Number of movies seen from this year – 141
Number of movies reviewed – 57 (including 5 Encore Reviews)
2008 was a very interesting year for me on movies.
There were few movies that I can claim that ‘blew my mind’ (besides my #1 obviously), but there were so many movies that I found enjoyable to watch.
This year, for me at least my #1 pick was a complete no-brainer to decide, but I truthfully had a more difficult time arranging my #2-5 picks. They all have lots of merit and I enjoyed all 4 of them on numerous occasions, but ultimately I had to decide which ones were even slightly better than the other ones.
Notably missing from this list is the eventual Oscar Best Picture Winner, Slumdog Millionaire which I didn’t particularly like and felt it was highly overated.
What does appear tho is the eventually winner of ’09 because it was originally released in 08 and is therefore for my purposes part of 08.
UPDATE 18 Oct 2015 – I have added a new film as my #2 pick, thus bumping all the rest down one notch, my previous #10 is now an honorable mention
My Top Ten
Honorable Mention. Front of the Class
10. The Hurt Locker
9. Nick and Nora’s Infinite Playlist
8. Vantage Point
7. Walle-E
6. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
5. Forgetting Sarah Marshall
4. The Wrestler
3. Gran Torino
2. Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father
1. The Dark Knight
Here’s a complete list of movies that I’ve seen from 2008
- 21
- 27 Dresses
- 7 Days
- The Accidental Husband
- The Alphabet Killer
- The Andromeda Strain
- Anvil: The Story of Anvil
- Australia
- The Baader Meinhof Complex
- Babylon A.D.
- Baby Mama
- The Bank Job
- Batman: Gotham Knight
- Be Kind Rewind
- Bedtime Stories
- Body of Lies
- Bolt
- Boy in the Striped Pajamas, The
- Brothers Bloom, The
- Burn After Reading
- Changeling
- Chaos Theory
- The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
- City of Ember
- The Class
- Cloverfield
- Comanche Moon
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- The Dark Knight Encore Review
- The Day the Earth Stood Still
- Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father Encore Review Encore Review 2
- Deception
- Defiance
- Definitely, Maybe
- Departures
- Doubt
- Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog
- Drillbit Taylor
- The Duchess
- Eagle Eye
- Easy Virtue
- The Express
- Flash of Genius
- Fool’s Gold
- The Forbidden Kingdom
- Forgetting Sarah Marshall
- Four Christmases
- Front of the Class
- Frost/Nixon
- Frozen River
- Get Smart
- Get Smart’s Bruce and Lloyd Out of Control
- Ghost Town
- Gigantic
- God on Trial
- Gomorrah
- Gran Torino
- Hancock
- The Happening
- Happy-Go-Lucky
- Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay
- Hellboy II: The Golden Army
- The Hurt Locker
- In Bruges
- The Incredible Hulk
- Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
- The Informers
- Inkheart
- Iron Man
- Is Anybody There?
- John Adams
- Journey to the Center of the Earth
- Jumper
- Justice League: The New Frontier
- Killshot
- Knight Rider: Knight Rider
- Kung Fu Panda
- Last Chance Harvey
- The Last Word
- Leatherheads
- Made of Honor
- Mamma Mia!
- Man on Wire
- Management
- Marley & Me
- Max Payne
- Milk
- Miracle at St. Anna
- The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
- My Best Friend’s Girl
- The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
- Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist
- Nothing But the Truth
- Nothing Like the Holidays
- One Week
- One, Two, Many
- Passchendaele
- Phone Book, The
- Pineapple Express
- Pride and Glory
- Quantum of Solace Encore Review
- Rachel Getting Married
- The Reader
- Recount
- Religulous
- Revolutionary Road
- Righteous Kill
- Role Models
- Semi-Pro
- Seven Pounds
- Sex and the City
- Slow
- Slumdog Millionaire
- Speed Racer
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars
- Stop-Loss
- Street Kings
- Superhero Movie
- Swing Vote
- Taken
- Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
- Touching Home
- Traitor
- Transsiberian
- Tropic Thunder
- Twilight
- Two Lovers
- Uncertainty
- Valkyrie
- Vantage Point
- Vicky Cristina Barcelona
- W.
- WALL·E Encore Review
- Waltz with Bashir
- Wanted
- What Happens in Vegas
- Witch Hunt
- The Wrestler
- Yes Man
- You Don’t Mess with the Zohan
- Zack and Miri Make a Porno
Haven’t seen all, but some great choices here. This is actually the most represented year on my list. I liked Slumdog Millionaire, but I agree it was overrated and not necessarily Best Picture. I found the music especially irritating.
Prince Caspian and The Boy in the Striped Pajamas are also among my favorites. 🙂
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Still haven’t seen BWSP but I know I need to. I recall enjoying PC very much, but not enough to crack my top ten.
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’08 was not a good year for me and movies. So many I missed.
Of the few I’ve seen, Dark Knight is my favorite, too, though.
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Mine too 😉
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