Films of 2009

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Once again, this list is a complete copy/paste job from facebook. How would I ever remember anything that happens in my life if the internet didn't keep track of it for me?

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[sistergrimm36]

I keep wanting to make a list of movies I watch, but I'm so anal about these kinds of things. Like, I will probably agonize for hours about adding a movie to the list if I only saw 3/4s of it or something.

ARGH, I have had Vampire Circus bookmarked on YouTube forever, and I keep forgetting to watch it. One day!

Repo! - HATERS TO THE LEFT. I LOVE THIS LIKE A MAD THING.
PREACH IT. I'm so surprised by how much I enjoyed that movie. I would buy the DVD, but I'm holding out in case they do a super special extended edition thing, especially because I feel like the movie should have been a bit longer. The pacing was weird for me for some reason.

THE 1925 PHANTOM OF THE OPERA IS MY FAVORITE PHANTOM MOVIE. Which is kind of sad when I think about it, because--not that I don't love some of the crackier versions I've seen--they haven't made a Phantom movie that actually followed the plot and spirit of the book since 1925. FAIL, HOLLYWOOD. And the worst is that for a while IMDB was listing a new (possibly French?) version with Jeremy Irons,

[snowystingray]

I'm the same way, actually! I won't add a movie to my list if I, say, just casually watch thirty minutes of it on TV (but then the part of my personality that is an ardent completist would basically NEVER EVER just "casually" watch part of a movie on TV -- it is fully TiVoed or nothing at all -- so this really isn't a problem I come up against much

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Zombieland
DYING to see this!!

I was quite cautious about seeing this one because I tend to have a super low tolerance for zombie gore, even of the comedy variety
Despite ZombieHood, me too. But this looked like it would be worth it. :D

I love Hot Fuzz so so much more than Shawn of the Dead
YESSS!!!!! Still trying to figure out how I would up with SotD on DVD and not HF-- not that I don't love Shaun, but Fuzz is one I could watch indefinitely. :D

I need to figure out a way to type with my elbows while my hands are in my pockets, or something.
If you figure this out, please to share. *shiver*

[snowystingray]

Haha, exactly. It's like... conceptually? I am all for zombies. But when it comes to actually watching the brain-eating and bowel-ripping and what have you.... euuurm. Ahem. Excuse me while I cover my face for the whole movie.

And, hee, that is pretty much how I am with Hot Fuzz, too. I'm just so predictable, though -- hotshot supercop placed in a fish-out-of-water workplace situation where murderous conspiracies and situational hilarity occur? GUARANTEED FAVORITE FOR LIFE. (Ashes to Ashes, when are you returning to meeee??)

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I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
Ahaha, WHAT.

Yeah, Ponyo...to be honest, I haven't tracked it down because of the people voicing it. That tends to make or break an animated feature, and I'm just not sure Noah Cyrus is someone I want to listen to for however long the movie lasts.

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I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
Ahaha, WHAT.

GURRRRL. YOU DO NOT EVEN KNOW. No, seriously, for somebody like me with my strange never-ending fixation on gangster movies/crime dramas/prison films, this movie is like the ULTIMATE must-see. I mean, Paul Muni? YEAH THAT'S RIGHT, PAUL MUNI, AKA THE ORIGINAL SCARFACE. The movie focuses on failures in prison conditions and the justice system, and... wow. I don't want to spoil anything because, right, you totally need to watch this movie some day, but it is just haunting. The ending is... I mean... gah, seriously, one of the best movie endings of anything I've seen, ever, period. It's somewhat based on a true story, actually, and helped the push for prison reform. Ooer, art impacting life!