Well at long last, here is my list of my favorite flicks from the past year. By no means will anyone who reads this list agree with it 100%, and certainly this will not match up with any experts or critics choices. However, there will be an explanation paragraph at the bottom, followed by my most-anticipated movies of 2009. Enjoy and happy watching!
Bartee's Best of 2008
1. The Dark Knight
2. Wall-E
3. Iron-man
4. Kung-Fu Panda
5. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
6. Sweeny Todd
7. Horton Hears a Who
8. Mamma Mia!
9. Cloverfield
10.Be Kind Rewind
What can I say? The Batman team of Nolan, Ledger, and Eckhart made Dark Knight superb. Ironman lived up to the hype, and actually exceeded my expectations. Of course I have a soft spot for a clever, well-done, humor-with-a-message animated flick...and that's represented by 3 of those on my list. Button was so very different from anything I'd seen before. Sweeny's music completely trumped the strange gore reservations I had, and the music of Abba makes Mamma Mia a blast on every level. And, Cloverfield is really the film that was trippy, edgy, confusing, and suspenseful wrapped in one. My #10 choice is just a sleeper for me.
Honorable Mention: Frost/Nixon (only because I haven't seen it!)
SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN:
Taken and Gran Torino
(these 2 films would be near the top of my '08 list, but because of when they came out and when I saw them, there's really not a place for them to exist...they are MUST-SEE flicks)
Looking Forward To
1. Robin Hood
2. G.I. Joe
3. Sherlock Holmes
4. Star Trek
5. X-men Wolverine
6. Transformers 2
7. Angels and Demons
8. Land of the Lost
9. Watchmen
10.Public Enemies
Coming Soon: My thoughts on Slumdog Millionaire, more Office love, and "Daily Words which stand out."
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2 comments:
I love you, but you know I disagree with your #1 ranking... :)
Remind me never to share anything with you guys again at the camp meetings. I am still a bit embarrassed about the whole dump truck story.
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