[YMS] At number five is a Serious Man by the Coen Brothers.
The story revolves around a Jewish man looking for guidance
while everything around him is slipping through his fingers.
He's basically a bitch and just doesn't know how to deal with things.
The movie has a lot of awkward and dark humour.
And it really just does whatever the fuck it wants to.
The main character spends the entire movie trying to find meaning to what's happening.
And I left the movie with the understanding that it's your own meaning that you give that's important.
The truth is that you can get lost looking for meaning.
The point is that there is no point.
Nothing matters and everything matters.
Definitely watch this movie.
[Sy] I think we all agree that, uhh, the children not being contaminated with the tension...
[Sy] Most important. [Judith] We shouldn't put the kids in the middle of this, Larry.
[Larry] Kids aren't-- [Judith] I'm saying we. I'm not pointing fingers.
[Sy] No one is playing the blame game Larry.
[Larry] I didn't say anyone was. [Judith] Well let's not play he said she said either.
[Larry] I-I wasn't. I-
[Sy] Alright, look look look. Lets just take a step back an-and we can diffuse the situation.
You know, Larry, sometimes I find that if I count to ten...
one...
two...
three...
four...
all silently.
(Static)
At number four on my list is Black Dynamite.
This movie serves as a good litmus test to see weather or not you have a soul.
I'm sorry, if you don't like it you don't have a soul. And that's the end of that.
This is the best parody movie ever made.
That's right, Leslie Nielsen doesn't have shit on this movie.
The movie is a parody of the 1970s blacksploitation movies.
One might even think that this is from the 1970s if they didn't know that this was from 2009.
There is so much going on in this movie that anyone can watch it.
There are really dumb jokes with punchlines that are in your face,
there's intelligent satire,
there are really obscure jokes that not everyone will get,
And they even intentionally make continuity errors and technical goofs
using those as jokes.
And what I really love about this movie is that they've given character
to characters that are never mentioned and never seen.
When you see something ridiculous happen on the screen or hear a hilarious line,
you're almost forced to imagine the fictional characters of the writers and directors of this fictional film.
Its as if the writers and directors are playing characters themselves.
You notice intentional mistakes and think, "oh, I see what they were trying to do."
But in reality they were trying to make that mistake
but it's the fictional characters of the fictional writer and the fictional director
that were trying to do something different and its fun to think of those things.
[Dr. Wu] (Screams)
[Black Dynamite] Ha ha! I threw that shit before I walked in the room!
[YMS] There are so many jokes in this movie.
There are even points where the background music is hilarious
and they don't milk any of it.
There's a particular scene in the movie where the characters are blatantly, blatantly,
narrating exactly what's happening.
They're talking to each other but its obviously directed at the audience
just in case you don’t get it.
And I always refer to that scene now, whenever that's happening in a movie.
[Black dynamite] Jimmy. I am eighteen year old black dynamite.
And you’re my sixteen year old kid brother and you are high as a kite, yet again.
Who gave you tha' drugs Jimmy?
The problem is that this happens in a lot of movies that you’re supposed to take seriously.
I watched this movie seven times and still got jokes that I never got or noticed before.
So if you're ever curious to know weather or not you have a soul,
Then you should probably check out this movie.
[Black Dynamite] HYAAA! HOYYY! HOOOO! ZAAAAA!
(Phone Ringing)
Who the hell is interrupting my kung fu?
Who the hell is this?
[Aunt Billy] Black Dynamite? Its your aunt Billy.
[Black Dynamite] Now aunt Billy, how many times I told you not to call here and interrupt my kung fu?
[Aunt Billy] It's bad news Dynamite. Its your only brother jimmy.
(Cries) He's dead, Dynamite. Jimmys dead.
[Black Dynamite] Scram.
Scram!
I said split! Shake the scene you turkeys! Get out of my house!
I'll see y'all tomorrow.
How'd it happen aunt Billy?
[Aunt Billy] They found him shot full of holes in an old shipping yard.
Dead as a door.
Said he had drugs on him.
I guess he was still on that stuff.
Now, I thought you promised your momma, on her death bed,
you was gonna get him off that stuff Black Dynamite.
[Black Dynamite] Whoever did this is going to pay.
I can promise you that.
[Aunt Billy] Well I hope it ain't like when you promised yo momma you was gonna get him off of that stuff.
For the rest of his natural life--
[Black Dynamite] Gaaaahhhhhhh!
(Static)
[YMS] At number three on my list is Anti Christ by Lars Von Trier.
It doesn't matter if you don't like this movie because it's a flawless movie.
Go to IMDB and notice that there's no goofs.
He didn't do anything wrong.
If you didn't like the movie, it's not because it's a bad movie.
It's because you didn't like the movie.
He made exactly the move he wanted to make.
This is probably the most disturbing movie I've ever seen.
This is the only movie where I've been left with a disturbing and almost nauseating feeling
for hours after the film.
The cinematography and how everything's so uniquely shot adds to this foreboding tone
that wraps around you and wont let go for the whole movie.
I really like how none of the characters are given names
and how everyone but the main character's faces are blurred out.
Which is something you might not notice unless you were looking for it.
It's creepy, it's fucked up, it's disturbing, it's artistic, it's everything it needs to be.
And Charlotte Gainsbourg pulls a great performance.
(Baby crying)
(Static)
[YMS] At number two on my list is Fantastic Mr. Fox directed by Wes Anderson.
Now, I never read the book as a child so this wasn't some big nostalgia-fest for me
but this was a great movie.
George Clooney and Meryl Streep have great performances even though its just voice acting
and this is Wes Anderson's first animated movie.
The overall scale of this project is really impressive.
The movie also has a great score
and instead of recording inside of a studio they took boom mics to locations
that mimic the ones the characters are in
making everything sound that much more realistic.
The humour is clever and witty and it actually has genuine emotion
which is hard to pull of for films that don't take themselves too seriously.
I'd recommend this movie to err'body.
[Mr. Fox] Honey I'm seven non-fox years old now, my father died at seven and a half.
I don't want to live in a hole anymore and I'm going to do something about it.
(Ravenous eating noises)
Well, I'm off.
Have a good day my darlings.
[Mrs. Fox] You know, foxes live in holes for a reason.
[Mr. Fox] Hmm.
Yes and no.
What are you wearing?
Why a cape with the pants tucked into your socks?
Well, I guess he's just...
Different.
(Whistles and clicks tongue)
(Static)
[YMS] And my favourite movie of 2009 is...
The White Ribbon directed by my favourite director Michael Haneke,
or can someone please tell me how to pronounce his name?
I should probably know this because he's my favourite director
but I've heard it pronounced several different ways and I have no idea.
This is a masterful director.
Again, no mistakes.
So even if you don't personally like the movie, you can't really call it bad.
The story takes place during the years before world war one.
Highlighting the environment that would later grow into something much more dangerous.
All of the performances are fantastic.
I know in a lot of movies people are willing to forgive a bad child actor because they're children.
To me, Blow would have been a lot better if that little girl could fucking act.
And a lot of the time the dialogue they write for children is just so retarded
that they couldn't even pull it off with a good child actor.
But you don't have to give this movie extra credit.
Because it's made by a genius.
More than seven thousand children were interviewed during the six month long casting period.
And there is not a single weak actor in this huge cast.
And there is a lot going on in this movie.
Its definitely one that you get more out of from repeated watches.
If you're a cinematography freak than this movie's for you.
Every single shot is perfect.
You could literally grab a frame from anywhere in the movie and use it as the poster.
We're really lucky to live in an age where this gifted filmmaker is still making movies.
I'd recommend this movie to anybody who likes seeing things done well.
(Static)
[YMS] So there you have it. My top 10 of 2009.
Even if you don't agree with the movies I've chosen for this list,
Hopefully it gave you some context as to what type of movies I enjoy.
And I know a few of you out there haven't seen a bunch of these movies.
So hopefully from watching this you'll have more movies to add to your list of things you need to see.
Maybe you'll even like one enough to buy it.
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