Best Movie of 2009

[jsholty4690]

i mean yes the classics are great and all ...but with advertising and stuff now adays people are gonna get more exposure than back in the 1976s

but star wars was awesome

Exactly what I'm trying to point out. You can't compare movies from 30 years ago with movies of today. By saying that a movie is the highest grossing of all time is leaving out many factors, such as advertising, population growth, and size of distribution. And by no means does more money equal the quality of the movie. (I mean come on G.I. Joe was crap and it still earned over $300 million)

[THORNHEART]

lol so true...but still watching gi joe in theater was pretty cool...big noises


but still thats what i think is that you cant compare...but at the same time you kinda have to compare...its like the same thing in sports old players getting passed up by new players today is because of stuff like new rules and crap like that....cough steroids barry bonds cough not because of better skill...

so this is a mute point right? lets just stick on the good movies of 2009

[hecter]

Why is it a question? The best movie was AVATAR. It was the highest grossing movie ever, and looked just fine in 2D, if not quite as epic as in 3D.

When you calculate in inflation, it doesn't come close. 1. Gone With the Wind, 2. Star Wars...21. Avatar. http://boxofficemojo.com/alltime/adjusted.htm

Why is it when I change the adjuster dohickey to 1939, the year Gone With the Wind was realeased, it says that it made about 46 million adjusted out of it's near 200 million unadjusted? It's the case for all of them, really. Something tells me that this tool here isn't all that it claims to be, as there's obviously some funky math going on.

Back then, it cost you a dime to get into the movies. Today it costs somewhere between $6 and $10 depending on the time of day and whether or not its in 3D (another reason why Avatar is the top grossing movie not adjusted for inflation).

Edit: Should have put this in earlier, but many of the movies on the list had several rereleases, such as Star Wars, Gone With the Wind, and Sound of Music. Another website concluding with the same list http://www.filmsite.org/boxoffice.html

Why is it a question? The best movie was AVATAR. It was the highest grossing movie ever, and looked just fine in 2D, if not quite as epic as in 3D.

When you calculate in inflation, it doesn't come close. 1. Gone With the Wind, 2. Star Wars...21. Avatar. http://boxofficemojo.com/alltime/adjusted.htm

Why is it when I change the adjuster dohickey to 1939, the year Gone With the Wind was realeased, it says that it made about 46 million adjusted out of it's near 200 million unadjusted? It's the case for all of them, really. Something tells me that this tool here isn't all that it claims to be, as there's obviously some funky math going on.

how do they account for population? and as for the inflation formula they use, inflationary information is WAY off base, and you can pretty much come up with whatever answer you want, akin to global warming scientists

What the f*ck are you two going on about? Global Warming? Population? A dime? None of that has anything to do with what I said!

[jsholty4690]

lol so true...but still watching gi joe in theater was pretty cool...big noises

The special effects were good, but the plot/dialoge was awful. I spent the entire time in the theater making fun of it with my friends. I'm pretty sure everyone in front of us were about ready to throw us out.

[THORNHEART]

haha i know right...the fun part was the train and all

[jsholty4690]

haha i know right...the fun part was the train and all

That was about the time my brain went numb and I stopped paying attention.

[alex951]

the only reason i dont think avatar was the best movie was because it was sooo predictable.

[the.killing.44]

the only reason i dont think avatar was the best movie was because it was sooo predictable.

lol, Avatar was obviously supposed to be good for the plot.

[Shatners Bassoon]

1.Let the Right One In
2.District 9
3.The Hangover

[natty dread]

I kinda liked Avatar actually. But part of the attraction was the awesome 3d effects, no doubt.

I didn't see many movies last year though.

I was going to see that new tarantino film but never got around to it. I would like to go see it, but is it any good?

[jsholty4690]

I kinda liked Avatar actually. But part of the attraction was the awesome 3d effects, no doubt.

I didn't see many movies last year though.

I was going to see that new tarantino film but never got around to it. I would like to go see it, but is it any good?

I thought it was hilarious, but you would have think dark humor is funny.

[the.killing.44]

I was going to see that new tarantino film but never got around to it. I would like to go see it, but is it any good?

No, it was stupid.

See The Hangover. Twas epic

[natty dread]

I'm getting conflicting recommendations here. You're not helping at all!

[nagerous]

I'm getting conflicting recommendations here. You're not helping at all!

Yes, go see it. It was awesome. f*ck THE CRITICS!

[pmchugh]

Inglorious basterds and hangover were the best two movies last year, if you dont like either of them then there is something wrong with you.

[the.killing.44]

I laughed my ass of during the Italian scene. Other than that, I didn't find anything funny…

[Incandenza]

I laughed my ass of during the Italian scene. Other than that, I didn't find anything funny…

Oh, you disappoint me, young skywalker. Basterds was terrific, loved it in theaters, seen it twice more on DVD and loved it even more. Christoph Waltz is so goddamn good it's creepy.

[the.killing.44]

I laughed my ass of during the Italian scene. Other than that, I didn't find anything funny…

Oh, you disappoint me, young skywalker. Basterds was terrific, loved it in theaters, seen it twice more on DVD and loved it even more. Christoph Waltz is so goddamn good it's creepy.

Argh, I just don't see what was supposed to be funny.

[nagerous]

I laughed my ass of during the Italian scene. Other than that, I didn't find anything funny…

Oh, you disappoint me, young skywalker. Basterds was terrific, loved it in theaters, seen it twice more on DVD and loved it even more. Christoph Waltz is so goddamn good it's creepy.

Argh, I just don't see what was supposed to be funny.

It's not meant to be a comedy, but there was still plenty of humorous scenes, the aforementioned Italian scene, 'It's a BINGO!', when it flashes Hugo Stiglitz on the screen, the bear Jew and maniacal violence was pretty funny like the scalping of the heads and the underground pub scene.

[natty dread]

Ok I'll go see it already...

[Phatscotty]

Inglorious was pretty good, but I don't see what everyone was raving about. I'm not really into the gory shit ala scalping. Found it to be mostly a Jewish Fantasy. Interesting show though. I did appreciate the pub scene, it was excellent.

[Incandenza]

I laughed my ass of during the Italian scene. Other than that, I didn't find anything funny…

Oh, you disappoint me, young skywalker. Basterds was terrific, loved it in theaters, seen it twice more on DVD and loved it even more. Christoph Waltz is so goddamn good it's creepy.

Argh, I just don't see what was supposed to be funny.

Well, it's not like it's supposed to be a laugh a minute comedy. The laugh moments (like Hans pulling out his ludicrously oversized pipe during the first scene, or earlier in said scene when he uses flawless French to explain that he'd reached the end of his knowledge of the French language and could they please switch to English) tend to come as releases during almost unbearably tense scenes (which are the movie's true hallmark, anyone who hated the whole sequence in the tavern missed the point of the movie and probably rapes goats in their spare time).

I will freely acknowledge that part of my love for the movie comes from the fact that I've always been a big Tarantino fan (though not an unreserved one, Death Proof was terrible), and it was in fact Tarantino who first showed me that horrific violence could be funny (I saw Pulp Fiction at an impressionable age, and felt guilty for laughing when Travolta shot Marvin in the face). There's a lot of Tarantino-ish shit going on (in fact, one of the movie's rare missteps came when he repeated a song he'd used during the build-up to the house of blue leaves fight in Kill Bill), and part of the fun comes in seeing how many movie references he can pack into what's ostensibly a WWII revenge fantasy.

It occurs to me that this post would have been better with footnotes to replace the discursive parentheticals. Ah, well.

[the.killing.44]

I laughed my ass of during the Italian scene. Other than that, I didn't find anything funny…

Oh, you disappoint me, young skywalker. Basterds was terrific, loved it in theaters, seen it twice more on DVD and loved it even more. Christoph Waltz is so goddamn good it's creepy.

Argh, I just don't see what was supposed to be funny.

Well, it's not like it's supposed to be a laugh a minute comedy. The laugh moments (like Hans pulling out his ludicrously oversized pipe during the first scene, or earlier in said scene when he uses flawless French to explain that he'd reached the end of his knowledge of the French language and could they please switch to English) tend to come as releases during almost unbearably tense scenes (which are the movie's true hallmark, anyone who hated the whole sequence in the tavern missed the point of the movie and probably rapes goats in their spare time).

I will freely acknowledge that part of my love for the movie comes from the fact that I've always been a big Tarantino fan (though not an unreserved one, Death Proof was terrible), and it was in fact Tarantino who first showed me that horrific violence could be funny (I saw Pulp Fiction at an impressionable age, and felt guilty for laughing when Travolta shot Marvin in the face). There's a lot of Tarantino-ish shit going on (in fact, one of the movie's rare missteps came when he repeated a song he'd used during the build-up to the house of blue leaves fight in Kill Bill), and part of the fun comes in seeing how many movie references he can pack into what's ostensibly a WWII revenge fantasy.

It occurs to me that this post would have been better with footnotes to replace the discursive parentheticals. Ah, well.

Alright, I'll allow the movie had its moments (you reminded me of the pipe; that was another highlight). It just wasn't very good IMO, and certainly not up to what the critics hyped it up to be.

No doubt you'll disagree.

[denominator]

I laughed my ass of during the Italian scene. Other than that, I didn't find anything funny…

Oh, you disappoint me, young skywalker. Basterds was terrific, loved it in theaters, seen it twice more on DVD and loved it even more. Christoph Waltz is so goddamn good it's creepy.

Argh, I just don't see what was supposed to be funny.

Well, it's not like it's supposed to be a laugh a minute comedy. The laugh moments (like Hans pulling out his ludicrously oversized pipe during the first scene, or earlier in said scene when he uses flawless French to explain that he'd reached the end of his knowledge of the French language and could they please switch to English) tend to come as releases during almost unbearably tense scenes (which are the movie's true hallmark, anyone who hated the whole sequence in the tavern missed the point of the movie and probably rapes goats in their spare time).

I will freely acknowledge that part of my love for the movie comes from the fact that I've always been a big Tarantino fan (though not an unreserved one, Death Proof was terrible), and it was in fact Tarantino who first showed me that horrific violence could be funny (I saw Pulp Fiction at an impressionable age, and felt guilty for laughing when Travolta shot Marvin in the face). There's a lot of Tarantino-ish shit going on (in fact, one of the movie's rare missteps came when he repeated a song he'd used during the build-up to the house of blue leaves fight in Kill Bill), and part of the fun comes in seeing how many movie references he can pack into what's ostensibly a WWII revenge fantasy.

It occurs to me that this post would have been better with footnotes to replace the discursive parentheticals. Ah, well.

All in all, I didn't like Inglorious Basterds. All in all, the only Tarantino movie that I've enjoyed start to finish was Reservoir Dogs. Even Deathproof had it's moments, but wasn't great.

To me, the entire story of Basterds was lame and rather unentertaining, especially the final sequence in the theatre. However, the movie had two of the most powerful scenes I've seen in quite some time. The opening scene, with it's language switches and brilliant dialogue, had me captivated for the entirety of it. I didn't even realize it was about 20 minutes long until I went home and watched it again. The second was the bar scene, again for it's brilliant dialogue and for it's comedic factor. Add into it one of the best fight scenes I've seen recently (quick, inglorious, it just happens and it's over before you even think it starts), and it makes for such a solid scene.

That fight scene was then countered horribly but the fight scene at the end, which was dragged out way too long and glorified.

Anyways, that's all off topic. I find it difficult to pick a "best movie" of 2009, as it's impossible to compare The Hangover to District 9, but both were amazing movies. When it comes to the movies that I remember of 2009, they'd be (in order of release):

Taken
Knowing
Star Trek
District 9
The Hangover
Inglorious Basterds
Zombieland
Law Abiding Citizen
The Fourth Kind
Avatar
Sherlock Holmes

Some of those will be disputed by others, but those are my most memorable movies released in 2009.

[Skittles!]

No love for Where the Wild Things Are?