Movie Week: Three for Three

I completed my movie goal. I will be honest, I really thought it was all just talk and I'd only end up seeing Avatar (which I had purchased tickets for in advance - sealing that one as a definite).

I still have a few films that I have recently purchased that I want to get to in the next few days before making my year end list(s). I feel as though there are movies I'd like to include that when compared with other genres/styles they might get bumped so I might do like a top 3 or 4 of a few major genres. This then gets complicated when you try to classify certain movies.

I also am going to do a top trailers. It's an amazing thing - the movie trailer. It can convince you of a film you were anticipating or reafirm your disinterest in a clunker. But what is really magical is when a trailer can cement your interest in a movie that you were anywhere from unsure or apprehensive to actively avoiding it. These trailers - the right cuts and shots mixed with the right music can sometimes outshine the final product of the movie, or in other cases totally underrepresent the film (State of Play). I got the idea from SlashFilm and will be posting 3-5 trailers for 2009 as well.

I think the best way to do these lists is to spread them out, so in the next day or two I am going to post my Best of 09 list for music.

I have some thoughts about the past year or decade as I have noticed some people are writing about. I have not decided if I will write one of these as it could get super long and be super tedious, but we shall see. For now let's say that the past decade was almost half my life and spanned the latter years of my grade school career to reaching adulthood and being on the verge of graduating college. A lot has happened both to me, around me, and in the world and it has been interesting. That said - on the whole 2009 was underwhelming as a year. Here is hoping the new decade kicks off with a great year. It will definitely be interesting.