Friday, January 22, 2010

Movies from 2009 That I Wish I'd Seen but Didn't

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Being that movie theatres are forbidden to me now (toddler + lack of funds), I am stuck waiting for "previously enjoyed" sales to see anything new, and here's the crop of stuff I didn't see this past year (but wanted to).

(In no particular order.)
  • Fantastic Mr Fox
  • In the Loop
  • The Road
  • Coraline
  • (500) Days of Summer
  • Sherlock Holmes
  • Adventureland
  • The Invention of Lying
  • Bright Star
  • Crazy Heart
  • My Sister's Keeper
  • Whatever Works
  • Away We Go
  • Amreeka
  • Le Concert
  • My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
  • A Serious Man
  • Up In The Air
  • I Love You, Man
  • Zombieland
  • Adam
  • Precious
  • Cairo Time
  • The Soloist
  • The Lovely Bones
  • Angels and Demons (Because Ewan-as-priest = yumma)
  • The Young Victoria
  • Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
  • A Single Man
  • An Education
  • I Love You Phillip Morris
And whatever Michael Cera was in in 2009 (with the exception of Year One).

And I guess I should add Avatar to this list, though I have about a 7% desire to see it. I know it involves a series of blue cat-people.

I am sure there are many others, but those are the ones I specifically recall missing out on and have not yet seen by other means.

Do let me know if you think I wasn't missing much.

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ETA: I did read the screenplay for A Serious Man. HAHAHA... How incredibly sad is that? I am reminded of: "I've been reading a lot of scripts lately. You know, it's a lot cheaper than going to the movies." (Can you place that quote without Google?)

2 comments:

Catherine said...

Wow! I saw 12 from your list. Zombieland is not to be missed. No joke - it's hella good. AND, I'm very pleased that you're on board with my Ewan-as-priest bent.

H. said...

I envy you and your $4 movie venue. $12+ is just too much to gamble on a film you've never seen before. True, I actually buy movies I've never seen for about that price, but if they stink on ice I can always recoup some by re-sale. I've not yet found a way to recoup the value of a theatre ticket misspent.

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