It's that time of year, where everywhere you look there's a top 10 or top 50 albums, downloads, movies, hair-do's, celebrity scandals, etc. of the year. And guess what? I'm adding to that giant heap, cuz some of you might want to know, right? So here are my top favorite movies - we'll say 15, and in no particular order. But if I had to choose a top movie, it would probably be Wall-E. That was a near perfect film. By the way, I have seen a bunch of movies, but not all of them (I'm not a film critic and I have a day job), and the year is still not over, and there are still a few big ones, so... just understand.
Wall-E
Forgetting Sarah Marshall - Funny as hell, go rent it! It has Paul Rudd and one of my favorite British comedians.
Burn After Reading - Funny as hell Coen Brothers movie. Not their best, but worthy.
Tropic Thunder - Uneven, but so damn funny at times.
Ghost Town - Stars my favorite British comedian, Ricky Gervais, and that's worth a recommendation. It's pretty good besides that, and doesn't follow the standard Rom-comedy formula as closely as most.
Role Models - Surprisingly gut-busting. It also has Paul Rudd.
Rachel Getting Married - The most misty I got all year.
Let the Right One In - The best vampire movie of the year.
The Fall - See the blog in September
Man On Wire - Same as Above
Syncecdoche, New York - An emotional Charlie Kaufman brain teaser that someone else needs to see so we talk about it.
Iron Man - I saw it twice
Dark Knight - I saw it twice as well.
Shine A Light - In Imax! You can see several decades of Mick's dental work in amazing detail. Great songs!
The Orphanage - The best horror movie of the year.
Like I said, there are a few I have yet to see, and I didn't add The Curious Case of Benjamin Button since I saw it really late and slept through a significant chunk of it. What I saw was pretty great though.
And now for the biggest turds of the year (aka movies that should have been really good, but were kind of depressing and forgettable.)
Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - Such a letdown.
The Happening - The first "R-rated" movie from M. Night Shyamalan. Big effin' deal.
Hamlet 2 I really wanted to like this, but I can hardly remember it now. Steve Coogan needs something really good, and quick.
That's it. Let me know if I forgot anything.
4 comments:
Now all I need to know is what your top hair do's and don'ts were of '08 and I will be complete.
The Happening SUCKED!
I am definitely going to check these out...the only ones I saw of your list were Iron Man and Black Knight, which were both pretty good. Hey are you interested in a freelance project? I'll email ya...
I liked The Happening...
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