After winning the Razzie (prize for worst actress of the year) for her role in the comedy “All About Steve”, she won an oscar last night for her role in the movie “The Blind Side”.

Razzie – worst actress of the year

Bullock was very nice at the yearly Razzies and personally collected the award. Generally winners don’t come and pick up their Razzie-award. She was also rewarded with loud applause from the 700 attendees. Okay she came and pick up her award, but I don’t think she would have picked up her award if she wasn’t in the running for an Oscar.

Bullock gave a comprehensive speech in which she scored one joke after another. She also had a cart full of DVDs of “All About Steve’. A team gave a copy of the movie to everyone in the audience. Bullock promised to come back next year if the jury wachted the movie! Here the trailer of the movie “All About Steve”:

Oscar – best actress of the year

For the movie “The Blind Side” she recieved an Oscar for best actress. It was the first time she was nominated for this major prize and it was a direct hit! Sandra gave a very emontional speech and burst out in tears at the end of it. Here’s the trailer of The Blind Side:

For your info, Bullock is the first to recieve the best and worst actress of the year awards in one year.

Summary of the major oscar-winners of the year

Best Actor
Christoph Waltz ( ‘Inglourious Basterds’)

Best Actress
Sandra Bullock (‘The Blind Side”)

Best Film
“The Hurt Locker ‘

Best Original scenario
Mark Boal ( ‘The Hurt Locker’)

Best Sound
“The Hurt Locker ‘

Best Animated movie
‘Up’

Best Music
Michael Giacchino ( “Up”)

Best Song
“The Weary Child” from “Crazy Heart”, by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett

Best Documentary short film
“Music by Prudence ‘

Best Custom scenario
Geoffrey Fletcher ( “Precious”)

Best Actress in Supporting Role
Mo’Nique ( “Precious”)

Best male lead
Jeff Bridges ( “Crazy Heart”)

Best Director
Kathryn Bigelow ( “The Hurt Locker ‘)

Best Art directed movie
‘Avatar’

Best Visual effects
‘Avatar’

Best Make up
‘Star Trek’

Best Costume
Sandy Powell in ‘The Young Victoria’

Best Documentary
‘The Cove’

Best Montage
“The Hurt Locker ‘

Best Foreign film
“El Secreto de Sus Ojos”

Following my recent post of the top 20 movies of 2009, here’s the video of keesvdijkhuizen from youtube. Great video of 342 movies in 7 minutes:

He has decided no film should be left behind. He’s almost tripled the amount of footage he used in 2008. A great tribute to the movies.

Did you like it? Comment below or on his youtube-page.

At the end of every year, you have a list with the best things of that year. What are the best games i’ve played this year? What are the funniest things i’ve seen this year? What are the worst things that happend this year? Well i’m going to give you my top 20 movies of the year 2009. You can comment below if you don’t agree, but keep in mind that I did not see all the movies that were released in 2009. Here we go…

20. X-Men Origins: Wolverine

The latest X-Men movie is a prequel to all the X-Men movies.Great action movie with Hugh Jackman as the title character.This one of the X-Men series focuses on the violent past of the mutant Wolverine and his relationship with his half-brother Victor Creed.If you love the X-men series, you will love this movie.

19. 2012

2012 is a disaster movie based on the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar of the Mayas and the 2012 phenomenon were they say the earth will destroyed.The film recieved mixed and negative reviews, but if you like special effects and don’t need a believable storyline you will like this.Try to view it on a big screen, you will like it.

18. 17 Again

A comedy with Zac Efron in the leading roll about a guy (played by Matthew Perry) who wants to be 17 again because he thinks he made a mistake in the past.His wish comes true and there is when the movie starts. He applies to his old high school and tries to do everything over again.Nice movie with a lot of laughs and something to watch with your boy- or girlfriend.

17. Funny People

A comedy/drama film starring Adam Sandler and Seth Rogen as stand-up comedians.The one more succesfull then the other.George Simmons (Sandler) hears that he has not long to life and decides to hire Ira Wright (Rogen) as his assistent. Ira takes the job because he things he can learn a lot from George.Great comedy with some drama. Loved to watch it and so will you.

16. He’s Just Not That Into You

A romantic comedy with a lot of great actors. The cast includes Ben Affleck, Jennifer Aniston, Drew Barymore, Scarlett Johansson and many more.A summary of this movie would be: girl getting dating advice from a boy, because in each relationship one person is more enamored of the other person and vice versa.Lovely movie and maybe you will learn something watching it…

15. Twilight 2 – New Moon

If your in to movies with vampire, but with a great story line and no or almost no blood.It’s a vampire movie on another level. New moon is a great sequel of the first Twilight movie.The story tells the love between a mortal and a vampire with a lot of mysteries of the supernatural world she yearns to become part of.Nice action/romantic/adventure movie your girlfriend (if you are a boy) will love.

14. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

The sixth movie of the Harry Potter series (based on the novels by J.K. Rowling) with again Daniel Radcliffe in the leading roll is an adventure movie with a lot of special effects.You will probably need to see the previous Harry Potter movies to understand this one.It mostly about the same thing: Harry with his magical powers trying to get rid of Lord Voldemort and his “new” assistent Draco Malfoy.Magical movie if you’re in to witchcraft with a great storyline!

13. Public Enemies

A crime movie set during the Great Depression that tells the true story of FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) agent Melvin Purvis (played by Christian Bale)’s attempt to stop criminals John Dillinger (Johnny Depp), Baby Face Nelson (Stephen Graham) and Pretty Boy Floyd (Channing Tatum).Best crime movie of the year with a lot of great actors and acting-jobs.

12. Angels & Demons

Based on the novel of Dan Brown this is the sequel of The Da Vinci Code.The Vatican summons symbologist Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) from Harvard University and Vittoria Vetra (Ayelet Zurer) from CERN to help them solve the Illuminati’s threat, save the four preferiti, and replace the vial’s batteries. Langdon listens to the Illuminati message and deduces that the four cardinals will die at the four altars of the “Path of Illumination.” However, no one knows where these altars are located.Not as good as the first movie, but still very intertaning.

11. The Taking of Pelham 123

Thriller directed by Tony Scott and with Denzel Washington and John Travolta playing the leading rolls.Its a remake of the original film (1974).Four heavenly armed men, led by the mysterious Ryder (John Travolta), board the New York City subway 6 train departed from Pelham Bay Park Station at 1:23 p.m., and proceed to take control of it. Walter Garber (Denzel) is the one setting at the Rail Control Center desk when they contact him and ask for a ransom.Great action movie with a powerfull cast and fantastic storyline.

10. The Proposal

Romantic comedy starring Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds.Margret Tate (Bullock) and her assistant Andrew Paxton (Ryan Reynolds) who hates his job and his boss, have to get engaged, otherwise she will lose her job, this is the start of hillarious and romantic moments.If you want to laugh and want to see a romantic movie, this is the one!

9. Inglourious Basterds

Directed by Quentin Tarantino starring Brad Pitt, I think i’ve said it all…The film tells the story of two plots to assassinate the Nazi political leadership, one planned by a young French Jewish cinema proprietress, the other by a team of American soldiers called the “Basterds” with Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt) as there lieutenant.Great storyline. It’s a war movie, so if you have a weak stomach, don’t watch it…

8. Terminator Salvation

This science fiction movie is the forth movie in the Terminator series starring Christian Bale as Resistance leader John Connor and Sam Worthington as cyborg Marcus Wright.In 2003, Doctor Serena Kogan (Helena Bonham Carter) of Cyberdyne Systems convinces death row inmate Marcus Wright (Sam Worthington) to sign his body over for medical research following his execution by lethal injection. One year later, the Skynet system is activated, perceives humans as a threat to its own existence, and eradicates much of humanity in the event known as Judgment Day.Great action-packed science fiction movie with nice special effects.

7. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Another science fiction movie and the second in the Transformers series starring Shia LaBeouf and the beautiful Megan Fox.The plot revolves around Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf), the human caught in the war between Autobots and Decepticons, having visions of Cybertronian symbols, and getting hunted by the Decepticons under the orders of their long-trapped leader, The Fallen, who seeks to get revenge on Earth by finding and activating a machine that would provide the Decepticons with an energon source, destroying all life on the planet in the process.If you love action and science fiction, with a romantic touch, you will love this one!

6. Avatar

3D science fiction film starring Sam Worthington and Zoë Saldaña.The film begins in the year 2154 and focuses on an epic conflict on Pandora, an inhabited Earth-sized moon of Polyphemus, one of the three fictional gas giants orbiting Alpha Centauri A (the names Pandora and Polyphemus are taken from two Greek mythological figures). On Pandora, human colonists and the sapient humanoid indigenous inhabitants of Pandora, the Na’vi, engage in a war over the planet and the latter’s continued existence.Nice 3D movie with a lot of special effects and a great storyline.

5. Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

Computer animated, very funny movie and the third of the Ice Age series.Ellie (Queen Latifah) and Manny (Ray Romano) are expecting their first child, and Manny is obsessed with making life perfect and safe for the family, since his first experiences as a husband and father went bad when his family was killed by hunters.If you like laughing, you will like this one! Keep in mind, its not a cartoon, it’s a movie. Try it, you won’t regret!

4. Up

Another computer animated movie, with a great storyline.The film centers around a grumpy old man named Carl Fredricksen and an overeager wilderness explorer named Russell who fly to South America in a floating house suspended from helium balloons.The best animated of this year!Loved every second of the movie because it has drama, fun, adventure and everything a movie needs…

3. Watchmen

Superhero movie starring Malin Akerman, Billy Crudup, Matthew Goode and many more.The film is set in an alternate-history 1985 at the height of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union, as a group of mostly retired vigilantes investigates an apparent conspiracy against them and uncovers something even more grandiose and sinister.You probably can compare it with X-men, but it’s better. Liked it very much.

2. Brüno

A mockumentary comedy film starring Sacha Baron Cohen.The main character, gay Austrian fashion reporter Brüno, is fired from TV reporting after disrupting a Milan Fashion week catwalk, and his lover Diesel (Clifford Bañagale) leaves him for another man. Accompanied by his assistant’s assistant Lutz (Gustaf Hammarsten), he travels to the United States to become “the biggest Austrian superstar since Hitler”.If you liked Borat, you will love this one, it’s better then Borat I think. You will not stop laughing watching this one!

1. The Hangover

Great screwball comedy starring Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis, Justin Bartha, and Heather Graham.Four friends who travel to Las Vegas for a bachelor party, wake up the next morning not remembering a thing and missing the groom “Doug” (Justin Bartha), whose wedding is scheduled to occur the next day.For me, this was the best comedy of this year! It’s freakin hilarious. You have to watch it if you didn’t already.

Other movies that were great, but didn’t make the list:

Zombieland
Up in the Air
Paranormal Activity

You can comment below if you don’t agree, of have other movies you would add to the list. But as I already said in the beginning, I didn’t see all movies of 2009 and it’s only my humble opinion…

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Paranormal Activity is a horror film, written, directed, produced and cut by Oren Peli. He made the film with a budget of $ 15,000.

In America, the movie raised in it’s first weekend over $ 7,000,000. The film tells the story of a couple who think their house is possessed by spirits and decides to capture the “spirtits” on camera. The result is truly terrifying.

Shot on a camcorder concept
You can compare this principle of filming with the movie ‘Cloverfield’ and ‘The Blair Witch Project’.

Paramount Pictures bought the movie from the unknown Peli at the Slamdance Film Festival. Fortunately for them it became a real hit, because they’ve been having financial difficulties. The two main actors, Katie Featherstone and Micah Sloat, are unknown. They were not paid for their participation in the movie.

Watch the trailer of Paranormal Activity below:

What do you think? Something for you or do you prefer a comedy?