Jackablade on 17/12/2009 at 06:30
Quote Posted by Fafhrd
I'm still compiling my best of the year list (2009 was kind of a shitty year, all in all), as there's some stuff I want to revisit. The Brothers Bloom, Inglourious Basterds, Moon, and District 9 are kind of all fighting each other for the top spots, though.
I would go with Brothers Bloom. It's one of my favourites of the year. Although, to be fair it's the only one of those four I saw.
Morte on 17/12/2009 at 08:43
I thought Bloom was a disappointment. I like Rian Johnson -- Brick is on the shortlist for my films of the decade -- and the actors are great, especially Rinko Kukichi as Bang-Bang, but the plot completely fell apart for me in the end.
Jackablade on 17/12/2009 at 17:05
I'm too hopelessly in love with Adrien Brody's disgusting nose to care about that.
I actually don't have a problem with the ending.
Tocky on 20/12/2009 at 03:55
Just saw UP and as much as I feel like a silly sap for saying it...
#1
More than that, I give it the Ellie badge.
SubJeff on 20/12/2009 at 16:31
Just saw Avatar and it has to get an honourable mention in here somewhere, if just for "transporting you into the action" more than any other film.
henke on 20/12/2009 at 18:36
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Zombieland [...] a satisfying but also lighthearted and humorous zombie-slaying play?
There are so many great films in the zombie comedy genre: Evil Dead 2, Shaun of the Dead, Braindead... THE LIST GOES ON. I saw Zombieland yesterday and I must say, it does not make it onto THE LIST. It was just... bleh. It wasn't directly bad, there just wasn't really anything good about it either. Utterly mediocre.
A lot of noise has been made about THE CAMEO, but I gotta say I wasn't that impressed. Maybe it's just been overhyped for me(didn't know who it was beforehand tho, was halfway expecting Kanye West for some reason).
Scots Taffer on 20/12/2009 at 23:39
Watched Public Enemies last night and it feels like every one of its conflicted 66% rating on RT, because while it was entirely watchable (save for a few terribly filmed moments here and there - the camera-work and lighting rarely bothered me), it didn't leave any lasting impression and felt glossed over and very surface-level. I definitely don't ever want to see it again.
Also, fuck Johnny Depp's bone structure. Fucker looks so goddamn good for a 46 year old. :(
edit as opposed to double post: Watched World's Greatest Dad tonight. It was a fantastic black comedy with another great turn by Robin Williams. I love this guy when he gets the right part. A nice little satire on the way people react to death and start rewriting history in the face of tragedy. Funny, funny movie.
Next up, The Hurt Locker.
Get with the lists, people!
Scots Taffer on 11/1/2010 at 23:33
Fine, you fucks. A dearth of lists makes Papa Internet sad, but I'll resurrect this anyway because I just saw an amazing movie not previously on my list.
In The LoopIt's the first time in recent memory I've seen a creatively foul-mouthed Scottish protagonist in a movie, much less a hilarious farce functioning as a scathing high-level satire of Anglo-American politics.
This movie has so many quotable lines:
- "You sounded like a Nazi Julie Andrews!"
- "Allow me to pop a jaunty little bonnet on your purview and ram it up your shitter with a lubricated horse cock!"
- "Sorry, sorry, I know you disapprove of swearing so I'll sort that out. You are a boring F, star, star, CUNT!"
- "Am I calm? I'm fucking ZEN!"
- "Twelve thousand troops. But that's not enough. That's the amount that are going to die. And at the end of a war you need some soldiers left, really, or else it looks like you've lost."
- "You know they're all kids in Washington? It's like Bugsy Malone, but with real guns."
Fucking hilarious. Makes me want to see
In the Thick of It, the show that it is an apparent spin-off from. And here's an example of the (
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T0Ofr6VYMI) unbridled profanity that characterised the show, if that bothers you - miss the movie.
Forgot a brilliant line: "They're builders! Have you ever seen a film where the hero is a builder? No, no, because they never fucking turn up in the nick of time. Bat-builder? Spider-builder?"
Namdrol on 11/1/2010 at 23:59
I loved it.
And In The Thick Of It, is one of the best shows I've ever seen.
The dying of a government writ large.
I didn't think In the Loop would appeal if you hadn't seen the series and I'm glad it does.
It's created by Armando Iannucci who is co conspirator with Chris Morris.
And if you haven't heard the 18 hrs of radio gold that is Blue Jam then your life is seriously lacking.
Scots Taffer on 12/1/2010 at 00:05
I was surprised to find Armando and Morris worked together on The Day Today, which I saw as a clear predecessor to Brass Eye - both of which I loved.
I'm going to get my hands on In the Thick of It asap.
