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2008 Movies You've Seen

I've seen Milk recently, which gets **** from me. A fantastic return to narrative storytelling from Gus Van Sant, who admittedly is working from a genuinely touching script from newcomer Dustin Lance Black and a truly mesmerizing performance from Sean Penn.

I likely won't see all the films I want to still see before the year is out (Valkyrie, Doubt, Slumdog Millionaire, Let the Right One In, Revolutionary Road, The Reader, The Wrestler...just to name a few) but I did see The Spirit thanks to my cousin who wouldn't sit through Valkyrie and I must say...I thought Jumper was my worst film of 2008, and now I have a new winner. It wasn't godawful, but it was one of those laughably bad movies where you know it's horrible but you go along with it anyway.

I'm not even going to give it the previledge of a star rating.
 
Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem
Baby Mama
The Bank Job
Be Kind Rewind
Cloverfield
The Dark Knight
Diary of the Dead
Get Smart
The Happening
Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Iron Man
Jumper
Marley and Me
No Country For Old Men
Quantum of Solace
The Ruins
Saw V
The Strangers
There Will Be Blood
Tropic Thunder

Note: For those who haven't seen it, I would avoid Marley and Me like the plague. We went and saw it Christmas Day, expecting something like Beethoven with Owen Wilson. My God, this movie was mismarketed. We left the theater depressed as hell. It's definitely not the feel good comedy it's advertised to be. Prepare to be depressed.
 
I saw a lot of stuff this year. Most recently:

Marley and Me- B
Four Christmases- B
Madagascar 2- B-


This week I'm going to see Doubt and Frost/Nixon.

Summer movies:

Dark Knight- A
Mamma Mia!- A
Pineapple Express- A
WALL-E- A+
Indy IV- B
Tropic Thunder- B+
Step Brothers- B (though second viewing on DVD, I didn't like it as much)
You Don't Mess With the Zohan- B-
Hancock- C+
Get Smart-B

Spring and late Winter 2008-
Leatherheads- B+
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day- A
Penelope- B


2008 movies I want to see, but aren't going to play in my area: Rachel Getting Married, Slumdog Millionaire, Happy Go Lucky. Hopefully, I'll get to see them, and Revolutionary Road and The Reader.
 
Doomsday
Sex and the City
Iron Man
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Incredible Hulk
Hancock
Hellboy 2: The Golden Army
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Quantum of Solace
Wanted
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
Babylon AD
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Mamma Mia!
 
Just movies released, more or less, this year.
Favorite 3 in bold, worst 3 in italics:

Theater:
The Dark Knight: A
Wall-E: A
Slumdog Millionaire: A+
Quantum of Solace: B+
Bolt (3D): B
Cloverfield: B -
Indiana Jones: C
Iron Man: A -
The Bank Job: B
The Incredible Hulk: B
Speed Racer: C
Horton Hears A Who: C
The Day The Earth Stood Still: B-
Baby Mamma: C+
Tropic Thunder: B+
Sweeney Todd: A

The Happening: F (worst movie I've paid to see in years and years)

Disk:
X-Files: I Want to Believe: C
Get Smart: B-
Hellboy 2-Golden Army: C
Hancock: F
Wanted: D
In Bruges: A
There Will Be Blood: A
Batman: Gotham Knight: C+
 
The Dark Knight - A
Teeth - A
Definitely, Maybe - A
Iron Man - A
Wall-E - A
Smart People - A
The Air I Breathe - B
Semi-Pro - B
10,000 BC - B (guilty pleasure)
The Ruins - B
Indiana Jones 4 - B
Kung Fu Panda - B
Lakeview Terrace - B
Get Smart - B
Cloverfield - C
Mad Money - C
Forgetting Sarah Marshall - C
The Strangers - C
The Happening - C
The X-Files 2 - C
Max Payne - C
Anamorph - F

New additions since 12/3:

The Grand - B
Harold and Kumar 2 - B
Baby Mama - B
Mongol - A
Wanted - C
Step Brothers - C
Tropic Thunder - C
Vicky Cristina Barcelona - A
Quantum of Solace - C

Still want to see:

Valkyrie
Defiance
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Wrestler
Gran Torino
Doubt
Frost/Nixon
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire
Synedoche, New York
W
Rachel Getting Married
Blindness
Choke
Miracle at St. Anna
Appaloosa
Burn After Reading
Frozen River
Midnight Meat Train
Man On Wire
CSNY Dejavu
Transsiberian
My Winnipeg
The Fall
My Blueberry Nights
The Other Boleyn Girl
The Band's Visit
In Bruges
Cassandra's Dream
 
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