Movies Seen in 2009

[Cicero]

This is close to everything I've seen this year, but I'm sure I've forgotten several movies.

A Very Long Engagement
Across the Pacific
Across the Universe
Action In the North Atlantic
The American President
Amistad
An Ideal Husband
Anger Management
Appaloosa
Because of Winn-Dixie
Bedtime Stories
Big Fish
The Big Sleep
The Boondock Saints
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Casablanca
The Chronicles of Riddick (Director's Cut)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Crimson Tide
Dave
The Dark Knight
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
The Dish
Double Wedding
Elizabeth: The Virgin Queen
Equilibrium
Evelyn Prentice
Father Goose
Fast and Furious
Forbidden Planet
Fracture
Futureworld
Galaxy Quest
Gattaca
Get Smart
Gladiator
Glory
Gran Torino
Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Hero (2002)
His Girl Friday
I Love You Again
Ice Age
Ice Age: The Meltdown
In Bruges
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Iron Man
The Italian Job (2003)
The Last Boy Scout
Key Largo
Kingdom of Heaven (Director's Cut)
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
The Last Castle
The Last Legion
Last Man Standing (1996)
Lawrence of Arabia
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Live Free or Die Hard
Lucky Number Slevin
The Maltese Falcon (1931)
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
The Man Who Knew Too Little
Manhattan Melodrama
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Meet John Doe
Minority Report
Mission: Impossible II
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005)
My Cousin Vinny
My Man Godfrey
National Treasure
Notting Hill
Ocean's Thirteen
Quantum of Solace
Passage To Marseille
Penelope
Pineapple Express (One of the worst movies I've seen)
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Prefontaine
The Proposal
Red Eye
Remember the Titans
The Replacements
The Rocketeer
Satan Met A Lady
Secondhand Lions
Serenity
Sergeant York
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Singin' In the Rain
Sneakers
Spider-Man 3
Star Trek I: The Motion Picture (another of the worst I've seen)
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Star Trek X: Nemesis
Star Trek XI
Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace
Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
Stick It
Stranger Than Fiction
Superman/Batman: Public Enemies
Superman II (The Richard Donner Cut; another of the worst I've seen)
They Died With Their Boots On
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen
Underworld
Up
V for Vendetta
Valkyrie
Vantage Point
WALL-E
War of the Worlds (2005)
Watchmen
We Were Soldiers
The Wizard of Oz
Witness For the Prosecution (1957)
You Don't Mess With the Zohan

[od0_ital]

Watched the original The Taking of Pelham 123 on DVD last night. Pretty good stuff, and way better, in its way, than the remake.

And who knew Jerry Stiller & Hector Elizondo were in the original?

Updatin' the list!

- In Theaters -
Gran Torino*
Frost/Nixon
Inkheart*
Fanboys
Friday the 13th (2009)*
The International*
Watchmen*
Monsters vs Aliens*
Fast and Furious*
Star Trek (2009)*
The Soloist*
Battle for Terra*
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Band from TV Concert Video
Drag Me to Hell*
Away We Go*
Terminator: Salvation
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Moon
Paper Heart*
G-Force*
(500) Days of Summer*
G.I. JOE: The Rise of Cobra*
District 9*
Taking Woodstock*
The Time Traveler's Wife
World's Greatest Dad*
9*
Sorority Row (2009)*
The Wizard of Oz
Pandorum*
Toy Story/Toy Story 2 3D Double Feature*
The Horse Boy
Whip It*
The Boys are Back*
Zombieland*
Law Abiding Citizen*
A Serious Man*
Night of the Living Dead
Astro Boy*
The Fourth Kind*
Caprica
Halloween II
2012*
Pirate Radio*
Planet 51*
Old Dogs*

Each movie with a * means I saw it at a free advanced screenin'.

- On DVD -
Taken
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Let the Right One In
Duplicity
Defiance
Green Lantern: First Flight
Oldboy
Shaun of the Dead
Battlestar Galactica: The Plan
Poltergeist
Bottle Shock
The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009)
Angels & Demons
Zach and Miri Make a Porno
Superbad
The Taking of Pelham 123 (1974)

- On Demand -
Eagle Eye

Tomorrow night, I'll be at a free screenin' of Armored, and have passes for a free screenin' of The Princess & the Frog on Saturday.

[Starbreaker]

Movie #101: The Hurt Locker [A]

Great movie. Definitely an Oscar contender.

Movie #102: Jennifer's Body [B-]

It's good for what it is. Megan Fox and Amanda Seyfried scantily clad. I can't complain.

Movie #103: Precious [A-]

Lock for Best Supporting Actress at the Oscars.

[Starbreaker]

9 [C]

It's cool to look at, but I think this would have been better suited as a video game.

Pandorum [C-]

Boring as crap. Loved the ending though.

[od0_ital]

Took the girlfriend to see Armored last night, which features Matt Dillion and the robbery of an armored truck. Prior to the film, there was a trailer for Takers, which features Matt Dillion and the robbery of an armored truck. I told K, "Its the sequel to the movie we're about to watch!"



Anyway, Armored was an alright guy movie...not great or anything, and between the two of us, we came up with about a dozen problems with plot points & gaps in logic after it was over, but we both enjoyed it. And it was short - the movie started at 7:50 and was over by 9:13. It moved right along.

Will add it to the list later.

And we're goin' to go see The Princess & the Frog tomorrow mornin'!

[Kira Nerys]

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[od0_ital]

Missed the free screenin' of The Princess & the Frog this mornin'.

Watched UP this afternoon with the girlfriend before she went to work. The movie was so sad, it made me want to crawl into a hole and die...

And now, I'm watchin' Terminator: Salvation - Director's Cut...don't really see much of a difference, though I did only see the movie once in theaters.

[Anthony Sabre]

Adding:

Do You Like Hitchcock
The Card Player
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Tell No One

[Jax]

Not a movie that came out in 2009 but saw Knocked Up for the 1st time the other day and I loved it, a typical funny Seth Rogen movie...Going to try another of his movies next "Pineapple Express".

[Bob The Skutter]

I've seen Paranormal Activity, The Descent Part 2 and Law Abiding Citizen.
I've done some reviews here if anyone is interested.

[Daneel]

^ Glad to see you liked The Descent Part 2. I'm a big fan of the first one, and while I've been a little wary of the idea of a sequel, I've also tried to be cautiously optimistic, so your review is encouraging. I don't think it has a North American release date yet, but whenever it gets here, I'll definitely check it out.

[Bob The Skutter]

Robot Santa wrote:

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^ Glad to see you liked The Descent Part 2. I'm a big fan of the first one, and while I've been a little wary of the idea of a sequel, I've also tried to be cautiously optimistic, so your review is encouraging. I don't think it has a North American release date yet, but whenever it gets here, I'll definitely check it out.

I don't think it's quite as effective as the first because obviously this time you know what's coming but it works better than I expected, the first is better but I'd definitely recommend it to anyone who liked the first.

[MeanJoePhaser]

Zombieland: Okay, amusing but quite short. And why one lead character insists on using a double barrelled shot gun as his main weapon is a mystery. Two-shots and you have a slow reload. Zombies not really zombies, as they are still alive (yet of course do not attack each other or eat anything other than people it seems).

White Out: Either a non-thrilling thriller or a mostly actionless action movie. Easy to spot who the villain is right away. The opening segment removes parts of the mystery from the plot for the sake of an early action sequence. Characters have their lower faces exposed in what is supposed to be instant frostbite weather without suffering damage. Only decent things were Beckinsale in her underwear and in the shower. Almost worth a buck for that...can't imagine paying $9 to see the movie though. Fairly worthless movie, not like completely terrible, but just a non-entity that would never have been worth paying real money to watch.

[od0_ital]

Watched Elf for the first time ever. Pretty cute movie, and Will Farrell was funny, in a man-child way that he has...

Will update the list later on.

[Starbreaker]

Kill Bill Vol. 1 [A+]

One of my new favorite movies of all time. Absolutely awesome. Can't wait to dig into Part 2.