2009 movies

I've never been a fan of the "How many stars do you give it?" or "Thumbs up/Thumbs down" systems of movie review.

My favorite 2009 movies are on the top of the list below, and my liking decreases as you move down. I shuffled these around a lot, and depending on how I'm feeling on a given day, movies can shift up or down a few spots. I'm fickle.

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Star Trek
The Hangover
Inglourious Basterds
Up in the Air
Funny People
Sherlock Holmes
The Time Traveler’s Wife
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Taken
Monsters Vs. Aliens
The Princess and the Frog
Terminator Salvation
District 9
Inkheart
Twilight Saga: New Moon
Night at the Museum 2
I Love You Man
X Men Origins: Wolverine
Twilight
Angels and Demons
Race to Witch Mountain
The Proposal
Planet 51
Crank 2
The Watchmen
He’s Just Not That Into You
Couple’s Retreat
Shorts
Aliens in the Attic
Astro Boy
G Force
Alvin and the Chipmunks the Squeakquel
Bride Wars
*Transformers Revenge of the Fallen
*Knowing

*The movie Knowing was very difficult for me. I don't think it was a bad movie, but it made me so upset and miserable and quite frankly manipulated that I wish I had never seen it. That's why it ranks where it does. Transformers just made me want those 2 hours of my life back, because I think it could have been so much better. But it seems they said let's add 2 pointless and obnoxious bots and 50 bad jokes at the expense of actual character development and story line... the shiny special effects will cover all that up.


Guest Blogger E would like to submit her list as well. She would also like to add that attending the double feature of Toy Story and Toy Story 2 was a cinematic highlight for her. I agree wholeheartedly! We are all really looking forward to Toy Story 3 in June.

So here's E's list:

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
Shorts
Twilight
Inkheart
Night at the Museum 2
Coraline
Up
Alvin and the Chipmunks the Squeakquel
Aliens in Attic
Race to Witch Mountain
A Christmas Carol
Frog Prince
Planet 51
The Fantastic Mr. Fox
Monsters vs. Aliens
Paul Blart Mall Cop
Astro Boy.

K had a hard time ranking hers- because she liked them all so much, so she just wanted to say that she really liked Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, Aliens in the Attic and Alvin and the Chipmunks the Squeakquel a lot.

J wanted to say that his favorite this year was Cloudy With a Chance.

Happy New Year everyone. And here's to a great cinematic 2010.