WHere's the "Time to throw down our top 10 of 2008" thread? (1 Viewer)

[ZacharyTait]

I've only seen 41 movies so far, with 55 to see.

Top 10 (so far):

1. The Dark Knight
2. WALL-E
3. Doubt
4. Iron Man
5. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
6. Forgetting Sarah Marshall
7. Tropic Thunder
8. The Visitor
9. In Bruges
10. The Pineapple Express



Movies to see:

Adam Resurrected
Appaloosa
Australia
Ballast
Battle in Seattle
Bigger, Stronger, Faster
Blindness
Che
Chop Shop
Funny Games
Gomorrah
Good
Happy Go Lucky
Hounddog
Hunger
I.O.U.S.A.
I've Loved You So Long
Lakeview Terrace
Let the Right One In
Madagascar 2
Miracle at St. Anna
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
My Blueberry Nights
My Winnipeg
Nothing but the Truth
Pride and Glory
Redbelt
Religulous
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
Seven Pounds
Shotgun Stories
Smart People
Snow Angels
Son of Rambow
Speed Racer
Standard Operating Procedure
Stop-Loss
Synecdoche, New York
Taxi to the Dark Side
Tell No One
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
The Fall
The Incredible Hulk
The Secret Lives of Bees
The Spirit
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
Towelhead
Traitor
Trouble the Water
W
Waltz with Bashir
Yes Man
Young at Heart
Zack and Miri make a Porno

 

[Travis_S]

Top 10 of 2008
(As of March 10th)
1. The Dark Knight
2. Wall-E
3. The Wrestler
4. Milk
5. Slumdog Millionaire
6. Hellboy II: The Golden Army
7. Gran Torino
8. Iron Man
9. Quantum of Solace
10. Zach and Miri Make a Porno

Bottom 5 of 2008
(As of March 10th)
1. The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
2. Four Christmases
3. Saw V
4. The Strangers
5. The Incredible Hulk

(Subject to change)

 

[mattCR]

While I enjoyed TDK, it looks like I'm one of the few who thought "Iron Man" was a much superior adaptation of the original work. Oh well. Here's my Top-10 for the year (thus far)

1. WALL-E
2. Slumdog Millionaire
3. Gran Torino
4. Man On Wire
5. Iron Man
6. Forgetting Sarah Marshall
7. Rachel Getting Married
8. Milk
9. The Dark Knight
10. Son of Rambow

 

[Kevin Hewell]

Speed Racer, really?

 

[Chuck Mayer]

Yeah, really. I didn't laugh at your IJ IV choice, why are you questioning mine and Thi's?

 

[Jim_K]

Still under construction

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Top 10

1. The Dark Knight :star: :star: :star: :star: :star:
2. Slumdog Millionaire :star: :star: :star: :star: :star:
3. The Changeling :star: :star: :star: :star: :star:
4. Iron Man :star: :star: :star: :star: 1/2
5. Burn After Reading :star: :star: :star: :star: 1/2
6. In Bruges :star: :star: :star: :star: 1/2
7. Vicky Cristina Barcelona :star: :star: :star: :star: 1/2
8. WALL•E :star: :star: :star: :star: 1/2
9. The Wrestler :star: :star: :star: :star: 1/2
10. Hellboy II: The Golden Army :star: :star: :star: :star: 1/2


The rest of 2008

10,000 BC :star: 1/2

21 :star: :star: 1/2

Appaloosa :star: :star: :star: 1/2

Australia :star: :star: :star:

Bangkok Dangerous :star: :star: 1/2

The Bank Job :star: :star: :star:

Blindness :star: :star:

Body of Lies :star: :star: :star:

Bolt :star: :star: :star: :star:

City of Ember :star: :star: :star:

Cloverfield :star: :star: :star: 1/2

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian :star: :star: :star: 1/2

The Day the Earth Stood Still :star: :star:

Death Race :star: :star:

Deception :star:

Doomsday :star: :star:

Doubt :star: :star: :star:

Eagle Eye :star: :star: 1/2

The Eye :star:

Get Smart :star: :star: 1/2

Ghost Town :star: :star: 1/2

Hancock :star: :star: 1/2

The Forbidden Kingdom :star: :star: :star:

Forgetting Sarah Marshall :star: :star: :star:

The Happening :star:

Horton Hears a Who! :star: :star: :star:

Igor :star: :star:

The Incredible Hulk :star: :star: :star: :star:

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull :star: :star: :star: 1/2

Journey to the Center of the Earth :star: :star: 1/2

Jumper :star: :star:

Kung Fu Panda :star: :star: :star:

Lakeview Terrace :star: :star: :star:

Leatherheads :star: :star:

Let the Right One In :star: :star: 1/2

Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa :star: :star:

Marley & Me :star: :star: :star: 1/2

Max Payne :star:

Milk :star: :star: :star: :star:

Mirrors :star: :star:

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor :star: :star:

Pineapple Express :star: :star: 1/2

Pride and Glory :star: :star: 1/2

Punisher: War Zone :star: :star: 1/2

Quantum of Solace :star: :star: :star: 1/2

Rambo :star: :star: :star: 1/2

Redbelt :star: :star: 1/2

Righteous Kill :star: :star:

RocknRolla :star: :star: :star:

Role Models :star: :star: 1/2

The Ruins :star:

Shine a Light :star: :star: 1/2

Speed Racer :star: :star: :star: :star: The Spiderwick Chronicles :star: :star: :star:

Star Wars: The Clone Wars :star: :star:

The Strangers :star:

Street Kings :star: :star: :star:

The Tale of Despereaux :star: :star: :star:

Traitor :star: :star: 1/2

Transporter 3 :star: :star:

Transsiberian :star: :star: :star:

Tropic Thunder :star: :star: :star:

Untraceable :star:

Vantage Point :star: :star: :star:

W. :star: :star: :star:

Wanted :star: :star: :star:

What Happens in Vegas :star:

What Just Happened :star: :star:

The X Files: I Want to Believe :star: :star: :star:

Yes Man :star: :star: 1/2

Zack and Miri Make a Porno :star: :star: 1/2

 

[Adam_S]

1. Slumdog Millionaire
2. Wall*E
3. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
4. The Wrestler
5. Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
6. The Reader
7. Bolt
8. Vicky Cristina Barcelona
9. The Dark Knight
10. Tell No One

 

[Kirk Tsai]

1. Chop Shop
2. Milk
3. Rachel Getting Married
4. The Wrestler
5. Man on Wire
6. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
7. The Dark Knight
8. Slumdog Millionaire
9. Speed Racer
10. The Visitor
Edited by Kirk Tsai - 7/19/2009 at 11:29 am GMT

 

[Michael Elliott]

A week or so ago I put SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE at #1 and said I doubted anything would beat it. Well, I update my list to drop it down to #2 and put THE READER as the best.

 

[ZacharyTait]

I just updated my Top 10 list:

I put The Curious Case of Benjamin Button at #4 and dropped Hancock.

 

[Dale MA]

So far...

1.) The Dark Knight
2.) Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
3.) The X Files: I Want to Believe
4.) Quantum of Solace
5.) Rambo
6.) Tropic Thunder
7.) Iron Man
8.) Wanted

 

[schmidtt]

Best of 2008

1. 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days
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2. The Class
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3. Synecdoche, New York

 

[Greg Layton]

Caught Revolutionary Road and Vicky Cristina Barcelona over the weekend. RR gets insterted at #3 behind Encounters and Milk and VCB comes in at a theoretical #11. Great movie, but didn't quite get four stars from me.

 

[Fred Bang]

I've replaced Sarah Marshall with Wanted.

I've also put the link to the previous year's top tens. Now if a moderator could change the title of the thread...

 

[Tony J Case]

Man, I dont think I *SAW* 10 movies this year, let alone saw movies that were good enough to actually rank. The only flicks I saw this year that I actually enjoyed were Indy and Speed Racer.

 

[Michael Elliott]

Updated to put GRAN TORINO at #3.

 

[Greg Layton]

Gran Torino vaults to number 1 on my list. A masterpiece of modern cinema.

 

[Mr. Film]

The following are subject to change.

1) The Dark Knight
2) 21
3) Hancock
4) Ironman
5) The Incredible Hulk
6) Hellboy II: The Golden Army
7) Tropic Thunder
8) WALL-E

 

[Cory S.]

A double dip this afternoon of Revolutionary Road and The Wrestler have altered the list significantly.

How are Aronofsky and especially Mendes not getting more praise for these two films? I mean, I find The Wrestler the lesser of Darren's work but it's masterfully done. Being a former fan of wrestling, the ins and outs of that life style hit me pretty hard. But, it's the ending that won me over. The ending vaulted the film into the top ten of 2008.

But, damn, Mendes can't seem to get a break over his last two films. Jarhead and now Road are just splendid films. And, I now know why Winslet won last night for best actress in a drama. My goodness. This lady can do anything. She is the greatest actress of her generation by a mile. And that's no slight to the other Cate. And DiCaprio just doesn't get enough praise for the body of work he has done lately. I just don't know what it'll take for people to see past the boyish face of DiCaprio. He's a actor, through and through.

 

[Elizabeth S]

OK, finally posting my Top 10 of 2008. I still have no desire to see "Benjamin Button". . .

1. In Bruges
2. Frost/Nixon
3. Frozen River
4. The Life Before Her Eyes*
5. Burn After Reading
6. My Blueberry Nights*
6. Snow Angels*
7. Rocknrolla
8. The Wrestler
9. The Reader
10. Slumdog Millionaire

The *ed films actually had 2007 releases in certain parts of the world or in film festivals. Decided to look at the general U.S. release date.