Either way, here I am back to blogging again since I pretty much have a lot of free time. Plus, New Year is coming!! Somehow, I don’t feel all that excited, why? No idea. But, do you care? Don’t worry I’m not going to put you through a half-assed melodramatic speech of my New Year and Christmas BS. You’ve suffered enough. New Year means a lot of things, and one of them is wrapping up the past year with a best of the best list. Recently, Yahoo! released the TOP 10 Box Office Movies of the Year; basically, the movie that earned the most insane amounts of money throughout the year. Now you might be going, “So what?” My answer: I don’t know and since I’ve mostly been talking about movies on my blog, so here I am and allow me to take you through the list, to see what made these movies a Box Office hit and whether any of these movies was actually “that good”. And we shall prove that if “High Grossing Movie = Great Movie” is indeed true.
So, let’s get started!
TOP 10: Blind Side
Total Gross: $184,387,000
Honestly, this is a bit of a surprise. Yeah, I heard about the “good word-of-mouth” about this movie, but did not expect it to have this much of an impact. Frankly, I thought it was just going to be “one of those drama films that almost made me cry” things. It seems though, there may be more to this. Having been release only recently during the holiday weekend, to rise through the ranks and make the list is indeed remarkable. I haven’t watched the film, but I definitely want to now. Why? How? What made it so… memorable?? Expect a movie review folks. (Verdict: undecided…)TOP 9: Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
Total Gross: $196,573,705
Worldwide Gross: $883.7 million (Number 2)You may be seeing a lot of animated movies in this list (…or will you?). This however was not a surprise at all, the third sequel to this adorable and funny tale of prehistoric creatures surely hits home. It’s kinda like “A Land Before Time” but a lot less of the “emo” dinosaurs. Not only do kids enjoy it, but also appeals to adults, just like every what animated film should be. How else would it make such a shitload of money worldwide? Good job Buck. (Verdict: GREAT MOVIE)
TOP 8: Monsters VS Aliens
Total Gross: $198,351,526
You might be going like me right now saying “Eh?! Seriously?” or you might not be. Either way, I don’t get how this made the list. Other than it had one of the biggest opening week of the year, yeah but, seriously. This movie was so bad. Ok ok, I’ll try to be nicer. This movie gave quite a few laughs, but after watching it, “Meh. OK.” That’s it. No particular impact whatsoever. It was pretty much mediocre. But hey, like I said, especially with the overwhelming titles of animated films today, this did well I guess. (Verdict: JUST A HIGH GROSSING MOVIE)TOP 7: Avatar
Total Gross: $212,268,000
*Ehem ehem* Let me clear my throat. I wrote a review about this movie recently and had nothing but praise and good things to say about it. However, boys and girls, hear me out. “THIS WAS NOT A FAIR FIGHT!!” Well actually neither you nor I can say that, but the point I am trying to make is that if this movie was indeed released earlier in the year, I can bet my arse it will have reached past the $500m-mark. Like Blind Side, this was released during the Christmas Holiday, so yeah, the year is about to end, but people it still made the list! “ALL HAIL JAMES!” (Actually, not too much he’s kind of a douche.) I cannot stress more and express any more how badly all of you must watch this epic film. (Verdict: EFFIN’ GREAT MOVIE!)TOP 6: Star Trek
Total Gross: $257,730,019
First may I congratulate Zoe Saldana for making it to two great movies in this list, Avatar and Star Trek. However, this was one of the movies I actually regretted to see. Because I wished I had seen it on widescreen! This movie gave me what I did not expect and more, it had the action, the drama the comedy and all that shit. Only I was able to watch it on DVD on a 17-inch TV screen, realizing thereafter how great of an experience it would have been to watch it on widescreen and even on 3D, damn! Either way, screens don’t change how great a movie is, so yes, well deserved. (Verdict: GREAT MOVIE, be sure to watch it on widescreen)(Tired yet?? Keep going!! Your halfway there.)
TOP 5: The Hangover
Total Gross: $277,322,503
Funniest movie of the year, anyone?? Hhhmm, maybe not. Although, despite its tough competition inside the comedy genre, The Hangover still claimed the crown of the highest grossing comedy of the year. And it indeed is funny, one of the funniest movies I’ve seen in a long, long time. It had one of the best endings ever and a great cast that blasted these stars into even more stardom. Even regarded as the Funniest Movie of the Year but is it? Frankly, I don’t agree. I still found Zombieland a much funnier comedy movie. However, with The Hangover raking in more than $200m it did not do bad at all. (Verdict: GREAT MOVIE)TOP 4: The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Total Gross: $280,924,000
*Sigh* *Sigh* I don’t know how many sighs it takes to express my dismay on this one. Oh well, my taste is not everyone’s taste, but it does worry me though. This world may soon be overrun by emo girls and cheesy adults that are convinced vampires exist. OK, that sucked. But so did this movie! It does not help that it is the 4th highest grossing movie of the year; it was still so …so …so bad. I could care less if this broke the record of highest movie opening day earnings of all time (which it did). This was still as bad as it gets. A clear example, that High Gross does not equal to Great Movie. (Verdict: Nothing! but A HIGH GROSSING FILM)TOP 3: Up
Total Gross: $293,004,164
You surprised? Neither am I. This movie was the most adorable, funny, and entertaining animated movie of the year (did I just say adorable again?!). Dubbed as “The best animated film since Wall-E and Nemo”. And I agree completely just as Wall-E captured everbody’s heart, Up delivered the same entertainment and a level of emotion that we all will never forget. If you haven’t seen this movie, see it. You are missing so much! (Verdict: GREAT MOVIE)TOP 2: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Total Gross: $301,959,197
This is perhaps the most successful book-turn-to-movie series of all time, along the likes of Lord of the Rings. I would normally never compare this to the LotR series but because this 6th installation of the series was nothing short of the best movie that stayed 98% true to the original book. Not like other mediocre series lurking in the industry today (*twilight cough cough*). However, before all the Harry Potter haters out there violently react. If you all must know, this movie was the highest grossing film of 2009, worldwide …earning a staggering $929.4 million, almost $1billion. Now tell me, can your emo Twilight vampires beat that?? Team Edward or Team Cullen? Fuck it, I’ll choose Team Voldemort over those two any time of the day. This movie is worth the 2nd the 3rd even the 10th view. (Verdict: GREAT MOVIE, none of the cheesy wolves and vampires’ hearts were broken during the making of this review)(drum roll please… dr drd rdr!… nvm)
TOP 1: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Total Gross: $402,111,870
Congratulations!! Ok, stop clapping. You probably would think that the TOP 1 film would great rave reviews and flying colors from me, eh? It didn’t even get a drumroll. Ok, hear me out on this one. The Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is a freakishly awesome movie. The effects are unbelievable, the actions breathtaking, the actress smoking hot! …but the plot, no effin’ sense at all. I have not seen a movie this huge and so successful that had such a meaningless, confusing plot, ever. But hey, I’m not having the last laugh here, and neither do I want to laugh at this film. I’m a huge Micheal Bay and Shia LaBeouf fan, but this was just a clear out disappointment, although not completely. It did deliver on the box-office, no doubt, making it the number 9 highest grossing film of all time. Unfortunately, on quality it did not. (Verdict: Unfortunately, JUST A HIGH GROSSING FILM *sigh*).And the score is… BOX OFFICE HIT DUD 3 GREAT MOVIE 6 Undecided 1
Not such a bad year for the Movie Industry after all. It’s been a great year folks and avid moviegoers. Now, we face 2010, a new year of fresh start, fresh new films, and of course fresh new reviews and critics. It will only get nastier and wilder from here on out, the bar has been raised and the stakes are higher, and we’re all in for the ride. Happy New Year everyone!~
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