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Top Ten Films of '09

Dentata

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Originally Posted by dusty
I'm not coming up with ten but I think A Serious Man was my favorite of 2009.

Originally Posted by Piato
I agree. The elements of the film are so understated that it takes a couple viewing to understand its brilliance. Possibly their best movies.

I want to see it so bad.
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Stupid limited release.
 

MetroStyles

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Can a Serious Man be enjoyed by someone who is not religious?
 

Thomas

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eh, The Blind Side was about it for me. Not that I was at the theater a whole lot this year, but still.
 

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Entres les murs (English title: The Class) was probably the best film I saw this year.
 

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I've yet to hear a bad thing about Big River Man but I haven't seen it.
 

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Originally Posted by Fuuma
You guys never watch non-****** movies?

Land of the Lost.
 

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Originally Posted by Dentata
11. Where the Wild Things Are
10. Adventureland
9. Bad Lieutenant: POCNO
8. Fantastic Mr. Fox
7. The Informant
6. Public Enemies
5. Moon
4. Coraline
3. Brothers Bloom
2. An Education
1. Inglourious Basterds


what the ****? obviously you have not seen many films came out this year and this list is beyond absurd.
First of all, how did "District 9" and "Star Trek" not make the list, while Where the wild things are and Public Enemies did. those are the two worst movies i have sat through this year.
Inglorious Basterds was good, but far from being No.1 movie of the year.
I would give the top 3 to Hurt Locker, District 9 and Up in the Air (Zombieland and The hangover are up there for pure entertainment) , as for animated movies, Ponyo , Up and CLoudy with a chance of meet balls are top 3
 

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Hmm.... lets see.

Bad Liutenant POCNO
The Hurt Locker
Julia
Observe And Report
The Brothers Bloom
Sunshine Cleaning
Adventureland
District 9
Fish Story
Pandorum

Special mentions: Anvil! The Story of Anvil, Inglourious Basterds, Star Trek, Moon

Haven't seen some of the ones I think might eventually make it on my list yet:

The Road
The White Ribbon
Crazy Heart
Antichrist
Precious
etc.
 

Piato

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Originally Posted by MetroStyles
Can a Serious Man be enjoyed by someone who is not religious?

Definitely--reviewers played up the religious angle because of the Coen Bros' upbringing, but it has much more to do with agnosticism and how people think of events as morally determined. Just as important as the religious doubt is the late 60s setting and coming to terms with the "new freedoms."
 

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Saw Invictus last night. Well acted, but it is long and the pacing is VERY slow. The key element of a movie is the story telling. The story here is good, but it isn't well told IMO. Not sure how I would improve it given the content, jus sayin'. The second half of the movie is better, but still pretty slow. The first half borders on mind-numbing.
 

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I just watched UP, and I don't really get the hype. It was heartwarming, and the animation was beautiful, but something about it seemed a little off to me.

On another note, Fantastic Mr. Fox was ******* incredible. After seeing the trailer, I wanted nothing to do with it, but I'm glad I gave it a chance. The perfect medium for Anderson's idiosyncratic "message."
 

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In no particular order (I don't feel like rating)--
- Hurt Locker
- New York I Love You
- Up
- Moon
- 9
- District 9
- Star Trek
- Terminator Salvation
- (500) Days of Summer
- Spread
 

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