Paranoid Park was ass imo. You did name that many films for a whole year. There will always be good films but 06 and 07 had WAY better, amazing films drop than 08. There weren't any No Country, There Will Be Blood, Children of Men or Pans Labyrinth that just blew away audiences imo. Plenty of movies in the past have had less stars than this year. this year actually had a ton of big stars in Oscar movies compared to last year. No Country For Old Men's biggest star was Tommy Lee Jones.

every damn movie is escapism. They're all fictional. We go to the movies to escape.