JPRaup

Just wrote up this feature: 50 Must-See Movies in 2009

Here is the list (go to the blog for pictures, plot summaries and reasons why you want to see them)
My Bloody Valentine 3-D (Jan 16th)
Fanboys (Feb 6th)
Coraline (Feb 16th)
The International (Feb 16th)
Youth in Revolt (Feb 20th)
Watchmen (March 6th)
Sunshine Cleaning (March 13th)
A Perfect Getaway (March 13th)
Duplicity (March 20th)
I Love You, Man (March 20th)
Knowing (March 20th)
Monsters Vs. Aliens (March 27th)
Adventureland (March 27th)
Observe and Report (April 10th)
Crank 2: High Voltage (April 17th)
State Of Play (April 17th)
The Soloist (April 24th)
Fighting (April 24th)
X-Men Origins: Wolverine (May 1st)
Star Trek (May 8th)
Bruno (May 15th)
The Brothers Bloom (May 15th)
Terminator Salvation (May 22nd)
Night at the Museum 2 (May 22nd)
Up (May 29th)
Land of the Lost (June 5th)
The Hangover (June 12th)
The Year One (June 19th)
Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen (June 26th)
Public Enemies (July 1st)
Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince (July 17th)
The Taking of Pelham 123 (July 24th)
Funny People (July 31st)
Final Destination 4: Death Trip 3-D (Aug 21st)
Inglorious Basterds (Aug 28th)
Game (Sept 4th)
Daybreakers (Sept 11th)
The Informant (Sept 18th)
Surrogates (Sept 25th)
Toy Story 3-D (Oct 2nd)
Shutter Island (Oct 2nd)
Where The Wild Things Are (Oct 16th)
The Box (Nov 6th)
Fantastic Mr. Fox (Nov 6th)
A Christmas Carol (Nov 6th)
Sherlock Holmes (Nov 20th)
The Lovely Bones (Dec 11th)
Nine (Dec 11th)
Avatar (Dec 18th)

My Top 3 out of those:





What do you guys want to see?

NiCK Crush

I'm interested in all of these:


Fanboys (Feb 6th)
Coraline (Feb 16th)
Watchmen (March 6th)
I Love You, Man (March 20th)
Monsters Vs. Aliens (March 27th)
Adventureland (March 27th)
Crank 2: High Voltage (April 17th)
X-Men Origins: Wolverine (May 1st)
Star Trek (May 8th)
Bruno (May 15th)
Terminator Salvation (May 22nd)
Up (May 29th)
Land of the Lost (June 5th)
Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen (June 26th)
Public Enemies (July 1st)
Final Destination 4: Death Trip 3-D (Aug 21st)
Inglorious Bastards (Aug 28th)
Toy Story 3-D (Oct 2nd)
Shutter Island (Oct 2nd)
Where The Wild Things Are (Oct 16th)
The Box (Nov 6th)
Fantastic Mr. Fox (Nov 6th)
A Christmas Carol (Nov 6th)
Sherlock Holmes (Nov 20th)
The Lovely Bones (Dec 11th)
Nine (Dec 11th)
Avatar (Dec 18th)

PopcornTreeCt

I just wanna see a list of directors that have movies coming out next year. That'll be an indicator.

The Coen Brothers?
Paul Thomas Anderson?
Danny Boyle?
David Fincher?
Steven Soderbergh?
Ridley Scott?

fumanstan

I was half expecting a partial list with the rest being on your site.

Mr. Salty

No year has 50 "must see" films. That would be almost one a week. And when you're including "Final Destination 4," you're really scraping the bottom of the barrel.

Arthur Dent

But...

...it's in 3D!

JPRaup

Looking back I saw over 130 2008 films, and I could definitely recommend 50 of them. and 2008 wasn't even that good for movies.

as for Final Destination, the first 2 films were very fun, add in 3-D and it should be a good time.

Cornelius1047

Definitely looking forward to Public Enemies, Harry Potter, The Brothers Bloom, Where The Wild Things Are, Terminator: Salvation, and perhaps some others. Hell, even Transformers 2 could be fun, even if I hate Michael Bay.

What's this Shutter Island though? Are Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese working together? I always said those two should make a movie together.

K

LickTheABCs

I know you just want to whore out your blog, but use the search function: Most Anticipated Release of 2009?

Mr. Salty

There's a huge difference between "recommend" and "must see."

If you and your blog are going to have any credibility, you need to be a lot more discerning.

xChri5x

I'd add in The Wolfman (Nov 09) and Scott Pilgrim vs The World (TBA 09).

JPRaup

ahh I forgot The Road since it was pushed back. When is that supposed to be released?

superdeluxe

I like the OP's post better, it gives a large list of movies coming out with the dates, instead of people just throwing up what their 1-3 favorite movies are.

Larry C.

This has to taken as a joke. No one serious about movies is looking forward to Final Destination 4. Although My Bloody Valentine might be interesting. Must See????? No way.

JPRaup

I only put those for the 3-D aspects. People that have seen MBV said the 3-D is alot of fun, so I would be disappointed if I waited until DVD. Therefore it's a must-see for me in the theater.

Jaymole

If you ignore the phrase "Must-See", I think the list is decent....at least it gives me a handy guide to some of the films that are coming out this year.

beavis69

Id say about 75% look forgettable at this point. The whole article was killed when it said the "disappointment of death proof." To you maybe, but i know ALOT of people thought it was better than Planet Terror, myself included. Where the Wild Things Are peaks my interest by the photo alone.

Charlie Goose

I'm serious about movies, and I'll see FD4 opening weekend.

Just glancing through that list, there is one movie I will absolutely never see, EVER.
The Year One, with Jack Black, Michael Cera, and David Cross.

DVDsAreMyLIFE

You forgot to add Bitch Slap.

http://www.bitchslapmovie.com/

Without a DOUBT going to be the best movie of the year.

The Bus

I agree, especially if you consider seeing films in the theater. Every movie isn't worth $10+.

A more accurate title would be "50 Movies to Look Forward To" or "50 Movies Worth Your Time"...

The Bus

The word is "piques"...

And I liked Death Proof.

JPRaup

Really? Written and Directed by Harold Ramis. I'm pretty excited.

DVDsAreMyLIFE

Yea I don't have any interest in seeing this either. I am just not a Jack Black fan anymore.

superdeluxe

exactly, I actually like the little information tidbits.

Josh-da-man

Star Trek, Watchmen, and Basterds are the only ones on the list I'll probably check out in a theater.