Top films of 2009

This is just off the top of my head so maybe the #1 won't be as great as I remember it. I saw some good movies I just can't seem to remember them. Ugh, I really am getting old.

Well luckily I had my program from the 2009 SFIFF which helped to get the ball rolling
10. The Hangover - I was gonna make this my number one but although it was hysterical it wasn't as good as Old School. Still I love it and Alan character is amazing. You can be his friend on Facebook or see him on HBO's series Bored to Death; it is brilliant! The movie is good and totally quotable.

9. Sherlock Holmes I though it was excellent! Guy Ritchie did an awesome job and I am not saying that just because I love him. Jude Law and Robert Downey Jr were also excellent! Maybe there was a bit to much slow motion to tell you how Sherlock could defeat his enemies but it was well worth it.

8. French Girl staring Hafsia Herzi from The Secrets of the Grain was terrific and
the movie was a great feminist film about a girl who know what she wants and that is to return to France and make her own life.

7. This is it! Michael Jackson tribute with I saw with the director so we got to ask him questions about Michael Jackson vision for his final concert. It was very moving, creative and endearing. I really wanted to dance but behaved myself.

6. Whip It! Love this Drew Barrymore directed movie. Juno's star, Ellen Page, was the lead and she was terrific. I saw this a week after my roller disco party so I guess that really made me like it more. Also made me glad I don't live in Texas.


5. Small Crimes - set on a remote Greek island, it is a romance with a who done it twist.


4. 2012 - what can I say a John Cusack Movie with Woody Harrelson about the Mexican Calendar I am totally into it. Great special effect and a good conspiracy theory to boot about the government knowing that the world is heating up and coming to an end and making secret plans with other world leaders to save themselves and rich people who can afford to pay to get on.

3. Zombieland - great movie not totally a gore fest but completely funny and Woody Harrelson cracked me up. He is making quite a comeback. Playing these great character parts.


2. Sin Nombre - about immigration and gangs and how people get into the US from a cross the border but it was very good. The director actually rode the train for research and be friended gang members to get his story. Very touching.

1. Mid - August Lunch It is an Italian film and it is wonderful. They relationship dynamics are so interesting and it is so great to watch how other people live. It was like being a fly on the wall of someone's flat.