Nit Picket Podcast #49, Up in the Air/Nine/Top 10 of 2009
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Happy New Years. Nit Picket Podcast #49.
This week Aaron and I draw a line in the sand and finally count down our top 10 favorite films of the year that was 2009. We also take out time to discuss the new Jason Reitman film starring George Clooney, Up in the Air, and the Fellini inspired new film from Rob Marshall, Nine. In the world of trailers we drool over Christopher Nolan's newest film, Inception. Who would've guessed Aaron would be the one defending a movie musical? The end is nigh.
Did you guys know that James Cameron and Kathryn Bigelow were married from 89-91. Fun Fact.
1. Inglourious Basterds
2. Avatar
3. 500 Days of Summer
4. Star Trek
5. Drag Me To Hell
6. Fantastic Mr. Fox
7. Zombieland
8. District 9
9. Up
10. Sherlock Holmes
I need to see more stuff.
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Nice list! DRAG ME TO HELL and ZOMBIELAND I looooved.
I love the Cameron/Bigelow rivalry that has been going on for best director. James Cameron definitely showed what's up technically with AVATAR but Bigelow blew me away with THE HURT LOCKER and how much suspense she milked from every scene.
As always, thanks for listening!
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Here's my top 10
1. The Hurt Locker
2. The Messenger
3. Moon
4. A Serious Man
5. Up
6. Inglourious Basterds
7. The White Ribbon
8. An Education
9. District 9
10. (500) Days of Summer
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My Top Ten of 2009
1. Star Trek
2. I Love You Man
3. Bright Star
4. Precious
5. State of Play
6. The Hurt Locker
7. Up In the Air
8. The Hangover
9. An Education
10. The Princess and the Frog
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Thanks for listening! I just bought and rewatched THE HANGOVER on blu ray. Great stuff!
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My top ten of 2009:
10. an Education
9. Avatar
8. Fantastic Mr. Fox
7. 500 Days of Summer
6. Moon
5. Mary and Max
4. Up
3. the Hurt Locker
2. a Serious Man
1. Inglourious Basterds
Can't wait to see the top 10 of the decade! I am dying to see which films you guys have chosen, and some really great film recommendations. Keep up the good work, Nitpicket!
I really want to move down to Sunny California with Aaron where the weather is 61 degrees fahrenheit. Up here in Toronto Canada, it hit -22 degrees celcius the other day, which translates to below 0 degrees fahrenheit. It's pretty shocking how cold it gets here because in the summer, it gets super hot, sometimes hitting over 36 degrees celcius (about 90 fahrenheit). It really sucks though right now.
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It literally hit 76 degrees and sunny yesterday, dude!
and I'm equally excited to count down the top ten of the decade...it was a tough list but I'm glad we're going for it. Props for Mary and Max too btw!
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Here is my list. It is completely personal and totally subjective.
1. Five Minutes of Heaven - I related strongly to the subject matter. For me, at least, it was an intense, emotional experience.
2. Moon - I loved the soundtrack. Moon had great special effects as well, not to mention a solid story.
3. Where the Wild Things Are - It reminded me of Antonio's L'Avventura in that it focused on its characters and its mood more than its story. Brilliant, brilliant movie.
4. Up - This is the only movie this year that made me cry.
5. Coraline - A piece of art any way you look at it. Great movie.
6. The Road - I loved this movie because it worked on many levels. It's subtle and thought-provoking--everything a great movie should be.
7. The Hurt Locker - This movie did a superb job of capturing the feeling of war.
8. Inglourious Basterds - I didn't realize how much I enjoyed Inglorious Basterds until a couple of days of thinking about it. That's a sign of a great film.
9. Fantastic Mr. Fox - Like you guys said in your podcast, Fantastic Mr. Fox is a joy to watch. I loved the characters in this movie--what fun.
10. Food Inc. - This movie turned my wife into a vegetarian. I am telling you the complete truth. Sigh.
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Great episode as always guys! The comment is a little late, but I just have to share my top 10 of the decade!
10. Collateral - favourite Tom Cruise performance to date
09. Finding Nemo - This spot belongs to all the Pixar films, but I would have to pick Finding Nemo as my favourite and the most personal to me.
08. City of God - Huge Pulp Fiction fan; need I say more?
07. Memento - Favourite Christopher Nolan flick yet
06. Oldboy - my jaw was LITERALLY dropped
05. Lost in Translation - I love the opening shot of the film of Scarlet Johannson's ass; how did anyone agree to produce this film for Sofia Coppola?
04. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - I show this to every girl I've dated. Jim Carrey is definitely far better a dramatic actor than a comedic IMO.
03. Inglourious Basterds - Everytime I see it, I like it more than I did the previous time. Same effect Pulp Fiction had on me when I first saw it.
02. the Host - First time I didn't care about a HUGE loophole at about the 70% mark of the movie.
01. Adaptation. - absolutely brilliant to me, it's so weird and playful with the audience. I remember being flabbergasted by the end, absolutely just mind-blown by how great of a writer Charlie Kauffman is.
This is a pretty mainstream list compared to some others I've seen, but I dont give a shit =).
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10.Watchmen (I thought it had everything that the book had except for the subplots that I disliked and had the best use of music in a movie that wasn't made by Scorsese.
09.The Brothers Bloom (Second funniest film of the year, I think Rian Johnson could be the next Tarantino, but it doesn't reach the level of Brick).
08.The Hangover (Definately the funniest movie I've seen in a long time, but I wanted a bit more of it)
07.Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call: New Orleans (Cage's best performance after Adaptation).
06.Up in the Air (Love the choice of music, I'm glad to see Vera Varmiga again and Anna Kendrick Gave my favorite female performance of the year along with Marion Cotillard in Public Enemies).
05.A Serious Man (It's interesting to see the Coens do a movie that doesn't reference classic Hollywood at all).
04.Summer Hours (I thought that the use of he camera was ingenious and the acting is great all around).
03.The Hurt Locker (Probably the best war film since Savior and Tae Guk Gi).
02.The White Ribbon (I agree that it's very Bergman-esque, especially the Wild Strawberries-like narration and the masturbation interrogation reminded me of the orgy soliloquy in Persona).
01.A Prophet (It won the Grand Prix at Cannes, you can find the video on stagevu.com and I don't think it's getting a U.S. release, I just slightly prefered it to The White Ribbon, please watch it immediately).
Honorable Mention
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