December 30, 2009

more favorites of '09

Again, by these are my favorites from my 2009 - the movies I've seen this year, not the movies that are from this year.

Top Five Movies with the Best Visuals that I Saw in 2009:
5. Gone with the Wind, 1939
4. Synecdoche, New York, 2008
3. Up, 2009
2. Where the Wild Things Are, 2009
1. The Fall, 2006

Top Five Movies with the Best Music that I Saw in 2009:
5. La battaglia di Algeri, 1966 (Ennio Morricone/Gillo Pontecorvo)
4. The Red Shoes, 1948 (Brian Easdale)
3. The Informant!, 2009 (Marvin Hamlisch)
2. Yojimbo, 1961 (Masaru Satô)
1. Where the Wild Things Are, 2009 (Karen O./Carter Burwell)
- honorable mention: the theme song from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 1984 (Patrick Gowers)

Top Five Favorite Male Performances that I Saw in 2009:
5. Jeremy Brett in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 1984-1985 & The Return of Sherlock Holmes: Season One, 1986
4. Mickey Rourke in The Wrestler, 2008
3. Don Cheadle in Hotel Rwanda, 2004
2. Marlon Brando in On the Waterfront, 1954
1. James Stewart in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, 1939

Top Five Favorite Female Performances that I Saw in 2009:
5. Julia Child in The French Chef: Volume One, 1963-1973
4. Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's, 1961
3. Lina Leandersson in Låt den rätte komma in, 2008
2. Bette Davis in All About Eve, 1950
1. Giulietta Masina in Le notti di Cabiria, 1957

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