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As we come down to the end of the year, let’s take a look back at the movies of 2009 that grabbed the Fandomania staff and made us all take notice. We decided to ignore genre or award-worthiness. Instead these are the top movies that the staff enjoyed the most.

Jason

Star Trek
Inglourious Basterds
Paranormal Activity *This movie was actually first released in 2007, but got a wider release this year*
Zombieland

gijoe

Celeste

Dax

I have to note that with a two year old at home, I don’t get out to see movies like I used to anymore. I’ll probably have a totally different list for this year once everything hits DVD.

watchmen

Paige

(Paige is mostly incapable of stopping her list, it seems. She started with a nice clean top three, but as the Wave went on, she also added The Soloist and Dead Snow.)

moon

Kelly

I want to say that Sherlock Holmes is going to be amazing, but having not seen it yet, it’s hard to tell. I know I will LOVE it no matter what.

zombieland

Summer

I have four for this year so far – I blame it on my OCD need for keeping to even numbers.

Sean

Star Trek – “Perhaps the best of the decade, although I admit a bit of a bias.”
Inglourious Basterds

adventureland

Rose

Star Trek
Coraline
Adventureland – “What a sleeper that didn’t get the credit or reviews it deserved. Awesome accurate 80’s coming-of-age movie.”

Lauren

bloom

Roo

There was complete staff agreement that Bruno was without a doubt the worst film of 2009, although Jason seemed wishy-washy on the choice. [Editor’s Note: Jason’s statement about Bruno involved something about systematically burning every existing print of the movie.] I would give you some of the staff comments about Bruno, but this is a family site. On the more positive side, after tallying the votes in a completely scientific manner and in no way just glancing over the list, it’s obvious that Fandomania’s movie of the year would have to be…

So there you have it. Star Trek is by far the most popular movie with the Fandomania staff. I have to agree with Kelly, however. It’s very possible that everyone’s lists could change a lot around December 26th, once Sherlock Holmes hits theaters. I personally have high hopes for it.

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About the Author

Dax Collins was a geek long before it was actually a good thing to be. Growing up in and around Atlanta, GA, he honed his skills in gaming, writing, and TV viewing, never knowing that one day the three could collide and allow him to rule the universe. Video games have always been his first love, and he even went to school and got a Master's degree in Interactive Design and Video Game Development. He uses the degree every day, nonstop. Wait...

An undergrad degree (BALS - hehe) at Oglethorpe University in Communications followed by the aforementioned Masters at the Savannah College of Art and Design led Dax to work in the exciting field of orthodontics as a day job while working on a big writing project at night (it could be a game, it could be a novel) and playing a tremendous amount of World of Warcraft (For the Horde!). He wants to write the games you play and play the games you write. Dax lives in East Point, Georgia with his wife Sarah, daughter Lily, and two dogs Gatsby and Zoe. You can follow him on Twitter @Daxcollins.

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