Hi folks,

I am a serious movie buff and as New Year has arrived I was checking out for top movies I have watched till now. I Listed 25 of my choice. Here are they;

1.Gran Torino

2 My Bloody Valentine 3D

3 Paul Blart: Mall Cop

4 Defiance

5 Notorious

6 Slumdog Millionaire

7 The Unborn

8 Bride Wars

9 Not Easily Broken

10 Hotel for Dogs

11 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

12 Last Chance Harvey

13 Valkyrie

14 Marley & Me

15 The Wrestler

16 Revolutionary Road

17 Twilight

18 Bedtime Stories

19 Seven Pounds

20 Yes Man

21 The Reader

22 Doubt

23 Underworld 3: The Rise of the Lycans

24 Inkheart

25 The Tale of Despereaux

Feedbacks are welcome. You can also post your list.

Gotta check out Gran Torino sometime.

5.) Tropic Thunder
4.) Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
3.) The Mist
2.) The Forbidden Kingdom
1.) Wall E

I dug Gran Torino a heck-uv-a-lot more than I though I would:  My full discussion on this is found here:  http://www.rowthree.com/2009/01/20/cinecast-episode-109-the-business-of-selling-candy/

Brad - January 25, 2009, 9:19pm

Gotta check out Gran Torino sometime.

5.) Tropic Thunder

I have the commentary on just now behind me, Downey in character as promised in the film! I love Tropic it’s just alot meaner than it should have been.

Ah…the commentary.
My love for Downey has increased…much like my Pug’s weight.

Looking forward to Mr Homes and Watson.

If we’re talking specifically about 09 releases, then as I recall I’ve only seen Australia (in Spain with Spainish subs!), Watchmen and Star Trek. Australia was embarrassing, Watchmen was entertaining but a little broad in places and was NEVER going to live up to the source material anyway (although it did make a surprizingly valid attempt) and Star Trek was great fun!

Paul Blart?  seriously?  that’s gotta be a typo..  hehe

Watchmen wasn’t too good either.

Gran Torino was great, Star Trek was greater.

A lot of these are 2008 films…

Spam bots. Spam Bots, should I be whacking thee?

Either way, here are some of my favourites from the first half of the year, I desparately want to see the new Sion Sono, Love Exposure, as well as In The Loop and The Hurt Locker….but here are my 6 or so favourites:

Moon
The Limits of Control
Objectified
The Girlfriend Experience
Public Enemies
Black Dynamite

Also, films I saw last year but got cinema releases this year:  Pontypool, The Sky Cralwers, Che, Tokyo Sonata

For now the list looks like this:

LOVE EXPOSURE - Sion Sono
TOKYO SONATA - Kiyoshi Kuorsawa
SOMERS TOWN - Shane Meadows
THE CLONE RETURNS HOME - Kanji Nakajima
BREATHLESS - Yang Ik-joon
HIGH NOON - Mak Hei-yan
THE SECRET OF KELLS - Tomm Moore
TOKYO! - Gondry, Carax, Bong
PONTYPOOL - Bruce McDonald
UP - Andrew Stanton

City of Life and Death is the front-runner of 2009 for me so far. Best film I’ve seen all year (for the first time) is currently The Horse Thief, but that was originally released twenty-three years ago.

So far this year

Mesrine Part 1 + 2
The square
Fatso
kandidaten
deugsynlige
Kærlighed på film

Biggest guilty pleasure - Outlander

So far:

City of Life and Death
Love Exposure
Mother
Antichrist

Fighting for a wildcard spot:

More Than Blue
Tokyo Sonata

And, although I haven’t seen it yet I bet THE CLONE RETURNS HOME gets in. I just have a feeling.

I want to see Mesrine Pt 2.  Saw part one in Sept 2008, and no closure! 

Amended 2009 list:

ENTER THE VOID
UP IN THE AIR
SYMBOL
The Limits of Control
Mr. Nobody

Still really want to see:  Love Exposure, Where The Wild Things Are, Collapse, Stingray Sam

Let The Right One In was very good. It got a 2009 DVD release, so I suppose it counts!

Kurt Halfyard - October 5, 2009, 8:36am

I want to see Mesrine Pt 2.  Saw part one in Sept 2008, and no closure! 

Amended 2009 list:

ENTER THE VOID
UP IN THE AIR
SYMBOL
The Limits of Control
Mr. Nobody

Still really want to see:  Love Exposure, Where The Wild Things Are, Collapse, Stingray Sam

A serious Man was a great surprise and definitely an upper-tier Coen’s flick.  It is certainly a contender for the Top 5.  And Where The Wild Things Are was sublime!