The reason I have 11 movies instead of 10 is because I watched The Edge of Heaven after I wrote my Honorable Mentions post, but I didn’t want to bump a movie off my top ten list to make room for it so I decided to do a top 11. So anyways, these are my favorite movies of 2008 and I advise everyone one of you to watch at least a couple of these movies. In Descending Order.
So I ended up with 20/24 correct. I missed Best Foreign Film, Best Sound Editing, Best Documentary Short and most embarrassingly Best Actor. I still can’t believe Sean Penn beat Mickey Rourke. Have a good night.
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This is still the best picture of 2008 despite whoever wins those silly golden statues.
Best Picture
Will Win: Slumdog Millionaire
Should Win: Milk
Best Actor
Will Win: Mickey Rourke
Should Win: Sean Penn or Mickey Rourke
Best Actress
Will Win: Kate Winslet
Should Win: Anne Hathaway
Supporting Actor
Will Win: Heath Ledger
Should Win: Heath Ledger
Supporting Actress
Will Win: Penelope Cruz
Should Win: Penelope Cruz or Viola Davis
Best Director
Will Win: Danny Boyle
Should Win: Danny Boyle or Gus Van Sant
Best Original Screenplay
Will Win: Milk
Should Win: In Bruges
Best Adapted Screenplay
Will Win: Slumdog Millionaire
Should Win: Doubt
Best Animated Film
Will Win: Wall-e
Should Win: Wall-e
Cinematography
Will Win: Slumdog Millionaire
Should Win: The Dark Knight or The Reader
Costume Design
Will Win: The Duchess
Should Win: Australia?
Art Direction
Will Win: Benjamin Button
Should Win: Benjamin Button
Editing
Will Win: Slumdog Millionaire
Should Win: The Dark Knight
Score
Will Win: Slumdog Millionaire
Should Win: Wall-e
Song
Will Win: Jai Ho, Slumdog Millionaire
Should Win: Down to Earth” Wall-e
Sound Mixing
Will Win: Slumdog Millionaire
Should Win: The Dark Knight
Sound Editing
Will Win: Slumdog Millionaire
Should Win: The Dark Knight
Visual Effects
Will Win: Benjamin Button
Should Win: Benjamin Button
Makeup
Will Win: Benjamin Button
Should Win: Benjamin Button
I haven’t seen many of these films starting now.
Best Foreign Film
Will Win: Waltz With Bashir
Should Win: The Class?
Best Documentary Feature
Will Win: Man on Wire
Should Win: Man on Wire
Best Documentary Short
Will Win: The Conscience of Nhem En
Should Win: ?
Live Action Short
Will Win: Toyland
Should Win: ?
Animated Short
Will Win: La Maison
Should Win: Presto
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These are the movies I really liked, but didn’t quite make my top ten. I still throughly recommend them all. I still cannot believe The Visitor did not make my Top 10 list. In no particular order.
Frost/Nixon is good movie with great performances.
A comedy by the Coen Brothers. What is not to love.
The acting in Doubt is better than the movie itself. Still, a very good, thought provoking time.
A very good movie. More deserving of its’ best pic nom than Frost/Nixon of Ben Button.
A super fun movie. Overshadowed by the Dark Knight, but arguably the 2nd best Super hero movie ever.
Son of Rambow is a charming comedy. Seek it out.
Charlie Kaufman’s directorial debut is considered a masterpiece by some. I’m still unsure of it, ultimately well worth watching.
The 11th best movie of 2008. This is a must watch in my opinion.
I just watched this so I may be rating it a little highly, but I just loved loved loved it.
My weird pick of year. If you like Japanese Cinema give this a chance.
Top 10 list coming soon
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I just imported my Blogger blog into WordPress and I noticed my second post from August 26, 2007 was about the movie Zebraman. In that post I mentioned that I would like to watch more Takashi Miike films. It just so happened that today I watched Dead or Alive, my first Takashi Miike movie since Zebraman. Since I like Zebraman I thought Dead or Alive would be good, but Dead or Alive is an average movie, period. That being said it has two craziest, awesomest scenes ever shot on film. These are the opening and closing scenes. Everything between is mediocre though the plot is so convoluted I won’t even try to explain it. I cannot really recommend the movie because of this, but I’m sure Miike fans will want to watch this regardless. I will leave you with a picture of the protagonist with a Bazooka.
