50 Best Movies of 2009

2009 is almost over, while we count down the days up to the last minute of 2010, let's do a countdown as well of the 50 of the Best Movies released the entire year of 2009. These films are not based from revenues they earned during the theatrical release but from reviews of critics and users world wide. Most of my personal favorite movies are on the list. Transformers 2 and New Moon are not part of the list. Check whose in or out as Movieinfo tabulated the 50 Best Movies of 2009.

50. Where the Wild Things Are
49. Michael Jackson 's This Is It'
48. Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
47. Earth
46. In The Loop
45. The September Issue
44. It's Complicated
43. Duplicity
42. Ponyo
41. Drag Me to Hell
40. The Informant
39. Tyson
38. World's Greates Dad
37. Bas Lietenant: Port of Call - New Orleans
36. Sherlock Holmes
35. Anvil! The Anvil Story
34. Julie & Julia
33. Broken Embraces
32. A Single Man
31. Adventurland
30. Paranormal Activity
29. Whip It
28. Moon
27. The Road
26. Sugar
25. The Blind Side
24. Food, Inc
23. Crazy Heart
22. The Messengers
21. I Love You, Man
20. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
19. A Serious Man
18. District 9
17. Nine
16. Invictus
15. The Princess and the Frog
14. (500) Days of Summer
13. Zombieland
12. The Cove
11. Coraline
10. The Hangover
9. Precious
8. Star Trek
7. An Education
6. The Fantastic Mr. Fox
5. Avatar
4. The Hurt Locker
3. Inglorious Basterds
2. Up
1. Up in the Air

So far there are 13 movies that I have already watched, 37 more to go..I'm really hoping the rest of the films will be released here in the Philippines.

My 3-D Experience

I have finally watched the most awaited film this December, James Cameron’s Avatar. Ever since this film announced to be released on December, I just couldn’t help but to count the days and finally, this afternoon I was able to watch it in SM Megamall. And what’s good about it, I watched it in 3-D. I couldn’t explain the experience of watching 3-D, it’s like you are with the casts and you feel like you can touch them. Plus, you would really appreciate the effects more in 3-D in a sense that it really looks like real. James Cameron really prepared for it, after more than a decade since he did Titanic which broke all box office records, he is back to offer us something that we can’t forget.

WELCOME TO A NEW HOME

Just moved to a townhouse this week. After six months of stay in my cousin’s place, I finally moved to a place of my own. Well, not really my own place ‘coz there are four of us in a room, and there are 30 other tenants more in the house. The townhouse is located in Boni Avenue which is just one MRT station away from my work and it is very much affordable with cable TV and furniture. And I know the place is safe ‘coz one of the requirements for the tenants is NBI clearance with government ID and employment ID. So all of us here are all professionals, which for me is really a factor for a peaceful and safe place to live in. It is like home away from home. I got three roommates, two of them are programmers and one is working in medical institution. Although we don’t talk much ‘coz we seldom see each other because of the schedule I still feel that I am welcome.

Update

It’s really been a while. There are a lot of things that I really want to write here in this blog. Too many that I don’t know what to start with. Hmm, let me just say something about my purpose why I am here in Manila, which is to apply for work abroad. Well, I just got an offer from an agency to work in KSA, although the pay is lower than I expected but at least it is more than I make here in Manila. I’m waiting for my medical examination this week, and if everything is settled, come this January I would start working for Arabs. KSA is really the dream place of every Muslim and Mecca is always the spot the we really want to visit at least once in our lifetime. This is one of the reasons that motivates me with the new job, and I can’t wait to start with it.

Speaking of job, I am doing better in my work lately. For past few months, I’ve been seeing a lot of green on my scorecards. I’m really enjoying the job now, I really like the experience dealing with different people. Though sometimes you get unlucky with a not-so-nice customer, but at least you tried to do your best to help them. They might not be happy with the services that they are getting, atleast there are people like us, technical support representatives that provide them the excellent experience possible and would somehow put smiles on their faces. And for me this is not really an easy job, but with dedication and the right attitude, I know everything will be easy.

Maybe one of the things that makes it easier for me here in Manila is my own dream. I don’t want to live my life here, ‘coz I know this place is not really good for me and for my future family. But somehow I manage to live here happily ‘coz of the goal that I set prior to coming to this big city.

10 of the Highest Grossing Films of 2009

As we count down for the year 2010, let's do a countdown for the biggest movie of the year as well. These films are the biggest films that grossed hundred millions worldwide. Some of these films are still showing in some countries. As of December 7, 2009, here is the top 10 Highest Grossing Films this year.

10. STAR TREK - with an estimated budget of $150 million, this sci-fi action remake directed by J. J. Abrams (who also directed the Mission Impossible III in 2006) grossed $384,953,671 worldwide. Starred by Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Simon Pegg and Eric Bana.

09. NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: BATTLE OF SMITHSONIAN - following the success of first movie in 2006, Director Shawn Levy, Ben Stiller and the rest of the casts (this time with Amy Adams) returned this year with a sequel. Although it failed to surpass the grossing of the first film, it still managed to earn $412,378,818 worldwide also with a production budget of $150 million.

08. THE HANGOVER - this surprised hit was produced with just an estimated production budget of $35 million. Breaking all the records of all previously released R-rated youth movie with a worldwide gross of $459,355,808. Starred by best buddies, Bradley Cooper and Justin Bartha and directed by Todd Philips (Old School, Starsky and Hutch and Road Trip).

07. ANGELS AND DEMONS - this film probably the most controversial film released this year. Just like Dan Brown first book, The Da Vinci Code, its prequel Angels and Demons was also banned by some countries and cinemas but still manage to earn $485,900,330 world wide. Ron Howard and Tom Hanks teamed up again in this film with Ewan McGregor and Stellan Skarsgard. This movie also produced with in $150 million budget.

06. THE TWILIGHT SAGE: NEW MOON - with Chris Weitz (Golden Compass) as the new director, this Stephanie Meyer's 2nd book which was just released last month has earned $498,639,000 and counting. With a production budget of just $50 million, this film is the highest grossing film of Summit Entertainment ever produced. Starred by Kristen Stewart, Rob Pattinson and Taylor Lautner.

05. UP - This highest rated animated film marks as the Pixar's 10th film and was produced with in $175 million budget. Among Pixar's film Up earned $506,962,798 which is second to Finding Nemo in terms of total gross worldwide.

04. 2012 - Directed by Disaster Guru, Roland Emmerich, 2012 is probably the mother of all disaster films. Produced with in $200 million, the movie has already reached $600,087,000 and still counting. Starred by John Cusack, Woody Harrelson, Thandie Newton, and Chiwetel Ejiofor.

03. TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN - this Michael Bay's action-packed is this year's number one film in North America, but just placing third worldwide. With $200 million budget, this sequel surpassed its first film with $833,229,011 worldwide. Starred by Shia Lebouf, Megan Fox, and Josh Duhamel.

02. ICE AGE : THE DAWN OF THE DINOSAURS - yes, UP is not the highest grossing animated film this year, but Ice Age 3. This animated film even surpassed T2 with its worldwide gross of $878,802,649. This film is Fox's all time greatest film (since Star Wars: Episode 1 The Phantomenace) in terms of return of investment as this just produced within $90 million budget.
01. HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF BLOOD PRINCE - this is not a surprise for HP6 to be this year's highest grossing film. Fans waited for over a year for this 6th film to be released as its date of released was moved from last year original date. Produced within $250 million, this 6th HP film ranks 3rd among all HP movies. To date, HP6 is earning $929,330,206 worldwide.