Top 3 Films of 2009

A little caveat before I write this. I haven't seen Avatar yet. So it might have made the Top 3. It might not. We'll never no.

3: Inglourious Basterds

Maybe it was about the day I saw it. Maybe it isn't a great film but for me the best day of 2009 wouldn't have been 'the best day' without it. Funny, violent, and utter fantasy, Inglorious Basterds rocked in all the right ways. Yes Tarantino probably has to grow up at some point if he's to go down as a great, but 2009 wasn't the right year for that. Basterds doesn't hit the emotional brilliance of it's opening through out the rest of the movie but it entertains in spades and it's wish fulfilment ending really does have to be seen to be believed.

2: Watchmen

You really have to be a geek to get why this is up there at number two. Yes it failed on some levels to capture the utter brilliance of a beloved comic book but it didn't damage that legacy, which was always the worry. I loved it for trying to get it right. Yes maybe Zak Snyder was almost too reverential but he'd have been slaughtered if he'd done anything other than bow down to the book.

They said it was unfilmable. He proved it wasn't. The ultimate super hero movie? For me yes. But you'll need your Phd in Watchmen to understand why.

1: The Wrestler

Ok Diary of a Ledger baters, I know it came out in 2008 in the States. But in the UK it was released in January and for me it was the best film I saw this year.

It was the only one to make me well up and Rourke's performance was the stand out of many a year.

Dark, depressing and no pandering. Despite my above choices, that is how I like my films.