Your Top Ten of 2009

[soitgoes...]

I believe one of these was started around this time last year. So have at it.

[Sycophant]

Oh my god, it's June.

I've seen like 8 2009 films so far, so I'll hold off on this for a bit.

[Watashi]

To be updated of course.

10. Summer Hours (Olivier Assayas)
9. Fantastic Mr. Fox (Wes Anderson)
8. In the Loop (Armando Iannucci)
7. Moon (Duncan Jones)
6. Coraline (Henry Selick)
5. A Serious Man (Joel and Ethan Coen)
4. Two Lovers (James Gray)
3. Where the Wild Things Are (Spike Jonze)
2. Up (Pete Docter)
1. Inglourious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino)

[Winston*]

I think the only 2009 film I've seen is Star Trek.

[soitgoes...]

1. You, the Living (Andersson)
2. Coraline (Selick)
3. Lorna's Silence (Dardenne Bros.)
4. Lemon Tree (Riklis)
5. Watchmen (Snyder)
6. Wartime in Winter (Koolhoven)
7. Dead Snow (Wirkola)
8. The Chaser (Na)
9. Up (Docter)
10. Martyrs (Laugier)


I'm not sure if Wartime in Winter will get a US release, but it probably won't be on this list in a month or two anyways. Still waiting for a non-festival US release for You, the Living and Secret Sunshine from '07.

[Ezee E]

I've seen eight or nine, but I'll list the noteworthy ones:

1. Observe and Report
2. Tyson
3. Coraline
4. Taken
5. Watchmen

Eek... Even that's a reach.

[lovejuice]

coraline is the only 2009 film that can stand proudly in my list. haven't watched up though.

[MacGuffin]

1. The Limits of Control
2. Observe and Report
3.
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7.
8.
9.
10.

[Spinal]

1. Tokyo Sonata

2. Other stuff

[Sycophant]

Oh, what the hell.

1. Adventureland
2. Observe and Report
3. Duplicity
4. Corraline
5. Up
6.
7.
8.
9. Dragonball: Evolution
10. Race to Witch Mountain

I've also seen Crank 2, but I don't have an opinion on it yet. Only the first two really stand a chance of making it to the end of the year, unless I keep not watching movies.

[EyesWideOpen]

1. Coraline
2. The Brothers Bloom
3. Star Trek
4. Watchmen
5. I Love You, Man
6. Adventureland

[Stay Puft]

1. Tokyo Sonata
2. The Limits of Control
3. Goodbye Solo
4. Coraline
5. Birdsong
6. Crank: High Voltage
7. Taken

[trotchky]

1. The Limits of Control
2. Observe and Report
3. The Brothers Bloom
4. Anvil! The Story of Anvil
5. Watchmen
6. The Informers
7. Up

Pretty sure that's all I've seen.

[Ivan Drago]

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. Monsters vs. Aliens
27. He's Just Not That Into You
28. Observe and Report
29. X-Men Origins: Wolverine
30. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
31. Fantastic Mr. Fox

Unrankable: 2012, New Moon

[Boner M]

Mostly festival titles getting a belated NYC release:

1. Tokyo Sonata (Kurosawa)
2. Hunger (McQueen)
3. Forbidden Lies (Broinowski)
4. Of Time and the City (Davies)
5. Jerichow (Petzold)
6. Summer Hours (Assayas)
7. Gomorrah (Garrone)
8. You, The Living (Andersson)
9. Star Trek (Abrams)
10. Lorna's Silence (Dardenne)

[baby doll]

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. The Bad Lieutenant—Port of Call: New Orleans (Werner Herzog)
9. Moon (Duncan Jones)
10. Bright Star (Jane Campion)

I also liked Antichrist, Brüno, Food, Inc., The Girlfriend Experience, The Hangover, The Hurt Locker, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Inglourious Basterds, The Limits of Control, Liverpool, Lymelife, Revanche, Le Silence de Lorna, Sugar, Three Monkeys, 35 rhums, Two Lovers, Tulpan, Up, and Whatever Works.

[MacGuffin]

I'm confused. Don't we go by IMDb dates around these parts? If these are going to be used by Boner M. at the end of the year, I'll gladly add Hunger and Martyrs as well as some others to my list.

[baby doll]

I'm confused. Don't we go by IMDb dates around these parts? If these are going to be used by Boner M. at the end of the year, I'll gladly add Hunger and Martyrs as well as some others to my list.Since he has You, the Living on there, I gathered he was going by Australian dates.

[megladon8]

1.) Drag Me To Hell
2.) Coraline
3.) Watchmen
4.) Hunger
5.) ...


Films I really want to see (and I'm sure at least a few will make the list)...

Two Lovers
Gomorrah
Moon
Tokyo Sonata
The Merry Gentleman

And I am so looking forward to Public Enemies it's ridiculous. I nearly wet my pants when the trailer played before Drag Me to Hell. Seeing that on the big screen was incredible. Hell, finally getting to see a Michael Mann film in a theatre will be great.

[Pop Trash]

This early in the year my list is kinda lame. Here's everything I've seen...

8/10
1. Drag Me to Hell
7/10
2. Up
3. Public Enemies
4. I Love You, Man
5. Observe and Report
6. Star Trek
6/10
7. Crips and Bloods: Made in America
8. Away We Go
9. Sunshine Cleaning
10. My Bloody Valentine 3D
11. Wolverine
5/10
12. Friday the 13th
13. Terminator Salvation
14. He's Just Not That Into You

[dreamdead]

As usual, I am horribly behind on viewings. Only seen one, actually.

So by default...

1. Up - 7
2. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - 6.5
3. Watchmen - 4.5
4. Transformers 2 - 2

[Spinal]

I'm confused. Don't we go by IMDb dates around these parts?

Only for yearly consensus purposes. When we're just saying what our favorite films of the year are, there's no reason to be anal.

[baby doll]

Only for yearly consensus purposes. When we're just saying what our favorite films of the year are, there's no reason to be anal.In that case, going purely by when I saw them, I saw Clint Eastwood's Gran Torino when it opened in Busan. I saw Two Lovers and Billy Wilder's Avanti! in Geneva. In Paris, I saw Adoration a second time. I saw Jean-Luc Godard's Le Mépris and Pablo Larrain's Tony Manero in London. In Toronto, I saw Steven Soderbergh's Che, Laurent Cantet's Entre les murs, Gomorra, caught up with Stephen Daldry's The Reader (which I missed in Busan), and Tulpan. And in Halifax, I saw Hunger (which I watched once before on my computer).

[Rowland]

1. Up
2. Martyrs
3. Star Trek
4. Donkey Punch
5. Angels and Demons
6. The Broken
7. The Grudge 3

[MacGuffin]

Jean-Luc Godard's Le Mépris

This one's from 1963.

[trotchky]

This one's from 1963.

rofl

[baby doll]

This one's from 1963.But I didn't see it on the big screen until this year.

[Philosophe_rouge]

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

[Dukefrukem]

1. Star Trek
2. Drag Me to Hell
3. Terminator: Salvation
4. Angels & Demons
5. Watchmen
6. Big Stan
7. Resident Evil: Degeneration
8. S. Darko
9
10.

[Dukefrukem]

1. Up
2. Martyrs
3. Star Trek
4. Donkey Punch
5. Angels and Demons
6. The Broken
7. The Grudge 3

are we counting Martyrs in 2009? BTW, I didn't know you saw it. Help defend it with me against D&MU.

[Spinal]

I'm never sure why this is a hard concept to grasp.

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

Including films that have been available for anyone to watch all over the world for at least 40 years = kind of missing the point of the initial inquiry

[megladon8]

But I didn't see it on the big screen until this year.


So that would belong in the "best first viewings of 2009" thread.

I think this thread is for films released in 2009.

[baby doll]

So that would belong in the "best first viewings of 2009" thread.

I think this thread is for films released in 2009.Actually, I'd seen it countless times before on DVD, but the theatrical experience is something different.

[megladon8]

Actually, I'd seen it countless times before on DVD, but the theatrical experience is something different.


Still doesn't apply to this thread.

[EyesWideOpen]

Still doesn't apply to this thread.

Some people just need to be difficult.

[baby doll]

Some people just need to be difficult.Since I've already offered a list conforming to US release dates, I don't see how I'm being difficult by mentioning some films I've seen in the last few months.

[Bosco B Thug]

7/10
1. Tokyo Sonata
2. Star Trek
3. Coraline
6.5/10
4. Adventureland
5/10
6. Drag Me to Hell
2.5/10
7. The Uninvited
2/10
8. Friday the 13th

Where will Up fall???

[MacGuffin]

Since I've already offered a list conforming to US release dates, I don't see how I'm being difficult by mentioning some films I've seen in the last few months.

God damn it, baby doll. God damn it! You just won't ever learn. We give you an inch, and you take a fucking mile. Damn it all to Hell! Will you never learn? Keep being difficult. Keep pressing Match Cut's buttons. See the things that happen. Spinal's quite the fascist when it comes to banning people. Just test it out baby doll. Name another top ten of 2009 movie that came out in the 1960s baby doll. Damn it, just you do it!

[ledfloyd]

1. A Serious Man
2. Summer Hours
3. Two Lovers
4. Love Exposure
5. Inglourious Basterds
6. Adventureland
7. The Limits of Control
8. In the Loop
9. The Hurt Locker
10. The Fantastic Mr. Fox

Also Recommended: Up, Goodbye SoloRevanche, Tokyo Sonata, Ponyo, Fish Tank, 17 Again, Where the Wild Things Are, Sugar, Adoration, Humpday, The Hurt Locker, Mother, The Cove, Food Inc., 35 Shots of Rum, Bad Lieutenant, Broken Embraces, Still Walking, The Headless Woman, Bluebeard, Bright Star

[Ezee E]

babydoll's tactic isn't going to help him come tallying time.

[baby doll]

babydoll's tactic isn't going to help him come tallying time.Tactic? Tallying time? Help?

[Ezee E]

Tactic? Tallying time? Help?
Don't play dumb with us babydoll.

[MacGuffin]

Yeah, I'm not finding this one very funny at all, baby doll. You lose.

[Boner M]

I go by US dates because it's where a majority of us are from.

Also baby doll, You, the Living is getting a US theatrical run this year.

[trotchky]

I saw Gomorra on the big screen this year, so that would be my new number one. I also saw Dancer in the Dark on a bigger screen than the first screen I saw it on (a large overhead projector vs. a television) so that would be my number two, assuming the projected image is large enough to qualify.

[origami_mustache]

Phantoms of Nabua
Hunger
Tokyo Sonata
The Limits of Control
You, The Living
Two Lovers
Tokyo!
Thirst
Still Walking
Gomorrah

[Duncan]

35 Rhums
Tokyo Sonata
Adventure Land
Two-Legged Horse...maybe 2008? I don't know...
Achilles and the Tortoise
Star Trek

That might be all I've seen.

[Ivan Drago]

Spoiler tags, now this?

I hope baby doll knows how to use the rep function.

[The Mike]

1. Moon
2. Watchmen
3. Inglorious Basterds
4. The Hurt Locker
5. Up in the Air
6. Drag Me to Hell
7. Observe and Report
8. A Perfect Getaway
9. Knowing
10. House of the Devil

HM: The Men Who Stare at Goats, Avatar, District 9, The Box, Trick 'r Treat, Where the Wild Things Are, Zombieland, The Tournament, Paranormal Activity, Big Fan

[B-side]

1. Coraline (Selick)
2. Phantoms of Nabua (Weerasethakul)
3. Funny People (Apatow)
4. Up (Docter)
5. Star Trek (Abrams)
6. Watchmen (Snyder)
7. Louis Theroux: A Place for Pedophiles (Theroux)
8. Adventureland (Mottola)

[ledfloyd]

3. Phantoms of Nabua (Weerasethakul)
this isn't on imdb. i didn't even know he had a new one out.

[B-side]

this isn't on imdb. i didn't even know he had a new one out.

Right here (http://www.animateprojects.org/films/by_date/2009/phantoms).

[soitgoes...]

Also baby doll, You, the Living is getting a US theatrical run this year.Is it really? Where did you here this? It was supposed to be given a Region 1 DVD release earlier this year, but that never happened.

[Boner M]

Is it really? Where did you here this? It was supposed to be given a Region 1 DVD release earlier this year, but that never happened.

D'Angelo and Sicinski both list in on their '09 releases seen/reviewed' lists, and it's listed on Slant's film schedule (http://www.slantmagazine.com/film/film_preview.asp) as coming out on the 29th of July.

I wouldn't want to live in a world where one of the most visually accomplished films of recent years is relegated to a straight-to-DVD release.

[soitgoes...]

D'Angelo and Sicinski both list in on their '09 releases seen/reviewed' lists, and it's listed on Slant's film schedule (http://www.slantmagazine.com/film/film_preview.asp) as coming out on the 29th of July.

I wouldn't want to live in a world where one of the most visually accomplished films of recent years is relegated to a straight-to-DVD release.
Cool. I've been hoping it would make it here so others can get a chance to see it. I doubt it will make it to where I live, but still, it needs some sort of US release.

[B-side]

1. Coraline (Selick)
2. Phantoms of Nabua (Weerasethakul)
3. Up (Docter)
4. Louis Theroux: A Place for Pedophiles (Theroux)
5. Watchmen (Snyder)

Rewatched Phantoms of Nabua, decided it should be above Up.

[Lazlo]

1. Up
2. Adventureland
3. Duplicity
4. Sin Nombre
5. I Love You, Man
6. Star Trek
7. Coraline
8. Observe and Report
9. State of Play
10. Sunshine Cleaning

[Raiders]

Hm, this is everything I have seen from this year:

1. Coraline [9.0]
2. Adventureland [8.0]
3. Star Trek [7.5]
4. Gomorrah [7.5]
5. Up [6.5]
6. Drag Me to Hell [6.5]
7. State of Play [6.0]
8. Crank: High Voltage [4.5]
9. Watchmen [4.0]
10. Taken [3.5]
------------------
11. Observe and Report [2.5]
12. Terminator Salvation [2.0]

I'm guessing, hoping at least, that by year's end only the top two, maybe three, are still on this list.

[Pop Trash]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think soitgoes... just started this thread for shits and giggles and maybe for recs for other film watchers. The yearly consensus lists Spinal makes are more official since they go to his website he created so he uses IMDB dates (which generally date movies by their first public premiere) as a standard for all of us that live in different places around the world. Right?

[Raiders]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think soitgoes... just started this thread for shits and giggles and maybe for recs for other film watchers. The yearly consensus lists Spinal makes are more official since they go to his website he created so he uses IMDB dates (which generally date movies by their first public premiere) as a standard for all of us that live in different places around the world. Right?

I'm not soitgoes, but no, I believe he created a thread for us to put our top 10s on 2009, same as Watashi did around this time last year for 2008. This is not as formal as Spinal's yearly consensus lists.

[Dukefrukem]

I'm not soitgoes, but no, I believe he created a thread for us to put our top 10s on 2009, same as Watashi did around this time last year for 2008. This is not as formal as Spinal's yearly consensus lists.

agreed. why can't people just post their top 10 movies released in 2009 and keep their pie holes shut?


<3

[right_for_the_moment]

1. The Limits of Control
2. My Suicide
3. The Brothers Bloom
4. Serbis
5. The Girlfriend Experience
6. Tokyo!
7. Star Trek
8. X-Men Origins: Wolverine
9. Notorious
10. The International

the top and only ten i've seen for the year

[MacGuffin]

right_for_the_moment, when/where did you see Serbis?

[right_for_the_moment]

Saw it back in January at school, but it played in a lot of the big markets, most recently in San Francisco

[MacGuffin]

Saw it back in January at school, but it played in a lot of the big markets, most recently in San Francisco

Must've missed it (then again, I probably didn't even know who Mendoza was before Cannes).

[right_for_the_moment]

Must've missed it (then again, I probably didn't even know who Mendoza was before Cannes).
Yeah, I don't think it got a very long run, much like The Limits of Control unfortunately

[Grouchy]

1. Watchmen
2. Duplicity
3. The Fish Child
4. Wolverine
5. The Unborn

None of them exactly good movies.

[trotchky]

Olivier Assayas' new flick is playing real close to me, I wonder if I should go see it despite Boarding Gate's first twenty-or-so minutes being not unpainful to watch.

[NickGlass]

Yeah, I don't think it got a very long run, much like The Limits of Control unfortunately

Serbis got a two-week run in NYC (in which time I saw it), then vanished. The Limits of Control has been playing at the same NYC theater for over a month, and still shows frequently throughout the day. This is too bad, of course, since Serbis is (moderately) superior.

Also, trotchky, see, see, see Assayas' new film, Summer Hours. I'm not a big fan of his flashy films, but this one is very austere, emotionally honest, and so casually elegant.

[EyesWideOpen]

1. Coraline
2. The Hangover
3. The Brothers Bloom
4. Star Trek
5. Watchmen
6. I Love You, Man
7. Adventureland

adding The Hangover

[right_for_the_moment]

Serbis got a two-week run in NYC (in which time I saw it), then vanished. The Limits of Control has been playing at the same NYC theater for over a month, and still shows frequently throughout the day. This is too bad, of course, since Serbis is (moderately) superior.
Oh man, California got jipped then. I really wanted to see The Limits of Control again. I'm pretty sure it only got 2, maybe 3, weeks in the greater Los Angeles area and only one in the Bay Area, although I have been known to be wrong. Serbis, I guess, probably got less than that. If I remember correctly, it only showed in one theatre in LA.


1. The Limits of Control
2. My Suicide
3. The Brothers Bloom
4. Serbis
5. The Girlfriend Experience
6. Up
7. The Hangover
8. Tokyo!
9. Star Trek
10. X-Men Origins: Wolverine
---------------
Notorious
The International

[The Mike]

1. Drag Me To Hell
2. Watchmen
3. Adventureland
4. Star Trek
5. Observe and Report
6. Crank: High Voltage
7. Taken
8. The Hangover
9. Up
10. My Bloody Valentine 3DUpdated for Hangover and Observe and Report.

[NickGlass]

These films have stuck out, positively, in my memory:

Summer Hours
Sugar
Tokyo Sonata
Two Lovers
$9.99
Julia
Coraline
Hunger

To a lesser degree:

Tyson
The Guest of Cindy Sherman
Medicine for Melancholy

[eternity]

1. The Brothers Bloom dir. Rian Johnson
2. Adventureland dir. Greg Motolla
3. The Soloist dir. Joe Wright
4. Fanboys dir. Ryan Newman
5. The Girlfriend Experience dir. Steven Soderbergh
6. Watchmen dir. Zack Snyder
7. The Limits of Control dir. Jim Jarmusch
8. Drag Me to Hell dir. Sam Raimi
9. Observe and Report dir. Jody Hill
10. Broken Embraces dir. Pedro Almodovar

11. I Love You, Man dir. John Hamburg
12. The Hurt Locker dir. Kathyrn Bigelow
13. Star Trek dir. J.J. Abrams
14. Antichrist dir. Lars von Trier
______________________________ ______
Rotten:
15. Whip It! dir. Drew Barrymore
16. Terminator Salvation dir. Joseph McGinty
17. Confessions of a Shopaholic dir. P.J. Hogan
18. Taken dir. Pierre Morel
19. Obsessed dir. Steve Shill
20. X-Men Origins: Wolverine dir. Gavin Hood
21. Bride Wars dir. Gary Winick
22. My Sister's Keeper dir. Nick Cassavetes
22. Paul Blart: Mall Cop dir. Steve Carr
23. The Unborn dir. David S. Goyer
24. The Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience dir. Bruce Hendricks
25. Dragonball Evolution dir. James Wong
26. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen dir. Michael Bay
27. He's Just Not That Into You dir. Ken Kwapis


The top three are the only ones that are really relevant and not interchangable with a bunch of other films on there. Not so great of a year so far. Lots of 7s.

[EyesWideOpen]

adding: Up & Kobe: Doin' Work

1. Coraline
2. Up
3. The Hangover
4. The Brothers Bloom
5. Star Trek
6. Watchmen
7. I Love You, Man
8. Adventureland
9. Kobe: Doin' Work

[Ezee E]

adding: Up & Kobe: Doin' Work


Thought it was nothing special at all. No wonder it was simply a ESPN special. Nothing profound to say about the game or Kobe really.

[EyesWideOpen]

Thought it was nothing special at all. No wonder it was simply a ESPN special. Nothing profound to say about the game or Kobe really.

The only reason it was on my list is because I've only seen 9 films from 2009. But yeah your right definitely not what I was hoping for when I heard about a Kobe documentary. I enjoyed it more as someone who plays basketball and a view into what's going on during the game that we as viewers don't normally see. But as someone who considers Kobe his favorite basketball player I would have much rather seen Spike Lee's talent be used for an actual documentary on his life or career.

[Dukefrukem]

He missed the part in that documentary that depicts how much of a douche Kobe is.

[EyesWideOpen]

He missed the part in that documentary that depicts how much of a douche Kobe is.

Since you seem to know so much about Kobe why don't you make your own documentary.

[Derek]

Since you seem to know so much about Kobe why don't you make your own documentary.

Kobe: Bein' A Douche, coming this Fall.

[Dukefrukem]

Since you seem to know so much about Kobe why don't you make your own documentary.

Why would I need to do that when it's already documented in the media? Except in Spike's depiction of course.

[EyesWideOpen]

I've never read an interview where they mentioned Kobe being a douche.

[Dukefrukem]

I've never read an interview where they mentioned Kobe being a douche.

Not just a douche, but a whiny douche who cheats on his wife. A real class act. Not to confuse that with him being the best baller in the league though.

[Dead & Messed Up]

Space break separates the good and the bad.

1. Watchmen
2. Drag Me to Hell
3. The Hangover
4. Coraline
5. Star Trek

6. Terminator Salvation
7. Fanboys

[Boner M]

Post SFF/James Gray/finding out Import/Export is a US '09 release update:

1. Tokyo Sonata (Kurosawa)
2. Import/Export (Seidl)
3. Hunger (McQueen)
4. Forbidden Lies (Broinowski)
5. Of Time and the City (Davies)
6. Jerichow (Petzold)
7. Two Lovers (Gray)
8. Summer Hours (Assayas)
9. 24 City (Jia)
10. Black Dynamite (Sanders)

[Ezee E]

Not just a douche, but a whiny douche who cheats on his wife. A real class act. Not to confuse that with him being the best baller in the league though.
The movie really only cares about what he does on court, which I do like. Too bad it really doesn't do anything for the game of basketball. Maybe because they picked a very boring Kobe game.

[eternity]

I want to see Black Dynamite. Now.

[Ivan Drago]

He's Just Not That Into You (Kwapis '09) - 1

Let me guess...did your mom and sister force it onto you too? That's why I saw it. What'd you hate about it so much? I gave it a 6, but the more I think about it the less and less I like it.

[Pop Trash]

Let me guess...did your mom and sister force it onto you too? That's why I saw it. What'd you hate about it so much? I gave it a 6, but the more I think about it the less and less I like it.

I'll admit it: I rented it from a Redbox when I was getting groceries out of curiosity and the eye candy (Ginnifer Goodwin is a cutie and of course ScarJo) It's not that bad but it totally exists in Hollywood romcom world where everyone is white and everyone lives in amazingly interior decorated apartments and have jobs where they don't actually do anything but look on their myspaces/cell phones/emails/etc. to see if some dude is contacting them. And this is in "Baltimore" no less. The land of "The Wire."

[Ivan Drago]

And this is in "Baltimore" no less. The land of "The Wire."

And from the director of Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird. I still find that hysterical and awesome at the same time.

But yeah I thought it was okay, but my mom and sister keep arguing with me that it's the greatest movie of all time with A+ dialogue. Haha, no.

[eternity]

Let me guess...did your mom and sister force it onto you too? That's why I saw it. What'd you hate about it so much? I gave it a 6, but the more I think about it the less and less I like it.

I saw it on a plane.

It's one of the few films ever made that truly, deeply offended me.

[Ivan Drago]

I saw it on a plane.

It's one of the few films ever made that truly, deeply offended me.

Offended you? How so?

[eternity]

Offended you? How so?
Worst depiction of male and female interactions and relationships in a romantic comedy...ever. Every character in that movie deserves to be alone, forever.

[Pop Trash]

And from the director of Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird. I still find that hysterical and awesome at the same time.


Yeah I noticed that as well. And Follow That Bird is awesome!

[Philosophe_rouge]

I've seen 24 films so far... sad.

BEST
1. Adventureland
2. Drag me to Hell
3. Up
4. Two Lovers
5. The Girlfriend Experience
6. Pontypool
7. Star Trek
8. Away we Go
9. 17 Again
10. Lymelife

WORST
10. Taken
9. Observe and Report
8. The Limits of Control
7. Fired Up
6. Duplicity
5. My Bloody Valentine
4. The Uninvited
3. I Love you Man
2. The Haunting in Connecticut
1. Friday the 13th

Did a bit of re-arranging and added Away we Go

[EvilShoe]

The Hurt Locker
Two Lovers
Observe and Report
The Hangover
Star Trek
TakenI doubt more than the first two will stay on this list.

[Dukefrukem]

1. Star Trek
2. Drag Me to Hell
3. Terminator: Salvation
4. Angels & Demons
5. the Hangover
6. Watchmen
7. Big Stan
8. Resident Evil: Degeneration
9. S. Darko
10.

Updated.

[Dukefrukem]

The Hurt Locker
Two Lovers
Observe and Report
The Hangover
Star Trek
TakenI doubt more than the first two will stay on this list.

Is Taken an 09 movie?

[B-side]

Is Taken an 09 movie?

If we're going by IMDb dates, then no.

[Dukefrukem]

If we're going by IMDb dates, then no.

Are we going by IMDb dates?

[Dead & Messed Up]

Space break separates the good and the bad.

01. Watchmen
02. Drag Me to Hell
03. Up
04. The Hangover
05. Coraline
06. Star Trek
----------
07. Terminator Salvation
08. Dread
09. Fanboys
10. Resident Evil Degeneration

[Philosophe_rouge]

I've seen 24 films so far... sad.

BEST
1. Adventureland
2. Drag me to Hell
3. Up
4. Whatever Works
5. Two Lovers
6. The Girlfriend Experience
7. Pontypool
8. Star Trek
9. Away we Go
10. 17 Again


WORST
10. Taken
9. Observe and Report
8. The Limits of Control
7. Fired Up
6. Duplicity
5. My Bloody Valentine
4. The Uninvited
3. I Love you Man
2. The Haunting in Connecticut
1. Friday the 13th
Added Whatever Works

[The Mike]

1. Drag Me To Hell
2. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
2. Watchmen
4. Adventureland
5. Star Trek
6. Observe and Report
7. Crank: High Voltage
8. Up
9. Friday the 13th
10. My Bloody Valentine 3D Updated. :D

[Dukefrukem]

Updated. :D

ummmm wat?

[The Mike]

ummmm wat?

You heard me. Anyone who can't dig it clearly doesn't know how to enjoy movies.

[Derek]

You heard me. Anyone who can't dig it clearly doesn't know how to enjoy movies.

See the first line of your sig quote.

[The Mike]

See the first line of your sig quote.
You're using a quote from a Michael Bay movie against the love of a Michael Bay movie....bold strategy.

[eternity]

1. The Brothers Bloom dir. Rian Johnson
2. Adventureland dir. Greg Motolla
3. The Soloist dir. Joe Wright
4. Fanboys dir. Ryan Newman
5. The Girlfriend Experience dir. Steven Soderbergh
6. Watchmen dir. Zack Snyder
7. The Limits of Control dir. Jim Jarmusch
8. Drag Me to Hell dir. Sam Raimi
9. Observe and Report dir. Jody Hill
10. Broken Embraces dir. Pedro Almodovar

11. I Love You, Man dir. John Hamburg
12. The Hurt Locker dir. Kathyrn Bigelow
13. Public Enemies dir. Michael Mann
14. Star Trek dir. J.J. Abrams
15. Antichrist dir. Lars von Trier
______________________________ ______
Rotten:
16. Whip It! dir. Drew Barrymore
17. Terminator Salvation dir. Joseph McGinty
18. Confessions of a Shopaholic dir. P.J. Hogan
19. Taken dir. Pierre Morel
20. Obsessed dir. Steve Shill
21. X-Men Origins: Wolverine dir. Gavin Hood
22. Bride Wars dir. Gary Winick
23. My Sister's Keeper dir. Nick Cassavetes
24. Paul Blart: Mall Cop dir. Steve Carr
25. The Unborn dir. David S. Goyer
26. The Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience dir. Bruce Hendricks
27. Dragonball Evolution dir. James Wong
28. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen dir. Michael Bay
29. He's Just Not That Into You dir. Ken Kwapis



Added: Transformers and My Sister's Keeper

[Ivan Drago]

Added: My Sister's Keeper

Why did you and NickGlass subject yourselves to that?

[eternity]

Why did you and NickGlass subject yourselves to that?I saw both of those movies for free. I would never pay for either, and Transformers was way worse anyway.

I probably would have liked it if they kept the original ending and SPOILER BUT YOU SHOULDN'T CARE

killed Abigail Breslin's character in a car crash after she wins the case and kills her sister.

It would have made me stand and applaud.

[Ivan Drago]

I probably would have liked it if they kept the original ending and SPOILER BUT YOU SHOULDN'T CARE

killed Abigail Breslin's character in a car crash after she wins the case and kills her sister.

It would have made me stand and applaud.

...in a good way? Or in a "this is so sappy it's hilarious" way?

But yeah I saw Transformers 2 for free as well. Thank God for that.

[trotchky]

1. Observe and Report
2. Tetro
3. The Limits of Control
4. The Brothers Bloom
5. Anvil! The Story of Anvil
6. Watchmen
7. The Informers
8. Up
*nervously checks imdb dates*

[Sxottlan]

Now that we're exactly halfway through the year, here's my list:

1. Up: ****
2. Watchmen: ****
3. Star Trek: ***1/2
4. Coraline: ***1/2
5. Observe and Report: ***
6. Away We Go: ***
7. Monsters vs. Aliens: ***
8. Terminator: Salvation: ***
9. Taken: ***
10.The Sky Crawlers: ***

[NickGlass]

Why did you and NickGlass subject yourselves to that?

I've been over this--I was assigned by my editor to write a film review of it. He's such a bastard--even dubbing me the "studio-dreck hitman."

[Raiders]

I probably would have liked it if they kept the original ending and SPOILER BUT YOU SHOULDN'T CARE

killed Abigail Breslin's character in a car crash after she wins the case and kills her sister.

It would have made me stand and applaud.

That's not how the book ends.

Her sister survives after the lawyer grants the kidney transplant from Anna's braindead body.

[Ezee E]

A top five that I like:

1)Two Lovers
2)Observe & Report
3)Tyson
4)Coraline
5)The Hangover

Haven't had the desire to see many of the movies in the theater this year. :(

[Boner M]

I've been over this--I was assigned by my editor to write a film review of it. He's such a bastard--even dubbing me the "studio-dreck hitman."
Did you come up with the review headline? I'll rep you anyway cos your three word sig review is awesome too.

[Ivan Drago]

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) lolwut

omginorite???

[Dead & Messed Up]

Space break separates good and bad.

01. Watchmen
02. Drag Me to Hell
03. Up
04. The Hangover
05. Coraline
06. Star Trek
07. Dread
----------
08. Terminator Salvation
09. Transformers 2
10. Fanboys

[eternity]

That's not how the book ends.

Her sister survives after the lawyer grants the kidney transplant from Anna's braindead body.

Ah. This is what I get for reading a third of a book and letting others fill in the blanks.

[right_for_the_moment]

1. The Limits of Control
2. Summer Hours
3. My Suicide
4. Whatever Works
5. The Brothers Bloom
6. Serbis
7. The Girlfriend Experience
8. Seraphine
9. The Hangover
10. Up

Added a couple, I think Summer Hours, The Hangover, and Seraphine, and rearranged some stuff

[soitgoes...]

1. You, the Living (Andersson)
2. Coraline (Selick)
3. Lorna's Silence (Dardenne Bros.)
4. Lemon Tree (Riklis)
5. Watchmen (Snyder)
6. Wartime in Winter (Koolhoven)
7. Dead Snow (Wirkola)
8. The Chaser (Na)
9. Up (Docter)
10. Martyrs (Laugier)

1. You, the Living (Andersson)
2. Coraline (Selick)
3. Lorna's Silence (Dardenne Bros.)
4. Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (Miyazaki)
5. Lemon Tree (Riklis)
6. Watchmen (Snyder)
7. Wartime in Winter (Koolhoven)
8. Dead Snow (Wirkola)
9. The Chaser (Na)
10. Up (Docter)

[baby doll]

US Dates:

1. Adoration (Atom Egoyan)
2. Tony Manero (Pablo Larrain)
3. La Frontière de l'aube (Philippe Garrel)
4. Hunger (Steve McQueen)
5. Gomorra (Matteo Garrone)
6. Two Lovers (James Gray)
7. Tulpan (Sergey Dvortsevoy)
8.
9.
10.

I also liked The Girlfriend Experience, Lymelife, Revanche, Sugar, Three Monkeys, and Up.Updated. I'll add You, the Living when it actually comes out.

[Philosophe_rouge]

I've seen 24 films so far... sad.

BEST
1. Public Enemies
2. Adventureland
3. Drag me to Hell
4. Up
5. Whatever Works
6. Two Lovers
7. The Girlfriend Experience
8. Pontypool
9. Star Trek
10. 17 Again


WORST
10. Taken
9. Observe and Report
8. The Limits of Control
7. Fired Up
6. Duplicity
5. My Bloody Valentine
4. The Uninvited
3. I Love you Man
2. The Haunting in Connecticut
1. Friday the 13th

updaterz

[eternity]

Rouge :(

[Philosophe_rouge]

Rouge :(
I play enough video games to know you're wrong.

[baby doll]

US Dates:

1. Adoration (Atom Egoyan)
2. Tony Manero (Pablo Larrain)
3. Hunger (Steve McQueen)
4. La Frontière de l'aube (Philippe Garrel)
5. Tulpan (Sergey Dvortsevoy)
6. Moon (Duncan Jones)
7. Gomorra (Matteo Garrone)
8. Lymelife (Derick Martini)
9. Two Lovers (James Gray)
10.

I also liked The Girlfriend Experience, Revanche, Sugar, Three Monkeys, and Up..

[Sycophant]

I have now seen ten 2009 films!

1. Adventureland
2. Observe and Report
3. The Brothers Bloom
4. The Hangover
5. Coraline
6. Duplicity
7. Up
8. Dragonball: Evolution
9. Year One
10. Race to Witch Mountain

I don't like all of them!

[baby doll]

I have now seen ten 2009 films!

1. Adventureland
2. Observe and Report
3. The Brothers Bloom
4. The Hangover
5. Coraline
6. Duplicity
7. Up
8. Dragonball: Evolution
9. Year One
10. Race to Witch Mountain

I don't like all of them!There were movies you liked less than Dragonball: Evolution?! You actually saw Dragball: Evolution?! And you stayed to the end?!

[Ezee E]

There were movies you liked less than Dragonball: Evolution?! You actually saw Dragball: Evolution?! And you stayed to the end?!
Pure nostalgia I'm guessing.

[Sycophant]

Pure nostalgia I'm guessing.

Actually, no nostalgia, since I haven't seen or read any previous Dragonball stuff. But as bad as Dragonball was, it at least had a kind of goofy sensibility and had some fun little moments, while Race to Witch Mountain really didn't.

Year One will probably actually swap places with Dragonball: Evolution eventually, but Year One's sins are more present in my mind right now.

[Lazlo]

1. Up
2. Adventureland
3. Duplicity
4. Sin Nombre
5. I Love You, Man
6. Star Trek
7. Coraline
8. Observe and Report
9. State of Play
10. Sunshine Cleaning

Update:

1. Up
2. Away We Go
3. Adventureland
4. Duplicity
5. Sin Nombre
6. I Love You, Man
7. Star Trek
8. Coraline
9. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
10. Public Enemies

[trotchky]

1. Observe and Report
2. Tetro
3. The Limits of Control
4. The Brothers Bloom
5. The Hangover
6. Anvil! The Story of Anvil
7. Watchmen
8. The Informers
9. Up
10. The Girlfriend Experience

I have a top 10 now!

[Derek]

A worthy 10 at last!

1. Two Lovers (James Gray)
2. Two-Legged Horse (Samira Makmahlbaf)
3. Afterschool (Antonio Campos)
4. The Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow)
5. Julia (Erick Zonca)
6. Tokyo Sonata (Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
7. Achilles and the Tortoise (Takeshi Kitano)
8. Coraline (Henry Selick)
9. Summer Hours (Olivier Assayas)
10. Adventureland (Greg Mottola)

[Ivan Drago]

1. Watchmen
2. Crank 2: High Voltage
3. The Hangover
4. Star Trek
5. I Love You, Man
6. Up
7. Terminator: Salvation
8. The Last House on the Left
9. Taken
10. Public Enemies
11. Adventureland
12. Land of the Lost
13. Monsters vs. Aliens
14. He's Just Not That Into You
15. Observe and Report
16. X-Men Origins: Wolverine
17. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Updated.

Wow...this year kinda sucks so far. But what has been good so far has been great.

[MacGuffin]

Updated.

Wow...this year kinda sucks so far. But what has been good so far has been great.

Maybe (well, looking at your list, probably) you just haven't been seeing the right movies.

[Ezee E]

Observe & Report seems to be the top 5 or worst 5 of everyone's lists.

Other then that, Two Lovers, Up, and Adventureland look to be the tops thus far.

[trotchky]

Maybe (well, looking at your list, probably) you just haven't been seeing the right movies.

Well, there are better movies out there than Watchmen and Up, but I nonetheless concur with Ivan Drago that it's been a rather shit year for movies so far.

[Ivan Drago]

Maybe (well, looking at your list, probably) you just haven't been seeing the right movies.

Don't get me wrong I do want to see Whatever Works, Moon, Two Lovers, Away We Go and Tetro but they haven't came near me. Oh the hardships of living in a campustown that doesn't get many limited releases.

[Ezee E]

Don't get me wrong I do want to see Whatever Works, Moon, Two Lovers, Away We Go and Tetro but they haven't came near me. Oh the hardships of living in a campustown that doesn't get many limited releases.
Two Lovers is on DVD.

[Pop Trash]

Updates and such:

8/10
1. Two Lovers
2. Drag Me to Hell

7/10
3. Up
4. I Love You, Man
5. Star Trek
6. The Hurt Locker
7. Public Enemies
8. Bruno
9. Observe and Report


6/10
10. Crips and Bloods: Made in America
11. Away We Go
12. Sunshine Cleaning
13. My Bloody Valentine 3D
14. Wolverine

5/10
15. Friday the 13th
16. Terminator Salvation
17. He's Just Not That Into You

[baby doll]

US Dates:

1. Adoration (Atom Egoyan)
2. Tony Manero (Pablo Larrain)
3. Hunger (Steve McQueen)
4. La Frontière de l'aube (Philippe Garrel)
5. Tulpan (Sergey Dvortsevoy)
6. Moon (Duncan Jones)
7. Gomorra (Matteo Garrone)
8. Food, Inc. (Robert Kenner)
9. Lymelife (Derick Martini)
10. Two Lovers (James Gray)

I also liked The Girlfriend Experience, Revanche, Sugar, Three Monkeys, Up, and Whatever Works.Updated.

[Philosophe_rouge]

I've seen 24 films so far... sad.

BEST
1. Love Exposure
2. Moon
3. Adventureland
4. Public Enemies
5. Drag me to Hell
6. Up
7. Two Lovers
8. Whatever Works
9. The Girlfriend Experience
10. Pontypool



WORST
10. Dream
9. Observe and Report
8. The Limits of Control
7. Fired Up
6. Duplicity
5. My Bloody Valentine
4. The Uninvited
3. I Love you Man
2. The Haunting in Connecticut
1. Friday the 13th
Switching things around a bit, and new additions bold.

[Grouchy]

Finally got 10:

1. Coraline
2. Up

3. Partly Cloudy
4. Duplicity
5. Watchmen
6. The Fish Child
7. Terminator: Salvation
8. The Unborn
9. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
10. X-Men Origins: Wolverine

[Milky Joe]

I've apparently only seen ten films from this year.

1. Moon
2. Up
3. Adventureland
4. The Hangover
5. Star Trek
6. Knowing
7. I Love You, Man
8. The Limits of Control
9. Watchmen
10. Terminator: Salvation

[soitgoes...]

1. You, the Living (Andersson)
2. Coraline (Selick)
3. Lorna's Silence (Dardenne Bros.)
4. Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (Miyazaki)
5. Lemon Tree (Riklis)
6. Watchmen (Snyder)
7. Wartime in Winter (Koolhoven)
8. Dead Snow (Wirkola)
9. The Chaser (Na)
10. Up (Docter)
1. You, the Living (Andersson)
2. Coraline (Selick)
3. Whatever Works (Allen)
4. Lorna's Silence (Dardenne Bros.)
5. Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (Miyazaki)
6. Lemon Tree (Riklis)
7. Watchmen (Snyder)
8. Wartime in Winter (Koolhoven)
9. Dead Snow (Wirkola)
10. The Chaser (Na)

[ledfloyd]

1. Adventureland
2. Summer Hours
3. Still Walking
4. Up
5. In the Loop
6. Revanche
7. Public Enemies
8. Coraline
9. The Girlfriend Experience
10. Watchmen
got 10.

[Mysterious Dude]

I haven't even seen 20 movies from 2008 yet. What has happened to me?!

[Dukefrukem]

1. Star Trek
2. Drag Me to Hell
3. Terminator: Salvation
4. Angels & Demons
5. the Hangover
6. Watchmen
7. Public Enemies
8. Big Stan
9. Resident Evil: Degeneration
10. S. Darko

Updated.

[Dead & Messed Up]

01. Watchmen
02. Drag Me to Hell
03. The Hangover
04. Coraline
05. Up
06. Public Enemies
07. Star Trek
08. Dread
09. Terminator Salvation

Liked 'em all, although it took Transformers to make me appreciate Terminator.

[baby doll]

Not to criticize anyone, but just because you've seen ten movies doesn't mean you have a top ten list. If you don't think the film is worth going out of your way to see, don't put it on your list. Just leave the space blank.

For instance, my top ten of 1981:

1. Modern Romance (Albert Brooks)
2. Diva (Jean-Jacques Bieniex)
3. Lola (Rainer Werner Fassbinder)
4. Raiders of the Lost Ark (Steven Spielberg)
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

I've seen other movies, some of them good ones (like Rohmer's La Femme de l'aviateur), but they're not on the list.

[trotchky]

That's not how Mike D'Angelo does it.

[trotchky]

But seriously, who cares? We're not professional critics; it's a movie forum. Let the people do what they want.

[baby doll]

But seriously, who cares? We're not professional critics; it's a movie forum. Let the people do what they want.It's not a big thing, but seems like people are in a hurry to have ten films, so they can have a list. I think it's better (or at least more useful to the reader, and certainly less ambiguous) to have a list of one or two films that you really like, instead of ten where it's hard to discern how much you liked each one.

[trotchky]

It's not a big thing, but seems like people are in a hurry to have ten films, so they can have a list. I think it's better (or at least more useful to the reader, and certainly less ambiguous) to have a list of one or two films that you really like, instead of ten where it's hard to discern how much you liked each one.

Fair enough.

[Pop Trash]

It's not a big thing, but seems like people are in a hurry to have ten films, so they can have a list. I think it's better (or at least more useful to the reader, and certainly less ambiguous) to have a list of one or two films that you really like, instead of ten where it's hard to discern how much you liked each one.

That's why I block mine out with a 1-10 rating. I could do a top ten but usually halfway through the year, it's a bit of a stretch.

[Ivan Drago]

1. Watchmen
2. Crank 2: High Voltage
3. Star Trek
4. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
5. The Hangover
6. I Love You, Man
7. Up
8. Terminator: Salvation
9. The Last House on the Left
10. Taken
11. Public Enemies
12. Adventureland
13. Land of the Lost
14. Monsters vs. Aliens
15. He's Just Not That Into You
16. Observe and Report
17. X-Men Origins: Wolverine
18. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Updated.

[baby doll]

US Dates:

1. Adoration (Atom Egoyan)
2. Tony Manero (Pablo Larrain)
3. Hunger (Steve McQueen)
4. La Frontière de l'aube (Philippe Garrel)
5. The Hangover (Todd Phillips)
6. Tulpan (Sergey Dvortsevoy)
7. Moon (Duncan Jones)
8. Gomorra (Matteo Garrone)
9. Food, Inc. (Robert Kenner)
10. Lymelife (Derick Martini)

I also liked The Girlfriend Experience, Revanche, Sugar, Three Monkeys, Two Lovers, Up, and Whatever Works."To-da-loo, motherfucka!"

[Morris Schæffer]

State of Play: ***
Angels & Demons: ***
Star Trek: ***
The Hangover: ***
Knowing: **½
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: **
Terminator: Salvation: **
Coraline: **
12 Rounds: *½
Monsters Vs. Aliens: *½

Have yet to see: Public Ennemies, Drag me to Hell, Bruno, Watchmen, Harry Potter 6, X-Men: Wolverine, Up,....

Taken would have made the list, but I consider it a 2008 release.

So still waiting for that first **** flick.

[The Mike]

1. Moon
2. Drag Me To Hell
3. Watchmen
4. Adventureland
5. Star Trek
6. Observe and Report
7. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
8. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
9. Crank: High Voltage
10. Up

Updated. :pritch:

[Dead & Messed Up]

Not to criticize anyone, but just because you've seen ten movies doesn't mean you have a top ten list. If you don't think the film is worth going out of your way to see, don't put it on your list. Just leave the space blank.

It's still a top ten. It's just one in progress. Which these obviously are going to be up to, and beyond, the end of the year. I see no harm in it.

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

[baby doll]

US Dates:

1. Adoration (Atom Egoyan)
2. Tony Manero (Pablo Larrain)
3. Hunger (Steve McQueen)
4. La Frontière de l'aube (Philippe Garrel)
5. The Hangover (Todd Phillips)
6. Tulpan (Sergey Dvortsevoy)
7. The Hurt Locker (Kathyrn Bigelow)
8. Moon (Duncan Jones)
9. Gomorra (Matteo Garrone)
10. Food, Inc. (Robert Kenner)

I also liked Brüno, The Girlfriend Experience, Lymelife, Revanche, Sugar, Three Monkeys, Two Lovers, Up, and Whatever Works.Updated.

[Stay Puft]

1. Tokyo Sonata
2. The Limits of Control
3. Moon
4. Goodbye Solo
5. Coraline
6. Birdsong
7. Public Enemies
8. Crank: High Voltage
9. Chocolate
10. Taken

[trotchky]

1. Moon
2. Observe and Report
3. The Obama Deception
4. The Limits of Control
5. The Brothers Bloom
6. Tetro
7. The Hangover
8. Anvil! The Story of Anvil
9. Watchmen
10. The Informers


Updated.

[eternity]

I prepare to watch The Obama Deception to write a huge rant on how inane it is sure to be.

[trotchky]

I prepare to watch The Obama Deception to write a huge rant on how inane it is sure to be.

You'd be incredible wrong, in that case. Politics aside, it's the most entertaining film I've seen this year.

[Lazlo]

Update:

1. Up
2. Away We Go
3. Adventureland
4. Duplicity
5. Sin Nombre
6. I Love You, Man
7. Star Trek
8. Coraline
9. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
10. Public Enemies

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

[baby doll]

1. Up
2. Away We Go
3. Adventureland
4. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
5. Moon
6. Duplicity
7. Sin Nombre
8. I Love You, Man
9. Star Trek
10. CoralineSo did you like Moon or not? And is Away We Go way up there because you really, really liked it, or pure desperation?

[Pop Trash]

So did you like Moon or not? And is Away We Go way up there because you really, really liked it, or pure desperation?

No, he has it at #2 'cause he thinks it sucks. :rolleyes:

[Sycophant]

Oh, baby doll.

[baby doll]

No, he has it at #2 'cause he thinks it sucks. :rolleyes:How do I know? Maybe he hasn't seen any movies he likes. I mean, I'm sure he liked it, but how much? How much can you like this film? It's amiable, but it's not very spicy. It's the cinematic equivalent of potatoes and plain rice.

[The Mike]

potatoes and plain rice.
Damn, I'm hungry now. :sad:

[Sycophant]

1. Moon
2. Adventureland
3. The Hurt Locker
4. Observe and Report
5. The Brothers Bloom
6. Star Trek
7. Whatever Works
8. The Hangover
9. Coraline
10. Duplicity

Those first four are really strong and will probably be on my final ten for the year.

[eternity]

You'd be incredible wrong, in that case. Politics aside, it's the most entertaining film I've seen this year.
15 minutes in, I realized it was an Alex Jones movie. His conspiracy theories are fun.

I certainly wasn't bored.

[eternity]

1. The Brothers Bloom dir. Rian Johnson
2. Adventureland dir. Greg Motolla
3. (500) Days of Summer dir. Marc Webb
4. The Soloist dir. Joe Wright
5. Ponyo on a Cliff By the Sea dir. Hayao Miyazaki
6. Watchmen dir. Zack Snyder
7. Fanboys dir. Ryan Newman
8. The Hangover dir. Todd Phillips
9. The Girlfriend Experience dir. Steven Soderbergh
10. The Limits of Control dir. Jim Jarmusch

11. Drag Me to Hell dir. Sam Raimi
12. Observe and Report dir. Jody Hill
13. Broken Embraces dir. Pedro Almodovar
14. I Love You, Man dir. John Hamburg
15. The Hurt Locker dir. Kathyrn Bigelow
16. In the Loop dir. Armondo Iannucci
17. Antichrist dir. Lars von Trier
18. Star Trek dir. J.J. Abrams
19. Public Enemies dir. Michael Mann
______________________________ ______
Rotten:
20. Whip It! dir. Drew Barrymore
21. Terminator Salvation dir. Joseph McGinty
22. Confessions of a Shopaholic dir. P.J. Hogan
23. Taken dir. Pierre Morel
24. The Obama Deception dir. Alex Jones
25. Obsessed dir. Steve Shill
26. X-Men Origins: Wolverine dir. Gavin Hood
27. Bride Wars dir. Gary Winick
28. My Sister's Keeper dir. Nick Cassavetes
29. Paul Blart: Mall Cop dir. Steve Carr
30. The Unborn dir. David S. Goyer
31. The Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience dir. Bruce Hendricks
32. Dragonball Evolution dir. James Wong
33. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen dir. Michael Bay
34. He's Just Not That Into You dir. Ken Kwapis


Updated with 500 Days of Summer, In the Loop, The Hangover and The Obama Deception

[Ezee E]

1. Two Lovers
2. Observe & Report
3. The Hurt Locker
4. Tyson
5. Harry Potter & The Half-Blood Prince
6. Coraline
7. The Hangover

Almost at 10 good ones.

[Lazlo]

So did you like Moon or not? And is Away We Go way up there because you really, really liked it, or pure desperation?

I liked all the movies on that list quite a lot. And yes, I really really liked both Moon and Away We Go. So, yeah.

[Eleven]

I always do Top 11s, natch.

1. Two Lovers
2. Coraline
3. Adventureland
4. Drag Me to Hell
5. Up
6. Anvil: The Story of Anvil!
7. Duplicity
8. Public Enemies
9. Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea
10. The International
11. The Girlfriend Experience

Want to See: Moon, The Brothers Bloom, Julia, The Limits of Control, Observe and Report, The Hangover, Whatever Works, Tetro, The Hurt Locker, Bruno.

[Pop Trash]

I liked all the movies on that list quite a lot. And yes, I really really liked both Moon and Away We Go. So, yeah.

You should see Two Lovers if you get a chance Lazlo. I think you would like it since you love All the Real Girls. They are similar in tone.

[Lazlo]

You should see Two Lovers if you get a chance Lazlo. I think you would like it since you love All the Real Girls. They are similar in tone.

Good to hear; it's definitely on my to-see list for this year. Looking forward to it quite a bit.

[Rowland]

I have finally seen ten films!

1. Up
2. Martyrs
3. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
4. Star Trek
5. Donkey Punch
6. Angels and Demons
7. The Broken
8. The Hangover
9. Terminator Salvation
10. The Grudge 3

None of these are worthy of a year-end top ten. Woo-hoooooooo...

[Eleven]

Updated

1. Two Lovers
2. The Hurt Locker
3. Coraline
4. Adventureland
5. Drag Me to Hell
6. Up
7. Anvil: The Story of Anvil!
8. Duplicity
9. Public Enemies
10. Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea
11. The International

Still Want to See: Moon, The Brothers Bloom, Julia, The Limits of Control, Observe and Report, The Hangover, Whatever Works, Tetro, Bruno.

[eternity]

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. Up dir. Pete Docter
6. The Soloist dir. Joe Wright
7. Ponyo on a Cliff By the Sea dir. Hayao Miyazaki
8. Fanboys dir. Ryan Newman
9. Observe and Report dir. Jody Hill
10. The Girlfriend Experience dir. Steven Soderbergh

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


Up, Orphan, Pink Panther 2, Harry Potter

[Philosophe_rouge]

New additions in bold

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


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

[ledfloyd]

update
up is sinking.

[baby doll]

US Dates:

1. Adoration (Atom Egoyan)
2. Tony Manero (Pablo Larrain)
3. You, the Living (Roy Andersson)
4. Hunger (Steve McQueen)
5. La Frontière de l'aube (Philippe Garrel)
6. The Hangover (Todd Phillips)
7. Tulpan (Sergey Dvortsevoy)
8. The Hurt Locker (Kathyrn Bigelow)
9. Moon (Duncan Jones)
10. Gomorra (Matteo Garrone)

I also liked Brüno, Food Inc., The Girlfriend Experience, Lymelife, Revanche, Le Silence de Lorna, Sugar, Three Monkeys, Two Lovers, Up, and Whatever Works.The films in bold open in New York this week, but only Andersson's is really worth going out of your way to see.

EDIT: I wrote about You, the Living for my blog (http://chuck-a-luck.blogspot.com/2008/12/you-living.html). I also wrote about Le Silence de Lorna, but I'm less happy with what I wrote.

[Ivan Drago]

24. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince dir. That Goddamn Sucker Fucker David Yates

At least it wasn't Mike "Let's Turn Goblet of Fire Into A High School Movie" Newell. But then again that could be the writer's fault.

[eternity]

At least it wasn't Mike "Let's Turn Goblet of Fire Into A High School Movie" Newell. But then again that could be the writer's fault.

Goblet of Fire was the best one.

[origami_mustache]

US Dates:

5. La Frontière de l'aube (Philippe Garrel)


Surprised to see this here. I found it to be one of the most amateur films by a well known director I've seen, even more so than Tetro.

[MacGuffin]

Surprised to see this here. I found it to be one of the most amateur films by a well known director I've seen, even more so than Tetro.

Did it play in Los Angeles?

[origami_mustache]

Did it play in Los Angeles?

Not sure if it had a proper release, but The Silent Movie theater played it one night a few months ago when they had a Garrel retrospective.

[baby doll]

Surprised to see this here. I found it to be one of the most amateur films by a well known director I've seen, even more so than Tetro.You're going to have to explain that one. I blogged (http://chuck-a-luck.blogspot.com/2008/10/piff-day-five.html) about the movie from PIFF, but I don't know if my comments will vindicate the film against charges of amateurism, which strike me as frankly inexplicable. Do you have some axe to grind against high contrast, black-and-white cinematography?

[origami_mustache]

You're going to have to explain that one. I blogged (http://chuck-a-luck.blogspot.com/2008/10/piff-day-five.html) about the movie from PIFF, but I don't know if my comments will vindicate the film against charges of amateurism, which strike me as frankly inexplicable. Do you have some axe to grind against high contrast, black-and-white cinematography?

I suppose so to some extent. I love "good" black and white photography, but Tetro and Frontier of Dawn are tinged with a certain look where the movements are too smooth and videoy for lack of a better term. Both films had some decent compositions, but honestly with the capacity of film these days, that's just not enough. The visual aesthetics are probably the least of this films problems though. The sound editing was atrocious, I've seen student films with better sound design. In fact I've probably done better sound work myself. Narratively, it's just about as film school cliché as it gets and aside from Garrel, the acting was pretty poor. The minimal budget is emphasized even more by not actually showing certain pivotal actions (not to the films benefit as in No Country For Old Men). I don't remember enough about the film to be more detailed, I just remember rolling my eyes often and really hating the whole experience. By today's standards it is comparable to 1 out of every 10 films from NYU/USC/yada yada...

[baby doll]

I suppose so to some extent. I love "good" black and white photography, but Tetro and Frontier of Dawn are tinged with a certain look where the movements are too smooth and videoy for lack of a better term. Both films had some decent compositions, but honestly with the capacity of film these days, that's just not enough. The visual aesthetics are probably the least of this films problems though. The sound editing was atrocious, I've seen student films with better sound design. In fact I've probably done better sound work myself. Narratively, it's just about as film school cliché as it gets and aside from Garrel, the acting was pretty poor. The minimal budget is emphasized even more by not actually showing certain pivotal actions (not to the films benefit as in No Country For Old Men). I don't remember enough about the film to be more detailed, I just remember rolling my eyes often and really hating the whole experience. By today's standards it looks like 1/10 films from NYU/USC/yada yada...I think this crosses the line between having an opinion and being factually wrong. Admittedly, Garrel's compositions aren't particularly striking, being mostly (if memory serves) medium shots and close-ups--as befitting a more intimate story with little in the way of broader social relevance. However, as in Les Amants réguliers, the textures of William Lubtchansky's images are really beautiful. And there's nothing videoy about the grain of the film; it's the opposite of a smooth, digital image. (I don't remember the sound, but if there was a problem, I would've noticed it; that's one of the things they tell you in film school, that audiences are more sensitive to bad sound recording than bad photography. So you're going to have to tell me precisely what your problem is.) As for not showing certain things, I think I know the scene you mean, and they show it up to a point before iris-ing out, and after that point, what's there to show? Furthermore, you're going to have to explain how the narrative ellipsis in this film are detrimental, while in No Country for Old Men, they make the film better. How are the two films different in this respect?

[origami_mustache]

I think this crosses the line between having an opinion and being factually wrong. Admittedly, Garrel's compositions aren't particularly striking, being mostly (if memory serves) medium shots and close-ups--as befitting a more intimate story with little in the way of broader social relevance. However, as in Les Amants réguliers, the textures of William Lubtchansky's images are really beautiful. And there's nothing videoy about the grain of the film; it's the opposite of a smooth, digital image. (I don't remember the sound, but if there was a problem, I would've noticed it; that's one of the things they tell you in film school, that audiences are more sensitive to bad sound recording than bad photography. So you're going to have to tell me precisely what your problem is.) As for not showing certain things, I think I know the scene you mean, and they show it up to a point before iris-ing out, and after that point, what's there to show? Furthermore, you're going to have to explain how the narrative ellipsis in this film are detrimental, while in No Country for Old Men, they make the film better. How are the two films different in this respect?

There may have been grain. I didn't mention clarity or resolution. The fluidity of the movements is what I was referring to and it is most likely an issue with shutter speed and the cameras/film used. It may be somewhat of a subtle thing, but noticeable enough for it to bother me. As for the sound, I noticed the room-tone changes on a lot of cuts, it was kind of embarrassing. I suppose dubbing those scenes would have played just as bad though, so whatever. As for the elliptical edits, I thought No Country for Old Men used it to the films advantage to deconstruct typical expectations of a suspenseful thriller, while Garrel uses it in a thrifty Godardian "cut around the violence" kind of way.

[baby doll]

There may have been grain. I didn't mention clarity or resolution. The fluidity of the movements is what I was referring to and it is most likely an issue with shutter speed and the cameras/film used. It may be somewhat of a subtle thing, but noticeable enough for it to bother me. As for the sound, I noticed the room-tone changes on a lot of cuts, it was kind of embarrassing. I suppose dubbing those scenes would have played just as bad though, so whatever. As for the elliptical edits, I thought No Country for Old Men used it to the films advantage to deconstruct typical expectations of a suspenseful thriller, while Garrel uses it in a thrifty Godardian "cut around the violence" kind of way.So your argument against the film is that the shutter speed was incorrect, and there were room tone fluxuations? Yes, how embarrassing for Garrel.

As for the violence, I think to show her convulsing would have a totally different effect than not showing it, and significantly alter the tone of the film, which is pretty sombre.

[origami_mustache]

So your argument against the film is that the shutter speed was incorrect, and there were room tone fluxuations? Yes, how embarrassing for Garrel.

As for the violence, I think to show her convulsing would have a totally different effect than not showing it, and significantly alter the tone of the film, which is pretty sombre.

I'm sure the he was fine with the shutter speed, it was correct; I just didn't like it. and when room-tone shifts are that apparent it is pretty embarrassing. ;)
The banal plot was more annoying and just as amateurish as the technical aspects.

Violence-wise I was thinking more along the lines of him jumping out the window. I found it ridiculous to begin with, but perhaps would have felt more validated if we got to actually witness it.

[baby doll]

I'm sure the he was fine with the shutter speed, it was correct; I just didn't like it. and when room-tone shifts are that apparent it is pretty embarrassing. ;)
The banal plot was more annoying and just as amateurish as the technical aspects.The plot is not banal. It's a tragedy. He could have the boring bourgeois chick, but he follows the exciting siren down the path of self-destruction.


Violence-wise I was thinking more along the lines of him jumping out the window. I found it ridiculous to begin with, but perhaps would have felt more validated if we got to actually witness it.Okay, maybe his handling of that scene is a little clumsy, but I think he's so good at the emotional stuff, at depicting a level of intimacy between two people in a relationship, that the little technical stuff like room tone changes and certain prosaic plot points don't really matter.

[eternity]

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. Up dir. Pete Docter
7. Funny People dir. Judd Apatow
8. The Soloist dir. Joe Wright
9. Ponyo on a Cliff By the Sea dir. Hayao Miyazaki
10. Fanboys dir. Ryan Newman

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


Added: Moon, Bruno, Funny People, Phoebe in Wonderland

[B-side]

1. Coraline (Selick)
2. Phantoms of Nabua (Weerasethakul)
3. Funny People (Apatow)
4. Up (Docter)
5. Star Trek (Abrams)
6. Watchmen (Snyder)
7. Louis Theroux: A Place for Pedophiles (Theroux)
8. Adventureland (Mottola)

[Henry Gale]

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)

Not bad. There's definitely more personal four-starrers here than I may have gotten out of what I saw from 2008, but in both cases there's still a lot of things from the last couple of years that I still have to see before I'll be completely happy with my lists.

[Pop Trash]

Well, I finally have a top ten that I am semi-satisfied with.

8/10
1. Two Lovers
2. Drag Me to Hell

7/10
3. Up
4. I Love You, Man
5. Star Trek
6. The Hurt Locker
7. Public Enemies
8. 500 Days of Summer
9. Funny People
10. Observe and Report


11. Bruno

6/10
12. Crips and Bloods: Made in America
13. Away We Go
14. Sunshine Cleaning
15. My Bloody Valentine 3D
16. Wolverine

5/10
17. Friday the 13th
18. Terminator Salvation
19. He's Just Not That Into You

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

[Ezee E]

1. Two Lovers
2. Observe & Report
3. The Hurt Locker
4. Harry Potter & The Half-Blood Prince
5. Tyson
6. Funny People
7. The Hangover
8. Coraline
9. Knowing
10. Taken

There. Ten that I liked.

[right_for_the_moment]

1. The Limits of Control
2. Summer Hours
3. The Hurt Locker
4. The Headless Woman
5. My Suicide
6. Whatever Works
7. Public Enemies
8. In the Loop
9. The Brothers Bloom
10. Serbis

[baby doll]

4. The Headless WomanWhat dates are you going by?

[right_for_the_moment]

What dates are you going by?
As far as I know it hasn't gotten an official US release yet; however, I saw it earlier this month so I figured it would count

[Pop Trash]

As far as I know it hasn't gotten an official US release yet; however, I saw it earlier this month so I figured it would count

Supposedly there is a limited US release in August, so I think this counts for lists.

[B-side]

1. Coraline (Selick)
2. Phantoms of Nabua (Weerasethakul)
3. Funny People (Apatow)[/U]
4. Up (Docter)
5. Star Trek (Abrams)
6. Watchmen (Snyder)
7. Inventorium Sladów (Quay, 2009)
8. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Yates, 2009)
9. Louis Theroux: A Place for Pedophiles (Theroux)
10. Adventureland (Mottola)

11. Brüno (Charles, 2009)

[trotchky]

sweet avatar, baby doll

1. Two Lovers
2. Moon
3. Observe and Report
4. Funny People
5. The Obama Deception
6. The Limits of Control
7. The Brothers Bloom
8. Tetro
9. The Hangover
10. Anvil! The Story of Anvil

[baby doll]

sweet avatar, baby dollThank you kindly.

[Benny Profane]

1. Two Lovers
2. Moon
3. 500 Days of Summer
4. The Girlfriend Experience
5. Summer Hours
6. Gomorrah
7. Sin Nombre


I think that's all I've seen but I'm not sure.

[ThePlashyBubbler]

1. Hunger
2. You, The Living
3. Summer Hours
4. Crank: High Voltage
5. The Girlfriend Experience
6. Tokyo!
7. Duplicity
8. Up
9. Two Lovers
10. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

I need to see more movies.

[Ezee E]

I guess I could put Flame & Citron on this list even though I saw it last year.

So...

1. Two Lovers
2. Observe & Report
3. Flame & Citron
4. The Hurt Locker
5. Harry Potter & The Half-Blood Prince
6. Tyson
7. Funny People
8. The Hangover
9. Coraline
10. Knowing

[Rowland]

Rearranged:

1. Martyrs
2. Up
3. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
4. Star Trek
5. Donkey Punch
6. The Broken
7. Angels and Demons
8. The Hangover
9. Terminator Salvation
10. The Grudge 3

Still only seen ten releases. lol......

[Kurosawa Fan]

I've only seen eight from this year. Ranked as follows:

1. Drag Me to Hell
2. Adventureland
3. Coraline
4. The Hangover
5. Up
6. Watchmen
7. Wolverine
8. Observe and Report

Didn't care too much for anything below #4 (though Up was decent), and would be surprised if anything other than my current #1 is on my top ten at the end of the year.

[Boner M]

1. Tokyo Sonata (Kurosawa)
2. Love Exposure (Sion)
3. Import/Export (Seidl)
4. The Limits of Control (Jarmusch)
5. The White Ribbon (Haneke)
6. Hunger (McQueen)
7. Forbidden Lies (Broinowski)
8. Of Time and the City (Davies)
9. Jerichow (Petzold)
10. Two Lovers (Gray)

Wow, I'm pretty happy with this list already.

[Rowland]

2. Love Exposure (Sion)
Awesome, I can't wait.

[Philosophe_rouge]

Tokyo Sonato is opening here tomorrow! I'm excited to see it

[Eleven]

If Tokyo Sonata counts...

1. Two Lovers
2. Tokyo Sonata
3. The Hurt Locker
4. Coraline
5. Adventureland
6. Drag Me to Hell
7. Up
8. Anvil: The Story of Anvil!
9. Duplicity
10. Public Enemies
11. Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea

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.

[soitgoes...]

If Tokyo Sonata and Hunger count...

Well it is your list, so whatever works for you, but Hunger did get a 2008 release in the States.

[Eleven]

Well it is your list, so whatever works for you, but Hunger did get a 2008 release in the States.

Hmm, I do like the look of Gray's film sitting atop the list. Edited.

[baby doll]

Wow, I'm pretty happy with this list already.I've already made known my feelings on Jerichow (tired noir retread) and Of Time and the City (watchable and sometimes very funny, but disappointing all the same coming from the guy who made Distant Voices, Still Lives and The Neon Bible; basically I'm pulling an Ebert circa Full Metal Jacket). But I've been reluctant to weigh in on Import/Export, which I saw back in January, because I was so torn on it. It's clearly a marked improvement on Dog Days, which I felt became overly repetitive (the characters just do the same things over and over); one of the surprises here is how the young man goes from being totally unsympathetic to a decent human being. And there are some strong images and individual sequences (that Gypsy apartment building is like a scene from hell). But overall, I still felt that there were too many scenes of the same things happening over and over again, and for long stretches it doesn't seem to be going anywhere. I'll have to give it another look one of these days, if I can ever bring myself to do it.

[Winston*]

4. The Limits of Control (Jarmusch)
5. The White Ribbon (Haneke)


I bet if The White Ribbon had a cute naked girl with glasses wandering about, these two would flip.

[Derek]

I bet if The White Ribbon had a cute naked girl with glasses wandering about, these two would flip.

Great, now I'm doubly depressed I missed LoC in theaters. :sad:

[Lazlo]

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

Update:

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

[Boner M]

Great, now I'm doubly depressed I missed LoC in theaters. :sad:
There was a guy in the theatre who ecstatically moaned every time she appeared onscreen. He was one of the few people who stayed to the end.

[dreamdead]

Updated:

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

[Milky Joe]

1. Moon
2. Up
3. Two Lovers
4. Adventureland
5. The Hangover
6. Star Trek
7. Knowing
8. The Limits of Control
9. I Love You Man
10. Watchmen

[BuffaloWilder]

There was a guy in the theatre who ecstatically moaned every time she appeared onscreen. He was one of the few people who stayed to the end.

It was you, wasn't it?

[EyesWideOpen]

1. Up
2. (500) Days of Summer
3. Coraline
4. The Brothers Bloom
5. Moon
6. Funny People
7. The Hangover
8. Star Trek
9. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
10. Adventureland

[trotchky]

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

list reorganized; added inglourious basterds. i doubt anything else this year will top the latter.

[soitgoes...]

1. You, the Living (Andersson)
2. Coraline (Selick)
3. Whatever Works (Allen)
4. Lorna's Silence (Dardenne Bros.)
5. Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (Miyazaki)
6. Lemon Tree (Riklis)
7. Watchmen (Snyder)
8. Wartime in Winter (Koolhoven)
9. Dead Snow (Wirkola)
10. The Chaser (Na)
1. You, the Living (Andersson)
2. Summer Hours (Assayas)
3. Two Lovers (Gray)
4. Coraline (Selick)
5. Whatever Works (Allen)
6. Lorna's Silence (Dardenne Bros.)
7. Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (Miyazaki)
8. Lemon Tree (Riklis)
9. Adventureland (Mottola)
10. Watchmen (Snyder)

[Qrazy]

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

You, the Living isn't really 2009 is it?

[soitgoes...]

You, the Living isn't really 2009 is it?
By US release dates it is.

[Qrazy]

By US release dates it is.

Meh. I DL'd Andersson's A Swedish Love Story a while back, not sure if I have subs for it or not.

[B-side]

1. Coraline (Selick)
2. Phantoms of Nabua (Weerasethakul)
3. Funny People (Apatow)[/U]
4. Up (Docter)
5. Star Trek (Abrams)
6. Watchmen (Snyder)
7. Inventorium Sladów (Quay, 2009)
8. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Yates, 2009)
9. Louis Theroux: A Place for Pedophiles (Theroux)
10. Adventureland (Mottola)

11. Brüno (Charles, 2009)

Finally seen 10.

[Spaceman Spiff]

1. Coraline - 8.0
2. Adventureland - 7.5
3. Moon - 7.5
4. Whatever Works - 7.5
5. The Hangover - 7.0
5. Observe and Report - 6.5
6. Limits of Control - 6.0
7. Watchmen - 5.5
8. Transformers 2 - Null value

[B-side]

1. Coraline (Selick)
2. Phantoms of Nabua (Weerasethakul)
3. Funny People (Apatow)
4. Up (Docter)
5. Star Trek (Abrams)
6. Mammoth (Moodysson)
7. Watchmen (Snyder)
8. Inventorium Sladów (Quay)
9. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Yates, 2009)
10. Louis Theroux: A Place for Pedophiles (Theroux)

11. Adventureland (Mottola)
12. Brüno (Charles, 2009)

[Ezee E]

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

[baby doll]

8. Funny People
9. The HangoverWhaa?? Maybe it's comparing apples with really depressive oranges, but I don't see how it's possible to like The Hangover less than Funny People.

[Derek]

Meh. I DL'd Andersson's A Swedish Love Story a while back, not sure if I have subs for it or not.

Amazing film. I prefer it to his two most recent works.

[Kurosawa Fan]

1. Drag Me to Hell
2. Adventureland
3. Coraline
4. The Hangover
5. Up
6. Watchmen
7. Wolverine
8. Observe and Report


I'm up to nine!

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

[NickGlass]

These [now 10!] films have stuck out, positively, in my memory:

Alphabetical order, but Summer Hours is tops. And, of course, I have the personally requisite Bujalski and Dardenne Bros flicks. They both attempted to add "plot" to their films, and it was both a large step forward and a minor step back for them.

$9.99
Beeswax
Humpday
Hunger
Julia
Lorna's Silence
Sugar
Summer Hours
Tokyo Sonata
Two Lovers

Honorable mentions to (500) Days of Summer, Coraline, and Medicine for Meloncholy.

[ContinentalOp]

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.

[B-side]

1. Coraline (Selick)
2. Phantoms of Nabua (Weerasethakul)
3. Funny People (Apatow)
4. Up (Docter)
5. Star Trek (Abrams)
6. Mammoth (Moodysson)
7. Watchmen (Snyder)
8. Inventorium Sladów (Quay)
9. Adventureland (Mottola)
10. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Yates, 2009)

11. Louis Theroux: A Place for Pedophiles (Theroux)
12. À l'aventure (Brisseau)
13. Brüno (Charles, 2009)

Added the Brisseau and re-arranged it a bit.

[soitgoes...]

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

[Winston*]

4. Flame & Citron (Madsen)

Great, huh? Not many movies portray the nation that made them's war heroes in such unflattering lights.

[soitgoes...]

Great, huh? Not many movies portray the nation that made them's war heroes in such unflattering lights.
It really is pretty great. I loved Mikkelsen (Citron) in this, especially by the end. The juxtaposition of Flame being the cold killer and Citron, the emotional guy who has a problem with killing, and the way they both came to their ends was perfect. Also the Nazi's not being painted as ultra evil really helped blurred the lines between the two sides.

[Ezee E]

It really is pretty great. I loved Mikkelsen (Citron) in this, especially by the end. The juxtaposition of Flame being the cold killer and Citron, the emotional guy who has a problem with killing, and the way they both came to their ends was perfect. Also the Nazi's not being painted as ultra evil really helped blurred the lines between the two sides.

This.

I rewatched Army of Shadows and F&C is a perfect match between that and Munich.

I need to see it again as its been a year.

[B-side]

1. Coraline (Selick)
2. The Fish Child (Puenzo)
3. Phantoms of Nabua (Weerasethakul)
4. Up (Docter)
5. Star Trek (Abrams)
6. Funny People (Apatow)
7. Mammoth (Moodysson)
8. Watchmen (Snyder)
9. Inventorium Sladów (Quay)
10. Adventureland (Mottola)

11. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Yates, 2009)
12. Louis Theroux: A Place for Pedophiles (Theroux)
13. À l'aventure (Brisseau)
14. Brüno (Charles, 2009)

Definitely recommend The Fish Child.