Of what he’s seen, that is. He hasn’t seen “Avatar,” “The Lovely Bones” or, um, “Invicitus” (his pronunciation). And his film is “out of it,” he says. Not mentioning it. Thanks for being stand-up like that, Quentin.
Anyway, here’s the list:
1. “Star Trek”
2. “Drag Me to Hell”
3. “Funny People”
4. “Up in the Air”
5. “Chocolate”
6. “Observe and Report”
7. “Precious”
8. “An Education”
And the video, courtesy of The Hollywood Reporter’s Heat Vision blog, after the jump. (He says he needs to see a few more films again before fully committing, FYI.)
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41 responses to “Quentin Tarantino names ‘Star Trek’ the year’s best”
No Hurt Locker here. I thought he might have dug that.
I thought he loved “Bright Star”? Strange.
LOL!!!!! Observe and Report!!! I thought that movie was aweful. lol
What the crap happened to Bright Star? Et tu, Quentin?
This list is kind of awesome.
He says that he wants to see Bright Star and D9 again before committing to higher spots on the list. So I guess they’re his 9 and 1o.
He’ll probably add Avatar and then add Bright Star as his #10 to complete his Top Ten. Or not, whatever.
The only reason he ranked Star Trek that high is because he was stuck in Cannes that whole time, and the mainstream sensation (Trek) seemed liked indie art while the Cannes films must have seemed generic. In either case, I can almost get behind this list.
Drag Me To Hell and Observe and Report made my top 10. I have yet to see A Serious Man, Moon, Hurt Locker, and Avatar though.
“Drag Me to Hell” sucked major ass. There’s only so much “Nasty stuff goes into mouth” that can be considered funny or slightly amusing. Waste of money for me.
I knew I loved this guy for a reason.
DMTH blows. Lohman sucked. Sam’s lost IT. Basterds is better than ALL of these movies. Only UITA comes close.
Observe and Report was definitely in my top ten back in April, unfortunately (or fortunately) since then so many movies have come out that it’s not even in my top 20 now.
It’s a really great, really subservise satire though. I’m glad he got behind it.
Er yeah what happened to the Bright Star love?
Not cool to question D9 or Bright Star thats Ingolorious (sp?) to my meh list for 2009.
His letter to Jane Campion was the main reason as to why I rushed into the film theater to watch “Bright Star”. I’m really surprised. I loved that film.
Random question, why is “Brenda Blethyn” such a popular search term on the left sidebar?
I find the nod to Observe & Report inspired. Plus, Drag Me To Hell figures quite prominently in my year-end top ten, so I’m psyched that I’m not alone in that.
Quentin couldn’t make it without an Asian film, could he?
Surprised he wouldn’t like an indie effort like Moon.
Single most overrated director of all time.
Out of topic but I’m making my Golden Globe predictions and, are the following films considered as dramas or comedies:
Up in the Air
Inglourious Basterds
Where the Wild Things Are
A Serious Man
Thanks.
Only A Serious Man is Comedy, I believe. UitA and IB are definitely Drama.
Chocolate at #5? C’mon, I absolutely love martial arts films but even the fight scenes in that one stunk up the joint.
Quentin Tarantino ftw! I fucking love this guy. He is so cool, his list is certainly unique (as are his tastes in movies) and I swear he needs to have a movie commentary show on E! or something.
Funny People? Really? That being on the list is 10 times funnier than anything that movie had to offer.
My number one would be Star Trek if it wasn’t Inglourious Basterds.
Restores my slowly fading faith in the ability of an Academy member to be an “individual”. I mean, come on “Observe and Report”…”Drag Me to Hell”, here’s a guy who doesn’t just consider what’s shipped out to him but actually goes out there to find what he feels is “quality”. A guy who clearly doesn’t believe in an “Oscar” movie. :)
this is QT trying to curry favor with the other voters – i like your movie – now like mine so i can win!!!
maybe jason reitman and k bigelow should give their top ten (excluding their own of course)
btw – inglourious basterds – neither a great picture or a great movie. has it’s moments, yes, but as a whole v unsatisfying and sketchy. REALLY surprised at the love it’s getting.
Not bad, I like the original picks even in some cases the uneven Seth Rogen films Funny People and Observe and Report.
According to @popcornreel, San Francisco is going Hurt Locker. Wake me up when it’s February 2nd.
Boring list, save for OBSERVE AND REPORT. Not a big QT fan, but I thought he had more interesting taste than that.
WTF is Bright Star? He said he loved it!
Oh, and to be slightly more on topic, Kris, glad to see you’ve finally added Inglourious Basterds to your predicted ten. It’s nomination looks more secure by the day. Granted, it probably won’t win anything outside of Waltz and (maybe) Art Direction, but I’ll just be glad to see it getting some love.
Update on San Fran:
Actor – Colin Firth
Actress – Meryl Streep (J&J)
SF Update:
Supporting Actor – Christian McKay
Supporting Actress – Mo’Nique
Still have a bunch to see, but so far Star Trek is my #1 of the year.
When do we get to see Guy’s list?
I really like Funny People even though the third act is flawed and the film is somewhat structurally messy. As for Observe and Report, I think it’s a great dark comedy with a couple of really shocking and unexpected moments of extreme violence.
@Adam Smith: Yay, at least Colin won something else.
Also, kudos to Christian.
At least one awards group needs to recognize Tilda.
inglourious basterds for best picture kris? welcome to the party, it has become to big to ignore, but now watch you be right all along and have it fail! damn damn
Filmoholic: Next week, probably. Still catching up on a few titles.
Wow… Tarantino has slightly awful taste in movies. I mean Observe and Report and Funny People were both awful imo. And I didn’t see Chocolate, but I heard it was awful as well… Ah well, at least he made one of my top 10 of the year, so all is forgiven.
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