What are Den Of Geek writers' favourite films of the year?
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Welcome to the round-up of Den Of Geeks favourite films of the year.
In fact, all but one of our writers are looking at you).
All of these films, incidentally, had a UK cinema release in 2009.
Where The Wild Things Are 3.
Drag Me To Hell 4.
17 Again
The Duffer:The Fourth Kind
2009 has been a terrific year for cinema goers.
I couldnt justify leaving out the film that surprised me the most.
It surprised me, as I wasnt expecting to enjoy it as much as I did.
My nomination for stinker of the year would beThe Fourth Kind.
For anyone whos seen the movie the reason why will be obvious.
For those who havent seen it; I direct you toRons reviewthat sums it up nicely.
It really is as bad as he says.
Drag Me to Hell 2.
A Serious Man 3.
(500) Days of Summer 5.
Probably the best Coen brothers film that doesnt have Jeff Bridges in it.
District 9and(500) Days Of Summeralso did it for me.
No explanation needed hopefully if youve seen them.
Plus Im running out of space.
Or maybeStar Trek,for making aStar Trekfilm without Shatner in it seem relevant again.
The worst of the year?
Easy Dragonball: Evolution.
Zombieland
The Duffer:Grace
Ah, 2009 you tease.
In terms of originality and sheer brillianceDistrict 9is my movie of the year without a shadow of a doubt.
It isnt often I want to see a sequel but this maybe the exception to the rule.
Well there wasnt much point to it but it was great!
Drag Me To Hell 5.
Hopefully, this can be explained as the residual aftershock of the Writers Strike.
Three films standout as cast iron locks for the best of the year.
Sam Rockwell gives a superb central performance (sign that petition to get him an Oscar nomination!).
IsMoonthe best cult film sinceDonnie Darko?
Lastly, Todd PhillipsThe Hangoverwas the years standout comedy.
However, not seen notes should be attached to a duo of possible contenders,Il divoand Chan-wook ParksThirst.
Inglourious Basterds
The Duffer:G.I.
Almost as challenging as pulling the cream to the top is deciding which movie sank lowest.
I nominated massive summer movies, with bothTransformers 2andTerminator Salvationstrongly in the running.
But the singularly most awful summer experience for me wasG.I.
Joe: The Rise of Cobra.
Let The Right One In 2.
Vicky Cristina Barcelona 4.
A Serious Man
This is a tough year to rank.
Its certainly going to be an interesting fight for Best Animated Feature at the Academy Awards early next year.
Drag Me to Hell 4.
Let the Right One In 5.
I likedInglouriousBasterdsthe most, but then I likedUpandDrag Me to Hellnearly as much.
Slightly behind them I really likedLet the Right One In.
I also really likedIn The Loop,Observe and Report, WatchmenandMoon.
There were worse films this year thanTransformers 2: The What-The-Fuckening, but none quite so hateful.
The equally badWolverineandTerminator Salvationjust didnt turn out right;Transformers 2was meant to be that stupid.
Drag Me to Hell 4.
The Men Who Stare at Goats 5.
Deep downI think I knewG.I.
Joewould be terrible, but bothTransformers 2and 2012 merely had to deliver more of the same and didnt.
Impressive when you consider I get choked up during his firstTransformersfilm when Bumblebee gets captured…
If anyone asks, at least I can hide behind my ever growing Karl Im a spy!
Urban love I even likeDoom…
1.
In The Loop 2.
Let The Right One In 3.
In terms of writing, it doesnt get more acerbic, cutting, and laugh-out-loud hilarious as this.
Finding a better comedy this year will be difficult difficult lemon difficult indeed!
As for the stinker?
Its got to be Year One.
The Twilight Saga: New Moon 5.
So here goes.Wolverinewas everything I hoped it would be.
Stunning backdrops add to the effect.
And then Harry Brown I can do this in one word: phenomenal.
Caine is a legend.
As for the stinker?Watchmen.
At least ten people walked out of the showing, and I nodded off more than once.
Boring, pointless and far too long.
In The Loop 2.
Gran Torino
The Duffer:The Ugly Truth
Honourable mentions, first.
I lovedRole Modelsmore thanThe Hangover.The Wrestlerwas great.Star Trekwas too.Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballswas a lovely surprise.
Im still laughing about it months after I saw it.
But Peter Capaldis foul-mouth bile is the best comedy performance Ive seen in ages.
Its my favourite film of the year.
In the CGI era, thats some achievement.
Katherine Heigls remarkably shit rom-comThe Ugly Truthisnt though.
Heres the best of the ton of mediocre movies I did see this year.
Upwas not the best animated movie of the year, it was the best movie of the year period.
Funny, touching, sweet, sad, and romantic all at once.
If there was any justice, itd win Best Picture.
Science fiction without any explosions or CGI?!
I didnt know such a thing was possible!
Zombielandwas a uniquely AmericanShaun Of The Dead, featuring Woody Harrelsons most memorable character since Mickey inNatural Born Killers.
A meta-zombie buddy-comedy coming-of-age-romance that doesnt skimp on the gore and laughs.
Its a raunchy, R-rated comedy from the subgenres brightest light, Todd Phillips.
Features more mucus per hour than my nose in the height of summer allergy season.
Plus,Transylmania, which I havent seen but dont need to watch to know that its terrible.
5.The Twilight Saga: New Moon: Funniest movie of the year!
Wait, its supposed to be a dramatic romance?
4.The Fourth Kind: A great idea for a movie wasted in spectacularly bad fashion.
Its like eating two bad movies, then barfing them both up and filming the mixed bits of sick.
Significantly less entertaining than my description.
2.Dance Flick: I saw some of this movie on one of my premium channels.
It makes Meet The Spartans look like The Naked Gun.
1.Miss March: Absolutely horrible.
Not even close to funny.
Possibly the worst movie Ive ever seen.
Drag Me To Hell 4.
Star Trek 7= In The Loop 7= Inglourious Basterds 9.
A Serious Man 10.
