2009 so far. Rubbish?

Heisenberg.

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ronkmonster

yeah, i wanted to go cinema one evening without having a specific film I wanted to see but there was nothing decent on. Ended up staying in

Seen Wolferine on sunday. bit pointless really.

Got terminator to wait on but not much else to look forward to

speedboatchase

Frost/Nixon, Slumdog, Milk, The Wrestler, Role Models, Valkyrie, Star Trek, I Love You Man, Gran Torino...

Ehh

johnny_ultimate

There is a bit of a knock on effect from the writers strike, but there has been plenty of excellent films released this year. Let the Right One In, Milk, Synecdoche New York, Star Trek, State of Play (not brilliant, but a very enjoyable political thriller) Coraline to name a few. Mightn't have been any good blockbusters yet apart from Star Trek, but it seems like a packed enough summer so maybe there'll be at least one or two hits.

Podge2k7

speedboatchase wrote: »

Frost/Nixon, Milk, The Wrestler, Role Models, Valkyrie,Gran Torino

2008!

ChumpStain

Frost/Nixon, The Wrestler, Slumdog Millionaire, Milk, Gran Torino all came out in 2009, in January. And I'd add Coraline, Star Trek and Let the Right One In to the list so it hasn't been that bad and it will pick up after Oct. I'd also add State of Play and Role Models, not great but good to the list. So 10 films in 5 months, it's not too bad. Can't wait for Synecdoche New York aswell.

speedboatchase

2008 releases in America, but not here. The OP said "the last 5 months of Cinema have been awful" but they were released here in the last 5 months

rovert

In The Loop and Anvil were both fantastic too.

L31mr0d

Scien wrote: »

It is just me or have the last 5 months of Cinema been woeful?

It's just you.

googlehead

i would say the past few years, alot of rubbish out, even slum dog millionare was good but not amazing like people are making out

bnt

I can't compare this year to previous years, since I've already been to twice as many movies, this year to date, than in the previous two or three years. This mostly has to do with joining the IFI, just to get me out of the house in the evenings. So I think it's been a good year so far, but not on the basis of the "general release" films you find at your local multiplex. If you want better, I suggest looking to smaller, independent films and cinemas.

L31mr0d

googlehead wrote: »

even slum dog millionare was good but not amazing like people are making out

I agree with this. It was another Juno tbh, couldn't see what all the fuss was about. City of God is a far superior movie in the same ilk as slumdog, made better by the fact it's based on a true story.

nyarlothothep

No,

Terminator and Star Trek in the same year, need I say more, need I say more...

The Pontiac

googlehead wrote: »

i would say the past few years, alot of rubbish out, even slum dog millionare was good but not amazing like people are making out

Slumdog was very good, but also amazing considering the budget.

A lot of rubbish in the last few years?? I don't agree, the last five years we've got - Eastern Promises, The Proposition, Before the Devil Knows You're Dead, Dead Man's Shoes, The Lives of Others, Lust Caution, Crash, The Departed, Munich, Hotel Rwanda, The Savages, Pan's Labyrinth, Brokeback Mountain, A History of Violence, Little Miss Sunshine, Mar adentro(The Sea Inside), Sideways, Syriana, Babel, American Gangster, Atonement, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Gomorrah, There Will Be Blood, No Country for Old Men, The Counterfeiters and many more.......Plus box office hits I woundn't be into myself, like the Bond films, Pirates of the Caribbean, Harry Potter etc etc.

Plus the two best EVER tv series were also made during this period -The Wire and The Sopranos.

otnomart

Released in Ireland and very much enjoyed in 2009:
Already mentioned:
The Wrestler
Frost/Nixon
Anvil
Gran Torino
I would add:
Christmas Tale/Un conte du Noel
Rachel Getting Married
Revolutionary Road
Che
The class
Two lovers
Flame and Citron
Wendy and Lucy
Genova
Modern Life
Il Divo
Let the Right One In
In the Loop

robby^5

Public Enemies, that is all.

MisterAnarchy

December and January were packed full of excellent movies but since then its been very quiet.
To be honest I rarely go to the cinema anymore,I watch most stuff on DVD on my home projector,much handier.:D