VN Awards 2009 : Best Movie

Ah it's been a really interesting year for movies, not only have we had a few reinventions of some classic films but the summer blockbusters turned out to be even worse than last years and thats no mean feat.

Even though the summer produced some really crap movies there were a few that shone so here are my top 5 movies of the year plus like with album of the year there is also contribution from a few friends as they have chosen there movie of the year.

5 - Role Models
Normally i wouldn't go to see comedies at the cinema as lately they have been terrible however Role Models turned out to be really funny even though it had nothing new to it.
The movie follows a basic formula as two friends have to do community service by becoming best friends with kids who find it really hard to get friends and comedy insues but in a good way.
Stretched over 90 mins the movie is like a paint by numbers however the acting is really well done and all of the characters bring something a little different to the movie.

4 - Inglorious Basterds
Now Quentin Tarantino is one of those directors where you either love his movies or hate them and I'm of those rare ones who fall somewhere inbetween as i've liked some of his movies but others I've found really boring and just to contrived however Inglorious Basterds has turned out to be one of his best movies.
Tarantino decided to do a war movie slightly different to how they have been done before by adding his own twist to it and it seems to have worked thanks to some really great set pieces and some fantastic acting.
Even though Brad Pitt got on my nerves and Mike Myers appearance and the running time seems to drag the movie a little the rest of it is a really great popcorn movie and i think thats how Tarantino intended it to be.

3 - Star Trek
The Star Trek franchise has always been just for geeks the best way to describe it is that it's like marmite you either love it or hate it, so when director of Lost J J Abrams said his was doing the next Star Trek movie and making for everybody the people who hates Star Trek laughed and the people who loved it started to hate the idea of what Abrams was going to do however he not only churned out a fantastic Sci-fi action movie he also made it very accessible to everybody.
Now i'm a huge fan of Star Trek but the last few movies in the series i have found to be crap however this one turned out to be a fantastic movie that not only had me gripped all the way through but also made me believe that Star Trek is now not only for geeks but that anybody can watch them without feeling so ashamed.

2 - District 9
Unique movies are really hard to come by however when one does come along you have to grab it with both hands and never let it go and District 9 turned out to be one of those movies as the movie not only had originality but also had heart and warmth even though the subject on show is about survival.
I'm not going to tell you the plot of the movie or anything that happens in it but i will say that you will not regret watching it as each character has there own complex lives in a world that shuns anybody who is different.
The lead Characters journey from being a normal human who is trying to move the aliens into a new setting into one of the aliens himself is a fantastic one and it will keep you engrossed in the movie from start to finish as you want to find out how he copes and survives with what is the scum of the earth to everybody who is involved.

1 - Let the Right Ones In
Thanks to the big pile of shit that is Twilight people now think that vampire movies are all about whining people who just moan about not being loved etc (makes you want to vomit doesn't it) but one movie this year took Twilight by the hand and threw it into a volcano never to be seen again and thats the brilliant Let the Right Ones in.
Instead of going with the normal vampire movie the story sees a 12 year old boy coping with life in which he gets bullied at school and has no friends whatsoever until a new neighbour moves in that has a little secret (clue: shes a vampire).
What follows is not only a fantastic movie but one that will keep you thinking about a long time after it.
The movie is very bleak and dark however there is warmth from the relationship of the 2 main characters which keeps you gripped throughout.

so thats my top 5 of the year but what did a few other friends choose as there movies of the year well check them out below.

James - District 9
Reason - There wasn't a movie out this year that kept me gripped and engrossed all the way through.

Greg - Fast and Furious
Reason - After the really bad Tokyo Drift, Fast and Furious redeemed itself by being a really good old entertaining movie.

Sean - The Taking of Pelham 123
Reason - From the start to the end of the movie i was totally gripped plus it has a really great soundtrack and score