Post your Top 10 of 2008

[Qrazy]

Thought this could be fun, maybe. Post it based on your expectation for what your top 10 will end up being by next January. Whoever has a top 10 closest to their actual top 10 in late Dec/early Jan. will get a prize.

[origami_mustache]

Where the Wild Things Are (Spike Jonze cut)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (David Fincher)
Burn After Reading (Coen Brothers)
The International (Tom Tykwer)
The Fighter (Darren Aronofsky)
My Blueberry Nights (Wong Kar Wai)
Blindness (Fernando Meirelles)
Pineapple Express (David Gordon Green)
Choke (Clark Gregg)
Paranoid Park (Gus Van Sant)

[Mysterious Dude]

I've been pretty bad at this in the past. In bold are the films I've seen already.

1. 4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days
2. Chop Shop
3. The Road
4. The Argentine/Guerrilla
5. Paranoid Park
6. The Dark Night
7. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
8. The Fall
9. Synecdoche, New York
10. Revolutionary Road

[SirNewt]

How can you even guess? I can list the big budget Hollywood junk I'm interested in and of course my number one right now would be Mayazaki's new film but I have a hard time staying current on indie, foreign, and low budget films. So many come out and many of them look good I usually hold off seeing them until I awards time so I can watch the standouts. Or, of course if people online are raving about a flick I'll catch it. These tend to be my favorite films but I just don't know how to stay on top of all the releases.

[number8]

I don't think I can do this, either.

[Mysterious Dude]

I once predicted Undertow would be my favorite movie of 2004. It ended up being Shaun of the Dead. Also, Guerrilla was once my most anticipated movie of 2004.

[Ivan Drago]

1. The Dark Knight
2. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
3. WALL-E
4. Shutter Island
5. The Pineapple Express
6. Tropic Thunder
7. Frontiere(s)
8. Where The Wild Things Are
9. Iron Man
10. Guerilla

[Philosophe_rouge]

I'm going to try this tomorrow, seems ridiculously fun!

[Barty]

Uh...

1. Indiana Jones
2...

I'll think of the rest later.

[Qrazy]

1. Hard to be a God
2. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
3. Blindness
4. Standard Operating Procedure
5. Ponyo on a Cliff
6. Burn After Reading
7. Revolutionary Road
8. The Dark Knight
9. Happy Go Lucky
10. Wall-E

I'd like to think Synecdoche, New York will be great, but nearly all debut films from writers leaves me doubting. I'm hoping good at best.

I doubt my number one will actually come out this year but here's to hoping.

[Qrazy]

People may edit their lists until the end of April and then they're locked.

[ledfloyd]

this is tough as there's always a bunch of movies on my top ten list i haven't heard of at this point in the year.

1. Synecdoche, New York
2. Margaret
3. Vicky Cristina Barcelona
4. Sugar
5. Burn After Reading
6. The Brothers Bloom
7. The Dark Knight
8. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
9. The Road
10. The Pineapple Express

hmm... maybe?

i just edited this a bit

http://www.ioncinema.com/news.php?nid=2660

that list was indispensible.

[Boner M]

Dunno about this year, haven't been keeping up on new films. Only the Fincher I'm anticipating greatly.

From what I've seen already...

1. Flight of the Red Balloon 81
2. The Tracey Fragments 78
3. Woman on the Beach 77
4. Reprise 73
5. Secret of the Grain 72
6. Paranoid Park 70
7. Still Life 69
8. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days 68
9. The Last Mistress 64
10. Taxidermia 58
11. The Duchess of Langeais 39
12. Cloverfield 27

[Sven]

Every time I see the word "Synecdoche", I want to smack Charlie Kaufman with a smartass paddle.

[Qrazy]

Every time I see the word "Synecdoche", I want to smack Charlie Kaufman with a smartass paddle.

I don't really mind it, less often used words can make good titles because than the word becomes primarily associated with the title... I think he ought to drop the New York part though, Synecdoche is better on it's own.

[Sven]

I don't really mind it, less often used words can make good titles because than the word becomes primarily associated with the title... I think he ought to drop the New York part though, Synecdoche is better on it's own.

The whole schtick, though, is that it sounds like "Schenectady". Which makes it even more aggravating, kinda.

I don't think I'd mind it so much if Kaufman wasn't such a smarty-pants already. At any rate, I have little hope for the movie. I thought the script was dreadful. Factor in PSH and his bowel movements, and it has very little chance of winning me over.

[Qrazy]

The whole schtick, though, is that it sounds like "Schenectady". Which makes it even more aggravating, kinda.

I don't think I'd mind it so much if Kaufman wasn't such a smarty-pants already. At any rate, I have little hope for the movie. I thought the script was dreadful. Factor in PSH and his bowel movements, and it has very little chance of winning me over.

Ah, didn't think of that, but yeah that's much more obnoxious now. Still, I stand by my believe that you don't lose much with the shorter title.

I haven't read the script, but I did read his Being John Malkovich and Eternal Sunshine scripts and I've noticed that in both the endings to the films are always drastically altered... or rather they cut off before the last point/plot development of the script... and I can't say I blame them because the last plot point usually seems to be very budget intensive and relatively extraneous, pushing the thematic points home much further than they need to be. I wonder if this has also been the case for his other scripts, or will be the case for this script... since he's directing, probably not.

[MadMan]

I'll have to get back to you on this. Interesting.

[number8]

The whole schtick, though, is that it sounds like "Schenectady". Which makes it even more aggravating, kinda.

Good writers in joke, though. Pretty sure most people won't get it, but I like it.

[Philosophe_rouge]

Really tough, I'll probably change it up a few times. This makes me really excited for this year though, a lot of films I want to see!

1. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (David Fincher)
2. The Argentine/Guerilla (Soderbergh)
3. Burn After Reading (Coen Brothers)
4. Standard Operating Procedure (Morris)
5. The Leatherheads (Clooney)
6. WALL-E (Stanton)
7. The Road (Hillcoat)
8. The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Spielberg)
9. Changeling (Eastwood)
10. The Brothers Bloom (Johnson)

Just missed
Savage Grace (Kalin)
Miracle at St.Anna (Lee)
Where the Wild Things Are (Jonze)

I'm looking forward to stuff like Ponyo on a Cliff, but I would be surprised if it even gets released in 2008 for North America. If someone has some insight or assurance on this I'm altering my list fo sho. There are one or two other films I'm omitting by this weird feeling deep inside. Also, according to IMDB The Boxer is an 09' release.

[Sycophant]

Where the Wild Things Are isn't actually expected to hit this year, is it?

[eternity]

1. The Brothers Bloom
2. The Brothers Bloom
3. The Brothers Bloom
4. The Brothers Bloom
5. The Brothers Bloom
6. The Brothers Bloom
7. The Brothers Bloom
8. The Brothers Bloom
9. The Brothers Bloom
10. The Brothers Bloom
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1. Cloverfield (Reeves)
2. Chaos Theory (Siega)
3. Definitely, Maybe (Brooks)
4. Be Kind, Rewind (Gondry)
5. Strange Wilderness (Wolf)
6. Drillbit Taylor (Brill)

[Qrazy]

Where the Wild Things Are isn't actually expected to hit this year, is it?

Nah, weren't there reshoots for it?

[SirNewt]

Here's a start

1. Ponyo on a Cliff by the Sea
2. The Argentine/Guerrilla
3. 4 months, 3 weeks, 2 days
4. WALL-E
5. The Changeling
6. Burn After Reading
7. Blindness
8. Flight of the Red Balloon
9. Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden
10.Iron Man

[number8]

Nah, weren't there reshoots for it?

Yeah, they want to redo the entire film. There's no way it's coming out this year.

[SirNewt]

Yeah, they want to redo the entire film. There's no way it's coming out this year.

Wow, what happened?

[number8]

Wow, what happened?

http://www.match-cut.org/showthread.php?t=283

Forest Whitaker confirmed this also a few days ago, by the way. Said he supports Jonze's version and thinks that it should be dark and there's nothing wrong with educating children about the darkness of the world.

[origami_mustache]

"Slashfilm reports that Warner Bros. has settled on a new release date for Wild Things -- the formerly "TBA 2009" picture, once slated for an '08 debut, will now reach theaters October 16, 2009."

I'm still hoping to catch a screening of Spike Jonze's work print sometime this year.

[ledfloyd]

well with no where the wild things are i'm gonna take a flier on vicky cristina barcelona.

[Qrazy]

Getting closer, how did your expectations stack up so far?

[Ezee E]

I didn't participate. Bummer.

[Ivan Drago]

Wow I thought Shutter Island (oh wait Ashecliffe) and Where The Wild Things Are would come out this year. How off is that?

Anyway:

1. The Dark Knight - 9.5; right-o
2. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - hasn't come out yet
3. WALL-E - 7.5; not even in my top 10
4. Shutter Island - delayed until 09
5. The Pineapple Express - 7.5; not even in my top 10
6. Tropic Thunder - 9; my #2
7. Frontiere(s) - still need to see
8. Where The Wild Things Are - delayed until 09
9. Iron Man - 8; somewhere in my top 10
10. Guerilla - hasn't come out yet

[ledfloyd]

1. Synecdoche, New York haven't seen yet
2. Margaret bumped to 09
3. Vicky Cristina Barcelona number 1 of the year so far
4. Sugar bumped to 09
5. Burn After Reading meh
6. The Brothers Bloom not out yet
7. The Dark Knight meh
8. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button not out yet
9. The Road bumped to 09
10. The Pineapple Express meh
[/QUOTE]
man did i fail. i could've sworn i had happy go lucky on here.

[origami_mustache]

Where the Wild Things Are (Spike Jonze cut) - 09
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (David Fincher) - not out
Burn After Reading (Coen Brothers) - just out of top ten
The International (Tom Tykwer) - 09
The Fighter (Darren Aronofsky) - 09
My Blueberry Nights (Wong Kar Wai) - it was ok
Blindness (Fernando Meirelles) - top ten worthy
Pineapple Express (David Gordon Green) - easily the best comedy this year
Choke (Clark Gregg) - don't even want to see this now
Paranoid Park (Gus Van Sant) - it was ok

[Philosophe_rouge]

People are finalizing their lists, I thought this might be interesting to bump

[Mysterious Dude]

I've been pretty bad at this in the past. In bold are the films I've seen already.

1. 4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days
2. Chop Shop
3. The Road
4. The Argentine/Guerrilla
5. Paranoid Park
6. The Dark Night
7. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
8. The Fall
9. Synecdoche, New York
10. Revolutionary Road

Huh. I can't recall even being aware of Revolutionary Road at the time, let alone thinking it would be one of my favorites of the year. I liked Synecdoche, but it's not top ten material. I skipped The Fall when it was in theaters, and now I kind of regret it. It got bad reviews at the time, but people are coming out of the woodwork now to support it. I have almost completely lost interest in seeing Benjamin Button. I won't be able to see Che until mid-January, and It looks like The Road will not be a 2008 film. Chop Shop was good, but not that good.