In a few weeks, the Toronto International Film Festival and the Venice Film Festival will take place, therefore signaling the start of what people like the call “Oscar Season.” As always, I like to reveal what my favorite and my least favorite movies of the year so far during this time.
2009 was an amazing year for movies. By this point last year, Up, The Hurt Locker, and Drag Me to Hell had already come out and the latter two ended up making it in my top 10 of the year, while Up almost made it. But this year, with the exception of my number one and two and maybe three, I would not want any of the rest of my top 10 to still be there by the end of the year (or next July when I sort of close the book on the year). And of the ones that I have missed, there are only a couple that I truly want to see.
With that in mind, I present my top 10 and bottom 5 movies of the year so far. If any of the movies I mention have some sort of real Oscar potential I will point it out. I do hope that the rest of the year delivers.
Note: Haven’t seen Inception or a bunch of others yet.
A Journey Through Cinematic Heaven and Hell 