Comments on: The 20 Best Films Of 2009 https://staging2.theplaylist.net/the-20-best-films-of-2009-2-20150130/ Sat, 03 Jun 2017 03:06:06 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Joey Lee https://staging2.theplaylist.net/the-20-best-films-of-2009-2-20150130/#comment-153081 Mon, 27 Mar 2017 07:04:00 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2015/more/uncategorized/the-20-best-films-of-2009-2-267628/#comment-153081 Coraline

]]> By: Adrian https://staging2.theplaylist.net/the-20-best-films-of-2009-2-20150130/#comment-136687 Mon, 23 May 2016 04:19:36 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2015/more/uncategorized/the-20-best-films-of-2009-2-267628/#comment-136687 "Antichrist" (if the second half was as good as the first, it would have been top 5"? what do you mean? are you talking about antichrist or nymphomaniac?

]]> By: Nathan Duke https://staging2.theplaylist.net/the-20-best-films-of-2009-2-20150130/#comment-136694 Mon, 23 May 2016 04:19:36 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2015/more/uncategorized/the-20-best-films-of-2009-2-267628/#comment-136694 What!? You\’ve got 20 spots and don\’t include either \’Inglourious Basterds\’ or \’The White Ribbon\’? That\’s nuts. Those were, respectively, my numbers 2 and 3 behind \’A Serious Man.\’ And I think they both certainly belong on the list over \’A Single Man\’ or \’The Headless Woman.\’

]]> By: Nathan Duke https://staging2.theplaylist.net/the-20-best-films-of-2009-2-20150130/#comment-136693 Mon, 23 May 2016 04:19:36 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2015/more/uncategorized/the-20-best-films-of-2009-2-267628/#comment-136693 Oh, yeah – and \’Adventureland\’ too, which is, in my opinion, one of the best movies about youth from the past several years.

]]> By: Wes https://staging2.theplaylist.net/the-20-best-films-of-2009-2-20150130/#comment-136692 Mon, 23 May 2016 04:19:36 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2015/more/uncategorized/the-20-best-films-of-2009-2-267628/#comment-136692 1. Inglourious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino)
2. White Ribbon (Michael Haneke)
3. Broken Embraces (Pedro Almodovar)
4. Serious Man (Coen Bros)
5. Avatar (James Cameron)
6. Fantastic Mr. Fox (Wes Anderson)
7. Up in the Air (Jason Reitman)
8. District 9 (Neill Blomkamp)
9. I am Love (Luca Guadagnino)
10. Mother (Bong Joon Ho)

]]> By: Ugh https://staging2.theplaylist.net/the-20-best-films-of-2009-2-20150130/#comment-136691 Mon, 23 May 2016 04:19:36 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2015/more/uncategorized/the-20-best-films-of-2009-2-267628/#comment-136691 Fine list but not even an honorable mention for INGLORIOUS BASTERDS kind\’ve makes it look like you guys are just being pretentious in the selection process intentionally.

]]> By: anonymous https://staging2.theplaylist.net/the-20-best-films-of-2009-2-20150130/#comment-136690 Mon, 23 May 2016 04:19:36 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2015/more/uncategorized/the-20-best-films-of-2009-2-267628/#comment-136690 It\’s nice the list gives attention to some lesser known films but it is a bit pretentious.

I think Pixar\’s Up also deserves to be mentioned.

]]> By: Quiet Wyatt https://staging2.theplaylist.net/the-20-best-films-of-2009-2-20150130/#comment-136689 Mon, 23 May 2016 04:19:36 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2015/more/uncategorized/the-20-best-films-of-2009-2-267628/#comment-136689 You lost me at the Limits of Control. And quickly brought me back with the terribly underseen Bright Star.

]]> By: Lib https://staging2.theplaylist.net/the-20-best-films-of-2009-2-20150130/#comment-136688 Mon, 23 May 2016 04:19:36 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2015/more/uncategorized/the-20-best-films-of-2009-2-267628/#comment-136688 Excuse me?! Where the hell is \’Enter the Void\’??? Not even as an honorable mention! This is rubbish.

]]> By: Randommale https://staging2.theplaylist.net/the-20-best-films-of-2009-2-20150130/#comment-136679 Mon, 23 May 2016 04:19:36 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2015/more/uncategorized/the-20-best-films-of-2009-2-267628/#comment-136679 Not even an honorable for Up In the Air?!?!??!?!???!?!!!!????

]]> By: Conway Twell https://staging2.theplaylist.net/the-20-best-films-of-2009-2-20150130/#comment-136686 Mon, 23 May 2016 04:19:36 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2015/more/uncategorized/the-20-best-films-of-2009-2-267628/#comment-136686 Listen, I love Jarmusch but The Limits of Control will NEVER have its due in the same way as Dead Man. It is the epitome of style over substance, even if the style is rather breathtaking at times.

]]> By: Darryl https://staging2.theplaylist.net/the-20-best-films-of-2009-2-20150130/#comment-136685 Mon, 23 May 2016 04:19:36 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2015/more/uncategorized/the-20-best-films-of-2009-2-267628/#comment-136685 Brilliant year for movies. I loved almost everything on this list. The top 3 are great films. And with this list it reminded me of excellent films that I forgot about: Bright Star, Still Walking, Tokyo Sonata, Goodbye Solo. Honestly, this overall year may have been better than \’07. Also, I believe this may have been the first year I became invested in this site.

]]> By: Dustin https://staging2.theplaylist.net/the-20-best-films-of-2009-2-20150130/#comment-136684 Mon, 23 May 2016 04:19:36 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2015/more/uncategorized/the-20-best-films-of-2009-2-267628/#comment-136684 It\’s one thing to not include Inglorious Basterds on the list, but to not mention it in the honorable mentions is beyond pretentious.

]]> By: Rodrigo https://staging2.theplaylist.net/the-20-best-films-of-2009-2-20150130/#comment-136683 Mon, 23 May 2016 04:19:36 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2015/more/uncategorized/the-20-best-films-of-2009-2-267628/#comment-136683 " look like you guys are just being pretentious in the selection process intentionally."

No us. Me, please read the intro. Also I reviewed Inglorious Basterds at Cannes in 2008 and I did not like it. Not trying to be controversial, just didn\’t care for it.

]]> By: Chili https://staging2.theplaylist.net/the-20-best-films-of-2009-2-20150130/#comment-136682 Mon, 23 May 2016 04:19:36 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2015/more/uncategorized/the-20-best-films-of-2009-2-267628/#comment-136682 I agree with the top three and think that these films have only grown in stature since 2009 (particularly Still Walking). But it is curious to omit The White Ribbon and City of Life and Death, two films that have been consistently mentioned as two of the best films of the decade.

I know this list was made in 2009 but I think these films were pretty widely regarded even back then (both films made my top ten list in 2009).

]]> By: E. https://staging2.theplaylist.net/the-20-best-films-of-2009-2-20150130/#comment-136681 Mon, 23 May 2016 04:19:36 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2015/more/uncategorized/the-20-best-films-of-2009-2-267628/#comment-136681 What a disgrace of a list! It\’s okay if one likes indie movies with shaky cameras and realistic and minimalistic plots, but this list is pretentious and laughable. IndieWire seems to have a rule for the writers to not to include any entertainment or mainstream films to their lists, no matter how good they\’d be. And it\’s top 20, for Pete\’s sake!!! I\’d never consider leaving out Up, Inglourious Basterds, Up in the Air, Avatar or District 9 etc. God dammit, even The Hangover is better than plenty of your choices!!! Thanks, you just made my day worse, and now I\’m angry.

]]> By: Rick Andrews https://staging2.theplaylist.net/the-20-best-films-of-2009-2-20150130/#comment-136680 Mon, 23 May 2016 04:19:36 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2015/more/uncategorized/the-20-best-films-of-2009-2-267628/#comment-136680 So, y\’all not gonna move forward from here up through 2013 (at least, I guess)? As far as I\’m concerned, keep going! It\’s interesting to see how consensuses over which movies are the best of the year evolve as time passes. But, I guess the cut-off point would probably be difficult to determine if you went ahead into the 2010s. How much time ought to pass before a reassessment of that particular year in film is at all warranted? A good question. But I did re-watch "Che" as a result of this series, and I thank you so much for that at the very least. In about twenty years, that movie (those movies) had better be uttered in the same breath along with "The Battle of Algiers" and "Battleship Potemkin" when people talk about great films about revolution!

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