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Title: Best Film Of 2009 (Redux)
Post by: modage on March 03, 2011, 08:48:51 AM
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Best Film: A SERIOUS MAN

THE NOMINEES

District 9
Inglourious Basterds
A Serious Man
Up
Where the Wild Things Are
Title: Re: Best Film Of 2009 (Redux)
Post by: Stefen on March 03, 2011, 11:44:49 AM
Didn't see this one coming!
Title: Re: Best Film Of 2009 (Redux)
Post by: Pas on March 03, 2011, 11:51:33 AM
Last year was pretty awful I guess then.
Title: Re: Best Film Of 2009 (Redux)
Post by: polkablues on March 03, 2011, 12:16:39 PM
I was as surprised as you are.
Title: Re: Best Film Of 2009 (Redux)
Post by: modage on March 03, 2011, 01:08:39 PM
This was a really close race actually. The only film not anywhere close to winning? District 9.
Title: Re: Best Film Of 2009 (Redux)
Post by: RegularKarate on March 03, 2011, 03:40:47 PM
Quote from: modage on March 03, 2011, 01:08:39 PM
This was a really close race actually. The only film not anywhere close to winning? District 9.

I still believe this is only because everyone wanted to vote for a movie other than what won the previous year.
Title: Re: Best Film Of 2009 (Redux)
Post by: Stefen on March 03, 2011, 05:07:21 PM
Quote from: modage on March 03, 2011, 01:08:39 PM
This was a really close race actually. The only film not anywhere close to winning? District 9.

That's VERY interesting considering how much everyone seemed to defend the District 9 win last year. It was a pretty cool sci-fi movie, but I just couldn't ever take it seriously as the best movie of the year.

This is my new favorite category. I think next year we should add some board specific categories like thread of the year, poster of the year and even throw in album of the year or something. Could make it more fun for our little community.
Title: Re: Best Film Of 2009 (Redux)
Post by: Pas on March 03, 2011, 08:27:35 PM
It would at least raise interest. Thread of the year, i would campaign for that and dig shit up too
Title: Re: Best Film Of 2009 (Redux)
Post by: Pwaybloe on March 03, 2011, 09:01:30 PM
I wasn't able to vote, but I did nominate "A Serious Man".  I think it's an unappreciated movie by the Coens.  It's much better than NCFOM. 

And who the hell liked WTWTA and Inglorious Basterds?
Title: Re: Best Film Of 2009 (Redux)
Post by: I Love a Magician on March 03, 2011, 09:06:44 PM
i did!
Title: Re: Best Film Of 2009 (Redux)
Post by: matt35mm on March 04, 2011, 02:02:34 AM
This was my favorite movie of last year, so I'm happy with this.
Title: Re: Best Film Of 2009 (Redux)
Post by: ElPandaRoyal on March 04, 2011, 04:57:24 AM
It's a great movie, but Basterds is better.
Title: Re: Best Film Of 2009 (Redux)
Post by: Pubrick on March 04, 2011, 03:33:08 PM
Yes basterds is shitter.
Title: Re: Best Film Of 2009 (Redux)
Post by: ElPandaRoyal on March 04, 2011, 04:11:57 PM
Just say it once again the other day, and all your claims that it's badly written (if I remember correctly) seem weirder and weirder to me.
Title: Re: Best Film Of 2009 (Redux)
Post by: I Love a Magician on March 04, 2011, 04:32:29 PM
it would be interesting for for everyone who changed their vote from last year to explain why they did so
Title: Re: Best Film Of 2009 (Redux)
Post by: modage on March 04, 2011, 05:09:02 PM
Quote from: I Love a Magician on March 04, 2011, 04:32:29 PM
it would be interesting for for everyone who changed their vote from last year to explain why they did so

I agree.  Last year I voted for Up and I did the same this year.  Who switched and why?
Title: Re: Best Film Of 2009 (Redux)
Post by: polkablues on March 04, 2011, 05:40:14 PM
I voted WtWTA both times.  Though having since seen An Education, I would have voted for that one had it been nominated.
Title: Re: Best Film Of 2009 (Redux)
Post by: brockly on March 04, 2011, 08:39:02 PM
Quote from: polkablues on March 04, 2011, 05:40:14 PM
I voted WtWTA both times.

yep, still my favourite of '09. i'm guessing most of the people who voted for a different film this year are the ones who voted for district 9 last year...? i'm kind of surprised because i think D9 will go down as a classic, while ASM, even tho i like it a lot, seems to me a pretty forgettable film. just my perspective, could be wrong. i would've been fine with any of those films winning, other than IB.
Title: Re: Best Film Of 2009 (Redux)
Post by: IchLiebeTisch on March 04, 2011, 09:16:14 PM
I nominated for A Single Man and ended up voting for A Serious Man both times.
Title: Re: Best Film Of 2009 (Redux)
Post by: Gold Trumpet on March 05, 2011, 12:06:01 AM
I changed from District 9 to Up. It wasn't a great year for films. Originally I was excited over how novel District 9 felt, but the themes are way too accessible and the film has no strands which spread out and leave you wondering about the things left unsaid. By the third viewing, you feel everything is on the platter. It's like if you do comparison criticism, one compares to something else, but it feels like it has to be based on how well someone knows about other societal issues which blend well with the film, but knowing that doesn't help you see deeper into the film. It's more about how well you know the comparison subject.

Why I chose Up? The enjoyability continued to rise for me in later viewings. When you watch the film and notice it doesn't fully take hold of an awesome structure like Wall E, it feels underwhelming. My relationship is that in later viewings I got to enjoy the small intangibles of the story more. This is an awkward comparison, but Mayazaki's My Neighbor Totoro felt perfect to be understood as a classic because it was made early in his career and was in line with his professional development. If he made the film now, it would still be great, but its greatness would be harder to see since it initially would feel more simplistic than his other movies. Up felt too simplistic initially, but I watch it now and I marvel at how well it does every little thing. There is no wrong step in the movie.