Top Ten Movies of 2008

This list was fairly hard to make this year. While I saw a lot of movies this year, few really excited me or were good enough to add to my Blu-Ray collection. Keep in mind that this list does not include two 2008 movies that I still am waiting to see, Valkyrie and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.

1. The Dark Knight – This was the clear winner for 2008. Once I saw this movie it was all over but for second place. This movie was an incredible success and I think Heath Ledger’s acting performance should be learnt in drama classrooms for all time.
2. Iron Man – If any movie competed with Batman this year it was Iron Man. Robert Downey Jr. did not disappoint as the egotistically billionaire who fights evil in his mechanical suite.
3. 21 – I love Math, I love numbers, I loved this movie. The casting in this movie was perfect and I really felt a part of the kids journey into the dark world of counting cards. Great movie, defiantly worth the addition to your DVD collection.
4. Wanted – I had pretty high expectations for this movie going in given the all-star cast, and while I was not blown away, I was not disappointed either. The action sequences are great and the odd humor that is added in once in a while is quite funny.
5. Tropic Thunder – Could we have any more stars in this movie? I can’t think of another movie this year who had so many big name actors in it. Strangely enough this did not detract from the comedy of the movie. In fact, sometimes because of the prestige of the stars, the parts were even funnier then if the cast had been lesser known actors.
6. Charlie Wilson’s War – This is the movie that didn’t get it’s due in 2008. Tom Hanks gives an excellent performance, which is complemented by the FANTASTIC performance of Philip Seymour Hoffman. The only person who really looked out of place in this movie was Julia Roberts.
7. The Incredible Hulk – This movie is everything the original Hulk movie should have been. We see more of the action sequences we wanted, and the good side of the Hulk is brought out more. I had no expectations at all for this movie, but find myself now looking forward to the next one.
8. James Bond 22: Quantum of Solace – I love James Bond, I just don’t love this James Bond. While I enjoyed the movie overall, I find some of the features from a good old Bond movie missing. I can’t put my hand on it, but I never feel like I’m watching a bond movie.
9. Indiana Jones & the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull – I had very high expectations for this movie and I was very let down. Indiana Jones seems to have went from ordinary explorer to superhero (that fridge scene). Overall I had fun watching it, but I found myself thinking it could have been so much more.
10. Love Guru – No movie surprised me more in 2008 then the Love Guru. I did not even want to see this movie and only went as a favour to a friend. However, I found myself having a lot of fun watching it. Justin Timberlake’s French Canadian acting was so funny and really made the movie for me. Worth a watch in my opinion, but I wouldn’t add it to your collection.