The Official Box Office Theory's Favorite Movies of 2008 List!

[Gopher]

Oh yeah.Fireproof-1Futurama: Beast with a Billion Backs- 1 Mongol- 1The Crimson Wing- 2Definitely, Maybe- 2Speed Racer- 2 Be Kind, Rewind- 3Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull- 3The Day the Earth Stood Still- 4Twilight- 3Dear Zachary- 5Quantum of Solace- 5Eagle Eye- 7Che (Part One)- 7Journey to the Center of the Earth- 7The Reader- 7Valkyrie- 7You Don't Mess with the Zohan- 7Hancock- 8Step Brothers- 8Zack and Miri Make a Porno- 8The Boy in the Striped Pajamas- 10Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay- 10Religulous- 10Sex Drive- 10The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian- 13Defiance- 13Funny Games- 13Hunger- 13Happy Go Lucky- 14Departures- 15The Incredible Hulk- 15Gran Torino- 16Cloverfield- 17Rock N'Rolla- 17Vicky Christina Barcelona- 17The Bank Job- 18Tell No One- 19 Changeling- 20Let the Right One In- 20Revolutionary Road- 20The Fall- 22 Ponyo- 22Role Models- 27Forgetting Sarah Marshall- 28Burn After Reading- 30Hellboy 2: The Golden Army- 33Man on Wire- 35

Edited February 16, 2012 by Gopher

[Gopher]

15. Pineapple Express (41 points, 6 lists)

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One of those Apatow movies you can watch all of on TV and enjoy every time. The ending still kills me.

[Gopher]

14. Bolt (42 points, 5 lists)

I saw this when it came out, and I haven't thought about it since. I remember liking it... the hamster was funny? I don't know what else.

[Gopher]

13. Frost/Nixon (45 points, 5 lists)

An entertaining history lesson with a cunning, commanding performance by Frank Langella. It's hard to make a movie about a series of interviews thrilling, but here you go.

[Gopher]

12. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (46 points, 5 lists)

Okay, so Benjamin Button was a visually nifty movie, and had some noteworthy moments. But Fincher wasn't the right guy to direct this. He's a dark, cynical, mysanthropic filmmaker, and something like this required a director with more fantastic, wondrous ideas. These two don't fit together, and the result is a movie that just kind of meanders, without any style or tone. I'll ask you this- would you have cared about Benjamin Button if he wasn't aging backwards? I didn't think so.

[Gopher]

11. Wanted (48 points, 7 lists)

Wanted's a cool movie. It's big and stupid, but it really isn't afraid of its big, stupid voice- Timur Bekmambetov shoots the action scenes just as brashly as he shoots the dialogue ones. It's a little exhausting, but it's fun.

[Gopher]

10. Doubt (49 points, 7 lists)

It's difficult to adapt a well acclaimed play to the screen (remember what happened to Carnage this last year?) because often the tension between an ensemble is so much more powerful live than on film. I even think Rabbit Hole suffered from this a little bit. But Doubt pulls together four terrific actors- Steep, Adams, Hoffman and Davis- and the result doesn't lose a beat of the play's power.

[Gopher]

9. Tropic Thunder (54 points, 7 lists)

A scathing satire of Hollywood excess, Tropic Thunder proves that putting a bunch of funny people in one movie won't be nearly as valuable without a great script supporting them. Also, Black Downey Jr.

[Gopher]

8. Kung Fu Panda (55 points, 7 lists)

One of the best Dreamworks movies- probably right behind HTTYD and Shrek- offered instead of pop culture references a clever, funny homage to kung fu movies and a strong movie on its own. A lot will depend on your Jack Black tolerance level, but Po is pretty damn endearing.

[American Eagle]

Fireproof is number 1 on the list, yes!!

[Ezen Baklattan]

So this probably leaves...Slumdog MillionaireIn BrudgesThe Dark KnightWALL-EMilkIron ManThe WrestlerAs for the order, I'm not so sure, but It'll probably be WALL-E or The Dark Knight

Edited February 16, 2012 by Spaghetti

[4815162342]

The Dark Knight easily pulled ahead in the last several lists because those people held little regard, if any, for WALL-E

[Gopher]

Fireproof is number 1 on the list, yes!!

That means it got one point...

[4815162342]

Man of Wire not making the Top 15 is an absolute crime.I'll chalk it up to most people not knowing about it since it's a documentary.

[rockNrollaDIM]

I never saw Man on a Wire.Disappointed Frost/Nixon made the list. That movie is the ultimate snooze-fest.

[American Eagle]

That means it got one point...

I know. I gave it that point.

[Noctis]

Can't believe Changeling didn't even make the top 20 - it was one of the best films of the last decade.

[rockNrollaDIM]

Can't believe Changeling didn't even make the top 20 - it was one of the best films of the last decade.

You didn't vote!

[Noctis]

I forgot.

[Gopher]

7. Iron Man (58 points, 8 lists)

But then again, sometimes it's worth letting your stars do what they do without a script in the way. It certainly worked for Robert Downey Jr., who is aces as Tony Stark. Iron Man was a breath of fresh air for the genre, stepping away from being caught up in its own world (though it focused too much on an incredibly lame villain) and just having some fun. Iron Man 2, on the other hand...