Ahead of tonight’s Academy Awards, we bring you the Official OrangeStreet Top 20 Films of 2009. Our list of Nominees and Winners after the jump.
Sadly, only two of these films were seen in a theater. I live in China. Also, this list is subject to change, because I have yet to see All About Steve, Old Dogs, Did You Hear About the Morgans? (pictured) and Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li.
Top 20
Also Receiving Votes (in alphabetical order)
I think the headline is self explanatory so without further adieu, here’s the list:
1. Fantastic Mr. Fox:If you asked me a few years ago who may favorite filmmaker was, i’d likely say either Cameron Crowe or Spielberg. After seeing Fox twice, i’m ready to add Wes Anderson to that list. With Tannenbaums, Anderson took a story of family in turmoil and gave it the look and feel of a children’s book. This time, he takes a children’s book and makes it into an adult drama-dy. I loved this book as a kid, but i love this movie even more as a so-called adult. Now if only i could find my bandit hat.
2. Away We Go:This movie is my Big Chill. What i mean is it captures that weird time in ourlives betwen growing up and growing old. To say this movie speaks to me would be a colossal understatement (i was even inspired to try to grow a Kransinski beard for a while). No i don’t have cardboard for windows, but quite often i do find myself falling asleep wondering just how big a fuck up i really am, just like the film’s two main characters who have to journey from one end of the continent to the other in order to find a home that was always there waiting for them. Best soundtrack of the year, most heartbreaking striptease and best ending. Period.
3. (500) Days of Summer: There are few things harder to write than a good romantic comedy about a breakup. Swingers succeeded. So did High Fidelity and Better Off Dead. (500) Days may not be as good of those films, but it’s certainly the most realistic, particularly the scene where reality and Tom’s perspective are seperate. Great soundtrack, great acting (Zooey and a pre-cobra commander Levitt), great story and great opening “The characters in this movie are fictional and any resemblance to any real person is purely a coincidence… especially (fill in the blank). Bitch.” Amen.
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