TOP 10 OF 2008

It's kind of sad how few of these came in the first few months of the year. My god things really did get out to shitty start this year. It's really too bad that I fell behind on this. It's almost a little sad to look back to the beginning of things when I was on the ball and making sure I kept up to date with all of the release. Didn't take long to fall behind though. But now we've reached the end and it's been a fun ride and I'm glad I will have this blog to look back on in the future. There are a lot of fond memories wrapped up in this thing and hopefully it's something I will hang on to for many years.

So let's start by talking about the 10 best I saw this year. I would say most of the movies I watched in 2008 ranged from mediocre to just fucking terrible. Hell the great movies didn't even start to show up until the last week. I would say half of my list is made up of movies I've watched in the last 5 or 6 days. But here are my picks for the best. They may not represent their original scores but some of these have had repeated viewings, and that can alway schange your opinion on a movie.

Top 10 of 2008

10. In Bruges

One of the biggest surprises of 2008 for sure. This was just a great movie. It had comedy, drama, action, all blended together with great story and great performances. Plus Colin Farrel can now always claim he did at least one good movie! Hoorah!

9.Forgetting Sarah Marshall

Often in my comedy reviews I would at the end say "it's funny, but not the funniest of the year". Well this friends, is the funniest of the year. It was pretty close with this one and Pineapple Express but this one got the edge. I've seen it 3 times, plus the commentary and it's still a great movie. It's funny and sweet, but never goes too far into sappy territory. It's full of hilarious actors and great lines and once again, is one of the bigger surprises of the year.

8.Iron Man

We knew it would probably be good, but did we think it would be that fucking good?! I remember the screening we had for this just blowing everyone's minds. Everyone loved it and it was a great start to what turned out to be a really solid summer for movies. Robert Downey Jr got put back on the map with this one. It has now written the book on how to do a super hero origin story as well. The action was satisfying and it was a great summer blockbuster that didnt pander to the audience.

7.Wanted

This one is probably my most bizarre choice but I loved it. I have no shame in saying that Shoot 'Em Up was easily one of my favourite movies of last year and this one is this year's version of it. It's ridiculous but it's fucking fun. I've watched the full movie a couple of times since buying it, plus just random scenes every now and then. It was sort of a guilty pleasure but I loved every second of it.

6.Slumdog Millionaire

This one actually ended up a little lower on the list than I originally expected it to. Oh well that's how it works I suppose. I pretty much just wrote the review for this one so there's not much more to say. This one will be tearing up the Oscars I'm sure so make sure you check it out.

5.Curious Case of Benjamin Button

I literally just finished writing the review for it before I fired this article up so again, check that one out for more thoughts on it. It was a great way to end the year and lived up to a huge amount of hype I built up for it. Here's hoping this is David Fincher's award movie because my god he has earned it.

4.The Wrestler

I couldn't believe how much I enjoyed this one. I'm tempted to watch it again and I only just finished it yesterday. It's one of the best examples of a simple story being told in an impossibly engaging way. Plus Mickey Rourke is fantastic in it. And they invented an 8-bit Nintendo game just for the movie!!!

3.Cloverfield

Bet a lot of you fuckers forgot about this when making your end of the year lists huh? Ohhhh not me. It was one of the first of the year and remained one of the best, no matter how many more times I watched it. It lived up to my impossible hype, and had everyone at my theatre talking about it and dissecting it for weeks. I have such fond memories of everyone neglecting their work duties to sit in the theatre and try to spot the object falling from the sky. This movie contains a lot of my best movie memories for the year.

2.The Dark Knight

Every bit as good as people say it is. One of the best screen villians ever, a fantastic story that keeps you on the edge of your seat, and Christian Bale sounding a bit like a jackass. But hey, the movie is so good we can overlook that.

and number 1.....






1.Wall-e

No surprise here. I loved this movie and would rank it in my top of all time too. It's perfect in just about every way and really holds up to repeated viewings. Pixar is gonna have a tough time topping this one, but I knew they are up for the challenge.


Honourable Mentions: Changeling, Gran Torino, Revolutionary Road, Let the Right One In, Kung Fu Panda, Speed Racer, Milk, Pineapple Express, and more I'm sure



So that's it, my 10 favourite movies of the year. Now let's get to the fun stuff....BRING ON THE 10 WORST!!!!