Dec 15 2009Tarantino's Gestures His Way Through His Top 8 of 2009
In an interview with the Hollywood Reporter, Quantin Tarantino has revealed his picks for the top 8 films he's seen thus far in 2009 (he notes there are some recently-praised films he's missed). Those hoping for a handy guide to the year's best obscure, foreign genre films are going to be disappointed by his choices. Those hoping for validation that Star Trek was indeed pretty awesome, you will be pleased.
Full list, along with video, under the cut.
1. Star Trek
2. Drag Me to Hell
3. Funny People
4. Up in the Air
5. Chocolate
6. Observe & Report
7. Precious
8. An Education
Not really a bad list, but so boring. You'd expect something a little different from Tarantino. This is nearly as disappointing as the top 8 lists of David Lynch ("The Hangover. 'Nuff said.") and Lars Von Trier ("Transformers 2 for all 8, fuck the haters.")
Reader Comments
1. d - December 15, 2009 3:07 PM
von Trier.
HA!
2. b - December 15, 2009 3:07 PM
and, 2nd.
3. Hal - December 15, 2009 3:36 PM
...AAAAND that Von Trier joke is why I come here for my movie geek news.
4. Optimus - December 15, 2009 3:37 PM
Observe and Report?
... really?
5. ComicSourceKid - December 15, 2009 3:43 PM
@optimus
man i thought the same thing...that was the worst damn film i've ever witnessed....i wanted to sew my retina shut with a railroad spike and piano wire
6. bribios - December 15, 2009 4:08 PM
Yeah I think Observe and Report was the most disappointing film I'd seen in theaters this year, considering I'm usually pretty good at avoiding the crap.
QT needs to rewatch District 9 immediately.
7. drDeez - December 15, 2009 5:19 PM
ahhhhh Tarantino really did lose his edge such a f-ing boring list
8. duketrik - December 15, 2009 9:24 PM
...not disappointed 'persay', but this WAS Tarantino, right?...
9. frank - December 17, 2009 12:12 AM
Ooh, need to see Up in the Air, Precious, and An Education. And "Invickitus."
10. WhyBee - December 20, 2009 7:17 PM
Chocolate is actually a movie that was released in 2008.