Top Ten Movies of 2008

[Elizabeth]

Well, I saw the music thread like this, but since I don't get a whole lot of new music, I didn't really have anything to say... So I decided to make one about movies. There are still several supposedly great movies from last year I haven't seen, but of the ones I have, these are my favorites...

Somewhat unsurprisingly, there's a pretty good number of superhero movies on there... Also, quite a few comedies, which -was- surprising, at least to me, because in general, there aren't many of those that really appeal to me, usually. I'd also like to do an Honorable Mention for Wanted, which was one of the most fun movies I saw last year, though nowhere near the actual best.


10. Cloverfield / Diary of the Dead
9. Forgetting Sarah Marshall
8. The Signal
7. Hellboy 2 / Iron Man
6. Be Kind, Rewind
5. Tropic Thunder / Pineapple Express
4. The Dark Knight
3. In Bruges
2. There Will Be Blood
1. Let the Right One In

 

[Pojo]

1. Benjamin Button
2. Dark Knight
3. Wall-E
4. Iron Man
5. Hancock
6. Tropic Thunder
7. Cloverfield
8. Wanted
9. Day the Earth Stood Still
10. I guess Quantum of Solace...

The first couple are in order...The rest aren't

 

[Dream]

Twilight. Best movies of 2008, nothing else stands close to it.










......sure if I was a 13 year old fangirl lol, anyways...

1.) The Dark Knight
2.) Iron Man
3.) Tropic Thunder
4.) Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay
5.) Hellboy 2

Also one movies I want to see now is The Wrestler.

 

[starshine]

1. Hancock
2. The Dark Night
3. 7 Pounds
4. Twilight
5. Horton Hears a Who
6. 27 Dresses
7. Another Cinderella Story
8. Soccer Mom
9. Journey to the Center of the Earth
10. Sex and the City

 

[daria7483]

Finally, someone mentioned Sex and the City I'm embarrassed to say I don't think I saw even anywhere close to 10 movies in 08. Yeah, we don't get out much...

 

[starshine]

Finally, someone mentioned Sex and the City I'm embarrassed to say I don't think I saw even anywhere close to 10 movies in 08. Yeah, we don't get out much...

I only saw Twilight and 7 Pounds in theatres, the rest I watched online or on my pirated PPV.

 

[EmeraldsAndLime]

In no particular order...

Quantum of Solace
Funny Games
X-Files (Yeah I liked it, sue me)
Tokyo Gore Police
Wall-E
No Country for Old Men (2007 film, but I saw it in 2008)
A Complete History of My Sexual Failures
Taken
Tropic Thunder
Quarantine

 

[Fire_lupine06]

I only seen 3 movies this past year ...Iron Man ( seen it on a ab/dl meet up...epic ) ...Hulk, and X Files ( I liked it too )

 

[teddy564339]

I'm surprised so many people have mentioned Tropic Thunder...I didn't find it funny at all. The only funny parts to me were parts I saw in the previews before I saw the movie.

I don't know if I can rank them, but some of the ones I liked:

Cloverfield, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Iron Man, Speed Racer, Wanted, The Dark Knight, Eagle Eye, Pineapple Express, Bedtime Stories, Seven Pounds.

 

[Triscuit]

*struggling with TEN* .. but here goes!

10.) Baby Mama
9.) Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (don't laugh!)
8.) Sex and the City
7.) Hellboy II
6.) Step Brothers
5.) Quantum of Solace
4.) Eagle Eye
3.) The Strangers
2.) Burn After Reading
1.) The Dark Knight (Big surprise!! hehe)

 

[Elizabeth]

It probably helps somewhat that I didn't see any previews of Tropic Thunder before watching it, so it was all new to me. That, and I love Robert Downey, Jr, so that helped.

I also enjoyed X-Files. I didn't think it was nearly as good as the first movie, or as any of the movies on my list, but I liked it.

 

[Fire_lupine06]

Umm Was Hellboy 2 as good as HB1?

 

[Pojo]

Umm Was Hellboy 2 as good as HB1?

Supposedly it's better...But I didn't like the first one that much, so that's not saying much for me

 

[Elizabeth]

I preferred HB2 to HB1, if only because Myers wasn't in it. It was more action than character oriented, which could either be good or bad, depending on your preferences. I really enjoy them both, but I like the second a little more.

 

[Triscuit]

I preferred HB2 to HB1, if only because Myers wasn't in it. It was more action than character oriented, which could either be good or bad, depending on your preferences. I really enjoy them both, but I like the second a little more.

I agree!!

 

[Maxicoon]

in this order:
The Dark Night
IronMan
Hellboy2
Max Payne
Babylon A.D.(yes i liked it)

 

[lost-lotus]

Twilight = EPIC FAIL

 

[Lowie]

Here's my list, in this order

1. Death Race
2. Pinapple Express
3. Drillbit Taylor
4. Kung Fu Panda
5. First Sunday
6. Strange Wilderness
7. Transporter 3
8. Space Chimps
9. Madagascar 2
10. The Dark Night

 

[jimmy_]

Dont like listing things, i can never argue to myself why id pick one film over another for whatever reason ^_^

But i did like, just like the most of us "The Dark Knight", but one of the most memorable experiances ive had with a movie was with REC, the original version of Quarantine. Although released in 2007, it didnt reach my part of the world until late and only got a limited release here. Dont really understand why they need to make a remake of it anyways, i guess its too hard to market a foreign movie to the american audiences. Cloverfield was another semiforgotten gem for me, but i really enjoyed it, im a big fan of the handcamera style, even though the hype was more interesting then the movie itself.

Did like Hellboy 2, and i thought the first was underrated. I really like Del toros way to work with monsters and beasts, trying to avoid the digital effect and more hands-on. And as a comic fan i really enjoyed Iron man and really like how it was made. One of the best comic movies out there, well, after Sin City.

Im a bit ashamed to say that one of the most enjoyable movies last year was Mamma Mia, i dunno if Abba is in my swedish genes, but dammit that movie made me smile!

I guess thats basicly my movieyear in review.

 

[Charlie]

No country for old men
There will be blood
Cloverfield
The Dark Knight
Burn after Reading
Quantum of Solace
(I'm also going to be cheeky and say REC, because although it was a 2007 film, it's remake Quarantine was released in '08...)

And because I've not even got ten, I'll say The Curious Case of Benjamin Button because even though it's not been released yet, I know I'm going to like it.