Best of 09 So Far

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Best of 09 So Far

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Here's the place to tell us the best films you have seen this year. got a top 5? Top 10? Top 72? Feel free to post them all in here!
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Here's mine:

The list so far:
1. Up 10/10
2. The Blind Side 10/10
3. Avatar 10/10
4. Boondock Saints 2: All Saints Day 10/10
5. Zombieland 10/10
6. District 9 9.5/10
7. Inglourious Basterds 9/10
8.Star Trek 9/10
9. Monsters vs. Aliens 9/10
10. Observe and Report 8.5/10
11. Terminator Salvation 8.5/10
12. I Love You, Man 8.5/10
13. Harry Potter 6 8/10
14. Watchmen 8/10
15. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 8/10
16. The Hangover 7.5/10
17. Julie and Julia 7.5/10
18. Funny People 7/10
19. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen 7/10
20. Adventureland 7/10
21. A Christmas Carol 7/10
22. Where The Wild things Are 7/10
23. The Haunting In Connecticut 7/10
24. Paranormal Activity 2/10
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You need to see The Hurt Locker and A Serious Man...

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Re: Best of 09 So Far

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Haven't seen nearly that many but in (maybe) order would be.

Star Trek
Up
Zombieland
Watchmen
The Hangover
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
I Love You, Man
The Unborn
Push
Wolverine
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1.Inglourious Basterds
2.Star Trek
3.Capitalism: A Love Story
4.Up
5.The Hurt Locker
6.Observe and Report
7.District 9
8.Ponyo
9.Paranormal Activity
10.Coraline
11.Watchmen
12.Drag Me To Hell
13.Earth
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1. Inglourious basterds
2. Public Enemies
3. The Wrestler
4. District 9
5. The curious case of Benjamin Button
6. Slumdog Millionaire
7. Ponyo
8. The time traveler's wife
9. Gran Torino
10. Seven Pounds

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This is my list based on what has been released in theatres in NZ this year that I have seen. I have marked those movies released in the US last year.

1. District 9 (10/10)
2. Drag Me To Hell (9.8/10)
3. Up (9.4/10)
4. Moon (8.5/10)
5. Let The Right One In* (8.5/10)
6. The Reader* (8.5/10)
7. A Serious Man (8.4/10)
8. The Fantastic Mr. Fox (8.4/10)
9. The Wrestler* (8.3/10)
10. Mother (8.2/10)
11. Where The Wild Things Are (8/10)
12. The Brothers Bloom (8/10)
13. Watchmen (8/10)
14. Star Trek (8/10)
15. Dead Snow (7.9/10)
16. Zombieland (7.9/10)
17. Taken (7.9/10)
18. Inglorious Basterds (7.8/10)
19. Adventureland (7.7/10)
20. In The Loop (7.6/10)
21. Avatar (7.5/10)
22. Valkyrie* (7.5/10)
23. Slumdog Millionaire* (7.5/10)
24. Changeling* (7.3/10)
25. Coco Avant Chanel (7.2/10)
26. Public Enemies (7.1/10)
27. Revolutionary Road* (7.1/10)
28. I Love You, Man (7/10)
29. Coraline (7/10)
30. Gran Torino* (7/10)
31. Ponyo (7/10)
32. Blindness* (6.9/10)
33. Zach And Miri Make A Porno* (6.9/10)
34. Bolt* (6.8/10)
35. Terminator Salvation (6.5/10)
36. Broken Embraces (6.5/10)
37. The Lovely Bones (6.5/10)
38. Monsters Vs. Aliens (6.5/10)
39. Taking Woodstock (6.5/10)
40. The Tale Of Despereaux* (6.3/10)
41. Year One (6/10)
42. Paranormal Activity (5.5/10)
43. Transformers 2 (5/10)

Didn't realise I'd seen that many movies this year. And this excludes re-releases of The Wizard Of Oz, Forbidden Planet, Kung Fu Panda and Vertigo.
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Some of what became my list so far I'm surprised about myself.

1. Funny People (10/10)
2. Whip It (9.5/10)
3. Inglorious Bastards (9.5/10)
4. Capitalism: A Love Story (9/10)
5. Observe and Report (9/10)
6. The Girlfriend Experience (9/10)
7. Drag Me To Hell (9/10)
8. Bruno (8.5/10)
9. (500) Days of Summer (8.5/10)
10. Zombieland (8.5/10)
11. Coraline (8.5/10)
12. Adventureland (8.5/10)
13. Taken (8/10)
14. Tyson (8/10)
15. Star Trek (8/10)

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9 ish
The Hangover (9.4)
District 9 (9.3)
Taken (9.3)
Watchmen (9.1)
Star Trek (8.6)
Gran Torino (8.5)
Adventureland (8.5)

8 ish
Haunting in Conn. (7.5)

7 ish
MvA (7.4)
X-Men Origins: Wolverine( 7.0)
I Love You, Man (6.8)

6 ish
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (6.3)

5 ish
Terminator (5.4)
Land of the Lost (4.9)

4 ish
Fast and Furious (3.9)

3 ish
Knowing (3.2)
Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2.9)
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2.8)
Year One (2.5)

2 ish
Chun-Li (1.7)

Next Up is Land of the Lost, when I get to it. Most films I've watched this year are older ones, but you probably already know that.
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10. Duplicity
9. The Hangover
8. Monsters vs. Aliens
7. District 9
6. Moon
5. The Hurt Locker
4. Star Trek
3. Sunshine Cleaning
2. Up
1. Watchmen

This list is based on films in Australis so far this year...
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donnie wrote:1. Inglourious basterds
2. Public Enemies
3. The Wrestler
4. District 9
5. The curious case of Benjamin Button
6. Slumdog Millionaire
7. Ponyo
8. The time traveler's wife
9. Gran Torino
10. Seven Pounds
Sorry, Up is finally here in Italy and I've seen today, so...

1. Inglourious basterds
2. Public Enemies
3. Up
4.The Wrestler
5. District 9
6. The curious case of Benjamin Button
7. Slumdog Millionaire
8. Ponyo
9. The time traveler's wife
10. Gran Torino

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A+'s
The Road
Moon
The Fantastic Mr. Fox
Drag Me To Hell

A's
I Love You, Man
Observe & Report
Inglourious Basterds
Zombieland
Watchmen
Extract
9

B's
The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus
Bad Lieutenant - Port of Call: New Orleans
Up
Tetro
Sunshine Cleaning

C's
The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard
Away We Go
Public Enemies
District 9
Terminator Salvation
Coraline
Paranormal Activity
Star Trek
Tokyo!
Year One
Funny People

D's
The Limits of Control
Land of the Lost
Whatever Works
The Hangover
Wolverine
Friday the 13th
Adventureland
Haunting in Connecticut
500 Days of Summer

F's
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen
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A C for Year One?
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I can't help but notice the similarities between my own rankings and NSpan's. There must be some mistake...

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W wrote:A C for Year One?
too high? too low? i didn't expect anyone to argue Year One as being anything but a C

it was pretty bad overall, but there were easily enough funny moments to warrant a C
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