[YMS] Okay I know this is a little late, I mean its already February;
But here it goes.
My top 10 of 2009.
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No I'm Not kidding. This is actually my top 10 of 2009.
Why am I doing it now, you ask?
Well because I hadn't seen all of the movies from 2009 that I wanted to until now.
A lot of foreign and independent films don't even get released until the next year.
For me to make my top 10 of the year, without seeing all of the movies that I wanted to,
just because the next year is starting kinda makes about as much sense as:
[Shay] Hi I'm Shay. And this is the early top 10 for 2010.
Okay, so we haven't seen that many movies yet so, sorry at number four we have
The Crazies.
I went to see that one in theatres.
There's plenty wrong with it but in the end it was somewhat entertaining.
So I guess it gets its number four spot.
Next we've got Daybreakers at number three.
Not really a good movie, terribly flawed but
not much selection, so...
we'll leave it at number three.
In second we've got How to Train Your Dragon.
I hate animated movies and it was terribly flawed but the plot conveniences were actually kinda funny.
So it gets number two.
And I love the fact that the Scottish people have the accents and then the kids, they all didn't.
They were all speaking in regular American accents. That was hilarious.
And then at number one I guess we got Shutter Island.
Its not a particularly good movie but its a Martin Scorsese movie,
I guess that just wins it automatically.
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Making a top ten of the year video is already complicated enough.
I mean, the hurt locker is technically 2008 but according to the academy awards its 2009.
And Departures is 2008 but according to Roger Ebert its 2009.
So if I'm a little inconsistent with the release year than boo hoo.
You guys are probably going to hate me a lot during this review.
because you're so predictable I'm assuming there there's going to be a lot of:
"How can you not have a top 10 of 2009 list without
Avatar?"
"Or Pandorum?"
"Or District 9?"
"Or Inglorious Basterds? (spelled wrong)."
"Or UP?"
And you know I actually own all of these movies.
On Blu-ray!
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This is how our movies are meant to be...
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[YMS] They just weren't good enough to make my top 10 of 2009.
With these types of lists I try to make balance between how much I actually enjoy the movie,
and the fun I had while I watched it, and how flawless and expertly crafted it is.
So regardless of whether of not you actually agree with my opinions during this video;
We're off to start this list of my top 10 films of 2009. 53 00:02:31,629 --> 00:02:35,989 That's right, 2009! The year of 9, NINE, and District Nine.
The year that two, academy award nominated, animated features had comic relief animal characters
with electronic devices attached to them in order for them to speak English.
[Dug] My master, he made me this collar so that I may talk--
SQUIRREL!
[Flint] Monkey thought translator!
[Monkey] HUNGRY!
[Flint] How Wise.
[Monkey] Hungry! Hungry! Hungry!
[YMS] Enough with this bullshit, I just thought it was interesting.
To start off my top ten list at number sixteen we have--
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Yea that's right. Sixteen.
At number sixteen we have Hunger. Written and directed my Steve McQueen.
No, not dead Steve McQueen. Black Steve McQueen.
This impressively constructed debut feature shows the last six weeks in the life of
Irish republican hunger striker Bobby Sands.
With the level of skill that it took to make this movie, its honestly hard to believe its Steve McQueen's first.
I mean the movie features an ideological debate between two characters that goes on for 23 minuets.
17 and a half of those minuets being all in one record breaking shot.
That's fucking crazy!
It is very different so I wouldn't recommend it to everyone but if you're quite fond of the criterion collection
then you're probably going to like this movie.
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At number Fifteen we have Collapse. A documentary from the director of American Movie.
A lot of people might pass this movie off as a conspiracy movie
but Micheal Ruppert actually addresses a lot of real issues in this film.
Even if you don't agree with or believe whats being said, its sure to at least start up a conversation after the film.
I'd recommend this movie to pretty much everybody.
[Michael] The first thing that the uneducated mind that’s in denial says is
"Well what about- what about hydrogen? Cant we make electric cars?"
And I have to bring them back to the fact that there’s seven gallons of oil in every tire that--
There are thousands of gallons of oil in every car in the plastics, the paints, the resins, Everything!
All that's made by oil. The oil that's used to manufacture the car, to ship it around, to heat the metals, etc, etc.
There will never be 800 million electric powered vehicles and electricity is not an energy source.
Electricity is generated by burning or using some other kind of energy.
[YMS] At number fourteen we have A Town Called Panic. Directed by some french people.
Its fuckin' awesome!
The main character is an anatomically correct horse and the plot is, well, everything.
Its a movie where they just throw away reality and it works.
this isn't the type of animated movie where you're going to feel emotionally involved.
But for the laughs it brings and its ability for it to not take its self too seriously,
it surely deserves a spot on this list.
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At number thirteen we have Mary and Max.
This is definitely the type of animated movie that you'll feel emotionally involved in, unless you're Shay.
I'm really disappointed this movie didn't get as much attention as it should have.
It's refreshing to see a movie with such balls.
one that can be stylized and stays true to itself.
It is its own movie. there's no other movie like it.
This movie stars Toni Collette and Philip Seymour Hoffman.
And I'd recommend it to absolutely everybody unless your names Shay.
[Max] Unfortunately, in America, babies are not found in cola cans.
I asked my mother when I was four and she said they came from eggs laid by rabbis.
If you aren't Jewish, they're laid by catholic nuns.
If you're an atheist they're laid by dirty, lonely prostitutes.
Last week I picked up a 128 cigarette butts.
People are always littering in New York.
I do not understand why people break laws.
Butts are bad because they wash out to sea and fish smoke them and become nicotine dependent.
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[YMS] At number twelve we have Up in the Air by Jason Reitman.
The director of Thank you for smoking and Juno.
This movie is not so much the romantic comedy that it was marketed as,
but a great character study of a man who finds comfort in being free.
Not being tied down to life, always on the move.
And the characters and writing are what really make this movie.
[Steve] Who the fuck are you man?
[Ryan] Excellent question. Who the fuck am I?
Poor Steve has worked here for seven years.
Hes never had a meeting with me before,
or passed me in the hall,
or told me a story in the break room.
And that's because I don't work here, I work for another company that
lends me out to pussies like Steve's boss who don't have the balls to sack their own employees.
And in some cases for good reason.
Because people do crazy shit when they get fired.
[Steve] Di-di-di-did I do something wrong?
I mean, is there something I could do differently here?
[Ryan] This is not an assessment of your productivity.
You gotta try not to take this personally.
[Steve](whispered) I gotta not take this personal.
[Ryan] I'm gonna need your key-card.
Great. Okay. Now I want you to take the day, go get together your personal things and then tomorrow you...
get yourself some exercise. You go out for a jog,
you give yourself some routines and pretty soon you find your legs.
[Steve] How do I get in touch with you?
[Ryan] Don't worry, we'll be in touch with you soon. This is just the beginning.
I'll never see Steve again.
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[YMS] At number eleven its the academy award winner for best foreign language film, The Secret in their Eyes.
This movie makes for an excellent mystery drama, it never steps in the wrong direction.
The movie is funny, sad, action packed, whatever it really needs to be in the moment.
The best parts of the movie are its gripping story and impressively orchestrated direction,
showing some really impressive oners.
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