2. Summer Hours
3. (500) Days of Summer
4. The Hurt Locker
5. The Headless Woman
6. My Suicide
7 Whatever Works
8. Public Enemies
9. Lorna's Silence
10. In the Loop

Also: The Brothers Bloom, The Hangover, Serbis, The Girlfriend Experience, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Seraphine, Funny People

Ezee E

08-22-2009, 04:04 PM

Edited again. Funny People is out after resonating, and Coraline gets back in. All ten movies are pretty enjoyable now.

Kurosawa Fan

08-23-2009, 04:19 AM

1. Goodbye Solo
2. Moon
3. Drag Me to Hell
4. Adventureland
5. Sin Nombre
6. Coraline
7. The Hangover
8. I Love You, Man
9. The Hurt Locker
10. Up

Film Festival is over. Here's how my list shakes out as of right now.

1. Goodbye Solo
2. Moon
3. Drag Me to Hell
4. Sugar
5. Adventureland
6. Sin Nombre
7. Summer Hours
8. Coraline
9. (500) Days of Summer
10. The Hangover

baby doll

08-23-2009, 05:59 AM

Film Festival is over. Here's how my list shakes out as of right now.

1. Goodbye Solo
2. Moon
3. Drag Me to Hell
4. Sugar
5. Adventureland
6. Sin Nombre
7. Summer Hours
8. Coraline
9. (500) Days of Summer
10. The HangoverThree nines? What does your wife think about you just whipping it out all the time? ;)

ContinentalOp

08-25-2009, 08:59 AM

1. Up
2. Star Trek
3. Watchmen
4. Taken
5. Bruno
6. Public Enemies
7. 500 Days of Summer
8. Terminator Salvation
9. The Hangover

I'm racking up disappointing films.

1. Two Lovers- *** 1/2
2. Up- *** 1/2
3. Star Trek- ***
4. Watchmen-***
5. Taken-***
6. Bruno-***
7. Public Enemies- ***
8. 500 Days of Summer- ***
9. Terminator Salvation- ** 1/2
10. The Hangover- **

I've finally seen ten and the last one was a doozy.

eternity

08-26-2009, 01:21 AM

1. Adventureland dir. Greg Motolla
2. The Brothers Bloom dir. Rian Johnson
3. Moon dir. Duncan Jones
4. (500) Days of Summer dir. Marc Webb
5. Watchmen dir. Zack Snyder
6. Inglourious Basterds dir. Quentin Tarantino
7. World's Greatest Dad dir. Bobcat Goldwaith
8. Up dir. Pete Docter
9. Funny People dir. Judd Apatow
10. The Soloist dir. Joe Wright

11. Ponyo on a Cliff By the Sea dir. Hayao Miyazaki
12. Fanboys dir. Ryan Newman
13. Observe and Report dir. Jody Hill
14. The Girlfriend Experience dir. Steven Soderbergh
15. The Limits of Control dir. Jim Jarmusch
16. Drag Me to Hell dir. Sam Raimi
17. Julie & Julia dir. Nora Ephron
18. Broken Embraces dir. Pedro Almodovar
19. The Hangover dir. Todd Phillips
20. I Love You, Man dir. John Hamburg
21. The Hurt Locker dir. Kathyrn Bigelow
22. In the Loop dir. Armondo Iannucci
23. Phoebe in Wonderland dir. Daniel Barnz
24. Antichrist dir. Lars von Trier
25. Star Trek dir. J.J. Abrams
26. Public Enemies dir. Michael Mann
27. Bruno dir. Larry Charles
______________________________ ______
Rotten:
28. Orphan dir. Jaume Collet-Serra
29. The Informers dir. Gregor Jordan
29. Whip It! dir. Drew Barrymore
30. Terminator Salvation dir. Joseph McGinty
31. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince dir. That Goddamn Sucker Fucker David Yates
32. Confessions of a Shopaholic dir. P.J. Hogan
33. Taken dir. Pierre Morel
34. Powder Blue dir. Timothy Linh Bui
35. The Obama Deception dir. Alex Jones
36. Obsessed dir. Steve Shill
37. The Pink Panther 2 dir. Harald Zwart
38. X-Men Origins: Wolverine dir. Gavin Hood
39. Bride Wars dir. Gary Winick
40. My Sister's Keeper dir. Nick Cassavetes
41. Paul Blart: Mall Cop dir. Steve Carr
42. The Unborn dir. David S. Goyer
43. The Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience dir. Bruce Hendricks
44. Dragonball Evolution dir. James Wong
45. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen dir. Michael Bay
46. He's Just Not That Into You dir. Ken Kwapis

World's Greatest Dad, The Informers

soitgoes...

08-26-2009, 10:58 AM

1. You, the Living (Andersson)
2. Summer Hours (Assayas)
3. Two Lovers (Gray)
4. Flame & Citron (Madsen)
5. Coraline (Selick)
6. Whatever Works (Allen)
7. Pontypool (McDonald)
8. Lorna's Silence (Dardenne Bros.)
9. Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (Miyazaki)
10. Lemon Tree (Riklis)

Surprise! I am. I wasn't expecting Pontypool to be so good.
1. You, the Living (Andersson)
2. Summer Hours (Assayas)
3. Two Lovers (Gray)
4. Inglourious Basterds (Tarantino)
5. Flame & Citron (Madsen)
6. Coraline (Selick)
7. Whatever Works (Allen)
8. Pontypool (McDonald)
9. Lorna's Silence (Dardenne Bros.)
10. Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (Miyazaki)

Though I still expect many changes to come, this is the first time I would feel comfortable submitting this as an official Top 10 (whatever that means). Still, you can kiss the bottom 5 or 6 goodbye six months from now.

Sycophant

08-26-2009, 07:04 PM

1. Moon
2. Inglourious Basterds
3. Adventureland
4. The Hurt Locker
5. I Love You, Man
6. Observe and Report
7. The Brothers Bloom
8. Star Trek
9. Ponyo
10. The Hangover

Eleven

08-26-2009, 07:19 PM

1. Two Lovers
2. Tokyo Sonata
3. Inglourious Basterds
4. The Hurt Locker
5. Coraline
6. Adventureland
7. Drag Me to Hell
8. In the Loop
9. Up
10. Anvil: The Story of Anvil!
11. Duplicity

Still Want to See: Moon, The Brothers Bloom, Julia, The Limits of Control, Observe and Report, The Hangover, Whatever Works, Tetro, Bruno, (500) Days of Summer, District 9, Goodbye Solo.

EvilShoe

08-27-2009, 02:32 PM

Hadn't updated in a while. I like the first 14.
EDIT: Added World's Greatest Dad.
Inglourious Basterds
Two Lovers
The Hurt Locker
Drag Me to Hell
Observe and Report
Crank: High Voltage
The Hangover
I Love You, Man
Adventureland
Brüno11. Tyson
12. World's Greatest Dad
13. Star Trek
14. Taken
15. Watchmen
16. G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
17. Public Enemies
18. Terminator: Salvation
19. X-Men Origins: Wolverine
20. Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li
21. Transformers: The Revenge of the Fallen
22. Dragonball: Evolution

EyesWideOpen

08-28-2009, 06:13 AM

1. Inglourious Basterds
2. Up
3. (500) Days of Summer
4. Coraline
5. The Brothers Bloom
6. Moon
7. Funny People
8. The Hangover
9. Star Trek
10. District 9

updated with a new number 1.

The Mike

08-29-2009, 08:06 PM

1. Moon
2. Drag Me to Hell
3. Inglorious Basterds
4. Watchmen
5. Knowing
6. District 9
7. Adventureland
8. A Perfect Getaway
9. Star Trek
10. Observe and ReportUpdated for Basterds, and reshuffled 2-5.

EvilShoe

08-30-2009, 10:33 PM

Added Ponyo by the Cliff.

Inglourious Basterds
Two Lovers
The Hurt Locker
Ponyo by the Cliff
Drag Me to Hell
Observe and Report
Crank: High Voltage
The Hangover
I Love You, Man
Adventureland
11. Brüno
12. Tyson
13. World's Greatest Dad
14. Star Trek
15. Taken
16. Watchmen
17. G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
18. Public Enemies
19. Terminator: Salvation
20. X-Men Origins: Wolverine
21. Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li
22. Transformers: The Revenge of the Fallen
23. Dragonball: Evolution

Ivan Drago

08-31-2009, 12:35 AM

1. Inglourious Basterds
2. Watchmen
3. Crank 2: High Voltage
4. Two Lovers
5. Star Trek
6. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
7. The Hangover
8. District 9
9. I Love You, Man
10. Whatever Works
11. Up
12. Terminator: Salvation
13. Moon
14. The Last House on the Left
15. Bruno
16. (500) Days of Summer
17. Taken
18. Public Enemies
19. Adventureland
20. Land of the Lost
21. Monsters vs. Aliens
22. He's Just Not That Into You
23. Observe and Report
24. X-Men Origins: Wolverine
25. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

New numero uno.

Whoops! :puts it back in his pants:

Eleven

08-31-2009, 12:43 PM

Some additions and reshuffling.

1. Two Lovers
2. Tokyo Sonata
3. Inglourious Basterds
4. The Hurt Locker
5. District 9
6. Coraline
7. Adventureland
8. The Brothers Bloom
9. In the Loop
10. Drag Me to Hell
11. Julia

Still Want to See: Moon, The Limits of Control, Observe and Report, The Hangover, Whatever Works, Tetro, Bruno, (500) Days of Summer, Goodbye Solo.

baby doll

09-02-2009, 01:09 AM

US Dates:

1. Adoration (Atom Egoyan)
2. Tony Manero (Pablo Larrain)
3. You, the Living (Roy Andersson)
4. Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (Hayao Miyazaki)
5. La Frontière de l'aube (Philippe Garrel)
6. The Hangover (Todd Phillips)
7. Tulpan (Sergey Dvortsevoy)
8. Moon (Duncan Jones)
9. The Hurt Locker (Kathyrn Bigelow)
10. Food Inc. (Robert Kenner)

I also liked Brüno, The Girlfriend Experience, Inglourious Basterds, Liverpool, Lymelife, Revanche, Le Silence de Lorna, Sugar, Three Monkeys, Two Lovers, Up, and Whatever Works.I'm adding Liverpool since it gets a New York release this week, even though when I saw it at PIFF, the overwhelming majority of the audience plainly hated it. I was one of maybe three people who clapped at the end, and for all I know the other two were merely being polite. That said, I'd much rather see this film again than Frozen River, which got mad applause (for Korea anyway) when I saw it the day before.

Boner M

09-02-2009, 03:38 AM

I'd much rather see this film again than Frozen River, which got mad applause (for Korea anyway) when I saw it the day before.
I'd much rather see most films again than Frozen River.

ContinentalOp

09-04-2009, 12:43 AM

1. Two Lovers- *** 1/2
2. Up- *** 1/2
3. Star Trek- ***
4. Watchmen-***
5. Taken-***
6. Bruno-***
7. Public Enemies- ***
8. 500 Days of Summer- ***
9. Terminator Salvation- ** 1/2
10. The Hangover- **

I've finally seen ten and the last one was a doozy.

1. District 9- ****
2. Two Lovers- *** 1/2
3. Up- *** 1/2
4. Inglorious Basterds- ***
5. Star Trek- ***
6. Watchmen-***
7. Taken-***
8. Bruno-***
9. Public Enemies- ***
10. 500 Days of Summer- ***

I'm on a good streak here. Three films in a row that have been better than expected.

Henry Gale

09-05-2009, 06:28 AM

1. Moon (Jones)
2. Up (Docter)
3. Coraline (Selick)
4. Adventureland (Motolla)
5. Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince (Yates)
6. 500 Days Of Summer (Webb)
7. The Hurt Locker (Bigelow)
8. Star Trek (Abrams)
9. Watchmen (Snyder)
10. Drag Me To Hell (Raimi)
11. Anvil! The Story Of Anvil (Gervasi)

1. Moon (Jones)
2. Inglourious Basterds (Tarantino)
3. Up (Docter)
4. Funny People (Apatow)
5. Coraline (Selick)
6. Adventureland (Motolla)
7. Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince (Yates)
8. District 9 (Blomkamp)
9. Two Lovers (Gray)
10. The Brothers Bloom (Johnson)

I'm becoming more and more impressed with this year's offerings with every update.

B-side

09-06-2009, 05:49 AM

1. Inglourious Basterds (Tarantino)
2. Broken Embraces (Almodóvar)
3. The Fish Child (Puenzo)
4. Coraline (Selick)
5. Phantoms of Nabua (Weerasethakul)
6. District 9 (Blomkamp, 2009)
7. Up (Docter)
8. Star Trek (Abrams)
9. Funny People (Apatow)
10. Mammoth (Moodysson)

Impossible to rank: OneDreamRush Segment: Crutchnap (Korine)

11. Watchmen (Snyder)
12. Inventorium Sladów (Quay)
13. Adventureland (Mottola)
14. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Yates, 2009)
15. Louis Theroux: A Place for Pedophiles (Theroux)
16. À l'aventure (Brisseau)
17. Grace (Solet)
18. Brüno (Charles, 2009)

Ezee E

09-06-2009, 05:35 PM

1. Inglorious Bastards
2. Two Lovers
3. A Prophet
4. Observe & Report
5. (500) Days of Summer
6. Flame & Citron
7. The Hurt Locker
8. Harry Potter & The Half-Blood Prince
9. Tyson
10. The Hangover

A PROPHET.

ledfloyd

09-06-2009, 08:05 PM

1. Broken Embraces
2. Goodbye Solo
3. Inglorious Basterds
4. Adventureland
5. Up
6. Still Walking
7. Summer Hours
8. In the Loop
9. Ponyo
10. Sugar
nueva numero uno. revanche got bumped temporarily. i still need to rewatch a bunch of these.

Rowland

09-06-2009, 10:44 PM

1. Martyrs [77]
2. District 9 [74]
3. Up [70]
4. Coraline [69]
5. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince [66]
6. Star Trek [65]
7. The Broken [59]
8. Donkey Punch [57]
9. Angels and Demons [51]
10. The Perfect Getaway [48]

Added Coraline, bumped Martyrs up to top spot.

eternity

09-06-2009, 10:53 PM

1. Adventureland dir. Greg Motolla
2. The Brothers Bloom dir. Rian Johnson
3. Moon dir. Duncan Jones
4. (500) Days of Summer dir. Marc Webb
5. Watchmen dir. Zack Snyder
6. Inglourious Basterds dir. Quentin Tarantino
7. World's Greatest Dad dir. Bobcat Goldwaith
8. Up dir. Pete Docter
9. District 9 dir. Neill Blomkamp
10. The Soloist dir. Joe Wright

11. Funny People dir. Judd Apatow
12. Ponyo on a Cliff By the Sea dir. Hayao Miyazaki
13. Fanboys dir. Ryan Newman
14. Observe and Report dir. Jody Hill
15. The Girlfriend Experience dir. Steven Soderbergh
16. The Limits of Control dir. Jim Jarmusch
17. Drag Me to Hell dir. Sam Raimi
18. Julie & Julia dir. Nora Ephron
19. Broken Embraces dir. Pedro Almodovar
20. The Hangover dir. Todd Phillips
21. I Love You, Man dir. John Hamburg
22. The Hurt Locker dir. Kathyrn Bigelow
23. In the Loop dir. Armondo Iannucci
24. Phoebe in Wonderland dir. Daniel Barnz
25. Antichrist dir. Lars von Trier
26. Star Trek dir. J.J. Abrams
27. Public Enemies dir. Michael Mann
28. Bruno dir. Larry Charles
______________________________ ______
Rotten:
29. Orphan dir. Jaume Collet-Serra
30. The Informers dir. Gregor Jordan
31. Whip It! dir. Drew Barrymore
32. Terminator Salvation dir. Joseph McGinty
33. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince dir. That Goddamn Sucker Fucker David Yates
34. Confessions of a Shopaholic dir. P.J. Hogan
35. Taken dir. Pierre Morel
36. Powder Blue dir. Timothy Linh Bui
37. The Obama Deception dir. Alex Jones
38. Obsessed dir. Steve Shill
39. The Pink Panther 2 dir. Harald Zwart
40. X-Men Origins: Wolverine dir. Gavin Hood
41. Bride Wars dir. Gary Winick
42. My Sister's Keeper dir. Nick Cassavetes
43. Paul Blart: Mall Cop dir. Steve Carr
44. The Unborn dir. David S. Goyer
45. The Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience dir. Bruce Hendricks
46. Dragonball Evolution dir. James Wong
47. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen dir. Michael Bay
48. He's Just Not That Into You dir. Ken Kwapis

Spaceman Spiff

09-07-2009, 12:25 AM

1. Inglourious Basterds - 9.0
2. Ponyo on the Cliff - 8.5
3. Coraline - 7.5
4. Adventureland - 7.5
5. Moon - 7.0
6. Whatever Works - 7.0
7. Up 6.5
8. District 9 6.5
9. The Hangover - 6.0
10. Limits of Control - 6.0

Does Adoration count? I saw it last year, but if it does I'd put in 2nd.

Pop Trash

09-07-2009, 01:07 AM

Does Adoration count? I saw it last year, but if it does I'd put in 2nd.

2009 US theatrical release. I'd say so.

Ezee E

09-07-2009, 12:32 PM

[QUOTE=Ezee E;202923]1. Inglorious Bastards
2. Two Lovers
3. A Prophet
4. Observe & Report
5. Fish Tank
6. (500) Days of Summer
7. Flame & Citron
8. The Hurt Locker
9. Harry Potter & The Half-Blood Prince
10. Tyson

Wonder if Fish Tank and A Prophet will get released this year?

Mysterious Dude

09-08-2009, 01:53 AM

My "only" ten of 2009.

1. In the Loop
2. Moon
3. The Hurt Locker
4. District 9
5. Star Trek
6. Four Boxes
7. Watchmen
8. Into Temptation
9. Chéri
10. Public Enemies

Four Boxes and Into Temptation are locally-produced films that probably won't get a lot of play outside of Minnesota.

EvilShoe

09-08-2009, 08:10 AM

Added Gamer and State of Play.
Inglourious Basterds
Two Lovers
The Hurt Locker
Ponyo by the Cliff
Drag Me to Hell
Observe and Report
Crank: High Voltage
The Hangover
I Love You, Man
Adventureland11. Brüno
12. Tyson
13. World's Greatest Dad
14. Gamer
15. Star Trek
16. State of Play
17. Taken
18. Watchmen
19. G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
20. Public Enemies
21. Terminator: Salvation
22. X-Men Origins: Wolverine
23. Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li
24. Transformers: The Revenge of the Fallen
25. Dragonball: Evolution

Ezee E

09-08-2009, 08:12 AM

[QUOTE=Ezee E;203065][QUOTE=Ezee E;202923]1. Inglorious Bastards
3. A Prophet
3. Two Lovers
4. Observe & Report
5. My Son My Son, What Have Ye Done
6. Fish Tank
7. (500) Days of Summer
8. Flame & Citron
9. The Hurt Locker
10. Harry Potter & The Half-Blood Prince

My Son My Son added. A Prophet moves up to #2. Although it's apparently getting a February release.

Rowland

09-08-2009, 09:52 AM

1. Martyrs [77]
2 Adventureland [75]
3 District 9 [74]
4. Up [70]
5. Coraline [69]
6 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince [66]
7. Star Trek [65]
8. The Broken [59]
9. Donkey Punch [57]
10. Angels and Demons [51]

Alright, I finally have a top ten comprised of films I felt overly positive about. Now, I need to see enough movies so that I have more than three films I feel are remotely worthy of top 10 consideration.

Gabe L

09-08-2009, 10:15 AM

As of now:

01. INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS (Quentin Tarantino)
02. PONYO ON THE CLIFF BY THE SEA (Hayao Miyazaki)
03. THE COVE (Louie Psihoyos)
04. TWO LOVERS (James Gray)
05. CORALINE (Henry Selick)
06. UP (Peter Docter)
07. MOON (Duncan Jones)
08. THE HURT LOCKER (Kathryn Bigelow)
09. SUGAR (Ryan Fleck & Anna Boden)
10. AFGHAN STAR (Havana Marking)

balmakboor

09-10-2009, 08:32 PM

1. Ponyo
2. Munyurangabo
3. Adventureland
4. I Love You, Man
5. Treeless Mountain
6. Taking Woodstock
7. The Soloist
8. (500) Days of Summer
9. Inglourious Basterds
10. The Hangover

I have a feeling that Tarantino's movie will climb a bit once I get around to seeing it again. I'm also kicking myself for missing Hurt Locker and still want to see District 9.

eternity

09-10-2009, 10:58 PM

balmakboor

09-11-2009, 03:38 AM

This is where I mention things that people around here don't like having mentioned.

Once again for the slow people.

B-side

09-11-2009, 09:13 AM

1. Inglourious Basterds (Tarantino)
2. Antichrist (Trier)
3. Broken Embraces (Almodóvar)
4. The Fish Child (Puenzo)
5. Coraline (Selick)
6. Phantoms of Nabua (Weerasethakul)
7. District 9 (Blomkamp, 2009)
8. Up (Docter)
9. Star Trek (Abrams)
10. Funny People (Apatow)

Impossible to rank: OneDreamRush Segment: Crutchnap (Korine)

11. Mammoth (Moodysson)
12. Watchmen (Snyder)
13. Inventorium Sladów (Quay)
14. Adventureland (Mottola)
15. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Yates, 2009)
16. Louis Theroux: A Place for Pedophiles (Theroux)
17. À l'aventure (Brisseau)
18. Grace (Solet)
19. Brüno (Charles, 2009)

Dukefrukem

09-11-2009, 12:59 PM

1. Star Trek
2. Drag Me to Hell
3. Angels & Demons
4. Orphan
5. the Hangover
6. Gamer
7. Watchmen
8. Terminator: Salvation
9. Public Enemies
10. the Proposal

Updated.

eternity

09-17-2009, 05:22 AM

1. Adventureland dir. Greg Motolla
2. The Brothers Bloom dir. Rian Johnson
3. Moon dir. Duncan Jones
4. (500) Days of Summer dir. Marc Webb
5. Watchmen dir. Zack Snyder
6. Inglourious Basterds dir. Quentin Tarantino
7. World's Greatest Dad dir. Bobcat Goldwaith
8. Up dir. Pete Docter
9. District 9 dir. Neill Blomkamp
10. The Soloist dir. Joe Wright

11. Funny People dir. Judd Apatow
12. Ponyo on a Cliff By the Sea dir. Hayao Miyazaki
13. Fanboys dir. Ryan Newman
14. Observe and Report dir. Jody Hill
15. The Girlfriend Experience dir. Steven Soderbergh
16. The Limits of Control dir. Jim Jarmusch
17. Drag Me to Hell dir. Sam Raimi
18. Julie & Julia dir. Nora Ephron
19. Broken Embraces dir. Pedro Almodovar
20. The Hangover dir. Todd Phillips
21. I Love You, Man dir. John Hamburg
22. The Hurt Locker dir. Kathyrn Bigelow
23. In the Loop dir. Armondo Iannucci
24. Phoebe in Wonderland dir. Daniel Barnz
25. Antichrist dir. Lars von Trier
26. Star Trek dir. J.J. Abrams
27. Public Enemies dir. Michael Mann
28. Bruno dir. Larry Charles
29. 9 dir. Shane Acker
______________________________ ______
Rotten:
30. Orphan dir. Jaume Collet-Serra
31. The Informers dir. Gregor Jordan
32. Whip It! dir. Drew Barrymore
33. Terminator Salvation dir. Joseph McGinty
34. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince dir. That Goddamn Sucker Fucker David Yates
35. Confessions of a Shopaholic dir. P.J. Hogan
36. Taken dir. Pierre Morel
37. The Burning Plain dir. Guillermo Arriaga
38. Powder Blue dir. Timothy Linh Bui
39. The Obama Deception dir. Alex Jones
40. Obsessed dir. Steve Shill
41. The Pink Panther 2 dir. Harald Zwart
42. Van Wilder: Freshmen Year dir. Harvey Glazer
43. X-Men Origins: Wolverine dir. Gavin Hood
44. Bride Wars dir. Gary Winick
45. Sorority Row dir. Stewart Hendler
46. My Sister's Keeper dir. Nick Cassavetes
47. Paul Blart: Mall Cop dir. Steve Carr
48. The Unborn dir. David S. Goyer
49. The Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience dir. Bruce Hendricks
50. Dragonball Evolution dir. James Wong
51. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen dir. Michael Bay
52. He's Just Not That Into You dir. Ken Kwapis

New: Van Wilder: Freshmen Year (I know, why did I watch this?), Sorority Row (lol guess where), 9, The Burning Plain

Ivan Drago

09-17-2009, 05:24 AM

I'm more curious about why you watched Sorority Row more than why you watched Van Wilder: Freshman Year.

eternity

09-17-2009, 05:30 AM

I'm more curious about why you watched Sorority Row more than why you watched Van Wilder: Freshman Year.
A friend wanted to. I was curious what Rumer Willis looked like as a nerdy redhead. I didn't spend money so I'm okay.

Izzy Black

09-18-2009, 09:51 PM

I'm not even sure I've seen more than 5 movies this year. How sad.

trotchky

09-18-2009, 11:38 PM

1. Inglourious Basterds
2. Two Lovers
3. Adventureland
4. Moon
5. Observe and Report
6. The Brothers Bloom
7. (500) Days Of Summer
8. The Obama Deception
9. The Limits of Control
10. 9

Izzy Black

09-18-2009, 11:48 PM

1. Watchmen
2. Public Enemies
3. 500 Days of Summer

Pop Trash

09-19-2009, 02:03 PM

I'm not even sure I've seen more than 5 movies this year. How sad.

Do you have a life now or something Israfel? Have a baby perhaps?

Adam

09-21-2009, 02:56 PM

pretty boring, but right now it's looking like

Inglourious Basterds
Up
Adventureland
In the Loop
District 9
Funny People
Coraline
Next Day Air
Away We Go
Observe and Report

every movie i've seen from 2009, ranked and graded

Inglourious Basterds, A
Up, A-
Adventureland, B+
In the Loop, B+
District 9, B
Funny People, B
Coraline, B
Next Day Air, B
Away We Go, B-
Observe and Report, B-
World's Greatest Dad, B-
The Hurt Locker, B-
Star Trek, C
State of Play, C
Fanboys, C
Bruno, C
I Love You Man, C-
Watchmen, D+
Duplicity, D+
The Hangover, D
Transformers 2, D-

balmakboor

09-21-2009, 02:59 PM

1. Ponyo
2. Munyurangabo
3. The Informant!
4. Adventureland
5. Treeless Mountain
6. Taking Woodstock
7. I Love You, Man
8. The Soloist
9. (500) Days of Summer
10. Inglourious Basterds

Pop Trash

09-21-2009, 10:57 PM

Transformers 2, D-

Just flunk it dude. Flunk it to hell.

Mysterious Dude

09-23-2009, 01:55 AM

1. In the Loop
2. Moon
3. The Hurt Locker
4. District 9
5. Star Trek
6. Four Boxes
7. Watchmen
8. Into Temptation
9. Chéri
10. Public Enemies

1. Bright Star
2. In the Loop
3. Moon
4. District 9
5. The Hurt Locker
6. Inglourious Basterds
7. Munyurangabo
8. Star Trek
9. The Baader Meinhof Complex
10. Captain Abu Raed

My list has improved quite a bit in two weeks, I think. I highly recommend Jane Campion's new film.

dreamdead

09-23-2009, 01:41 PM

1. Two Lovers - 7.5
2. Up - 7
3. (500) Days of Summer - 6.5
4. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - 6.5
5. Funny People - 5.5
6. Watchmen - 4.5
7. Transformers 2 - 1.5

Updated to offer Gray's film more love.

eternity

09-23-2009, 07:27 PM

1. Adventureland dir. Greg Motolla
2. The Brothers Bloom dir. Rian Johnson
3. Moon dir. Duncan Jones
4. Watchmen dir. Zack Snyder
5. Inglourious Basterds dir. Quentin Tarantino
6. World's Greatest Dad dir. Bobcat Goldwaith
7. (500) Days of Summer dir. Marc Webb
8. Ponyo on a Cliff By the Sea dir. Hayao Miyazaki
9. The Soloist dir. Joe Wright
10. Funny People dir. Judd Apatow

11. Up dir. Pete Docter
12. Jennifer's Body dir. Karyn Kasuma
13. District 9 dir. Neill Blomkamp
14. Fanboys dir. Ryan Newman
15. Observe and Report dir. Jody Hill
16. The Girlfriend Experience dir. Steven Soderbergh
17. The Limits of Control dir. Jim Jarmusch
18. Drag Me to Hell dir. Sam Raimi
19. Julie & Julia dir. Nora Ephron
20. Broken Embraces dir. Pedro Almodovar
21. The Hangover dir. Todd Phillips
22. Extract dir. Mike Judge
23. I Love You, Man dir. John Hamburg
24. The Hurt Locker dir. Kathyrn Bigelow
25. In the Loop dir. Armondo Iannucci
26. Phoebe in Wonderland dir. Daniel Barnz
27. Antichrist dir. Lars von Trier
28. Star Trek dir. J.J. Abrams
29. Public Enemies dir. Michael Mann
30. Bruno dir. Larry Charles
31. 9 dir. Shane Acker
______________________________ ______
Rotten:
32. Orphan dir. Jaume Collet-Serra
33. The Informers dir. Gregor Jordan
34. Whip It! dir. Drew Barrymore
35. Terminator Salvation dir. Joseph McGinty
36. Away We Go dir. Sam Mendes
37. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince dir. That Goddamn Sucker Fucker David Yates
38. Confessions of a Shopaholic dir. P.J. Hogan
39. Taken dir. Pierre Morel
40. The Burning Plain dir. Guillermo Arriaga
41. Powder Blue dir. Timothy Linh Bui
42. The Obama Deception dir. Alex Jones
43. Obsessed dir. Steve Shill
44. The Pink Panther 2 dir. Harald Zwart
45. Van Wilder: Freshmen Year dir. Harvey Glazer
46. X-Men Origins: Wolverine dir. Gavin Hood
47. Bride Wars dir. Gary Winick
48. Sorority Row dir. Stewart Hendler
49. My Sister's Keeper dir. Nick Cassavetes
50. Paul Blart: Mall Cop dir. Steve Carr
51. The Unborn dir. David S. Goyer
52. The Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience dir. Bruce Hendricks
53. Dragonball Evolution dir. James Wong
54. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen dir. Michael Bay
55. He's Just Not That Into You dir. Ken Kwapis

New: Extract, Jennifer's Body, Away We Go

Rowland

09-26-2009, 08:44 AM

1. Inglourious Basterds [85]
2. Martyrs [77]
3. Adventureland [74]
4. District 9 [74]
5. Up [70]
6. Coraline [69]
7. Cargo 200 [68]
8. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince [66]
9. Star Trek [65]
10. The Broken [59]

I'm not too confident about my Adventureland rating, I'll need to revisit that one... I was a bit drunk while watching it.

Lazlo

09-26-2009, 10:43 PM

1. Up
2. Away We Go
3. Adventureland
4. The Hurt Locker
5. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
6. District 9
7. Moon
8. Ponyo
9. Duplicity
10. Sin Nombre

Update:

1. Up
2. Away We Go
3. Inglourious Basterds
4. Adventureland
5. The Hurt Locker
6. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
7. District 9
8. Moon
9. The Informant!
10. Sugar

Pop Trash

09-30-2009, 08:15 PM

Updated with The Girlfriend Experience and rearranged some of them.

8/10
1. Inglourious Basterds
2. Adventureland
3. Two Lovers
4. Goodbye Solo
5. Drag Me to Hell

7/10
6. Up
7. I Love You, Man
8. Star Trek
9. 500 Days of Summer
10. The Girlfriend Experience

11. The Hurt Locker
12. Tyson
13. Sugar
14. Funny People
15. Public Enemies
16. Observe and Report
17. Bruno

6/10
18. Crips and Bloods: Made in America
19. Away We Go
20. Sunshine Cleaning
21. My Bloody Valentine 3D
22. Wolverine

5/10
23. Friday the 13th
24. The Last House on the Left
25. Terminator Salvation
26. He's Just Not That Into You

4/10
27. Zombieland

2/10
28. GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra

Rowland

10-01-2009, 12:05 AM

Assorted additions to list of complete year:

1. Inglourious Basterds [85]
2. Martyrs [77]
3. Adventureland [74]
4. District 9 [74]
5. [Rec] [72]
6. Up [70]
7. Coraline [69]
8. Cargo 200 [68]
9. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince [66]
10. Star Trek [65]

11. I Love You, Man [59]
12. The Broken [59]
13. Donkey Punch [57]
14. Mum and Dad [56]
15. The Burrowers [52]
16. Perkins' 14 [51]
17. Angels and Demons [51]
----------------------------
18. A Perfect Getaway [47]
19. The Hangover [46]
20. Terminator: Salvation [41]
21. The Grudge 3 [38]

Raiders

10-01-2009, 12:51 PM

Updated:

1. Two Lovers [9.5]
2. Coraline [9.0]
3. District 9 [9.0]
4. The Hurt Locker [8.5]
5. Inglourious Basterds [8.5]
6. Adventureland [8.0]
7. Ponyo [7.5]
8. Star Trek [7.5]
9. Gomorrah [7.5]
10. A Perfect Getaway [7.0]

I Love You, Man [6.5]
Drag Me to Hell [6.5]
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince [6.5]
The Hangover [6.0]
Up [6.0]
State of Play [6.0]
Crank: High Voltage [4.5]
The Informant! [4.0]
Watchmen [4.0]
Taken [3.5]
Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen [2.5]
Observe and Report [2.5]
Terminator Salvation [2.0]

Watashi

10-01-2009, 05:41 PM

You lowered your Up rating.

I will hunt you down and rape you.

Ezee E

10-01-2009, 05:46 PM

Hmm... [Rec] would certainly hit my list as well if it were to count.

Ezee E

10-01-2009, 05:47 PM

And that Andrew Stanton quote is so silly.

Pop Trash

10-01-2009, 06:28 PM

Yeah, I'm not sure [rec] should count for 2009. Not that it would make my top ten anyways.

Rowland

10-02-2009, 12:02 AM

If a movie doesn't play commercially, even via a limited release in at least one major city, I'll go by the DVD release date. For it to be considered an '07 release, I'd have to go by native country release dates, and to be an '08 release, I'd have to go by festival screenings.

Lazlo

10-02-2009, 04:23 AM

1. Up
2. Away We Go
3. Inglourious Basterds
4. Adventureland
5. The Hurt Locker
6. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
7. District 9
8. Moon
9. The Informant!
10. Sugar

1. Up
2. Bright Star
3. Away We Go
4. Inglourious Basterds
5. Adventureland
6. The Hurt Locker
7. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
8. District 9
9. Moon
10. The Informant!

trotchky

10-03-2009, 07:09 AM

1. Antichrist
2. Inglourious Basterds
3. Two Lovers
4. Adventureland
5. Moon
6. Observe and Report
7. Trash Humpers
8. The Brothers Bloom
9. (500) Days Of Summer
10. The Obama Deception

first seven are "actually "good."

Adam

10-03-2009, 07:17 AM

my updated list. still pretty lame

Inglourious Basterds
Up
Adventureland
In the Loop
Antichrist
District 9
Zombieland
Los abrazos rotos
Coraline
Funny People

every movie i've seen from 2009, ranked and graded

Inglourious Basterds, A
Up, B+
Adventureland, B+
In the Loop, B+
Antichrist, B+
District 9, B
Zombieland, B
Los abrazos rotos, B
Coraline, B
Funny People, B
Away We Go, B-
Next Day Air, B-
Observe and Report, B-
World's Greatest Dad, B-
The Hurt Locker, B-
Fanboys, C+
Død snø, C+
Extract, C+
Star Trek, C
State of Play, C
Bruno, C
I Love You Man, C-
Spring Breakdown, D+
Watchmen, D+
Duplicity, D+
Infestation, D+
The Hangover, D
Transformers 2, D-

The Mike

10-03-2009, 07:25 AM

1. Moon
2. Drag Me to Hell
3. Inglorious Basterds
4. Watchmen
5. Knowing
6. District 9
7. Observe and Report
8. Zombieland
9. A Perfect Getaway
10. Star TrekUpdated.

dreamdead

10-03-2009, 01:01 PM

1. Sugar - 7.5
2. Two Lovers - 7.5
3. Up - 7
4. (500) Days of Summer - 6.5
5. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - 6.5
6. Watchmen - 4.5
7. Funny People - 4.5
8. Transformers 2 - 1.5

lovejuice

10-03-2009, 02:51 PM

my updated list. still pretty lame

indeed. 2009 turns into yet another lame movie year for me. only two that stand out are caroline and inglourious basterds.

perhaps i shouldn't complain much since it's through my own fault that i miss some of the critically acclaimed like The Hurt Locker, Two Lovers or Drag Me to Hell.

soitgoes...

10-04-2009, 09:41 PM

1. You, the Living (Andersson)
2. Summer Hours (Assayas)
3. Two Lovers (Gray)
4. Inglourious Basterds (Tarantino)
5. Flame & Citron (Madsen)
6. Coraline (Selick)
7. Whatever Works (Allen)
8. Pontypool (McDonald)
9. Lorna's Silence (Dardenne Bros.)
10. Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (Miyazaki)

Though I still expect many changes to come, this is the first time I would feel comfortable submitting this as an official Top 10 (whatever that means). Still, you can kiss the bottom 5 or 6 goodbye six months from now.

1. Tokyo Sonata (Kurosawa)
2. You, the Living (Andersson)
3. Summer Hours (Assayas)
4. Two Lovers (Gray)
5. Inglourious Basterds (Tarantino)
6. Sita Sings the Blues (Paley)
7. Flame & Citron (Madsen)
8. The Brothers Bloom (Johnson)
9. Coraline (Selick)
10. Whatever Works (Allen)

Lucky

10-07-2009, 03:19 AM

1. Star Trek
2. District 9
3. Drag Me to Hell
4. Watchmen
5. Away We Go
6. Adventureland
7. I Love You, Man
8. The Hangover
9. Bruno
10. X-Men Origins

Keep in mind I've only seen 11 films from 2009.

Philosophe_rouge

10-08-2009, 03:04 AM

New additions in bold

1. Bright Star
2. Love Exposure
3. Inglorious Basterds
4. Adventureland
5. Drag me to Hell
6. Trick’ R’ Treat
7. Public Enemies
8. The Hurt Locker
9. (500) Days of Summer
10. In the Loop

Shaping up to be an extremely strong year

The Mike

10-08-2009, 03:56 AM

1. Moon
2. Drag Me to Hell
3. Inglorious Basterds
4. Watchmen
5. Trick 'r Treat
6. Knowing
7. Observe and Report
8. District 9
9. Zombieland
10. A Perfect GetawayI'm counting Trick 'r Treat, and there's not a damn thing IMDB can do about it. :evil:

ledfloyd

10-08-2009, 07:08 AM

Shaping up to be an extremely strong year
wow, must see bright star.

Eleven

10-09-2009, 02:51 PM

1. Two Lovers
2. Tokyo Sonata
3. Inglourious Basterds
4. The Hurt Locker
5. In the Loop
6. Tetro
7. Goodbye Solo
8. District 9
9. Coraline
10. Adventureland

Still Want to See: Moon, The Limits of Control, The Hangover, Whatever Works, Tetro, Bruno, (500) Days of Summer, Mother, Vengeance, Taking Woodstock, The White Ribbon.

eternity

10-09-2009, 06:53 PM

1. Adventureland dir. Greg Motolla
2. The Brothers Bloom dir. Rian Johnson
3. Moon dir. Duncan Jones
4. Watchmen dir. Zack Snyder
5. Paranormal Activity dir. Oren Peli
6. Inglourious Basterds dir. Quentin Tarantino
7. World's Greatest Dad dir. Bobcat Goldwaith
8. (500) Days of Summer dir. Marc Webb
9. Ponyo on a Cliff By the Sea dir. Hayao Miyazaki
10. The Soloist dir. Joe Wright

11. Funny People dir. Judd Apatow
12. Up dir. Pete Docter
13. Jennifer's Body dir. Karyn Kasuma
14. District 9 dir. Neill Blomkamp
15. Fanboys dir. Ryan Newman
16. Observe and Report dir. Jody Hill
17. The Girlfriend Experience dir. Steven Soderbergh
18. The Limits of Control dir. Jim Jarmusch
19. Drag Me to Hell dir. Sam Raimi
20. Julie & Julia dir. Nora Ephron
21. Broken Embraces dir. Pedro Almodovar
22. The Hangover dir. Todd Phillips
23. Extract dir. Mike Judge
24. I Love You, Man dir. John Hamburg
25. The Hurt Locker dir. Kathyrn Bigelow
26. In the Loop dir. Armondo Iannucci
27. Phoebe in Wonderland dir. Daniel Barnz
28. Antichrist dir. Lars von Trier
29. Star Trek dir. J.J. Abrams
30. Public Enemies dir. Michael Mann
31. Bruno dir. Larry Charles
32. 9 dir. Shane Acker
______________________________ ______
Rotten:
33. Orphan dir. Jaume Collet-Serra
34. The Informers dir. Gregor Jordan
35. Whip It! dir. Drew Barrymore
36. Terminator Salvation dir. Joseph McGinty
37. Away We Go dir. Sam Mendes
38. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince dir. That Goddamn Sucker Fucker David Yates
39. Confessions of a Shopaholic dir. P.J. Hogan
40. Taken dir. Pierre Morel
41. The Burning Plain dir. Guillermo Arriaga
42. Powder Blue dir. Timothy Linh Bui
43. The Obama Deception dir. Alex Jones
44. Obsessed dir. Steve Shill
45. The Pink Panther 2 dir. Harald Zwart
46. Van Wilder: Freshmen Year dir. Harvey Glazer
47. X-Men Origins: Wolverine dir. Gavin Hood
48. Bride Wars dir. Gary Winick
49. Sorority Row dir. Stewart Hendler
50. My Sister's Keeper dir. Nick Cassavetes
51. Paul Blart: Mall Cop dir. Steve Carr
52. The Unborn dir. David S. Goyer
53. The Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience dir. Bruce Hendricks
54. The Proposal dir. Anne Fletcher
55. Dragonball Evolution dir. James Wong
56. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen dir. Michael Bay
57. He's Just Not That Into You dir. Ken Kwapis

New: Paranormal Activity, The Proposal

Pop Trash

10-09-2009, 06:54 PM

New: Paranormal Activity

This movie sounds sick!

eternity

10-09-2009, 08:17 PM

This movie sounds sick!
It will probably get lower as time goes on, as it isn't without its problems, but it's really something special.

origami_mustache

10-09-2009, 11:02 PM

updated
Antichrist
Phantoms of Nabua
Hunger
Love Exposure
The Fantastic Mr. Fox
Where The Wild Things Are
You, The Living
The Limits of Control
Sugar
A Serious Man

HM:
We Were Once a Fairytale
Bad Lieutenant: Port of New Orleans
The Informant!
Two Lovers
Gomorrah
Avatar
Still Walking
Sin Nombre
Thirst
35 Shots of Rum
Mammoth
Inglorious Basterds

EvilShoe

10-11-2009, 09:54 AM

Update after filmfestival and stuff:

1.Inglourious Basterds
2.Up
3.Troubled Water
4.Two Lovers
5.(500) Days of Summer
6.The Hurt Locker
7.Ponyo by the Cliff
8.Drag Me to Hell
9.District 9
10. Observe and Report

11. Anvil! The Story of Anvil
12. Antichrist
13. Adventureland
14. Zion and his Brother
15. Micmacs .a Tire Larigot
16. Crank: High Voltage
17. The Hangover
18. A l’Ouest de Pluton
19. Helaasheid der Dingen
20. I Love You, Man
21. Brüno
22. Tyson
23. World's Greatest Dad
24. Applaus
25. The Strength of Water
26. Fish Tank
27. Gamer
28. Star Trek
29. Bright Star
30. State of Play
31. Yang Yang
32. Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands
33. Taken
34. Dongbei, Dongbei
35. Watchmen
36. Das Vaterspiel
37. There
38. G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
39. Public Enemies
40. Les Herbes Folles

41. Terminator: Salvation
42. Accidents Happen
43. Lost Times
44. X-Men Origins: Wolverine
45. Floating in Memory
46. Doggers: a Love Story
47. Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li
48. Transformers: The Revenge of the Fallen
49. Dragonball: Evolution

eternity

10-11-2009, 07:37 PM

1. Adventureland dir. Greg Motolla
2. The Brothers Bloom dir. Rian Johnson
3. Moon dir. Duncan Jones
4. Watchmen dir. Zack Snyder
5. Inglourious Basterds dir. Quentin Tarantino
6. World's Greatest Dad dir. Bobcat Goldwaith
7. Paranormal Activity dir. Oren Peli
8. (500) Days of Summer dir. Marc Webb
9. Ponyo on a Cliff By the Sea dir. Hayao Miyazaki
10. The Soloist dir. Joe Wright

11. Funny People dir. Judd Apatow
12. Up dir. Pete Docter
13. Jennifer's Body dir. Karyn Kasuma
14. District 9 dir. Neill Blomkamp
15. Fanboys dir. Ryan Newman
16. Observe and Report dir. Jody Hill
17. The Girlfriend Experience dir. Steven Soderbergh
18. The Limits of Control dir. Jim Jarmusch
19. Drag Me to Hell dir. Sam Raimi
20. Julie & Julia dir. Nora Ephron
21. Broken Embraces dir. Pedro Almodovar
22. Whatever Works dir. Woody Allen
23. The Hangover dir. Todd Phillips
24. Extract dir. Mike Judge
25. I Love You, Man dir. John Hamburg
26. The Hurt Locker dir. Kathyrn Bigelow
27. In the Loop dir. Armondo Iannucci
28. Phoebe in Wonderland dir. Daniel Barnz
29. Zombieland dir. Ruben Fleischer
30. Antichrist dir. Lars von Trier
31. Star Trek dir. J.J. Abrams
32. Public Enemies dir. Michael Mann
33. Bruno dir. Larry Charles
34. 9 dir. Shane Acker
______________________________ ______
Rotten:
35. Orphan dir. Jaume Collet-Serra
36. The Informers dir. Gregor Jordan
37. Whip It! dir. Drew Barrymore
38. Terminator Salvation dir. Joseph McGinty
39. Away We Go dir. Sam Mendes
40. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince dir. That Goddamn Sucker Fucker David Yates
41. Confessions of a Shopaholic dir. P.J. Hogan
42. Taken dir. Pierre Morel
43. The Burning Plain dir. Guillermo Arriaga
44. Powder Blue dir. Timothy Linh Bui
45. The Obama Deception dir. Alex Jones
46. Obsessed dir. Steve Shill
47. The Pink Panther 2 dir. Harald Zwart
48. Van Wilder: Freshmen Year dir. Harvey Glazer
49. X-Men Origins: Wolverine dir. Gavin Hood
50. Bride Wars dir. Gary Winick
51. Sorority Row dir. Stewart Hendler
52. My Sister's Keeper dir. Nick Cassavetes
53. Paul Blart: Mall Cop dir. Steve Carr
54. The Unborn dir. David S. Goyer
55. The Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience dir. Bruce Hendricks
56. Dragonball Evolution dir. James Wong
57. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen dir. Michael Bay
58. He's Just Not That Into You dir. Ken Kwapis

New: Zombieland, Whatever Works

balmakboor

10-12-2009, 03:47 AM

1. Ponyo
2. Munyurangabo
3. Capitalism: A Love Story
4. The Informant!
5. Adventureland
6. Treeless Mountain
7. Taking Woodstock
8. I Love You, Man
9. The Soloist
10. (500) Days of Summer

B-side

10-12-2009, 07:56 AM

1. Inglourious Basterds (Tarantino)
2. Antichrist (Trier)
3. Broken Embraces (Almodóvar)
4. The Fish Child (Puenzo)
5. Coraline (Selick)
6. Phantoms of Nabua (Weerasethakul)
7. Capitalism: A Love Story (Moore)
8. District 9 (Blomkamp)
9. Up (Docter)
10. Star Trek (Abrams)

Impossible to rank: OneDreamRush Segment: Crutchnap (Korine)

11. Funny People (Apatow)
12. Mammoth (Moodysson)
13. Watchmen (Snyder)
14. Inventorium Sladów (Quay)
15. Adventureland (Mottola)
16. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Yates)
17. Louis Theroux: A Place for Pedophiles (Theroux)
18. À l'aventure (Brisseau)
19. Grace (Solet)
20. Brüno (Charles)

Dukefrukem

10-12-2009, 03:06 PM

1. Star Trek
2. Drag Me to Hell
3. Zombieland
4. Trick R Treat
5. Orphan
6. The Last House on the Left (09)
7. the Hangover
8. Gamer
9. Watchmen
10. Terminator: Salvation

Updated.

B-side

10-15-2009, 05:37 AM

1. Inglourious Basterds (Tarantino)
2. Antichrist (Trier)
3. The White Ribbon (Haneke)
4. Broken Embraces (Almodóvar)
5. The Fish Child (Puenzo)
6. Coraline (Selick)
7. Phantoms of Nabua (Weerasethakul)
8. Capitalism: A Love Story (Moore)
9. District 9 (Blomkamp)
10. Up (Docter)

Impossible to rank: OneDreamRush Segment: Crutchnap (Korine)

11. Star Trek (Abrams)
12. Funny People (Apatow)
13. Mammoth (Moodysson)
14. Watchmen (Snyder)
15. Inventorium Sladów (Quay)
16. Adventureland (Mottola)
17. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Yates)
18. Louis Theroux: A Place for Pedophiles (Theroux)
19. À l'aventure (Brisseau)
20. Grace (Solet)
21. Brüno (Charles)

EvilShoe

10-15-2009, 10:02 AM

Added some new ones: Ajami, Funny People, Taking Woodstock, Precious & others.

1.Inglourious Basterds
2.Troubled Water
3.Up
4.Two Lovers
5.(500) Days of Summer
6.Ajami
7.The Hurt Locker
8.Ponyo by the Cliff
9.Drag Me to Hell
10.District 9
11. Observe and Report
12. Anvil! The Story of Anvil
13. Antichrist
14. Adventureland
15. Zion and his Brother
16. Micmacs .a Tire Larigot
17. Crank: High Voltage
18. The Hangover
19. A l’Ouest de Pluton
20. Helaasheid der Dingen
21. I Love You, Man
22. Brüno
23. Tyson
24. World's Greatest Dad
25. Fish Tank
26. Funny People
27. Applaus
28. Gamer
29. Star Trek
30. Everything Strange and New
31. Bright Star
32. Taking Woodstock
33. State of Play
34. Yang Yang
35. Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands
36. Taken
37. Forever Enthralled
38. The Strength of Water
39. Dongbei, Dongbei
40. Watchmen
41. Das Vaterspiel
42. There
43. G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
44. Public Enemies
45. Les Herbes Folles
46. Terminator: Salvation
47. The Countess
48. Accidents Happen
49. Seventh Circle
50. Lost Times
51. X-Men Origins: Wolverine
52. Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
53. Floating in Memory
54. Marching Band
55. Doggers: a Love Story
56. Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li
57. Transformers: The Revenge of the Fallen
58. Dragonball: Evolution

B-side

10-15-2009, 11:44 AM

1. Inglourious Basterds (Tarantino)
2. Antichrist (Trier)
3. The White Ribbon (Haneke)
4. Broken Embraces (Almodóvar)
5. The Fish Child (Puenzo)
6. Coraline (Selick)
7. Phantoms of Nabua (Weerasethakul)
8. Capitalism: A Love Story (Moore)
9. District 9 (Blomkamp)
10. Up (Docter)

Impossible to rank: OneDreamRush Segment: Crutchnap (Korine)

11. Star Trek (Abrams)
12. Funny People (Apatow)
13. Mammoth (Moodysson)
14. Watchmen (Snyder)
15. Inventorium Sladów (Quay)
16. Adventureland (Mottola)
17. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Yates)
18. Louis Theroux: A Place for Pedophiles (Theroux)
19. Sweet Rush (Wajda)
20. À l'aventure (Brisseau)
21. Grace (Solet)
22. Brüno (Charles)

ThePlashyBubbler

10-15-2009, 04:01 PM

1. Inglourious Basterds (Tarantino)
2. Silent Light (Reygadas)
3. Tokyo Sonata (Kurosawa)
4. Hunger (McQueen)
5. You, The Living (Andersson)
6. The Brothers Bloom (Johnson)
7. Crank: High Voltage (Neveldine & Taylor)
8. Broken Embraces (Almodovar)
9. Ponyo On the Cliff By the Sea (Miyazaki)
10. The Hurt Locker (Bigelow)

B-side

10-16-2009, 07:48 AM

1. Inglourious Basterds (Tarantino)
2. Antichrist (Trier)
3. The White Ribbon (Haneke)
4. Broken Embraces (Almodóvar)
5. The Fish Child (Puenzo)
6. Coraline (Selick)
7. Phantoms of Nabua (Weerasethakul)
8. Capitalism: A Love Story (Moore)
9. District 9 (Blomkamp)
10. Up (Docter)

Impossible to rank: OneDreamRush Segment: Crutchnap (Korine)

11. Star Trek (Abrams)
12. Funny People (Apatow)
13. Mammoth (Moodysson)
14. Watchmen (Snyder)
15. Inventorium Sladów (Quay)
16. Adventureland (Mottola)
17. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Yates)
18. Louis Theroux: A Place for Pedophiles (Theroux)
19. Sweet Rush (Wajda)
20. Whatever Works (Allen)
21. À l'aventure (Brisseau)
22. Grace (Solet)
23. Brüno (Charles)

ContinentalOp

10-16-2009, 10:11 PM

1. District 9- ****
2. Two Lovers- *** 1/2
3. Up- *** 1/2
4. Inglorious Basterds- ***
5. Star Trek- ***
6. Watchmen-***
7. Taken-***
8. Bruno-***
9. Public Enemies- ***
10. 500 Days of Summer- ***

I'm on a good streak here. Three films in a row that have been better than expected.

1. District 9- ****
2. Where the Wild Things Are- ****
3. Two Lovers- *** 1/2
4. Up- *** 1/2
5. Moon- *** 1/2
6. Inglorious Basterds- ***
7. Star Trek- ***
8. Taken-***
9. Bruno-***
10. Public Enemies- ***

trotchky

10-17-2009, 01:08 AM

1. Antichrist
2. Inglourious Basterds
3. The White Ribbon
4. Two Lovers
5. A Serious Man
6. Adventureland
7. Moon
8. Observe and Report
9. In The Loop
10. Trash Humpers

getting pretty fuckin' solid. seeing where the wild things are tonight, expecting it to make the list.

Pop Trash

10-18-2009, 11:43 PM

New #1 and rearranged some of them.

9/10
1. Where the Wild Things Are

8/10
2. Inglourious Basterds
3. Adventureland
4. Two Lovers
5. Goodbye Solo
6. The Fantastic Mr. Fox
7. Drag Me to Hell

7/10
8. 500 Days of Summer
9. Up in the Air
10. Up

11. Star Trek
12. I Love You, Man
13. The Girlfriend Experience
14. The Hurt Locker
15. Tyson
16. Bad Lieutenant: POCNO
17. Humpday
18. Avatar
19. Sugar
20. Funny People
21. Public Enemies
22. Observe and Report
23. Bruno

6/10
24. Away We Go
25. Pirate Radio
26. Crips and Bloods: Made in America
27. Brothers
28. Sunshine Cleaning
29. My Bloody Valentine 3D
30. Wolverine

5/10
31. The Box
32. Friday the 13th
33. The Last House on the Left
34. Terminator Salvation
35. He's Just Not That Into You

4/10
36. Zombieland

2/10
37. GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra

EyesWideOpen

10-19-2009, 02:56 AM

New List:

1. Inglourious Basterds
2. Up
3. Whip It
4. Coraline
5. Moon
6. (500) Days of Summer
7. The Brothers Bloom
8. The Hangover
9. Star Trek
10. Funny People

The Rest:

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince / A-
Watchmen / A-
District 9 / B+
I Love You, Man / B+
Bruno / B+
Adventureland / B+
The Invention of Lying / B
Kobe: Doin' Work / B
Spring Breakdown / B
Trick 'r Treat / B
The Soloist / B-
Whiteout / B-
Angel of Death / C
Away We Go / C
Drag Me To Hell / C
Phoebe in Wonderland / C
Year One / C
Zombieland / C
Where the Wild Things Are / C-
X-Men Origins: Wolverine / C-
Dragonball Evolution / D+

The Mike

10-19-2009, 02:56 AM

1. Moon
2. Inglorious Basterds
3. Drag Me to Hell
4. Watchmen
5. Observe and Report
6. Trick 'r Treat
7. Where the Wild Things Are
8. Knowing
9. District 9
10. A Perfect Getaway

HM: Zombieland, Star Trek.Updated. Glad Paranormal Activity doesn't count, 'cuz these decisions are getting harder.

balmakboor

10-19-2009, 03:02 AM

1. Ponyo
2. Munyurangabo
3. Capitalism: A Love Story
4. The Informant!
5. Bright Star
6. Adventureland
7. Treeless Mountain
8. Taking Woodstock
9. I Love You, Man
10. The Soloist

balmakboor

10-19-2009, 03:05 AM

Glad Paranormal Activity doesn't count, 'cuz these decisions are getting harder.

Why not?

The Mike

10-19-2009, 03:24 AM

Why not?

According to IMDB it's 2007.

EyesWideOpen

10-19-2009, 03:26 AM

According to IMDB it's 2007.

This isn't the "official" voting end of the year list. So I think it fits.

balmakboor

10-19-2009, 03:33 AM

According to IMDB it's 2007.

That's what I figured, but personally I consider something 2009 if that's when it opened for business. It doesn't open here in Bismarck until next weekend. It didn't even open in Seattle until a short time ago. I imagined Munyurangabo isn't really a 2009 either, but I had no way to see it until 2009.

Mysterious Dude

10-19-2009, 03:39 AM

There is a discussion about this on page one, folks. I'll refer to Spinal's post:

IMDb dates for Yearly Consensus = necessary to have some sort of consistency

IMDb dates for Your Top Ten of 2009 = unnecessarily anal because we all live in different parts of the world and things come out at different times

balmakboor

10-19-2009, 03:42 AM

There is a discussion about this on page one, folks. I'll refer to Spinal's post:

Ahh, I feel so vindicated now.

Silencio

10-20-2009, 01:25 AM

1. Inglourious Basterds
2. Where the Wild Things Are
3. Goodbye Solo
4. Broken Embraces
5. The Hurt Locker
6. Summer Hours
7. Moon
8. Coraline
9. Up
10. Drag Me to Hell

B-side

10-20-2009, 04:35 AM

1. Inglourious Basterds (Tarantino)
2. Antichrist (Trier)
3. The White Ribbon (Haneke)
4. Broken Embraces (Almodóvar)
5. The Fish Child (Puenzo)
6. Coraline (Selick)
7. Phantoms of Nabua (Weerasethakul)
8. Capitalism: A Love Story (Moore)
9. District 9 (Blomkamp)
10. Where the Wild Things Are (Jonze)

Impossible to rank: OneDreamRush Segment: Crutchnap (Korine)

11. Up (Docter)
12. Star Trek (Abrams)
13. Funny People (Apatow)
14. Mammoth (Moodysson)
15. Watchmen (Snyder)
16. Inventorium Sladów (Quay)
17. Adventureland (Mottola)
18. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Yates)
19. Louis Theroux: A Place for Pedophiles (Theroux)
20. Sweet Rush (Wajda)
21. Whatever Works (Allen)
22. À l'aventure (Brisseau)
23. Grace (Solet)
24. Brüno (Charles)

MadMan

10-20-2009, 06:25 AM

I'm quite behind on viewing for the year, but I'll post a craptastic Top 10 regardless:

1. Up-97
2. Inglourious Basterds-95
3. Partly Cloudy-94
4. Zombieland-91
5. Watchmen-90
6. Star Trek-88
7. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince-88
8. The Hangover-85
9. Observe and Report-81
10. Bruno-80

I'm sure if I re-watched "Report" its rating would go up. Bruno's rating is kind of trending downword in my mind.

ContinentalOp

10-20-2009, 06:34 AM

1. District 9- ****
2. Where the Wild Things Are- ****
3. Two Lovers- *** 1/2
4. Up- *** 1/2
5. Moon- *** 1/2
6. Inglorious Basterds- ***
7. Star Trek- ***
8. Taken-***
9. Bruno-***
10. Public Enemies- ***

I rearranged things up top. Can't seem to get Where the Wild Things Are out of my head, in a good way. Was also pretty impressed with Paranormal Activity's slow build-up and subtle scares.

1. Where the Wild Things Are- ****
2. District 9- ****
3. Two Lovers- *** 1/2
4. Up- *** 1/2
5. Moon- *** 1/2
6. Inglorious Basterds- ***
7. Star Trek- ***
8. Taken-***
9. Paranormal Activity- ***
10. Bruno-***

Spaceman Spiff

10-22-2009, 11:56 PM

1. Inglourious Basterds - 9.0
2. The White Ribbon - 8.5
3. Antichrist - 8.5
4. A Serious Man - 8.0
5. Adoration - 7.5
6. Where the Wild Things Are - 7.5
7. Ponyo - 7.0
8. Moon - 7.0
9. Adventureland - 7.0
10. Whatever Works - 6.5

Finally a pretty decent top 10, I think.

EvilShoe

10-24-2009, 09:25 AM

Added Das Weisse Band, In the Loop, Soul Kitchen and The Men Who Stare at Goats.

1. Inglourious Basterds
2. Troubled Water
3. Up
4. Two Lovers
5. Das Weisse Band
6. (500) Days of Summer
7. In the Loop
8. Ajami
9. The Hurt Locker
10. Ponyo by the Cliff

11. Drag Me to Hell
12. Soul Kitchen
13. District 9
14. Observe and Report
15. Anvil! The Story of Anvil
16. Antichrist
17. Adventureland
18. Zion and his Brother
19. Micmacs .a Tire Larigot
20. Crank: High Voltage
21. The Hangover
22. The Men Who Stare at Goats
23. A l’Ouest de Pluton
24. Helaasheid der Dingen
25. I Love You, Man
26. Brüno
27. Tyson
28. World's Greatest Dad
29. Fish Tank
30. Funny People
31. Applaus
32. Gamer
33. Star Trek
34. Everything Strange and New
35. Bright Star
36. Taking Woodstock
37. State of Play
38. Yang Yang
39. Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands
40. Taken
41. Forever Enthralled
42. The Strength of Water
43. Dongbei, Dongbei
44. Watchmen
45. Das Vaterspiel
46. There
47. G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
48. Public Enemies
49. Les Herbes Folles
50. Terminator: Salvation
51. The Countess
52. Accidents Happen
53. Seventh Circle
54. Lost Times
55. X-Men Origins: Wolverine
56. Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
57. Floating in Memory
58. Marching Band
59. Doggers: a Love Story
60. Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li
61. Transformers: The Revenge of the Fallen
62. Dragonball: Evolution

Ezee E

10-25-2009, 11:27 AM

1. Inglorious Bastards
2. Two Lovers
3. A Prophet
4. Drag Me To Hell
5. Observe & Report
6. (500) Days of Summer
7. Flame & Citron
8. The Hurt Locker
9. Harry Potter & The Half-Blood Prince
10. Tyson

Stay Puft

10-25-2009, 08:26 PM

Revised based on new release dates:

1. Tokyo Sonata
2. Summer Hours
3. The Limits of Control
4. Moon
5. Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
6. Big Man Japan
7. Goodbye Solo
8. Coraline
9. Birdsong
10. A Town Called Panic

balmakboor

10-26-2009, 01:35 AM

1. Ponyo
2. Munyurangabo
3. Capitalism: A Love Story
4. Goodbye Solo
5. The Informant!
6. Paranormal Activity
7. Bright Star
8. Adventureland
9. Treeless Mountain
10. Taking Woodstock

megladon8

10-26-2009, 10:04 PM

1.) Up
2.) Drag Me to Hell
3.) Public Enemies
4.) District 9
5.) Coraline
6.) Star Trek
7.) Hunger
8.) Toy Story/Toy Story 2 in 3D
9.) Paranormal Activity
10.) Watchmen

Edited.

dreamdead

10-27-2009, 12:21 PM

1. Inglourious Basterds - 8
2. Coraline - 7.5
3. Sugar - 7.5
4. Two Lovers - 7.5
5. Up - 7
6. (500) Days of Summer - 6.5
7. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - 6.5
8. Watchmen - 4.5
9. Funny People - 4.5
10. Transformers 2 - 1.5

B-side

10-29-2009, 10:19 AM

1. Inglourious Basterds (Tarantino)
2. Antichrist (Trier)
3. Moon (Jones)
4. The White Ribbon (Haneke)
5. Broken Embraces (Almodóvar)
6. The Fish Child (Puenzo)
7. Coraline (Selick)
8. Phantoms of Nabua (Weerasethakul)
9. Capitalism: A Love Story (Moore)
10. District 9 (Blomkamp)

Impossible to rank: OneDreamRush Segment: Crutchnap (Korine)

11. Where the Wild Things Are (Jonze)
12. Up (Docter)
13. Star Trek (Abrams)
14. Funny People (Apatow)
15. Mammoth (Moodysson)
16. Watchmen (Snyder)
17. Inventorium Sladów (Quay)
18. Adventureland (Mottola)
19. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Yates)
20. Louis Theroux: A Place for Pedophiles (Theroux)
21. Sweet Rush (Wajda)
22. Whatever Works (Allen)
23. À l'aventure (Brisseau)
24. Grace (Solet)
25. Brüno (Charles)

Kurosawa Fan

10-30-2009, 03:56 AM

1. Goodbye Solo
2. Moon
3. Drag Me to Hell
4. Sugar
5. Adventureland
6. Sin Nombre
7. Summer Hours
8. Coraline
9. (500) Days of Summer
10. The Hangover

Update:

1. Goodbye Solo
2. Moon
3. Drag Me to Hell
4. Sugar
5. Adventureland
6. Sin Nombre
7. Summer Hours
8. Coraline
9. The House of the Devil
10. (500) Days of Summer

Eleven

10-30-2009, 05:53 PM

1. Two Lovers
2. Tokyo Sonata
3. Inglourious Basterds
4. The Hurt Locker
5. In the Loop
6. Bright Star
7. Tetro
8. Mother
9. The Beaches of Agnes
10. Goodbye Solo

Still Want to See: Bruno, The Hangover, The House of the Devil, The Limits of Control, Police Adjective, A Serious Man, Taking Woodstock, Where the Wild Things Are.

Watashi

10-30-2009, 06:20 PM

To be updated of course.

1. Inglourious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino)
2. Up (Pete Docter)
3. A Serious Man (Joel and Ethan Coen)
4. Moon (Duncan Jones)
5. Watchmen (Zack Snyder)
6. Where the Wild Things Are (Spike Jonze)
7. Coraline (Henry Selick)
8. Adventureland (Greg Mottola)
9. In the Loop (Armando Iannucci)
10. Public Enemies (Michael Mann)

6 and 7 are pretty much interchangeable. I haven't figured out which one I like more.

Spinal

10-31-2009, 02:32 AM

1. Antichrist
2. A Serious Man
3. Inglourious Basterds
4. Tokyo Sonata
5. Moon
6. Astro Boy
7. The Hangover
8. Paranormal Activity

Worst:

3. Up
2. Partly Cloudy
1. Planet 51

B-side

10-31-2009, 06:39 AM

Still Want to See: Bruno

Eh. Unless you think there's no way Cohen could do wrong, this isn't worth your time.

Dukefrukem

11-02-2009, 12:21 PM

Is Paranormal Activity considered 2009? or 2007?

Ezee E

11-02-2009, 01:17 PM

1. Inglorious Bastards
2. Two Lovers
3. A Prophet
4. A Serious Man
5. Drag Me To Hell
6. Observe & Report
7. (500) Days of Summer
8. Flame & Citron
9. The Hurt Locker
10. Harry Potter & The Half-Blood Prince

balmakboor

11-02-2009, 01:56 PM

Is Paranormal Activity considered 2009? or 2007?

2009, for me anyway. That's when it was released.

B-side

11-04-2009, 10:20 AM

1. Inglourious Basterds (Tarantino)
2. Antichrist (Trier)
3. Moon (Jones)
4. Collision: Christopher Hitchens vs. Douglas Wilson (Doane)
5. The White Ribbon (Haneke)
6. Broken Embraces (Almodóvar)
7. The Fish Child (Puenzo)
8. Phantoms of Nabua (Weerasethakul)
9. Coraline (Selick)
10. Capitalism: A Love Story (Moore)

Impossible to rank: OneDreamRush Segment: Crutchnap (Korine)

11. District 9 (Blomkamp)
12. Where the Wild Things Are (Jonze)
13. Up (Docter)
14. Star Trek (Abrams)
15. Funny People (Apatow)
16. Mammoth (Moodysson)
17. Watchmen (Snyder)
18. Inventorium Sladów (Quay)
19. Adventureland (Mottola)
20. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Yates)
21. Louis Theroux: A Place for Pedophiles (Theroux)
22. Sweet Rush (Wajda)
23. Whatever Works (Allen)
24. À l'aventure (Brisseau)
25. Grace (Solet)
26. Brüno (Charles)

Eleven

11-04-2009, 01:52 PM

Eh. Unless you think there's no way Cohen could do wrong, this isn't worth your time.

Too late. Let's say I was in that camp before seeing some of Indahouse and now Bruno. There's definitely some funny stuff (paranormal blowjob, talking penis, "Straight Dave's Man-Slammin' Maxout") but it never hangs together quite like Borat did. Bruno was by far the least essential or incisive character on the show, and the excessive staginess and extreme similarity in form to Borat makes it seem more like a poorly thought-out cash-in. Still not the worst movie I've seen this year, though.

B-side

11-05-2009, 02:06 AM

Too late. Let's say I was in that camp before seeing some of Indahouse and now Bruno. There's definitely some funny stuff (paranormal blowjob, talking penis, "Straight Dave's Man-Slammin' Maxout") but it never hangs together quite like Borat did. Bruno was by far the least essential or incisive character on the show, and the excessive staginess and extreme similarity in form to Borat makes it seem more like a poorly thought-out cash-in. Still not the worst movie I've seen this year, though.

Yeah, there were a few laughs, but I've forgotten a majority of it and had serious issues with the staginess as well. It felt like a series of gross-out SNL skits. Borat's satire was better and funnier. Seems like they thought Borat was too focused on making a point, so they figured they'd just go all out and do whatever it takes to get a reaction.

B-side

11-05-2009, 07:08 AM

B-side

11-06-2009, 11:30 AM

1. Inglourious Basterds (Tarantino)
2. Antichrist (Trier)
3. Moon (Jones)
4. Collision: Christopher Hitchens vs. Douglas Wilson (Doane)
5. The White Ribbon (Haneke)
6. Broken Embraces (Almodóvar)
7. The Fish Child (Puenzo)
8. Phantoms of Nabua (Weerasethakul)
9. Coraline (Selick)
10. Capitalism: A Love Story (Moore)

Impossible to rank: OneDreamRush Segment: Crutchnap (Korine)

11. District 9 (Blomkamp)
12. The Limits of Control (Jarmusch, 2009)
13. Where the Wild Things Are (Jonze)
14. Up (Docter)
15. Star Trek (Abrams)
16. Funny People (Apatow)
17. Mammoth (Moodysson)
18. Watchmen (Snyder)
19. Inventorium Sladów (Quay)
20. Adventureland (Mottola)
21. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Yates)
22. Louis Theroux: A Place for Pedophiles (Theroux)
23. Sweet Rush (Wajda)
24. Whatever Works (Allen)
25. À l'aventure (Brisseau)
26. Black Dynamite (Sanders)
27. Grace (Solet)
28. Brüno (Charles)

baby doll

11-07-2009, 01:33 PM

baby doll

11-08-2009, 10:30 PM

US Dates:

1. Adoration (Atom Egoyan)
2. Tony Manero (Pablo Larrain)
3. You, the Living (Roy Andersson)
4. Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (Hayao Miyazaki)
5. A Serious Man (Ethan and Joel Coen)
6. La Frontière de l'aube (Philippe Garrel)
7. Bright Star (Jane Campion)
8. Tulpan (Sergey Dvortsevoy)
9. Moon (Duncan Jones)
10. Inglourious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino)

I also liked Brüno, An Education, Food, Inc., The Girlfriend Experience, The Hangover, The Hurt Locker, Liverpool, Lymelife, Revanche, Le Silence de Lorna, Sugar, Three Monkeys, Two Lovers, Up, and Whatever Works.Updated again.

B-side

11-09-2009, 10:22 AM

1. Inglourious Basterds (Tarantino)
2. Antichrist (Trier)
3. Moon (Jones)
4. Collision: Christopher Hitchens vs. Douglas Wilson (Doane)
5. The White Ribbon (Haneke)
6. Broken Embraces (Almodóvar)
7. Phantoms of Nabua (Weerasethakul)
8. Glorious (Maddin)
9. The Fish Child (Puenzo)
10. Coraline (Selick)

Impossible to rank: OneDreamRush Segment: Crutchnap (Korine)

11. Capitalism: A Love Story (Moore)
12. District 9 (Blomkamp)
13. The Limits of Control (Jarmusch, 2009)
14. Where the Wild Things Are (Jonze)
15. Up (Docter)
16. Star Trek (Abrams)
17. Funny People (Apatow)
18. Mammoth (Moodysson)
19. Watchmen (Snyder)
20. Inventorium Sladów (Quay)
21. Adventureland (Mottola)
22. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Yates)
23. Louis Theroux: A Place for Pedophiles (Theroux)
24. Sweet Rush (Wajda)
25. Whatever Works (Allen)
26. À l'aventure (Brisseau)
27. Black Dynamite (Sanders)
28. Grace (Solet)
29. Brüno (Charles)

Dukefrukem

11-09-2009, 04:30 PM

1 Star Trek (J. J. Abrams) 96
2 Drag Me to Hell (Raimi, Sam) 95
3 District 9 (Blomkampm Neill) 90
4 Zombieland (Fleischer, Ruben) 89
5 the Hangover (Phillips, Todd) 88
6 Taken 86
7 The Last House on the Left 83
8 Gamer (Neveldine, Mark and Taylor, Brian) 79
9 Paranormal Activity (Peli, Oren) 79
10 Watchmen (Snyder, Zack) 79

MadMan

11-11-2009, 04:15 AM

Still woefully behind, but I'll try and catch up near the end of the year.

1. Up-97
2. Inglourious Basterds-95
3. Where The Wild Things Are-94
4. Partly Cloudy-94
5. Zombieland-91
6. Watchmen-90
7. Star Trek-88
8. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince-88
9. The Hangover-85
10. Observe and Report-81

Dead & Messed Up

11-11-2009, 04:54 AM

Yeah, there were a few laughs, but I've forgotten a majority of it and had serious issues with the staginess as well. It felt like a series of gross-out SNL skits. Borat's satire was better and funnier. Seems like they thought Borat was too focused on making a point, so they figured they'd just go all out and do whatever it takes to get a reaction.

This is funny, because I watched about an hour of Bruno yesterday, and I found it not only exceedingly funny, but also very fascinating in its faux-documentary aesthetic. The film constantly dares the viewer to parse fact and fiction, and the effect of its artificiality, and its concept of "gay" is an interesting double-edged sword (both hilariously and offensively inaccurate).

I have not seen Borat, so perhaps I would've been less receptive with that film as a fore-runner.

Henry Gale

11-15-2009, 06:59 AM

1. Moon (Jones)
2. Inglourious Basterds (Tarantino)
3. Up (Docter)
4. Funny People (Apatow)
5. Coraline (Selick)
6. Adventureland (Motolla)
7. Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince (Yates)
8. District 9 (Blomkamp)
9. Two Lovers (Gray)
10. The Brothers Bloom (Johnson)

I'm becoming more and more impressed with this year's offerings with every update.

1. Where The Wild Things Are (Jonze)
2. Moon (Jones)
3. Inglourious Basterds (Tarantino)
4. Up (Docter)
5. A Serious Man (Coen/Coen)
6. Funny People (Apatow)
7. Two Lovers (Gray)
8. Adventureland (Motolla)
9. Coraline (Selick)
10. Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs (Lord/Miller)

It's getting so hard to rank these, and I'm constantly debating which of my top three is really my "favourite film of the year". But I can already see that by the end I'll have a list for myself that's stronger than most years, just one that leaves off a lot of stuff I really love, too.

Ezee E

11-15-2009, 10:43 AM

1. Inglorious Bastards
2. Two Lovers
3. A Prophet
4. A Serious Man
5. Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
6. Drag Me To Hell
7. Observe & Report
8. (500) Days of Summer
9. Flame & Citron
10. The Hurt Locker

Morris Schæffer

11-15-2009, 11:36 AM

Inglourious Basterds: ****
The Hurt Locker: ****
The Misfortunates: ****
2012: ***½
State of Play: ***
Angels & Demons: ***
Star Trek: ***
District 9: ***
The Taking of Pelham 123: ***
The Hangover: ***
----------------------------------------
Public Enemies: ***
Bruno: ***
Knowing: **½
G.I. Joe, The Rise of Cobra: **½
Harry Potter & The Half-Blood Prince: **½
Up: **
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: **
Terminator: Salvation: **
X-Men Origins: Wolverine: **
Coraline: **
Drag Me To Hell: *½
12 Rounds: *½
Monsters Vs. Aliens: *½
Fast & Furious: *½
A Perfect Getaway: *½
The Proposal: *
Duplicity: *
G-Force: ½
Crank: High Voltage: ½

B-side

11-17-2009, 07:32 AM

1. Inglourious Basterds (Tarantino)
2. Antichrist (Trier)
3. Moon (Jones)
4. Collision: Christopher Hitchens vs. Douglas Wilson (Doane)
5. The White Ribbon (Haneke)
6. Broken Embraces (Almodóvar)
7. Phantoms of Nabua (Weerasethakul)
8. The Little White Cloud That Cried (Maddin)
9. Glorious (Maddin)
10. The Fish Child (Puenzo)

Impossible to rank: OneDreamRush Segment: Crutchnap (Korine)

11. Coraline (Selick)
12. Capitalism: A Love Story (Moore)
13. District 9 (Blomkamp)
14. The Limits of Control (Jarmusch, 2009)
15. Where the Wild Things Are (Jonze)
16. Up (Docter)
17. Star Trek (Abrams)
18. Funny People (Apatow)
19. Mammoth (Moodysson)
20. Watchmen (Snyder)
21. Inventorium Sladów (Quay)
22. Adventureland (Mottola)
23. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Yates)
24. Louis Theroux: A Place for Pedophiles (Theroux)
25. Sweet Rush (Wajda)
26. Whatever Works (Allen)
27. À l'aventure (Brisseau)
28. Black Dynamite (Sanders)
29. Grace (Solet)
30. Brüno (Charles)

B-side

11-18-2009, 10:47 AM

1. Inglourious Basterds (Tarantino)
2. Antichrist (Trier)
3. Can Go Through Skin (Rots)
4. Moon (Jones)
5. Collision: Christopher Hitchens vs. Douglas Wilson (Doane)
6. The White Ribbon (Haneke)
7. Broken Embraces (Almodóvar)
8. Phantoms of Nabua (Weerasethakul)
9. The Little White Cloud That Cried (Maddin)
10. Glorious (Maddin)

Impossible to rank: OneDreamRush Segment: Crutchnap (Korine)

11. The Fish Child (Puenzo)
12. Coraline (Selick)
13. Capitalism: A Love Story (Moore)
14. District 9 (Blomkamp)
15. The Limits of Control (Jarmusch, 2009)
16. Where the Wild Things Are (Jonze)
17. Up (Docter)
18. Star Trek (Abrams)
19. Funny People (Apatow)
20. Mammoth (Moodysson)
21. Watchmen (Snyder)
22. Inventorium Sladów (Quay)
23. Adventureland (Mottola)
24. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Yates)
25. Louis Theroux: A Place for Pedophiles (Theroux)
26. Sweet Rush (Wajda)
27. Whatever Works (Allen)
28. À l'aventure (Brisseau)
29. Black Dynamite (Sanders)
30. Grace (Solet)
31. Brüno (Charles)

EvilShoe

11-18-2009, 11:37 AM

Added The Box and 2012.

1. Inglourious Basterds
2. Troubled Water
3. Up
4. Two Lovers
5. Das Weisse Band
6. (500) Days of Summer
7. In the Loop
8. The Hurt Locker
9. Ponyo by the Cliff
10. Sugar

11. Ajami
12. Drag Me to Hell
13. Soul Kitchen
14. District 9
15. Observe and Report
16. Anvil! The Story of Anvil
17. Antichrist
18. The Box
19. Adventureland
20. Coraline
21. Zion and his Brother
22. Micmacs .a Tire Larigot
23. Crank: High Voltage
24. The Hangover
25. The Men Who Stare at Goats
26. A l’Ouest de Pluton
27. Helaasheid der Dingen
28. I Love You, Man
29. Brüno
30. Tyson
31. World's Greatest Dad
32. Fish Tank
33. Funny People
34. Applaus
35. Gamer
36. Star Trek
37. Everything Strange and New
38. Bright Star
39. Taking Woodstock
40. 2012
41. State of Play
42. Yang Yang
43. Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands
44. Taken
45. Forever Enthralled
46. The Strength of Water
47. Dongbei, Dongbei
48. Watchmen
49. Das Vaterspiel
50. There
51. G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
52. Public Enemies
53. Les Herbes Folles
54. Terminator: Salvation
55. The Countess
56. Accidents Happen
57. Jennifer's Body
58. Seventh Circle
59. Lost Times
60. X-Men Origins: Wolverine
61. Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
62. Floating in Memory
63. Marching Band
64. Doggers: a Love Story
65. Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li
66. Transformers: The Revenge of the Fallen
67. Dragonball: Evolution

B-side

11-18-2009, 11:43 AM

Damn. And I thought I'd seen a lot of films from this year.

EvilShoe

11-18-2009, 11:53 AM

Damn. And I thought I'd seen a lot of films from this year.
Well, I got into a filmfestival for free this year.
I usually see like half the amount.

Ezee E

11-18-2009, 01:22 PM

I think I'm around EvilShoe's amount as well.

Adam

11-18-2009, 04:07 PM

Why didn't you like Black Dynamite, Brightside?

jamaul

11-18-2009, 04:08 PM

Four stars for Bad Lieutenant? How does it compare to Ferrera's? I wasn't particularly fond of the original, myself (and I also understand that their only similarities are the title they share). I ask because it's opening Friday in my area, and I may see it, partly because I was under the impression Fantastic Mr. Fox was going wide this weekend, and it's &%$#ing not.

Ezee E

11-19-2009, 03:36 AM

B-side

11-19-2009, 05:39 AM

Why didn't you like Black Dynamite, Brightside?

I didn't hate it. I mean, I suppose it's not the worst way to spend an hour and a half, and it'd likely be enhanced by being viewed with friends or in a theater, but I found it got tired really quickly. I think the only time I actually chuckled was when he jumped up from his chair and hit the boom mic. It's funnier in concept than execution, basically. Not enough "I threw that before I walked in the room!" and too much harping on cliches and the genre.

Adam

11-19-2009, 06:54 PM

Eleven

11-19-2009, 07:35 PM

Hmmm, I actually felt it worked best when it was doing more of a straight blaxploitation send-up towards the beginning than when it devolved into more farcical territory around the time they introduced penis shrinking tonic and whatnot. But that line you mentioned (along with the expression on Michael Jai White's face when he says it) IS the funniest moment in the movie and it reminded me of one of my best friends from high school

I actually like BD more from that farcical point onwards, because the first half or so is totally eclipsed by such blaxploitation parodies as I'm Gonna Git You Sucka! and even the brief "Big Jim Slade" segment of Kentucky Fried Movie.

MadMan

11-20-2009, 05:39 AM

1. Up-97
2. Inglourious Basterds-95
3. Where The Wild Things Are-94
4. Partly Cloudy-94
5. Zombieland-91
6. Watchmen-90
7. Star Trek-88
8. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince-88
9. The Men Who Stare At Goats-86
10. The Hangover-85

B-side

11-20-2009, 05:53 AM

Eleven, watch Can Go Through Skin immediately. You'll like it, I promise.

Eleven

11-20-2009, 02:59 PM

Eleven, watch Can Go Through Skin immediately. You'll like it, I promise.

I noticed this on SMz, and one rec is all it usually takes for me!

B-side

11-20-2009, 04:35 PM

I noticed this on SMz, and one rec is all it usually takes for me!

I don't know what the bold is, but if it's gonna make you watch it, then it's alright by me.:lol:

Eleven

11-20-2009, 05:02 PM

I don't know what the bold is, but if it's gonna make you watch it, then it's alright by me.:lol:

The Rapidshare downloading site SurrealMoviez (http://www.surrealmoviez.info/).

eternity

11-20-2009, 07:54 PM

1. Adventureland dir. Greg Motolla
2. Moon dir. Duncan Jones
3. The Brothers Bloom dir. Rian Johnson
4. Watchmen dir. Zack Snyder
5. Inglourious Basterds dir. Quentin Tarantino
6. World's Greatest Dad dir. Bobcat Goldwaith
7. Paranormal Activity dir. Oren Peli
8. Mary and Max dir. Adam Elliot
9. (500) Days of Summer dir. Marc Webb
10. Ponyo on a Cliff By the Sea dir. Hayao Miyazaki

11. The Soloist dir. Joe Wright
12. Funny People dir. Judd Apatow
13. Up dir. Pete Docter
14. Jennifer's Body dir. Karyn Kasuma
15. District 9 dir. Neill Blomkamp
16. Fanboys dir. Ryan Newman
17. Observe and Report dir. Jody Hill
18. The Girlfriend Experience dir. Steven Soderbergh
19. The Limits of Control dir. Jim Jarmusch
20. Drag Me to Hell dir. Sam Raimi
21. Julie & Julia dir. Nora Ephron
22. Broken Embraces dir. Pedro Almodovar
23. The Twilight Saga: New Moon dir. Chris Weitz
24. Whatever Works dir. Woody Allen
25. The Hangover dir. Todd Phillips
26. Extract dir. Mike Judge
27. I Love You, Man dir. John Hamburg
28. The Hurt Locker dir. Kathyrn Bigelow
29. In the Loop dir. Armondo Iannucci
30. Phoebe in Wonderland dir. Daniel Barnz
31. The Informant! dir. Steven Soderbergh
32. Zombieland dir. Ruben Fleischer
33. Antichrist dir. Lars von Trier
34. Star Trek dir. J.J. Abrams
35. Public Enemies dir. Michael Mann
36. Bruno dir. Larry Charles
37. 9 dir. Shane Acker
______________________________ ______
Rotten:
38. Orphan dir. Jaume Collet-Serra
39. The Informers dir. Gregor Jordan
40. Whip It! dir. Drew Barrymore
41. Terminator Salvation dir. Joseph McGinty
42. Away We Go dir. Sam Mendes
43. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince dir. That Goddamn Sucker Fucker David Yates
44. Confessions of a Shopaholic dir. P.J. Hogan
45. Taken dir. Pierre Morel
46. The Burning Plain dir. Guillermo Arriaga
47. Powder Blue dir. Timothy Linh Bui
48. The Obama Deception dir. Alex Jones
49. Obsessed dir. Steve Shill
50. The Pink Panther 2 dir. Harald Zwart
51. Van Wilder: Freshmen Year dir. Harvey Glazer
52. X-Men Origins: Wolverine dir. Gavin Hood
53. Bride Wars dir. Gary Winick
54. Sorority Row dir. Stewart Hendler
55. The Ugly Truth dir. Robert Luketic
56. My Sister's Keeper dir. Nick Cassavetes
57. Paul Blart: Mall Cop dir. Steve Carr
58. The Unborn dir. David S. Goyer
59. The Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience dir. Bruce Hendricks
60. Dragonball Evolution dir. James Wong
61. The Proposal dir. Anne Fletcher
62. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen dir. Michael Bay
63. He's Just Not That Into You dir. Ken Kwapis

NEW: The Ugly Truth, The Informant, Mary and Max, The Twilight Saga: New Moon

Ivan Drago

11-20-2009, 08:12 PM

23. The Twilight Saga: New Moon dir. Chris Weitz
______________________________ ______
Rotten:

Above the rotten line? :eek: You're insane.

.....so am I. :runs:

Eleven

11-20-2009, 08:18 PM

23. The Twilight Saga: New Moon dir. Chris Weitz
28. The Hurt Locker dir. Kathyrn Bigelow
29. In the Loop dir. Armondo Iannucci
33. Antichrist dir. Lars von Trier
35. Public Enemies dir. Michael Mann

Although I'll withhold judgment until I actually see the new Tweenlight (read: never), this is just baffling at first glance.

eternity

11-20-2009, 08:43 PM

Although I'll withhold judgment until I actually see the new Tweenlight (read: never), this is just baffling at first glance.
I just wrote a big ass review of it. I had Twilight as my #2 worst movie last year.

soitgoes...

11-21-2009, 06:02 AM

1. Tokyo Sonata (Kurosawa)
2. You, the Living (Andersson)
3. Summer Hours (Assayas)
4. Two Lovers (Gray)
5. Inglourious Basterds (Tarantino)
6. Sita Sings the Blues (Paley)
7. Flame & Citron (Madsen)
8. The Brothers Bloom (Johnson)
9. Coraline (Selick)
10. Whatever Works (Allen)

1. Tokyo Sonata (Kurosawa)
2. You, the Living (Andersson)
3. Summer Hours (Assayas)
4. Two Lovers (Gray)
5. Inglourious Basterds (Tarantino)
6. Sita Sings the Blues (Paley)
7. Moon (Jones)
8. Flame & Citron (Madsen)
9. The Brothers Bloom (Johnson)
10. Coraline (Selick)

B-side

11-21-2009, 06:19 AM

The Rapidshare downloading site SurrealMoviez (http://www.surrealmoviez.info/).

Oooh. Yeah, I know that. Didn't recognize the acronym.:P

The Mike

11-22-2009, 12:56 AM

1. Moon
2. Inglorious Basterds
3. Drag Me to Hell
4. The Hurt Locker
5. Watchmen
6. Observe and Report
7. District 9
8. Knowing
9. Paranormal Activity
10. A Perfect Getaway

HM: Trick 'r Treat, Where the Wild Things Are, Zombieland, The Tournament.
Updated.

soitgoes...

11-24-2009, 12:23 PM

1. Tokyo Sonata (Kurosawa)
2. You, the Living (Andersson)
3. Summer Hours (Assayas)
4. Two Lovers (Gray)
5. Inglourious Basterds (Tarantino)
6. Sita Sings the Blues (Paley)
7. Moon (Jones)
8. Flame & Citron (Madsen)
9. The Brothers Bloom (Johnson)
10. Coraline (Selick)

1. The White Ribbon (Haneke)
2. Tokyo Sonata (Kurosawa)
3. You, the Living (Andersson)
4. Summer Hours (Assayas)
5. Two Lovers (Gray)
6. Inglourious Basterds (Tarantino)
7. Sita Sings the Blues (Paley)
8. Moon (Jones)
9. Flame & Citron (Madsen)
10. The Brothers Bloom (Johnson)

Yeah, I'm pretty sure it's the best thing Haneke has done, and I'm a bit of a Haneke fanboy. Probably the best film I've seen all year, but I'm going to let that one simmer awhile before I commit officially. Beautiful film that is at times difficult to watch, but what Haneke film isn't?

dreamdead

11-24-2009, 01:45 PM

1. Inglourious Basterds - 8
2. Coraline - 7.5
3. Thirst - 7
4. Sugar - 7
5. Two Lovers - 7
6. Up - 7
7. (500) Days of Summer - 6.5
8. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - 6.5
9. Watchmen - 4.5
10. Funny People - 4.5
11. Transformers 2 - 1.5

baby doll

11-24-2009, 08:50 PM

US Dates:

1. Adoration (Atom Egoyan)
2. Tony Manero (Pablo Larrain)
3. You, the Living (Roy Andersson)
4. Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (Hayao Miyazaki)
5. A Serious Man (Ethan and Joel Coen)
6. La Frontière de l'aube (Philippe Garrel)
7. The Bad Lieutenant—Port of Call: New Orleans (Werner Herzog)
8. Bright Star (Jane Campion)
9. Moon (Duncan Jones)
10. Antichrist (Lars von Trier)

I also liked Brüno, An Education, Food, Inc., The Girlfriend Experience, The Hangover, The Hurt Locker, Inglourious Basterds, Liverpool, Lymelife, Revanche, Le Silence de Lorna, Sugar, Three Monkeys, Two Lovers, Tulpan, Up, and Whatever Works.Updated.

Mysterious Dude

11-25-2009, 05:02 PM

I wish The White Ribbon would come to my area already.

Edit: I just looked it up, and I guess limited release begins December 30th.

Bosco B Thug

11-25-2009, 05:18 PM

1. Inglourious Basterds - 8.5
2. Tokyo Sonata - 7.5
3. Antichrist - 7
4. Where the Wild Things Are - 7
5. Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans - 6.5
6. Coraline - 6.5
7. Adventureland - 6.5
8. Star Trek - 6.5
9. Up - 6.5
10. Drag Me To Hell - 5
----
11. (500) Days of Summer - 5
12. District 9 - 4.5
13. Brüno - 4.5

That's everything I've seen so far, I believe.

Fezzik

11-25-2009, 06:02 PM

I suppose I should start getting this together:

1. Inglourious Basterds
2. District 9
3. Where the Wild Things Are
4. Adventureland
5. Coraline
6. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
7. Up
8. Watchmen
9. The Hangover
10. (500) Days of Summer

Honorable Mention:

11. Star Trek
12. I Love You, Man
13. Zombieland

Meh. Ok, I Guess:

14. Funny People
15. Public Enemies
16. 9
17. The Informant!

Ugh. Just stop. Please

18. G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
19. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
20. X-Men Origins: Wolverine
21. Terminator Salvation

I rewatched Up this weekend. The bloom has somewhat faded off the film. It's still a very good film, but the obvious issues bothered me more than they did upon the first couple watch throughs

eternity

11-26-2009, 08:09 PM

1. Adventureland dir. Greg Motolla
2. Moon dir. Duncan Jones
3. The Brothers Bloom dir. Rian Johnson
4. Watchmen dir. Zack Snyder
5. Inglourious Basterds dir. Quentin Tarantino
6. World's Greatest Dad dir. Bobcat Goldwaith
7. Paranormal Activity dir. Oren Peli
8. Mary and Max dir. Adam Elliot
9. (500) Days of Summer dir. Marc Webb
10. Ponyo on a Cliff By the Sea dir. Hayao Miyazaki

11. The Soloist dir. Joe Wright
12. Funny People dir. Judd Apatow
13. Up dir. Pete Docter
14. Jennifer's Body dir. Karyn Kasuma
15. District 9 dir. Neill Blomkamp
16. Fanboys dir. Ryan Newman
17. Observe and Report dir. Jody Hill
18. The Girlfriend Experience dir. Steven Soderbergh
19. The Limits of Control dir. Jim Jarmusch
20. Drag Me to Hell dir. Sam Raimi
21. Julie & Julia dir. Nora Ephron
22. Broken Embraces dir. Pedro Almodovar
23. The Twilight Saga: New Moon dir. Chris Weitz
24. Whatever Works dir. Woody Allen
25. The Hangover dir. Todd Phillips
26. Extract dir. Mike Judge
27. I Love You, Man dir. John Hamburg
28. The Hurt Locker dir. Kathyrn Bigelow
29. In the Loop dir. Armondo Iannucci
30. Phoebe in Wonderland dir. Daniel Barnz
31. The Informant! dir. Steven Soderbergh
32. Zombieland dir. Ruben Fleischer
33. Antichrist dir. Lars von Trier
34. Star Trek dir. J.J. Abrams
35. Public Enemies dir. Michael Mann
36. Bruno dir. Larry Charles
37. 9 dir. Shane Acker
______________________________ ______
Rotten:
38. Capitalism: A Love Story dir. Michael Moore
39. Orphan dir. Jaume Collet-Serra
40. The International dir. Tom Twyker
41. The Informers dir. Gregor Jordan
42. Whip It! dir. Drew Barrymore
43. The International dir. Tom Twkyer
44. Terminator Salvation dir. Joseph McGinty
45. Away We Go dir. Sam Mendes
46. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince dir. That Goddamn Sucker Fucker David Yates
47. Confessions of a Shopaholic dir. P.J. Hogan
48. Taken dir. Pierre Morel
49. The Burning Plain dir. Guillermo Arriaga
50. Good Dick dir. Marianna Palka
51. Powder Blue dir. Timothy Linh Bui
52. The Obama Deception dir. Alex Jones
53. Obsessed dir. Steve Shill
54. The Pink Panther 2 dir. Harald Zwart
55. Van Wilder: Freshmen Year dir. Harvey Glazer
56. X-Men Origins: Wolverine dir. Gavin Hood
57. Bride Wars dir. Gary Winick
58. Sorority Row dir. Stewart Hendler
59. The Ugly Truth dir. Robert Luketic
60. My Sister's Keeper dir. Nick Cassavetes
61. Precious dir. Lee Daniels
62. Paul Blart: Mall Cop dir. Steve Carr
63. The Unborn dir. David S. Goyer
64. The Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience dir. Bruce Hendricks
65. Dragonball Evolution dir. James Wong
66. The Proposal dir. Anne Fletcher
67. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen dir. Michael Bay
68. He's Just Not That Into You dir. Ken Kwapis

NEW: Good Dick, Precious, Capitalism: A Love Story, The International

EvilShoe

11-27-2009, 09:39 AM

Added Moon and Paranormal Activity. Feel I should re-rank some stuff, but I'll wait till the year is over.

1. Moon
2. Inglourious Basterds
3. Troubled Water
4. Up
5. Two Lovers
6. Das Weisse Band
7. (500) Days of Summer
8. In the Loop
9. The Hurt Locker
10. Ponyo by the Cliff

11. Sugar
12. Ajami
13. Drag Me to Hell
14. Soul Kitchen
15. District 9
16. Observe and Report
17. Anvil! The Story of Anvil
18. Antichrist
19. The Box
20. Adventureland
21. Coraline
22. Zion and his Brother
23. Micmacs .a Tire Larigot
24. Crank: High Voltage
25. The Hangover
26. The Men Who Stare at Goats
27. A l’Ouest de Pluton
28. Helaasheid der Dingen
29. I Love You, Man
30. Brüno
31. Tyson
32. World's Greatest Dad
33. Fish Tank
34. Paranormal Activity
35. Funny People
36. Applaus
37. Gamer
38. Star Trek
39. Everything Strange and New
40. Bright Star
41. Taking Woodstock
42. 2012
43. State of Play
44. Yang Yang
45. Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands
46. Taken
47. Forever Enthralled
48. The Strength of Water
49. Dongbei, Dongbei
50. Watchmen
51. Das Vaterspiel
52. There
53. G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
54. Public Enemies
55. Les Herbes Folles
56. Terminator: Salvation
57. The Countess
58. Accidents Happen
59. Jennifer's Body
60. Seventh Circle
61. Lost Times
62. X-Men Origins: Wolverine
63. Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
64. Floating in Memory
65. Marching Band
66. Doggers: a Love Story
67. Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li
68. Transformers: The Revenge of the Fallen
69. Dragonball: Evolution

soitgoes...

12-02-2009, 09:51 AM

1. The White Ribbon (Haneke)
2. Tokyo Sonata (Kurosawa)
3. You, the Living (Andersson)
4. Summer Hours (Assayas)
5. Two Lovers (Gray)
6. Inglourious Basterds (Tarantino)
7. Sita Sings the Blues (Paley)
8. Moon (Jones)
9. Flame & Citron (Madsen)
10. The Brothers Bloom (Johnson)

Yeah, I'm pretty sure it's the best thing Haneke has done, and I'm a bit of a Haneke fanboy. Probably the best film I've seen all year, but I'm going to let that one simmer awhile before I commit officially. Beautiful film that is at times difficult to watch, but what Haneke film isn't?

1. The White Ribbon (Haneke)
2. Tokyo Sonata (Kurosawa)
3. You, the Living (Andersson)
4. Inglourious Basterds (Tarantino)
5. Summer Hours (Assayas)
6. Two Lovers (Gray)
7. The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (Herzog)
8. Sita Sings the Blues (Paley)
9. The Cove (Psihoyos)
10. Moon (Jones)

Rearranged the middle section. Probably already a stronger Top 10 than the one I submitted for last year.

balmakboor

12-02-2009, 08:30 PM

1. Ponyo on a Cliff by the Sea
2. Munyurangabo
3. Capitalism: A Love Story
4. Goodbye Solo
5. Fantastic Mr. Fox
6. The Informant!
7. Treeless Mountain
8. Bright Star
9. Adventureland
10. Taking Woodstock

Added FMF, deleted Paranormal Activity (it has sort of lost its luster over time, still like it though), and bumped Treeless Mountain up a few notches.

Boner M

12-03-2009, 09:20 AM

1. Tokyo Sonata (Kurosawa)
2. Import/Export (Seidl)
3. The Limits of Control (Jarmusch)
4. 35 Shots of Rum (Denis)
5. The White Ribbon (Haneke)
6. A Serious Man (Coen)
7. Inglourious Basterds (Tarantino)
8. Forbidden Lies (Broinowski)
9. Somer's Town (Meadows)
10. Adventureland (Motolla)

Updated & got rid of Love Exposure (previously #2) 'cos it seems like it didn't actually get a DVD or theatrical release in the US this year.

Melville

12-03-2009, 02:29 PM

1. Two Lovers
2. Bright Star
3. Inglourious Basterds
4. Public Enemies
5. Whatever Works
6. The Hurt Locker
7. A Serious Man
8. The Cove
9. The Informant!
10. Adoration

Mysterious Dude

12-04-2009, 02:21 AM

1. Bright Star
2. In the Loop
3. Moon
4. District 9
5. The Hurt Locker
6. Inglourious Basterds
7. Munyurangabo
8. Star Trek
9. The Baader Meinhof Complex
10. Captain Abu Raed

1. Bright Star
2. In the Loop
3. Moon
4. Where the Wild Things Are
5. A Serious Man
6. District 9
7. The Road
8. The Hurt Locker
9. Inglourious Basterds
10. Lorna's Silence

A little over two months. Much better.

B-side

12-07-2009, 08:17 AM

1. Inglourious Basterds (Tarantino)
2. Antichrist (Trier)
3. Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (Herzog)
4. Can Go Through Skin (Rots)
5. Moon (Jones)
6. Collision: Christopher Hitchens vs. Douglas Wilson (Doane)
7. The White Ribbon (Haneke)
8. Broken Embraces (Almodóvar)
9. Phantoms of Nabua (Weerasethakul)
10. The Little White Cloud That Cried (Maddin)

Impossible to rank: OneDreamRush Segment: Crutchnap (Korine)

11. Glorious (Maddin)
12. The Fish Child (Puenzo)
13. Coraline (Selick)
14. Capitalism: A Love Story (Moore)
15. District 9 (Blomkamp)
16. The Limits of Control (Jarmusch, 2009)
17. Where the Wild Things Are (Jonze)
18. Up (Docter)
19. Star Trek (Abrams)
20. Funny People (Apatow)
21. Mammoth (Moodysson)
22. Watchmen (Snyder)
23. Inventorium Sladów (Quay)
24. Adventureland (Mottola)
25. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Yates)
26. Louis Theroux: A Place for Pedophiles (Theroux)
27. Sweet Rush (Wajda)
28. Whatever Works (Allen)
29. À l'aventure (Brisseau)
30. Black Dynamite (Sanders)
31. Grace (Solet)
32. Brüno (Charles)

Ezee E

12-10-2009, 04:45 AM

1. Inglorious Bastards
2. Two Lovers
3. Public Enemies
4. A Serious Man
5. Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
6. Drag Me To Hell
7. Observe & Report
8. The Hangover
9. The Hurt Locker
10. The Road

-A Prophet, Fish Tank, and My Son My Son What Have Ye Done are probably 2010 releases.

origami_mustache

12-11-2009, 05:04 PM

Adoration? I felt like I was watching an after school special on post 9-11 tolerance and the moral conundrums associated with the spread of information and technology.

Ezee E

12-11-2009, 05:15 PM

Adoration? I felt like I was watching an after school special on post 9-11 tolerance and the moral conundrums associated with the spread of information and technology.
Yes, but I really liked the conflict between the main characters and their overall acting so much that I'll forgive the overlong webcam scenes.

Melville

12-11-2009, 05:46 PM

Adoration? I felt like I was watching an after school special on post 9-11 tolerance and the moral conundrums associated with the spread of information and technology.
I felt like I was watching a meditation on the inescapability and ambiguity of history and its pursuant tangled webs of grief; the existential idea of constructing oneself through one's life story (made an especially relevant theme by today's technology and its blogs, video diaries, etc.); the embedding of social concepts of martyrdom, prejudice and otherness, etc., into that history and self-construction; and the mutability and power of these things in a world of instant and widespread information. It was admittedly a bit blunt, but it was so thematically rich that it remained interesting for me.

Raiders

12-11-2009, 06:03 PM

Egoyan's been analyzing technology and how it impacts society, our lives, psyches and interpersonal relations since 1989.

Melville

12-11-2009, 06:32 PM

Egoyan's been analyzing technology and how it impacts society, our lives, psyches and interpersonal relations since 1989.
And most of his movies (that I've seen) are meditations on the inescapability and ambiguity of history and its pursuant tangled webs of grief. (Actually, I thought that was the central subject of the film, rather than the effects of technology.) As others have said, Adoration feels like a very prototypical Egoyan film. It was definitely more blunt (and the themes more awkwardly integrated) than in Egoyan's best work, but comparing it to an after-school special seems absurd.

Raiders

12-11-2009, 06:44 PM

I uh, haven't actually seen the film. I was just commenting that this sounds like nothing new for Egoyan, post-9/11 or not.

Melville

12-11-2009, 06:53 PM

I uh, haven't actually seen the film. I was just commenting that this sounds like nothing new for Egoyan, post-9/11 or not.
Yeah, I know. I was furthering your point. The post-9/11 stuff is about terrorism and anti-Muslim prejudice, rather than the effects of technology, but even so, it fits snugly into Egoyan's recurrent set of subjects, rather than being cheaply of-the-moment, and the film deals with it with some nuance (with the exception of the webcam scenes, which were definitely far too obvious in their orchestration), so the comparison to after-school specials seems undeserved.

origami_mustache

12-11-2009, 10:22 PM

Yeah, I know. I was furthering your point. The post-9/11 stuff is about terrorism and anti-Muslim prejudice, rather than the effects of technology, but even so, it fits snugly into Egoyan's recurrent set of subjects, rather than being cheaply of-the-moment, and the film deals with it with some nuance (with the exception of the webcam scenes, which were definitely far too obvious in their orchestration), so the comparison to after-school specials seems undeserved.

You make a compelling argument for why you liked it and I respect that, however I still strongly disliked it. Maybe I'm just being a curmudgeon lately, but I don't enjoy films that lecture me about things I'm already completely aware of and immersed in. It all felt really forced and obvious to me, I suppose that's where the after school special comparison comes in, but it's at least a tier above that I suppose. Aside from that I thought it was really dull aesthetically as well, but whatever.

Melville

12-11-2009, 10:35 PM

YMaybe I'm just being a curmudgeon lately, but I don't enjoy films that lecture me about things I'm already completely aware of and immersed in. It all felt really forced and obvious to me, I suppose that's where the after school special comparison comes in.
Fair enough. I agree that it would have benefited from a lighter touch.

B-side

12-12-2009, 01:18 PM

1. Inglourious Basterds (Tarantino)
2. Antichrist (Trier)
3. Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (Herzog)
4. Can Go Through Skin (Rots)
5. Moon (Jones)
6. Collision: Christopher Hitchens vs. Douglas Wilson (Doane)
7. The White Ribbon (Haneke)
8. Broken Embraces (Almodóvar)
9. Phantoms of Nabua (Weerasethakul)
10. The Little White Cloud That Cried (Maddin)

Impossible to rank: OneDreamRush Segment: Crutchnap (Korine)

11. Glorious (Maddin)
12. The Fish Child (Puenzo)
13. Coraline (Selick)
14. Vengeance (To)
15. Capitalism: A Love Story (Moore)
16. District 9 (Blomkamp)
17. The Limits of Control (Jarmusch, 2009)
18. Where the Wild Things Are (Jonze)
19. Up (Docter)
20. Star Trek (Abrams)
21. Funny People (Apatow)
22. Mammoth (Moodysson)
23. Watchmen (Snyder)
24. Inventorium Sladów (Quay)
25. Adventureland (Mottola)
26. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Yates)
27. Louis Theroux: A Place for Pedophiles (Theroux)
28. Sweet Rush (Wajda)
29. Whatever Works (Allen)
30. À l'aventure (Brisseau)
31. Black Dynamite (Sanders)
32. Grace (Solet)
33. Brüno (Charles)

eternity

12-13-2009, 03:49 AM

1. Adventureland dir. Greg Motolla
2. Moon dir. Duncan Jones
3. The Box dir. Richard Kelly
4. The Brothers Bloom dir. Rian Johnson
5. Watchmen dir. Zack Snyder
6. Inglourious Basterds dir. Quentin Tarantino
7. World's Greatest Dad dir. Bobcat Goldwaith
8. Paranormal Activity dir. Oren Peli
9. Mary and Max dir. Adam Elliot
10. Ponyo on a Cliff By the Sea dir. Hayao Miyazaki

11. (500) Days of Summer dir. Marc Webb
12. The Soloist dir. Joe Wright
13. Funny People dir. Judd Apatow
14. Up dir. Pete Docter
15. The Girlfriend Experience dir. Steven Soderbergh
16. The Limits of Control dir. Jim Jarmusch
17. Drag Me to Hell dir. Sam Raimi
18. District 9 dir. Neill Blomkamp
19. Fanboys dir. Ryan Newman
20. Observe and Report dir. Jody Hill
21. The Hurt Locker dir. Kathyrn Bigelow
22. Julie & Julia dir. Nora Ephron
23. Broken Embraces dir. Pedro Almodovar
24. Whatever Works dir. Woody Allen
25. Jennifer's Body dir. Karyn Kasuma
26. The Hangover dir. Todd Phillips
27. Extract dir. Mike Judge
28. I Love You, Man dir. John Hamburg
29. Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans dir. Werner Herzog
30. In the Loop dir. Armondo Iannucci
31. Phoebe in Wonderland dir. Daniel Barnz
32. The Informant! dir. Steven Soderbergh
33. The Boat That Rocked dir. Richard Curtis
34. Zombieland dir. Ruben Fleischer
35. Antichrist dir. Lars von Trier
36. Star Trek dir. J.J. Abrams
37. Public Enemies dir. Michael Mann
38. Bruno dir. Larry Charles
39. 9 dir. Shane Acker
40. The Twilight Saga: New Moon dir. Chris Weitz
______________________________ ______
Rotten:
41. Capitalism: A Love Story dir. Michael Moore
42. Orphan dir. Jaume Collet-Serra
43. The International dir. Tom Twyker
44. The Young Victoria dir. Jean-Marc Vallée
45. The Informers dir. Gregor Jordan
46. Whip It! dir. Drew Barrymore
47. Terminator Salvation dir. Joseph McGinty
48. Away We Go dir. Sam Mendes
49. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince dir. That Goddamn Sucker Fucker David Yates
50. Confessions of a Shopaholic dir. P.J. Hogan
51. Taken dir. Pierre Morel
52. The Burning Plain dir. Guillermo Arriaga
53. Good Dick dir. Marianna Palka
54. Powder Blue dir. Timothy Linh Bui
55. The Obama Deception dir. Alex Jones
56. Obsessed dir. Steve Shill
57. The Pink Panther 2 dir. Harald Zwart
58. Van Wilder: Freshmen Year dir. Harvey Glazer
59. X-Men Origins: Wolverine dir. Gavin Hood
60. Bride Wars dir. Gary Winick
61. Sorority Row dir. Stewart Hendler
62. The Ugly Truth dir. Robert Luketic
63. My Sister's Keeper dir. Nick Cassavetes
64. Precious dir. Lee Daniels
65. Paul Blart: Mall Cop dir. Steve Carr
66. The Unborn dir. David S. Goyer
67. The Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience dir. Bruce Hendricks
68. Dragonball Evolution dir. James Wong
69. The Proposal dir. Anne Fletcher
70. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen dir. Michael Bay
71. He's Just Not That Into You dir. Ken Kwapis

NEW: The Young Victoria, The Boat That Rocked, Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, The Box

Ivan Drago

12-13-2009, 05:57 AM

1. Inglourious Basterds
2. Watchmen
3. Crank 2: High Voltage
4. The Informant!
5. Paranormal Activity
6. Two Lovers
7. Star Trek
8. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
9. The Hangover
10. I Love You, Man
11. Whatever Works
12. Up
13. Where The Wild Things Are
14. Gamer
15. Terminator: Salvation
16. Moon
17. A Christmas Carol
18. The Last House on the Left
19. Bruno
20. (500) Days of Summer
21. Taken
22. Zombieland
23. Public Enemies
24. Adventureland
25. Land of the Lost
26. The Blind Side
27. Monsters vs. Aliens
28. He's Just Not That Into You
29. Observe and Report
30. X-Men Origins: Wolverine
31. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
32. Fantastic Mr. Fox

Unrankable: 2012, New Moon

Updated for The Blind Side, A Christmas Carol and Fantastic Mr. Fox.

B-side

12-13-2009, 06:15 AM

Really didn't care for Fantastic Mr. Fox, eh? I can't remember if you're typically a Wes Anderson fan? I don't care to see it right away.

Ivan Drago

12-13-2009, 06:30 AM

Really didn't care for Fantastic Mr. Fox, eh? I can't remember if you're typically a Wes Anderson fan? I don't care to see it right away.

Nope, I do not like Wes Anderson or his hipster antics at all. Fox did have good moments though.

B-side

12-13-2009, 06:34 AM

Nope, I do not like Wes Anderson or his hipster antics at all. Fox did have good moments though.

I should sig this.:lol:

eternity

12-13-2009, 09:47 PM

Hipster antics?

Christ fucking Jesus.

Fezzik

12-14-2009, 04:27 PM

1. Inglourious Basterds
2. District 9
3. Where the Wild Things Are
4. Adventureland
5. Coraline
6. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
7. The Princess and the Frog
8. Up
9. Watchmen
10. The Hangover

Honorable Mention:

11. (500) Days of Summer
12. Star Trek
13. I Love You, Man
14. Zombieland

Meh. Ok, I Guess:

15. Funny People
16. Public Enemies
17. 9
18. The Informant!

Ugh. Just stop. Please

19. G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
20. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
21. X-Men Origins: Wolverine
22. Terminator Salvation

Updated. I'll be the first to admit there was probably no way I could be 100% objective concerning Princess and the Frog. I'm an old school Disney fan-boy, and just seeing this film made me giddy.

Of course, the fact that it was actually pretty damn good made me even giddier, so your mileage may vary.

Sycophant

12-15-2009, 12:09 AM

1. A Serious Man
2. Inglourious Basterds
3. Moon
4. Still Walking
5. Where the Wild Things Are
6. Adventureland
7. The Hurt Locker
8. I Love You, Man
9. Observe and Report
10. Star Trek

Something needs to bump off the bottom one, as I don't think it quite belongs on my year-end top 10. A Serious Man enjoys a pretty much insurmountable position.

baby doll

12-16-2009, 08:55 PM

US Dates:

1. Adoration (Atom Egoyan)
2. Tony Manero (Pablo Larrain)
3. A Serious Man (Ethan and Joel Coen)
4. Silent Light (Carlos Reygadas)
5. You, the Living (Roy Andersson)
6. Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (Hayao Miyazaki)
7. La Frontière de l'aube (Philippe Garrel)
8. Moon (Duncan Jones)
9. The Bad Lieutenant—Port of Call: New Orleans (Werner Herzog)
10. Bright Star (Jane Campion)

I also liked Antichrist, Brüno, Food, Inc., The Girlfriend Experience, The Hangover, The Hurt Locker, Inglourious Basterds, Liverpool, Lymelife, Revanche, Le Silence de Lorna, Sugar, Three Monkeys, Two Lovers, Tulpan, Up, and Whatever Works.So it turns out Silent Light may or may not count as a 2009 release, depending on whether or not you consider the Museum of Modern Art a commercial theatre.

ledfloyd

12-17-2009, 08:03 AM

1. Two Lovers
2. Love Exposure
3. The Limits of Control
4. Summer Hours
5. Adventureland
6. The Fantastic Mr. Fox
7. Up
8. In the Loop
9. Inglorious Basterds
10. Goodbye Solo
new number one. it's possible i'm overreacting and it will settle with time. but this was an unexpected wow.

Boner M

12-17-2009, 08:29 AM

1. Tokyo Sonata (Kurosawa)
2. Import/Export (Seidl)
3. The Limits of Control (Jarmusch)
4. 35 Shots of Rum (Denis)
5. The White Ribbon (Haneke)
6. A Serious Man (Coen)[/u]
7. Inglourious Basterds (Tarantino)
8. Julia (Zonca)
9. Forbidden Lies (Broinowski)
10. Somer's Town (Meadows)

Wow, Swinton really is as good as advertised in Julia. The film itself was shaping up to be my #1 with a bang for about the first hour, but I lost a bit of interest as soon as the kid's kidnapped and the film becomes a little more subservient to its genre mechanics (albeit with many moments of poetry and absurd humour).

Ezee E

12-17-2009, 03:41 PM

Yep. I had the same reaction to Julia, but really disliked that second hour more.

Raiders

12-17-2009, 03:48 PM

Updated:

1. Two Lovers
2. Coraline
3. District 9
4. The Hurt Locker
5. Inglourious Basterds
6. Adventureland
7. Ponyo
8. Star Trek
9. Gomorrah
10. Zombieland

Where the Wild Things Are [7.0]
A Perfect Getaway [7.0]
The Road [7.0]
I Love You, Man [6.5]
The Box [6.5]
Drag Me to Hell [6.5]
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince [6.5]
The Hangover [6.0]
Up [6.0]
State of Play [6.0]
Invictus [5.5]
Paranormal Activity [5.0]
Crank: High Voltage [4.5]
The Informant! [4.0]
Watchmen [4.0]
Taken [3.5]
Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen [2.5]
Observe and Report [2.5]
Terminator Salvation [2.0]

Ezee E

12-17-2009, 03:51 PM

Ah damn. I'll have to look up when Gomorrah came out. That would make a few of my nominations and my top ten probably.

eternity

12-18-2009, 09:34 AM

Avatar placement is temporary. As you may know, The Dark Knight sat pretty highly until I saw it again and realized that I hadn't slept for 44 hours and was high out of my mind. The same circumstances are in effect. I hope not, but kind of.

1. Adventureland dir. Greg Motolla
2. Moon dir. Duncan Jones
3. Avatar dir. James Cameron
4. The Box dir. Richard Kelly
5. The Brothers Bloom dir. Rian Johnson
6. Inglourious Basterds dir. Quentin Tarantino
7. World's Greatest Dad dir. Bobcat Goldwaith
8. Paranormal Activity dir. Oren Peli
9. Mary and Max dir. Adam Elliot
10. Ponyo on a Cliff By the Sea dir. Hayao Miyazaki

11. Watchmen dir. Zack Snyder
12. (500) Days of Summer dir. Marc Webb
13. The Soloist dir. Joe Wright
14. Funny People dir. Judd Apatow
15. Up dir. Pete Docter
16. The Girlfriend Experience dir. Steven Soderbergh
17. The Limits of Control dir. Jim Jarmusch
18. Bart Got A Room dir. Brian Hecker
19. Drag Me to Hell dir. Sam Raimi
20. District 9 dir. Neill Blomkamp
21. Observe and Report dir. Jody Hill
22. The Hurt Locker dir. Kathyrn Bigelow
23. Julie & Julia dir. Nora Ephron
24. Broken Embraces dir. Pedro Almodovar
25. Julia dir. Erick Zonka
26. Whatever Works dir. Woody Allen
27. Fanboys dir. Ryan Newman
28. Jennifer's Body dir. Karyn Kasuma
29. The Hangover dir. Todd Phillips
30. Extract dir. Mike Judge
31. I Love You, Man dir. John Hamburg
32. Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans dir. Werner Herzog
33. In the Loop dir. Armondo Iannucci
34. Phoebe in Wonderland dir. Daniel Barnz
35. Food Inc. dir. Robert Kenner
36. The Informant! dir. Steven Soderbergh
37. The Boat That Rocked dir. Richard Curtis
38. Zombieland dir. Ruben Fleischer
39. Antichrist dir. Lars von Trier
40. Where the Wild Things Are dir. Spike Jonze
41. Star Trek dir. J.J. Abrams
42. Public Enemies dir. Michael Mann
43. Bruno dir. Larry Charles
44. 9 dir. Shane Acker
45. The Twilight Saga: New Moon dir. Chris Weitz
______________________________ ______
Rotten:
46. Capitalism: A Love Story dir. Michael Moore
47. Orphan dir. Jaume Collet-Serra
48. Invictus dir. Clint Eastwood
49. The International dir. Tom Twyker
50. The Young Victoria dir. Jean-Marc Vallée
51. The Informers dir. Gregor Jordan
52. Whip It! dir. Drew Barrymore
53. Obsessed dir. Steve Shill
54. Terminator Salvation dir. Joseph McGinty
55. Away We Go dir. Sam Mendes
56. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince dir. That Goddamn Sucker Fucker David Yates
57. Confessions of a Shopaholic dir. P.J. Hogan
58. Taken dir. Pierre Morel
59. The Burning Plain dir. Guillermo Arriaga
60. Good Dick dir. Marianna Palka
61. The Blind Side dir. John New York Literati Hancock
62. Powder Blue dir. Timothy Linh Bui
63. The Obama Deception dir. Alex Jones
64. The Pink Panther 2 dir. Harald Zwart
65. Van Wilder: Freshmen Year dir. Harvey Glazer
66. X-Men Origins: Wolverine dir. Gavin Hood
67. Bride Wars dir. Gary Winick
68. Sorority Row dir. Stewart Hendler
69. The Ugly Truth dir. Robert Luketic
70. My Sister's Keeper dir. Nick Cassavetes
71. Precious dir. Lee Daniels
72. Paul Blart: Mall Cop dir. Steve Carr
73. The Unborn dir. David S. Goyer
74. The Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience dir. Bruce Hendricks
75. Dragonball Evolution dir. James Wong
76. The Proposal dir. Anne Fletcher
77. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen dir. Michael Bay
78. He's Just Not That Into You dir. Ken Kwapis

NEW: Avatar, Where the Wild Things Are, The Blind Side, Food Inc., Julia, Bart Got A Room, Invictus

EDIT: After rewatch, it is comfortably sitting at the #3 position. It's just a smidge worse than Moon on a substantive level, but you can't just totally ignore the technical achievement of the film.

Kurosawa Fan

12-18-2009, 12:28 PM

Update:

1. Goodbye Solo
2. Moon
3. Drag Me to Hell
4. Sugar
5. Adventureland
6. Sin Nombre
7. Summer Hours
8. Coraline
9. The House of the Devil
10. (500) Days of Summer

Update:

1. Goodbye Solo
2. Moon
3. Drag Me to Hell
4. Sugar
5. Adventureland
6. Sin Nombre
7. Summer Hours
8. Coraline
9. The House of the Devil
10. Fantastic Mr. Fox

Dukefrukem

12-18-2009, 02:04 PM

Avatar placement is temporary. As you may know, The Dark Knight sat pretty highly until I saw it again and realized that I hadn't slept for 44 hours and was high out of my mind. The same circumstances are in effect. I hope not, but kind of.

T1. Adventureland dir. Greg Motolla
T1. Avatar dir. James Cameron
2. Moon dir. Duncan Jones
3. The Box dir. Richard Kelly
4. The Brothers Bloom dir. Rian Johnson
5. Watchmen dir. Zack Snyder
6. Inglourious Basterds dir. Quentin Tarantino
7. World's Greatest Dad dir. Bobcat Goldwaith
8. Paranormal Activity dir. Oren Peli
9. Mary and Max dir. Adam Elliot
10. Ponyo on a Cliff By the Sea dir. Hayao Miyazaki

11. (500) Days of Summer dir. Marc Webb
12. The Soloist dir. Joe Wright
13. Funny People dir. Judd Apatow
14. Up dir. Pete Docter
15. The Girlfriend Experience dir. Steven Soderbergh
16. The Limits of Control dir. Jim Jarmusch
17. Drag Me to Hell dir. Sam Raimi
18. District 9 dir. Neill Blomkamp
19. Fanboys dir. Ryan Newman
20. Observe and Report dir. Jody Hill
21. The Hurt Locker dir. Kathyrn Bigelow
22. Julie & Julia dir. Nora Ephron
23. Broken Embraces dir. Pedro Almodovar
24. Julia dir. Erick Zonka
25. Whatever Works dir. Woody Allen
26. Jennifer's Body dir. Karyn Kasuma
27. The Hangover dir. Todd Phillips
28. Extract dir. Mike Judge
29. I Love You, Man dir. John Hamburg
30. Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans dir. Werner Herzog
31. In the Loop dir. Armondo Iannucci
32. Phoebe in Wonderland dir. Daniel Barnz
33. Food Inc. dir. Robert Kenner
34. The Informant! dir. Steven Soderbergh
35. The Boat That Rocked dir. Richard Curtis
36. Zombieland dir. Ruben Fleischer
37. Antichrist dir. Lars von Trier
38. Where the Wild Things Are dir. Spike Jonze
39. Star Trek dir. J.J. Abrams
40. Public Enemies dir. Michael Mann
41. Bruno dir. Larry Charles
42. 9 dir. Shane Acker
43. The Twilight Saga: New Moon dir. Chris Weitz
______________________________ ______
Rotten:
44. Capitalism: A Love Story dir. Michael Moore
45. Orphan dir. Jaume Collet-Serra
46. The International dir. Tom Twyker
47. The Young Victoria dir. Jean-Marc Vallée
48. The Informers dir. Gregor Jordan
49. Whip It! dir. Drew Barrymore
50. Terminator Salvation dir. Joseph McGinty
51. Away We Go dir. Sam Mendes
52. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince dir. That Goddamn Sucker Fucker David Yates
53. Confessions of a Shopaholic dir. P.J. Hogan
54. Taken dir. Pierre Morel
55. The Burning Plain dir. Guillermo Arriaga
56. Good Dick dir. Marianna Palka
57. The Blind Side dir. John New York Literati Hancock
58. Powder Blue dir. Timothy Linh Bui
59. The Obama Deception dir. Alex Jones
60. Obsessed dir. Steve Shill
61. The Pink Panther 2 dir. Harald Zwart
62. Van Wilder: Freshmen Year dir. Harvey Glazer
63. X-Men Origins: Wolverine dir. Gavin Hood
64. Bride Wars dir. Gary Winick
65. Sorority Row dir. Stewart Hendler
66. The Ugly Truth dir. Robert Luketic
67. My Sister's Keeper dir. Nick Cassavetes
68. Precious dir. Lee Daniels
69. Paul Blart: Mall Cop dir. Steve Carr
70. The Unborn dir. David S. Goyer
71. The Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience dir. Bruce Hendricks
72. Dragonball Evolution dir. James Wong
73. The Proposal dir. Anne Fletcher
74. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen dir. Michael Bay
75. He's Just Not That Into You dir. Ken Kwapis

NEW: Avatar, Where the Wild Things Are, The Blind Side, Food Inc., Julia

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