I wasn’t sure if you liked Bad Lieutenant or not. Crazy movie.

I really have to see Food Inc. A lot of people have been raving about it. I should have seen Fantastic Mr. Fox instead of Up In The Air for a second time (this time with Lissa). Daniel saw FMF and loved it.

Thanks for the list. I may have to borrow a few screeners.

Good lists…Yeah, I’m similar to you in my approach — I have no intention of seeing everything that is awards worthy. There’s just too much good stuff from past years I’ve missed and other hidden gems that I try to only see films that I expect I will enjoy (I’m nowhere near 100% accurate on that front by any means) or that I think will challenge me in some way. Otherwise, it just feels like homework and I don’t want that.

I’ve seen 4 of your list of “haven’t seen yet” — “Inglourious Basterds” is great fun if you can get past the icky-ness that is Eli Roth. “Up In The Air” is 3/4 excellent and final quarter disappointing, but still worth it. “The Informant!” was a disappointment at TIFF, but I feel like I missed some of the rhythms of the film and would like to see it again (though that may just be the Soderbergh apologist in me…B-) ). “Public Enemies” was somewhat inert.

Mr. Fox is one of my faves of the year (my own year lists should be going up today or tomorrow — I put up my decade ones up over the weekend). And I was surprised by how much I really liked (and seem to be growing fonder of as time passes) 500 Days Of Summer. I expected something too self-consciously quirky, but got something very different. I just saw “Lorna’s Silence” over the holidays (nothing says Christmas like illegal Albanian refugees, eh?) and I thought it was pretty terrific. I liked it a greal deal more than The Dardennes’ more well known “L’Enfant”.

And you just reminded me of how much I enjoyed “Big River Man”. Insanity captured on film.

As for categorizing things by years, I have avoided any attempts to be accurate — so I just use IMDB as my guide. I have one single place to look and I stay away from the vagueries of release schedules. Of course, then I miss the chance to plug a film from 2007 that gets released in 2009, but so be it.

Hope to catch up with you soon…