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12-05-09
Well, considering I'm familiar with all the titles you listed, you're not the only person in the world who saw them. I'd be more than willing to watch any of them, but they're all limited releases that haven't been made available to me where I live.

Shrink is a movie that I'm assuming I'll be alone in admiring, for the most part. Glad you like Tetro though.
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12-05-09
Unfortunately they won`t, maybe "St. George slays the dragon" because it`s considered for an oscar, but the rest, certanly won`t. "Shrink" I liked, because of Spacey mostly, and "Tetro" is certanly worth considering for the best film of 2009 on any list.

I was just suprised to see the list, I liked your reviews so I was hoping for a bit better list, but as the old Romans said, "de gustibus non disputandum est".



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12-05-09
Originally Posted by Iroquois
What if he remembered the movie and decided it wasn't worth putting on the list?
nothing. i just said my opinion. i just think it's a good movie :-??



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12-05-09
Originally Posted by Shahab
nothing. i just said my opinion. i just think it's a good movie :-??
I nominated Depp in my 2009 "awards" (something I do for fun). But the movie itself didn't do a whole lot for me. Oddly enough, I ended up seeing it twice on opening day... long, uninteresting story. It's a good film, but not a great film.

Originally Posted by wicked squirel
Unfortunately they won`t, maybe "St. George slays the dragon" because it`s considered for an oscar, but the rest, certanly won`t. "Shrink" I liked, because of Spacey mostly, and "Tetro" is certanly worth considering for the best film of 2009 on any list.
By "considered", do you mean it's getting Oscar buzz? Spacey is incredible in Shrink. In my opinion, it's some of the best acting he's ever done. And I agree, obviously, that Tetro is great. I think it's a genuine masterpiece.

Originally Posted by wicked squirel
I was just suprised to see the list, I liked your reviews so I was hoping for a bit better list, but as the old Romans said, "de gustibus non disputandum est".
I don't see anything wrong with my list... Oscar season is still just starting up.



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12-06-09
Well it`s serbian nominee for an oscar, but will it get a nomination, I don`t know, if "Catch" didn`t get it, I don`t think it will, but still it`s a great movie, Kovacevic wrote the play years ago, and finally Dragojevic decided to make a film of it, it`s the most expensive Serbian film ever made so we all have high hopes for it. Spacey now rarely does any film, he`s mostly in the theater as I`ve heard, thats a pity for us who can`t see the master at his best.


Gomorra was relesed in Italy, France and all across Europe in 2008, was the US premiere in 2009 ?



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12-06-09
Gomorrah was released in L.A. at the end of December so I think that makes it technically a 2008 film. I've been thinking of it that way anyway, it sits at the top of my top ten from 2008 list.

Pretty sure Rachel Getting Married was from 2008 as well. Sorry to pick away at your list there Meat, was it really that good to include it in your top ten? I need to be seeing that movie.
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12-06-09
Rachel Getting Married is irrefutably a 2008 release. I saw it in 2008 at a main local cinema, it was nominated for countless 2008 awards... there's no way it can be considered a 2009 release.

It's pretty good. About as good as District 9. Maybe a bit better.



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12-06-09
Originally Posted by wicked squirel
Maybe it`s a problem with me, because I distinguish personal favorites and objective best films, and when I see best films of 2009, I expect to see an objective list, and not personal favorites, but it`s your oppinion and I can`t change it. I was referring to your comment that "Up!" and "Inglorious basterds" as mediocre. I agree about "Tetro" and "A serious man", not that much about "Shrink"

@My neighbor from Croatia
Well for starters, von Triers "Antichrist", Cannes 2009 winner "The White ribbon", which I really enjoyed, "Mammoth", "The Milk of Sorrow" Serbian "St. George slays the Dragon", "Honeymoons" and "Life and death of a porno gang" (but I know except me, nobody else saw them).

For the obscure indie-style films you liked check out indiemoviemania.com. They are taking nominations for best indie movies of 2009 now and those films may get some attention there.



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12-06-09
Unbelievably, the best movie I have seen in 2009 has been "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince".

It was alright, but this mainly tells you that I have been seeing the wrong movies.



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12-07-09
So far for me as i havent yet seen inglourious basterds, coraline, orphan or Drag me to hell

in no order yet

District 9
Up
public Enemies
The hangover
Mary and Max
Transformers Revenge of the Fallen
Terminator Salvation
Taken(Came out in 2008 in australia i think it is 2009 in america)
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12-07-09
Originally Posted by the professional
So far for me as i havent yet seen inglourious basterds, coraline, orphan or Drag me to hell

in no order yet

District 9
Up
public Enemies
The hangover
Mary and Max
Transformers Revenge of the Fallen
Terminator Salvation
Taken(Came out in 2008 in australia i think it is 2009 in america)
Coraline is a really good film. I want to see Mary and Max so badly.



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12-07-09
Originally Posted by Harry Lime
Sorry to pick away at your list there Meat, was it really that good to include it in your top ten? I need to be seeing that movie.
Guess I got both of em quite late, though they were just recently released on DVD.



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12-11-09
I have a lot more to see of course (haven't seen most of the good non-American movies yet because they aren't out on DVD), but I imagine it may be hard to dislodge the fantastic Hurt Locker and Up from the top 2 places. Ponyo and In The Loop would, I think, probably be in the top ten. Other good stuff includes My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done, One Week, Sin Nombre and Moon, though they are a fair bit behind.



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12-11-09
Originally Posted by wicked squirel

@My neighbor from Croatia
Well for starters, von Triers "Antichrist", Cannes 2009 winner "The White ribbon", which I really enjoyed, "Mammoth", "The Milk of Sorrow" Serbian "St. George slays the Dragon", "Honeymoons" and "Life and death of a porno gang" (but I know except me, nobody else saw them).
Mammoth! I cannot wait to see that. Is it really a return to form for Moodysson?



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12-12-09
I haven't seen many movies this year (lack of cash will do that to you), but I thought both Up and Inglorious Basterds were great, and Drag Me to Hell was very good.
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I knew I had forgotten some:

I loved Star Trek. Just a whole lot of fun.
Also loved Let the Right One In.
I liked District 9 a lot, but may not be in my top 10 list for the year once I've seen all the movies from 2009 that I want to see.



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12-12-09
I haven't seen Harry Potter on this list yet..so I'm throwing it out there! I loved it...but I absolutely adore the Harry Potter series.

Also, as a HUGELY DEVOTED Star Trek fan(all the series and movies) I was just not sure about the new one that came out, but i was pleasantly surprised. I really found I enjoyed it.
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12-15-09
What about State of Play? I haven`t seen much movies this year, but this was my favorite one (by far):




Edit: Outstanding performance by Russel Crowe, brilliant script, good directing and so on...

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