To celebrate the first full year of Battle Royale With Cheese I thought I would give a rundown of my personal ten best and ten worst movies for the past year (from the week of August 15th onwards), as well as a selection of some of the films that proved to be far better than I ever expected them to be.
Top Ten
1) Star Trek *****
2) Adam *****
3) Twilight *****
4) Bandslam *****
5) The Curious Case of Benjamin Button *****
6) The Secret of Moonacre *****
7) Quantum of Solace *****
8) Monsters Vs Aliens 3D *****
9) Hellboy II: The Golden Army *****
10) Bedtime Stories *****
Bottom Ten
10) Bangkok Dangerous *½
9) The Haunting in Connecticut *½
8) New in Town *
7) The Unborn *
6) Fighting *
5) The Eye *
4) Observe and Report ½
3) Meet the Spartans ½
2) Disaster Movie ½
1) Lesbian Vampire Killers NO STARS
Pleasant Surprises from the Past Year
Bandslam *****
Bedtime Stories *****
Get Smart *****
City of Ember ****½
Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist ****
Hannah Montana: The Movie ****
The Uninvited ***½
The Rocker ***½
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Robert Mann BA (Hons)
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Robert Sharl 16th August 2009
Certainly agree with “Bandslam” being something of a surprise: smartly scripted, nicely acted, and thankfully free of the kind of US teenagers that Disney would have us think are typical (hello Camp Rock). But one of the best 10 movies of the year? Really?
My list would probably include “Star Trek”, if only for its casting and the audacity of its reebooting of the series. None of the others though would make my personal list. I’d have “Moon” there, and “Public Enemies” way up there. “Antichrist” too would make my list – though it’s clearly a difficult film I think it’ll stand the test of time and be seen as important in 10 years’ time.
It’s such a personal thing really, but it would be great to have a paragraph on each of your choices, telling us why they’re there.
Thanks for sharing your list!
Anonymous 16th August 2009
Hmm, very intrigued by Bandslam!
I liked the Hannah Montana movie.
Maybe I’ll give it a go.
robert_bond75 16th August 2009
As far as Bandslam being in the top ten goes it should be noted that several of my top films for 2008 were actually released prior to August, in other words before Battle Royale With Cheese was created, so I haven’t included them. If I had Bandslam would have been further down the top ten if not out of it altogether.
robert_bond75 16th August 2009
Also, as for Moon, I was unable to see it unfortunately due to no cinema anywhere near me showing it and personally I was extremely disappointed with Public Enemies.