I've also added up or down arrow images to a handful of films. As I'm sure many of you do or did, when I looked back on the films I saw and the ratings I gave, some of them didn't sit well with me. In other words, just because a film earned an "It's in the hole!" rating some months back, that doesn't necessarily mean it'll place in my Top 5 or 10. Additionally, I've marked off those films I saw in 2009 that were officially from 2008 and therefore ineligible for top prizes either at the Academy or here (ditto the few 2010 releases included). Damn the nether-world of list-making!
So what you have is the official pre-cursor to the End of Year Spectacular, which I've been putting off not for procrastination's sake (okay, that's not entirely true), but so that I could see the prestige films before the Academy Awards hit.
To view a review of any of these film, use the handy dropdown menus in the sidebar - you can search either by rating or by alphabet. Of course, it needs updating badly, but you can't rush these things...
YOU'RE THE BEST...AROUND
The Fantastic Mr. Fox
District 9 The HangoverLet the Right One In (2008 release)
IT'S IN THE HOLE
The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus
The Messenger
Where the Wild Things AreZombieland
Inglourious Basterds
Moon
Star Trek
Adventureland
Up
Waltz with Bashir (2008 release)
DARN TOOTIN
Avatar (not yet reviewed)
Sherlock Holmes (not yet reviewed)
Up In the Air
A Single Man
Invictus
The Road
Precious
An Education
The Box
Capitalism: A Love Story
The Hurt Locker
(500) Days of SummerOutrage
Sin NombreLymelife
Terminator: Salvation
WatchmenState of Play
Duplicity
I Love You, Man
Coraline
DECENT FELLOW
Brothers
The Men Who Stare at Goats
A Serious Man
Paranormal Activity
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
Cold Souls
The Informant
9
Extract
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Away We Go
Sunshine Cleaning
Monsters vs. Aliens
The Class (2008)
The Reader (2008)
WHATEVER
Daybreakers (not yet reviewed; 2010 release)
The Book of Eli (2010 release)
Crazy Heart
Ninja Assassin
2012
The Invention of Lying
Surrogates
The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard
Paper Heart
Bruno
The Taking of Pehlam 1 2 3
The Brothers Bloom
Management
PUNCH ME
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
X-Men Origins: WolverineThe International
MAD AS HELL
(none - yay!)
Totals:
2 2010 releases, 60 2009 releases, 4 2008 releases = 66
You're the best...around: 4
It's in the hole: 10
Darn tootin: 21
Decent fellow: 15
Whatever: 13
Punch me: 3
Mad as hell: 0
5 people have chosen wisely: on "The Films I Saw in 2009 (ok, not all, plus a couple of 2010 ones)"
Those arrows are hard to see, but I'm guessing they all point down except for the 3 in the "Darn Tootin" section, right?
Buffett - Correctamundo.
So did Wolverine retroactively get demoted to Mad as Hell?
Also, I think I've only grown to dislike Watchmen more since it was released about 40 different ways on DVD.
Paul - I don't go back and change any of the ratings - it's more of an "in my head" kind of thing. And I probably have such feelings (up or down) or a lot more than I represent here - the ones chosen are probably just the most extreme cases.
I was somewhat mixed on Watchmen, but it's gone up in my book. Can't say that I've really noticed/been bothered by any DVD business.
Terminator: Salvation
Awesome and Fantastic Movie
Great story! Loved it.
Go and watch Terminator Salvation movie and have a fun.
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