Wednesday, December 30, 2009

A few dozen trips to the movies

Last January, I wrote a movie year in review for the Weekend Pinnacle. I was kind of shocked that I had seen 30 movies in the theater, and more on DVD, cable and Netflix instant play. Last year some of the movies that earned a mention included "The House Bunny," "Juno" and

I am a big movie fan, but the sheer volume of films I see is simply research for the weekly movie column I write. Before I took on the column a few years ago I probably went to the movies a maybe five times a year.

I looked back at the columns for 2009 and discovered that this year I saw 35 movies in the theater - which a friend pointed out is time-consuming and expensive - and even more if you count the stuff I watched at home. Some of the movies were good, some were really bad, and some were bad but still enjoyable.

Here is the list of what I watched in 2009. Tune in tomorrow for a break down of the best, the worst and my all-time favorite movie of the year (based, of course, only on the movies I've seen.)

Marley and Me
Bride Wars
Gran Torino
Hotel for Dogs
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
He’s Just Not That Into You
Coraline
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Slumdog Millionaire
*Smart People
*Twilight
*Away from Her
*Breaking and Entering
*Milk
*Persepolis
Sunshine Cleaning
Disney’s Earth
The Soloist
X-Men Origins Wolverine
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
*My Sassy Girl
Disney Pixar’s Up
My Life in Ruins
The Brothers Bloom
The Proposal
The Hangover
Public Enemies
*The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Ugly Truth
*Taken
Funny People
Julie and Julia
Ponyo
The Time Traveler’s Wife
All About Steve
9
Bandslam
Fame
Zombieland
The Invention of Lying
Where the Wild Things Are
*Spring Breakdown
*The Maiden Heist
The Men Who Stare at Goats
Disney’s A Christmas Carol
The Blind Side
Ninja Assassin
*The Accidental Husband
Brothers
Avatar
It’s Complicated

* Movies watched on cable/DVD/etc.

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