It's about that time where we start thinking of what holiday parties we will attend/skip and the resolutions we will give up by February. With it being the end of the year, it also means that it's time for the LCB staff to share their thoughts on the year. Over the next couple weeks we will be recapping the year by listing our favorites in the world of sports and entertainment. We all know that listing something as the "BEST" is both ridiculous and absurd, considering it's all due to taste and viewpoints on topics that are absolutely unquantifiable. But we will try our best to do just that. First up, our picks for the best movie of 2009.
Teach: Disclaimer: I still need to see The Hurt Locker, The Road, or Up in the Air. Out of the films I have seen, it's a toss up between The Hangover and The Fantastic Mr. Fox. The Hangover should be studied in film classes as a way to unravel the plot of a comedy. I know many think it might be overrated, but I haven't laughed that much at a movie in a long time. I truly think this film is the Citizen Kane of its genre. The Fantastic Mr. Fox was witty, charming, and moving, offering up insights into humanity's constant battle with its need to be wild and its want to be domesticated. The scene with the wolf, standing in front of a backdrop of untamed wilderness, snow, and ice, and Mr. Fox offering him a raised fist causes a strange sense of warmth in the belly of the audience that can come from no other palce than a need to be both primal and sincere. Perhaps those qualities are one in the same.
Langston: Now I liked The Hangover, but the best? Obviously Teach hasn't seen Old Dogs. FROM THE DIRECTOR OF WILD HOGS, ZOMG!! Oscars anyone? Now in all seriousness, I was going to go with Star Trek. Since it was the first sci-fi movie I remember enjoying in quite some time, but getting enjoyment from a movie in a genre I typically despise doesn't make it my pick of the year. It was a good movie with amazing cinematography/special effects, great pacing, good plot, likable characters, and plenty of replay value. But it doesn't quite match up to some of the other films I've watched this year. From those films I made myself a "best of" list including Bad Lieutenant, Inglorious Basterds (would've been #1, if not for the incessant rambling.), Sugar, and Anvil. Now only one of these films could be listed as my favorite, and that movie is Anvil! The Story of Anvil. A documentary about a hair-metal band that almost made it in the 80's. They opened up for some of the biggest bands of the decade, but failed to find success. And despite their many failures and financial/ family obligations they never gave up on their dream. At points this movie is tragic, funny, and inspiring. Something most movies reach for, but almost always fail to achieve. This movie will have you rooting for the band long after the final credits have scrolled.
Teach: Disclaimer: I still need to see The Hurt Locker, The Road, or Up in the Air. Out of the films I have seen, it's a toss up between The Hangover and The Fantastic Mr. Fox. The Hangover should be studied in film classes as a way to unravel the plot of a comedy. I know many think it might be overrated, but I haven't laughed that much at a movie in a long time. I truly think this film is the Citizen Kane of its genre. The Fantastic Mr. Fox was witty, charming, and moving, offering up insights into humanity's constant battle with its need to be wild and its want to be domesticated. The scene with the wolf, standing in front of a backdrop of untamed wilderness, snow, and ice, and Mr. Fox offering him a raised fist causes a strange sense of warmth in the belly of the audience that can come from no other palce than a need to be both primal and sincere. Perhaps those qualities are one in the same.
Langston: Now I liked The Hangover, but the best? Obviously Teach hasn't seen Old Dogs. FROM THE DIRECTOR OF WILD HOGS, ZOMG!! Oscars anyone? Now in all seriousness, I was going to go with Star Trek. Since it was the first sci-fi movie I remember enjoying in quite some time, but getting enjoyment from a movie in a genre I typically despise doesn't make it my pick of the year. It was a good movie with amazing cinematography/special effects, great pacing, good plot, likable characters, and plenty of replay value. But it doesn't quite match up to some of the other films I've watched this year. From those films I made myself a "best of" list including Bad Lieutenant, Inglorious Basterds (would've been #1, if not for the incessant rambling.), Sugar, and Anvil. Now only one of these films could be listed as my favorite, and that movie is Anvil! The Story of Anvil. A documentary about a hair-metal band that almost made it in the 80's. They opened up for some of the biggest bands of the decade, but failed to find success. And despite their many failures and financial/ family obligations they never gave up on their dream. At points this movie is tragic, funny, and inspiring. Something most movies reach for, but almost always fail to achieve. This movie will have you rooting for the band long after the final credits have scrolled.
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