This is the best of 2008 according to me, and this is my disclaimer to go with it:
I really hate assigning stars to movies, especially when I've just seen them, because I'll so often go back and change my mind. But so it goes-- don't expect these ranks to stay the same for the next year. And now the disclaimer that Josh wrote for me, since he says it better than I ever could.
This is not a definitive list. The order is not fixed. Don't hold me to it, it may well change drastically by the end of the year. This is also not a list only of good movies. It's just an ordered list of everything I've seen (and remembered to put on this list)... of the movies being released in 2008. By released in 2008, I mean that it must be first released in a theater somewhere in the United States at some point during the course of the year in order to end up here. No, film festivals do not count. Yes, limited release dates do. The movies I've liked best are at the top, the ones that suck most are at the bottom. I really hope you didn't need me to tell you that.
4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days
Man on Wire
The Dark Knight
Wendy and Lucy
The Class
The Band's Visit
U2 3D
Surfwise
Pineapple Express
Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D
Rent: Filmed Live On Broadway
I've Loved You So Long
The Wrestler
Be Kind Rewind
Battle in Seattle
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Iron Man
You Don't Mess With the Zohan
The Wackness
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
The Secret Life of Bees
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
Let the Right One In
Pray the Devil Back to Hell
Under the Same Moon (La Misma Luna)
Teeth
Stop-Loss
Young@Heart
Nim's Island
Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Get Smart
Miracle at St. Anna
Waltz With Bashir
A Christmas Tale
Quantum of Solace
The Visitor
Elegy
Penelope
Definitely, Maybe
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Meet the Browns
Speed Racer
Wanted
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
Synecdoche, New York
Body of Lies
Pride and Glory
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
Humboldt County
Run, Fat Boy, Run
The Other Boleyn Girl
Vantage Point
Drillbit Taylor
And When Did You Last See Your Father?
What Happens in Vegas
The Foot Fist Way
The Happening
City of Ember
The Longshots
The Lucky Ones
Eagle Eye
Nothing But the Truth
Day Zero
Funny Games
My Best Friend's Girl
Nights In Rodanthe
JCVD
Breakfast With Scot
Repo! The Genetic Opera
Max Payne
