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Title
Weighted
Average
  
Mike
Bill
Talance
Star Trek
9.5
  
9.5
9.5
9.5
The Princess and The Frog
6.0
    
9.0
9.0
Watchmen
5.7
  
9.0
  
8.0
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
5.7
  
8.5
8.5
  
Monsters vs. Aliens
5.7
    
8.5
8.5
A Perfect Getaway
5.3
  
8.0
8.0
  
Avatar
3.2
      
9.5
District 9
3.0
  
9.0
    
Sherlock Holmes
3.0
      
9.0
Gran Torino
3.0
  
9.0
    
Up
3.0
    
9.0
  
Paranormal Activity
3.0
    
9.0
  
Pandorum
2.8
  
8.5
    
Zombieland
2.8
  
8.5
    
Friday the 13th
2.8
    
8.5
  
The Blind Side
2.8
      
8.5
Coraline
2.8
      
8.5
Not Easily Broken
2.8
  
8.5
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
2.7
      
8.0
Terminator: Salvation
2.7
      
8.0
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeekquel
2.7
      
8.0
The Hangover
2.7
      
8.0
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
2.7
  
8.0
    
State of Play
2.7
  
8.0
    
2012
2.7
    
8.0
  
The Final Destination 3D
2.5
    
7.5
  
The Pink Panther 2
2.5
    
7.5
  
Land of the Lost
2.5
    
7.5
  
My Bloody Valentine 3D
2.5
  
7.5
Halloween II
2.3
    
7.0
  
Imagine That
2.3
      
7.0
Planet 51
2.3
      
7.0
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
2.3
      
7.0
Push
2.3
  
7.0
    
Bedtime Stories
2.3
      
7.0

 

Mike
Bill
Popcorn Cinema 2009
Talance
Back Seat Movie Critic
  1. Star Trek
  2. Watchmen
  3. District 9
  4. Gran Torino
  5. X-Men Origins: Wolverine
  6. Pandorum
  7. Zombieland
  8. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
  9. A Perfect Getaway
  10. State of Play
  11. Push
  1. Star Trek
  2. Up
  3. The Princess and The Frog
  4. Paranormal Activity
  5. X-Men Origins: Wolverine
  6. Friday the 13th
  7. Monsters vs. Aliens 3D
  8. 2012
  9. A Perfect Getaway
  10. The Final Destination 3D
  11. The Pink Panther 2
  12. Land of the Lost
  13. My Bloody Valentine 3D
  14. Halloween II
  1. Avatar
  2. Star Trek
  3. Sherlock Homes
  4. The Princess & The Frog
  5. The Blind Side
  6. Monsters vs. Aliens
  7. Coraline
  8. Not Easily Broken
  9. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
  10. Terminator: Salvation
  11. Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeekquel
  12. The Hangover
  13. Watchmen
  14. Imagine That
  15. Planet 51
  16. Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
  17. Bedtime Stories

Previous year's rankings: 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996.

All movie ratings are on a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being the best.

 

Gran Torino - Weighted Average = 3.0
Mike: While this is definitely a great movie and powerful in its message, there were enough minor things to keep it from getting a higher score. Don't get me wrong though; it is still a great movie. The story is about Clint Eastwood's character as he ages in a neighborhood that changes around him. As an old school biggot, he has problems with his newly international neighbors. That is until he finds himself pulled into their lives. My biggest gripe was that the acting would be great and I would be into the movie when suddenly a scene would be acted so bad and so transparent that it would pull me out of everything. It's not like they couldn't act because the rest of the movie was great but there were 2-3 scenes were I turned to my movie partner and went "That was really bad acting." And unfortunately they were emotional scenes to the story.