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.