2009 Films - Ranked
Submitted by CaptMal on Tue, 02/17/2009 - 07:03
Tags:
- A+
- Inglourious Basterds
- (500) Days of Summer
- Capitalism: A Love Story
- A
- A Serious Man
- Fish Tank
- In the Loop
- The Cove
- A-
- The Informant!
- Public Enemies
- Adventureland
- Antichrist
- Das weisse Band - Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte
- The Road
- Life During Wartime
- The White Stripes Under Great White Northern Lights
- Up in the Air
- Fantastic Mr. Fox
- Watchmen
- Un prophète
- That Evening Sun
- Up
- Coraline
- A Christmas Carol
- Zombieland
- World's Greatest Dad
- Brüno
- B+
- Moon
- Bakjwi
- A Single Man
- Whip It
- An Education
- Big Fan
- State of Play
- Funny People
- Best Worst Movie
- The Boys Are Back
- B
- Crazy Heart
- Drag Me to Hell
- Duplicity
- Mary and Max
- The House of the Devil
- Collapse
- The Hangover
- Black Dynamite
- Män som hatar kvinnor
- Youth in Revolt
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel
- Battlestar Galactica: The Plan
- Julie & Julia
- Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
- This Is It
- Nightmares in Red, White and Blue: The Evolution of the American Horror Film
- Mystery Team
- I Love You, Man
- Prom Night in Mississippi
- Good Hair
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles Forever
- Superman/Batman: Public Enemies
- B-
- Madeo
- Away We Go
- The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans
- Sherlock Holmes
- Humpday
- The Boat That Rocked
- Los abrazos rotos
- The Last Station
- Nowhere Boy
- TiMER
- Avatar
- The Princess and the Frog
- It's Complicated
- The Messenger
- Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder
- Green Lantern: First Flight
- C+
- Brothers
- Splice
- Star Trek
- Get Low
- Whatever Works
- Observe and Report
- The Invention of Lying
- Where the Wild Things Are
- C
- The Greatest
- Invictus
- 9
- Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
- Jennifer's Body
- The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
- X-Men Origins: Wolverine
- C-
- I Love You Phillip Morris
- Nine
- My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
- Brooklyn's Finest
- Wonder Woman
- The Blind Side
- D+
- The Lovely Bones
- Terminator Salvation
- D
- The Box
- Kynodontas
- Year One
- D-
- District 9
- F
- Politist, adj.
- The Twilight Saga: New Moon
- Old Dogs
(500) Days of Summer gets A+, i cant wait. Its ZOOEY DESCHANEL!! though its out in one month over here, though prob get limited release, but i will search it out
It's still in limited release here until this weekend, but luckily, a theater near me got it.
This is what I wrote about it elsewhere:
"This is a story of boy meets girl. But here's a warning upfront: This is not a love story." So begins (500) Days of Summer, a rejuvenation of the romantic comedy, which, true to its word, isn't so much a love story as it is a story about someone in love. Tom (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is in love with Summer (Zooey Deschanel), but...Summer isn't in love with Tom. And here's a warning upfront: They don't stay together. The script by newcomers Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber (who also wrote, um, The Pink Panther 2) hits all the right notes in depicting their relationship, from jubilation to despair. Their unconventional structure, which starts on day 288 of the romance and bounces around in non-linear fashion, is a big part of why the film is so unique and enchanting. There's a real exuberance in how they and director Marc Webb reinvent a genre, filled with all sorts of neat tricks, from a hilarious musical number to spoofs of Fellini and Bergman films. Yet none of the quirk gets in the way of the painfully honest emotion at the film's core, conveyed with sincerity by Gordon-Levitt and Deschanel. Though the movie has a lot of laughs, and a lot to smile about, it also brought up painful memories for me that only served to highlight how bittersweet it all is. It shows us how long 500 days are...and how short. This might be the best, and is certainly the most original, rom-com since that other bizarre ode to failed relationships, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
awesome, ive seen few trailers to this on tv now, so maybe it will get a wide-ish release over here
oh i need to talk to you about Inglourious Basterds, my favourite movie of 2009 and now in my top20 of all time. i was blown away by the film. those brilliant scenes (the opening scene, the bar scene and the one where hans has lunch with melanie laurent's character, also that lead up to the final set piece set to cat people by bowie.) i'm honestly suprised by the mixed reviews its got from some critics, i can't wait to see it again. Christoph Waltz & Melanie Laurent deserve oscar nominations imo.
Luckily, the overall reviews have been very positive. It was a fucking great movie, in my top 50 for sure (the list I've got on here is way outdated).
The climactic sequence in the theater is absolutely mind-blowing.
District 9 was B+ not D- / You were probably experiencing indigestion from a bad theatre sausage.
It possible that, from the comfort of my own home, I was experiencing indigestion from a bad theater sausage. It is more likely that it was a mind-numbing movie with jaw-dropping lapses in logic.
District 9 scored 90% for all reviewers and 89% for top ranked reviewers at Rotten Tomatoes - http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/district_9/ Them's pretty good numbers for a film that is "mind-numbing" ;-)
I guess I just fall in with the other 10%. Though I do admit to being baffled by such overwhelming praise, including a freaking Best Picture nomination. Oh well. Not everything works for everybody.
Is now a good time to mention I despise Fight Club?
I have empathy for the outlier position. I still haven't found the allure of Citizen Kane which is considered the best film ever made by many film critics. Timing is everything. I have a copy of 2001: A Space Odyssey that was absolutely compelling when I first saw it in a theater, but now it is a nostalgia piece that seems flat to me. On the other hand, Casablanca seemed like a big yawn the first time I saw it and now I like it. Go figure. BTW, I liked Fight Club because if fucked with my mind, as did District 9.