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[7Th]

I still need to watch:

Flight of the Red Balloon
Doubt
Let The Right One In
Synecdoche, New York
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire
The Wrestler
Curious Case of Benjamin Button
My Winnipeg
You, the Living
Up the Yangtze

I suppose living in Mexico isn't that nice if you enjoy good movies. I'm still sure TDK won't be part of the final list, though.

And wasn't Paranoid Park supposed to be 2007? Not like I would know since I watched it in DVD.

 

[tri_willy]

Geez, why does everyone like TDK so much? After the first time it was boring, dull, and meh. WallE kicks its ass.

you sir are a very sad person

 

[Cheebs]

Need to see sitll:
Gran Torino
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Wrestler


TOP 10 OF THE YEAR:

1. Frost/Nixon (dir. Ron Howard)

2. Rachel Getting Married (dir. Jonathan Demme)

3. The Dark Knight (dir. Christopher Nolan)

4. Milk (dir. Gus Van Sant)

5. Wall-E (dir. Andrew Stanton)

6. Happy-Go-Lucky (dir. Mike Leigh)

7. Burn After Reading (dir. Joel & Ethan Coen)

8. Slumdog Millionaire (dir. Danny Boyle)

9. The Bank Job (dir. Roger Donaldson)

10. W. (dir. Oliver Stone)

Worth mentioning: In Bruges, Iron Man, Zack and Miri Make a Porno, Quantum of Solace, Role Models, RockNRolla, Tropic Thunder, Recount, Religilous, Pineapple Express

Worst movie of the year: Speed Racer (also the worst movie I have seen in theaters in my entire life).

 

[jax (old)]

In NO order

WALL.E
Dark Knight
Cloverfield
Black Ballon (aussie). autism. Very very good
Iron Man
Hulk
SpeedRacer
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
LARS AND THE REAL GIRL. so funny(was that this year?)


damn, that list is a whole lot cineplexy this year but arthouse really failed me. Is TWBB and NCFOM last year? Not on many peoples list.

 

[Expendable.]

1. Slumdog Millionaire
2. Wall-E
3. Let The Right One In
4. The Dark Knight
5. The Wrestler
6. Cloverfield
7. Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father
8. Rachel Getting Married
9. Synecdoche, NY
10. Vicky Christina Barcelona
11. Gran Torino
12. Son of Rambow
13. Gomorrah
14. Frost/Nixon
15. In Bruges
16. Forgetting Sarah Marshall
17. Milk
18. Pineapple Express
19. Australia
20. Sex Drive


Haven't seen:
Operation Filmmaker
Tell No One
Towelhead
The Duchess
Choke
Flash of Genius
Lakeview Terrace
Battle in Seattle
Changeling
The Boy in Striped Pajama Pants
Bolt
Doubt
The Reader
Wendy and Lucy
Nothing But The Truth
Yes Man
The Tale Of Desperaux
Seven Pounds
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Bedtime Stories
The Spirit
Revolutionary Road
Marley and Me
Last Chance Harvey
Waltz With Bashir
Defiance
Che

 

[GoutPatrol]

The Dark Knight
Wall-E
The Band's Visit
Redbelt
Iron Man
Speed Racer
Step Brothers
Burn After Reading

Can't think of any more. Still need to see all the late releases.

 

[Souldriver]

I watched extremely little movies this year (at least ones released in 2008), so I can basically sum up all movies I saw in this little list...

1) Wall*e
2) In Bruges

__________from here on you can switch places between most movies, since they're all "ok, but nothing special".

3) Cloverfield
4) Iron Man
5) The Dark Knight
6) Speed Racer

 

[Timber]

I still have to see... well, pretty much everything. But the ones I enjoyed most so far are Let the Right One In and Wall-E

After that it's probably Burn After Reading. And then The Dark Knight and Iron Man for being very good superhero flicks.

I also saw In Bruges and I don't see where all the appreciation is coming from at all. It's decent, but nothing more.

 

[SpacLock]

Kind of off topic. But have you seen Insomnia, Memento and The Prestige?

Good movies I do believe.

Shit I didn't even know that he made those. I take back what I said.

 

[Calcaneus]

Haven't seen too many 2008 movies:

1. The Dark Knight
2. Cloverfield
3. Iron Man

 

[badrockjones]

Loved:
The Dark Knight
Quantum of Solace
WALL-E
The Fist Foot Way
Iron Man

"Hated" Is a Gross Understatment:
The Happening
Jumper

 

[Wii Will Rock U]

My personal list:

1. Doubt
2. The Dark Knight
3. WALL-E
4. Milk
5. In Bruges
6. Frost/Nixon
7. Tropic Thunder
8. Iron Man
9. Kung Fu Panda
10. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

 

[AdmiralA]

if burn after reading is on your top 10 list for the year please never, ever express your criticial opinion on movies again.

 

[Blader]

Worst movie of the year: Speed Racer (also the worst movie I have seen in theaters in my entire life).

I like you Cheebs.

if burn after reading is on your top 10 list for the year please never, ever express your criticial opinion on movies again.

You too.

 

[Ford Prefect]

I saw Encounters a while ago. It was the first Herzog documentary I've seen (at least I think it was). It was good stuff, but I think Herzog's narration and laughable voice really hurt the film.

Just see Grizzly Man before you pass judgment and Herzog's narration and amazing mellifluous voice. Honestly, you're the first person I've ever heard of calling his voice anything close to "laughable" :\

 

[yacobod]

Top 10 in no particular order

Rambo - total gun porn, best action movie of the decade
The Dark Knight - self explanatory
Wall-E - Pixar's best
Iron Man - great performance by RDJ
Hell Boy 2 - really charming
Burn After Reading
Tropic Thunder - funny movie Tom Cruise lol
Speed Racer - visual explosion
Australia
Gran Torino - Clint is the man

 

[starchild excalibur]

i dont even think ive seen ten 2008 movies lol.

.

 

[NintendoTogepi]

2. Rachel Getting Married (dir. Jonathan Demme)

There's something odd about her left eye, or her face or something.

 

[Ford Prefect]

There's something odd about her left eye, or her face or something.

That's Anne Hathaway for ya.

 

[Love To Love You Baby]

Just see Grizzly Man before you pass judgment and Herzog's narration and amazing mellifluous voice. Honestly, you're the first person I've ever heard of calling his voice anything close to "laughable" :\

Yeah, I love his voice!

You know what Herzog doc is criminally underseen and underrated? The White Diamond.

 

[Ford Prefect]

Yeah, I love his voice!

You know what Herzog doc is criminally underseen and underrated? The White Diamond.

No kidding. Herzog himself prefers it to Grizzly Man, and I think I might agree. Some gorgeous stuff in that one.

 

[CajoleJuice]

That's Anne Hathaway for ya.

[insert tag here]

Yea, that's all I got.

 

[NullPointer]

I can't name 10 good movies I've seen this year, much less the best of the bunch.

But even still, I'd be very surprised if the Dark Knight wasn't on the list. I'm in love with that movie. Besides that Iron Man was good popcorn movie theater fun, and I just saw Grand Torino and loved it.

The next Batman movie should take place 20 years after the Dark Knight and star Clint Eastwood dammit. He's still got it.

Besides that I now have a new worst movie of all time: The Punisher: War Zone. It just knocked RobotJox out of that sad, sad category.

 

[JimtotheHum]

my two favorite superhero movies came out this year- Dark Knight and Hellboy 2 (I love Del Toro and the cool creature design in this movie!)

I havent had a chance to see alot of the oscar buzz movies so I cant really weigh in other than that

 

[Peru]

The Onion A.V. Club list:

10. Surfwise (dir. Doug Pray)
9. Wendy And Lucy (dir. Kelly Reichardt)
8. Man On Wire (dir. James Marsh)
7. 4 Months, 3 Weeks And 2 Days (dir. Cristian Mungiu)
6. Paranoid Park (dir. Gus Van Sant)
5. Milk (dir. Gus Van Sant)
4. The Dark Knight (dir. Christopher Nolan)
3. Synecdoche, New York (dir. Charlie Kaufman)
2. Rachel Getting Married (dir. Jonathan Demme)
1. WALL-E (dir. Andrew Stanton)

 

[Mr. Sam]

I haven't even seen ten films I like this year. Still yet to see The Wrestler, Slumdog Millionaire, Changeling - Benjamin Button's been pushed back to February 6 in the UK. Here's my list:

1. The Dark Knight
2. Wall-e
3. Iron Man

 

[Fallout-NL]

The Wrestler

100%

True. Looking forward to that one.

 

[bafflewaffle]

the spirit aint out yet I cant wait for the lol of this trainwreck hahaha

 

[Christine]

Besides that I now have a new worst movie of all time: The Punisher: War Zone. It just knocked RobotJox out of that sad, sad category.

What? I might have to see this. TDK and Iron Man are actually the only 2008 releases I've seen, and probably will be for a while. My percentage in the IMDB top movie thread is embarrassingly low, I've got to get cracking on the back catalog.

 

[xS1TH L0RDx]

There were movies other than TDK?

Yes, but none of them count.

 

[slayn]

I've not seen 10 good movies this year. Its been kind of a crap year.

Dark Knight would be #1, and then I also really loved RockNRolla and Burn After Reading.
Iron Man, The Hulk, Wanted, were also decent entertainment.

Frost/Nixon was ok I guess. I imagine its a lot better if that event had any actual importance to your life.

Can't think of much else.

 

[Love To Love You Baby]

1. The Flight of the Red Balloon (Hou Hsiao-Hsien)
2. My Winnipeg (Guy Maddin)
3. A Christmas Tale (Arnaud Desplechin)
4. The Witnesses (Andre Techine)
5. Love Songs (Christian Honoré)
6. Happy-Go-Lucky (Mike Leigh)
7. Synecdoche, New York (Charlie Kaufman)
8. Paranoid Park (Gus Van Sant)
9. Up The Yangtze (Yung Chang)
10. Wall*E (Andrew Stanton)

Saw this last night! Certainly not for all tastes (even for fans of Kaufman screenplays), but I loved it. Might make its way further up on my list as I have more time to think about it, but this year has been so great I'm not sure how to rank everything (which is of course very arbitrary and just-for-fun to begin with).

I also saw Slumdog on Monday night, which I liked, but not one of my ten favorites so far.

 

[BakedPigeon]

My list will probably seem like a joke post to most of gaf but here it goes

In no particular order - only doing five movies btw.

The Dark Knight
Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay
Pineapple Express
Zack & Miri Make A Porno
Traitor

 

[acidviper]

1. Frozen River

Only film I couldn't watch to the end. I knew what was going to happen and I still couldn't finish it. How lifelike.

 

[Boombloxer]

Top 10 in no particular order

Rambo - total gun porn, best action movie of the decade
The Dark Knight - self explanatory
Wall-E - Pixar's best
Iron Man - great performance by RDJ
Hell Boy 2 - really charming
Burn After Reading
Tropic Thunder - funny movie Tom Cruise lol
Speed Racer - visual explosion
Australia
Gran Torino - Clint is the man

Personally, I believe that there is simply no way that Rambo is that good.

For me,

1. The Dark Knight
2. Iron Man
3. Burn After Reading
4. Changeling
5. The Incredible Hulk
6. Wanted
7. WALL-E
8. Tropic Thunder
9. Bolt

That list might change after Benjamin Button and the Spirit.

The letdowns:

The Day the Earth Stood Still
Indiana Jones (was ok, the actual story just felt...out of touch).
Righteous Kill
Cloverfield (needs a sequel though, they mentioned that the first creature was conceptulaized as a baby)

Guilty Pleasure:

Hancock (could've been more interesting)

LOL:

Babylon A.D.

 

[Sanjuro]

I'll tell you which one is not making my list. Seven Pounds. More like seven pounds of shit story telling, no character development, and a built up "twist" that isn't a twist at all.

Ugh.

Milk on the other hand was a pretty good film. No surprises and it sticks to the generic blueprint of other true story films but delivers great performances by everyone involved.







Frost/Nixon coming up next for me.

 

[Deadly Monk]

Wasn't Dark Knight just a remake of Oliver Stone's movie Heat?

Wall E should be in the top 10. Does There will be Blood count or was that late last year? And we should wait for Benjamin Button...

 

[Solo]

Wasn't Dark Knight just a remake of Oliver Stone's movie Heat?

Yes.

Except, no. And Oliver Stone didnt make Heat.

 

[Sanjuro]

Today I watched Frost/Nixon.

While I still have several films to watch, Frank Langella is by far and away my clear front runner for best actor. This is one of those cases I found myself leaning closer and closer to the film screen and finding myself completely engrossed in his performance. Excellent film. I can't imagine this being not in my top three films.

 

[Expendable.]

Just wrote this up for my blog:

Top 10 Comedies of 2008

10. Step Brothers
9. Hamlet 2
8. Trailer Park Boys: The Movie
7. The Foot Fist Way
6. Zack and Miri Make A Porno
5. Tropic Thunder
4-1. Click Here To Find Out The Rest

Agree? Disagree?

 

[Ford Prefect]

Just wrote this up for my blog:

Top 10 Comedies of 2008

10. Step Brothers
9. Hamlet 2
8. Trailer Park Boys: The Movie
7. The Foot Fist Way
6. Zack and Miri Make A Porno
5. Tropic Thunder
4-1. Click Here To Find Out The Rest

Agree? Disagree?

TPB = awesome, and your 4-1 is pretty damn solid (lol, way to get me to go to your blog). Clark Duke made Sex Drive great.

 

[shintoki]

Just wrote this up for my blog:

Top 10 Comedies of 2008

10. Step Brothers
9. Hamlet 2
8. Trailer Park Boys: The Movie
7. The Foot Fist Way
6. Zack and Miri Make A Porno
5. Tropic Thunder
4-1. Click Here To Find Out The Rest

Agree? Disagree?

Love for Sex Drive, How can you hate on it? :lol Best comedy no one saw.

 

[master15]

Anyone else a fan of Vicky Cristina Barcelona? Having seen it last night that's quickly shot up and certainly become one of my favourite films of the year. And really out of left-field.

 

[Expendable.]

Anyone else a fan of Vicky Cristina Barcelona? Having seen it last night that's quickly shot up and certainly become one of my favourite films of the year. And really out of left-field.

Yeah, loved it. Top 10 of the year for me



EVERYONE WATCH THIS FOR THE EPIC LOLZ: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9wy4xSIsTE

Be scientific, douchebag!
:lol :lol :lol
what a fucking terrible movie

 

[MisterHero]

1. Speed Racer
2. Tropic Thunder
3. Stepbrothers
4. Speed Racer
5. Speed Racer
6. Speed Racer
7. Speed Racer
8. Speed Racer
9. Wall-E
10. The Dark Knight

 

[Son of Godzilla]

Wow, I haven't heard of a shitload of these skimpy films being listed. I guess being poor and uninvolved for most the year does that to a guy.

1. Wanted
2. Wall-E
3. Tropic Thunder
4. Quantum
5. Forgetting Sarah Marshall

Screw the rest.

 

[Snowman Prophet of Doom]

I saw Burn After Reading last night, and I was surprised that it was so disliked by so many. I thought it was great; it wasn't a classic movie like some of the Coens' stuff, but I thought that it was really damn good and was judged way too harshly.

 

[Eric WK]

Anyone else a fan of Vicky Cristina Barcelona? Having seen it last night that's quickly shot up and certainly become one of my favourite films of the year. And really out of left-field.

Yep, if my list were to end today it would be at number four.

 

[Love To Love You Baby]

1. The Flight of the Red Balloon (Hou Hsiao-Hsien)
2. My Winnipeg (Guy Maddin)
3. A Christmas Tale (Arnaud Desplechin)
4. Milk (Gus Van Sant)
5. Happy-Go-Lucky (Mike Leigh)
6. Synecdoche, New York (Charlie Kaufman)
7. The Witnesses (Andre Techine)
8. Love Songs (Christian Honoré)
9. Paranoid Park (Gus Van Sant)
10. Up The Yangtze (Yung Chang)

Updated mine again. God, I swear this year has been fantastic - I still have a lot to see that I think I'll love!

 

[fistfulofmetal]

Hellboy 2