1. MOON
You can keep your D-9, for all the talk of its social themes it was no more than an adventure flick with a refugee camp as a backdrop. For smart sci-fi in the Kubrick tradition, I turn to Duncan Jones’ brilliant Moon, a film that deftly covers the most interesting and pressing questions about our world – unpleasant corporate practices, natural resource consumption, relationships with Artificial Intelligence – all while lunar miner Sam Bell is faced with a serious existential crisis. Everything about this film was excellent: from Jones’ handling of what must’ve been very complicated staging, to Clint Mansell’s original score and Nathan Parker’s screenplay, to Sam Rockwell’s virtuoso performance. BRAVO.
2. Inglourious Basterds (Fuck you, Hitler!)
3. Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (The most fun I’ve had at the movies all year.)
4. Food, Inc. (Required viewing. And people wonder why I’m vegetarian…)
5. The Road (A faithful adaptation that is almost as powerful as the source material.)
So, what do you think? What was your favorite flick of ’09?
Check out what my fellow film buffs thought over at Geekscape!
That’s a good list, although I’m surprised you didn’t include D-9. You didn’t like it?
As for me, my favorite movie this year was Star Trek. I’m so happy Abrams rebooted this franchise right.
Chuck,
I liked D-9, but I was disappointed. I was expecting more than a Halo flick.
Star Trek was indeed great and I’m really looking forward to where the sequels go in terms of plot and character. JJ really made Star Trek fun and action-packed, which was a welcome change to the universe!
i watched food inc. on netflix and now i can’t eat anything. thanks a lot nar!
Umm.. how about some frakkin’ vegetables???!!!