9. Lars and the Real Girl
8. I'm Not There
7. Gone Baby Gone
6. Grace is Gone
5. Into the Wild
4. Michael Clayton
3. Before the Devil Knows Your Dead
2. Juno
1. No Country for Old Men
Honorable Mentions: The Amateurs (Which sat on the self for a couple years, and focuses on a bunch of would be film makers that venture into porn.) and 1408. (Which was a really solid horror film.) American Gangster is a solid film with great performances. Grindhouse Double Feature was a Highlight to this year, and a joy to see in theatres. The fake movie ads were the best part, but when the films were split for DVD it lost some of its thrill.
Worst Film of 2008:
In The Valley of Elah: There is a cancer on American Cinema and its name is Paul Haggis. Never in my life have I seen so many good actors who were wasted. (Wait maybe in the 2005 winner for Best Picture, Crash.) Also the film has so many pointless scenes they could have all ended up on the cutting room floor.
Congrats to Josh Brolin:
I haven't heard much about him since watching The Goonies as a kid. It was made offical this year that he was a pretty good actor. Appearing in the Oscar winner for Best Picture, No Country for Old Men. He managed to be the star of that film. Then good supporting roles in American Gangster and Planet Terror. I can forgive him for appearing in In the Valley of Elah which he is one of the several good actors wasted.
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Haha, don't get me started on Paul Haggis. Crash deserves its own post, maybe we can collaborate on that one. It will probably be mentioned in several posts to come.
Let's start the collaboration. I'm betting a donkey could write a better script then Haggis.
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