The Movie of 2008

Here is the list of movies that I saw in 2008

1. Cloverfield
2. Untraceable
3. Rambo
4. Teeth
5. Strange Wilderness
6. George A. Romero’s Diary of the Dead
7. In Bruges
8. Fool’s Gold
9. Vince Vaughn’s Wild West Comedy Show
10. Jumper
11. Definitely, Maybe
12. The Spiderwick Chronicles
13. Vantage Point
14. Be Kind Rewind
15. Charlie Bartlett
16. The Signal
17. Semi – Pro
18. 10,000 B.C.
19. The Bank Job
20. College Road Trip
21. Miss Petigrew Lives For the Day
22. CJ7
23. Horton Hears a Who
24. Doomsday
25. Run, Fat Boy, Run
26. 88 Minutes
27. Drillbit Taylor
28. The Grand
29. Superhero Movie
30. 21
31. The Ruins
32. Leatherheads
33. April Fool’s Day
34. Meet Bill
35. Smart People
36. Anamorphs
37. Day of the Dead
38. Street Kings
39. The Forbidden Kingdom
40. Forgetting Sara Marshall
41. Pathology
42. Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden?
43. The Visitor
44. Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay
45. Baby Mama
46. Iron Man
47. Made of Honor
48. Son of Rambow
49. Redbelt
50. Speed Racer
51. What Happens in Vegas
52. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
53. Sex and the City
54. The Strangers
55. The Foot Fist Way
56. The Promotion
57. The Fall
58. Kung Fu Panda
59. Don’t Mess with the Zohan
60. The Happening
61. The Incredible Hulk
62. Get Smart
63. The Love Guru
64. Wall-E
65. Wanted
66. Hancock
67. Hellboy II: The Golden Army
68. Bigger, Stronger, Faster*
69. Journey to the Center of the Earth 3-d
70. Meet Dave
71. The Dark Knight
72. Mamma Mia!
73. Space Chimps
74. Step Brothers
75. The X-Files: I Want to Believe
76. American Teen
77. The Mummy 3
78. The Rocker
79. Swing Vote
80. Midnight Meat Train
81. Pineapple Express
82. Hell Ride
83. Mirrors
84. Star Wars: The Clone Wars
85. Tropic Thunder
86. The Lost Boys II: The Tribe
87. The Wackness
88. The House Bunny
89. Babylon A.D.
90. College
91. Baghead
92. Deathrace
93. Hamlet 2
94. Righteous Kill
95. Burn After Reading
96. Ghost Town
97. IGOR
98. Eagle Eye
99. Miracle at St. Anna
100. The Alphabet Killer
101. Body of Lies
102. Saw V
103. Synecdoche, NY
104. Zack and Mir Make A Porno
105. Sex Drive
106. Role Models
107. Quantum of Solace
108. Bolt
109. Twilight
110. Slumdog Millionaire
111. 4 Christmases
112. Dear Zachary
113. Punisher: War Zone
114. The Day the Earth Stood Still
115. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
116. Seven Pounds
117. The Tale of Despereaux
118. Yes Man
119. The Wrestler
120. Bedtime Stories
121. Marley and Me
122. The Spirit
123. Gran Torino
124. Let the Right One In
125. Man on Wire
126. Paranoid Park


Movies I still need to see:

1. Bangkok Dangerous
2. Lakeview Terrace
3. Choke
4. Flash of Genius
5. How to Lose Friends …
6. Nick and Norah’s …
7. Religulous
8. City of Ember
9. The Express
10. RocknRolla
11. Max Payne
12. W.
13. Splinter
14. Soul Men
15. Repo: The Genetic Opera
16. Austrailia
17. JCVD
18. The Transporter 3
19. Milk
20. Frost/Nixon
21. The Reader
22. Defiance
23. Doubt
24. The Class
25. Valkyrie
26. Revolutionary Road
27. Happy Go Lucky
28. What Just Happened?
29. Last Chance Harvey
30. Rachel Getting Married
31. Timecrimes


Here are the worst films of 2008 (there is no order to this list)

§ 10,000 B.C. – I saw it so long ago I don’t remember much about it. I do remember it was painfully bad
§ The Happening – If I did a list 1 to 10, this would have been number 1. I am big defender of M. Night. Not this time.
§ Meet Dave – Please stop making shitty movies Eddie Murphy. You were a comic god once.
§ Mamma Mia! – I love musicals and I kind of like Abba. This movie was very painful for me to watch.
§ The X-Files: I Want to Believe – I am a fan of the show. This movie was just boring and not up to snuff.
§ The Mummy 3 – I got 4 words for you. FIELD GOAL KICKING YETIS.
§ Hell Ride – So 1994.
§ Mirrors – I get no 24 this year but I get this. That is not an even trade.
§ College – Might be the worst comedy since Freddy Got Fingered. And I laughed at parts of Freddy.
§ Twilight – I know people love this movie and god bless them. I wasn’t the demographic and I hated the rape of the vampire mythos.
§ Four Christmases – Mean spirited and unfunny.
§ The Spirit – I get it, it was campy but did it have to be bad too.

Here are my favorite films of 2008 (there is no order to this list)

§ In Bruges – Very Un-PC but very funny. Colin Ferrell proves he can act.
§ Leatherheads – I am a huge mark for Clooney and this homage to screwball comedies was pure delight for me.
§ Forgetting Sara Marshall – Just a great year for comedies and this is my second favorite Judd Apatow Crew film. Number one being Virgin.
§ Iron Man - The best popcorn movie of the year. And the second best comic book movie of all time. (See below)
§ Son of Rambow – This film took me back to my youth and filming movies in my backyard. Just a sweet funny film.
§ Redbelt – I LOVE Chiwetel Ejiofor. This film cemented the man-crush.
§ Wall-E – Just a beautiful film that brings a smile to your face and warmth to your heart. It will be a sad day when Pixar makes a bad movie.
§ The Dark Knight – Like you need an explanation. If I did a list this probably be number one.
§ Tropic Thunder – By far the best comedy of the year. This quickly shot to the top of my favorite comedies of all time.
§ Ghost Town – I am a huge Ricky Gervias mark. He took a tired cliché of a plot and made it fresh and funny.
§ Role Models – The second best comedy of the year. Paul Rudd is a comic god.
§ Dear Zachary … - This movie made me cry like a schoolgirl with a skinned knee. It is a punch in the gut documentary that will never leave you.
§ Let the Right One In – The good vampire movie. I mean the great vampire movie. It took a tired genre and made it pertinent again.
§ The Wrestler – Wow, Mickey Rourke’s performance alone is the reason to see this. The movie is pretty great too.
§ The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – I know it has its flaws but this was one of the best-made films of 2008. But not my favorite.
§ Man on Wire – The best documentary I have seen since Super Size Me.

Honorable Mentions
Cloverfield, Horton Hears a Who, Run, Fat Boy, Run, The Visitor, Sex and the City, Kung Fu Panda, Wanted, Synecdoche, NY, Sex Drive, Zack and Miri Make a Porno, Quantum of Solace, Slumdog Millionaire, Gran Torino

Guilty Pleasures
Semi-Pro, Doomsday, Superhero Movie, Harold and Kumar 2, Speed Racer, The Love Guru, Step Brothers, The Rocker,

THE JOE NAVARRA GUILTIEST PLEASURE OF THE YEAR AWARD goes to:

PUNISHER: WAR ZONE – The most brilliant piece of shit I have ever seen. I loved this movie.