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snowystingray) wrote2010-01-07 11:02 pm
snowystingray) wrote2010-01-07 11:02 pm
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Films of 2009
Once again, this list is a complete copy/paste job from facebook. How would I ever remember anything that happens in my life if the internet didn't keep track of it for me?
Films of 2009
1. Flesh and the Devil (1926)
2. The Animal Kingdom (1932)
3. Man of the Moment (1935)
4. The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
5. The Masquerader (1933)
6. The Desperate Hours (1955)
7. Gran Torino (2008)
8. Muppets from Space (1999)
9. Vampire Circus (1972)
10. Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008)
11. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
12. Forbidden Planet (1956)
13. Coraline (2009)
14. Legend (1985)
15. Robocop (1987)
16. American Beauty (1999)
17. Double Indemnity (1944)
18. Rooster Cogburn (1975)
19. Watchmen (2009)
20. Murphy's War (1971)
21. Speed Racer (2008)
22. Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
23. Crossfire (1947)
24. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
25. Ride Lonesome (1959)
26. Solaris (1972)
27. The Fall (2006)
28. The Bad News Bears (1976)
29. Little Children (2006)
30. Kabluey (2007)
31. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008)
32. My Bodyguard (1980)
33. Ryan's Daughter (1970)
34. Sneakers (1992)
35. The Wind that Shakes the Barley (2006)
36. The Dragon Painter (1919)
37. I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
38. (2009)
39. Goldfinger (1964)
40. The Women (1939)
41. Transformers (2007)
42. The Big House (1930)
43. I Know Where I'm Going! (1945)
44. Robin and Marian (1976)
45. Up (2009)
46. That Hamilton Woman! (1941)
47. Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009)
48. Race to Witch Mountain (2009)
49. The Wrong Box (1966)
50. The Sand Pebbles (1966)
51. Brute Force (1947)
52. A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
53. The Rainmaker (1956)
54. Manhattan Melodrama (1934)
55. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
56. I See a Dark Stranger (1946)
57. Zenon: Z3 (2004)
58. Ponyo (2008)
59. Moonraker (1979)
60. The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
61. The Beast with Five Fingers (1946)
62. Easy to Love (1953)
63. Now, Voyager (1942)
64. Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
65. Heathers (1988)
66. The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
67. The Twonky (1953)
68. GoodFellas (1990)
69. New Moon (2009)
70. Zombieland (2009)
71. The Heiress (1949)
72. The Princess and the Frog (2009)
73. Red Dawn (1984)
74. The Glass Slipper (1955)
Well, I got closer to 100 than I did in 2008, but still not quite there.
A slight boost in cinema attendance, I do believe -- 11 first-run films (Confessions of a Shopaholic and Race to Witch Mountain do not count because I watched them on a plane, okay; airplane films just reside on a separate plane [har har] of viewership), and then I watched Watchmen/Star Trek/Harry Potter twice each, so that makes... 14 trips to the movie theatre? That's acceptable.
Very few dodgy Comcast OnDemand films as well (only Muppets from Space, Legend, and Robocop, I do believe. AND ROBOCOP IS TWENTY SHADES OF AMAZING, so).
Lots and lots of library DVDs... I am rather ashamed to compare this to my Books of 2009 list, to be honest. At least I'm making the most of my tax dollars here.
A bit more horror than I usually go for, but I actually really enjoyed all of it!:
Vampire Circus - thank you![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
iconzicons for the rec, because this was perfect for working out all of my residual vamp-y feelings after my senior coursework.
Repo! - HATERS TO THE LEFT. I LOVE THIS LIKE A MAD THING. I've actually got my DVD sitting next to me right now.
The Beast with Five Fingers - this one is kind of creepy because I recorded in on semi-accident; I was trying to record a different movie at the time slot but this showed up instead, and I was like... whatever, I guess I can go ahead and watch it, and WHOA WHAT this is such an awesomely weird little film. Peter Lorre psychological horror, of course it's gonna be good!
The Phantom of the Opera - because, yes, pre-ALW, this totally counts as horror. I'M SO GLAD I FINALLY WATCHED THIS.
Zombieland - I was quite cautious about seeing this one because I tend to have a super low tolerance for zombie gore, even of the comedy variety (making me the shame of my family, who cannot comprehend why I love Hot Fuzz so so much more than Shawn of the Dead), but, ohhh, this was so adorable and heartwarming! I hear tell that a sequel is in the works, though...? Which does not please me. It ended so perfectly! It's like it's own little self-contained world of low-key wonderful and I would like to keep it that way.
Random viewings I ended up really enjoying:
- AGAIN. ROBOCOP. THIS MOVIE IS AWESOME.
- Speed Racer. One of my friends is a super huge fan so we decided to watch it on one of our study-and-a-movie dates, and. Duuude. This is a super sweet and slightly epic piece of filmmaking -- I mean, in the way that a cartoon adaptation family film can be, but it is what it is and it embraces its source material and runs with it. AND. MATTHEW FOX. IS LIKE SUPER SHOCKINGLY ATTRACTIVE IN THIS. PROBABLY NOT THE POINT OF THE MOVIE, BUT IT NEEDS TO BE STATED.
- Solaris. I really didn't know what this movie was about at all, but felt it was one of those Things I Should Watch At Least Once, so I casually TiVo-ed it eons ago, and then decided to watch it during spring break in a fit of "I need to clean out my DVR, and this thing is like four hours long and is taking up too much space! So why don't I watch it already so I can delete it?" ...Except then I was riveted for the whole thing and I'm pretty sure I spent three of those four hours bawling and I probably still could not tell you what exactly this movie was about at all, only that it spoke quite deeply to my soul and left me feeling pretty fucked up. Also, don't watch the George Clooney version, apparently.
Movies I thought I would really like but didn't:
The Day the Earth Stood Still - I really enjoyed the beginning of this, but then the last five minutes happened and I was like WAIT WAIT WHAT NO SERIOUSLY WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT. Worst ending... ever? Possibly? I can't decide if it was intentionally ironic or just stupid, but it really freaked me out and kind of ruined the movie for me.
Ponyo - I wanted to like this so much! I even dragged my parents with me to see it! But... ehhh. It wasn't bad or anything, but it just didn't stick with me the way I thought it would.
I would type more thoughts, but it is freezing in here and my fingers are getting cold. I need to figure out a way to type with my elbows while my hands are in my pockets, or something.
Now all that is left is my TV of 2009 post... which, if previous years are anything to judge by, will probably take me like a week solid... um, the silver lining to my current unemployment, I guess?
Films of 2009
1. Flesh and the Devil (1926)
2. The Animal Kingdom (1932)
3. Man of the Moment (1935)
4. The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
5. The Masquerader (1933)
6. The Desperate Hours (1955)
7. Gran Torino (2008)
8. Muppets from Space (1999)
9. Vampire Circus (1972)
10. Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008)
11. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
12. Forbidden Planet (1956)
13. Coraline (2009)
14. Legend (1985)
15. Robocop (1987)
16. American Beauty (1999)
17. Double Indemnity (1944)
18. Rooster Cogburn (1975)
19. Watchmen (2009)
20. Murphy's War (1971)
21. Speed Racer (2008)
22. Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
23. Crossfire (1947)
24. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
25. Ride Lonesome (1959)
26. Solaris (1972)
27. The Fall (2006)
28. The Bad News Bears (1976)
29. Little Children (2006)
30. Kabluey (2007)
31. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008)
32. My Bodyguard (1980)
33. Ryan's Daughter (1970)
34. Sneakers (1992)
35. The Wind that Shakes the Barley (2006)
36. The Dragon Painter (1919)
37. I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
38. (2009)
39. Goldfinger (1964)
40. The Women (1939)
41. Transformers (2007)
42. The Big House (1930)
43. I Know Where I'm Going! (1945)
44. Robin and Marian (1976)
45. Up (2009)
46. That Hamilton Woman! (1941)
47. Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009)
48. Race to Witch Mountain (2009)
49. The Wrong Box (1966)
50. The Sand Pebbles (1966)
51. Brute Force (1947)
52. A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
53. The Rainmaker (1956)
54. Manhattan Melodrama (1934)
55. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
56. I See a Dark Stranger (1946)
57. Zenon: Z3 (2004)
58. Ponyo (2008)
59. Moonraker (1979)
60. The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
61. The Beast with Five Fingers (1946)
62. Easy to Love (1953)
63. Now, Voyager (1942)
64. Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
65. Heathers (1988)
66. The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
67. The Twonky (1953)
68. GoodFellas (1990)
69. New Moon (2009)
70. Zombieland (2009)
71. The Heiress (1949)
72. The Princess and the Frog (2009)
73. Red Dawn (1984)
74. The Glass Slipper (1955)
Well, I got closer to 100 than I did in 2008, but still not quite there.
A slight boost in cinema attendance, I do believe -- 11 first-run films (Confessions of a Shopaholic and Race to Witch Mountain do not count because I watched them on a plane, okay; airplane films just reside on a separate plane [har har] of viewership), and then I watched Watchmen/Star Trek/Harry Potter twice each, so that makes... 14 trips to the movie theatre? That's acceptable.
Very few dodgy Comcast OnDemand films as well (only Muppets from Space, Legend, and Robocop, I do believe. AND ROBOCOP IS TWENTY SHADES OF AMAZING, so).
Lots and lots of library DVDs... I am rather ashamed to compare this to my Books of 2009 list, to be honest. At least I'm making the most of my tax dollars here.
A bit more horror than I usually go for, but I actually really enjoyed all of it!:
Vampire Circus - thank you
iconzicons for the rec, because this was perfect for working out all of my residual vamp-y feelings after my senior coursework.Repo! - HATERS TO THE LEFT. I LOVE THIS LIKE A MAD THING. I've actually got my DVD sitting next to me right now.
The Beast with Five Fingers - this one is kind of creepy because I recorded in on semi-accident; I was trying to record a different movie at the time slot but this showed up instead, and I was like... whatever, I guess I can go ahead and watch it, and WHOA WHAT this is such an awesomely weird little film. Peter Lorre psychological horror, of course it's gonna be good!
The Phantom of the Opera - because, yes, pre-ALW, this totally counts as horror. I'M SO GLAD I FINALLY WATCHED THIS.
Zombieland - I was quite cautious about seeing this one because I tend to have a super low tolerance for zombie gore, even of the comedy variety (making me the shame of my family, who cannot comprehend why I love Hot Fuzz so so much more than Shawn of the Dead), but, ohhh, this was so adorable and heartwarming! I hear tell that a sequel is in the works, though...? Which does not please me. It ended so perfectly! It's like it's own little self-contained world of low-key wonderful and I would like to keep it that way.
Random viewings I ended up really enjoying:
- AGAIN. ROBOCOP. THIS MOVIE IS AWESOME.
- Speed Racer. One of my friends is a super huge fan so we decided to watch it on one of our study-and-a-movie dates, and. Duuude. This is a super sweet and slightly epic piece of filmmaking -- I mean, in the way that a cartoon adaptation family film can be, but it is what it is and it embraces its source material and runs with it. AND. MATTHEW FOX. IS LIKE SUPER SHOCKINGLY ATTRACTIVE IN THIS. PROBABLY NOT THE POINT OF THE MOVIE, BUT IT NEEDS TO BE STATED.
- Solaris. I really didn't know what this movie was about at all, but felt it was one of those Things I Should Watch At Least Once, so I casually TiVo-ed it eons ago, and then decided to watch it during spring break in a fit of "I need to clean out my DVR, and this thing is like four hours long and is taking up too much space! So why don't I watch it already so I can delete it?" ...Except then I was riveted for the whole thing and I'm pretty sure I spent three of those four hours bawling and I probably still could not tell you what exactly this movie was about at all, only that it spoke quite deeply to my soul and left me feeling pretty fucked up. Also, don't watch the George Clooney version, apparently.
Movies I thought I would really like but didn't:
The Day the Earth Stood Still - I really enjoyed the beginning of this, but then the last five minutes happened and I was like WAIT WAIT WHAT NO SERIOUSLY WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT. Worst ending... ever? Possibly? I can't decide if it was intentionally ironic or just stupid, but it really freaked me out and kind of ruined the movie for me.
Ponyo - I wanted to like this so much! I even dragged my parents with me to see it! But... ehhh. It wasn't bad or anything, but it just didn't stick with me the way I thought it would.
I would type more thoughts, but it is freezing in here and my fingers are getting cold. I need to figure out a way to type with my elbows while my hands are in my pockets, or something.
Now all that is left is my TV of 2009 post... which, if previous years are anything to judge by, will probably take me like a week solid... um, the silver lining to my current unemployment, I guess?