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Dr. Lecter
You must have big rats
Joined: Sat Oct 16, 2004 4:28 pm Posts: 92093 Location: Bonn, Germany
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What I don't get is the demythologizing part. It seemed no different than other similar gangster flicks. Try watching Public Enemy #1 (the French film)...
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Libs
Sbil
Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 3:38 pm Posts: 48678 Location: Arlington, VA
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A (500) Days of Summer Avatar Inglourious Basterds Precious A Serious Man
A- The Blind Side The Hangover The Hurt Locker The Princess and the Frog Star Trek Up Where the Wild Things Are
B+ District 9 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince He's Just Not That Into You I Love You, Man Invictus It's Complicated Julie & Julia Michael Jackson's This Is It The Proposal State of Play Whip It
B 2012 Away We Go Brothers Bruno Duplicity My Sister's Keeper Sherlock Holmes Sunshine Cleaning Taken The Time Traveler's Wife Watchmen Zombieland
B- The Box The Informant! Observe and Report Orphan Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen The Ugly Truth
C+ Coraline Couples Retreat Public Enemies Terminator Salvation
C Funny People Obsessed X-Men Origins: Wolverine
C- 17 Again Confessions of a Shopaholic
D+ Angels & Demons Bride Wars The Twilight Saga: New Moon
D- The Unborn
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_axiom
The Wall
Joined: Wed Jan 26, 2005 10:50 am Posts: 16163 Location: Croatia
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10/10 01. Avatar (d. James Cameron) 02. Up (d. Pete Docter) 03. (500) Days of Summer (d. Marc Webb)
9/10 04. Inglorious Basterds (d. Quentin Tarantino) 05. Michael Jackson's This Is It (d. Kenny Ortega) 06. Star Trek (d. J. J. Abrams) 07. Drag Me to Hell (d. Sam Raimi) 08. The Cove (d. Louie Psihoyos)
8/10 09. Los abrazos rotos (d. Pedro Almodóvar) 10. Trick 'r Treat (d. Michael Dougherty) 11. Snijeg (d. Aida Begić) 12. Food, Inc. (d. Robert Kenner)
7/10 13. The Hangover (d. Todd Phillips) 14. Coraline (d. Henry Selick) 15. A Christmas Carol (d. Robert Zemeckis) 16. Zombieland (d. Ruben Fleischer) 17. Gomorra (d. Matteo Garrone) 18. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (d. David Yates) 19. District 9 (d. Neill Blomkamp) 20. Anvil! The Story of Anvil (d. Sacha Gervasi)
6/10 21. The Hurt Locker (d. Kathryn Bigelow) 22. Orphan (d. Jaume Collet-Serra) 23. A Serious Man (d. Ethan Coen, Joel Coen) 24. Every Little Step (d. Adam Del Deo, James D. Stern) 25. Brüno (d. Larry Charles) 26. The September Issue (d. R.J. Cutler) 27. Fast and Furious (d. Justin Lin) 28. X-Men Origins: Wolverine (d. Gavin Hood) 29. Watchmen (d. Zack Snyder) 30. Under Our Skin (d. Andy Abrahams Wilson) 31. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (d. Michael Bay)
5/10 32. The Final Destination 3D (d. David R. Ellis) 33. Jennifer's Body (d. Karyn Kusama) 34. Confessions of a Shopaholic (d. P.J. Hogan) 35. My Bloody Valentine 3D (d. Patrick Lussier) 36. Monsters vs Aliens (d. Rob Letterman, Conrad Vernon) 37. Red Cliff (d. John Woo)
4/10 38. Friday the 13th (d. Marcus Nispel) 39. Duplicity (d. Tony Gilroy) 40. Surrogates (d. Jonathan Mostow) 41. Bride Wars (d. Gary Winick) 42. The Ugly Truth (d. Robert Luketic) 43. Angels & Demons (d. Ron Howard) 44. Inkheart (d. Iain Softley)
3/10 45. He's Just Not That Into You (d. Ken Kwapis) 46. G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (d. Stephen Sommers) 47. Dead Like Me: Life After Death (d. Stephen Herek) 48. The Broken (d. Sean Ellis) 49. The Uninvited (d. Charles Guard, Thomas Guard) 50. Pandorum (d. Christian Alvart) 51. 2012 (d. Roland Emmerich)
2/10 52. Gamer (d. Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor) 53. The Unborn (d. David S. Goyer)
1/10 54. S. Darko (d. Chris Fisher)
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Chippy
KJ's Leading Pundit
Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 4:45 pm Posts: 63026 Location: Tonight... YOU!
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**** 1. 500 Days Of Summer x2
2. Avatar 3. Up 4. District 9 5. Inglourious Basterds 6. Moon
***½ 7. Star Trek 8. Taking Woodstock 9. The Hangover x2 10. Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs 11. Watchmen 12. The Blind Side 13. A Christmas Carol 14. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen x2 15. Crank: High Voltage
*** 16. Terminator: Salvation 17. The Proposal 18. Law Abiding Citizen 19. Observe And Report 20. Extract 21. The Fourth Kind 22. X-Men Origins: Wolverine x2
**½ 23. State Of Play 24. The Ugly Truth 25. He's Just Not That Into You 26. G.I. Joe 27. Fast And Furious 28. Hotel For Dogs 29. Monsters Vs. Aliens
** 30. Obsessed
*½
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TonyMontana
Undisputed WoKJ DVD King
Joined: Thu Oct 14, 2004 8:55 am Posts: 16278 Location: Counting the 360 ways I love my Xbox
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I might hit 40 by the end of the year, which will be a great number for me! Last year I only made it to 29.
A #1. The Hagover
A- #2. Zombieland #3. Star Trek
B+ #4. Inlgourious Basterds #5. Up #6. Land of the Lost #7. Crank 2
B #8. Monsters vs Aliens #9. The Proposal #10. Night At the Museusm: BFTS #11. The Watchmen #12. I Love You, Man #13. Coralin
B- #14. Terminator Salvation #15. Futurama – Into the Wild Green Yonder
C+ #16. X-Men Origins: Wolverine #17. Underworld: Rise of the Lycans #18. Angels and Demons #19. Fanboys #20. Ice Age 3 #21. GI Joe #22. Observe and Report
C #23. Bruno #24. Alien Trespass #25. Sunshine Cleaning #26. Adventureland #27. Pink Panther 2
C- #28. Ghosts of Girlfriends Past #29. Year One #30. Inkheart
D+ #31. He's Just Not That Into You #32. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince #33. New in Town #34. Hotel For Dogs
D #35. Paul Blart: Mall Cop
F #36. Tranformers 2
F- #37. Bride Wars
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spencer101f
Full Fledged Member
Joined: Fri Jan 02, 2009 1:26 am Posts: 91 Location: Tally Ho!
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A+ 1 My Life in Ruins (2)
A 2 Every Little Step 3 Nine 4 Inglourious Basterds 5 Precious 6 I Love You, Man
A- 7 Where the Wild Things Are 8 The Princess and the Frog 9 The Road 10 Up (2) 11 Adventureland 12 Whip It! 13 Coraline 14 Up in the Air
A-- 15 The Blind Side 16 (500) Days of Summer 17 Funny People 18 Sunshine Cleaning 19 District 9 20 Avatar 21 Saw VI 22 Michael Jackson's This is It 23 Under Our Skin 24 Afghan Star 25 The Cove 26 Whatever Works 27 Taken 28 Moon
B+ 29 The Fantastic Mr. Fox 30 The Hurt Locker 31 A Serious Man 32 Paper Heart 33 Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 34 An Education 35 Invictus 36 Pirate Radio 37 Star Trek 38 Monsters vs. Aliens 39 The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 40 The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story 41 The Damned United 42 Earth 43 In the Loop
B 44 Management 45 The Yes Men Fix the World 46 Tokyo! 47 The Ugly Truth 48 Shorts 49 Phoebe in Wonderland 50 The Proposal 51 Ponyo 52 Zombieland 53 Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian 54 The Final Destination 55 Drag Me to Hell 56 Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs 57 Orphan 58 2012 59 Bright Star 60 Lemon Tree 61 Watchmen
B- 62 A Christmas Carol 63 Paris 36 64 Julie & Julia 65 The Collector 66 The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard 67 Bruno (2) 68 Notorious 69 The Soloist 70 Tetro 71 Valentino: The Last Emperor 72 Paranormal Activity 73 Carriers
C+ 74 Fame 75 Fired Up (2) 76 Hotel for Dogs 77 Bride Wars 78 Bandslam 79 Away We Go 80 Obsessed 81 The Hangover 82 Amelia 83 I Hate Valentine's Day 84 Angels & Demons 85 Surrogates 86 Adam 87 Gamer 88 Push 89 The Box
C 90 Mystery Team 91 Trick 'r Treat 92 Halloween II 93 Sorority Row 94 The Time Traveler's Wife 95 The Hannah Montana Movie 96 Dance Flick 97 Public Enemies 98 My Sister's Keeper 99 Observe & Report 100 Paul Blart: Mall Cop
C- 101 The Invention of Lying 102 My Bloody Valentine 103 Imagine That 104 Taking Woodstock 105 The Informant! 106 Humpday 107 17 Again 108 Fighting 109 Confessions of a Shopaholic 110 Whiteout
D+ 111 Inkheart 112 Pandorum 113 Fanboys 114 The Fourth Kind 115 A Perfect Getaway 116 I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell 117 The Haunting in Connecticut
D 118 I Love You, Beth Cooper 119 G-Force 120 Gigantic 121 Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li
D- 122 He's Just Not That Into You 123 Fast & Furious 124 Year One
F 125 Friday the 13th 126 Jennifer's Body 127 The Jonas Brothers: The 3-D Concert Experience
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Jmart
Superman: The Movie
Joined: Fri Oct 22, 2004 8:47 am Posts: 21230 Location: Massachusetts
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**** 1. Inglourious Basterds 2. 500 Days of Summer 3. Star Trek 4. Up
***½ 5. Away We Go 6. World's Greatest Dad 7. Pirate Radio 8. Funny People 9. I Love You, Man 10. Fantastic Mr. Fox 11. Observe and Report 12. Knowing 13. District 9 14. A Serious Man 15. Up in the Air 16. Adventureland 17. 2012 18. The Hangover
*** 19. Zombieland 20. The Informant! 21. Taken 22. Killshot 23. Lymelife 24. Management 25. In the Loop 26. Law Abiding Citizen 27. Extract 28. Taking Woodstock 29. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince 30. Whip It 31. It's Complicated 32. Sunshine Cleaning 33. Whatever Works 34. The Last House on the Left 35. The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 36. Shrink 37. 12 Rounds 38. He's Just Not That Into You 39. The Great Buck Howard
**½ 40. Bruno 41. G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra 42. Where the Wild Things Are 43. A Perfect Getaway 44. Sherman's Way 45. The Ugly Truth 46. Fanboys 47. The International 48. The Ghosts of Girlfriends Past 49. Adam 50. The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard 51. Terminator Salvation 52. Confessions of a Shopaholic 53. Couples Retreat 54. Cold Souls 55. An American Affair 56. X-Men Origins: Wolverine
** 57. The Men Who Stare at Goats 58. Drag Me to Hell 59. Public Enemies 60. The Invention of Lying 61. Not Quite Hollywood 62. Surrogates 63. Fast & Furious 64. The Proposal 65. The Girlfriend Experience 66. Friday the 13th 67. Incendiary 68. Love Happens 69. Land of the Lost 70. The Soloist 71. Underworld: Rise of the Lycans 72. Watchmen 73. The Uninvited 74. G-Force
*½ 75. Race to Witch Mountain 76. Amelia 77. Powder Blue 78. Gigantic 79. What Goes Up 80. The Pink Panther 2 81. The Final Destination 3D 82. Paul Blart: Mall Cop
* 83. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen 84. Old Dogs 85. Bride Wars 86. Year One 87. Donkey Punch 88. Ninja Assassin 89. Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li
½* 90. All About Steve 91. Duplicity 92. My Bloody Valentine 3D 93. The Unborn 94. Crank: High Voltage
No Stars 95. Obsessed 96. Push 97. Halloween II
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publicenemy#1
Extraordinary
Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 12:25 am Posts: 19445 Location: San Diego
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A (500) Days of Summer Inglourious Basterds Paranormal Activity The Princess and the Frog Up Up In The Air Watchmen
A- Avatar Drag Me To Hell Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire Star Trek Sunshine Cleaning
B+ Adventureland Away We Go The Blind Side Brüno Coraline District 9 Funny People The Hangover I Love You, Man It's Complicated Jennifer's Body My Sister's Keeper Observe and Report Orphan The Twilight Saga: New Moon The Uninvited Where the Wild Things Are
B 17 Again Confessions of a Shopaholic Duplicity He's Just Not That Into You Nine The Proposal Sherlock Holmes The Time Traveler's Wife
B- Bride Wars The Fourth Kind G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra Hannah Montana: The Movie My Bloody Valentine 3-D Obsessed Sorority Row The Ugly Truth
C+ Fired Up! Ninja Assassin Public Enemies Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
C- X-Men Origins: Wolverine
D The Unborn
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_axiom
The Wall
Joined: Wed Jan 26, 2005 10:50 am Posts: 16163 Location: Croatia
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10/10 01. Avatar (d. James Cameron) 02. Up (d. Pete Docter) 03. (500) Days of Summer (d. Marc Webb)
9/10 04. Inglorious Basterds (d. Quentin Tarantino) 05. Michael Jackson's This Is It (d. Kenny Ortega) 06. Star Trek (d. J. J. Abrams) 07. Drag Me to Hell (d. Sam Raimi) 08. The Cove (d. Louie Psihoyos)
8/10 09. Los abrazos rotos (d. Pedro Almodóvar) 10. Trick 'r Treat (d. Michael Dougherty) 11. Snijeg (d. Aida Begić) 12. Food, Inc. (d. Robert Kenner)
7/10 13. The Hangover (d. Todd Phillips) 14. Coraline (d. Henry Selick) 15. A Christmas Carol (d. Robert Zemeckis) 16. Zombieland (d. Ruben Fleischer) 17. Gomorra (d. Matteo Garrone) 18. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (d. David Yates) 19. District 9 (d. Neill Blomkamp) 20. Anvil! The Story of Anvil (d. Sacha Gervasi)
6/10 21. The Hurt Locker (d. Kathryn Bigelow) 22. Orphan (d. Jaume Collet-Serra) 23. A Serious Man (d. Ethan Coen, Joel Coen) 24. Every Little Step (d. Adam Del Deo, James D. Stern) 25. Brüno (d. Larry Charles) 26. The September Issue (d. R.J. Cutler) 27. Fast and Furious (d. Justin Lin) 28. X-Men Origins: Wolverine (d. Gavin Hood) 29. Watchmen (d. Zack Snyder) 30. Under Our Skin (d. Andy Abrahams Wilson) 31. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (d. Michael Bay)
5/10 32. The Final Destination 3D (d. David R. Ellis) 33. Jennifer's Body (d. Karyn Kusama) 34. Confessions of a Shopaholic (d. P.J. Hogan) 35. My Bloody Valentine 3D (d. Patrick Lussier) 36. Monsters vs Aliens (d. Rob Letterman, Conrad Vernon) 37. Red Cliff (d. John Woo)
4/10 38. Friday the 13th (d. Marcus Nispel) 39. Duplicity (d. Tony Gilroy) 40. Surrogates (d. Jonathan Mostow) 41. Bride Wars (d. Gary Winick) 42. The Ugly Truth (d. Robert Luketic) 43. Angels & Demons (d. Ron Howard) 44. Inkheart (d. Iain Softley)
3/10 45. He's Just Not That Into You (d. Ken Kwapis) 46. G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (d. Stephen Sommers) 47. Dead Like Me: Life After Death (d. Stephen Herek) 48. The Broken (d. Sean Ellis) 49. The Uninvited (d. Charles Guard, Thomas Guard) 50. Pandorum (d. Christian Alvart) 51. 2012 (d. Roland Emmerich)
2/10 52. Gamer (d. Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor) 53. Vertige (d. Abel Ferry) 54. The Unborn (d. David S. Goyer)
1/10 55. S. Darko (d. Chris Fisher)
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jmovies
Let's Call It A Bromance
Joined: Tue Aug 07, 2007 7:22 pm Posts: 12333
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**** An Education Avatar Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince Inglourious Basterds Up
***1/2 A Christmas Carol Adventureland The Brother's Bloom Everybody's Fine Extract The Fantastic Mr. Fox Funny People I Love You, Man Moon Star Trek
*** Bart Got A Room Coraline District 9 Drag Me to Hell The Hangover The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus The Informant! Julie & Julia The Men Who Stare at Goats The Missing Person Monsters vs. Aliens Paranormal Activity The Proposal State of Play Zombieland
**1/2 17 Again Duplicity Fired Up! The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs Knowing Law Abiding Citizen Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian Paper Heart Taken The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
** 2012 9 Bride Wars Confessions of a Shopaholic Fast and Furious GI Joe: Rise of the Cobra Terminator: Salvation Push X-Men Origins: Wolverine
*1/2 Gamer Observe and Report Obsessed Paul Blart: Mall Cop Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Race to Witch Mountain Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
* The Box Bruno The Final Destination Land of the Lost Year One
1/2* Aliens in the Attic Dragonball: Evolution Sorority Row
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Chippy
KJ's Leading Pundit
Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 4:45 pm Posts: 63026 Location: Tonight... YOU!
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**** 1. 500 Days Of Summer x2
2. Avatar x2 3. Up 4. District 9 5. Inglourious Basterds 6. Moon
***½ 7. Star Trek 8. Taking Woodstock 9. The Hangover x2 10. Watchmen 11. Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs 12. The Blind Side 13. A Christmas Carol 14. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen x2 15. Crank: High Voltage
*** 16. Terminator: Salvation 17. The Proposal 18. Law Abiding Citizen 19. Observe And Report 20. Extract 21. The Fourth Kind 22. X-Men Origins: Wolverine x2
**½ 23. State Of Play 24. The Ugly Truth 25. He's Just Not That Into You 26. G.I. Joe 27. Fast And Furious 28. Hotel For Dogs 29. Monsters Vs. Aliens
** 30. Obsessed
*½
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_________________trixster wrote: shut the fuck up zwackerm, you're out of your fucking element trixster wrote: chippy is correct
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Sbil
Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 3:38 pm Posts: 48678 Location: Arlington, VA
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A (500) Days of Summer Avatar Inglourious Basterds Precious A Serious Man Up in the Air
A- The Blind Side The Hangover The Hurt Locker The Princess and the Frog Star Trek Up Where the Wild Things Are
B+ District 9 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince He's Just Not That Into You I Love You, Man Invictus It's Complicated Julie & Julia Michael Jackson's This Is It The Proposal State of Play Whip It
B 2012 Away We Go Brothers Bruno Duplicity My Sister's Keeper Sherlock Holmes Sunshine Cleaning Taken The Time Traveler's Wife Watchmen Zombieland
B- The Box The Informant! Observe and Report Orphan Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen The Ugly Truth
C+ Coraline Couples Retreat Public Enemies Terminator Salvation
C Funny People Obsessed X-Men Origins: Wolverine
C- 17 Again Confessions of a Shopaholic
D+ Angels & Demons Bride Wars The Twilight Saga: New Moon
D- The Unborn
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spencer101f
Full Fledged Member
Joined: Fri Jan 02, 2009 1:26 am Posts: 91 Location: Tally Ho!
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Adding Me & Orson Welles, The Uninvited, and Law Abiding Citizen and switching TPATF with Up...
A+ 1 My Life in Ruins (2)
A 2 Every Little Step 3 Nine 4 Inglourious Basterds 5 Precious 6 I Love You, Man 7 Me & Orson Welles
A- 8 Where the Wild Things Are 9 Up (2) 10 The Road 11 The Princess and the Frog 12 Adventureland 13 Whip It! 14 Coraline 15 Up in the Air
A-- 16 The Blind Side 17 (500) Days of Summer 18 Funny People 19 Sunshine Cleaning 20 District 9 21 Avatar 22 Saw VI 23 Michael Jackson's This is It 24 Under Our Skin 25 Afghan Star 26 The Cove 27 Whatever Works 28 Taken 29 Moon
B+ 30 The Fantastic Mr. Fox 31 The Hurt Locker 32 A Serious Man 33 Paper Heart 34 Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 35 An Education 36 Invictus 37 Pirate Radio 38 Star Trek 39 Monsters vs. Aliens 40 The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 41 The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story 42 The Damned United 43 Earth 44 In the Loop
B 45 Management 46 The Yes Men Fix the World 47 Tokyo! 48 The Ugly Truth 49 Shorts 50 Law Abiding Citizen 51 Phoebe in Wonderland 52 The Proposal 53 Ponyo 54 Zombieland 55 Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian 56 The Final Destination 57 Drag Me to Hell 58 Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs 59 Orphan 60 2012 61 Bright Star 62 Lemon Tree 63 Watchmen
B- 64 A Christmas Carol 65 Paris 36 66 Julie & Julia 67 The Collector 68 The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard 69 Bruno (2) 70 Notorious 71 The Soloist 72 Tetro 73 Valentino: The Last Emperor 74 Paranormal Activity 75 Carriers
C+ 76 Fame 77 Fired Up (2) 78 Hotel for Dogs 79 Bride Wars 80 Bandslam 81 Away We Go 82 Obsessed 83 The Hangover 84 Amelia 85 I Hate Valentine's Day 86 Angels & Demons 87 Surrogates 88 Adam 89 Gamer 90 Push 91 The Box
C 92 Mystery Team 93 Trick 'r Treat 94 Halloween II 95 Sorority Row 96 The Time Traveler's Wife 97 The Hannah Montana Movie 98 Dance Flick 99 Public Enemies 100 My Sister's Keeper 101 Observe & Report 102 Paul Blart: Mall Cop
C- 103 The Invention of Lying 104 My Bloody Valentine 105 Imagine That 106 The Uninvited 107 Taking Woodstock 108 The Informant! 109 Humpday 110 17 Again 111 Fighting 112 Confessions of a Shopaholic 113 Whiteout
D+ 114 Inkheart 115 Pandorum 116 Fanboys 117 The Fourth Kind 118 A Perfect Getaway 119 I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell 120 The Haunting in Connecticut
D 121 I Love You, Beth Cooper 122 G-Force 123 Gigantic 124 Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li
D- 125 He's Just Not That Into You 126 Fast & Furious 127 Year One
F 128 Friday the 13th 129 Jennifer's Body 130 The Jonas Brothers: The 3-D Concert Experience
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jmovies
Let's Call It A Bromance
Joined: Tue Aug 07, 2007 7:22 pm Posts: 12333
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**** An Education Avatar Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince Inglourious Basterds Up
***1/2 A Christmas Carol Adventureland The Brother's Bloom Everybody's Fine Extract The Fantastic Mr. Fox Funny People I Love You, Man Moon Star Trek
*** Bart Got A Room Coraline District 9 Drag Me to Hell The Hangover The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus The Informant! Julie & Julia The Men Who Stare at Goats The Missing Person Monsters vs. Aliens Paranormal Activity The Proposal State of Play Zombieland
**1/2 17 Again Duplicity Fired Up! The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs Knowing Law Abiding Citizen Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian Paper Heart Taken The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
** 2012 9 Bride Wars Carriers Confessions of a Shopaholic Fast and Furious GI Joe: Rise of the Cobra The Marc Pease Experience Push Terminator: Salvation X-Men Origins: Wolverine
*1/2 Gamer Observe and Report Obsessed Paul Blart: Mall Cop Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Race to Witch Mountain Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
* The Box Bruno The Final Destination Land of the Lost Year One
1/2* Aliens in the Attic Crank: High Voltage Dragonball: Evolution Sorority Row
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2001
Another You
Joined: Mon Apr 30, 2007 5:38 am Posts: 4556
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A District 9 Avatar
A- Star Trek Orphan Drag Me To Hell
B+ Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen The Last House on the Left Monsters vs. Aliens Watchmen Taken Knowing Moon (500) Days of Summer This Is It Up The Hurt Locker Terminator: Salvation
B 2012 Law Abiding Citizen Confessions of a Shopaholic The Proposal The Hangover The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 Inglorious Basterds I Love You, Man Public Enemies In My Life The Ugly Truth
B- The Uninvited Fast & Furious X-Men Origins: Wolverine My Bloody Valentine Friday the 13th He's Just Not That Into You
C+ G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince The Haunting in Connecticut Land of the Lost
C Wrong Turn 3: Left For Dead Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
C- The Final Destination
D+ The Unborn
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trixster
loyalfromlondon
Joined: Wed Oct 13, 2004 6:31 pm Posts: 19697 Location: ville-marie
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Better than sex 01. Inglourious Basterds
Masterful 02. The Box 03. A Serious Man 04. The Hurt Locker 05. Drag Me to Hell 06. Public Enemies 07. Funny People 08. Adventureland
Nearly there 09. The Last House on the Left 10. Star Trek 11. The International 12. The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans 13. Pontypool 14. Where the Wild Things Are 15. Up 16. Brüno 17. In the Loop
Pretty good 18. Terminator Salvation 19. Trick 'r Treat 20. Surveillance 21. Avatar 22. The Brothers Bloom 23. Push 24. Surrogates
Just ok 25. State of Play 26. Sherlock Holmes 27. Zombieland 28. 9 29. Away We Go 30. Coraline 31. The Hangover 32. One Week 33. I Love You, Man 34. Duplicity
Meh 35. The Road 36. Watchmen 37. Moon 38. Law Abiding Citizen 39. A Perfect Getaway 40. Sorority Row 41. The Girlfriend Experience 42. Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
Kinda lame 43. (500) Days of Summer 44. District 9 45. Jennifer's Body 46. The Men Who Stare at Goats 47. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 48. Død Snø [Dead Snow] 49. Taken 50. 17 Again 51. The Proposal
Deeply flawed 52. Crank: High Voltage 53. Observe and Report 54. Knowing 55. 2012 56. X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Really bad 57. G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra 58. Dakota Skye 59. Precious 60. Whiteout 61. The Unborn
EPIC FAIL 62. Halloween II
Impossible to qualify Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
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spencer101f
Full Fledged Member
Joined: Fri Jan 02, 2009 1:26 am Posts: 91 Location: Tally Ho!
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I watched My Life in Ruins and I Love You, Man again today...and I watched The International.
A+ 1 My Life in Ruins (3)
A 2 Every Little Step 3 Nine 4 Inglourious Basterds 5 Precious 6 I Love You, Man (2) 7 Me & Orson Welles
A- 8 Where the Wild Things Are 9 Up (2) 10 The Road 11 The Princess and the Frog 12 Adventureland 13 Whip It! 14 Coraline 15 Up in the Air
A-- 16 The Blind Side 17 (500) Days of Summer 18 Funny People 19 Sunshine Cleaning 20 District 9 21 Avatar 22 Saw VI 23 Michael Jackson's This is It 24 Under Our Skin 25 Afghan Star 26 The Cove 27 Whatever Works 28 Taken 29 Moon
B+ 30 The Fantastic Mr. Fox 31 The Hurt Locker 32 A Serious Man 33 Paper Heart 34 Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 35 An Education 36 Invictus 37 Pirate Radio 38 Star Trek 39 Monsters vs. Aliens 40 The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 41 The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story 42 The Damned United 43 Earth 44 In the Loop
B 45 Management 46 The Yes Men Fix the World 47 Tokyo! 48 The Ugly Truth 49 Shorts 50 Law Abiding Citizen 51 Phoebe in Wonderland 52 The Proposal 53 Ponyo 54 Zombieland 55 Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian 56 The Final Destination 57 Drag Me to Hell 58 Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs 59 Orphan 60 2012 61 Bright Star 62 Lemon Tree 63 Watchmen
B- 64 A Christmas Carol 65 Paris 36 66 Julie & Julia 67 The Collector 68 The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard 69 Bruno (2) 70 Notorious 71 The Soloist 72 Tetro 73 Valentino: The Last Emperor 74 Paranormal Activity 75 Carriers
C+ 76 Fame 77 Fired Up (2) 78 Hotel for Dogs 79 Bride Wars 80 Bandslam 81 Away We Go 82 Obsessed 83 The Hangover 84 Amelia 85 I Hate Valentine's Day 86 Angels & Demons 87 Surrogates 88 Adam 89 Gamer 90 Push 91 The Box
C 92 Mystery Team 93 Trick 'r Treat 94 Halloween II 95 Sorority Row 96 The Time Traveler's Wife 97 The Hannah Montana Movie 98 Dance Flick 99 Public Enemies 100 My Sister's Keeper 101 Observe & Report 102 Paul Blart: Mall Cop 103 The International
C- 104 The Invention of Lying 105 My Bloody Valentine 106 Imagine That 107 The Uninvited 108 Taking Woodstock 109 The Informant! 110 Humpday 111 17 Again 112 Fighting 113 Confessions of a Shopaholic 114 Whiteout
D+ 115 Inkheart 116 Pandorum 117 Fanboys 118 The Fourth Kind 119 A Perfect Getaway 120 I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell 121 The Haunting in Connecticut
D 122 I Love You, Beth Cooper 123 G-Force 124 Gigantic 125 Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li
D- 126 He's Just Not That Into You 127 Fast & Furious 128 Year One
F 129 Friday the 13th 130 Jennifer's Body 131 The Jonas Brothers: The 3-D Concert Experience
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Superman: The Movie
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**** 1. Inglourious Basterds 2. 500 Days of Summer 3. Star Trek 4. Up
***½ 5. Away We Go 6. World's Greatest Dad 7. Pirate Radio 8. Funny People 9. I Love You, Man 10. Fantastic Mr. Fox 11. Observe and Report 12. Knowing 13. District 9 14. A Serious Man 15. Up in the Air 16. Adventureland 17. 2012 18. The Hangover
*** 19. Avatar 20. Zombieland 21. The Informant! 22. Taken 23. Killshot 24. Lymelife 25. Management 26. In the Loop 27. Law Abiding Citizen 28. Extract 29. Taking Woodstock 30. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince 31. Whip It 32. It's Complicated 33. Sunshine Cleaning 34. Whatever Works 35. The Last House on the Left 36. The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 37. Shrink 38. 12 Rounds 39. He's Just Not That Into You 40. The Great Buck Howard
**½ 41. Bruno 42. G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra 43. Where the Wild Things Are 44. A Perfect Getaway 45. Sherman's Way 46. The Ugly Truth 47. Fanboys 48. The International 49. The Ghosts of Girlfriends Past 50. Adam 51. The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard 52. Terminator Salvation 53. Confessions of a Shopaholic 54. Couples Retreat 55. Cold Souls 56. An American Affair 57. X-Men Origins: Wolverine
** 58. The Men Who Stare at Goats 59. Drag Me to Hell 60. Public Enemies 61. The Invention of Lying 62. Not Quite Hollywood 63. Surrogates 64. Fast & Furious 65. The Proposal 66. The Girlfriend Experience 67. Friday the 13th 68. Incendiary 69. Love Happens 70. Land of the Lost 71. The Soloist 72. Underworld: Rise of the Lycans 73. Watchmen 74. The Uninvited 75. G-Force
*½ 76. Race to Witch Mountain 77. Amelia 78. Powder Blue 79. Gigantic 80. What Goes Up 81. The Pink Panther 2 82. The Final Destination 3D 83. Paul Blart: Mall Cop
* 84. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen 85. Old Dogs 86. Bride Wars 87. Year One 88. Donkey Punch 89. Ninja Assassin 90. Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li
½* 91. All About Steve 92. Duplicity 93. My Bloody Valentine 3D 94. The Unborn 95. Crank: High Voltage
No Stars 96. Obsessed 97. Push 98. Halloween II
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Let's Call It A Bromance
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**** An Education Avatar Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince Inglourious Basterds Up
***1/2 A Christmas Carol Adventureland The Brother's Bloom Everybody's Fine Extract The Fantastic Mr. Fox Funny People I Love You, Man Moon Star Trek
*** Bart Got A Room Coraline District 9 Drag Me to Hell The Hangover The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus The Informant! Julie & Julia The Men Who Stare at Goats The Missing Person Monsters vs. Aliens Paranormal Activity The Proposal State of Play Sunshine Cleaning Whatever Works Zombieland
**1/2 17 Again Duplicity Fired Up! The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs Knowing Law Abiding Citizen Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian Paper Heart Taken The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
** 2012 9 Bride Wars Carriers Confessions of a Shopaholic Fast and Furious GI Joe: Rise of the Cobra The Marc Pease Experience Push Terminator: Salvation X-Men Origins: Wolverine
*1/2 Gamer Observe and Report Obsessed Paul Blart: Mall Cop Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Race to Witch Mountain Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
* The Box Bruno The Final Destination Land of the Lost Year One
1/2* Aliens in the Attic Crank: High Voltage Dragonball: Evolution Orphan Sorority Row
I saw 71 2009 films in 2009. That blows my old record way out of the park. Nice.
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A 1.Star Trek (x4) 2.Avatar 3.(500) Days of Summer 4.Inglourious Basterds 5.Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince (x5)
A- 6.The Hangover (x2) 7.Watchmen 8.District 9 9.Push(x2) 10.Orphan 11.Jennifer's Body
B+ 12.Zombieland 13.I Love You, Man 14.Whip it 15.Sunshine Cleaning 16.Taken(x2)
B 17.17 Again 18.Monsters vs. Aliens 19.Coraline 20.Pirate Radio 21.Public Enemies 22.The Great Buck Howard 23.The Proposal 24.2012 25.Adventureland 26.Terminator Salvation
B- 27.He's Just Not That Into You 28.The Ugly Truth 29.Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen (x3) 30.Race to Witch Mountain
C+ 31.Funny People 32.G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
C 33.Brüno 34.Fast and Furious 35.The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard
C- 36.X-Men Origins: Wolverine 37.Angels and Demons 38.Planet 51
D+ 39.The Uninvited
D 40.Gamer
D- 41.Paul Blart: Mall Cop
F 42.New Moon 43.G-Force 44.Crank: High Voltage
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**** An Education Avatar Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince Inglourious Basterds Up Up in the Air
***1/2 A Christmas Carol Adventureland The Brother's Bloom Everybody's Fine Extract The Fantastic Mr. Fox Funny People I Love You, Man Moon Star Trek
*** Bart Got A Room Coraline District 9 Drag Me to Hell The Hangover The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus The Informant! Julie & Julia The Men Who Stare at Goats The Missing Person Monsters vs. Aliens Paranormal Activity The Proposal State of Play Sunshine Cleaning Whatever Works Zombieland
**1/2 17 Again Duplicity Fired Up! The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs Knowing Law Abiding Citizen Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian Paper Heart Taken The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
** 2012 9 Bride Wars Carriers Confessions of a Shopaholic Fast and Furious GI Joe: Rise of the Cobra The Marc Pease Experience Push Terminator: Salvation X-Men Origins: Wolverine
*1/2 Gamer Observe and Report Obsessed Paul Blart: Mall Cop Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Race to Witch Mountain Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
* The Box Bruno The Final Destination Land of the Lost Year One
1/2* Aliens in the Attic Crank: High Voltage Dragonball: Evolution Orphan Sorority Row
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End of the year blowout:
#1. The Hangover – 9.5 out of 10 – Unquestionably the best movie of the year, and the funniest movie I’ve seen in a few years. A great guy comedy (nobody learns any life lessons), and as a bonus it is set in the greatest place on Earth - Vegas. Loaded with memorable scenes and lines. (IMDB rating: 8.0, Metacritic: 73)
#2. Zombieland – 8.75 – Unique comedy with a great style. A little unevenness keeps it from reaching absolute greatness (there are a few slow parts), but a fun ride. (IMDB: 8.0, Metacritic: 73)
#3. Star Trek – 8.5 – Good sci-fi movie with engaging characters. Felt more Star Wars-ish (the good Star Wars) than Star Trek. Definitely a flick that non-Star Trek fans (me) can enjoy. I imagine that this is the best you could possibly make a Star Trek film for me. (IMDB: 8.2/143rd all time best, Metacritic: 83)
#4. Inglourious Basterds – 8.0 – Very well crafted movie with solid acting, engaging characters, and an interesting story (a fictitious take on events during WWII). A little more action and a little less talking would have really put the movie in rarified air, but it was still very good as it was. (IMDB: 8.5/68th all time best, Metacritic: 69)
#5. District 9 – 8.0 – A unique movie that was equal parts action, comedy, and drama. I like how it was shot with a gritty documentary vibe. The special effects were very well done in that they were realistic without feeling like your typical big budget alien sci-fi movie. I did think that there were a few plot points that seemed a little far fetched within the context of the story, and there were a handful of times the character’s actions didn’t make a whole lot of sense, but it was an enjoyable “what-if” scenario. (IMDB: 8.4/100th all time best, Metacritic: 81)
#6. Up! – 7.75 – Some good adult appeal, and a decent amount of depth for a CGI movie. The characters were unique for this type of movie, and for the most part they did not follow the standard formula. I thought the switch from heavier adult themes to wacky kids themes was jarring at times, but in all an enjoyable flick, and technically impressive. (IMDB: 8.5/70th all time best, Metacritic: 88)
#7. Sherlock Holmes – 7.75 - I liked the infusion of Guy Ritchie’s modern style in the Sherlock Holmes world. A lot more action than I thought there would be, and most of it was pretty creatively shot with great use of slow motion. Very solid on the acting front – Downey Jr is definitely on a roll, and it was one of Jude Law’s more fun performances. I did think Rachel McAdams was a bit wasted in her role, and the movie had some pacing issues, but all in all it was a fun movie. (IMDB: 7.7, Metacritic: 57)
#8. Land of the Lost – 7.75 – Not a high brow by any stretch, but Will Ferrel and Danny McBride make this easy and fun to watch. Definitely a movie where your enjoyment level will rest solely on whether you like Ferrel or not. I do. (IMDB: 5.4, Metacritic: 32)
#9. Crank: High Voltage – 7.75 – A completely crazy, off the wall action movie with a unique visual style. It has a very Grindhouse feel to it, and the makers embrace the wackiness and run with it. Not deep or realistic, but a really fun movie to watch and not quite like anything I’ve seen before. Definitely not a movie if you’re easily offended. Very much a “love it” or “hate it” movie. (IMDB: 6.5 , Metacritic: 41)
#10. The Proposal – 7.75 – It stuck to the basic romantic comedy formula, but was very watchable and entertaining. It was one of the best rom-coms in recent memory. Bullock and Reynolds really make the film work. (IMDB: 6.8, Metacritic: 48)
#11. Monsters vs. Aliens – 7.5 – The excellent voice cast (Seth Rogan, Will Arnett, Stephen Colbert, etc…) and fun characters make this an enjoyable movie. A lot of neat references to 50’s horror movies as well. As CGI movies go, it was not as meaty or deep as UP, but it provided more lighthearted entertainment. (IMDB: 6.8, Metacritic: 56)
#14. I Love You, Man – 7.25 – A semi-unique spin on the rom-com formula in that this is a bro-mantic comedy. A good cast (Paul Rudd and Jason Segel), and an easy to watch film with moments, but rarely laugh out loud funny. (IMDB: 7.4, Metacritic: 70)
#12. Night At The Museum: Battle for the Smithsonian – 7.25 –It’s what you look for in a big budget summer flick. – light and easy to watch. A very good cast help sell the movie (Ben Stiller, Hank Azaria, Owen Wilson, and Amy Adams). (IMDB: 6.0, Metacritic: 42)
#13. The Watchmen – 7 – Some great visuals, interesting characters, and some memorable moments. I also liked that it was aimed toward an adult audience, a rarity for superhero movies. However, it was far too long and the story was told very unevenly. With better editing and flow, this could have been something. (IMDB: 7.8, Metacritic: 56)
#15. Coraline – 7 – A little on the dark side, as is most of Tim Burton’s flicks, but very imaginative, a great visual style, and a good story. (IMDB: 7.9, Metacritic: 80)
#16. Terminator: Salvation – 6.75 – Some decent entertainment value with some good action, lots of FX, and a semi-interesting story at times. However, this was really an unnecessary sequel – this movie series should have ended with T2. Thankfully, Christian Bale (still doing his crappy Batman voice) was less the focus of the movie than I originally thought as I’m not a fan. (IMDB: 6.9, Metacritic: 52)
#17. X-Men Origins: Wolverine – 6.5 – A little heavy on the cheesy drama, and a little light on fun. Still, it was entertaining, held my interest throughout, and was an interesting look at the origin of Wolverine. (IMDB: 6.7, Metacritic: 43)
#18. Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder – 6.5 – Not the best direct to video Futurama movie, but still solid Futurama level entertainment. (IMDB: 7.2, Metacritic: N/A)
#19. Fired Up – 6.5 – Much better than I expected – it looks like one of those ultra crappy teen comedy cash grabs, but ended up being a lot better than those. It’s about as good as you could make a teen cheerleading comedy (which isn’t saying much). Definitely juvenile, and I don’t give a lick about cheerleading, but it had some funny moments and kept me watching it. (IMDB: 6.0, Metacritic: 31)
#20. Fanboys – 6.5 – Nothing too fantastic, but mildly enjoyable. Some good cameos and Star Wars stuff. Definitely a movie that will largely hinge on your level of Star Wars fandom. (IMDB: 6.8, Metacritic: 45)
#21. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs – 6.25 – Paint by numbers Ice Age sequel. Mildly amusing in parts and non-offensive. (IMDB: 7.1, Metacritic: 50)
#22. Underworld: Rise of the Lycans – 6 – Series loses a ton without Kate Beckinsale in the lead role, but it does have some decent action and a tight run time, which makes it watchable. (IMDB: 6.5, Metacritic: 44)
#23. Angels and Demons – 6 – An adequate suspense/mystery movie that kept me interested for the bulk of the flick. The last part got too far fetched, and the pacing fell apart. One of those movies that was watchable at the time, but you can rip apart pretty easily afterwards. (IMDB: 6.7, Metacritic: 48)
#24. Observe and Report – 5.75 – Decent at times, but takes some very odd turns that are not always for the best. Requires massive suspensions of belief that are not always possible. Really odd that there were too mall cop movies this year, and one was far too slap-sticky (Paul Blart) and the other too dark at times (this one) (IMDB: 6.1, Metacritic: 54)
#25. G.I. Joe – 5.5 – Kind of what I expected in that it was big, loud, and stupid. Somewhat succeeded in holding my attention and may have been borderline enjoyable in a few parts, but the characters and plot just weren’t engaging on the whole. (IMDB: 5.8, Metacritic: 32)
#26. Pink Panther 2 – 5.25 – Better than the first, but still a few too many slapstick jokes that don’t work. John Cleese, Steve Martin, and Lilly Tomlin are all enjoyable actors, but nothing beats the classic Pink Panther movies with Peter Sellers. This is a series that is probably best left alone. (IMDB: 5.2, Metacritic: 36)
#27. Bruno – 5 – Not as good as Borat – neither as funny or as interesting. A scene near the end was the closest thing the movie had to real social commentary, or a point. The rest was really over the top juvenile gross-out humor. Normally I’d be ok with that, but this just wasn’t that funny or interesting. (IMDB: 6.5, Metacritic: 54)
#28. Ghosts of Girlfriends Past – 5 - It’s “Scrooged”, but not that funny or interesting. Pretty bland rom-com, but Jennifer Garner made it semi-watchable for me. (IMDB: 5.8, Metacritic: 34)
#29. Alien Trespass – 4.75 – A tongue in cheek homage to 50’s sci-fi movies. Unique, but Lost Skeleton of Cadavra had the same idea and was better and a lot funnier. This had some moments, but the 2nd half dragged a bit. (IMDB: 5.8, Metacritic: 48)
#30. Paul Blart: Mall Cop – 4.75– Sounds like a winning formula, as I like Kevin James and the “mall cop” premise would seem to have a lot of fodder for a comedy. However, it just didn’t work in execution. PB:MC just isn’t that funny, and it’s an extremely braid dead comedy. (IMDB: 5.3, Metacritic: 39)
#31. Confessions of a Shopoholic – 4.5 – Out of the trio of girly movies I saw this year (Bride Wars and He’s Just Not That Into You being the other two), this was probably the best by a hair, but really… that’s not a ringing endorsement. The lead character is a shallow and vapid idiot (a common theme among girl movies apparently), and her stupidity makes it hard to root for her. The movie feels like a low rent version of Bridget Jones Diary. Does have some decent actors, though… John Lithgow, John Goodman, Joan Cusack, and Isla Fisher all do what they can with the source material. (IMDB: 5.6, Metacritic: 38)
#32. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince – 4.5 - It’s a well made movie, and I’m sure it’s good if you’re on top of the Harry Potter series, the plotlines, and you like the characters. I rarely had any idea what was going on, nor did I care. So, it made this to be mostly a painful 2 ½ hour experience as the movie was a LOT of talk, and little action. (IMDB: 7.4, Metacritic: 78)
#33. He’s Just Not That Into You – 4.5 – It had some unlikable characters, a plethora of estrogen, and it was on the long side for a movie of its type (2 ½ hours). However, it did come together fairly well in the end, it had a few decent parts. The Affleck and Aniston story was the highlight of the movie, but that’s not saying a lot. (IMDB: 6.5, Metacritic: 47)
#34, Sunshine Cleaning – 4.5– A dramedy with too much uninteresting drama, and not enough comedy. Could have been a good concept (sisters that open a crime scene clean-up business) if done right. (IMDB: 7.1, Metacritic: 61)
#35. Year One – 4.25 – Good cast, really poor material. Painfully unfunny at times, and rather boring overall. The quality cast kept me watching and earn it a few extra points than it deserves. (IMDB: 5.1, Metacritic: 34)
#36. Inkheart – 4.25 – Could have been an interesting concept (books coming to life when read), but never really clicked like it should have. Thought it was far too dark for the target audience as well. Just not a fun movie. (IMDB: 6.1 , Metacritic: 47)
#37. Adventureland – 4.25 - A teen “coming of age” flick that felt slow and pointless most of the time. It just wasn’t that funny, and I felt very detached from the characters. (IMDB: 7.3, Metacritic: 76)
#38. Hotel For Dogs – 4.25 – Some cute dogs that do a few neat pet tricks. A little far fetched, even for a kids movie. Plus it’s one of those movies where every kid is a genius that knows everything, and every adult is a bumbling idiot. (IMDB: 4.7, Metacritic: 51)
#39. New In Town – 4 – Paint by numbers romantic comedy, and pretty bland. Didn’t think the characters were all that engaging. (IMDB: 5.4, Metacritic: 29)
#40. Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen – 2 – Horrible movie on just about every level. Soulless and weightless movie with a ridiculous plot and unlikable characters. Tough to think of any positives, except that a few of the FX looked nice. It probably could’ve been trimmed down to a good 30 second car or Army commercial, but even that is questionable. I’m also fairly certain that Megan Fox was actually a cardboard cutout and never was really in the movie. (IMDB: 6.1, Metacritic: 35)
#41. Bride Wars – 1 – Horribly unlikable characters, mean spirited, joyless, unmemorable, demeaning to women… just a terrible movie. One of the worst that I have seen without three silhouettes sitting in front of the movie poking fun of it. (IMDB: 5.0, Metacritic: 24)
TOP 10 COMBINED IMDB and METACRITIC (Score = IMDB x10 + METACRITIC) #1. UP – 173 (86.5% average) #2.(tie) Star Trek – 165 (82.5%) #2.(tie) District 9– 165 (82.5%) #4. Coraline – 159 (79.5%) #5. Inglourious Basterds – 154 (77%) #6.(tie) – Hangover – 153 (76.5%) #6.(tie) – Zombieland – 153 (76.5%) #8. Harry Potter: HBP – 152 (76%) #9. Adventureland – 149 (74.5%) #10. I Love You Man – 144 (72%)
TOP 10 COMBINED IMDB/META/MY SCORE (Score = IMDB x10 + My Score x10 + Meta) #1. Up – 251 (83.66% average) #2. Star Trek – 250 (83.33%) #3. Hangover – 248 (82.66%) #4. District 9 – 245 (81.66%) #5. Zombieland – 241 (80.33%) #6. Inglourious Basterds – 234 (78%) #7. Coraline – 229 (76.33%) #8. I Love You Man – 217 (72.33%) #9. Sherlock Holmes – 212 (70.66%) #10. Watchmen – 204 (68%)
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Adding The Young Victoria, Sherlock Holmes, Planet 51, Cirque du Freak, The Messenger, Bronson, Mary and Max, and Easy Virtue. Includes lots of grade changes.
A+ 1 My Life in Ruins (3)
A 2 Every Little Step 3 Nine 4 Inglourious Basterds 5 Precious 6 I Love You, Man (2) 7 Me & Orson Welles
A- 8 Where the Wild Things Are 9 Up (2) 10 The Road 11 Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant 12 The Princess and the Frog 13 Adventureland 14 Whip It! 15 Coraline 16 Up in the Air
A-- 17 Sunshine Cleaning 18 Sherlock Holmes 19 The Blind Side 20 District 9 21 (500) Days of Summer 22 Funny People 23 Avatar 24 Saw VI 25 Michael Jackson's This is It 26 Under Our Skin 27 Afghan Star 28 The Cove 29 Whatever Works 30 Taken 31 Moon
B+ 32 The Fantastic Mr. Fox 33 The Hurt Locker 34 A Serious Man 35 Paper Heart 36 Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 37 An Education 38 The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 39 The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story 40 Bronson 41 Mary and Max 42 Star Trek 43 Monsters vs. Aliens 44 Earth 45 In the Loop
B 46 Tokyo! 47 Planet 51 48 The Young Victoria 49 Shorts 50 Phoebe in Wonderland 51 The Proposal 52 Ponyo 53 The Messenger 54 Zombieland 55 Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian 56 The Final Destination 57 Drag Me to Hell 58 Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs 59 Orphan 60 Bright Star 61 Paris 36 62 A Christmas Carol 63 The Soloist 64 Tetro 65 Invictus 66 Pirate Radio
B- 67 The Damned United 68 The Yes Men Fix the World 69 Lemon Tree 70 2012 71 Management 72 The Ugly Truth 73 Julie & Julia 74 The Collector 75 Notorious 76 The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard 77 Bruno (2) 78 Valentino: The Last Emperor 79 Watchmen 80 Law Abiding Citizen
C+ 81 Fame 82 Fired Up (2) 83 Hotel for Dogs 84 Bride Wars 85 Bandslam 86 Away We Go 87 Obsessed 88 Easy Virtue 89 Amelia 90 Paranormal Activity 91 The Hangover 92 Carriers 93 I Hate Valentine's Day 94 Adam 95 Gamer 96 Push 97 Mystery Team 98 The Time Traveler's Wife
C 99 Angels & Demons 100 Trick 'r Treat 101 Halloween II 102 Sorority Row 103 The Hannah Montana Movie 104 Dance Flick 105 Public Enemies 106 My Sister's Keeper 107 Surrogates 108 The Box 109 Observe & Report 110 Paul Blart: Mall Cop 111 The International
C- 112 The Invention of Lying 113 My Bloody Valentine 114 Imagine That 115 The Uninvited 116 Taking Woodstock 117 The Informant! 118 Humpday 119 17 Again 120 Fighting 121 Confessions of a Shopaholic 122 Whiteout
D+ 123 Inkheart 124 Pandorum 125 Fanboys 126 The Fourth Kind 127 A Perfect Getaway 128 I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell 129 The Haunting in Connecticut
D 130 I Love You, Beth Cooper 131 G-Force 132 Gigantic 133 Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li
D- 134 He's Just Not That Into You 135 Fast & Furious 136 Year One
F 137 Friday the 13th 138 Jennifer's Body 139 The Jonas Brothers: The 3-D Concert Experience
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Superman: The Movie
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**** 1. Inglourious Basterds 2. 500 Days of Summer 3. Star Trek 4. Up
***½ 5. Away We Go 6. World's Greatest Dad 7. Pirate Radio 8. Funny People 9. I Love You, Man 10. Fantastic Mr. Fox 11. Observe and Report 12. Knowing 13. District 9 14. A Serious Man 15. Up in the Air 16. Adventureland 17. 2012 18. The Hangover
*** 19. Avatar 20. Zombieland 21. The Informant! 22. Taken 23. Killshot 24. Lymelife 25. Management 26. In the Loop 27. Sherlock Holmes 28. Law Abiding Citizen 29. Extract 30. Taking Woodstock 31. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince 32. Whip It 33. It's Complicated 34. Sunshine Cleaning 35. Whatever Works 36. The Last House on the Left 37. The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 38. Shrink 39. 12 Rounds 40. He's Just Not That Into You 41. The Great Buck Howard
**½ 42. Bruno 43. G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra 44. Where the Wild Things Are 45. A Perfect Getaway 46. Sherman's Way 47. The Ugly Truth 48. Fanboys 49. The International 50. The Ghosts of Girlfriends Past 51. Adam 52. The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard 53. Terminator Salvation 54. Confessions of a Shopaholic 55. Couples Retreat 56. Cold Souls 57. An American Affair 58. X-Men Origins: Wolverine
** 59. The Men Who Stare at Goats 60. Drag Me to Hell 61. Public Enemies 62. The Invention of Lying 63. Not Quite Hollywood 64. Surrogates 65. Fast & Furious 66. The Proposal 67. The Girlfriend Experience 68. Friday the 13th 69. Incendiary 70. Love Happens 71. Land of the Lost 72. The Soloist 73. Underworld: Rise of the Lycans 74. Watchmen 75. The Uninvited 76. G-Force
*½ 77. Race to Witch Mountain 78. Amelia 79. Powder Blue 80. Gigantic 81. What Goes Up 82. The Pink Panther 2 83. The Final Destination 3D 84. Paul Blart: Mall Cop
* 85. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen 86. Old Dogs 87. Bride Wars 88. Year One 89. Donkey Punch 90. Ninja Assassin 91. Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li
½* 92. All About Steve 93. Duplicity 94. My Bloody Valentine 3D 95. The Unborn 96. Crank: High Voltage
No Stars 97. Did You Hear About the Morgans? 98. Obsessed 99. Push 100. Halloween II
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Let's Call It A Bromance
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 Re: 2009 Films In Review
**** An Education Avatar Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince Inglourious Basterds Up Up in the Air
***1/2 A Christmas Carol Adventureland The Brother's Bloom Everybody's Fine Extract The Fantastic Mr. Fox Funny People I Love You, Man Moon Star Trek
*** Bart Got A Room Coraline District 9 Drag Me to Hell The Hangover The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus The Informant! Julie & Julia The Men Who Stare at Goats The Missing Person Monsters vs. Aliens Paranormal Activity The Proposal State of Play Sunshine Cleaning Whatever Works Zombieland
**1/2 17 Again Duplicity Fired Up! Gigantic The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs Knowing Law Abiding Citizen Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian Paper Heart Taken The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
** 2012 9 Bride Wars Carriers Confessions of a Shopaholic Fast and Furious GI Joe: Rise of the Cobra The Marc Pease Experience Push Terminator: Salvation X-Men Origins: Wolverine
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* The Box Bruno The Final Destination Land of the Lost The Uninvited Watchmen Year One
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