What are your favorite and least favorite movies of '09 and why
'09 was an interesting year for the cinema. Oodles and oodles of movies came out during that year. For those of you who have trouble remembering the excess oodles, here's a link to a list.
Least Favorite:
G.I. Joe. The acting was terrible, the CGI was laughable, the story was a horrid Frankenstein abomination, with scenes ripped off from everywhere. All around bad movie. Not much else to say.
Honorable mentions include:
-Ninja Assassin for being ridiculous in a retarded fashion.
-Daybreakers for being good for the first half hour then crashing and burning and dieing like a Navy pilot.
Most Favorite:
Inglorious Basterds takes the cake on this one. After seeing many, many WWII movies, I was a little skeptical going into the theater on this one, but I was pleasantly surprised. The acting and dialogue were phenomenal. It focuses on the interactions between characters in a way that grips you and doesn't let you go. I respect Quentin Tarantino so much for this movie and now I can see why his other films are so highly revered (this is the only one of his I have seen).
Honorable mentions include:
-The Road for being great if not phenomenal in every aspect it attempted except for the fact that it was depressing as fuck.
-Ponyo for inspiring childlike whimsy though I'm not a child.
-The Men Who Stare At Goats for being consistently funny with good dialogue, though lacking somehow.
