Top 10 Favorite Movies of 2008

[OldChili]

I'm probably forgetting some movies, but this is my list.

 

1. In Bruges

2. Boy A

3. Synecdoche, New York

4. Transsiberian

5. JCVD

6. Che

7. The Visitor

8. Milk

9. The Dark Knight

10. Frost/Nixon

 

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Gran Torino, Changeling, Religulous, Burn After Reading, and Doubt almost made my list.

Edited June 30, 2009 by OldChili

[platoon793]

1) In Bruges

2) JCVD

3) Revolutionary Road

3) Che

4) Transsiberian

5) Gran Torino

6) The Counterfeiters

7) The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

8) Frost/Nixon

9) Milk

10) Boy A

11) The Dark Knight

12) Doubt

13) Religulous

14) Changeling

15) Body of Lies

16) Pride and Glory

17) Burn After Reading

18) Defiance

19) Ghost Town

20) Synecdoche, New York

21) RocknRolla

22) Hellboy 2

23) Tropic Thunder

24) Iron Man

25) The Bank Job

26) Slumdog Millionaire

27) Taken

28) The Incredible Hulk

29) Traitor

30) Wanted

31) Frozen River

32) The Strangers

33) Cloverfield

34) Max Payne

35) Hancock

36) Rambo

37) Quantum of Solace

38) Semi Pro

39) Jumper

40) Death Race

41) Beverly Hills Chihuahua

 

Revolutionary Road and Che are tied. I can't decide which one is better, lol.

Edited June 30, 2009 by platoon793

[xx.]

Usually dont do this kind of stuff but alright...not an official list.

 

1. The Wrestler

2. Let the Right One In

3. The Dark Knight

4. Man on Wire

5. Slumdog Millionaire

6. Gran Torino

7. Wendy and Lucy

8. In Bruges

9. Waltz with Bashir

10. Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father

 

11. Changeling

12. Wall-E

13. Iron Man

14. Revolutionary Road

15. The Great Buck Howard

 

some honorable mentions lol. by the way Boy A is 2007.

Edited June 29, 2009 by NeTs15VC

[AboveLegit]

1. The Dark Knight

When I first saw the movie, I couldn't believe how well it was done and how well they cast and crew handled the passing of the late great Heath Ledger. Not only did it surpass all predictions, it did it by a significant margin, and thus, was the most successful movie of 2008.

 

2. Slumdog Millionare

Slumdog Millionaire is a very good but it is in no way original. They've been making the same movie for decades. Have you ever seen a Frank Capra film? This type of film was one of his staples (the poor kid makes good and finds his true love). It's filmed a local that isn't used very often but don't mistake that for originality. People do not realize that this movie has been out for a while (before it got popular) and movies like this are constantly produced and released in foreign countries. This is the first movie Americans have got to watch that truly makes them realize the adversity suffered in the slums of many countries. It isn't the number 1 movie of 2008.

 

3. Ironman

Ok, I do not know how this movie cannot be in anyone's top 5, it is everything you want in a real superhero movie, Robert Downey Jr did a fabolous job on the movie, and has been overshadowed tremendously by Heath Ledger's performance in The Dark Knight. This movie really jumpstarted Downey's career, and made the character of Tony Stark a true hero.

 

4. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

One of my favorites from Brad Pitt's long resume of movies, the award winning movie gives the audience a great insight on the life of Benjamin, as he faced life, death, and love.

 

5. Wall-E

One of the best animated movies of our time, a great movie for the younger audience, and it has to crack my top 5. It is a Pixar masterpiece, and is definetly not going unnoticed in my list.

 

6. Tropic Thunder

The star studded cast of Robert Downey Jr, Jack Black, Ben Stiller, and Tom Cruise, it is no wonder this movie was a huge hit in the boxoffice. It has to go down as one of the greatest comedies of all time.

 

7. The Wrestler

A great drama about a wrestler who is lost in his world. This movie really opened my eyes, Mickey Rourke has an amazing performance.

 

8. Frost/Nixon

Another one of my favorite drama movies about a british journalist by the name of David Frost who has captivating interviews with the impeached President Richard Nixon. I think this movie was a result of the amazing job done by the director Ron Howard, a true masterpiece of 2008.

 

9. Man on Wire

After watching this movie, I was outstanded, and wanted to know what the critics has thought. According to a few movie websites (IMDB, Rottentomatoes, Boxoffice Mojo) it is the best reviewed movie of all time. I highly suggest this movie to you all.

 

10. Richard Jenkins and Hiam Abbas did a magnificent job on this movie. An inspiring movie about a 62 year old economic professor sleepwalking through life, learning to play the piano, the drums, after losing his motivation in teaching and writing. After getting sent to Manhattan by his college for a conference, he learns that a young couple is living in his apartment from a scam, but allows them to stay with them. After a few series of strange events, Walter's life is reinspired and eventually is opened up to a new world and a new life.

 

11. The Reader

12. Role Models

13. Pineapple Express

14. Gran Torino

15. The Counterfeiters

16. JCVD

17. In Bruges

18. Wanted

19. Zack and Miri makes a Porno

20. Defiance

21. Quantam of Solace

22. The Bank Job

23. W.

24. Burn After Reading

25. Indiana Jones Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

26. Pride and Glory

27. Boy A

28. Changeling

29. Synecdoche, New York

30. The Incredible Hulk

 

Honorable Mentions: Body of Lies, Traitor, The Stangers.

[platoon793]

Boy A came out in the USA in 2008, so that's why I included it.

 

Also, me and Chili are about to see Che tonight, so I'll see how that will fit in with my list.

 

Waltz with Bashir, The Wrestler, and The Reader, a few movies I want to see, sadly it will be very awkward to see with my parents, and they will probably fast forward all of it, so I'm not sure if I will see those movies at least not for another year, when I turn 17.

 

Let the Right One In was all taken at Blockbuster, so we couldn't get that, but I'm sure we'll get it sometime. And Hiam Abbas was very good in The Visitor. Regarding Revolutionary Road, I think Leo got snubbed at the Oscars, he should have been nominated over Brad Pitt. And I forgot about The Counterfeiters, I'll go add that to my list.

Edited June 29, 2009 by platoon793

[Camby23Land]

2. Slumdog Millionare

Slumdog Millionaire is a very good but it is in no way original. They've been making the same movie for decades. Have you ever seen a Frank Capra film? This type of film was one of his staples (the poor kid makes good and finds his true love). It's filmed a local that isn't used very often but don't mistake that for originality. People do not realize that this movie has been out for a while (before it got popular) and movies like this are constantly produced and released in foreign countries. This is the first movie Americans have got to watch that truly makes them realize the adversity suffered in the slums of many countries. It isn't the number 1 movie of 2008.

Slumdog reminded me of a not as gangster version of "City of God" honestly. It was fantastic nonetheless.

Edited June 30, 2009 by Camby23Land

[xx.]

Boy A came out in the USA in 2008, so that's why I included it.

 

Also, me and Chili are about to see Che tonight, so I'll see how that will fit in with my list.

 

Waltz with Bashir, The Wrestler, and The Reader, a few movies I want to see, sadly it will be very awkward to see with my parents, and they will probably fast forward all of it, so I'm not sure if I will see those movies at least not for another year, when I turn 17.

 

Let the Right One In was all taken at Blockbuster, so we couldn't get that, but I'm sure we'll get it sometime. And Hiam Abbas was very good in The Visitor. Regarding Revolutionary Road, I think Leo got snubbed at the Oscars, he should have been nominated over Brad Pitt. And I forgot about The Counterfeiters, I'll go add that to my list.

Oh didnt know you guys knew each other personally, thats cool. I'm only 18, just graduated high school and got into movies like for real sophomore year it was and watched like the years best but then I really got into cinema started seeing classics and now I'm going past that and see many limited movies in theaters.

 

LOL at the parents and age thing made me laugh. Thats cool you got another friend thats into movies like that. I just took a girl to see Away We Go, a nice movie to see definitely.

Edited June 30, 2009 by NeTs15VC

[platoon793]

Chili is my twin brother, lol.

 

About the age thing, it just is very awkward seeing movies like that with my parents, and they tend to just fast forward everything.

 

Anyways, saw Che, and it's amazing. Loved it.

[xx.]

When you say you saw Che, you saw both parts?

[platoon793]

When you say you saw Che, you saw both parts?

Yes, I rented both parts from Blockbuster. Kind of stupid they separated the movie into 2 parts, considering it was shown as a whole during Cannes Film Festival. Though, one part is about Che in Cuba, the other in Bolivia. Both parts were good. The score and the cinematography were beautiful.

[OldChili]

I didn't love Slumdog Millionare at all.

 

Cinematography was amazing, but everything else was average.

[Warren2ThaG]

Watched Gran Torino over 5 times , heheheh

[platoon793]

Watched Gran Torino over 5 times , heheheh

Nice, I watched it in the theaters only once, lol. One of the rare times I went to a theater to see a movie. Need to do it a bit more often. Might do it for Public Enemies.

 

Very good film. Classic Eastwood.

[Jesse The Body]

Thanks for the list guys I'll go check them out.

[OldChili]

Thanks for the list guys I'll go check them out.

You better.

[Sun Tzu]

1. The Dark Knight

2. Gran Torino

3. Ironman

4. Wanted

5. Death Race (?)

6. Tropic Thunder

7. Semi Pro

8. Slumdog Millionaire

9. Curious Case of Benjamin Button

[fly3rs18]

i havent seen too many this year, but these are most of what i saw

 

1. 
    
   
2. The Dark Knight
   
3. Gran Torino
   
4. Iron Man
   
5. The Bank Job
   
6. Slumdog Millionaire
   
7. Tropic Thunder
   
8. Pineapple Express
   
9. Role Models
   
10. Hancock
    
11. Hellboy 2
    
12. The Incredible Hulk
    

 

some of these i saw a while ago so i dont remember too well