HitFix's Top Ten Movies Of 2009
Basterds and Na'vi and Prawns, oh, my! Serious men, out of body trips, and Wild Things a-plenty.
A year in movies
Many of the year's best moments, from both our top ten and our runners-up, are represented by the images you see here. Can you name all eleven of them?
Click on the numbers above to see the top ten movies of the year chosen by HitFix's Film Editor Drew McWeeny.
You can also check the runners-up on the Motion/Captured blog.
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December 21, 2009 at 9:59AM EST Reply to CommentNo Hurt Locker. You're list is an utter failure. How is that even possible? You put District 9, a film that made absolutely no sense in the "world" it created, but don't put The Hurt Locker, possibly the best war film in two decades. I've never thought anything on this site was stupid until now. Way to go.
December 23, 2009 at 4:05PM ESTYou're both a couple of faceless internet Trolls.
Hurt Locker was well told but not entertaining at all. Just because it deals with important and sensitive subject matter doesn't earn it a spot in everyone's best of. But really get angry and start cursing over a list of opinions. Dipshit.
Ready You are the one who comes off as over reacting with that post. Touchy Douche.
You're both a couple of massive toolsheds.
Merry fucking Christmas.
December 23, 2009 at 4:06PM ESTYou're both a couple of faceless internet Trolls.
Hurt Locker was well told but not entertaining at all. Just because it deals with important and sensitive subject matter doesn't earn it a spot in everyone's best of. But really get angry and start cursing over a list of opinions. Dipshit.
Ready You are the one who comes off as over reacting with that post. Touchy Douche.
You're both a couple of massive toolsheds.
Merry fucking Christmas.
Cam
December 21, 2009 at 10:08AM EST Reply to CommentHurt Locker isn't even in your Top 20 runner ups! But Adventureland, that horrible cast, tonally confused, bullshit of a coming-of-age tale gets in at 11. You're an idiot. I'm sorry, I've been supporting your site a lot...but you're a moron. That's insanity. I need you to explain how in the fuck The Hurt Locker didn't make your stupid list.
drew You need me to explain, eh? And the way you choose to start the conversation is by calling me a moron? You obviously don't understand the concept of personal opinion, or the idea that art is subjective. I like Bigelow's film. If I did a second list of 20, you'd see it hanging out there with other films that I liked quite a bit but didn't love. I think "The Hurt Locker" is a beautifully directed one-note affair. I think the film is technically accomplished, and thin. I understand why some people flip for it. I didn't. And your loving it doesn't make you a moron. Your attitude towards people who feel differently than you does.
December 21, 2009 at 4:47PM ESTloogenhausen Cam, you're pretty pathetic if you have to stoop to insulting Drew for not agreeing with your crappy list nobody cares about. So he didn't have the Hurt Locker on the list. Who cares? It's not your list, it's his list you utter idiot. If you have to name call just to make yourself feel better over someone's differing opinion, you fail at life. If everyone thought like you the world would be a truly godawful place. It must suck to be as boring, unoriginal and predictable as yourself. Give us all a delightful Christmas present and hang yourself with a stocking by the fire.
December 21, 2009 at 4:53PM ESTreadyoufool Despite Cam's poor choice of words I kind of have to agree with him. And it's not just "his crappy list nobody cares about." check out AICN's front page today. They have a list of the critics out there with The Hurt Locker on their top list for the year. He makes a valid point. He just makes it poorly. Not to be combative here, Drew, but everything you said there about The Hurt Locker can be directly applied to District 9. Except that The Hurt Locker doesn't have the huge gaping plot hole of "why don't the aliens just use their awesome and terrifying weaponry that they clearly have just lying around against their oppressors from the beginning? They must be fucking morons." I can't imagine anyone talking about that movie in 10 years unless it spawns a whole load of sequels. District 9 is notable for one reason. "Look what he did with only that much money and how well he did it." If the same movie had cost the normal amount for a hollywood blockbuster I don't think anyone would be talking about it now (and, respectfully, pretty much no one is).
December 22, 2009 at 3:29AM ESTBut whatever.
drew Well, ready, I guess I could have played get-along and been part of the herd and put "The Hurt Locker" on my list because it was expected... but it wasn't one of the films from this year that I loved most. I don't care if it shows up on every list everywhere and I'm the only one who excludes it. This is MY list of the films that were MY favorite this year. Why should I captitulate to group-think? Fear? Because I'll be insulted if I don't? After over a decade of doing this, I'm comfortable making individual choices about my list, and if you'd like to discuss them, great. But lambasting me about this list is pointless.
December 22, 2009 at 12:28PM ESTreadyoufool Jesus Christ! Calm the fuck down! Did I call you a moron? Did I tell you your fucking list was bullshit? No! I fucking respectfully told you why ONE film on your list didn't make sense to me. Am I supposed to cowtow to idiots who like to make waves by selecting subpar movies just to go against the grain and not criticize them? Shut up with your self-righteous bullshit.
December 22, 2009 at 9:56PM ESTMy comments about the other critic's lists were directed toward the other commenter and you would know that because he's the one who directly commented on how Van's list was irrelevant because apparently he was the only one to actually think that hurt locker was any good. It's called "reading comprehension". Something you'd have if you'd slept longer than 4-hours in the past two days.
The rest of my comments were respectful toward your choice while simply pointing out my problems with it vs a film like hurt locker.
What the fuck is wrong with you? Get some goddamn sleep before you comment on things. Your irritating self-righteous nerdery and anger is entirely misplaced.
Oh, and it's read-you-fool. Not fucking "ready", Drew.
readyoufool Goddamn droid autocorrect. Van = Cam
December 23, 2009 at 3:30AM ESTstormshadow4life
December 21, 2009 at 10:50AM EST Reply to CommentReally bummed that you would put Inglorious Basterds ahead of D9 (my personal favorite of the year). Basterds would probably be around #20 for me. I can't comment on Mr Fox yet. Wild Things was great, and in my Top 5 for sure, along with Avatar, Up, and Tell Know One
drew "Tell No One" was a 2008 release in LA, Stormshadow.
December 21, 2009 at 4:45PM ESTstormshadow4life I know, but the Bluray came out this year and that was my first experience with the movie. When I do my lists, I just go by what I saw that year (as long as it's fairly recent). Like Pan's Labyrinth came out 2006 in limited release, but 2007 for most people.
December 22, 2009 at 11:42PM ESTstormshadow4life lol. just realized i wrote "Tell Know One". Don't I feel like a silly goose!
December 22, 2009 at 11:44PM ESTepitone
December 21, 2009 at 3:01PM EST Reply to CommentInteresting choices, Drew. I don't envy your task here, since this was a year of serious apples and oranges. Any list I made would need to have a "in no particular order" caveat.
Susie Shemp
December 22, 2009 at 1:18PM EST Reply to Comment"Your list," not "you're." Just a helpful FYI, Cam. You want to be correct when calling someone else a moron.
stormshadow4life
December 22, 2009 at 11:38PM EST Reply to CommentJust got home from Up In The Air....wow, what a disappointment. The movie was good enough...but better than Avatar!?
adele
December 28, 2009 at 10:28AM EST Reply to CommentI think that District 9 is crap, but you´ve made some other interesting choices with this list, overall me like-y.
Bartleby
December 29, 2009 at 2:21AM EST Reply to CommentInteresting list, Drew. I don't agree with all these choices, but then obviously, you wouldn't agree with all of mine.
Instead of playing the Hurt Locker vs. D9 game, tell me more about Enter the Void. I'm familiar with much of Noe's work, but until I saw this in the #1 spot I'd never heard of it. I suspect that was the effect you were going for, and you've got my attention with "tiebetan book of the dead". Tell us more...