MY PERSONAL FAVORITES, THROUGH SEPTEMBER

27 Sep

adventureland

NOTE: These are my personal favorites and have no bearing on my objective projections. No personal desire for a film or performance to be rewarded will ever exceed my personal desire to see the final results prove my projections correct.

My favorite feature films of 2009, thus far:

  • “The Hurt Locker”
  • “Adventureland”
  • “Is Anybody There?”
  • “An Education”
  • “Julie & Julia”
  • “A Serious Man”
  • “The Road”
  • “District 9″
  • “500 Days of Summer”
  • “Inglourious Basterds”
  • “Up”
  • “The Boys Are Back”
  • “Precious”
  • “The Hangover”
  • “The Girlfriend Experience”
  • “I Love You, Man”
  • “Bruno”
  • “Duplicity”

My favorite documentaries of 2009, thus far:

  • “Racing Dreams”
  • “Valentino: The Last Emperor”
  • “American Swing”
  • “Tyson”
  • “Anvil! The Story of Anvil!”

My favorite leading performances of 2009, thus far:

  • Carey Mulligan (“An Education”)
  • Meryl Streep (“Julie & Julia”)
  • Kristen Stewart (“Adventureland”)
  • Viggo Mortensen (“The Road”)
  • Michael Caine (“Is Anybody There?”)
  • Clive Owen (“The Boys Are Back”)
  • Michelle Monaghan (“Trucker”)
  • Zooey Deschanel (“500 Days of Summer”)
  • Jeremy Renner (“The Hurt Locker”)
  • Sasha Grey (“The Girlfriend Experience”)
  • Sacha Baron Cohen (“Bruno”)
  • Amy Adams (“Sunshine Cleaning”)
  • Liam Neeson (“Taken”)

My favorite supporting performances of 2009, thus far:

  • Mo’Nique (“Precious”)
  • Christoph Waltz (“Inglourious Basterds”)
  • Stanley Tucci (“Julie & Julia”)
  • Jessica Haines (“Disgrace”)
  • Fred Melamed (“A Serious Man”)
  • Zach Galifianakis (“The Hangover”)
  • Amanda Seyfried (“Chloe”)
  • Paul Schneider (“Bright Star”)
  • Jason Segel (“I Love You, Man”)

Photo: Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart in “Adventureland.” Credit: Miramax.

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3 Responses

  1. ymitchum 27. Sep, 2009 10:36 pm #

    I would be thrilled if Adventureland/Kristen Stewart get
    some real recognition.

  2. Julian 03. Oct, 2009 4:52 pm #

    you are forgetting Jackie Earl Haley’s amazing performance in The Watchmen,
    an otherwise terrible film, his performance stood out. He should have won an Oscar for Best
    Supporting Actor a couple of years ago for Little Children. Please consider him for
    this role, I thought he was amazing.

  3. Danny K. 07. Oct, 2009 7:04 pm #

    Even though Adventureland did quite well with critics, I still feel it is an underappreciated film because it did nothing at the box office. On top of that, the film was mismarketed with this “director of Superbad” technique that really did nothing to reflect the true nature of the film. Stewart and Eisenberg are both among the best performances of the year so far.

    @ Julian: I completely agree than Haley’s performance is not getting the praise it deserves. It was a remarkable piece of work in my opinion.

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