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Best Films of 2009

  • 28-11-2009 12:10AM
    #1
    JP Liz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,588 ✭✭✭


    What do you think are the best films of 2009

    my picks so far

    Inglourious Basterds
    The Hurt Locker
    State of Play
    The Hangover
    500 Days of Summer
    Drag Me To Hell
    Up
    Star Trek


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  • #2
    Driver 8
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,049 ✭✭✭Driver 8


    Watchmen
    Up
    The Hurt Locker
    Drag Me to Hell
    Moon
    District 9
    A Serious Man


  • #3
    Handsome Bob
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,905 ✭✭✭✭Handsome Bob


    From what I've seen;

    1. District 9
    2. Let The Right One In
    3. Drag Me To Hell
    4. The Hangover
    5. Fish Tank


  • #4
    Pyridine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 275 ✭✭Pyridine


    You missed out the best movie by miles this year: District 9!!!

    Also honourable mentions to:

    The Uninvited
    Let the Right One In
    Moon
    Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
    The Informant

    That's all I can think of at the mo!


  • #5
    Handsome Bob
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,905 ✭✭✭✭Handsome Bob


    Pyridine wrote: »
    You missed out the best movie by miles this year: District 9!!!

    Also honourable mentions to:

    The Uninvited
    Let the Right One In
    Moon
    Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
    The Informant

    That's all I can think of at the mo!

    That's what I hate about these threads, I always forget something. :mad:


  • #6
    Pyridine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 275 ✭✭Pyridine


    LZ5by5 said:

    That's what I hate about these threads, I always forget something


    I'll let you away with it this time but don't let it happen again!!! ;)


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  • #7
    BlitzKrieg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,698 ✭✭✭✭BlitzKrieg


    i wait with glee for someone to be ripped a new one when they suggest transformers 2...


    *whistle*


  • #8
    Cadiz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 454 ✭✭Cadiz


    I loved Let The Right One In


  • #9
    Lame Lantern
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 368 ✭✭Lame Lantern


    The festival delay is particularly bad this year so I won't be able to make any real declarations until like May of 2010. Antichrist is the best thing I've seen this year. A tremendous piece of cinema if you can get past the reactionary press coverage and Von Trier's ridiculous public demeanour.


  • #10
    Tristram
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,592 ✭✭✭Tristram


    Seen feck all films this year sadly. Loved Zombieland.


  • #11
    cue
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 564 ✭✭✭cue


    The Secret of Kells. Just saw it with the kids. Animation is amazing. It would get my vote over Up.


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  • #12
    krudler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,788 ✭✭✭✭krudler


    Up
    Zombieland (not the best by a log shot but I had a hoot watching it)
    Hurt Locker
    Star Trek
    District 9


  • #13
    Roar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,427 ✭✭✭Roar


    star trek
    district 9
    mary and max

    the worst - observe and report. by a considerable distance.

    in case anyone needs their memory refreshed

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_in_film


  • #14
    DinnyBatman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 97 ✭✭DinnyBatman


    District 9
    Paranormal Activity
    Orphan


  • #15
    Dublinproud
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 245 ✭✭Dublinproud


    Drag me to Hell


  • #16
    MrStuffins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,611 ✭✭✭✭MrStuffins


    Lame Lantern wrote: »
    Antichrist is the best thing I've seen this year. A tremendous piece of cinema if you can get past the reactionary press coverage and Von Trier's ridiculous public demeanour.

    I'm sorry but no, just... no!


  • #17
    Seillejet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 639 ✭✭✭Seillejet


    JP Liz wrote: »
    What do you think are the best films of 2009

    my picks so far

    Inglourious Basterds
    The Hurt Locker
    State of Play
    The Hangover
    500 Days of Summer
    Drag Me To Hell
    Up
    Star Trek

    I agree with your choices but cant help feel 2009 has been a very poor year film wise.


  • #18
    sxt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,795 ✭✭✭sxt


    The white ribbon
    District 9
    Let the right one in


  • #19
    smilerf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,633 ✭✭✭smilerf


    cant understand all these votes for drag me to hell.
    its about as frightening as rihanna and beyonce waking up beside ya!!!


  • #20
    InKonspikuou2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 873 ✭✭✭InKonspikuou2


    In no order

    500 days of summer
    The hurt locker
    Star Trek
    Drag me to hell
    Mystery Team
    District 9
    Let the right one in
    Zombieland
    Watchmen
    The Hangover
    I love you man
    Moon
    District 9
    Ponyo
    In the loop
    State of play
    Sin nombre
    El traspatio
    Los viajes del viento
    Los abrazos rotos


  • #21
    The Pontiac
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,415 ✭✭✭The Pontiac


    Seillejet wrote: »
    I agree with your choices but cant help feel 2009 has been a very poor year film wise.

    The worst year ever.


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  • #22
    asdasd
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,185 ✭✭✭asdasd


    Weak year. Remember though that the Oscar contenders are yet to be released here.

    Goodl list InKonspikuou2, I cant comment on all of them but I agree that those I have seen I agree with.]

    These two were surprisingly good:

    The Hangover
    I love you man

    Neither would in the top ten in a very good year though.


  • #23
    JesseCuster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 62 ✭✭JesseCuster


    Up
    Moon
    (500) Days of Summer
    Let The Right One In
    District 9
    The Hurt Locker
    Doubt
    The Hangover
    Adventureland
    In The Loop
    Star Trek

    I think it's been a decent year so far (and I'm quietly hopeful about Avatar!)


  • #24
    Seillejet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 639 ✭✭✭Seillejet


    I'm hoping Avatar can redeem the year a little alright. It looks good.


  • #25
    Valmont
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,849 ✭✭✭Valmont


    Zombieland and Watchmen would be the only really good films I saw in the cinema this year. Oh and Public Enemies, I know it's not too popular, but I really enjoyed it.


  • #26
    leedsfan88
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 437 ✭✭leedsfan88


    Zombie land
    Star Trek
    Moon
    Inglorious Basterds
    The Wrestler

    not in any particular order


  • #27
    Duggy747
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,295 ✭✭✭✭Duggy747


    Hmm *scratches chin*

    Drag me to hell was soooo disappointing, very few funny bits and people seemed to have more of an orgasm towards it cuz Raimi "had returned to horror". Bah, horror me arse.

    For me:
    District 9
    The Hurt Locker
    Gran Torino (I may be biased cuz I love Eastwood and understand his unique humour. Plus his racial slurs had me in stitches.)
    Watchmen (I watched the 3 hour DC cut and strangely wasn't bored once.)
    Mesrine Part 1 & 2 (Technically released in France last year but came out on this side in 2009 so I'll include it.)

    Well there have been good films this year I wouldn't consider them to be the best. According to Wiki these the top 10 grossing films of the year as of 23rd November:

    1 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
    2 Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
    3 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
    4 Up
    5 Angels & Demons
    6 2012 Columbia Pictures
    7 The Hangover
    8 Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
    9 Star Trek
    10 Monsters vs. Aliens

    Going watching Harry Brown tonight so hopefully I can throw that into the mix.

    And fingers crossed for Avatar, eh?


  • #28
    H1tmonlii
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 150 ✭✭H1tmonlii


    District 9
    Paranormal Activity
    The Hangover
    Up

    I only saw one of these in the cinema because I only saw about 6 movies in the cinema this year


  • #29
    Tristram
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,592 ✭✭✭Tristram


    When was Ponyo released in Ireland?


  • #30
    BopNiblets
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,579 ✭✭✭BopNiblets


    Up
    District 9
    Let The Right One In
    Zombieland
    Moon

    Honourable mentions Inglourious Basterds, 500 Days Of Summer, Black Dynamite an The Hangover were also good for a larf.


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  • #31
    nyarlothothep
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,184 ✭✭✭nyarlothothep


    1. Inglorious Bastards
    2. Star Trek
    3. District 9
    4. The Wrestler
    5. The Hangover


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