Favorite Movies of 2008
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Favorite Movies released in 2008 plus others worth watching
LOVED IT & raced to own the DVD:
Dark Knight
Wall-E
Wanted
Penelope
Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day
Iron Man
Changeling
Loved and bought it:
Untraceable
Fool’s Gold
Speed Racer (this was a surprise actually)
Forgetting Sarah Marshall (Unrated)
Kung Fu Panda
Hancock
Hellboy 2: Golden Army
Secret Life of Bees (this decade’s answer to Fried Green Tomatoes from 90s)
Eagle Eye
Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist
Soul Men
Made of Honor
Sex and the City
Curious Case of Benjamin Buttons (Oscar)
Worth Watching (and probably bought it):
Ghost Town
Mad Money
Cloverfield
Definitely, Maybe
Street Kings
Get Smart
Slumdog Millionaire (OSCAR WINNER!)
Doubt (Oscar)
Gran Torino (Oscar)
Milk (Oscar)
Bolt
Wrestler (Oscar)
Bedtime Stories
Yes Man
Zack & Miri Make a Porno
Nights in Rodanthe
Mamma Mia
Mirrors
Traitor
Death Race
The Women (remake)
Indiana Jones & Kingdom of Crystal Skull (yes, requires a lot of suspension of disbelief and willingness to just enjoy it for what it is)
Yes Man (yes it’s very much like Liar Liar but hey I loved that movie)
Righteous Kill
Doomsday
Semi Pro
Spiderwick Chronicles
Madagascar 2
Hidden Gems:
In Bruges
Defiance
Charlie Bartlett
Nobel Son
War Inc
What Just Happened?
Nothing Like the Holidays
Role Models (the hidden part is Jane Lynch’s character which is really the only reason to see this IMO.. I say this as a big Paul Rudd fan but even he couldn’t pull it off)
Forbidden Kingdom (hidden part: not usually into martial arts movies but watched it on a whim and ended up really liking it)
And for my reference later, Movies from 2008 that I still want to see:
Then She Found Me (which reminds me I also want to see “That Old Feeling”)
Leatherheads
Chaos Theory
Deception
What Happens in Vegas
Midnight Meat Train
The Wackness
Rogue
Finding Amanda
My Blueberry Nights
Under the Same Moon
Chapter 27
Sleepwalking
Made For Each Other
Choke
Hamlet 2
Funny Games
Snow Angels
The Other Boyelyn Girl
Bonneville
Spiral
Lying
How to Rob a Bank
Anamorph
88 Minutes
Max Payne
Happy Go Lucky
Flash of Genius
Body of Lies
RocknRolla
What Doesn’t Kill You
Wendy & Lucy
Henry Poole Is Here
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (and the first one)
The Duchess
Towelhead
You and I
Other End of the Line
Synnecdoche, New York
Valkyrie
The Spirit
Revolutionary Road
Frost/Nixon (Oscar)
Nothing But The Truth