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Best Films of 2009

Vic Sage Jan 05 2010 02:52 PM

Here is the list of Oscar-eligible films released in 2009. What are your top 10? [u:1agdyzro]features:[/u:1agdyzro] ADAM ADORATION ADVENTURELAND ADVENTURES OF POWER ALIENS IN THE ATTIC ALL ABOUT STEVE ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS: THE SQUEAKQUEL AMELIA AMERICAN VIOLET AMREEKA ANGELS & DEMONS ARMORED AVATAR AWAY WE GO BAD LIEUTENANT: PORT OF CALL NEW ORLEANS A BEAUTIFUL LIFE BLACK DYNAMITE THE BLIND SIDE THE BLUE TOOTH VIRGIN THE BOONDOCK SAINTS II: ALL SAINTS DAY THE BOX BRIDE WARS BRONSON BROTHERS BRUNO THE BURNING PLAIN CIRQUE DU FREAK: THE VAMPIRE'S ASSISTANT COLD SOULS CONFESSIONS OF A SHOPAHOLIC COUPLES RETREAT THE COVE CRANK HIGH VOLTAGE CRAZY HEART CROSSING OVER THE DAMNED UNITED DANCE FLICK DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE MORGANS? DISTRICT 9 DON'T FADE AWAY DRAG ME TO HELL DRAGONBALL EVOLUTION DUPLICITY EASY VIRTUE EVERYBODY'S FINE EXTRACT FAME FAST & FURIOUS FIGHTING THE FINAL DESTINATION FIRED UP (500) DAYS OF SUMMER THE FOURTH KIND FRANKIE & ALICE FREE STYLE FRIDAY THE 13TH FUNNY PEOPLE G-FORCE G.I. JOE: THE RISE OF COBRA GAMER GENTLEMEN BRONCOS GHOSTS OF GIRLFRIENDS PAST GOODBYE SOLO THE GOODS: LIVE HARD * SELL HARD THE GREAT BUCK HOWARD THE HANGOVER HANNAH MONTANA THE MOVIE HARRY POTTER AND THE HALFBLOOD PRINCE THE HAUNTING IN CONNECTICUT HE'S JUST NOT THAT INTO YOU HOTEL FOR DOGS THE HURT LOCKER I LOVE YOU, BETH COOPER I LOVE YOU, MAN THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS IMAGINE THAT IN THE LOOP THE INFORMANT! INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS INK INKHEART THE INTERNATIONAL THE INVENTION OF LYING INVICTUS IRENE IN TIME IT'S COMPLICATED JENNIFER'S BODY JULIE & JULIA KNOWING LAND OF THE LOST THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT LAW ABIDING CITIZEN THE LIGHTKEEPERS THE LIMITS OF CONTROL LOOKING FOR PALLADIN THE LOSS OF A TEARDROP DIAMOND LOVE HAPPENS THE LOVELY BONES LYMELIFE MANAGEMENT ME AND ORSON WELLES THE MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS THE MERRY GENTLEMAN THE MESSENGER MISS MARCH THE MISSING PERSON MOON MY BLOODY VALENTINE MY LIFE IN RUINS MY ONE AND ONLY MY SISTER'S KEEPER NEW IN TOWN NEW YORK, I LOVE YOU NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: BATTLE OF THE SMITHSONIAN NINE NINJA ASSASSIN NOT EASILY BROKEN NOTORIOUS OBSERVE AND REPORT OBSESSED OCEAN OF PEARLS OLD DOGS ORPHAN OY VEY! MY SON IS GAY! THE PACK PANDORUM PAPER HEART PARANORMAL ACTIVITY PAUL BLART MALL COP A PERFECT GETAWAY PETER AND VANDY THE PINK PANTHER 2 PIRATE RADIO POST GRAD PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL 'PUSH' BY SAPPHIRE THE PRIVATE LIVES OF PIPPA LEE THE PROPOSAL PUBLIC ENEMIES RACE TO WITCH MOUNTAIN THE ROAD SAW VI A SERIOUS MAN 17 AGAIN SHERLOCK HOLMES SHORTS SHRINK A SINGLE MAN THE SOLOIST STAR TREK STATE OF PLAY THE STEPFATHER STREETBALLERS SUGAR SUNSHINE CLEANING SURROGATES TAKEN THE TAKING OF PELHAM 1 2 3 TAKING WOODSTOCK TERMINATOR SALVATION THAT EVENING SUN THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN TRUCKER 12 ROUNDS THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON TWO LOVERS 2012 TYLER PERRY'S I CAN DO BAD ALL BY MYSELF TYLER PERRY'S MADEA GOES TO JAIL THE UGLY TRUTH THE UNBORN UNDERWORLD: RISE OF THE LYCANS THE UNINVITED (UNTITLED) UP IN THE AIR THE VICIOUS KIND WATCHMEN WHATEVER WORKS WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE WHIP IT WHITEOUT WORLD'S GREATEST DAD XMEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE YEAR ONE THE YOUNG VICTORIA ZOMBIELAND [u:1agdyzro]animation:[/u:1agdyzro] ASTRO BOY (ani) BATTLE FOR TERRA (ani) CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS (ani) CORALINE (ani) DISNEY'S A CHRISTMAS CAROL (ani) THE DOLPHIN STORY OF A DREAMER (ani) FANTASTIC MR. FOX (ani) ICE AGE DAWN OF THE DINOSAURS (ani) MARY AND MAX (ani) THE MISSING LYNX (ANI) MONSTERS VS ALIENS (ANI) 9 (ani) PLANET 51 (ani) PONYO (ani) THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG (ani) THE SECRET OF KELLS (ani) TINKER BELL AND THE LOST TREASURE (ani) A TOWN CALLED PANIC (ani) UP (ani) [u:1agdyzro]foreign[/u:1agdyzro] ANTICHRIST (foreign) BLOOD THE LAST VAMPIRE (for) THE BOYS ARE BACK (for) BRIGHT STAR (for) BROKEN EMBRACES (for) BROTHERS AT WAR (d0c) CHANDNI CHOWK TO CHINA (for) CHERI (for) CHERRY BLOSSOMS (for) COCO BEFORE CHANEL (for) CREATION (for) DAYTIME DRINKING (for) DISGRACE (for) THE ECLIPSE (for) AN EDUCATION (for) EVA (for) FIFTY DEAD MEN WALKING (for) THE HEADLESS WOMAN (for) HOME (for) IL DIVO (for) IRON CROSS (for) IS ANYBODY THERE? (for) JULIA (for) THE LAST STATION (for) LITTLE ASHES (for) THE LITTLE TRAITOR (for) LONDON RIVER (for) LORNA'S SILENCE (for) THE MAID (for) THE MISFORTUNATES (FOR) PARIS 36 (for) PUNCTURED HOPE: A STORY ABOUT TROKOSI AND YOUNG GIRLS'SLAVERY IN TODAY'S WEST AFRICA (for) RED CLIFF (for) RUDO Y CURSI (for) SERBIAN SCARS (for) SERBIS (for) SIMON & MALOU (for) SIN NOMBRE (for) SKIN (for) THE SONG OF SPARROWS (for) THE STONING OF SORAYA M. (for) STREET FIGHTER: THE LEGEND OF CHUNLI (for) TETRO (for) THIRST (for) TOKYO SONATA (for) THE WEDDING SONG (for) THE WHITE RIBBON (for) A WOMAN IN BERLIN (for) [u:1agdyzro]documentaries:[/u:1agdyzro] ANVIL! THE STORY OF ANVIL (documentary) THE BOYS: THE SHERMAN BROTHERS' STORY (doc) BROTHERS AT WAR (d0c) BY THE PEOPLE: THE ELECTION OF BARACK OBAMA (doc) CAPITALISM: A LOVE STORY (doc) CRUDE (doc) EVERY LITTLE STEP (doc) FACING ALI (doc) GOOD HAIR (doc) IT MIGHT GET LOUD (doc) JONAS BROTHERS: THE 3D CONCERT EXPERIENCE (doc) MARY PICKFORD: THE MUSE OF THE MOVIES (doc) MEMORYMAN (doc) MICHAEL JACKSON'S THIS IS IT (DOC) MORE THAN A GAME (doc) THE SEPTEMBER ISSUE (doc) SOUL POWER (doc) TYSON (doc) VALENTINO THE LAST EMPEROR (doc) WALT & EL GRUPO (doc) X GAMES 3D: THE MOVIE (doc) YES MADAM, SIR (doc) YOUSSOU N'DOUR: I BRING WHAT I LOVE (doc)

Vic Sage Jan 05 2010 03:05 PM Re: Best Films of 2009 Edited 4 time(s), most recently on Jan 20 2010 03:27 PM

I haven't seen very much this year, but here's my top 10 of what little i've seen: AVATAR THE HANGOVER I LOVE YOU, MAN INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS MONSTERS VS ALIENS (ANI) STAR TREK UP (ani) WATCHMEN WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE XMEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE here's an overall ranking of all the films i've seen this year: AVATAR THE HANGOVER WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE * INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS STAR TREK UP (ani) WATCHMEN * I LOVE YOU, MAN MONSTERS VS ALIENS (ANI) XMEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE --------------------------- CORALINE (ani) TERMINATOR SALVATION ASTRO BOY (ani) CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS (ani) * ALIENS IN THE ATTIC EVERYBODY'S FINE G-FORCE G.I. JOE: THE RISE OF COBRA IMAGINE THAT INKHEART THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: BATTLE OF THE SMITHSONIAN PAUL BLART MALL COP THE PINK PANTHER 2 TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN HANNAH MONTANA: THE MOVIE UNDERWORLD: RISE OF THE LYCANS ICE AGE DAWN OF THE DINOSAURS (ani) PLANET 51 (ani)

TransMonk Jan 05 2010 03:08 PM Re: Best Films of 2009

I've only seen 18 of these movies: ADVENTURELAND ANGELS & DEMONS BRUNO EXTRACT FRIDAY THE 13TH THE HANGOVER I LOVE YOU, MAN THE INFORMANT! INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS OBSERVE AND REPORT PAPER HEART PAUL BLART MALL COP STAR TREK SUNSHINE CLEANING XMEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE YEAR ONE UP (ani) ANVIL! THE STORY OF ANVIL (documentary) Bruno, The Informant!, Inglorious Basterds, Up and Anvil! were the only ones I didn't think were pretty crappy.

Vic Sage Jan 05 2010 03:12 PM Re: Best Films of 2009 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jan 06 2010 10:49 AM

of the remaining list of films, here some others that have gotten some buzz: AWAY WE GO BROTHERS CRAZY HEART DISTRICT 9 (500) DAYS OF SUMMER HARRY POTTER AND THE HALFBLOOD PRINCE THE HURT LOCKER THE INTERNATIONAL INVICTUS IT'S COMPLICATED JULIE & JULIA ME AND ORSON WELLES THE MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS NINE NOTORIOUS OBSERVE AND REPORT PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL 'PUSH' BY SAPPHIRE PUBLIC ENEMIES THE ROAD A SERIOUS MAN A SINGLE MAN SUGAR SUNSHINE CLEANING UP IN THE AIR WHIP IT THE YOUNG VICTORIA [u:2zbg4pxc]animation:[/u:2zbg4pxc] DISNEY'S A CHRISTMAS CAROL (ani) FANTASTIC MR. FOX (ani) 9 (ani) PONYO (ani) THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG (ani) [u:2zbg4pxc]documentaries:[/u:2zbg4pxc] ANVIL! THE STORY OF ANVIL (documentary) CAPITALISM: A LOVE STORY (doc) GOOD HAIR (doc) MICHAEL JACKSON'S THIS IS IT (DOC) THE SEPTEMBER ISSUE (doc) TYSON (doc)

Edgy MD Jan 05 2010 03:18 PM Re: Best Films of 2009

ADVENTURELAND UP THE SOLOIST I LOVE YOU, MAN

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jan 05 2010 04:40 PM Re: Best Films of 2009 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jan 05 2010 10:50 PM

ADVENTURELAND AN EDUCATION ANVIL! AVATAR BRUNO CORALINE INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS STAR TREK SUGAR UP (NOTE: Haven't seen THE HURT LOCKER, THE INFORMANT!, WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE, or PONYO... and want to, lots.)

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jan 05 2010 04:42 PM Re: Best Films of 2009

14 movies! That's pretty good for me in one year. Here's how I'd rank 'em: FANTASTIC MR. FOX (ani) ADVENTURELAND * INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS SUGAR UP (ani) I LOVE YOU, MAN ANVIL! THE STORY OF ANVIL * OBSERVE AND REPORT THE HANGOVER (500) DAYS OF SUMMER * FUNNY PEOPLE EXTRACT MONSTERS VS ALIENS * ICE AGE DAWN OF THE DINOSAURS

themetfairy Jan 05 2010 05:01 PM Re: Best Films of 2009

The only film I truly loved this year was (500) Days of Summer. I did like Away We Go, but I recognize that it's not a great film.

Benjamin Grimm Jan 06 2010 09:51 AM Re: Best Films of 2009

I only saw four of them, and the only two I liked started with the word "Up." UP (ani) UP IN THE AIR 2012 CORALINE (ani)

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jan 08 2010 09:45 AM Re: Best Films of 2009

2012? Really? The preview made it look vaguely intriguing... but I was a little lukewarm on it. LWBetterHalfer doesn't do so well with apocalypse-y movies, and since she's 1.5 votes these days, we passed. What's to recommend it?

Benjamin Grimm Jan 08 2010 10:30 AM Re: Best Films of 2009

Not much. Special effects, dumb story.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jan 08 2010 10:59 AM Re: Best Films of 2009

Ah, wait. Just got your post... my reading comprehension's funky between cups of coffee.

Vic Sage Jan 11 2010 01:41 PM Re: Best Films of 2009

WGA nominations for best screenplay in 2009 (awards given on 2/20): original screenplay: 1) Avatar 2) 500 days of summer 3) The Hangover 4) The Hurt Locker 5) A Serious Man adapted screenplay: 1) Crazy Heart 2) Julie & Julia 3) Precious 4) Star Trek 5) Up in the Air

sharpie Jan 11 2010 01:47 PM Re: Best Films of 2009

I saw only nine of them. I guess that number will rise via video. In order IN THE LOOP A SERIOUS MAN ADVENTURELAND BRIGHT STAR SUGAR (500) DAYS OF SUMMER* ANVIL! THE STORY OF ANVIL JULIE AND JULIA HE'S JUST NOT THAT INTO YOU* *saw on airplanes. I could have seen INKHEART on a plane which would've gotten me to 10. It would almost certainly have been #10.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jan 11 2010 03:35 PM Re: Best Films of 2009

WGA nominations for best screenplay in 2009 (awards given on 2/20): original screenplay: 1) Avatar 2) 500 days of summer 3) The Hangover 4) The Hurt Locker 5) A Serious Man For SCREENPLAY? I dug the movie, and I think that's f*cked.

Centerfield Jan 13 2010 10:27 AM Re: Best Films of 2009

sharpie wrote: I saw only nine of them. I guess that number will rise via video. In order IN THE LOOP A SERIOUS MAN ADVENTURELAND BRIGHT STAR SUGAR (500) DAYS OF SUMMER* ANVIL! THE STORY OF ANVIL JULIE AND JULIA HE'S JUST NOT THAT INTO YOU* *saw on airplanes. I could have seen INKHEART on a plane which would've gotten me to 10. It would almost certainly have been #10. I think showing "He's Just Not That Into You" on an airplane could be one of the few things in life that would make me try skydiving.

themetfairy Jan 13 2010 11:39 AM Re: Best Films of 2009

The Hurt Locker is now available on DVD and on On Demand, fyi.

Vic Sage Jan 15 2010 11:30 AM GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINATIONS Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jan 18 2010 11:51 AM

GG noms * = winners BEST DRAMA * Avatar The Hurt Locker Inglourious Basterds Precious: Based On The Novel Push By Sapphire Up In The Air BEST COMEDY/MUSICAL: (500) Days Of Summer * The Hangover It's Complicated Julie & Julia Nine BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs Coraline Fantastic Mr. Fox The Princess And The Frog * Up BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM: Baaria (Italy) Broken Embraces (Spain) The Maid (Chile) A Prophet (France) * The White Ribbon (Germany) BEST SCREENPLAY: District 9 The Hurt Locker Inglourious Basterds It's Complicated * Up In The Air

Frayed Knot Jan 18 2010 10:37 AM Re: Best Films of 2009

Only caught part of the GG awards show so my opinion here is incomplete - but based on what I saw it's a tie between Anna Paquin and Olivia Wilde for best display of the golden globes.

Centerfield Jan 18 2010 02:11 PM Re: Best Films of 2009

I'm going to need to see some pictures Sir.

Frayed Knot Jan 19 2010 09:57 AM Re: Best Films of 2009

Edgy MD Jan 19 2010 10:12 AM Re: Best Films of 2009

Her feet look like tootsie rolls.

Fman99 Jan 19 2010 10:31 AM Re: Best Films of 2009

Somebody push those things together! I'll do it.

Frayed Knot Jan 19 2010 10:47 AM Re: Best Films of 2009

Edgy DC wrote: Her feet look like tootsie rolls. Feet?

Edgy MD Jan 19 2010 10:54 AM Re: Best Films of 2009

Feet, baby. They can be beautiful thingies, too.

Frayed Knot Jan 19 2010 11:08 AM Re: Best Films of 2009

It's just the old 'I just hadn't realized she feet' joke. Back in my sophmore year my roommate had a poster of a jungle scene where the sweat-tinged girl was all but busting out of the khaki shorts and unbuttoned shirt she was wearing while straddling atop a full-sized tiger. One of the girls from the dorm walks in and notices - as only a female would - that the girl and the tiger had the same color eyes. "Eyes?" I said, thinking my joke was pretty funny until Stevie dead-panned, "Tiger?"

Vince Coleman Firecracker Jan 20 2010 12:11 PM Re: Best Films of 2009

My list for now: Where the Wild Things Are Tyson Up The Hurt Locker District 9 A Serious Man Inglorious Basterds Big Fan Away We Go Funny People My queue of 2009 films I haven't seen, but have high hopes for: Drag Me to Hell, the Informant!, Moon, the Road, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Broken Embraces, The White Ribbon and Anvil!. Oh, and Skills Like This probably isn't eligible, since I think it was officially released in 2007, but it made its New York debut this year and would replace Funny People on my list.

Ashie62 Jan 20 2010 08:22 PM Re: Best Films of 2009

And the Oscar for Best Movie goes to "Crazy Heart" Don't worry Clooney you beat Bridges for best actor

Vic Sage Jan 25 2010 09:11 AM Re: Best Films of 2009

Producer's Guild awards given yesterday: Best Picture - THE HURT LOCKER Other Nominees for theatrical motion pictures: AVATAR DISTRICT 9 AN EDUCATION INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS INVICTUS PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL PUSH BY SAPPHIRE STAR TREK UP UP IN THE AIR Best animated feature - UP other nominees for animated feature: 9 CORALINE FANTASTIC MR. FOX THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG Best documentary - The COVE Other nominees for Documentary feature: BURMA VJ SERGIO SOUNDTRACK FOR A REVOLUTION

Ashie62 Jan 29 2010 03:59 PM Re: Best Films of 2009

I'm fine with "Hurt Locker" loved it Inglorious basterds 2 1/2 stars..Indulgent..Pitt miscast, and Hugo Stiglitz? geez Quentin

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 02 2010 09:22 AM Re: Best Films of 2009

Inglorious basterds 2 1/2 stars..Indulgent..Pitt miscast, and Hugo Stiglitz? geez Quentin "Hello, Mr. Ashie. This is Mr. Tarentino... have you met Mr. Tarentino before?" AMPAS voters' thoughts as to the top 10 (i.e., your Oscar noms): Avatar The Blind Side (Ed note: Really? I mean... REALLY?) District 9 An Education The Hurt Locker Inglourious Basterds Precious A Serious Man Up Up in the Air Paging Paddy Power?

Vic Sage Feb 02 2010 02:38 PM Re: Best Films of 2009

43 features got Oscar nominations today. I've seen about 6 of them. Nominations by Picture: Best Picture - Avatar (9) -Best picture -Directing -Film editing -Original score -Sound editing -Sound mixing -Visual effects -Art direction -Cinematography The Hurt Locker(9) - Best picture - Directing - Original screenplay - Best Actor (Jeremy Renner) - Cinematography - Film editing - Original score - Sound editing - Sound mixing Inglourious Basterds(8) - Best picture - Original screenplay - Directing - Best Supporting Actor (Christoph Waltz) - Film editing - Cinematography - Sound editing - Sound mixing Up in the Air (6) - Best picture - Directing - Adapted screenplay - Best Actor (George Clooney) - Best Supporting Actress (Vera Farmiga) - Best Supporting Actress (Anna Kendrick) Precious(6) - Best picture - Adapted screenplay - Directing - Best Actress (Gabourey Sidibe) - Best Supporting Actress (Mo’Nique) - Film editing Up (5) - Best picture - Best animated feature film - Original screenplay - Original score - Sound editing District 9(4) - Best picture - Adapted screenplay - Film editing - Visual effects An Education (3) - Best picture - Adapted screenplay - Best Actress (Carey Mulligan) A Serious Man(2) - Best picture - Original screenplay The Blind Side(2) - Best picture - Best Actress (Sandra Bullock) Best Animated Feature - Up (5) - Best picture - Best animated feature film - Original screenplay - Original score - Sound editing The Princess and the Frog(3) - Best animated feature film - Original song, “Almost There” - Original song, “Down in New Orleans” Fantastic Mr. Fox(2) - Best animated feature film - Original score Coraline (1) -Best animated feature film The Secret of Kells (1) - Best animated feature film Best Foreign Film - The White Ribbon (2) - Best foreign language film (Germany) - Cinematography El Secreto de Sus Ojos(1) - Best foreign language film (Argentina) Ajami (1) - Best foreign language film (Israel) Un Prophète (1) - Best foreign language film (France) The Milk of Sorrow(1) - Best foreign language film (Peru) Best Documentary Feature - Burma VJ(1) - Documentary feature The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers(1) -Documentary feature Which Way Home(1) - Documentary feature The Cove (1) - Documentary feature Food, Inc.,(1) - Documentary feature technical / Miscellaneous - Nine(4) - Best Supporting Actress (Penélope Cruz) - Art direction - Costume design - Original song, “Take It All” Star Trek (4) - Makeup - Sound editing - Sound mixing - Visual effects Crazy Heart(3) - Best Actor (Jeff Bridges) - Best Supporting Actress (Maggie Gyllenhaal) - Original song, “The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)” The Young Victoria(3) - Art direction - Costume design - Makeup The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus(2) - Art direction - Costume design Invictus(2) - Best Actor (Morgan Freeman) - Best Supporting Actor (Matt Damon) The Last Station(2) - Best Supporting actor (Christopher Plummer) - Best Actress (Helen Mirren) The Messenger (2) - Best Supporting Actor (Woody Harrelson) - Original screenplay Sherlock Holmes (2) - Art direction - Original score Bright Star(1) - Costume design Coco before Chanel(1) - Costume design Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince(1) - Cinematography Il Divo(1) - Makeup In the Loop(1) - Adapted screenplay Julie & Julia(1) - Best Actress (Meryl Streep) The Lovely Bones(1) Best Supporting Actor (Stanley Tucci) Paris 36(1) - Original song, “Loin de Paname” A Single Man (1) - Best Actor (Colin Firth) Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (1) - Sound mixing

Benjamin Grimm Feb 02 2010 03:00 PM Re: Best Films of 2009

Up gets a best picture nomination! Is it the first animated feature to get that nomination? (I'm thinking it's not. I seem to think that The Lion King was nominated. Or maybe Beauty and the Beast.) I'm pretty sure that it would be the first to win, if that were to happen.

sharpie Feb 02 2010 03:04 PM Re: Best Films of 2009

Beauty and the Beast was also nominated. With the inflation of Best Picture noms from 5 to 10 I think really only the five that got director nominations would have gotten nominated in past years and that those are the only ones that have a chance. The others get to put it on the DVD boxes though.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 02 2010 03:33 PM Re: Best Films of 2009

Up gets a best picture nomination! Is it the first animated feature to get that nomination? (I'm thinking it's not. I seem to think that The Lion King was nominated. Or maybe Beauty and the Beast.) I'm pretty sure that it would be the first to win, if that were to happen. Right on the first count-- Beauty and the Beast was indeed it, in 1991 (presented in 1992). On the second, too-- BatB lost to The Silence of the Lambs. Oddly enough, Avatar and District 9 represent only the 3rd and 4th science-fiction movies-- if you count E.T.-- to get BP nods EVER; either would be the first to win. (By comparison, 5 Vietnam movies have been nominated, with 2-- Platoon and The Deer Hunter-- winning. Put another way: before this year, as many X-rated films as sci-fi films had been nominated for Oscars, and more disaster movies-- 3, if you don't count Love Story.)

metirish Feb 02 2010 08:02 PM Re: Best Films of 2009

I just got a wire from Ireland , actual latest odds from Paddy Power Best Picture Avatar - 1/2 The Hurt Locker - 11/8 Up In The Air - 10/1 Inglorious Basterds - 14/1 Precious - 33/1 The Blind Side - 50/1 An Education - 66/1 A Serious Man - 66/1 Up - 80/1 District 9 - 100/1 Best Director Kathryn Bigelow 8/13 James Cameron 6/5 Jason Reitman 16/1 Quentin Tarantino 25/1 Lee Daniels 40/1 The Rest here http://www.paddypower.com/bet?action=go ... ria=oscars

RealityChuck Feb 04 2010 08:40 PM Re: Best Films of 2009

I see nearly all my films on DVD, so I'm behind on the list. However, I think Inglorious Basterds is the best film of those I've seen, and a fine file overall. And if Christoph Waltz doesn't win Best Supporting Actor, the Oscars are fixed.