2010 is right around the corner and I feel I should spend some time reminiscing about the wonderful things that happened in 2009. Here are my top 5 great things and one really horrible thing of 2009.
Movies:
Here are the best five movies of the year.
5. (500) Days of Summer
-Cutesy indie story with Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordan Levitt. Levitt played a boy in love and a boy heartbroken perfectly. Only downside was watching Deschanel play the same character she always does. I love the girl, but come on now. Branch out!
4. Sin Nombre
-Another great indie film of the year. The cast really made you believe they were their characters. I hurt when they hurt, loved when they loved. Even though the movie was in Spanish, it was still able to connect with English audiences.
3. Inglourious Basterds
-I am well known for detesting Quentin Tarantino, but I'm a huge fan of things relating to WWII and Nazi things. So obviously I was torn from the first time I heard this film was being made. Yet, I fell in love with this film once I saw it. Yes, it has the over dramatization of a Tarantino film. Yes, Brad Pitt isn't a great actor and over dramatizes his role and is only revered as much as he is due to his good looks. Still, the film brings a lot to the table and has some outstanding performances, particularly by Christoph Waltz.
2. Up in the Air
-This one just came out, but it is definitely one of the best films of the year. It may be the best film of the year, actually, but I'm quite biased towards a certain franchise and couldn't possibly make it my number one thanks to that. Clooney is outstanding. After seeing Pitt's performance in Inglourious Basterds, it made me think that a lot of our most popular actors just aren't that good. Clooney definitely breaks that mold. Farminga and Kendrick played their roles flawlessly. I hope to see this movie win plenty of awards this coming Oscar season.
1. Boondock Saints 2: All Saints Day
I know, I know. This movie was poorly reviewed by almost everyone. Yet, I am completely biased towards Troy Duffy and his BDS team. For those of you who are true Boondock Saints fans, you cannot tell me that you were disappointed by this film. It provided the same amount of action as the first movie with twice the comedy. I was especially pleased that they brought back all of the past characters and the addition of Julie Benz and Clifton Collins only added to film. They seemed like they were meant to be there. The end was perfect for the film and it definitely left the possibility of a third open.
The Worst Film of 2009:
For every good film this year, there were two terrible ones. The obvious choices for this category would be Jonas Brothers in 3D, Hannah Montana: The Movie, Twilight's New Moon, and Tyler Perry's films. Yet, the worst film of this year, by far, was Lars von Trier's Antichrist. First things first, this film was set up poorly. The film was broken up into a prologue, four chapters, and an epilogue. While the movie did slightly pick up during the four chapters, I was fairly certain I was going to kill myself during the prologue. I even comtemplated just leaving the theater at this point (something I never do), due to the slow pace, unnecessary and shitty attempt at "artsy" direction, and the fact that I can only see so much of Willem Dafoe's dick at one time. The film had the potential from greatness, but the poorly written script and the absolute horrible direction left me and, not suprisingly, everyone else in the theater, not looking for more, but rather wanting to get the hell out.
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