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Roger Ebert, Manohla Dargis And The New AT THE MOVIES Boys Weigh In!! Is THE HURT LOCKER The Film of the Year??
I am – Hercules!!
Since we stuck up the first wave of award winners a week ago, a lot more films have won a lot more awards, and a lot more critics have decided on their best movies of 2009.
I reckon we’re still waiting on lists from Harry, Capone and Quint but, as we look to Father Geek and beyond this site, “The Hurt Locker” seems to be the only movie on absolutely every critic’s short list.
Where we stand:
BOSTON SOCIETY OF FILM CRITICS
The Hurt Locker
CHICAGO FILM CRITICS
The Hurt Locker
HOUSTON FILM CRITICS
The Hurt Locker
LOS ANGELES FILM CRITICS
The Hurt Locker
(runner-up: Up in the Air)
NEW YORK FILM CRITICS CIRCLE
The Hurt Locker
DETROIT FILM CRITICS
Up
ST. LOUIS FILM CRITICS
Up in the Air
(runner-up: The Hurt Locker)
WASHINGTON DC AREA FILM CRITICS
Up In The Air
FLORIDA FILM CRITICS
Up in the Air
INDIANA FILM JOURNALISTS
Up In The Air
(runner-up: Fantastic Mr. Fox)
NEW YORK FILM CRITICS ONLINE
(not to be confused with the New York Film Critics Circle)
Avatar
ROGER EBERT (THE CHICAGO SUN-TIMES)
MAINSTREAM:
Bad Lieutenant
Crazy Heart
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Knowing
Precious
A Serious Man
Up In The Air
The White Ribbon
INDEPENDENT:
Departures
Disgrace
Everlasting Moments
Goodbye Solo
Julia
Silent Night
Sin Nombre
Skin
Trucker
You, The Living
(Special Jury Prize: Avatar)
MICHAEL PHILLIPS (THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE)
Up
Where The Wild Things Are
Waltz With Bashir
Of Time and the City
The Hurt Locker
A Serious Man
In The Loop
Sugar
Me and Orson Welles
A Single Man
MANOHLA DARGIS (THE NEW YORK TIMES)
Gomorrah
Tulpan
Summer Hours
The Hurt Locker
The Beaches of Agnes
Public Enemies
Beeswax
Ponyo
The Informant!
Where The Wild Things Are
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Avatar
RUNNERS-UP:
Of Time and the City
Frontier of Dawn
Tokyo Sonata
Sugar
Léon Morin: Priest
Julia
Star Trek
Anaglyph Tom
Séraphine
The English Surgeon
You, the Living
In the Loop
Import, Export
Lorna's Silence
A Perfect Getaway
The Baader Meinhof Complex
Big Fan
Unmade Beds
Crude
A Serious Man
Precious
The Messenger
Big River Man
35 Shots of Rum
Up in the Air
A Single Man
Invictus
Police, Adjective
A.O. SCOTT (THE NEW YORK TIMES)
Where The Wild Things Are
The Hurt Locker
In The Loop
Summer Hours
Of Time and the City
Up In The Air
Funny People
Bright Star
Medicine For Melancholy
Precious
Coraline
Avatar
District 9
A Serious Man
Anvil! The Story of Anvil
Goodbye, Solo
Sugar
Gomorrah
The Baader Meinof Complex
RUNNERS-UP:
La Danse
24 City
Invictus
Extract
Tyson
The Beaches Of Agnes
Crazy Heart
Still Walking
Broken Embraces
KENNETH TURAN (THE LOS ANGELES TIMES)
Bright Star
The Hurt Locker
An Education
Avatar
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Julie & Julia
Up
Up in The Air
CHILDREN OF SUNDANCE:
Amreeka
Adventureland
Big Fan
Sergio
DOCUMENTARIES:
Afghan Star
Anvil! The Story of Anvil
Soul Power
Harvard Beats Yale 29-29
More Than A Game
Tyson
Unmistaken Child
JAY KNOWLES (AIN'T IT COOL NEWS)
Avatar (3-D)
Thirst
MicMacs
Up (3-D)
Lovely Bones
Me and Orson Welles
Where the Wild Things Are (IMAX)
The Hurt Locker
The Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Road
District 9
Kick Ass
Shutter Island
Sherlock Holmes
Inglourious Basterds
Solomon Kane
Star Trek (IMAX)
Invictus
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Coraline (3-D)
Men Who Stare at Goats
RUNNERS-UP:
Daybreakers
Bronson
Watchmen (IMAX)
Whip It
RICHARD CORLISS (TIME)
The Princess and the Frog
Up
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Hurt Locker
Up in the Air
The White Ribbon
A Single Man
Of Time and the City
District 9
Thirst
PETER TRAVERS (ROLLING STONE)
Precious
Up In The Air
The Hurt Locker
An Education
Up
Where the Wild Things Are
A Serious Man
District 9
(500) Days of Summer
The Messenger
TIED FOR 11TH:
Inglourious Basterds
Capitalism: A Love Story
In the Loop
The Cove
Invictus
Public Enemies
Fantastic Mr. Fox
A Single Man
Nine
Tyson
DAVID GERMAINE (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS)
The Hurt Locker
Precious
The White Ribbon
Bad Lieutenant: Port of New Orleans
Up
An Education
(500) Days of Summer
Passing Strange
Anvil: The Story of Anvil
The Damned United
CHRISTY LEMIRE (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Moon
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Up
District 9
A Serious Man
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Sugar
Passing Strange
Drag Me To Hell
LISA SCHWARZBAUM (ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY)
The Hurt Locker
Up
Coraline
Up in the Air
Where The Wild Things Are
Fantastic Mr. Fox
A Serious Man
Big Fan
District 9
Everlasting Moments
OWEN GLEIBERMAN (ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY)
Up in the Air
Inglourious Basterds
Precious
I Love You, Man
Food, Inc.
(500) Days of Summer
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Girlfriend Experience
The Hurt Locker
Adventureland
AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE
Coraline
The Hangover
The Hurt Locker
The Messenger
Precious
A Serious Man
A Single Man
Sugar
Up
Up in the Air
BROADCAST FILM CRITICS NOMINEES
Avatar
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Invictus
Nine
Precious
A Serious Man
Up
Up In The Air
HOLLYWOOD FOREIGN PRESS ASSOCIATION NOMINEES
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious
Up in the Air
(500) Days of Summer
The Hangover
It's Complicated
Julie & Julia
Nine
THE NATIONAL BOARD OF REVIEW
An Education
(500) Days of Summer
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Invictus
The Messenger
A Serious Man
Star Trek
Up
Where The Wild Things Are
If you’ve a mind to, feel free to forward anything else you think might belong on this page. My email is herculesAICN@yahoo.com.
The Hurt Locker
CHICAGO FILM CRITICS
The Hurt Locker
HOUSTON FILM CRITICS
The Hurt Locker
LOS ANGELES FILM CRITICS
The Hurt Locker
(runner-up: Up in the Air)
NEW YORK FILM CRITICS CIRCLE
The Hurt Locker
DETROIT FILM CRITICS
Up
ST. LOUIS FILM CRITICS
Up in the Air
(runner-up: The Hurt Locker)
WASHINGTON DC AREA FILM CRITICS
Up In The Air
FLORIDA FILM CRITICS
Up in the Air
INDIANA FILM JOURNALISTS
Up In The Air
(runner-up: Fantastic Mr. Fox)
NEW YORK FILM CRITICS ONLINE
(not to be confused with the New York Film Critics Circle)
Avatar
ROGER EBERT (THE CHICAGO SUN-TIMES)
MAINSTREAM:
Bad Lieutenant
Crazy Heart
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Knowing
Precious
A Serious Man
Up In The Air
The White Ribbon
INDEPENDENT:
Departures
Disgrace
Everlasting Moments
Goodbye Solo
Julia
Silent Night
Sin Nombre
Skin
Trucker
You, The Living
(Special Jury Prize: Avatar)
MICHAEL PHILLIPS (THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE)
Up
Where The Wild Things Are
Waltz With Bashir
Of Time and the City
The Hurt Locker
A Serious Man
In The Loop
Sugar
Me and Orson Welles
A Single Man
MANOHLA DARGIS (THE NEW YORK TIMES)
Gomorrah
Tulpan
Summer Hours
The Hurt Locker
The Beaches of Agnes
Public Enemies
Beeswax
Ponyo
The Informant!
Where The Wild Things Are
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Avatar
RUNNERS-UP:
Of Time and the City
Frontier of Dawn
Tokyo Sonata
Sugar
Léon Morin: Priest
Julia
Star Trek
Anaglyph Tom
Séraphine
The English Surgeon
You, the Living
In the Loop
Import, Export
Lorna's Silence
A Perfect Getaway
The Baader Meinhof Complex
Big Fan
Unmade Beds
Crude
A Serious Man
Precious
The Messenger
Big River Man
35 Shots of Rum
Up in the Air
A Single Man
Invictus
Police, Adjective
A.O. SCOTT (THE NEW YORK TIMES)
Where The Wild Things Are
The Hurt Locker
In The Loop
Summer Hours
Of Time and the City
Up In The Air
Funny People
Bright Star
Medicine For Melancholy
Precious
Coraline
Avatar
District 9
A Serious Man
Anvil! The Story of Anvil
Goodbye, Solo
Sugar
Gomorrah
The Baader Meinof Complex
RUNNERS-UP:
La Danse
24 City
Invictus
Extract
Tyson
The Beaches Of Agnes
Crazy Heart
Still Walking
Broken Embraces
KENNETH TURAN (THE LOS ANGELES TIMES)
Bright Star
The Hurt Locker
An Education
Avatar
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Julie & Julia
Up
Up in The Air
CHILDREN OF SUNDANCE:
Amreeka
Adventureland
Big Fan
Sergio
DOCUMENTARIES:
Afghan Star
Anvil! The Story of Anvil
Soul Power
Harvard Beats Yale 29-29
More Than A Game
Tyson
Unmistaken Child
JAY KNOWLES (AIN'T IT COOL NEWS)
Avatar (3-D)
Thirst
MicMacs
Up (3-D)
Lovely Bones
Me and Orson Welles
Where the Wild Things Are (IMAX)
The Hurt Locker
The Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Road
District 9
Kick Ass
Shutter Island
Sherlock Holmes
Inglourious Basterds
Solomon Kane
Star Trek (IMAX)
Invictus
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Coraline (3-D)
Men Who Stare at Goats
RUNNERS-UP:
Daybreakers
Bronson
Watchmen (IMAX)
Whip It
RICHARD CORLISS (TIME)
The Princess and the Frog
Up
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Hurt Locker
Up in the Air
The White Ribbon
A Single Man
Of Time and the City
District 9
Thirst
PETER TRAVERS (ROLLING STONE)
Precious
Up In The Air
The Hurt Locker
An Education
Up
Where the Wild Things Are
A Serious Man
District 9
(500) Days of Summer
The Messenger
TIED FOR 11TH:
Inglourious Basterds
Capitalism: A Love Story
In the Loop
The Cove
Invictus
Public Enemies
Fantastic Mr. Fox
A Single Man
Nine
Tyson
DAVID GERMAINE (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS)
The Hurt Locker
Precious
The White Ribbon
Bad Lieutenant: Port of New Orleans
Up
An Education
(500) Days of Summer
Passing Strange
Anvil: The Story of Anvil
The Damned United
CHRISTY LEMIRE (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Moon
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Up
District 9
A Serious Man
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Sugar
Passing Strange
Drag Me To Hell
LISA SCHWARZBAUM (ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY)
The Hurt Locker
Up
Coraline
Up in the Air
Where The Wild Things Are
Fantastic Mr. Fox
A Serious Man
Big Fan
District 9
Everlasting Moments
OWEN GLEIBERMAN (ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY)
Up in the Air
Inglourious Basterds
Precious
I Love You, Man
Food, Inc.
(500) Days of Summer
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Girlfriend Experience
The Hurt Locker
Adventureland
AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE
Coraline
The Hangover
The Hurt Locker
The Messenger
Precious
A Serious Man
A Single Man
Sugar
Up
Up in the Air
BROADCAST FILM CRITICS NOMINEES
Avatar
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Invictus
Nine
Precious
A Serious Man
Up
Up In The Air
HOLLYWOOD FOREIGN PRESS ASSOCIATION NOMINEES
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious
Up in the Air
(500) Days of Summer
The Hangover
It's Complicated
Julie & Julia
Nine
THE NATIONAL BOARD OF REVIEW
An Education
(500) Days of Summer
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Invictus
The Messenger
A Serious Man
Star Trek
Up
Where The Wild Things Are
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rampant homosexuality throughout Hollywood, and AICN. queers.
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A friend told me it was pants.
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and not that he had any credibility left with me, but did anyone else catch "Knowing" in Ebert's top 10?!?!
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Does anyone give two turds about these lists... All these lists do is give people an excuse to over analyze films and take all enjoyment out of them....
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would be a very worthy winner for the Oscar , any film prize, much more critical consensus on this movie, and a brilliant movie.
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So, it's comforting to see it lead so many lists. But looking at the others mentioned, this really was a lean year.
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And it plopped down like one of Harry's taco turds.
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Ebert put Knowing on his list? Is it just me, or was that movie an *especially* retarded bit of hollywood nonsense?
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Jeremy Renner was great in it too. It deserves the heaps of praise it has gotten. It may have been a lean year, but there are several great films mentioned on these lists and I think The Hurt Locker would stand out in any year.
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The guy wrote Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, okay? He has lapses in judgment and taste.
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It's not getting any serious traction with the critics, according to these lists.
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Dec 22, 2009 12:34:46 AM CST
Spoilers -- I've seen Knowing, but can barely remember anything
by shazzbot
about it, just that there were aliens at the end, and that aliens predicted all the disasters. It was just utterly forgettable. Just another Nick Cage paycheck, like Next, Wicker Man, etc. I can't for the life of me understand why Ebert would give it 4 STARS. But he is old, and allowed to be eccentric, I guess.
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for right now, but I'm holding off on any official announcements until I see Up In The Air. I know no one will get any sleep until the final decision is rendered. Avatar wouldn't even win for best Sci-Fi movie or best animated film in my book. Those would go to District 9 and Up respectively. Don't look for the full list, as I subscribe to the "opinions are like ass holes" theory of life...there are far too many of them around pissing me off.
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It was one of my favorites of the year, couldn't stop thinking about it the whole day I saw it. But everyone here except AO Scott virtually ignored it.
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For some reason the first time I scanned these lists, I didn't see A Serious Man but once. A second, closer look shows me pretty much everyone is praising it. Color me retarded.
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I saw Invictus. I liked it a lot, but it fell just short of great. I would call it really good. Morgan Freeman did a great job though. He will get a nomination out of it.
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They were angels. That was the most underrated movie of the year in my opinion. These lists are so fucking obvious though.
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I am still waiting for it to come to Jacksonville. Will it ever go wide? I don't remember Moon ever coming here. I had to drive 40 miles, to another town, to see No Country for Old Men before it got its Oscar nominations. Is anyone else in a similar boat?
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Christop Walz best supporting actor, I am stumped on the actresses front.
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I think that Jeremy Renner, Colin Firth, Morgan Freeman and George Clooney will all be nominated for best actor. I'm not sure who the 5th will be. For best actress I have only heard one name- that chick from Precious. No one else even comes to mind.
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Dec 22, 2009 12:48:21 AM CST
Renner won't get an Oscar -- he isn't an A-lister
by presidentleprechaun
or a B or C-lister. George Clooney will receive his Oscar. And Jason Reitman will be coronated as the next King of Hollywood. Hollywood is bought and paid for people
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Calling it sleazy, as I recall. So he even had lapses in judgment 27 years ago. He has a few head scratchers in his reviews every year.
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Jeff Bridges. That's five. Write those down. Renner will not win. Clooney could, but I'm thinking Jeff Bridges more, a la Robert Duvall in Tender Mercies. The Dude has been in the biz for nearly 40 years with nothing to show for it. Also, there is a good possibility for Morgan Freeman because he is playing a liberal icon.
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Dec 22, 2009 1:00:29 AM CST
Okay, here's my stab at who I think the ten nominees for picture
by heavenlykid
Not my top ten, but who the academy will recognize. In no order it's...Hurt Locker, Up in the Air, Inglourious Basterds, Precious, Avatar, An Education, A single man, a serious man, Crazyheart and Star trek.
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If it's playing in or near your town, check it out NOW!
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Up in the Air will probably win for best picture, but I don't think that Jason Reitman will win. The Academy doesn't typically award young directors. Kathryn Bigelow has a tremendous shot at being the first woman to win best director. Those Hollywood folks salivate over the possibility of a woman winning, I'll bet. She may also deserve to win it. She may have directed the best movie ever directed by a woman, if you ask me. Uh oh! I fear the backlash of that statement. Sorry. Movies directed by women typically feel like they are directed by women. Movies by Kathryn Bigelow sometimes feel like she has a swingin' pair.
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Or Depp. Or Pitt. Who would've thought Jeff Bridges would be nominated for Best Actor?
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I might replace one of those choices, probably Star Trek, with Up. Avatar may siphon off votes that might have gone to Star Trek, a pure popcorn movie, while Avatar was directed by a "true artist" like James Cameron. Politics.
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Why not for Crazy Heart?
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Even with 10 nominees ?
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is Avatar topping some lists?! It wasn't awful, but it was hardly a great film.
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I'm not saying Jeff is a bad actor, cause he's not, obviously, but I'm saying that there's not a lot of movies nominated the public actually saw.
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They expanded the number of best picture nominees to 10. Why would people tune in to watch the Oscars when movies they didn't care about, like Milk and The Reader were nominated? Slumdog Millionaire did about half of its business after it won best picture. I'm sure they will keep the best animated feature around. It took them long enough to start giving one out.
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...my pick for film of the year was still My Sister's Keeper. Such a moving picture, and easily the first one that comes to mind when I think of 2009 movies that will stay with me forever.
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i wonder if it was a tough call for him, or if he just sorta picked one at random.
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... 'course they don't mean too much as this list represents about 80% of the films I saw this year. Sort of in order: A Serious Man Up The Hurt Locker Moon Ponyo District 9 Avatar Where The Wild Things Are An Education The Road Did I mention that I'm an animation hound? Honorable mentions: Up In The Air Fantastic Mr. Fox Bright Star And: FREAKIN' THE IMAGINARIUM OF DR. PERNASSUS!!! "sight unseen" - I'm a Terry Gilliam freak, so it's pretty much "a given". How many of these lists are as honest I wonder?
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"The Princess and The Frog"
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District 9 appears on five of these lists. Do mean no District 9 number ones?
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Ive taken soo much flack for liking that movie, but imo its seriously misunderstood by most people.
Sure it has a few facetopalm moments... but i think they really tried to something with this movie that most people simply did not get.
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The movie they tried to sell was not the movie they had. I went into it thinking it was a Nic Cage Saves the World, not a Yep We're Fucked. Surprising and creepy and far more clever than people deserved.
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really has lost his mind if he put Knowing on his list. Poor guy.
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Kathryn Bigelow will win Best Director. Up in the Air will get screenplay. Everybody happy.
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d9
up
watchmen
basterds
fired up
cloudy meatballs
2012
transformers 2
star trek
avatar
Sherlock may have a chance of bumping avatar out of the top 10 when I go see it.
Bottm 5:
pink panther 2
ghost of gf past
year 1
chun li
race witch mountain
I didn't go see New Moon. -
1: Avatar 3D
2: Inglouious Basterds
3: The Hurt Locker
4: Public Enemies
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Not sure it was better than most, but still a very intelligent film.
The fact that Moon only features on one critic's list is the reason I don't care for critics' opinions in the first place. Fucking Nine got more mentions >:( -
I think Knowing was underratted, particularly due to the fact, it used common myth and magic suggestions through out the film (if I remember correctly)and then turned around and became sci-fi. I personally can't stand religious/spiritual BS and found the ending refreshing. I am not saying it's worthy of some top 10 list, but I am not a big fan of lists anyway.
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sorry, for the misuse, of commas.
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"Waltz With Bashir" came out *last* year. It was even nominated for an Academy Award and won 23 other prestigious awards. LAST year.
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I like it quite a bit. Alex Proyas excels with this kind of material, and IMO he certainly hit the mark here. Sombre, creepy, and with a terrific sense of foreboding that pulsed though the whole movie. Nicolas Cage (who I don't much care for these days) managed to reel it in (but that scene where he breaks down after the aliens take his son away was pisspoorly done).kwisatzhaderach... methinks you will be proven correct, sir. The Academy has a tendency to spread it around on occasion, and I think that will be the case at next year's Oscars. But PLEASE, in the name of all that is holy... no Cloondawg for Best Actor. Give that one to Morgan Freeman or Jeremy Renner. I'd rather see Renner win it, but the Academy does have a fondness for Mr. Freeman. Plus it would be a nod of the head to Clint Eastwood without having to give him a THIRD Best Director Award (they ain't gonna make your day this time, punk). Kathryn Bigelow deserves that one.
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Also, I didnt love UP that much.
Coraline is probably up there for me, what a scary ass movie that was! For kid my arse!
1. Star Trek
2. Inglorious Basterds
3. District 9
4. The Hangover
5. Coraline
6. Moon
7. The Informant
8. The Men Who Stare At Goats
9.GI Joe ( It was simple fun)
I cant actually think of a tenth. Those were the films i enjoyed the most this year.
Sherlock Holmes will probably enter the top 5, but Im not seeing that until Sunday! And The Road, but that technically isnt out till 2010.
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Deserves to WIN FUCKING EVERYTHING its nominated for.
That movie was made of win. A couple of mates over in the MEAO on deployment sent me the DVD and wouldn't tell me where they got it (considering the film doesn't even get a theatrical release where I am until January 2010). I can see why it is loved by those guys. I fucking loved it too.I'm gonna go watch it again. -
Hes a huge fan of Proyas's Dark City (I think it was on his top ten of that decade) and I think that great film colors his view of Proyas' work. Knowing had a great first and second act. Then I dont think he knew what to do in the third or he had to cut it short and simple for studio/budget reasons. Ive been scratching my head on how I would redo it myself. Its extremely hard to meld sci fi-fantasy and religious-spiritual themes. They do seem to overlap in some places but to make it be cool in our cynical age is damn difficult. Im not sure I would have taken up the challenge if offered.
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Note to self: I like Manohla Dargis.
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By most standards of judgment was the best film in a pretty good year.
I'd love to see Bridges get best actor, the guy is so overdue one.
Up In The Air was very good, but just didn't quite have that special something I think The Hurt Locker had.
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They made In The Loop.
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Give it to him NOW.
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Ugh. Cant stand her. All her reviews are pretentious dribble.
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Coraline are my top 5.Haven't seen Basterds, A Serious Man, The Road or Mr Fox yet.I really didn't like Up and Public Enemies which is surprising since I usually love Mann and Pixar.
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wow. Probably didn't play in L.A. in time last year.
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I love that you put your dad up there. And I fully support all the love for Coraline.
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Seriously its a decent film, nothing special. How come World's Greatest Dad isn't on any of these list? That movie was amazing? Do critics hate VOD as well?
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For best movies of the year. And its a tie for best actor between Robin and the Shart.
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For Black Dynamite? The movie was fucking better the Up in The Air.
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Is that he loved Knowing, but doesn't much care for D9. I loved both those films. I even watched Knowing two times in a row, pissed I skipped it in theaters.
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...and I think a few other things too if I recall. There is no clear front-runner for now so I guess he could have a good shot. He's great in Crazy Heart and it would be a reward for his body of work as well.
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MOON kicked the shit out of Avatar.
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but as far as I'm concerned, District 9 was the film of the year. With 10 nominations for Best Picture at the Oscars this time, we'll see if even gets the love it deserves with a nod.
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That Hurt Locker was directed by Cameron's ex...
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There is a clear front runner. Its Robin Williams in World's Greatest Dad. Too bad the way it was released doesn't allow it to be nominated.
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Dec 22, 2009 12:18:28 PM CST
Summit botched Hurt Locker's release just like Astro Boy's
by feralangel
Hurt Locker is a box-office flop, as is Astro Boy, and both can thank Summit's crappy marketing and scheduling. Yeah, Hurt Locker might be good, pity nobody watched it. Only Twilight has done well for Summit, DESPITE its bungling. Anyway, I don't really care about critics' opinions anymore. Grew out of that after seeing American Beauty, which critics raved about and was about the most godawful afternoon at the movies I ever spent. So will I ever see Hurt Locker? Take a guess.
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I mean, (500) Days of Summer could've easily taken it if only Zooey dismantled some bombs in addition to being the bomb.
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I'm stunned that this film has been completely ignored by *everyone* during awards season. Maya Rudolph gave one of the great performances this year, and the script was thoughtful, moving, and very, very funny. AWG is as timely as "Up in the Air" but not as self-indulgent as "(500) Days of Summer," which is incredibly overrated. With AWG's writing and directing pedigree, I'm just shocked.
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Hurt Locked gets Best Picture.
Katheryn Bigalow gets Best Directress :P
Sam Rockwell gets best Actor for MOON... "M-O-O-N.. that spells OSCAR"If that happened (and sadly it wont in Rockwells case, The Dude will probably get it, although stranger things have happened *cough*Mickey Rourke*cough*), a little bit of my faith in the Academy would be restored.
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I thought Avatar was the greatest movie of all time ? How could some no name directors beat "The King Of The World" ?
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I loved it, too, and I'm very surprised it's not on any lists. Maybe because it was such a small movie? It seemed have been barely in theaters and in terms of plot and style it was rather unassuming and... quiet, in a way. Hell, I mostly forgot about it myself. Still, it does seem strange for a Mendes film to be treated that way, especially one with some seriously great writing and acting.
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I thought oscar campaigns cost around fifty million dollars and Hurt Locker's 16 mill worldwide gross barely covered its production costs. Where will it get the cash?
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How will Steve Martin make fun of Hurt Locker?
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Of Clooney telling us to pretend that this back pack is your life bull shit.
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First off - Hurt Locker was dull and boring. Not bad, just nowhere near as good as everyone said. (Best part - "Hey was that David Morse?") Basterds was Quentin just masturbating on screen AGAIN, Bad Lt was some SHITE!!!! and KNOWING!? That movie was just plain retarded...
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Rather than pick a best movie, they just made a list of every movie made this year...
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Excellent acting, direction, script. All worthy of at least a nomination. Bad Lieutenant wasn't a good movie, it was an AWESOME movie, entertaining as hell thanks to Nic Cage's brilliant, batshit insane performance. Time for another Oscar for this guy.
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He deserved an Oscar for his performance in FEARLESS, a brilliant, and surprisingly not too well known movie made by Peter Weir. I swear to God, that movie is perfect, or damn close at least.
Brilliant from start to finish.
If you haven't heard of it until now, do yourself a favour and watch it. You can thank me later. -
could be financed by some of Lionsgate's filthy lucre from the Twilight series. That would be paying it back for sure. But it probably won't matter. Voters will wuss out and go for the more commercially popular Up In the Air for Best Pic. However, giving Bigelow the directing trophy would be enough and they can still do that, SO DO IT Academy!!!
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SAW. That's why I never bothered to look it up.
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I think Neil Blomkamp should get Best Director and Kathryn Bigelow's "The Hurt Locker" should get Best Film.
Blomkamp did BY FAR the best directing I saw this year. $30 million, are you kidding me? Unbelievable, the work he did with no-name actors and utterly groundbreaking effects, aka no green screens were EVER used. He's the director I'd vote for.
But "The Hurt Locker" wins Best Film. That story had a pulse-pounding intensity the likes of which I'd never seen in my entire life. Add in wonderful, haunting acting performances, WTF drama, and dirty wartime politics and it's the film I most think about months after I saw it in the theater. It was an amazing experience to watch that film. I think it deserves its due.
"Avatar," "Up," and a few others were great too. Glad I'm not in the Academy. -
Guess it's time to drop Jay as a qualified opinion.
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the same masterpiece I did. The Hurt Locker deserves all this attention and I never for a second thought that it would. Avatar is an achievement, maybe the kind not seen since The Jazz Singer (Jolson not Diamond), but The Hurt Locker was just a damned great film overall.
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Nothing capable of being nominated is clearly better than Hurt Locker, and Bigelow has a lot of people cheering for her both on quasi-feminist grounds and on geek/genre grounds that, hey, she kicked our asses long ago with Point Break and Near Dark. It's her year.
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1. Watchmen
2. (500) Days of Summer
3. The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
4. An Education
5. Avatar (gotta see again to be sure!)
Waiting to see:
1. Hurt Locker
2. Moon
3. Me and Orson Welles
4. Sherlock Holmes
5. The Men Who Stare at Goats
Cheers! -
Dec 22, 2009 10:07:27 PM CST
I'm really happy that it's gotten so many critics awards
by cherryvalance
I hope that translate into Oscar glory although it doesn't necessarily. I've been down that road before. So I try not to get my hopes up too much. I hope District 9 at least gets nominated. That looks like a possibility. It's shown up on a several lists and pretty high up on a couple of them.
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Renner could win in an Adrien Brody type scenario. He was a surprise win against veterans. Clooney and Freeman already have Oscars and I can't help but think the Academy'd rather go with someone who doesn't already have one. So at the very least, it'll be Bridges. But I'm still rooting for Renner all the way.
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Watchmen number one? Really?
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I really enjoyed both a lot. With 'The Road' and 'The White Ribbon' behind.
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Dec 23, 2009 8:38:02 AM CST
Jeremy Renner/Hurt Locker should be shoe-ins for Oscars but...
by workshed
...they don't stand a chance because it's too intelligent to Academy voters. It's a very important film. I would also, having seen it the other day, apply this to 'The Messenger'. Woody Harrelson for best supporting actor.
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Haven't seen Crazy Heart yet but I'm betting it's Jeff Bridges year. Jeremy Renner will get a welcome to the A list nom.
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Gomorrah was a truly a startling, brilliant film. I think it deserves bot the foreign and best picture oscar for its amazing portrayal of Naples organized crime (the Comorrah). It's one of the few films about the subject of crime and its effects on people living in poverty that takes it on without glorifying the violence. It's the best film I've scene since "City of God", which is one of my favorite films.
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Also, Imaginarium and A Single Man may not make it onto my year-end list. Fucking family visits taking up my movie-watching t ime.
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