We're at about the 3/4 year point.

I figure this is an okay time to give props to some movies and cast and crew that might get knocked out of some year-end Top 5s or Top 10s because of the upcoming high profile releases.

This could also get some of us to check out some stuff we've put off for whatever reasons and/or check out stuff we haven't heard about.

So post up categories and list your choices (Top 5s or less, Top 10s or more, whatever).

1. 4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days
2. Wall-E
3. Flight of the Red Balloon
4. Chop Shop
5. Up the Yangtze
6. The Unforeseen
7. Planet B-Boy
8. Iron Man
9. Honeydripper
10. The Band's Visit

but i still need to see that movie.

I may be mistaken, but prior to that most if not all of its screenings in 2007 were on the festival circuit. It did have an Oscar qualifying week-run in L.A. on the last full week of Dec. '07. Then I think it opened in a few cities in January '08 prior to the 25th. I caught it in the theatre late Feb or March '08 (after the Oscars).

01.4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days*
02.Mister Lonely
03.Tropic Thunder
04.In Bruges
05.Tell No One

*Came out in the states in 2008, so I'm counting it.

1. Pineapple Express
2. The Dark Knight
3. Tropic Thunder
4. Iron Man
5. Traitor

Granted, I've seen almost nothing but mainstream films so far this year so my list isn't very thorough.

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And I'll fully admit that seeing Pineapple Express early before any ads ruined the jokes or hype gave me expectations helped it. I went in not really knowing what it was.

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that said i like this list...

haven't seen pineapple express tho...

*dux*

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2. Wall-E
3. Iron Man
4. The Bank Job


I expect this list to be filled with more in the coming 3 months

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It's the first movie that came to mind that I know everyone loved, even non-action film loving me enjoyed this movie.

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Iron Man and Hulk follow it closely.

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Iron Man
Wall-E
Vicky Cristina Barcelona


i wish i saw the visitor
before the end of the year
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anyone who sees it will have that in their top 2 or number one of this years best.

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Very slept on, don't know why

but i fuckin wanna see it now (just looked it up on imdb)
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¿If a fat guy falls in the woods and there is no one around to see it, do the trees laugh?

The Wrestler
Rachel Getting Married
Dark Knight
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
Vicky Cristina Barcelona

The Fall
Wall-E
Ironman
Shotgun Stories


Worst, bar none: Mister Lonely

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"Best in Film" the post says, but I guess you couldn't control yourself.

>Worst, bar none: Mister Lonely

PEACE

"The struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting." - Kundera

01.Mister Lonely
02.In Bruges
03.4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days
04.The Fall
05.City of Men

1. Christopher Doyle & Rain Li (Paranoid Park)
2. Mark Lee Ping-bin (Flight of the Red Balloon)
3. Oleg Mutu (4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days)
4. Adam Stone (Shotgun Stories)
5. Florent Herry (Times and Winds)
6. Crystel Fournier (Water Lilies)
7. Colin Watkinson (The Fall)
8. Tim Orr (Snow Angels)
9. Marcel Zyskind (Mister Lonely)

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tarsem has a wonderful eye
i know the cinematographer delivers the good
but in this case tarsem is very clearly in control of visuals
kudos to the cinematographer for be able to deliver though
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easily.



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01.Cristian Mungiu (4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days)
02.Ramin Bahrani (Chop Shop)
03.Guillaume Canet (Tell No One)
04.Harmony Korine (Mister Lonely)
05.Tarsem Singh (The Fall)

1. Hou Hsiao-hsien (Flight of the Red Balloon)
2. Cristian Mungiu (4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days)
3. Andrew Stanton (Wall-E)
4. Ramin Bahrani (Chop Shop)
5. Chang Yung (Up the Yangtze)
6. Jacques Rivette (The Duchess of Langeais)
7. Tarsem Singh (The Fall)
8. Celine Sciamma (Water Lilies)

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01.Anamaria Marinca (4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days)
02.Catinca Untaru (The Fall)
03.Samantha Morton (Mister Lonely)*

*This is probably debatable as a "lead" role.

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1. Anamaria Marinca (4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days)
2. Melissa Leo (Frozen River)
3. Hiam Abbass (The Visitor)
4. Ronit Elkabetz (The Band's Visit)
5. Juliette Binoche (Flight of the Red Balloon)
6. Jeanne Balibar (The Duchess of Langeais)
7. Misty Upham (Frozen River)
8. Adele Haenel (Water Lilies)
9. Frances McDormand (Miss Pettigrew Lives For a Day)

Part of me thinks I'm being a push-over just because she's a pretty face with a great body, but I truly was a fan of her emoting. Desperate, strong, playful, heart-broken, etc. Best parts of the movie were when she was on screen.

>3. Hiam Abbass (The Visitor)

leading?

*

01.Colin Farrell (In Bruges)
02.François Cluzet (Tell No One)
03.Alejandro Polanco (Chop Shop)
04.Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man)

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1. Richard Jenkins (The Visitor)
2. Chiwetel Ejiofor (Redbelt)
3. Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man)
4. Brendan Gleeson (In Bruges)
5. Colin Farrell (In Bruges)
6. Michael Shannon (Shotgun Stories)
7. Mathieu Amalric (Heartbeat Detector)

01.Hiam Abbass (The Visitor)
02.Saffron Burrows (The Bank Job)
03.Penelope Cruz (Vicky Cristina Barcelona)

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01.Vlad Ivanov (4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days)
02.Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight)
03.James Franco (Pineapple Express)
04.Robert Downey Jr. (Tropic Thunder)
05.Ralph Fiennes (In Bruges)

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1. elegy
2. transsibberian
3. man on wire
4. pineapple express
5. tyler perry's make money and watch people get mad.

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>defeated u in life
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evern though it technically came out in one festival in '06 it wasn't officially released until early this year and it was amazing. Its from the direcotr of "The Cell".

The story is ver strange and heart arming as the young girl at the hospital befriends an injured stunt man who tells her stories and at the same time trick her into getting him medications. Its a funny, hear warming and sometimes sad film with AMAZING (yes it needed caps) cinemaotography that should be nominated and a gripping story with amazing acting from the girl and Lee Pace from "Pushing Daisies".

Its on DVD now. Its been advertised a bit on imdb recently.

My top 5 of 2008, so far...

1) Let The Right One In - A superb and fresh take on the vampire genre. Awesome!

2) The Good, The Bad, The Weird - One of the best action films ever...period. From the Korean director of "A Tale of Two Sisters" and "A Bittersweet Life". A korean spaghetti western with early 90s style John Woo flair.

3) Dark Knight - You know what it is...still holds up after the hype.

4) The Wrestler - A beautifully strong character study about a washed up WWF type wrestler from the 80s that is coming to amends with his age, his need to be loved, his loneliness, and so much more. Expect Mickey Rourke to win a best actor nomination with ease and be the favorite for best actor come early next year. It is heartbreaking to watch and you can't help to think that this is kind of like the bio-pic of Mickey Rourke, but as a wrestler and not an actor. Also, directed by Darren Aronofsky...yeah the director of "PI", Requeim For a Dream", "The Fountain". Totally different type of film for Aronofsky. This is Aronofsky's "There Will Be Blood". Just like no one expected that from Paul Thomas Anderson. You all will feel the same of Aronofsky doing this film and it could have a similar impact.

5) Slumdog Millionaire - An India version of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire??? Yeah, I was skeptical too. However, when you have the director Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, Millions, 28 Days Later, etc.) at the helm...it is so much more. It is more like a coming of age store in a unique setting...the slums of India. Think the fresh backdrop and kinetic energy style of film making in the same vein as "City of God", but more of a crowd pleaser. This will have the audience crying, smiling, standing, and applauding at the end. The official 2008 crowd-pleaser.

I know some of these have not hit the theaters yet, but when they do...these are must sees. I almost had trouble putting the "Dark Knight" at #3. Not the best year for films IMO...awards season is still coming though.

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>We're at about the 3/4 year point.
>
>I figure this is an okay time to give props to some movies and
>cast and crew that might get knocked out of some year-end Top
>5s or Top 10s because of the upcoming high profile releases.
>
>This could also get some of us to check out some stuff we've
>put off for whatever reasons and/or check out stuff we haven't
>heard about.
>
>So post up categories and list your choices (Top 5s or less,
>Top 10s or more, whatever).

It's been a horrible year for movies, but here's what I think so far:

Best Picture:
1. The Wrestler
2. The Dark Knight
3. In Bruges
4. Miracle At St. Anna
5. Changeling

Best Comedy:
1. Pineapple Express
2. Young People Fucking
3. Burn After Reading
4. Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist
5. Forgetting Sarah Marshall

Best Director:
1. Darren Aronofsky for The Wrestler
2. Gus Van Sant for Paranoid Park
3. Christopher Nolan for The Dark Knight
4. Woody Allen for Vicky Cristina Barcelona
5. Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire

Best Actor:
1. Mickey Rourke in The Wrestler
2. Josh Brolin in W.
3. Robert Downey, Jr. in either Iron Man or Tropic Thunder
4. Richard Jenkins in The Visitor
5. James Franco in Pineapple Express

Best Actress:
1. Sally Hawkins in Happy-Go-Lucky
2. Angelina Jolie in Changeling
From what I hear though, it seems like Anne Hathaway's taking this for her performance in Rachel Getting Married (still haven't seen it)

Best Supporting Actor:
1. Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight
2. Jason Butler Harner in Changeling
3. John Malkovich in either Burn After Reading or Changeling
4. Eddie Marsan in Happy-Go-Lucky
5. Jeffrey Wright, Richard Dreyfuss or James Cromwell in W.

Best Supporting Actress:
1. Penelope Cruz in Vicky Cristina Barcelona
2. Rebecca Hall in Vicky Cristina Barcelona
3. Olivia Thirlby in The Wackness
4. Marisa Tomei in The Wrestler

Best Animated Picture:
1. Kung Fu Panda
2. Wall-E

Best Original Screenplay:
1. The Wrestler
2. Young People Fucking
3. Burn After Reading
4. Pineapple Express
5. Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Best Adapted Screenplay:
1. The Dark Knight

Best Cinematography:
1. Paranoid Park
2. Miracle At St. Anna
3. Changeling
4. Vicky Cristina Barcelona
5. In Bruges

Best Score or Soundtrack:
1. Paranoid Park
2. The Dark Knight
3. The Wackness
4. Vicky Cristina Barcelona
5. Slumdog Millionaire

...wow, this really has been an awful year for film. Looking back, the only movies that have REALLY moved or impressed me are The Wrestler, The Dark Knight, Pineapple Express, and Young People Fucking.

but you know they save the heavy hitters for the 4th quarter. It might seem like the year is 3/4 over, but nobody usually puts out their oscar-worthy shit before November...point being the best shit in the last 10 months probably wont stack up to the best shit from the next 2.

I could be wrong though...

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