Thursday, January 1, 2009

2008 and 2009 in Film

My favorite films of 2008 were WALL-E and Milk. (Last year's favorites were Ratatouille and There Will Be Blood, in case you're wondering.) Both films were moving, very well-made, and enjoyable. My least favorite was Mamma Mia! Even though it had its enjoyable moments, it was still corny and badly acted. The Las Vegas stage show was much better.

All the films I saw in theaters in the year 2008:
  • Cloverfield
  • Be Kind Rewind
  • Charlie Bartlett
  • Horton Hears a Who!
  • Iron Man
  • Speed Racer (ahead of its time)
  • The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
  • Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
  • Kung Fu Panda (Very good film. I usual expect less from DreamWorks Animation.)
  • WALL-E*
  • Hellboy II: The Golden Army (better than the first one!)
  • The Dark Knight
  • Mamma Mia!
  • Pineapple Express
  • Tropic Thunder
  • Towelhead (felt weird watching it with my mom)
  • Sex Drive
  • Quantum of Solace
  • Bolt*
  • Twilight
  • Milk*
  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button*
  • The Spirit
*Films that made me shed tears. :'(


2008 films I saw on DVD:
  • Forgetting Sarah Marshall
  • Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay
  • Get Smart
  • Tinkerbell

2008 films I want to see that are playing in theaters right now:
  • Slumdog Millionaire
  • Marley & Me

2008 films I want to see but are not even in theaters yet!:
  • The Wrestler
  • Waltz with Bashir
  • Revolutionary Road

2008 films I wanted to see in theaters but never got around to seeing them:
  • Teeth (didn't come to theaters here, unfortunately)
  • The Fall
  • Wanted
  • The Duchess (actually, my mom was the one who wanted to see it with me but we never got to)
  • W. (same reason as above)
  • Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
  • Religulous
  • Synecdoche, New York
  • Zack and Miri Make a Porno
  • Wendy and Lucy

2008 films I'd watch out of curiosity:

Finally, here are the films of 2009 I'm strongly looking forward to seeing:
  • Watchmen (yes, I'm very worried about the whole lawsuit thing)
  • 9 (do not confuse it with Nine, the musical stage-show-turned-movie inspired by the film 8½.)
  • The Princess and the Frog

Films I'm obligated to see, whether I like it or not (I'm not kidding):
  • Coraline
  • The Brothers Bloom
  • The Pink Panther 2
  • Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian
  • Up
  • Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
  • Public Enemies (I've always had a thing for 1920s, '30s, and '40s criminals. Johnny Depp playing one is a bonus. Christian Bale hunting him is an extra bonus.)
  • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
  • Sherlock Holmes
  • New Moon
  • The International (Clive Owen)
  • Duplicity (Clive Owen again)
  • Star Trek
  • Bruno
  • Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (MORE BUMBLEBEE, PLEASE!)
  • Nine (do not confuse it with 9, the computer-animated film adapted from the short film of the same name. One of these films seriously needs to change its title.)

I'd watch these films if they get good reviews:
  • The Unborn (mostly because Gary Oldman's in it)
  • Push
  • Dance Flick
  • Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li
  • Dragonball
  • The Soloist
  • Angels & Demons
  • G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
  • Land of the Lost
  • Inglourious Basterds
  • Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
  • Jennifer's Body
  • Monsters vs. Aliens
  • Avatar
  • The Lovely Bones
  • The Box
  • Where the Wild Things Are
  • Astro Boy
  • The Fantastic Mr. Fox
  • A Christmas Carol
  • Surveillance

2009(?) films I want to see that don't have release dates yet:
  • The Haunted World of El Superbeasto
  • I Love You Phillip Morris
  • The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

Finally, here are the 2008 things I love that have nothing to do with film:
  • The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack
  • LittleBigPlanet
and...some bad news that actually makes me worried about MY future! :(
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