The Month in Movies - February 2009

[A.J. Hakari]

Good morrow, one and all. It's the start of a new month, which means it's time to get together and talk about what movies you all saw over the previous month. Here's my viewing slate for February '09...

Number of First-Time Viewings (this month): 30
Number of First-Time Viewings (this year, so far): 72

THE BRILLIANT (****)

(none)

THE GREAT (*** ½)

The Exterminating Angel
Amistad
Monsieur Verdoux

THE PURTY GOOD (***)

Wonder Woman
Coraline
Blood Wedding
Taken
His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th
Final Episode
Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance
Shinobi No Mono

THE O.K. (** ½)

Choke
Supercop
Push
Doctor Mordrid

THE SO-SO (**)

What Just Happened
The Midnight Meat Train
Friday the 13th (2009)
Inkheart
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
Religulous
Miracle at St. Anna
Blindness

THE SUCKY (* ½)

The Pink Panther 2
Bride Wars
The World’s Greatest Lover
Shortcut to Happiness
Diary
Henry Poole Is Here

THE REALLY SUCKY (* - no stars)

Feast III: The Happy Finish

No rating:

(none)

THE BEST:

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THE WORST:

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First Movie I Saw This Month: TAKEN
Last Movie I Saw This Month: THUNDERBOLT AND LIGHTFOOT

Best Actor: Charles Chaplin, MONSIEUR VERDOUX
Best Actress: (none -- just didn’t see any standout female leads this month)
Best Supporting Actor: Anthony Hopkins, AMISTAD
Best Supporting Actress: Martha Raye, MONSIEUR VERDOUX
Best Director: Luis Buñuel, THE EXTERMINATING ANGEL
Best Original Screenplay: Charles Chaplin, MONSIEUR VERDOUX
Best Adapted Screenplay: Henry Selick, CORALINE
Biggest Surprise: WONDER WOMAN
Biggest Disappointment: RELIGULOUS
Most Fucked-Up Movie: CHOKE
“I’m Pretty Damn Sure No One Else Has Seen This”: SHORTCUT TO HAPPINESS
Person/Character I Never Want to Meet: Mahogany (Vinnie Jones), THE MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN
“Why Is He/She Still in Movies?”: Steve Martin, THE PINK PANTHER 2
Ultimate WTF? Moment: Monster rape, FEAST III: THE HAPPY FINISH
Best Scene: John Quincy Adams’ final speech, AMISTAD
Best Line: “One murder makes a villain; millions, a hero. Numbers sanctify, my good fellow!” - Henri Verdoux (Charles Chaplin), MONSIEUR VERDOUX
Movie I Finally Got to Friggin’ See: AMISTAD
Coolest Title: THE MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN
Hottest Lady: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, THE PINK PANTHER 2

[SAI]

Here's the list for February, with first viewings in Bold.

1st
Imagine Me and You: DVD 2/5

2nd
Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon: DVD 5/5

3rd
Supervixens: DVD 2/5

4th
Deep Blue Sea: VHS 2/5
40 Days and 40 Nights: VHS 2/5

5th
Night Mail (Short): DVD 3/5
Love in the Strangest Way: DVD 2/5
The Lookout: DVD 4/5

6th
Doubt: Cinema 3/5
I've Heard the Mermaids Singing: VHS 2/5

7th
Bolt 3D: Cinema 3/5
Time Crimes: Cinema 4/5
The Good, The Bad, The Weird: Cinema 4/5

8th
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Cinema 2/5

9th
Parenthood: VHS 4/5

10th
Jumanji: VHS 2/5

11th
Vicky Cristina Barcelona: Cinema 2/5

12th
Private Fears in Public Places: DVD 2/5

13th
Runaway Train: DVD 1/5
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad: DVD 5/5

14th
State and Main: DVD 4/5
A Nightmare on Elm Street: DVD 4/5

15th
Do Not Disturb: VHS 1/5
Where's the Money, Ronnie: VHS 3/5 (Short)
Love Object: VHS 3/5
Sister Sister: VHS 3/5

16th
Che: Part 1: Cinema 2/5
Milk: Cinema 4/5
Notorious: Cinema 2/5
King of the Hill: Cinema 3/5

18th
Not Here to be Loved: DVD 5/5

19th
Duel: DVD 3/5

20th
Roadkill (with alt. ending): DVD 3/5
Deconstructing Harry: VHS 2/5

21st
Mum and Dad: DVD 4/5
Through a Vulture Eye: DVD 4/5 (Short)
Ben X: DVD 4/5
La Bamba: VHS 3/5

22nd
Peter Pan ('04): VHS 2/5
The Winslow Boy: VHS 4/5
Angus: VHS 3/5
Mystery, Alaska: VHS 2/5

23rd
Yasmin: DVD 3/5
The Thin Blue Line: VHS 4/5
What's a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This?: VHS 2/5 (Short)

24th
D'Artangan's Daughter: VHS 4/5

25th
Flavia the Heretic: DVD 2/5
Le Beau Marriage: DVD 2/5
When the Bough Breaks: VHS 3/5

26th
The Delivery: VHS 2/5

27th
The Class: Cinema 3/5
Anvil: The Story of Anvil: Cinema 4/5

First Viewings: 42
2009 Releases: 12
Total Films Watched: 52
Total Films Watched (2009): 100

BEST FILM: CINEMA
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Anvil! The Story of Anvil (4/5)

BEST FILM: HOME
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Not Here to be Loved (5/5)

and

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Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon (5/5)

WORST FILM: CINEMA
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2/5)

WORST FILM: HOME
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Do Not Disturb (1/5)

Best Actor:Patrick Chesnais: Not Here to be Loved / Phillip Seymour Hoffman: Doubt
Best Actress: Anne Consigny: Not Here to be Loved
Best Supporting Actor: Josh Brolin and James Franco: Milk
Best Supporting Actress: Amy Adams: Doubt / Tilda Swinton: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Best Director: Stephane Brize: Not Here to be Loved / Kim Jee-woon: The Good, The Bad and the Weird
Best Original Screenplay: Scott Glosserman and David J Steive: Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon
Best Adapted Screenplay: David Mamet: The Winslow Boy
Biggest Surprise: Timecrimes
Biggest Disappointment: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Most Fucked-Up Movie: Flavia the Heretic
“I’m Pretty Damn Sure No One Else Has Seen This”: Mum and Dad
Person/Character I Never Want to Meet: Mum (Dido Miles) and Dad (Perry Benson): Mum and Dad
“Why Is He/She Still in Movies?”: Woody Allen and Scarlett Johansson: Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Ultimate WTF? Moment: Pretty much all of Supervixens
Best Scene: The kiss / The ending: Not Here to be Loved
Movie I Finally Got to Friggin’ See: Duel
Coolest Title: Supervixens
Hottest Ladies:
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Isabelle Carre: Private Fears in Public Places

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Anne Consigny: Not Here to be Loved

[Rawlin67]

First Viewings This Month: 47
Re-watches This Month: 14

First Viewing Ratings

10
Requiem for a Dream

9
Aviator, The
Coraline

8
Bittersweet Life, A
Chinatown
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Crows Zero
Fall, The
Fifth Element, The
Gabriel
Hustler, The
Inside
Interview with the Vampire
Road to Perdition
RocknRolla
Sleepy Hollow
Sukiyaki Western Django
Unbreakable

7
Battle in Seattle
Boy A
Bucket of Blood, A
International, The
Perfect Murder, A
REC
Rogue
Session 9
TMNT

6
Basic Instinct
Control
His Name Was Jason
Magnolia
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
Push

5
Driving Miss Daisy
Easy Rider
Friday the 13th
He's Just Not That Into You
Man From Elysian Fields, The

4
Death Wish
Deuces Wild
Princess Aurora

3
Initial D
Paranoid Park

2
Extreme Movie

1
Bloodrayne
Tweek City
Without a Paddle: Nature's Calling

The Best
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The Worst
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First Movie I Saw This Month: The Departed (re-watch)
Last Movie I Saw This Month: Control

Best Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio, THE AVIATOR
Best Actress: Cate Blanchett, THE AVIATOR
Best Supporting Actor: Tom Cruise, INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE
Best Supporting Actress: Jennifer Connelly, REQUIEM FOR A DREAM
Best Director: Darren Aronofsky, REQUIEM FOR A DREAM
Best Original Screenplay: John Logan, THE AVIATOR
Best Adapted Screenplay: Hubert Selby Jr., REQUIEM FOR A DREAM
Biggest Surprise: CORALINE
Biggest Disappointment: MAGNOLIA
Most Fucked-Up Movie: INSIDE
“I’m Pretty Damn Sure No One Else Has Seen This”: TWEEK CITY
Person/Character I Never Want to Meet: Genji Takaya, CROWS ZERO
“Why Is He/She Still in Movies?”: Jared Padalecki, FRIDAY THE 13TH
Ultimate WTF? Moment: Cutting the baby out, INSIDE
Best Scene: hotel shoot-out, GABRIEL
Best Line: "Forget it Jake, it's Chinatown." CHINATOWN
Movie I Finally Got to Friggin’ See: REQUIEM FOR A DREAM
Coolest Title: SUKIYAKI WESTERN DJANGO
Hottest Lady: Thadlie Newton, ROCKNROLLA

[Terror Australis]

My Month In Movies - February

Number of Movies Seen This Month: 54
Number of Movies Seen This Year (so far): 120

5/5 - Excellent
The Wrestler (2008)
Slumdog Millionaire
Doubt

4.5/5 - Really Great
The Times Of Harvey Milk
The Duchess

4/5 - Great
Dog Day Afternoon
The Goodbye Girl (1977)
Courage Under Fire
The Reader (2008)
Birdy
In The Shadow Of The Moon
New Jack City

3.5/5 - Really Good
Nobody's Fool (1994)
At Close Range
Henry Poole Is Here
Quarantine (2008)
Hurlyburly
If These Walls Could Talk 2
Lone Star (1996)
Cradle Will Rock
Little Darlings
Twins (1988)
Stuart Little
The Evening Star
Outlander

3/5 - Good
Grand Canyon
Paranoid Park
Never Say Never Again
Swing Vote
Tunnel Rats
Live!
Mallboy
Delirous (2006)
Justice League: The New Frontier
The Poughkeepsie Tapes

2.5/5 - Okay
The Edge Of Love
Sleeping With The Enemy
About Last Night...
Big Business
Illegal Tender
The Art Of War (2000)
The Gravedancers

2/5 - So-So
The Kid (2000)
The House Bunny
Amusement
88 Mintues
Duets
White Water Summer

1.5/5 - Bad
The Fintstones In Viva Rock Vegas
My Best Friend's Girl
Say It Isn't So

1/5 - Terrible
Highlander: The Source
Cop And A Half

First Movie I Saw This Month: COURAGE UNDER FIRE
Last Movie I Saw This Month: HIGHLANDER: THE SOURCE

THE BEST
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THE WORST
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Best Actor: Mickey Rourke, THE WRESTLER (2008)
Best Actress: Meryl Streep, DOUBT
Best Supporting Actor: Philip Seymour Hoffman, DOUBT
Best Supporting Actress: Marisa Tomei, THE WRESTLER
Best Director: Danny Boyle, SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
Best Original Screenplay: Robert D. Siegel, THE WRESTLER (2008)
Best Adapted Screenplay: Simon Beaufoy, SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
Biggest Surprise: THE DUCHESS
Biggest Disappointment: GRAND CANYON
Most Fucked-Up Movie: THE POUGHKEEPSIE TAPES
"I’m Pretty Damn Sure No One Else Has Seen This”: (four-way tie) DELIROUS (2006), LIVE!, MALLBOY and WHITE WATER SUMMER
Person/Character I Never Want to Meet: Brad Whitewood Sr. (Christopher Walken), AT CLOSE RANGE
Why Is He/She Still in Movies?: Kate Hudson, MY BEST FRIEND'S GIRL
Recurring Genre: Oscar winning/nominated films
Ultimate WTF? Moment: The fact that Uwe Boll actually made a decent film from beginning to end!, TUNNEL RATS
Best Line: "I just wanna to tell ya. I'm the one...who was supposed to take care of everything. I'm the one who was supposed to make everything okay for everybody. It just didn't work out like that...and I left. I left you. You never did anything wrong. You know I use to try to...forget about ya. I use to try to pretend that...you didn't exist. But I can't. You're my girl. You're my little...you're my little girl. And now...I'm an old broken down piece of meat...and I'm alone. And I deserve to be all alone. I just don't want you to hate me." - Randy 'The Ram' Robinson (Mickey Rourke), THE WRESTLER (2008)
Best Scene: The final match, THE WRESTLER (2008)
Movie I Finally Got to Friggin’ See: DOG DAY AFTERNOON
Coolest Title: IN THE SHADOW OF THE MOON
Hottest Lady: Freida Pinto, SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE

[arto_j]

Milk - 9/10

Doubt - 8/10
Gonzo : The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson - 8/10
The Reader - 8/10
Revolutionary Road - 8/10
Sophie's Choice - 8/10
The Thin Blue Line - 8/10
Vicky Cristina Barcelona - 8/10

Body Heat - 7/10
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - 7/10

Boarding Gate - 6/10
Go-Go Tales - 6/10
My Name Is Bruce - 6/10
The Promotion - 6/10

Blindness - 5/10
Super High Me - 5/10

Once Upon a Time in Mexico - 4/10

Best Film : MILK
Worst Film : Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Best Actor: Sean Penn, MILK
Best Actress: Meryl Streep, SOPHIE'S CHOICE
Best Supporting Actor: Michael Shannon, REVOLUTIONARY ROAD
Best Supporting Actress: Amy Adams, DOUBT
Best Director: Gus Van Sant, MILK
Best Original Screenplay: MILK
Best Adapted Screenplay: SOPHIE'S CHOICE
Biggest Surprise: None really
Biggest Disappointment: THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
Most Fucked-Up Movie: BOARDING GATE
Person/Character I Never Want to Meet: Guan-Di, MY NAME IS BRUCE
Coolest Title: GO GO TALES
Hottest Lady: Asia Argento, BOARDING GATE & GO GO TALES

[ilovemovies]

* = rewatch

1. Walk the Line - 8/10*
2. Conspiracy Theory - 8/10*
3. Austin Powers in Goldmember - 8/10*
4. The Big Bounce - 7/10*
5. Deja Vu - 7/10*
6. Underworld: Rise of the Lycans - 7/10
7. The International - 7/10
8. Fun With Dick and Jane - 7/10*
9. Twister - 7/10*
10. The Transporter - 7/10*

11. Payback - 7/10*
12. House of Wax - 7/10*
13. Freddy Vs Jason - 7/10*
14. The Rock - 7/10*
15. Kicking and Screaming - 7/10*
16. Four Brothers - 7/10*
17. Cry Wolf - 7/10*
18. Blind Date - 7/10*
19. Speed 2: Cruise Control - 7/10*
20. Blade - 7/10*

21. Ghost Ship - 7/10*
22. Bride Wars - 6/10
23. Friday the 13th - 6/10
24. The Uninvited - 6/10
25. Room 6 - 1/10


Total amount of first time watches: 6
Total amount of first time watches of the year (so far): 13



BEST FILM: Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
WORST FILM: Room 6
BEST ACTOR: Michael Sheen, Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
BEST ACTRESS: Anne Hathaway, Bride Wars
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Bill Nighy, Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Arielle Kebbel, The Uninvited
BEST DIRECTOR: Tom Tykwer, The International
BEST SCREENPLAY: The International
BIGGEST SURPRISE: Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Friday the 13th

10 hottest ladies:

1. Anne Hathaway - Bride Wars
2. Julianna Guill - Friday the 13th
3. Naomi Watts - The International
4. Rhona Mitra - Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
5. Danielle Pannebaker - Friday the 13th
6. Amdanda Righetti - Friday the 13th
7. Kate Hudson - Bride Wars
8. Elizabeth Banks - The Uninvited
9. Arielle Kebbel - The Uninvited
10. Will Ford - Friday the 13th

[Fergus]

54 first viewings. Finally got to check out many films I've been waiting to see.

10/10
All About Eve
The Passion of Joan of Arc
The Wages of Fear
Grand Illusion
Tokyo Story
Pixote

9/10
Vengeance is Mine
The Earrings of Madame de...
Forbidden Games
The Hill
Early Summer
Ugetsu
The Lost Weekend
Sullivan's Travels
The Exterminating Angel
Great Expectations ('46)
My Darling Clementine
Kind Hearts and Coronets
Night and the City

8/10
Gonzo
The Reader
L'Atalante
Hard Eight
The Lady from Shanghai
D.O.A. ('50)
Touchez Pas Au Grisbi
Closely Watched Trains
Kung Fu Panda
Street of Shame
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
The Virgin Spring
The Caine Mutiny
In a Lonely Place
Coraline
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
Monsieur Verdoux
Quai des Orfevres

7/10
Never on Sunday
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Miracle at St. Anna
Religulous
Che Part Two
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three ('74)
Eight Men Out
Changeling
Frozen River
Watchmen
Sex Drive
JCVD

6/10
Che Part One

5/10
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans

4/10
College
Max Payne
Friday the 13th ('09)

Best Film: Pixote
Best Director: Hector Babenco, Pixote
Best Actor: Fernando Ramos da Silva, Pixote
Best Actress: Maria Falconetti, Passion of Joan of Arc
Biggest Surprise: JCVD, especially Van Damme's performance--by far the best he's ever given.
Funniest Moment: The very end of Kind Hearts and Coronets
Worst Film: College