Brad's Top 10 movies of 2009

Coming in at number 10

Surrogates 8 out of 10 

Right up my alley…Interesting …..Mystery ….Sci-Fi…..I love flicks like this ---from Bladerunner to Total Recall--- a movie that entertains and makes you think about things ----my kind of film……It takes Virtual reality….The Internet Real life Simms…..Like the kind of books that I read……Bruce Willis was great and the plot twists although not surprising were good….Really liked the ending..

Coming in at number 9

Adventureland 8 out of 10 2009
A great cast and a fun coming of age movie

Number 8

Ice Age 3:Dawn of the Dinosaurs 8 out of 10
The franchise steps it up a notch with a good solid story and some Exciting action and visuals

Number 7

Drag me to Hell 8 out of 10 

Sam Raimi returns to his horror roots.....The car parking lot scene alone is worth the ride

Number 6

Avatar 2009 8 out of 10
A Visual Treat---soon to be a Disney land in animal Kingdom.. The story was basically Pocahontas with Blue people...but the visuals were stunning.

Number 5

Angels and Demons 2009 9 out of 10
A thrilling sequel that is bettter than the Da Vinci Code. Much more in the class of the National Treausre flicks.

Number 4

District 9 2009 9 out of 10
A really cool Sci-Fi movie about a segregation.

Number 3

Taken 2009 9 out of 10

Liam Nesson goes all Mel Gibson and kicks some ass

Number 2

The Hangover 2009 9 out of 10
What happened in Vegas stays there---because they had a pact...

Number 1

UP 2009 9 out of 10
Pixar at the top of their game as usual.....in this uplifting story about how it is never too late for an adventure

Brad's Top 10 movies of 2002

Coming in a number 10

Catch Me if you Can 2002 8 out of 10
Dicaprio and Hanks in a great Speilberg movie about a con man and the agent that is chasing him.

Coming in at number 9

Reign of Fire 2002 8 + out of 10
Fighting with Dragons in a very unique style.

Coming in at number 8

Ice Age 2002 8 + out of 10 The Squirrel rules this good tale about teamwork.

Coming in at number 7

Austin Power: Goldmember 2002 9 out of 10
Mike Myers again shines as pretty much every other character in the film.

Coming in at number 6

Die Another Day 2002 9 out of 10
An Excellent Bond film with cool villians and superweapon and an Ice Hotel. Brosnan makes a great Bond.

Coming in at number 5

Treasure Planet 2002 ....An animated action adventure---that like Titan AE and Atlantis --underperformed. I enjoyed this retelling of Treause Island in space --Pirates before Pirates were cool again.

Coming in at number 4

Minority Report 2002 9+ out of 10
Speilberg takes on Phillip K Dick in this fun futuristic thriller

Coming in at number 3

The Two Towers 2002 9+ out of 10
The middle portion of the Ring Trilogy. By being the middle section it is my least favorite of the 3 films and yet it is still a 9+ out of 10.

Coming in at number 2

Scooby Doo 2002 9+ out of 10
Despite the mis-casting of Freddie Prince Jr and Sarah Michele Gellar as Fred and Daphne......It is all about the perfect casting of Matthew Lillard and Scooby Doo. One of my favorite cartoon characters of all time I love it.

Coming in at number 1

Attack of the Clones 2002 10 out of 10
Yoda kicking ass with a lightsaber.....After watching this film I wish there was a Yoda Prequel...that little Green dude is fierce