Yep, it’s time for the obligatory celebration of a year that isn’t even over yet. Oh 2009, we barely knew ye. As ridiculous as it sounds to find sentimentality in such a short period of time, it couldn’t be more on the contrary. There have been some major things happen this year that will never be forgotten; both personally and globally. To me, this is the year a friend since elementary school got married, another got engaged (just happens to be the co-author of this here blog), and my sister is expecting her first child in May of the next year. To all, this is the year Michael Jackson died, a half-black president was inaugurated, the economy fell, music still sucked, The Beatles made a video game, and movies were still the same general ideas (you know, an endless 2 hour drama or a barely plus 1 hour ridiculous comedy). How do you send off a year like this? By ranking shit of course!
(To make this more interesting, pretend this is the acedemy awards.)
Best Story – The Death of Michael Jackson
It was truly the story of the year. It lasted from the moment he died all the way until his body was buried. Sure that sounds like would only be a week for most people, but this story definitely hit the bizarre with all the trouble with finding a place and time to plant this guy. The memorial service was the biggest since Princess Diana, and the fan outcry bordered on the insane (much like Lady Di. I mean, I know it is big deal that he died, but why do people have to act like he was some life changing force behind their lives? It’s truly disturbing, but I digress). And finally, the whole situation about the doctor giving him too much medicine causing the overdose made this the story of the year.
Worst Story – Balloon Boy
ugh…
Best Character – Barrack Obama
Let’s see, he’s been the focal person of this year. He’s made strides in helping the economy, put forward a controversial health care bill, and won the Nobel Prize. However, it is impossible to tell whether or not he has done anything great yet, and it’s obvious that he won the Nobel Prize for not being “The Decider.” Yet this is not why I chose him for best of the year; it was what he has done. He has shown to us that he is not going to allow the mistakes of the previous administration carry on any longer. A good example is the reinstitution of stem cell research along with new policies in Iraq. He is starting to appear to be the president we all hoped he could be, and that is enough for me.
Worst Character – Sarah Palin
Ok, here’s where I get blasted for having a dem. win the best with a rep. winning the worst, but she deserves it (ok, it was between her and Lady Gaga). I’ve never seen anyone try to gain so much steam into the future presidential race during the reigning President’s first year (she does know that there isn’t an election every year, right?) Don’t forget, the whole debacle with David Letterman really showed her to be another ridiculous mouthy conservative. (Hmm, maybe I should have made the winner Rush Limbaugh. Oh well, too late now)
Best Movie – (Mulligan)
If you know me at all, you know that I have reached the point where I no longer enjoy movies at any sort of regular rate. Most movies are these pretentious comedies (see Seth Rogan) or these drawn out boring dramas that are there for the sole purpose of getting dumb people to think on something (Benjamin Button). So I don’t waste my money on movies anymore until they hit DVD or HBO, and therefore have nothing to add other than I guess the Watchmen was pretty cool.
Worst Movie – The Curious Case of Benjamin Buttion
Awful, boring, awful, long, boring, awful…
Best Game – Dragon Age: Origins
Ah, this was close one. I agonized over this decision (well, as much as one can in about 15 seconds). There were a few good competitors, namely Assassin’s Creed 2 (I also didn’t play Uncharted 2 because I lacks a Ps3, and have yet to play Borderlands). However, Dragon Age was packed with all the things I love about an RPG while adding a few wrinkles (such as combat tactics, flanking, and trap making) that made the game play highly addicting. In an era of shooters, it is good to see a company like Bioware continue to make frontline RPGs.
Speaking of shooters…
Worst Game – Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Ok, this may be the one that I regret later. Granted, I probably should have picked a game that failed more spectacularly (WET, Halo Wars, etc…), but I think I picked it just because it seemed to not improve in any major way from Modern Warfare. I haven’t played it too much, and I think that is the indication to me that this is the most disappointing game of the year. To that end, the game just seemed like its sole purpose was to meet a deadline, and make more money. Multiplayer is still pretty much the same, and soon becomes no fun to play after a week or so of getting smashed by online diehards. Do I hate playing the game? No. I just feel like I already owned it when I bought it. And of course, single player lasts about as long as a 15 year old virgin, and leaves the player just about as satisfied.
Best Song – (Pass)
Worst Song – That song that Cartman sings of Lady Gaga’s
you’ve heard it. enough said.
(Yup, that’s two Lady Gaga mentions in one post; it’s time to wrap things up.)
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