Best & Worst Movies of 2008

[Marlow]

Can't have a Dec 31 without this!

Best for me:

Dark Knight
Iron Man
Wall-E
Shine a Light
Quantum of Solace
Redbelt

Worst:

Margot at the Wedding
Rachel Getting Married (see a pattern in my 2 best and 2 worst ? :wink: )
Cloverfield
Rambo
The Savages
Speed Racer
The Visitor
Don't Mess With Zohan

[Vince]

Never heard of Redbelt, so I'll have to check it out. I think "Hancock" is my favorite at this moment, and "Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull" ranks towards the bottom of my list.

[Marlow]

Never heard of Redbelt, so I'll have to check it out. I think "Hancock" is my favorite at this moment, and "Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull" ranks towards the bottom of my list.

It's small budget Rocky without the schmaltz. I agree that Hancock was fun and IJ&tCS was not.

[Whitman]

I'm a big fan of David Mamet's work, but I've rented "Redbelt" twice
without ever watching the whole thing. My favorite movies of 2008 were the first one I saw this year-No Country for Old Men and the last one I've watched-The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.

[Vince]

I just saw Wanted with A. Jolie, and except for one scene towards the end, it was great. It definately moves to my favorites list.

[gh]

Local critic's 25-worst list (with some savage commentary on each):

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.c ... 013&sc=203

(he hasn't done a deep best list yet, but calls Revolutionary Road the topper)

[Marlow]

Local critic's 25-worst list (with some savage commentary on each):

10 Made of Honor
9 Vantage Point
8 Drillbit Taylor
7 Get Smart
1 Australia

All of these were very watchable (not gonna win any Oscars, but enjoyable in their own ways). Critical opinions (including my own) say MUCH more about the critic than the material, be it music, painting, literature, dance, whatever. What it usually says about me is that I have a very broad sense of humor (which does NOT include boorish movies like Borat), and I'm easily amused. What it says about the above critic is that not much in life seems to please him. There were some truly dreadful movies out there and he chose THESE?!?! Too bad.

[gm]

Pride and Glory truly was an awful movie. Maybe one of the most offensive of all-time.

I loved Australia.

[BisonHurdler]

I don't even remember if it came out in 2008 or 2007, but The Happening is the worst movie I have ever watched, hands down.