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I guess that I’ll just get to the point: this is one of the worst movies I’ve ever seen. While watching it I couldn’t think of anything that bad… There is a lot of bad movies in the world but even the unforgettable Independence Day look better compared to this “piece of art” (not much better, just a little bit).

What we got here… The whole pack of huge robots shooting to everyone and everything, another huge pack of robots chasing some humans, humans chasing huge packs of robots… And that’s it – the story is not deeper than a puddle. But this is not the worse thing – story in the first part of this movie was also shallow but made some sense. Here logic have gone on a vacation – and is not getting back until the end of the movie. There are so many illogical events that it is hard to name them all. And the main plot is just so stupid (sorry for using that word, I think that it is still not very offensive comparing to my thoughts after watching the movie) that only people who have no requirements could enjoy it. If I was still 10 years old boy, I would probably love the movie because it is full of shining robots, amazing special effects and not-very-funny jokes.

The only thing that made me stay in the cinema until the end was the money i spend to see this movie…

The summarizing: worst movie of the year, huge blockbuster and financial success. Sometimes I wonder how this facts speak for our society. We want to see stupid things? We don’t like logical plots and interesting scripts? We like to see everything burning, exploding and flying around? Maybe. I know that I’m a little bit cruel here – but this movie fully deserved this.

Transformers 2: Revenge Of The Fallen trailer

Transformers 2: Revenge Of The Fallen, 2009. Directed by: Michael Bay. Starring: Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, John Turturro.

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2009 2009, Megan Fox, Michael Bay, movie, science fiction, Shia LaBeouf, Transformers

Duplicity is a kind of spy movie, but not like James Bond or Jason Bourne series this is not about fighting the “bad guys” but about wars between corporations. Making it more simple: about money.

Ray Koval (Clive Owen) and Claire Stanwick (Julia Roberts) are the main characters of this movie. Their relationship is not clear, but will get clearer during the movie. This picture is simply based one of those secret revealing constructions that are great for close watch. There are so many secrets and so many hidden … that you fell confused from time to time, but luckily this movie is logical from the beginning to the end. Maybe not so interesting as it could be, but well played and well constructed. Maybe the fact that Clive Owen is not one of my favorites this movie got lower ratings from my point of view, but I can’t see anything really good in his acting skills. He is always so stiff and puffed up, and in almost every movie – angry. His only role that convinced me completely was playing Theo Faron in unforgettable Children Of Men.

So, we have here a lot of secrets, interesting plot, action and thrill. And even a little bit of humor. We got every single gradient to achieve great movie. But in my opinion this is not great movie, just fine and done properly production with few interesting actors and nice script. But something is missing here, that spark of magic. Nothing sophisticated.

Duplicity trailer

Duplicity, 2009. Directed by: Tony Gilroy. Starring: Clive Owen, Julia Roberts, Tom Wilkinson, Paul Giamatti.

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2009 2009, Clive Owen, Julia Roberts, movie, movies, Paul Giamatti, Tom Wilkinson

1. The Surrogates.

Directed by: Jonathan Mostow

Starring: Bruce Willis, Ving Rhames, Rosamund Pike

A story of human beings transferred into artificial bodies for the comfort of living.

Surrogates trailer

Release date: 25 September 2009 (USA)

2. Moon

Directed by: Duncan Jones

Starring: Sam Rockwell, Kevin Spacey

The lonely astronaut on the Moon three weeks from the end of three years shift is thinking that he is losing his mind.

Moon trailer

Release date: 17 July 2009 (UK)

3. Inglourious Basterds

Directed by: Quentin Tarantino

Starring: Brad Pitt, Eli Roth, Diane Kruger, Til Schweiger

A story of a special American soldiers squad transferred to France occupied by Nazis during World War Two.

Inglourious Basterds trailer

Release date: 19 August 2009 (UK)

4. Avatar

Directed by: James Cameron

Starring: Sam Worthington, Sigourney Weaver, Michelle Rodriguez, Zoe Saldana, Giovanni Ribisi

Supposed to be a real artistic and visual breakthrough in history of movie making. Story about humans on alien planet entering bodies of alien race.

Avatar trailer

Release date: 18 December 2009 (USA)

2009 2009, Avatar, Brad Pitt, Bruce Willis, James Cameron, Moon, movie, movies, premiere, Quentin Tarantino, Sam Rockwell, Surrogates, Worthington

I see Watchmen as a movie that need to be compared to The Dark Knight. I know that in most cases that kind of comparison makes one movie looks better, but this is not my point. Just follow me for a second: The Dark Knight was a movie that was based on dark and realistic environment. Making this movie look the most realistic was director’s main idea. This way of expression was a good move. But it was just one of possible ways of making movie made on a comic hero base. Nolan chosen to adjust his hero to reality. That adjusting made Batman more complex, deeper and more real. Watchmen is a story based on different point of view. The director (Zack Snyder, known from 300) didn’t choose to adjust his heroes to reality – he adjusted the reality to costume superheroes. And he scored! He made a movie that is totally different from The Dark Knight, based on something else, with totally different point of view. But those two movies are in my opinion two best movies about masked superheroes in leather suits. So in Batman we watched how a man who’s life was destroyed become a hero. In Watchmen we observe how comic heroes arrived an when (just before Second World War). At first their costumes were just like in those old comic books – colorful and funny. In time they evolved and the world evolved with them. So we got here alternative history of 1985 where the Vietnam War was won by Americans (thanks to Dr. Manhattan (played by Billy Crudup) and and The Comedian (Jeffrey Dean Morgan). Richard Nixon is still running presidency and nuclear war can happen in any time. On this basics we see some heroes struggle to fight for peace ad all cost. What makes this film a good one are the characters of Watchmen. None of them is simple and obvious – they have their secrets, dark sides and not everyone of them is that good.

What can also be said, the visual side of the movie is just amazing. Also the music is great and fits the film perfectly.

I must say that Zack Snyder bought me totally with his review of superhero history. He just made a great movie.

Watchmen trailer

Watchmen, 2009. Directed by Zack Snyder. Starring: Billy Crudup, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Walter Kovacs, Malin Akerman, Patrick Wilson.

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2009 2009, movie, movies, superheroes, watchmen, Zack Snyder

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is one of those movies that we could call “one f it’s kind”. It is a musical, horror and also gothic story. No one else but Tim Burtin himself constructed unique view of 19 th century London with all its dark alleys, common problems and social unrest. Vision of the demon barber himself is more than just a story. It is another movie where the magic vetween Tim Burton and Johnny Depp is visible in every single scene. Those two guys probably understand each other without any words at all. Johnny is in my opinion one of the most talented actor of twenty and twenty first century and with this role he shows that there is nothing he could not play. Acting is very strong part of the movie, I supposed that Helena Bonham-Carter was born to play her part here.

The visual side of the movie is trully amazing. The London is so dark and sweaty that we can’t doubt that what we see is really “that London”. The story is a classic so there is no point of spoiling the fun of watching newest adaptation.

One thing that makes all of this taste bad was a way the movie was advertised across the world. From trailers people could think that they will get another bloody horror with corpses and body parts flying around. They could feel dissapointed seeing Johny Depp singing the whole movie. I guess that someone just wanted to earn more money from this piece of art and that is why many people were just misinformed.

Sweeney Todd trailer

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, 2009. Directed by: Tim Burton. Starring: Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham-Carter, Alan Rickman, Timothy Spall, Sasha Baron Cohen.

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