2009 cinema round up.

So a decade of cinema has past.
To be perfectly honest I was surprised when I looked back at 2008 to see that I gave 5 films 5 stars. Looking back they did deserve it as well. And I did say in last year's summary that 2009 would have to work hard to do as well as 2008...
Well it did: I gave 7 movies 5 stars this year.

I give scores to movies just to remember exactly what was my main impression just after seeing it. Globally I can remember what the movie was, of course, but it's that general feeling, that can go away later, when you think things over. Here it's to capture the moment. 5 is awesome, 4 is excellent, 3 good, 2 disappointing, 1 crap.
I haven't given any 1s, not because I'm a softie (although I am) but because I select what I see. I still get disappointed, like this year with Wolverine and Transformers 2.
Anyway 7 movies blew me away and those which didn't quite aren't bad either... :)

01- Where The Wild Things Are (2009)
02- Avatar (2009)
03- Watchmen (2009)
04- Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The (2008)
05- Up (2009)
06- District 9 (2009)
07- Inglourious Basterds (2009)
08- The Box (2009/I)
09- Harry Brown (2009)
10- Star Trek (2009)

Wild Things was an obvious 1st, Avatar had therefore to be 2nd. Then I thought about Up, but realised Watchmen was this year. 3rd then. And Benjamin Button? I can't forget it just because it was ages ago... So Up & District 9 have to end up 5th & 6th (those where I cried tend to come 1st). That may seem low, but looking at the opposition, it's not bad... Among all, the Basterds could seem a bit more minor to some, but QT's too gifted and I had too much joy not to place it next (beside it's the last of the 5 stars and I have to order by score). Then The Box's SciFi mystery, the grits of Harry Brown and Star Trek, this year's sleeper blockbuster (like Ironman last year).

There's a nice mix here, between massive Hollywood entertainment, "Oscar movies", Comics adaptation and also more independant movies... Quite biaised towards Hollywood though. I also depend on what's shown.

So... Better in 2010? Who knows...