Lee Nau

I wrote 122 reviews on 50 Words. Most of them were things I listened to or saw for the first time. I’ll round up the year with three top 10 lists: the best movies, the worst movies, and the best music. I’ll skip the worst music list, since none of the music I reviewed on 50 words rated a grade lower than C+. As for the books and TV categories, top 10 lists are useless if there aren’t more than 10 items in those categories. I’ll try harder in 2009.

The Best Movies

1. Unforgiven – Grade: A+
2. Mongol – Grade: A+
3. Downfall – Grade: A+
4. There Will Be Blood – Grade: A
5. Iron Man – Grade: A
6. Zodiac – Grade: A
7. The 40 Year Old Virgin – Grade: A
8. 3:10 to Yuma – Grade: A
9. The Good Shepherd – Grade: A
10. Into the Wild – Grade: A

The Best Music

1. Eva Cassidy – Songbird – Grade: A++
2. Bill Evans – Waltz for Debby – Grade: A++
3. Charles Mingus – Mingus Ah Um – Grade: A++
4. Jim Croce – Photographs and Memories – Grade: A+
5. John Coltrane – Live at Birdland – Grade: A+
6. Jim Croce – Have You Heard – Grade: A+
7. Tina Dico – In the Red – Grade: A
8. Om: Summer Sessions – Grade: A
9. San Francisco Sessions, vol. 6: Inland Knights & Olivier Desmet – Grade: A
10. Bargrooves: Members Only – Grade: A

The Worst Movies

1. September Dawn – Grade: F
2. Dahmer – Grade: D-
3. The Love Machine – Grade: D-
4. Mad Dog Morgan – Grade: D-
5. The Children of Sanchez – Grade: D-
6. Fellini’s Roma – Grade: D
7. Moonraker – Grade: D
8. Federal Hill – Grade: D
9. Square Dance – Grade: D
10. Balls of Fury – Grade: D