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Posted: Tuesday, September 1, 2009, 5:24 PM | 7 comments |

And the Movie of Summer '09 Is...

Carrie Rickey, Inquirer Film Critic

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Your pick for the movie that best defines/encapsulates/represents the summer of '09?

I'd probably go for Up, which did very well in a poll conducted by Moviefone. Those 600,000 movie fans who voted went for Up as the best family film. But in the "Movie Most Worth Your Cash" polling, the edgy comedy The Hangover scored highest. Interesting that in a summer of so many sequels (Harry Potter) and reboots (Star Trek) that an original rose to the top of the poll. (In terms of box office, Transformers 2, Harry Potter and Star Trek top the charts.) The Least Worth the Cash category was led by the fossilized-on-arrival comedies Year One and Land of the Lost. While Moviefone voters cited (500) Days of Summer as the Best Movie No One Saw, I would go for The Hurt Locker.

You? Your thoughts on the movies of summer? Breakout performances? Memorable moments?

Posted by Carrie Rickey @ 5:24 PM Permalink | 7 comments

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0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 6:32 PM, 09/01/2009

I didn't see too many flicks this summer, but i enjoyed the ones i did: star trek, harry potter and the hangover. really want to see inglorious basterds and district 9 still.

— eaglesfillthesky

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 8:29 PM, 09/01/2009

"The Hurt Locker" is Movie Of The Year, forget Movie of the Summer.

— OMIGODEAGLES

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 9:32 PM, 09/01/2009

I wish I knew what the movie of the year was. My daughter just turned 12; that limits us. We just showed her The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming on DVD. It didn't hold up as well as I hoped it would, but it was fun anyway and her friends liked it. "UP" was vile -- anti-social, anti-life, angry, inconsiderate and visually ugly. We didn't mind the Harry Potter film so much. The franchise keeps chugging along. The S/F/X were really impressive but I must say I'm in the mood for something a lot more natural.

— ccjroberts

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 9:58 PM, 09/01/2009

500 Days of Summer was the best surprise of the summer and looking back, probably the one that defined the season the most for me...the Hangover was great, and will live on in the TBS realm for years, but i assume that feeling i got in the theater during and after 500 Days will remain with me for a good bit...special shout out for District 9, which very much cured my absolute NEED to enjoy one end of summer matinee/cut day of work before grad school --a throwback to the 'not 16 yet' days of august for me!

— theJOJ

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 10:05 PM, 09/01/2009

what's ur dill ccjRob, how could ANY pixar movie ever, ever, ever, EVER, ever be visually unappealing??? Keep watching those awesome Dreamworks' take on the genre ---i hear their 'Elevated' will be coming out shortly

— theJOJ

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 10:36 PM, 09/01/2009

Pixar is child's play. I didn't know grade school kids were still awake post-9pm

— My_Philly_Knowledge

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