Phillyist: Countdown to 2009: Jim's Top 10 Most Anticipated Movies of 2009

Pat Holston

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 14:09:47 -0500

I am ashamed to admit that until about a year and a half ago, I had not seen any of Wes Anderson's movies. Angela properly intorduced me to his movies with Bottle Rocket. I am a fan and have to say that The Darjeeling Limited was my favorite. And I was a big fan of Life Aquatic.

bheezy

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 12:56:59 -0500

Trust me, I have always felt somehow deficient for not liking the movies, but at some point I had to come to grips with the fact that I thought The Life Aquatic blew...and I am now OK with it.

Jim Genzano

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 12:19:54 -0500

Thanks, bheezy. Although I can see how you'd feel that way about Wes Anderson, I personally thought Rushmore and The Life Aquatic were nearly as excellent as The Royal Tenenbaums. His style is so unique and quirky and deliberately weird that it can be slightly irritating at times, but overall I love it.

bheezy

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 12:14:32 -0500

Jim, I too loved your rebuttal to Joe Carter, and I also thoroughly enjoyed your 2009 film forecast. I will say this though: Am I the only one who thinks that Wes Anderson is the most overrated director in modern cinema? To my estimation, he has made one decent film (The Royal Tenenbaums) and the rest are simply assumed to be cool because they feature Bowie, The Kinks, and ironic usage of Cat Stevens ditties. One man's opinion, I guess.

Jillian Ashley Blair Ivey

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 14:50:10 -0500

Naturally.

Jim Genzano

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 14:36:29 -0500

Jill - Thanks! P.S. Depp would have to appear on the poster, too, of course, probably pointing a tommy gun straight out at the viewer.

Jillian Ashley Blair Ivey

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 14:15:01 -0500

That is so awesomely 1960s, Jim. Love it.

Jim Genzano

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 13:00:07 -0500

Angela - Thanks. :) They should really retitle the film simply Dillinger! Then the poster can read: "Johnny Depp is... Dillinger!" Bam!

Angela DiOrio

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 12:56:13 -0500

Jim, you stole my thoughts with what you've written in comment #4. Ditto. Also, I agree about the title Public Enemies. One of the more important rules in screenwriting/movie making is having a title/logline/poster that tells the story of the movie, and that generic title does nothing to hint at how cool the details of the movie actually sound.

Jim Genzano

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:35:13 -0500

It's funny how in the act of calling someone else an idiot, a fool, and a tool, one can reveal himself to be all three.

Joe Carter

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:20:34 -0500

You are an idiot for falling into the trap of unoriginal derivative movies. Only a fool would waste money seeing this uninspired tripe and only a tool would look forward to any of this garbage.

Jim Genzano

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:53:45 -0500

We live in a postmodern age, my friend. And hey, clearly the unoriginal ideas are working! On me, at least.

Ross Currie

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:51:01 -0500

Wow, people really have no original ideas for movies anymore, do they? 10: Adapatation 9: Remake 8: Spin-off/part of a series 7: Adaptation 6: Adaptation 5: Classic characters 4: Classic characters 3: (Okay, I'll give you this one, as long as it's not a truly historical film.) 2: Part of a series 1: Adaptation/part of a series