Wrapping up 2009

2009 was an awesome years for movies. I was in the theater more than ever before (free screenings rule!). I slowed down towards the end of the year but still managed to hit 200 movies.

A quick summary:

Movies: 200
in theater: 30
screening: 12
Most seen year:
2009: 62
2008: 61
Most rated:
5/5: 65
4/5: 50

2010 is looking like a solid year for films. Along with my backlog, there is no end in sight.

#200 Onibaba (1964)

A mother and her daughter-in-law kill samurai and sell their belongings for rice to survive.

3.5/5

#199 Che (2008)

Two part, 4 hour epic chronicling Che's successful and unsuccessful revolutions in Cuba and Bolivia.

5/5

#198 The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)

A young Che Guevara travels South America with his best friend and shapes his future political views.

5/5

#197 Sin Nombre (2009)

A family making the dangerous journey from Guatemala through Mexico to the US gets mixed up with a gang member trying to escape the 'green light' hit put on him by his former gang. One of 2009's best.

5/5

#196 Zach Galifianakis: Live At The Purple Onion (2006)

4/5

#195 Sanjuro (1961)

Kurosawa's sequel to Yojimbo. Toshiro Mifune is once again a masterless samurai that just wants sake, a good meal and a place to sleep but keeps getting dragged into situations where he ends up helping others out.

5/5

#194 Planet 51 (2009)

3/5

#193 The Box (2009)

The worst film released in 2009. Worse than Chun-Li and Dragonball Z. It's bad.

1/5

#192 Law Abiding Citizen (2009)

4/5

#191 Love Actually (2003)

4/5

#190 Yojimbo (1961)

5/5

#189 Sherlock Holmes (2009)

Holmes and Watson kicked ass for two hours and it was awesome.

4.5/5

#188 Ran (1985)

Kurosawa's last epic is epic. Lord Hidetora has three sons and at age 70 wishes to hand over power to his oldest son. They aren't the nicest brothers, so all hell breaks loose. A beautiful film which leaves all the main characters dead at the end.

5/5

#187 Happy-Go-Lucky (2008)

Sally Hawkins is the happiest person ever. She has me convinced.

4/5