This is not a list. The following is a wide range of great films that came out in the year 2009. We strongly urge every Citizen to check out these titles. Sorry to the Twilight fans; your movie is still arse. Stay tuned for our most anticipated movies of 2010. With the exception of ‘The Single Best Movie of the Year’, the rest are in no particular order.
The Hollywood Reporter had a chance to ask Quentin Tarantino about his favorite films of 2009, and the filmmaker responded with eight movies, yes sir – eight. He just had to be different!
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1. Star Trek
2. Drag Me To Hell
3. Funny People
4. Up in the Air
5. Chocolate
6. Observe and Report
7. Precious
8. An Education
Tarantino admitted that he has yet to Avatar, The Lovely Bones or Invictus, and that he needs to revisit films like Bright Star and District 9, so they might have the power to make the list. I like him, but he’s an easy target. I need to bring him down to my level of greatness. NOTE: CoF’s annual “Movies you should have seen in (insert year)” is coming soon. Three of his eight made the list. Dammit.
It’s not the best time to have at the movies this year, but it’s one of the best films you will see. Precious is a hard kick to the gut – with such gritty realism, the movie plays out with relentless torture. Torture for the characters and the audience. Most dramatic undertakings in any year of filmmaking will at least try and provide people with a final feeling of relief and warmth. This is not one of those movies, nor should it be. The movie is honest and emotionally charged, and you can’t find that these days from a lot of other movies who tend to take the high road and please the soul instead of challenging it.
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It’s been some time since I first watched the trailer for Precious. I enjoyed it a lot, but couldn’t really put it to words for the site. Not like New Moon, in that case I just don’t want to talk about it because it looks rubbish. Anyways, here is the latest poster (reminded me of the Taken poster) and original trailer (after jump) for the movie that has been gaining ground in limited release (making double the per-theater gross of 2012 last week in fewer than 200 theaters). The cast is also in talks for awards from all over the house; Mariah Carey, Mo’Nique and star Gabourey Sidibe are all taking in the praise these days.
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