Top 10 films of 2008

[StorminNorman]

1. The Dark Knight
2. In Bruges
3. Zack and Miri Make a Porno
4. Cloverfield
5. Burn After Reading
6. Forgetting Sarah Marshall
7. Tropic Thunder
8. W
9. Kung Fu Panda
10a. Indiana Jones 4
10b. Iron Man

Have yet to see QoS, Wall E, Wanted, Choke, Hellboy 2, Get Smart, Pineapple Express or The Incredible Hulk

Plan to see Frost/Nixon, MILK, Australia

 

[Obsidian]

What I've seen so far:

1. The Dark Knight
2. Wall-E
3. Tropic Thunder
4. Happy Go Lucky
5. Let the Right One In
6. Iron Man
7. Body of Lies
8. In Bruges
9. Quantum of Solace
10. Kung Fu Panda

Honorable Mentions:

Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Henry Poole is Here

 

[BloodyWolverine]

Updated version.

1 Iron Man.

2 The Dark Knight.

3 Kung Fu Panda.

4 Quantum Solace.

5 Wall-E.

6 Indiana Jones 4.

7 Prince Caspian.

8 Hellboy 2.

9 Wanted.

10 Tropic Thunder

 

[Fanticon]

I'm probably not even qualified to submit a list since I haven't seen nearly as many movies this year as the previous...
1. The Dark Knight

2. Iron Man

3. Quantum of Solacehttp://forums.superherohype.com/showthread.php?t=312003#

4. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

5. The Incredible Hulkhttp://forums.superherohype.com/showthread.php?t=312003#

6. Hellboy II

7. Forgetting Sarah Marshall

8. Tropic Thunder

9. Pineapple Express

10. The Bank Job tied with Cloverfield.

Almost made the top 10 - Kung Fu Panda

And thats about all I can comment on that were good...but i know there are a bunch I still have not seen. Like Wanted, Narnia, Wall E,

 

[fu manchu]

1. Iron Man
2. Dark Knight
3. Wall-E
4. Tropic Thunder
5. In Bruges
6. Get Smart
7. Quantum of Solace
8. Forbidden Kingdom
9. Forgetting Sarah Marshall
10. The Incredible Hulk

 

[The Joker]

1. The Dark Knight
2. Kung Fu Panda
3. Iron Man
4. Hellboy II
5. The Incredible Hulk
6. Quantum of Solace
7. Wall-E
8. Forgetting Sarah Marshall
9. Wanted
10. Tropic Thunder

 

[Sarge 2.0]

UPDATE:

1. The Dark Knight
2. There Will be Blood
3. No Country For Old Men
4. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
5. The Darjeeling Limited
6. Quantum of Solace
7. In Bruges
8. RocknRolla
9. Burn After Reading
10. Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead

In Holland it's been a great ****ing year for movies.

Wow, you guys had to wait a year for a lot of great movies. What's with the delay? Does that happen often in Holland? Forgive me, I'm a bit ignorant of foreign release dates.

Also, the more I think about it...Let the Right One In might be the best movie I've seen this year. It's certainly the movie that has stuck with me the most.

 

[Sarge 2.0]

Let the Right One Is is great.

It's very indie, so you gonna have to look around man.

Only one theater in the city of Philadelphia was showing the movie, so depending on where you live you might not get to see it at all. I consider myself lucky.

I normally abhor the pirating of movies, but if you must Let the Right One In is worth downloading if that's the only way you can manage to see it before it hits dvd.

 

[Sarge 2.0]

I haven't seen Synecdoche, New York but apparently it's an amazing film, has anyone here had the chance to see it?

 

[Why Are You Crouching Spock?]

Wasn't released in 2008 but I say "This is England" the other day, pretty dam good film.

 

[Sarge 2.0]

Iron Man? Indiana Jones?

1. Be Kind, Rewind
2. Waltz With Bashir
3. The Band's Visit
4. Wall.E
5. Daft Punk's Electroma
6. The Baader Meinhof Complex
7. Taxi to the Dark Side
8. Max Payne
9. The Warlords
10. Let's Talk About the Rain

If you had liked Indiana Jones then I would've sworn you were Armond White.

Close enough though.

 

[Space Moose]

I haven't seen Synecdoche, New York but apparently it's an amazing film, has anyone here had the chance to see it?

Yeah. It's a bit of a mess, but pretty good if you liked Kaufman's other stuff. Still dosen't top Being John Malkovich.

 

[Octoberist]

Synedouche, New York starts out really got. BUT my GOD, it becomes heavy by the end. To the point where it's like a workout at the gym, and you need a cold shower afterwards. It's a brutal but beautfiul experience.

 

[Space Moose]

Synedouche, New York starts out really got. BUT my GOD, it becomes heavy by the end. To the point where it's like a workout at the gym, and you need a cold shower afterwards. It's a brutal but beautfiul experience.

As good as 'Batman Beginings'?

 

[Carmine Falcone]

Wow, you guys had to wait a year for a lot of great movies. What's with the delay? Does that happen often in Holland? Forgive me, I'm a bit ignorant of foreign release dates.

I have no idea why, but there are lot of delays. Ususally they're my most anticipated movies aswell.....which makes sense in a very cruel sort of way. For instance; The Prestige got here in 2007. Instead of 2006.

Luckily movies such as TDK have pretty much international release dates, and get here only a week later.

 

[Galactus]

Wow, you guys had to wait a year for a lot of great movies. What's with the delay? Does that happen often in Holland? Forgive me, I'm a bit ignorant of foreign release dates.

Here in Sweden, often when a movie is released the year after it's mostly American November/December-releases that is released sometime in the first three months of the new year. They do it all the time especially with "Oscar-movies". When it comes to big blockbusters they are most of the time released at the same time here as they are in America. One big exception is Disney's animated movies. Those released in summer in America is always released in September/October here. And a November-release like Bolt is usually released in February/March in Sweden

 

[JackBauer24]

Okay, I have counted up, and I have seen precisely 50 new releases in theatres this year. Bear in mind I live in the UK, so some of those on my list are technically 2007 movies, but since they weren't released here in 2007, I'm counting them as 2008. My top 10 movies of the year (so far, of course) in no particular order, are:

Before The Devil Knows You're Dead
No Country For Old Men
There Will Be Blood
Diary of the Dead
El Orfanato
In Bruges
The Mist
Gone Baby Gone
Wall-E
The Dark Knight

And my Bottom 5 (worst movies of the year)

Vantage Point
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Hancock
Choke
Pride and Glory

And finally, my Top 5 'guilty pleasures' (movies which I know sucked, but were actually kinda awesome)

National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets
10,000 BC
Doomsday
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Taken

 

[Doctor Jones]

Okay, I have counted up, and I have seen precisely 50 new releases in theatres this year. Bear in mind I live in the UK, so some of those on my list are technically 2007 movies, but since they weren't released here in 2007, I'm counting them as 2008. My top 10 movies of the year (so far, of course) in no particular order, are:

Before The Devil Knows You're Dead
No Country For Old Men
There Will Be Blood
Diary of the Dead
El Orfanato
In Bruges
The Mist
Gone Baby Gone
Wall-E
The Dark Knight

And my Bottom 5 (worst movies of the year)

Vantage Point
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Hancock
Choke
Pride and Glory

And finally, my Top 5 'guilty pleasures' (movies which I know sucked, but were actually kinda awesome)

National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets
10,000 BC
Doomsday
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Taken

You out that crapfest Vantage Point with Indy? Ugh.

I'd have to say Vantage Point was the worst movie of the year for me.

 

[Antonello Blueberry]

Iron Man? Indiana Jones?

1. Be Kind, Rewind
2. Waltz With Bashir
3. The Band's Visit
4. Wall.E
5. Daft Punk's Electroma
6. The Baader Meinhof Complex
7. Taxi to the Dark Side
8. Max Payne
9. The Warlords
10. Let's Talk About the Rain

Nice list, but really why Max Payne?
And "Let's talk about the rain" is a nice movie but certainly not in my top 10.

 

[Doctor Jones]

Nice list, but really why Max Payne?
And "Let's talk about the rain" is a nice movie but certainly not in my top 10.

Yeah, he includes Max Payne over IM. And other films no one has ever heard of. He reminds me of the academy's attitude. Blasts them about their popularity.

You shouldn't hate a film because it's popular. Look at why it's popular. If someone exludes films because of how much money they made and not looking at the quality of it, that's just being close minded.

 

[JackBauer24]

You out that crapfest Vantage Point with Indy? Ugh.

I'd have to say Vantage Point was the worst movie of the year for me.

It was terrible. But I really hated Indy as well. That just made me angry.

 

[Doctor Jones]

It was terrible. But I really hated Indy as well. That just made me angry.

But could you at least say you preferred Idy 4 over Vantage Point?

 

[JackBauer24]

But could you at least say you preferred Idy 4 over Vantage Point?

Hmm.. not sure I could. Vantage Point may have been crap but it didn't piss all over the memory of something I loved.

 

[kedrell]

So far...

1. Iron Man
2. Tropic Thunder
3. The Incredible Hulk
4. TDK
5. Pineapple Express
6. Cloverfield
7. Quantum of Solace
8. Burn After Reading
9. The Bank Job
10. In Bruges

 

[StorminNorman]

1. The Dark Knight
2. In Bruges
3. Quantum of Solace
4. Zack and Miri Make a Porno
5. Cloverfield
6. Wanted
7. Burn After Reading
8. Forgetting Sarah Marshall
9. Tropic Thunder
10. W

Have yet to see Wall E, Choke, Hellboy 2, Get Smart, Be Kind Be Wind, Pineapple Express or The Incredible Hulk

Plan to see Frost/Nixon, MILK, Australia, Doubt