Comments on: Top Ten Movies for 2009

By: Tim Elhajj

Tim Elhajj — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 07:17:43 +0000

Ohhh, no. Not a bad mommy. I look at those movie ratings as a guide, not hard fast rules. My daughter wouldn’t be able to sit through Matrix once the bullets started to fly. If I want to watch a movie with her, it has to be something sedate or funny–we’ve been watching the old Sherlock Holmes (circa 1940s) and quirky movies, like Fantastic Mr Fox. That’s her speed. To each their own. Figuring out what everyone needs is the big trick.

By: Leslie F. Miller

Leslie F. Miller — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 22:24:38 +0000

My daughter is just twelve. She’s seen all of the Matrix movies–saw them at least five years ago. She’s into that genre. Now she watches Criminal Minds with me. I’m a baaaaaad mommy.

By: Tim Elhajj

Tim Elhajj — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 05:11:47 +0000

Alex, Watchman was out of this world. Fortunately for me, I was unfamiliar with the source material and could just enjoy what was there. I remember snickering that people were upset the giant squid got cut. It had an alternate time line with superheroes and a blue man who walked around in the nude and had the potential to stand as tall as a sky scraper. And they wanted more?!

By: Tim Elhajj

Tim Elhajj — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 05:08:09 +0000

The nice thing, Leslie, is that at eleven (soon to be 12) my son is finally old enough to go to ACTION movies with me. G.I. Joe and Transformers didn’t make my list, but I thoroughly enjoyed having someone to sit through them with.

By: Alex Wilkinson

Alex Wilkinson — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 04:26:01 +0000

I’m glad you put Watchmen on the list, not a lot of people I know have really recognized how interesting a movie that was. Most of my friends just complain that it doesn’t live up to the comic because it’s impossible to portray all of it, but I don’t think that’s the movie’s fault. They did an admirable job with the extensive material they had to work with, and that was more than enough for me.

By: Leslie F. Miller

Leslie F. Miller — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 11:52:57 +0000

I hate that it’s another year gone, and I’ve seen about three movies, all independents. Sherlock Holmes and District 9 are on the list. Julie & Julia, too, but I couldn’t believe how quickly it was gone from the theaters after all the buzz.