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.

End of the Regular Season

Well, for home games at least - NFL 2009 has come to an end. And it was ugly today - some blowouts (NE, GB) and some upsets (IN, NO) and the sloppy 2nd half that was the Eagles game.

All in all though - ever team above is going to the playoffs and that is great (except for NE).

In other news - this could be a movie packed week. I was considering, earlier, making tonight's post my top 10 movies of the year. But then I realized that I might be seeing 3 movies this week that could all be in contention. If nothing is going on tomorrow night I am going to go see Up in the Air. Wednesday - Avatar. And as I thought about it - if I am going to be in NY for new years - maybe I could try to find a theatre playing The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus while in town.

So - my top 10 of the year list is being put on hold in hopes that some of these movies make their way on there - not that the ones I have seen are bad but I am hoping these movies all live up to hype.

i like movies, you hadn't noticed?

i made up a list today of the movies that have come out in 2009 that i have seen. sure sure im a nerd or a loser or i have too much time on my hands - im not gonna deny any of those. but among those as reasons i did it i also did it because people will ask you from time to time - what was your favorite movie this year (typically in nov or dec) or they might say after you've seen a movie that you reacted very positively to - was that your favorite movie this year...etc. in most cases its hard to remember every movie you have seen in the past 9 months even if the list isnt terribly long. same thing goes for albums - after 12 months its hard to remember everything that came out.

so i found a list of releases from this year by week - which is why this list seems to be in no apparent order. i, at the same time, have a separate list of movies that came out that i wanted to see but didnt get a chance to - that list is almost triple in length - not saying there were almost 100 great movies to come out this year - there are definitely some questionables on that list - but some interest = on the list.

what i've seen from 09:
1.)Taken
2.) Coraline
3.) Friday the 13th
4.) Watchmen
5.) Knowing
6.) Adventureland
7.) Lymelife
8.) Observe & Report
9.) Up
10.) The Brothers Bloom
11.) The Hangover
12.) Moon
13.) The Hurt Locker
14.) Public Enemies
15.) Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
16.) 500 Days of Summer
17.) Inglourious Basterds
18.) Halloween II
19.) Paranormal Activity
20.) Zombieland
21.) Trick r Treat
22.) Where The Wild Things Are

not sure what my favorite movie or top 3 or what ever are yet - but at least i'll have an easier time figuring it out.