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Best Film of the Year

1. Thirst
2. Thirst
3. Inglorious Basterds/Thirst

Park Chan-Wook outdid himself again
 
Jeff Coatney said:
I liked Hurt Locker as a popcorn movie, but its not a great film IMO. This was the film that finally nailed the coffin shut on the unmotivated, overly stylized, repetitive and cliché-ridden hand held camera for me. I like the hand-held camera only when I'm not consciously aware of it, like in Children of Men. For me, Hurt Locker's shooting style got in the way of a potentially great story and some good performances and it took me right out of the movie... which pissed me off. The gimmick of fumbling with the zoom lens in the shot was officially worn out by the TV show Thirtysomething's second season... twenty years ago. I know this because I attended the funeral for it. Get a new trick, please.
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Jeff, the point of this thread is to celebrate your favorite movies, not slag-off other peoples' choices. However, I do agree Katheryn Bigelow's style is uncompromising and a tough watch for many. She reminds me of Sam Peckinpah, I liked his movies too:)
 
Still havent seen D9 or Inglorious basterds. (sorry) Missed them both at the cinema, but got them both on Bluray for Xmas, so I cant wait.

I really thought "Moon" was a great Movie. Surprised to not see it in anyone else's lists. Am I the only one?
 
I liked "Moon", it had some great moments in it. "District 9" is a really good film. I also really liked 'The Road". "Up" was a favorite. "Watchmen" was good. "Zombieland" was a guilty pleasure, big thumbs up there. "Capitalism: A Love Story" was a fave.

I guess my favorite "movie" was the Susan Boyle clip on YouTube. It was a perfect underdog story: a shy, self-effacing heroine with an impossible dream, a legendary villain (Simon Cowell), an angry mob eager to extract revenge, moments of doubt, the threat of humiliation and failure and ultimately a very real moment of triumph. All of it taking less than six minutes to tell. Amazing effect-- and yet no one really wrote and directed it-- it was organic and real and just unfolded somehow.

I felt the same about the landing on the Hudson river by Capt. Sulley. Another real heroic moment that illustrated what was missing from the cinemas this year. It was a pretty down year, I thought.
 
Andrew clemson said:
I really thought "Moon" was a great Movie. Surprised to not see it in anyone else's lists. Am I the only one?
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I have been trying to see Moon and it hasn't happened yet. So I guess I can't really consider it. On DVD in 9 days, I'll check it out soon.
 
Jeff Coatney said:
I guess my favorite "movie" was the Susan Boyle clip on YouTube. It was a perfect underdog story: a shy, self-effacing heroine with an impossible dream, a legendary villain (Simon Cowell), an angry mob eager to extract revenge, moments of doubt, the threat of humiliation and failure and ultimately a very real moment of triumph. All of it taking less than six minutes to tell. Amazing effect-- and yet no one really wrote and directed it-- it was organic and real and just unfolded somehow.
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I used to make pop videos and rockumentaries for Simon Cowell and at the risk of derailing my own thread, I can assure you there was nothing real or organic about that Susan Boyle clip. Just cynical reality TV production at its most slick and effective.

I know what you're getting at with the power and relevance of YouTube having more resonance than cinema, but for me there is still much to admire on the big screen and much to aspire to. Indeed, God help us all if all we can't halt the rise of reality TV and replace it with something better.

Anyhow, I'm sure it wont be long before you can go watch the Susan Boyle story in your local multiplex - I wonder how it will end and if it will be a melodrama or a tragedy...

:)
 
You mean the movie with Sandra Bullock? Yes, I've seen it!
 
Liam Hall said:
I used to make pop videos and rockumentaries for Simon Cowell and at the risk of derailing my own thread, I can assure you there was nothing real or organic about that Susan Boyle clip. Just cynical reality TV production at its most slick and effective.

I know what you're getting at with the power and relevance of YouTube having more resonance than cinema, but for me there is still much to admire on the big screen and much to aspire to. Indeed, God help us all if all we can't halt the rise of reality TV and replace it with something better.

Anyhow, I'm sure it wont be long before you can go watch the Susan Boyle story in your local multiplex - I wonder how it will end and if it will be a melodrama or a tragedy...

:)
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Please don't let her die all alone in a seedy motel somewhere in Los Angeles.
 
Well, I haven't seen a couple of the favorites out there, but the movie that hit me the hardest and stayed with me the most afterwards: "A Serious Man." I think it's the best ever from the Coen Bros. Just my opinion. I love it.
 
1. Antichrist
2. Das weisse Band - Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte
3. Kynodontas
 
1. Inglorious Basterds. It seems like the exact opposite of Death Proof, as far as Tarantino Movies go. While Death Proof was just about everything i DISLIKED about his style, Inglorious Basterds felt like real cinema as i was watching it. Not some flick. It felt epic. But it was still totally tarantino.

2. Star Trek. Wow. Simply wow. This was, to me, J.J. Abrahms really showing that he is a top-tier director. Everything about this movie was done so well. If WB has half a brain, JJ will direct the next Superman movie (if there ever is one)

3. District 9. At $30mil (pretty low budget for an effects movie) this movie looked FANTASTIC. And the storyline was choice. Good to have REAL Sci-Fi in theaters again.

4. Avatar. This movie has changed the game. Simple as that.

5. Trick R' Treat. You may giggle, but this movie really represents, to me, the very best of the genre. Extremely well written, visually true to the genre, and just a whole damn lot of fun to watch.

6. Up. The only word i can use to describe the storytelling in this movie: Sublime.
 
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Liam Hall said:
I used to make pop videos and rockumentaries for Simon Cowell and at the risk of derailing my own thread, I can assure you there was nothing real or organic about that Susan Boyle clip. Just cynical reality TV production at its most slick and effective.
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Well, you outdid the bulk of the offerings at my multiplex, as far as I'm concerned. Hats off. That was very slick and very effective.
 
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