HOLD THE PHONE: it's kim's top ten movies of 2009!!

THE LIST:

1. the cove
2. sin nombre
3. fantastic mr. fox
4. inglourious basterds
5. district 9 & the hurt locker (tie)
6. goodbye solo
7. i love you, man
8. ballast
9. valentino: the last emperor
10. up



IF ONLY THERE WAS A TOP 15: crazy heart, (500) days of summer, state of play, the proposal & precious: based on the novel push by sapphire

WITH HONORS: 2012, this american life live!, amreeka, avatar 3D, away we go, the baader meinhof complex, big fan, the blind side, capitalism: a love story, coraline, the damned united, an education, every little step, food, inc., french roast (animated short), the girlfriend experience, gomorra, the hangover, herb & dorothy, in the loop, julie & julia, the lady and the reaper (animated short), the lemon tree, live and become, logorama (animated short), medicine for melancholy, the messenger, momma's man, outrage, public enemies, the september issue, a serious man, sherlock holmes, signs, a single man, the soloist, star trek, stranded: i've come from a plane that crashed on the mountains, sugar, tulpan, two lovers, where the wild things are, the white ribbon, the young victoria

THE PEEPS:

best female actor: haim abbass, the lemon tree & sandra bullock, the blind side (tie)
best male actor: jeff bridges, crazy heart & edgar flores, sin nombre (tie)

best female actor in a supporting role: mo'nique, precious: based on the novel push by sapphire & mélanie laurent, inglourious basterds (tie)
best male actor in a supporting role: solymane sy savane, goodbye solo
runner-up: christoph waltz, inglourious basterds

best direction: katheryn bigelow, the hurt locker
(very, very close) runners-up: neill blomkamp, district 9 & quentin tarantino, inglourious basterds (tie)
best screenplay: quentin tarantino: inglourious basterds

best cinematography: adriano goldman, sin nombre
best score: alexandre desplat, fantastic mr. fox
best song: "the weary kind" by ryan bingham, crazy heart
runner-up: "smoke without fire" by duffy, an education

best non-2009 film: trouble the water (2008)

THE EXTRAS, YO!

best thing about the movies in 2009: nanc, jess & 3pies4rolls.blogspot.com!
worst thing about the movies in 2009: this!

best trailer: 9 & where the wild things are (tie)
best use of music in a trailer: "wake up" by arcade fire, where the wild things are

dude i fell in love with in 2009: rdj... again!
gal i fell in love with in 2009: sandy bullock!

movie i really wanted to love but just liked: precious: based on the novel push by sapphire
movie i thought would be kind of funny but ended up being charming as hell: the proposal

movie that i really wanted to see but didn't get around to it: broken embraces
movie i didn't see because, let's be honest, who cares? nine

135 minutes that i'm never getting back: the lovely bones (seriously, if you see this movie, IT'S YOUR FUNERAL.). get a real job, peter jackson.

most insanely overrated movie of 2009: up in the air
most forgettable: duplicity

movie i think will be on my 2010 top ten: inception
movie that i am most looking forward to (in the coming years): broken kingdom

number of movies i saw between february 1, 2009 and february 27, 2010: 75 (i met my goal!)
my goal for 2010: 85

thank you, hollywood!!