Lets do it EB!, your top films of 2009.

[Diunx]

The tittle says it all, lets post our favorite films of 2009, doesn't matter if they are independent or mainstream, if they are foreign or made on willco's Hollywood backyard, if they are a porn or an oscar bait, the only requirement is that the film was released this year.

My top 10.

1. Avatar
2. Inglorious Basterds
3. Drag me to hell
4. The Hurt Locker
5. Whatever Works
6. Zombieland
7. District 9
8. Bruno
9. Command Performance
10. 500 Days of Summer

Films I haven't seen yet

Paranormal Activity
A serious Man
The Informant
An Education
The Man Who Stares at Goats
Up in the Air
Bad Lieutenant
A Single Man
Mr. Fox
Where the Wild Things are
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnasseus
Nine

Special mention

G.I. Joe: Rise of the Cobra, great drunk fun movie, can't wait to pirate the sequel.

[fistfulofmetal]

tittle

lol

[CajoleJuice]

Not even sure if I've seen 10 films this year.

[Eric P]

i'm horrible at creating "best of" lists, so here are a handful of movies i really enjoyed this year

coraline
gomorrah
crank: high voltage
the hurt locker
in the loop
thirst
grace
inglorious basterds
cloudy with a chance of meatballs
paranormal activity

[The Fake Shemp]

I liked Grace, but I felt it kind of unraveled as it went on. Some cool imagery, though.

I hate doing these kind of lists until the following year, because I still haven't seen Up in the Air or The Hurt Locker, yet.

[CajoleJuice]

I'm going to use this post to list them...

Watchmen
The Men Who Stare At Goats
Up
The Hurt Locker
District 9
Moon
The Hangover
Star Trek
Terminator Salvation

I guess I was right. Didn't even see 10.

[The Fake Shemp]

Well, hey, some of them are, uh, okay?

[CajoleJuice]

God, The Men Who Stare At Goats sucked so bad. Why did I let a friend convince me it might be good?

[Eric P]

I liked Grace, but I felt it kind of unraveled as it went on. Some cool imagery, though.

the end was so strange.  the mother's motivations felt like they were missing as though there was some footage that had been cut out

[The Fake Shemp]

Definitely. I also felt the film really stretched suspension of disbelief to the point where it almost broke.

[Mandark]

I didn't see much in theaters.

Up and The Informant! were the only really good ones, probably.

[The Fake Shemp]

Mandark is a closet Soderbergh fan.

[Eric P]

Definitely. I also felt the film really stretched suspension of disbelief to the point where it almost broke.

i rarely have that problem in horror films though.  i'm typically willing to follow through until the end

[Kestastrophe]

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[Kestastrophe]

coraline

I didn't know what to expect with this movie when I purchased it after black friday on Bluray. Watched it in 3d and the wife and I really enjoyed it.

[The Fake Shemp]

Definitely. I also felt the film really stretched suspension of disbelief to the point where it almost broke.

i rarely have that problem in horror films though.  i'm typically willing to follow through until the end

I'm usually pretty lenient, as evident by my love for Paranormal Activity, but there is a line - and Grace was skirting it. I can only take questionable character motivations up to a certain point, usually when they knowingly put themselves in harm's way and seem to ignore all reality (versus doing something really stupid, just to progress the plot).

... Kestrastrophe, is Coraline not a gorgeous Blu-ray as well? The texture in high definition is ridiculous.

[Great Rumbler]

1. A Serious Man
2. Inglourious Basterds
3. Moon
4. Up
5. Fantastic Mr. Fox
6. Coraline
7. Avatar
8. District 9
9. Thirst
10 Drag Me to Hell

Something like that.

Still need to see The Hurt Locker, Where the Wild Things Are, and The Hangover. Probably a few others that I'm forgetting off the top of my head.

[Kestastrophe]

... Kestrastrophe, is Coraline not a gorgeous Blu-ray as well? The texture in high definition is ridiculous.

Bluray. I was skeptical of the quality when I got my PS3 this summer, but I have pretty much made a full switch and buy everything on BluRay now. Inglorious Basterds is also really high quality

[fistfulofmetal]

Zombieland
District 9
Moon
Inglorious Basterds
Avatar
Watchmen
Drag Me To Hell
The Hangover

[Bebpo]

1. Inglorius Basterds
2. Drag me to Hell
3. Coraline
4. A Serious Man
5. Moon
6. Star Trek
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Avatar
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I still need to see Princess and the Frog, Up in the Air, Lovely Bones, and Imaginarium though.  I suspect several of those will make it up there.  Oh yeah, I need to see Hurt Locker too.

[Herr Mafflard]

FOTY: District 9

Honourable Mentions:  
The Hangover
Drag Me to Hell
Moon
Inglourious Basterds
Coraline  
A Serious Man
opening sequence of Star Trek
Zombieland

[duckman2000]

Up

Runner-up: Body of Lies

[The Fake Shemp]

opening sequence of Star Trek

[Phoenix Dark]

Up
Julie and Julia
Coraline
Body of Lies

that's about all I saw this year (star trek )

[CajoleJuice]

Body of Lies wasn't even this year, guys.

[duckman2000]

Close enough. But I guess it was a pretty shitty year, then. Another shit thing about a shit year.

[The Fake Shemp]

hay guys did you see the wrestler?! best film of 2009

mickey rourke

[Solo]

Copy/paste of my GAF list. Alphabetical:

- 500 Days Of Summer
- Adventureland
- District 9
- Drag Me To Hell
- The Hangover
- Inglorious Basterds
- Star Trek
- Thirst
- Up
- Zombieland

This was last month. Id now swap The Hangover out and Avatar in. Inglourious Basterds is #1.

As you can see, terrible year for Oscar bait, but a great year for sci-fi and blockbusters.

[The Fake Shemp]

I thought this was a pretty terrible year for blockbusters too.

[Solo]

I thought this was a pretty terrible year for blockbusters too.

Avatar, Star Trek and D9 > 2008's crop (or should I say crap, amirite)

[The Fake Shemp]

I didn't like Star Trek or District 9.

Certainly not more than The Dark Knight and all the second-tier blockbusters that came out last year - like Speed Racer, Hellboy II, Iron Man, Tropic Thunder, Wall-E, Quantum of Solace, etc.

[Great Rumbler]

Yeah, 2008 was pretty good, although I might still be inclined to put 2009 above for huge blockbusters.

[The Fake Shemp]

I haven't enjoyed a single blockbuster from this year, Avatar notwithstanding.

[Rman]

In no particular order--Up, The Hurt Locker, and Star Trek.  Didn't catch too many flicks this year.

[Great Rumbler]

I haven't enjoyed a single blockbuster from this year, Avatar notwithstanding.

Okay.

[Howard Alan Treesong]

Ink
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Inglourious Basterds

Still need to see The Hurt Locker, A Serious Man, Up In the Air.

This has been a horrible year for "blockbusters." This summer was probably the shittiest on record.

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Star Trek was okay

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[Robo]

I haven't seen most of the movies that I expect I will eventually populate most of this list with, like A Serious Man or Adventureland or The Informant! or The Hurt Locker, so here's what I have at the moment:

1.) Where the Wild Things Are
2.) Moon
3.) The Fantastic Mr. Fox
4.) Inglourious Basterds
5.) Antichrist
6.) District 9
7.) Up
8.) Star Trek
9.) Funny People
10.) Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

[bork]

Didn't see much this year.  I'd put The Hangover and Inglorious Basterds at the top.

[Himu]

1. Inglorious Basterds
2. The Hurt Locker
3. 500 Days of Summer
5. Moon
6. Up
7. Coraline
8. Avatar
9. Drag Me To Hell
10. Funny People (surprise of the year)

Haven't seen some of the films mentioned in this thread, but I plan on adding them to the netflix queue.

[Human Snorenado]

Best was probably a toss up between The Hurt Locker and Inglorious Basterds.

[Himu]

Not even sure if I've seen 10 films this year.

Oh god I thought I was alone, it'd be a waste to create a list. Inglorious Bastards definitely takes the top spot for me regardless.

Honorable mentions: Funny People (biggest surprise of the year) and District 9.

I thought I was the only one. I tend to not care for Adam Sandler movies and Judd Apatow's films tend to fall flat for me, but Funny People was fantastic.

[The Fake Shemp]

Best was probably a toss up between The Hurt Locker and Inglorious Basterds.

ARENT YOU FORGETTING SOMEONE

[Himu]

[Robo]

Best was probably a toss up between The Hurt Locker and Inglorious Basterds.

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ARENT YOU FORGETTING SOMEONE

  what the fuck

[Tauntaun]

Best was probably a toss up between The Hurt Locker and Inglorious Basterds.

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ARENT YOU FORGETTING SOMEONE

  what the fuck

He sees you.

[Robo]

The Fantastic Mr. Fox employs very little CG, if any at all.

[Himu]

Out of these, what was the best CGI movie(s) of the year?

- UP
- Fantastic Mr Fox
- Avatar
- Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
- Monsters vs. Aliens
- Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
- 9

I haven't seen a single one this year.

Up

although I heart Avatar. It may take a little time to sink but I probably enjoyed Avatar more than Up. Up was good...but..by the next week I totally forgot about it. It didn't hit me like Wall-E did.

[Tauntaun]

Out of these, what was the best CGI movie(s) of the year?

- UP
- Fantastic Mr Fox
- Avatar
- Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
- Monsters vs. Aliens
- Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
- 9

I haven't seen a single one this year.

I think you know the answer. 

[Himu]

Avatar is still in theaters. The others aren't, are they? Aside from Mr. Fox.

And you HAVE to see Avatar in theaters.

[Eric P]

Out of these, what was the best CGI movie(s) of the year?

- UP
- Fantastic Mr Fox
- Avatar
- Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
- Monsters vs. Aliens
- Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
- 9

I haven't seen a single one this year.

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

insane, surreal physical comedy

[Himu]

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs looks pretty crazy.

[Tauntaun]

Somebody gonna get peed on. 

[Phoenix Dark]

Up is one of the best animated films I've ever seen. I've enjoyed making fun of Pixar fanatics for years, even when I like the film in question...but Up pretty much shut me up

[Tauntaun]

Did you watch Avatar TaunTaun?

 

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[Powerslave]

[Tauntaun]

Avatar

Furry Haters

[Himu]

The problem with Up is the villain.

Other than that, it's a fantastic movie. But for some reason I'm in no rush to rewatch it.

[Great Rumbler]

Go see Avatar since it's still in theaters, but I'd probably pick Up out that lineup.

[Human Snorenado]

Best was probably a toss up between The Hurt Locker and Inglorious Basterds.

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ARENT YOU FORGETTING SOMEONE

We've been over this repeatedly... not only do I not care enough to have actually seen Avatar yet, my whole argument was that you guys were going overboard with the anti-hype hate without having seen it yet.

...although if someone will animate that furry Zellweger head to say "Yiff Yiff!" I'll use it as my avatar for my month long tour of shame.

[Howard Alan Treesong]

Cloudy was a huge surprise; I enjoyed it more than Up, in the end. Up has a great opening 20 minutes but the actual South American "adventure" didn't work for me. Cloudy, on the other hand, just got more and more gloriously deranged as it went on.

Coraline is okay, though I don't think it's the classic some are hoping it will become. Fantastic Mr. Fox is my favorite animated film of the year (maybe favorite film overall).