Best of 2008 - Page 3

1. Burn After Reading
2. In Bruges
3. Vicky Christina Barcelona
4. Pineapple Express
5. Wall-E
6. The Strangers
7. Step Brothers
8. Forgetting Sarah Marshall
9. Iron Man
10. Be Kind, Rewind

So far:

1. The Dark Knight/Iron Man (not a tie, they co-exist new grand champions of best superhero movies ever made)
2. Burn After Reading
3. WALL-E
4. Pineapple Express
5. The Wackness
6. The Foot Fist Way
7. Tropic Thunder
8. Forgetting Sarah Marshall
9. Rambo
10. Step Brothers

Also liked/loved: Kung Fu Panda, Wanted, Hellboy II, Redbelt, Indiana Jones (at least this had the original cast and talent involved despite its flaws!), Hamlet 2

Guilty Pleasures of the Year: Doomsday, Death Race

The Worst:
1. You Don't Mess with the Zohan (walked out after a half-hour)
2. The Ruins
3. The Strangers
4. Be Kind Rewind (a very good first two acts before shitting the bed after that)

Wow, I think all of those are good. Not best, but definitely not worst.

1. The Wrestler
2. Gran Torino
3. Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
4. Burn After Reading
5. Let the Right One In
6. The Foot Fist Way
7. Australia
8. Frost/Nixon
9. The Dark Knight
10. Slumdog Millionaire

1. In Bruges
2. Let the Right One In
3. The Dark Knight
4. The Fall
5. Iron Man

EDIT: Mind you, I haven't seen The Wrestler yet...

1) Wall-E
2) Speed Racer
3) The Dark Knight
4) Pineapple Express
5) Milk
6) Frost/Nixon
7) Hellboy 2
8) Man on Wire
9) Towelhead
10)In Bruges

Haven't seen: The Wrestler, Let The Right One In, Slumdog Millionaire,

Since I didn't get to see a lot of "great" movies in the theater I'll go with a top five

1. Burn After Reading
2. In Bruges
3. Pineapple Express
4. Funny Games
5. Hellboy 2


I feel as if you all lied to me about Speed Racer.

No Order:
Rambo
Burn After Reading
The Dark Knight
Hellboy 2
Let the Right One In

I'm terrible at lists because it often feels like I have to betray one thing I love for another. So this list isn't ranked. It's just gonna be what comes to mind as films I really enjoyed this year.

Speed Racer (first ONLY because Swice mentioned it last! yea...)
The Wrestler
The Dark Knight
Let the Right One In
Slumdog Millionaire
Kung Fu Panda
Wall-E
In Bruges
Rambo
Burn After Reading
Punisher: War Zone
Towehead
Rachel Getting Married
Milk
Gran Torino
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Doubt
Religulous

EDIT: A real cheat to put more than 10, I know.

EDIT2: Now it's more than 15.

1.In Bruges
2.The Baader-Meinhof Complex
3.The Good, The Bad and The Weird
4.Tokyo Gore Police
5.Sparrow
6.Hunger
7.Happy Go Lucky
8.Hellboy 2
9.Funny Games
10.Quantum of Solace

I feel I've let myself down by missing a couple of key films such as In Bruges, Man on a Wire and Not Quite Hollywood.

There are also a number of promising films that haven't been released in Australia yet such as The Wrestler and Let The Right One In. And also just released ones like Slumdog Millionare.

So here's the best of what I did see.

Tie for #1

1. Hellboy 2
1. Speed Racer
2. The Mist *
3. Tropic Thunder
4. Kung Fu Panda
5. Pineapple Express
6. Iron Man
7. Wall-E
8. The Bank Job
9. The Orphanage*
10. The Dark Knight

* Australian cinema release in 2008

Glad to see someone throwing out a little love the way of Hunger. Also, your ranking of Tokyo Gore Police makes me even more curious to see it.

1) Slumdog Millionaire
2) Man on Wire
3) Burn After Reading
4) Milk
5) Iron Man
6) In Bruges
7) Tropic Thunder
8) Synecdoche, New York
9) Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
10) Vicky Christina Barcelona

I've only seen 4 2008 releases:

1. Cloverfield
2. Quantum of Solace
3. Indiana Jones 4
4. Mamma Mia

My penis actually fell off during Mamma Mia.

This list could obviously still change dramatically as I see more of the end of the year films.

1. Encounters at the End of the World
2. Snow Angels
3. Burn After Reading
4. Man on Wire
5. The Pineapple Express
6. Dear Zachary
7. The Dark Knight
8. Wall-E
9. Funny Games
10. In Bruges

This will be sort of a long post, but here goes.

I didn't get to see nearly enough of the movies released in 2008 to make a definitive top 10 list, but of the movies I did see, these were my favorites (in order from favorite to least favorite):

1. Wall-E (dir. Andrew Stanton)
2. Sukiyaki Western Django (dir. Takashi Miike)
3. Burn After Reading (dir. Joel & Ethan Coen)
4. Iron Man (dir. John Favreau)
5. Hellboy II (dir. Guillermo Del Toro)
6. Funny Games (dir. Michael Haneke)
7. Tropic Thunder (dir. Ben Stiller)
8. Pinapple Express (dir. David Gordon Green)
9. Cloverfield (dir. Matt Reeves)
10. The Dark Knight (dir. Christopher Nolan)

Runners-up:
Doomsday (dir. Neil Marshall)
Possibly the most fun I've had in a theater all year. Utterly ridiculous, but a complete blast from beginning to end.

The Incredible Hulk (dir. Louis Leterrier)
Not a great movie, but there's a lot to love in this movie, and it certainly puts to shame the turgid Ang Lee misfire from a few years back (I know that movie gets a lot of love around these parts, and I will never understand why).

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Again, this list is not necessarily made up of the best movies of the year, but out of the few movies I did see, these were the ones that really stuck with me for whatever reason, and that's why they're here.

As far as the worst movie of the year, that would have to be The Happeneing. A complete train wreck from top to bottom, I can't think of anything redeeming about this movie (not even the unintentional hilarity that others are praising).

The most disappointing movie of the year is without a doubt Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. The original Indy trilogy comprises what may just be my favorite adventure films of all time, and this latest installment was just a complete and utter letdown.

And of course, the most overrated film of this year would have to be The Dark Knight. It's a good movie, and I liked it quite a bit, but honestly, I cannot understand why this movie became such a phenomenon. As good as it is, I honestly don't think I'll be able to watch it again any time soon, as I'm just so burnt out by the hype.

Movies released (either in limited or wide distribution) in 2008 I still need/want to see:

The Good, the Bad and the Weird (dir. Kim Ji-woon)
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button (dir. David Fincher)
The Wrestler (dir. Darren Arronofsky)
The Brothers Bloom (dir. Rian Johnson)
Che (dir. Steven Soderbergh)
Australia (dir. Baz Luhrman)
Milk (dir. Gus Van Sant)
Blindness (dir. Fernando Meirelles)
Religulous (dir. Larry Charles)
W. (dir. Oliver Stone)
Synecdoche, New York (dir. Charlie Kaufman)
Zack and Miri Make a Porno (dir. Kevin Smith)
The Spirit (dir. Frank Miller)
Repo: The Genetic Opera (dir. Darren Lynn Bousman)
Appaloosa (dir. Ed Harris)
Miracle at St. Anna (dir. Spike Lee)
Frost/Nixon (dir. Ron Howard)
Waltz with Bashir (dir. Ari Folman)
Nick & Nora's Infinite Playlist (dir. Peter Sollett)
In Bruges (dir. Martin McDonagh)

Edited to add:
Let the Right One In (dir. Tomas Alfredson)
Dear Zachary (dir. Kurt Kuenne)

Can't believe I forgot to add those two to the "must-see" list.

These either didn't make it out to my neck of the woods, or I just didn't have the time/energy to get out to the theater and see them. Hopefully, that will be rectified over the next few months, and I'll finally get caught up on my movie viewing.

If you can catch it with an appreciative audience it's probably this years Grindhouse, silly, gratuitous and a fuckload of fun.

I shouldn't be working so close to Christmas, so in protest, I'm making a Top Ten list instead.

1. The Wrestler
2. In Bruges
3. Slumdog Millionaire
4. Iron Man
5. W.
6. Pineapple Express
7. The Dark Knight
8. Tropic Thunder
9. Role Models
10. Tell No One

Honorable Mentions to: Wall-E, Milk, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Frost/Nixon, Kung Fu Panda, The Visitor, Doubt, Burn After Reading, Religulous, Hellboy 2, Be Kind Rewind, and Forgetting Sarah Marshall.

The Worst (that I saw): The Strangers, The Happening, Street Kings, Eagle Eye, The X Files: I Want To Believe, Hancock, The Grand, and especially Prince Caspian.

I should see Let the Right One In and Dear Zachary.

I'll play (and bare in mind that a bunch of these look skewed because of the later UK Jan/Feb release dates for end-of-year US releases):

1. Sparrow
2. There Will Be Blood
3. The Mist
4. Let The Right One In
5. Paranormal Activity
6. Of Time & The City
7. Hellboy II: The Golden Army
8. The Good, The Bad & The Weird
9. Grindhouse
10. Slumdog Millionaire

All stellar. With the also-rans being:

Times Crimes
Lust, Caution
Doomsday
Sweeny Todd
No Country For Old Men

No Country For Old Men is an also-ran to Hellboy 2?

Richard Dickson, Technically it is...Hellboy II: The Golden Army, and Guillermo Del Toro's best film yet, is a far better film then...No Country For Old Men, an overrated film by the Coen Brothers, that is the undeserving Best Picture and Best Director winner of the 2008 Acadamy Awards.

Best of 2008:

SPEED fucking RACER! *

*Please excuse xmas 'enthusiasm'E

My current top ten:

1. The Dark Knight (as it stands, this is what I have here)
2. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (I lowered my expectations... and it still blew me away. The last 30 minutes or so ruined me.)
3. Synecdoche, New York
4. Rachel Getting Married
5. WALL-E
6. The Visitor
7. In Bruges
8. Let the Right One In
9. Slumdog Millionaire
10. Burn After Reading

Just missed the list: Milk, Miracle at St. Anna (seriously -- loved it), Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Man on Wire, Snow Angels

I also liked these movies, but they weren't even close: Gran Torino, Doubt, Paranoid Park, Wanted, Hamlet 2, Speed Racer, Son of Rambow

Underrated: Blindness, The Promotion, Transsiberian

Overrated and Mediocre: Frost/Nixon, Changeling (ugh), W.

Plain Old Bad Movies That Too Many People Have Respect For: The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, Revolutionary Road (dreadful), Happy-Go-Lucky (yeah, I went there), Up the Yangtze, Choke

Haven't yet seen: The Reader, The Wrestler, Religulous, Dear Zachary, Wendy and Lucy, Trouble the Water, and Che (of course)

Good calls. Blindness was way to interesting to get so ignored. I'm not sure I'd call Boy in Pajamas bad, but the film was kind of zero-sum.

In no particular order:

Waltz With Bashir
Man on Wire
Mongol
Persepolis


Hmmm, I need to see more movies next year I think.

I still haven't seen a few important films (Slumdog, In Bruges) so my list isn't final.

1. THE DARK KNIGHT
2. LET THE RIGHT ONE IN
3. THE WRESTLER
4. RAMBO
5. IRON MAN
6. WALL E

I'm tempted to just list Let the Right One In and leave it at that. Everything else is so far behind.

Runners-up:
Paranoid Park
Iron Man
Speed Racer-- Fully expected to loathe it. Growing on me.
The first half of WALL*E. Yeah, I'm one of those people.

I appear to be in the extreme minority in liking Choke.

It's not Top Ten material by any means but I like it. I think too many people's expectations were up through the roof because of Fight Club and they ended up disappointed because they expected something else. It's vastly different material.

Blindness is also really good, it's just outside of my top ten. But then again I could watch post-apocalyptic social experiment scenarios for days. I'm the target market.

My Top 15 for...2008!

1) Punisher War Zone
2) Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull
3) Iron Man
4) The Spirit
5) Hellboy II: The Golden Army
6) The Dark Knight
7) Rambo
8) James Bond 007: Quantum Of Solace
9) Wanted
10) Speed Racer
11) Doomsday
12) Transporter 3
13) The Incredible Hulk
14) Gran Torino
15) Appaloosa

I still haven't seen much in December due to the rampant snow storms 'round here, but I'm somewhat amazed that Speed Racer will likely still land in the upper half of my Top 5. Wouldn't have seen that one coming.

What do you think of Benjamin?

Feral Akodon, I can state that...Benjamin Button is a film that I have completely...no interest in ever seeing, even if I was invited to a free screening.

1. Hellboy 2 (I'll admit it's not filmmaking on the same level as TWBB, say, but I plain enjoy it more than anything else this year)
2. There Will Be Blood
(The late UK release on this one saves me from a pretty mediocre list)
3. No Country for Old Men
(Ditto)
4. Burn After Reading
5. The Mist

Honestly, I might as well leave it there. I enjoyed quite a few other films this year (Sweeny Todd, Iron Man, Dark Knight, etc), but none of them really seem like list material.


Eagerly awaiting a chance to actually see Let the Right One in, Synecdoche New York or Slumdog Millionaire, but I suspect they'll have to make my 2009 list instead.

I am getting really tired of reading that Angelina's ass shot in Wanted was the best nude scene in 2008. We've seen her ass many times before, and way more shapely.

That's not to say Angelina's character wasn't attractive, she was very fuck worthy. I just have to believe there were some better nude scenes in 2008 than that one.

Laura Ramsey - The Ruins

Harry-you-know-who's:

1. Let the Right One In
2. The Dark Knight
3. The Wrestler
4. WALL*E
5. The Brothers Bloom
6. Benjamin Button
7. Milk
8. Pineapple Express
9. Slumdog Millionare
10. Burn after Reading

Extra Harry tidbit: If, by some act of God, a Batman movie wins Best Picture… I’ll cry giggling like some perverse imp having his salad tossed by Natalie Portman. Please let me giggle cry!

I hope to see LET THE RIGHT ONE IN and BENJAMIN BUTTON this week, so I will hold my list until then.

Well, here's mine:

1. The Wrestler
2. Slumdog Millionaire
3. Let The Right One In
4. Forgetting Sarah Marshall
5. Speed Racer
6. Hellboy II: The Golden Army
7, Burn After Reading
8. The Wackness
9. Dear Zachary
10. The Dark Knight

Still kind of surprised how high FSM made it for me. But I didn't see a better comedy all year (Pineapple didn't do it for me).

I guess I'll weigh in.

1) Wall-E
2) In Bruges
3) Synecdoche, NY
4) Let The Right One In
5) The Wrestler
6) Tell No One
7) Speed Racer
8) Happy Go Lucky
9) Man on Wire
10) Pineapple Express

No cigars: Tropic Thunder, Iron Man, Hellboy 2, Foot Fist Way and The Dark Knight

Worst of the year: 10,000 B.C. (most of the other bad movies I saw this year were at least interestingly bad)

Here goes nothing.

1) Wall-E
2) Let The Right One In
3) The Dark Knight
4) U23D
5) In Bruges
6) Tropic Thunder
7) Hellboy 2
8) Frost/Nixon
9) Ben Button
10) Slumdog Millionaire

Also saw and dug The Wrestler, Milk, Iron Man, Gran Torino, and Zack and Miri Make a Porno.

Saving my full list till I've played some serious catch up, but if I were to play it as it lays, Let The Right One In would be sitting pretty at the top of it.

Also, for those who care, yes, Miscellaneous Awards are still coming. Patience is a virtue.

Even though there are a few majors I haven't seen yet (The Wrestler, Gran Torino, Milk), I'm going to give this a go.

1. Let the Right One In
2. Redbelt
3. In Bruges
4. The Fall
5. The Dark Knight
6. Pineapple Express
7. Burn After Reading
8. Speed Racer
9. Rambo
10. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

I haven't seen Gommorah (will that be considered a 2009 release?), Benjamin Button, The Reader, Revolutionary Road, Doubt, or Waltz with Bashir.

1. Wrestler
2. Bigger, Faster, Stronger (no one remembers this awesome movie?)
3. Funny Games
4. Chop Shop
5. In Bruges
6. Kenny (Austrailian film which I saw at the Philly Film Festival)
7. Body of War
8. Dark Knight
9. Burn After Reading
10. Step Brothers

I'll wait until I see The Wrestler, but until then I'm sure that it's

1. LTROI
2. In Bruges

1: Let the right one in
2: The Wackness
3: Religilous
4: The Dark Knight
5: Wall-E
5: Burn After Reading
6: Man on Wire
7: In Bruges
8: Hellboy 2
9: Tropic Thunder
10: Quantum of Solace

Some I haven't seen: Milk, Synecdoche, Benj. Button, Doubt, Slumdog, Wrestler, revolutionary road.

10. Speed Racer

A visual mindfreak of a film, the Wachowski brothers feel completely uninhibited and capture a perfect aesthetic of childhood imagination amped up on pure adrenaline. All one must do to truly enjoy this film is to buy into the theme of family that is presented here, and I bought into it completely. Though it may lag a bit with the Royalton segment, the absolutely mad pace and visual wonder on display all but redeem it.

9. Rambo

I can't believe this film is here on my list, but I must admit to it being one of the most enjoyable films I've seen in a long time. The slim film gives us only enough exposition and plot to create an inciting incident, which incites . . . mayhem, simply put. For the rest of the 90 minute running time the film is simply the latest marketing video for Squibs-R-Us. Either that or the latest issue of "Headless Burmese Monthly." It is pure enjoyment.

8. Doubt

An incredibly well-crafted piece of theatre disguised as cinema, John Patrick Shanley's ambiguous did-he/didn't-he tale of a Catholic priest is a showcase of acting at its finest. The movie may falter (pointless dutch angles are jarring) but the quality of the performances make it one of the most excellent films in quite some time. Every single performance is sharp and crackling with passion and dedication, and the courage of the story and its dedication to ambivalence make this one of my favorite cinematic experiences of the year.

7. Iron Man

Iron Man is on my list instead of The Dark Knight for one simple reason: enjoyability. Iron Man was infinitely more enjoyable than its dark and gritty colleague, and that is largely due to two men: Jon Favreau and his light touch and serious dedication to the characters as director, and even more to Robert Downey, Jr. for his wonderful embodiment of Tony Stark. Downey owned this film and helped transcend from its pulpy roots to a funny and intelligent film. Great, committed performances from the rest of the cast round out this wonderful film.

6. Milk

I was very much moved by Milk - more than any other film this year. It is a touching and timely film by Gus Van Sant, elevated by wonderful performances by James Franco, Emil Hirsch, Josh Brolin and especially Sean Penn. The film truly finds its footing about halfway through as Milk and his associates battle against the discriminatory Proposition 6. Once it finds itself it propels forward becoming an elegant and fearless story, as moving as Harvey Milk himself.

5. Vicky Christina Barcelona

I'm surprised this film has received such little recognition. Usually a surprising and beautiful little movie filled with rich characters and complex performances is lauded at year's end, but this, sadly, seems to have been forgotten. Woody Allen's best movie of the past years, this examination of modern sexuality and its consequences is filled with wryly funny dialogue and wonderful acting from Rebecca Hall, Scarlett Johansson, Javier Bardem, Penelope Cruz and Patricia Clarkson. This movie restored my faith in cinema
after a brief struggle (true story).

4. Burn After Reading

2008 was good for comedy. Pineapple Express, Tropic Thunder, Step-Brothers and Hamlet 2 were all hilarious, but the Coens' very dark and bitter screwball comedy is by far the funniest. Each and every performance is bursting with life and energy, but special notice must be given to Brad Pitt for his portrayal of Chad Feldheimer - a man who merits every inch of the name Chad. The taught script by the Coen brothers is never merciful, but always hilarious. Twisting and turning over itself, the plot is a perfect deconstruction of film, always using the medium to twist and manipulate our expectations. Burn After Reading only solidifies the fact that the Coen Brothers understand clearly the art of cinema and how to use it.

3. Let the Right One In

Let the Right One In is a beautiful love story and a deeply touching coming-of-age story. It is a wonderful story of isolation and eventually acceptance as young Oskar meets and falls in love with Eli, the pretty vampire next door. The deliberate and drawn-out pacing perfectly accents the moments of horror, making them all the more shocking and terrifying, and the build-up to the climax makes it one of the most satisfying moments of film this year. The cinematography of the stark, Swedish landscape is as beautiful and haunting as the story.

2. Synecdoche, New York

I can't begin to describe this film in an adequate fashion. The scope and ambition of this film is unparalleled this year. Synecdoche, New York is about . . . well . . . everything. It is about life. It is about creation and its inherent selfishness. It is about communication and miscommunication. It's about obsession. Isolation. Sex. Longing. Narcissism. Love. Pain. It is simply about life and its intricacies. But it is in no way simple. The film is ambitious and takes thousands of little risks. Some work, some don't. But those that work pay off in such a spectacular way that the movie stays with you. It is a rare film that dares to take so many risks with its storytelling, and to see one take them so audaciously and fearlessly is to be commended. Marveled, even. The acting is uniformly excellent, and it also boasts a wonderful new score by my favorite film composer Jon Brion. This film moved me as equally as Milk, but in a completely different fashion.

1. Slumdog Millionaire

Danny Boyle is versatility incarnate. His films range from the horrifying to the wildly imaginative to the poignant and touching. His latest film, Slumdog Millionaire is a touching shot of joyful adrenaline into the year in film. His underdog tale of poverty in India is a beautiful and moving film, but also exciting and full of life. His images of impoverished India are haunting and truthful, but not devoid of hope or happiness. His troupe of Indian actors all perform spectacularly, and he manages to coax wonderful and deep performances from his child actors. His color palette is splendid, and the vibrant images on display energize and awaken the mind. But with all the visual frenzy and drama, he does not lose grip on the heart of it all, and he creates a touching and beautiful film. I loved this movie. I left the theatre feeling exhilarated and alive, excited and blissful. It's a powerful movie to make you feel that way, and Slumdog Millionaire is indeed powerful.

Honorable Mentions: Funny Games, The Dark Knight, The Visitor, Pineapple Express, Tropic Thunder

Have Not Seen, But Want To: Frost/Nixon, The Wrestler, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Wackness, Man on Wire, Revolutionary Road, Wall-E, Rachel Getting Married, In Bruges, The Fall, Waltz With Bashir

The top 5 being a lock.

1) The Wrestler
2) Let the right one in
3) Wall-E
4) In Bruges
5) The Hunger
6) Eden Lake (fellow brits need to see this,best horror since The Descent and it has Kelly Reilly getting all wet and muddy).
7) The Visitor
8) The Good The Bad and The Weird
9) Iron Man
10) Happy-go-Lucky (hope Sally takes the Oscar)

Enjoyed;
JCVD,Rock N Rolla,Quantum of Solace,Speed Racer,The Dark Knight,Burn After Reading,Hellboy 2,The Orphanange,Pineapple Express,Sukiyaki Western Django,The Bank Job,Zach and Miri,Vicky Cristina Barcelona,Cassandra's Dream,Step-Brothers,The Mist,Persepolis,The Incredible Hulk,Definitely,Maybe,Chaos Theory,Snow Angels,Rambo,Death Race,Forgetting Sarah Marshall,Redbelt,Funny Games,Transsiberian(marry me Emily Mortimer),The Fall,TowelHead.....

Good but still disappointing; Gomorra

Shit list; 10,000 B.C.,Mummy 3,Journey to the Center of the Earth,Max Payne,The Happening,Foot Fist Way,Wanted.

Want to see;The Hurt Locker,Gran Torino,Benjamin Button,Frost/Nixon,Milk,Rachel Getting Married,A Christmas Tale,Elite Squad,Slumdog Millionaire,I've loved you so long,Waltz with Bashir,Time Crimes,Man on Wire,Synecdoche,New York,W,CHE and i'm sure theres a shit more.

I am sensing a disturbing lack of The Fall here. Only five mentions total! For shame!

1. The Fall
2. WALL-E
3. In Bruges
4. Happy-Go-Lucky
5. Milk
6. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
7. Pineapple Express
8. Burn After Reading
9. Speed Racer
10. Iron Man

Runner-ups:
Miss Pettigrew Lives For a Day, Tropic Thunder, Slumdog Millionaire, The Dark Knight, Hellboy II

Hall of Shame:
HANDCOCK
Indiana Jones and the CGI Monkeys
Doubt

for now:

1. Synecdoche, New York
2. Burn After Reading
3. Man on Wire
4. Slumdog Millionaire
5. Pineapple Express
6. Rachel Getting Married
7. Persepolis
8. The Dark Knight
9. The Wackness
10. Milk

Still have some things to see, which pleases me, as I don't think Milk is really top ten material. Perhaps it would be indicative of the year to have it there, but I'd prefer to love something. The Wrestler comes to town next week.