Best of 09 So Far....

i see a trend with The Hangover,Up and Star Trek dominating lists. I really do need to see Up to see what i think even i thought it looked like shit.

I saw the first 10 minutes of up, and it may be the best 10 minutes I've seen all year... I'm waiting to get some people together to take my daughter to it. It may not happen and I may just break down and go myself (I'm not going to try and take her by myself at this age).

I had a dream about Up last night. It was so good it's consuming my dreams. I was raving to anyone who would listen about how great it was. If yo loved the first ten minutes, you will probably love the whole film. In a year filled with mediocre films, it is the lone stand out. I didn't think Star Trek and The Hangover were as good as others did. I enjoyed both, but didn't think they were great.

W wrote:I've only seen 9 films so far with 2009 release dates (that wouldn't count Gran Torino, Taken, Oscar bait, etc)

Three of them I rated a 9/10, but only the top 2 I'm am sure to get on DVD some time.
1. The Hangover
2. Watchmen
3. Star Trek

Definitely wait for the Ultimate Watchmen DVD (Not sure if that will be the same as the Director's Cut or not), but it will supposedly make it a much better film once all of the stuff that Snyder wanted to include is put in. It will also have the Tales of the Black Freighter story interwoven the way it was in the comic. I believe it is supposed to be released in time for Comic Con the end of this month

I am kind of surprised that Star Trek has been the best of the year so far. In January i would have never i thought i would like Star Trek more than Terminator,Wolverine or Transformers.

good call transformers2, i too thought star trek would not have been better than those that you mentioned. And i just watched Tales of The Black Frieghter the other night, its awesome! Though i really liked it in the graphic novel, its very much the same in cartoon version, goes for anout 20 mins and is pretty much copied word for word so Snyder did that justice too.

PS- interesting list becs, im amped for a couple of those

Top Ten Films So Far....

1. Watchmen
2. Star Trek
3. The Hangover
4. Monsters vs Aliens
5. The Boat That Rocked
6. Milk (came out in 09 over here)
7. Yes Man
8. I Love You Man
9. Let the Right One In
10. Marley and Me

My Top Ten Movies saw in first half of 2009....

1. Up
2. Watchmen
3. The Hangover
4. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
5. Yes Man
6. Star Trek
7. Drag Me to Hell
8. The Reader
9. Frost/Nixon
10. Marley and Me

waitin' 4: Avatar, Public Enemies, The Hurt Locker, Ponyo, 9, Coco Before Chanel, Shutter Island, Where the Wild Things Are, Nine...

My top ten so far (taking into account some of these movies where only released in NZ this year) :

1. Drag Me To Hell
2. Let The Right One In
3. Up
4. Watchmen
5. The Brothers Bloom
6. The Reader
7. The Wrestler
8. Star Trek
9. I Love You, Man
10. Adventureland

This is off the top of my head, knowing some will be edited and/or changed in near future:

1. Adventureland
2. Coraline
3. The Girlfriend Experience
4. Drag Me To Hell
5. Bruno
6. Observe and Report
7. Fanboys
8. Food Inc.
9. The Hangover
10. Sunshine Cleaning

Updated List I have now seen 21 movies this year so here is how they rank from best to worst

1.Inglorious Basterds
2.Star Trek
3.The Hangover
4.Transformers:Revenge Of The Fallen
5.Fast And Furious
6.Notorious
7.Taken
8.Terminator Salvation
9. I Love You Man
10.Watchmen
11.Bruno
12.Wolverine
13.Crank:High Voltage
14.Public Enemies
15.Push
16.Underworld:Rise Of The Lycans
17.Friday The 13th
18.The International
19.The Pink Panther 2
20.Paul Blart:Mall Cop
21.Orphan[the only movie i saw this year i hated with a passion]


A Lot More to see this year so this list will change alot i assume due to the extensive list of films i havent seen yet that i have an intrest in

I think my Top 10 would currently look like:

1. The Hangover
2. Up
3. Star Trek
4. District 9
5. Away We Go
6. Taken
7. Transformers 2
8. Adventureland
9. Moon
10. (500) Days of Summer

THE GOOD
Moon
In the Loop
Star Trek
All Tomorrow's Parties
Inglourious Basterds

THE AVERAGE
The Hangover
District 9
50 Dead Men Walking
The Hurt Locker
Bruno
Coraline

THE BAD
Watchmen
Public Enemies
Terminator 4
Antichrist
5 Minutes of Heaven

Wow, completely forgot that I saw Hurt Locker and Moon. I would replace Watchmen and Wolverine with those two.

The list so far:
1. Up 10/10
2. District 9 9.5/10
3. Inglourious Basterds 9/10
4. Monsters vs. Aliens 9/10
5. Star Trek 9/10
6. Terminator Salvation 9/10
7. Observe and Report 8.5/10
8. I Love You, Man: 8.5/10
9. Harry Potter 6 8/10
10. Watchmen 8/10
11. The Hangover 7.5/10
12. Funny People 7.5/10
13. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen 7.5/10
14. Adventureland: 7/10
15. The Haunting In Connecticut 7/10

1.Inglourious Basterds
2.Star Trek
3.Up
4.Observe and Report
5.The Hurt Locker
6.District 9
7.Ponyo
8.Whatever Works
9.Coraline
10.Drag Me To Hell
11.Earth

My top 5 so far (order sometimes changes, but the films always stays the same):

1. Drag Me To Hell
2. Inglourious Basterds
3. District 9
4. Bruno
5. The Hurt Locker

Honorable mention: Moon.

I've seen a bunch of stuff this year, a little behind last year in the theater though (about 20 so far), but I only wanted to include stuff I was really into. Plus, I forget what year movies came out in if I didn't see it in theaters (like I think Let the Right One In is technically 08 here, but if not it would be in my top 5).

Here you go:

10/10

NA-

9.5/10

District 9

9/10

The Hangover
Drag Me to Hell
Star Trek

8.5/10

Watchmen
State of Play
Public Enemies
Monsters vs. Aliens
I Love You Man
Taken

8/10

Life is Hot in Cracktown
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
Fired Up!
Worlds Greatest Dad
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
X-Men Origins: Wolverine

7.5/10

The Proposal
Orphan
Duplicity
Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder
Adventureland
Angels and Demons

7/10

17 Again
Knowing
Fast and Furious
He's Just Not That Into You
The Ugly Truth
An American Affair
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
Fireflies in the Garden

6.5/10

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Race to Witch Mountain
The International
Year One

6/10

Bruno
The Haunting in Connecticut

5/10

Crank: High Voltage
G.I.Joe
Hotel for Dogs
Balls Out
Friday the 13th
Observe and Report
The Pink Panther 2
Walled In
Horsemen

4/10

Baby on Board
My Bloody Valentine
The Grudge 3

3/10

Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen
Miss March

Will add these this coming week: Sunshine Cleaning, Inglorious Basterds, Pellham 123, Fanboys.

Fanboys was better than I expected. I expected 90 minutes of overused cliches of fanboys but instead it actually was rather funny. The best part was easily William Shatner's cameo.

My top five looks something like this

1. Proposal
2. Star Trek
3. District 9
4. Harry Potter 6
5. Ice Age 3

Dont Judge. lol. To be honest i have not seen any smaller films this year, but i'm going to try and see The Hurt Locker tonight. I hope its good!

Here are my top 10 so far, based on what has been released in NZ:

1. District 9
2. Drag Me To Hell
3. Up
4. Let The Right One In
5. The Reader
6. The Wrestler
7. The Brothers Bloom
8. Dead Snow
9. Watchmen
10. Mother

9 ish
District 9
Star Trek
Hangover
Watchmen
Gran Torino
Taken

8 ish
Haunting in Conn.

7 ish
MvA
X-Men: Wolverine

6 ish
Terminator
Underworld

4 ish
Fast and Furious

3 ish
Knowing
Mall Cop
Year One

2 ish
Chun-Li

It's funny, I know a lot of people have complained about the quality of movies this year. But I don't think its been that bad. My top 10 list consists entirely of movies which I have rated 8/10 or above, and movies such as Star Trek which also received an 8 and Inglorious Basterds which I gave a 7.5 didn't make my top 10. So all in all it hasn't been that bad. Some of the blockbusters have underwhelmed, but its been balanced by some excellent smaller movies.

Drag me to hell at #2? hmm darn i knew i shoulda seen it!

I'm a massive Raimi fan and this ticked every box of what a classic Raimi movie should be. Absolutely brilliant, hilarious and terrifying throughout.