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---------Top movies of 2009------------



Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen-Rating: 4.5/5
Action-packed and special effects. The CGI is convincing enough. Big explosions. Big movie in summer. Enough said. Action and special effects, though it can cut down on the lame sexual humour.

Sherlock Holmes-Rating: 4/5
Quite the thriller but not as much as I expected. There is a nice mix of action, mystery, thriller with a touch of humour. This is more of a quiet blockbuster as summer has the big blockbuster filled with explosions etc. Transformers, G.I Joe

Phobia 2-Rating: 4/5
One of the best horror movies I have seen. Even it is one of the best thai movies. It tells five different stories with a runtime of around 2 hours. So that means the pace in each story is fast and straight to the point. Yep, it is also quite thrilling.

Whiteout-Rating: 3.6/5
This is an odd choice but I enjoyed its thrills and mystery although there is not much. Kate also did a pretty convincing job in acting. The action is blend well with the story too. I don't know why this is panned by almost all of the critics. There are far worse movies out there.


-------------Worst movies of 2009------------

Public Enemies-Rating: 3/5
This is not bad but it disappoints me. I thought it would be a thriller and show me the cat and mouse chase but instead it is more of a boring drama about John, the famous criminal of that time. It mostly revovles around him and his life. He is like the over-rated character in the movie. And the FBI who are chasing him are the under-rated characters. They only appear in around half of the movie whereas John appears throughout the whole movie.

Dance movie-Rating: 2.9/5
Not that it is not funny or whatever but it bores me. This is like Date movie, another spoof, which spoofs some boring movies and turns out more boring. Heck, even Meet the spartans, Disaster movie, Epic movie have some interesting things to see. But this has none. It got its 2.9 rating because of its so-called smart ways of spoofing.

The last house on the left-Rating: 2/5
This is a remake and I have not watched the original so I don't know how it can be compared. But this senseless movie has nothing to excite you. This is the type of movie which has no plot but also has nothing else to see. It is not even thrilling. It bores me...and I have nothing else to say to this senseless movie with characters killing for the sake of killing.

Overheard-Rating: 2.5/5
This chinese movie is disappointing as it is helmed by the directers of Infernal Affairs trilogy which is pretty good movie. This has no suspense, no thrills and all about the descisions of three men which can be a bit boring. They should have warned me that this is more of a drama than a thriller which the directers are famous for. The good thing is it is less than two hours.

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