Yes, and this is a great opportunity to see what the year was like in film for each of us, especially John Foote and Jackson Truax, our newest Staff Writers. As for the Senior Staff Writers and our editor Clayton, some of the choices should be obvious to astute readers, but their should be some surprises as well. The list is here, but this is what came in at number one for each staff member:
Clayton: The Hurt Locker
Joey: Up in the Air
Myles: Inglourious Basterds
Keith: A Prophet
John: Up
Jackson: Nine
-Thoughts on each list?
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Haven't seen Nine and Bad Lieutenant, and The White Ribbon, Broken Embraces, Crazy Heart haven't been released where I live.
ReplyDelete1. Up in the Air
2. (500) Days of Summer
3. Inglourious Basterds
4. The Informant!
5. The Hurt Locker
6. A Single Man
7. An Education
8. A Serious Man
9. Drag Me to Hell
10. The Messenger
Honorable Mentions:
Me and Orson Welles
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Great list
ReplyDelete1. Avatar
ReplyDelete2. Inglourious Basterds
3. The Hurt Locker
4. Funny People
5. Up
6. (500) Days of Summer
7. Up in the Air
8. Zombieland
9. The Hangover
10. Public Enemies
Excellent list as well!
ReplyDeleteThanks Joey,
ReplyDeleteIt's cool that all six of you have a different #1 film of the year
You're welcome, and indeed, it was pretty cool to find out when we all compared...
ReplyDeleteEclectic bunch we have. Great list guys! (including Matt and Bryce).
ReplyDeleteThat we do, my friend, that we do...
ReplyDelete1. The Hurt Locker
ReplyDelete2. Up In The Air
3. In The Loop
4. A Serious Man
5. Inglourious Basterds
6. Star Trek
7. An Education
8. Avatar
9. District 9
10. The Informant
I havent't seen precious, a single man and invictus
Nice variety
ReplyDeleteI'll play along...
ReplyDeleteTop 10
1. Up In The Air
2. The Lovely Bones
3. Inglorious Basterds
4. Moon
5. The Hurt Locker
6. The Cove
7. Star Trek
8. The Hangover
9. Nine
10. Up
Honorable Mentions: Avatar, Sherlock Holmes, Surrogate, Orphan, District 9, Pirate Radio
Bottom 10
1. Paranormal Activity
2. Watchmen
3. Love Happens
4. The Fourth Kind
5. New York, I Love You
6. Whatever Works
7. Terminator Salvation
8. Knowing
9. Miss March
10. The Spirit
Dishonorable Mentions: My Sister's Keeper, Law Abiding Citizen, The Unborn, Funny People, He's Just Not That Into You
Very different list, but nothing wrong with that. Interesting picks, no doubt.
ReplyDeleteReally like all your lists, mine would go something like that:
ReplyDelete1. Up In The Air
2. Inglourious Basterds
3. The Cove
4. Invictus
5. Funny People
6. Where The Wild Things Are
7. Moon
8. The Hurt Locker
9. Un Prophete
10. The Messenger
Still need to see Crazy Heart and A Single Man
Much obliged, and same to you sir!
ReplyDeleteJackson's #1 of the year was Nine?? Well, he certainly can't be accused of "following the crowd."
ReplyDeleteNo, he certainly can't be...
ReplyDeleteI can't believe Clayton was the only one that really liked Avatar.
ReplyDeleteMy Top 10 goes
1. Avatar
2. An Education
3. The Lovely Bones
4. Up in the Air
5. The Hurt Locker
6. Precious
7. Fantastic Mr. Fox
8. Inglourious Basterds
9. The Hangover
10. Every Little Step
I find Jackson's list the most interesting, because I disagree with almost all of them but can see reasoning behind the choices. Intriguing. Good choices all around though, guys.
Avatar is in my top 20...thanks for the compliment though.
ReplyDelete1.Up in the Air
ReplyDelete2.Food, Inc
3.The Hurt Locker
4.Up
5.Precious
6.Inglorious Basterds
7.A Single Man
8.In the Loop
9.(500) Days of Summer
10.The Fantastic Mr. Fox
And The White Ribbon hasn't opened near me yet. Am I the only one who was completely let down by Doctor Parnassus? Just curious...
I thought it was a let down, but I still thought it was a good flick. Just one that could have been better...
ReplyDeleteI felt like Parnassus dragged a lot in the first hour, which could have been due to the filmmakers wanting to use as much Heath Ledger footage as possible. That's purely speculation, but how i felt nonetheless.
ReplyDeleteI agree. A lot of Ledger's work screamed "deleted scenes" to me...
ReplyDeleteI absolutely hated Parnassus, so you're not alone in not liking it.
ReplyDeleteIt strikes me as a potentially divisive movie...
ReplyDeleteI didn't necessarily hate it, I thought the visuals were quite impressive which allowed the second half of the movie to flow quite well. I just thought the first half ruined it for me. All in all I felt like it was about a 5 out of 10 for me.
ReplyDeleteThat's a fair assessment.
ReplyDeleteAvatar was in my top 25. The script was lacking, and I thought most of the characters were one dimensional.
ReplyDeleteAgreed...
ReplyDeleteMust say YET AGAIN of Staff Top 10s, Joey's is my fav. I'm actually beyond disappointed that (500) Days of Summer is out of the running in almost all it's categories. Personally my fav of 09.
ReplyDelete1. (500) Days of Summer
2. Up In The Air
3. Avatar
4. Up
5. An Education
6. Where The Wild Things Are
7. A Serious Man
8. Star Trek
9. Inglorious Basterds
10. The Hangover/District 9
Thank you kindly Nathan. I enjoy your list as well.
ReplyDeleteMine:
ReplyDelete1. (500) Days of Summer
2. Inglourious Basterds
3. The Cove
4. Moon
5. A Serious Man
6. Up in the Air
7. Star Trek
8. Up
9. District 9
10. The Hurt Locker
HM: A Single Man, Where the Wild Things Are, Avatar,