2008 films of the year

[RunAmokRampant]

Okay, post your top 5 films released this year. Rate 1 to 5. Please keep discussion to a bare minimum. :thumb:
And yes I know some wicked films haven't been released yet this year due to being the awards season and everything, so this thread will be open until the new year. And by 'released', I mean by initial release date, not country specific. You can freely edit choices up until thread closes. After the thread closes, I'll tally up the votes and post up a summary thread that lists the top 10 films of 2008 voted by mx!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Here's my top 5.

1. Let the Right One In
2. Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation!
3. The Wrestler
4. The Dark Knight
5. JCVD

[Dinosawesome]

1. The Dark Knight
2. Iron Man
3. Burn After Reading
4. Never Back Down
5. Hulk

[adb]

1. Sex in the City

[badtaste]

Non-serious contributions will receive a non-serious permaban lol.

[benfan]

1. The Dark Knight
2.
3.
4. Burn After Reading
5.

[Guerrilla Soldier]

i seriously think iron man and dark knight were the only movies i saw in the theater this year.... i watched 'bigger, stronger, faster' online last night, that was really good. i'm sure benfan would love it.

[honourosis]

1. Silent Light (Carlos Reygadas)
2. Vicky Cristina Barcelona (Woody Allen)
3. Mister Lonely (Harmony Korine)
4. Paranoid Park (Gus Van Sant)
5. Wendy and Lucy (Kelly Reichardt)

edit - apparently MAtW is 2007 so

[Txus]

1. The Dark Knight
2. Wall-E
3. Transsiberian
4. Iron Man
5. La Soledad

Paranoid Park was 2007, as far as I remember.

[honourosis]

i'm going by the limited releases in USA, not festivals and such.

[Otherside]

margot at the wedding was pretty bad

[thedeadwalk!]

1. WALL*E
2. Pineapple Express
3. Cloverfield
4. Hellboy II: The Golden Army
5. Teeth (like festival release dates really count)

[Gnarmageddon]

1. Let the Right One In

[talk show host]

1. Wall-E
2. Burn After Reading
3. Man On Wire
4. Happy Go Lucky
5. Let the Right One In

[Tillius]

1. Let the Right One In
2. Paranoid Park
3. Milk
4. Pineapple Express

I'm assuming I can add Wall-E to the list but I've still yet to see it.

[Time]

1. Synecdoche, New York
2. Wall-E
3. The Dark Knight
not sure what else, there's a few more 08 movies i have to see

[willfellmarsy]

1. The Dark Knight
2. Tropic Thunder
3. Gran Torino
4. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
5. Slumdog Millionaire

[mattspurplepen]

1. Mongol !!!!
2. Mister Lonely
3. * Let The Right One In *(even though i haven't seen it yet, looks good haha)
4. Wall-E
5. The Dark Knight

[Retarded Chipple]

The Dark Knight
Cloverfield
30 Days of Night.


I think thats all the 2008 cinema releases I actually watched this year!

[Against Miik!]

30 Days of Night was 2007, at least in the US.

[Surtr]

1. Let The Right One In
2. The Dark Knight
3. Wall-E
4. In Bruge
5. 21

List subject to change...

[Retarded Chipple]

Against Milk!: Crap, you're right! It came out on DVD in 2008 though....


Ok.....well it's just Cloverfield and The Dark Knight for me then. I did watch Indiana Jones but no way is that gonna be on my list!

[planewreck]

1. Milk
2. Let the Right One In
3. Paranoid Park
4. Wall•E
5. Pineapple Express

Didn't see as many films as I wanted to this year.

[Surtr]

I saw plenty. I'd say I discovered my love for film this year, but it seems not many were from 2008.

[iarescientists]

keeping this spot for when i see curious case of benjamin button and other movies i think i should see before making a list

[Alf™]

does anyone have a link to a list of movies released in 08

[Tillius]

keeping this spot for when i see curious case of benjamin button and other movies i think i should see before making a list

Yeah I'm reserving a list for that as well. I'm really hoping it doesn't disappoint.

[static]

1. In Bruges
2. Snow Angels
3. Paranoid Park
4. Burn After Reading

[mattspurplepen]

ah i forgot in bruges!
loved that one

[Surtr]

does anyone have a link to a list of movies released in 08

Google it derr.

[Alf™]

1. The Dark Knight
2. Wall-E
3. Forgetting Sarah Marshall
4. Taken
5. Quantum of Solace

Pineapple Express just misses out. Haven't seen a lot of decent movies coming out in the last few months.

[Time]

In Bruges would also be on my top 5, mayeb Forgetting Sarah Marshall too

[aria999]

let me see

1 slumdog millionaire
2 burn after reading
3 wall e
4 pineapple express



fuk it ill put em in ne way

have not seen let the right one in and there was no other good movies in 2008

[Otisbum]

1. The Dark Knight
2. Iron Man
3. Kung Fu Panda
4. Tropic Thunder
5. Wall-E

[Jawaharal]

dark knight
hellboy 2
kung fu panda
bigger, faster, stronger

don't remember other movies i went too

[bradc1988]

1. Let the Right One In/WALLE
3. The Dark Knight
4. Iron Man
5. Chugyeogja

[benfan]

i watched 'bigger, stronger, faster' online last night, that was really good. i'm sure benfan would love it.

Lol.

Im not really into bodybuilding and roiding, i just think Gregg is the man.

[EightMilesHigh]

In no particular order:

1. The Dark Knight
2. Vicky Christina Barcelona
3. In Bruges
4. Wall-E
5. Iron Man

Tough choice between Iron Man and Pineapple Express :(

And people naming Hulk? As in the one with Ed Norton that's supposed to be really bad?

[Guerrilla Soldier]

Lol.

Im not really into bodybuilding and roiding, i just think Gregg is the man.

i figured something along those lines - he's in the movie. one of the funnier interviews.

[Jawaharal]

he actually came off as intelligent which is surprising because most of the time he is a retard.

[Spiney_Norman]

Dark Knight and Iron Man.
They're about the only films I've seen this year :(

[Hedgedive]

can't really do mine yet, as I've yet to see Milk or W.


:/

[mattspurplepen]

2. Vicky Christina Barcelona .... man don't get me wrong, scarlett johansson and that other actress + penelope cruz are all fine as hell and javier bardem was pretty funny, but that movie was tedious and a bit of a bore.

yeah i still need to see W. though i doubt it would be on my list.

I just found out the other day that rob corddry is in it hahaha! yessssss

[Guerrilla Soldier]

he actually came off as intelligent which is surprising because most of the time he is a retard.

yea, that's an understatement (the retard part).

[Prince of Darkness]

1. The Dark Knight
2. Cloverfield
3. Pineapple Express

can't really think of anything else.

[Rams]

1. Slumdog Millionaire
2. The Wrestler
3. Trick 'r Treat
4. WALL-E
5. Iron Man

[Time]

revised list:
1. Synecdoche, New York
2. Milk
3. Wall-E
4. In Bruges
5. Slumdog Millionaire/Benjamin Button/The Dark Knight tied
I'd still like to see Doubt, The Wrestler, and LTROI. this list is pretty hard since there were so many great movies and they're hard to compare

[Correction]

1. The Dark Knight
2. Vicky Christina Barcelona
3. Pineapple Express
4. Snow Angels
5. Forgetting Sarah Marshall

[Badmoon]

1. The Dark Knight
2. In Bruges
3. The Wrestler
4. Forgetting Sarah Marshall
5. Cloverfield

[Luc214]

1. Slumdog Millionaire
2. The Wrestler
3. Wall-E
4. The Dark Knight
5. Iron Man

still haven't seen some I wanted to but whatever

[Sleeper]

1. The Dark Knight
2. Cloverfield
3. Burn After Reading
4. Towelhead
5. Forgetting Sarah Marshall

[ekajsk8er]

1. The Dark Knight
2. Teeth
3. Rambo

[Titan50]

1. Dark Knight
2. Cloverfield
3. Son of Rambow
4. Iron Man
5. Tropic Thunder

Kung Fu Panda gets an honourable mention

I also saw Hellboy II, Indy and Quantum of Solace, but they shouldn't be mentioned

[Aficionado]

I don't get the hype surrounding Kung Fu Panda it was so boring and unfunny

[Si1v3RfaNg]

1. Death Race
2. The Dark Knight
3. Iron Man
4. Burn After Reading
5. hmmm... Wall-E

[Txus]

Death Race is one of the worst movies of the year.

[Tillius]

Okay guys The Dark Knight doesn't deserve to reach a top 5 list for 2008.

[Mr. Ron]

what

[honourosis]

Cloverfield was so good.

[thedeadwalk!]

Only good thing about Dark Knight was Joker.

[Txus]

that was about 98% of the movie

[Tillius]

Only good thing about Dark Knight was Joker.

I wouldn't go that far. It was a good(very cheesy) movie, just nothing spectacular like I thought it was when I first saw it and got blinded by Ledger's performance.

[xtal]

gran torino

[thedeadwalk!]

I wouldn't go that far. It was a good(very cheesy) movie, just nothing spectacular like I thought it was when I first saw it and got blinded by Ledger's performance.
Actually, there is more to it. I liked Harvey/Two-Face and the theme of the hero Gotham needs and the one they deserve. And I do enjoy it more than my previous comment would suggest.

So, yeah, um, I'll go with your other post that it just doesn't belong in a top 5 list.

[Alf™]

Death Race is one of the worst movies of the year.

lol yes

Cloverfield was so good.

lol no

[jrowa001]

Pineapple Express. not the best movie, but imo the funniest

[bradc1988]

I enjoyed Cloverfield.

[honourosis]

Yeah, it was probably one of the funnest movie experiences I've had.

[Tillius]

Cloverfield was good but not one of the best of '08.

[Montana]

I liked that Hunter Thompson documentary. And Mongol.

[RunAmokRampant]

ill keep this open till at least end of january.

[Titan50]

I wouldn't go that far. It was a good(very cheesy) movie, just nothing spectacular like I thought it was when I first saw it and got blinded by Ledger's performance.

Cheesy?! You got the right film?

I don't get the hype surrounding Kung Fu Panda it was so boring and unfunny

I just thought it was an all-round good movie. Jack Black was actually decent for a change. I think I can forgive him for Nacho Libre now

[planewreck]

Kung Fu Panda was really great. So much better than I was expecting. And Tillius stop being such a buzz kill and let people post their lists, christ.

[xtal]

well none of the movies released this year are as good as interview with a vampire

[withintention]

1. The Fall
2. Let the Right One In
3. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
4. Slumdog Millionaire
5. The Escapist

[thedeadwalk!]

Had I remembered The Fall, that would definitely go in my #2 spot.

One really needs to be careful with the dates on IMDB.

[withintention]

2008 is its official release date

[thedeadwalk!]

I just scroll through my votes and don't check if the years are from festivals or something. A lot of these "limited" movies get me. So, I could go with a revised list something like:

1. Wall*E
2. The Fall
3. Special
4. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
5. Cloverfield / Hellboy II: The Golden Army

[Time]

it would be nice to have something like Rateyourmusic for movies, do you guys use imdb for stuff like that?

[xtal]

rating stuff on imdb seems kind of pointless

[iarescientists]

yeah imdb is just as good as rym for movies imo

[Aaron]

The Dark Knight.

It's the only film I enjoyed this year worth mentioning.

[thedeadwalk!]

it would be nice to have something like Rateyourmusic for movies, do you guys use imdb for stuff like that?
I use IMDB.

[Titan50]

I don't usually bother with ratings on IMDB, I just go on the boards

[xtal]

the boards are the worst part

[Tillius]

After seeing a few more movies, I update my list:

1. Let the Right One In
2. Milk
3. Paranoid Park
4. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
5. Slumdog Millionaire

[Prince of Darkness]

I really want to see all of those.
along with Defiance

[Time]

i did not get Paranoid Park at all

[Prince of Darkness]

bet you loved Elephant then

[Time]

i really don't plan on seeing it. I like Van Sant a lot, but I'm just not interested in a few of his films, though I respect them

[Prince of Darkness]

Elephant is actually really good I think you should try it.

[withintention]

The Dark Knight.

It's the only film I enjoyed this year worth mentioning.

uh you need to see more movie then

[Tillius]

I'd actually tie Slumdog Millionaire with WALL-E. That was a hard decision but I wanted to stick to just 5.

[honourosis]

Updated and Revised
1. Rachel Getting Married (Jonathan Demme)
2. En la Ciudad de Sylvia (José Luis Guerín)
3. Mister Lonely (Harmony Korine)
4. Vicky Cristina Barcelona (Woody Allen)
5. Paranoid Park (Gus Van Sant)
6. Silent Light (Carlos Reygadas)
7. 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days (Cristian Mungiu)
8. In Bruges (Martin McDonagh)
9. Encounters at the End of the World (Werner Herzog)
10. Wendy and Lucy (Kelly Reichardt)

[curseworship]

1. Slumdog Millionaire
2. The Dark Knight
3. Wall-E
4. In Bruges
5. Pineapple Express

[Rocksta71]

The Grateful Dead Movie

[Aaron]

uh you need to see more movie then

I did, none that I'd mention again though. I did discover a ton of older films though, just felt 2008 weak.

[Titan50]

1. Slumdog Millionaire


Is that out in Britain yet? Really does look good

[withintention]

I did, none that I'd mention again though. I did discover a ton of older films though, just felt 2008 weak.

have you seen Slumdog Millionaire, Revolutionary Road, Let the Right One In, Burn After Reading, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button? There are so many great films out there

[Aaron]

I enjoyed what I saw of Slumdog Millionaire [had to leave part was through as I was sick]. But haven't seen the others. Will check them out. Cheers.

[curseworship]

Is that out in Britain yet? Really does look good

Not sure, but if you get the chance you must see it, it is breathtaking.

[withintention]

who has seen The Wrestler, that's got to be one of my favorite movies of the year. Aronofsky is remarkable.

[Bleak]

1. Happy-Go-Lucky
2. Slumdog Millionaire
3. The Edge of Heaven
4. Frost/Nixon
5. Let the Right One In

Honorable mentions: The Wrestler, The Dark Knight, Wall-e, In Bruges, Waltz With Bashir, Milk, Shotgun Stories.

[Tillius]

Oh man. I forgot about Happy-Go-Lucky. I need to download that.

[honourosis]

Shotgun Stories.

i liked it too

[Against Miik!]

For some reason I don't even want to see The Wrestler. It just doesn't look good to me, although I know objectively that it is.

Benjamin Button was good only because of the scope of the film. 3 hours long, a crazy plot, Brad Pitt. Other than that, I thought it dragged, and was overall just a boring movie.

Slumdog Millionaire is hands down the best film of the year. It has everything you could ask for in a movie. Frost/Nixon and Milk are distant seconds. I didn't really see too many indie films this year, so I'm not even going to try to name drop anything to sound like I know movies.

[Spiritofmosa]

i have to catch Slumdog Millionare looking at all the good reviews about it.
The Wrestler is amazing and i prefer it to Benjamin Button.

[JohnXDoe]

who has seen The Wrestler, that's got to be one of my favorite movies of the year. Aronofsky is remarkable.
saw it last week. loved it

very moving film

anyone see The Reader? man i needed me a tutor like Kate Winslett :(

[guitarded_chuck]

There are a few movies I haven't seen yet that are supposed to be good including Slumdog Millionaire, The Wrestler and Benjamin Button.

So far though...
1. The Dark Knight
2. Transsiberian
3. Pineapple Express
4. Iron Man
5. Quantum of Solace

[tom79]

There's a bunch I still have to see but for what I saw:
1. In Bruges
2. The Dark Knight
3. Slumdog Millionaire
4. Pineapple Express
5. Role Models

[RunAmokRampant]

can lewis or some other mod close this now? Time to tally the votes.

[Joe]

it took me so long to see this thread :)

1. The Dark Knight
2. Vicky Cristina Barcelona
3. Slumdog Millionaire
4. Tropic Thunder
5. Wall-E

[static]

cool

[CaptainWaits]

1. The Wrestler
2. Zack and Miri Make a Porno
3. Religulous
4. WALL-E
5. The Dark Night

[beans]

3. Religulous

good choice

[CaptainWaits]

good choice
It was a great film, probably my favorite documentary to date

[Henry Cho]

The Dark Knight? most people grow out of comic books... a doomed generation, I hate to see what this country will be like in 10 or 20 years... movies will be 100% fart jokes

[Meatplow]

Big Bag of Money

[RunAmokRampant]

The Dark Knight? most people grow out of comic books... a doomed generation, I hate to see what this country will be like in 10 or 20 years... movies will be 100% fart jokes

you're an idiot.

[Henry Cho]

you're an idiot.

great argument, I can tell you must be a yale man!

[RunAmokRampant]

Well considering the statement 'Most people grow out of comic books' is completely wrong and spells utter ignorance I think my argument is valid.

[Henry Cho]

Well considering the statement 'Most people grow out of comic books' is completely wrong and spells utter ignorance I think my argument is valid.

aw did I hit a nerve? comics have been around since 1934. ask your father or grandfather when they stopped reading comic books. a generation that doesn't want to grow up, because they are afraid of the real world. :lol: get laid

[RunAmokRampant]

lol here we go with ignorant and dumb statements. How does continuing to read comics lead to a generation not wanting to grow up? Reading and collecting comics has, and always will be a popular pastime for lots of people. Not all comics are aimed at kids.

[Henry Cho]

lol here we go with ignorant and dumb statements. How does continuing to read comics lead to a generation not wanting to grow up? Reading and collecting comics has, and always will be a popular pastime for lots of people. Not all comics are aimed at kids.

please don't say popular and comics in the same sentence.

http://images.fanpop.com/images/image_uploads/Johnny-Drama-at-Comicon-entourage-45530_506_316.jpg

[Henry Cho]

I don't hate The Dark Knight because of it's juvenile subject matter. I hate The Dark Knight because it's a mess of a movie, gotham's shining white knight turns into the biggest super villain in the span of about 5 minutes. comic book nerds look past these glaring imperfections though

[RunAmokRampant]

I don't read comics myself much. Last few I've read were Watchmen and Maus which were really good. I wouldn't mind reading some manga but haven't got time to do so. Too busy having threesomes and playing high stakes poker, smoking cuban cigars, and livin it up in your so called 'real world'

How does Dark Knight have juvenile subject matter? I thought the film was overrated too but whatever.

[Meatplow]

family guy avatar

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[Joe]

I don't hate The Dark Knight because of it's juvenile subject matter. I hate The Dark Knight because it's a mess of a movie, gotham's shining white knight turns into the biggest super villain in the span of about 5 minutes. comic book nerds look past these glaring imperfections though

I'm going to say there's a reason as to why that happened. It's ok if you were in the bathroom for that part of the movie.

I hate comic books, but that was an awesome movie.

[comity]

comic books r 4 loozers

[Interstate]

1. The Dark Knight
2. The Wrestler
3. Cloverfield
4. Gran Torino
5. Pineapple Express

I haven't seen Slumdog Millionaire or Wall E but I expect one of those would be in my top 5 once I watch them so I wouldn't be surprised if my list changes.

[Henry Cho]

Do you people watch anything that isn't mindless or an extended advertisement for coca cola? The idea that the films of the year would only be hollywood blockbusters is ludicrous. you people sicken me

[Interstate]

Do you people watch anything that isn't mindless or an extended advertisement for coca cola?

No.

[kitsch]

but ya comic books are stupid

[Time]

ching chong i no rike horrywood

[Henry Cho]

ching chong i no rike horrywood

hollywood isn't the problem, it's the mindless american people who want nothing more out of life than to consume big macs and be entertained by this garbage.

[iarescientists]

well then you can

GET THE **** OUT

[Correction]

Professional Gamer/Actor

[RunAmokRampant]

hollywood isn't the problem, it's the mindless american people who want nothing more out of life than to consume big macs and be entertained by this garbage.

what more could want out of life if you lived like that?

[Time]

he hates these american charlatans hopefully he doesnt attend virginia tech

[RunAmokRampant]

rofl

[DhA]

burn after reading
the dark knight
in bruge
cloverfield
slumdog millionaire

[Joe]

Well all of 2008's comic book movies are better than all of 2009's.

hollywood isn't the problem, it's the mindless american people who want nothing more out of life than to consume big macs and be entertained by this garbage.

I'm personally a vegan that loves to play bridge.

:rolleyes:

[EightMilesHigh]

No.

ching chong i no rike horrywood

what more could want out of life if you lived like that?

well then you can

GET THE **** OUT

these

[pigletopeth]

wasn't The Dark Knight released in 2009 not 2008?

[horseypie]

Release date(s)
Australia:
July 16, 2008
North America:
July 18, 2008
United Kingdom:
July 24, 2008

nope

[pigletopeth]

my mistake.:smoke:

[Phantom]

1. Gran Torino
2. In Bruges
3. The Wrestler
4. Mum & Dad
5. The Dark Knight

[die of starvation]

wall e
milk
the wrestler


i didn't love any other movies but if i have to list 4 and 5 it would be

dark knight
gran torino

[jadelee]

burn after reading
dark knight
slumdog millionaire

guess they are... :wave:

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[Phantom]

Oh **** I forgot Hunger. That can replace the Dark Knight I think.

[ThePatient]

The Dark Knight
Iron Man
Righteous Kill
Wall-E
Gran Torino

[beans]

Righteous Kill fail

they cast two huge actors with the premise that they'll play off each other and the barely ever se each other in the movie.
sub-par at best

[Nosferatu]

1. The Wrestler > everything else.

[Joe]

overrated

probably 3 or 4 movies last year > the wrestler

[Nosferatu]

sorry to be the one to have to tell you.......but no.

[Joe]

the wrestler wasn't that special. mickey rourke was mickey rourke, the story was interesting and the ending was what it had to be. there was nothing incredible about it, whereas there were 3 movies that definitely had something special about them

[Nosferatu]

says the guy who put Tropic Thunder as the fourth best movie of the year. Okay.

[Joe]

Well...tbh says the guy who said The Wrestler was better than anything that came out last year. Tropic Thunder was funny. I never said it'd get an Oscar (but it was nominated for 1 while The Wrestler was only nominated for 2!)

But really Milk, TDK, and Wall-E were all actually better movies than the Wrestler. VCB probably had the best ending of all major movies last year and Tropic Thunder was funny. I didn't think there was anything incredible about it. I left the theater wondering if it would have been any better if it wasn't so over-hyped.

Oh and In Bruges, Frost/Nixon, and Burn After Reading were both more interesting than The Wrestler in my opinion.

[Nosferatu]

Well...tbh says the guy who said The Wrestler was better than anything.

nice comeback.

Tropic Thunder was funny. I never said it'd get an Oscar (but it was nominated for 1 while The Wrestler was only nominated for 2!)

wow, you're right! The Wrestler was only nominated twice, so therefore it's not a very good movie! because we all know the academy is right!

But really Milk, TDK, and Wall-E were all actually better movies than the Wrestler.

how about we just agree to disagree?

[Joe]

nice comeback.

thank you. i take pride in my comebacks

wow, you're right! The Wrestler was only nominated twice, so therefore it's not a very good movie! because we all know the academy is right!

just adding to the "nothing special about it"


how about we just agree to disagree?

deal

[HighandDriving]

says the guy who put Tropic Thunder as the fourth best movie of the year. Okay.

Hahahahahha jokes.

[beans]

comebackfest 2001

[combustion07]

1. Pinneapple Express
2. Midnight Meat Train
3. No Country For Old Men
4. Zack & Miri Make a Porno
5. Step Brothers

[Lions]

1. Doubt
2. Revolutionary Road
3. The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
4. The Wrestler
5. In Bruges

[Lions]

Alright, the Wrestler ruled because it was the most honest depiction of a man who is better at suffering than living. Who can't relate to that?

[Bleak]

Yeah pretty much.

[robertsona]

1. wall-e

[mrogerson81]

The Wrestler, what an awesome film.