Your Top Ten of 2009

[eternity]

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

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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
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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

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New: Zombieland, Whatever Works

[balmakboor]

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]

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)

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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)

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[Dukefrukem]

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]

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)

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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)

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[EvilShoe]

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
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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

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[B-side]

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)

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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)

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[ThePlashyBubbler]

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]

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)

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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)

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[ContinentalOp]

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]

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]

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


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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

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[EyesWideOpen]

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:

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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+

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[The Mike]

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]

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]

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

Why not?

[The Mike]

Why not?

According to IMDB it's 2007.

[EyesWideOpen]

According to IMDB it's 2007.

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

[balmakboor]

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]

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]

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

Ahh, I feel so vindicated now.

[Silencio]

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]

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)

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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)

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[MadMan]

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]

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-***