Thursday, January 01, 2009
Movies of 2008
The following are all the movies I saw in the theater in 2008. It includes some second-run flicks because, for a while, I was attending the Independent Film Revival group's Monday movies.I didn't think to keep track of any movies I saw on DVD or online or at friend's houses. Maybe I'll do that next year.
Each movie is linked to it's IMDB listing, and after each movie is a link to my post about it, if available; the link indicates how many stars I give it, on the standard 5 star scale.
This is 50 movies, and two of them I saw more than once ("Iron Man" three times and "Quantum of Solace" twice). That makes 53 trips to the theater, or just over one per week. Man, I really love movies.
- American Movie - ***
- Annie Hall - ***
- Atonement - ***½
- Boogie Nights - ***
- Burn After Reading - ****
- Charlie Wilson's War - ***
- Choke - ***
- Cloverfield - ***½
- Ed Wood - ***
- Expelled - ½
- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - ***½
- Forgetting Sarah Marshall - ****
- Frost/Nixon - *****
- Get Smart - ** (missing vital ingredient of the series - Steve Carell is not Jewish)
- Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson - ***
- Hancock - ***
- Hellboy II: The Golden Army - ***½
- In The Company of Men
- Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skulls - ***
- Iron Man - ****
- Jumper - **
- Kung Fu Panda - ***½
- Leatherheads - ***
- Michael Clayton - ****
- Milk - ****½
- My Name Is Bruce - *
- No Country For Old Men - ****
- OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies - ****
- Persepolis - ****
- Pineapple Express - ** (probably **** if you're stoned)
- Quantum of Solace - ***½
- Role Models - **½
- Rushmore - ***½
- Secretary - ***
- Sing-Along Grease - ***
- Speed Racer - **
- Sweeny Todd - ***
- Synecdoche, New York - *****
- The Fall - ****
- The Royal Tennenbaums - ****
- The Spirit - **½ (probably * for anyone who doesn't love Eva Mendes' ass like I do)
- The Squid and The Whale - ***
- The Visitor - *****
- There will Be Blood - ****
- Tropic Thunder - ****½
- Vicki Christina Barcelona - ***
- Wanted - *½ (drops a whole star for the shitty attitude towards the audience at the end)
- War, Inc. - **
- Where In The World Is Osama bin Laden? - ***
- Zack and Miri Make a Porno - ***½
Now I'm going to hit "publish post" before I re-think my star ratings. Feel free to disagree with me. By the time anyone comments, I'll probably have changed my mind several times.
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