BOT Revisiting: Top 25 Movies of 2008 | Deadline - September 7 | Read the eligibility rules...Ethan Hunt taking over...send lists to him

[chasmmi]

Can I request that a page of the countdown be reserved to crown D-War the worst film of 2008?

[That One Girl]

@baumer is it allowed to be in the main forum now?

 

[baumer]

Ok people, here we go....time to get these in as well.

[filmlover]

Can't wait to see some random shit like Fool's Gold get in and everybody freaks out. Don't underestimate the nostalgia for those crappy McConaughey romcoms!

[Jake Gittes]

25 minutes ago, filmlover said:

Can't wait to see some random shit like Fool's Gold get in and everybody freaks out. Don't underestimate the nostalgia for those crappy McConaughey romcoms!

don't worry you're the only one here who remembers that movie.

[filmlover]

2 minutes ago, Jake Gittes said:

don't worry you're the only one here who remembers that movie.

I scrolled through the list of wide releases from that year and was astounded by how many of them I had to look up to be reminded what they were. I had forgotten that there was a second X-Files movie at all. Or a Spider-Man spoof that was five years too late (Superhero Movie). Or a Dane Cook vehicle (My Best Friend's Girl); that brief moment in time when Hollywood tried to make him a thing by putting him in a slew of movies has to be the darkest period.

[That One Girl]

I’m very tempted to reveal what the top ten is right now with 3 lists (sans @baumer since he’s still finalizing his) but I won’t because no, lmao.  It’s pretty hilarious what the films that are in there right now are though.  Maybe for fun after the reveal i’ll post what the top 25 was when there was only 5 lists in.

Edited August 2, 2018 by That One Guy

[baumer]

3 hours ago, That One Guy said:

I’m very tempted to reveal what the top ten is right now with 3 lists (sans @baumer since he’s still finalizing his) but I won’t because no, lmao.  It’s pretty hilarious what the films that are in there right now are though.  Maybe for fun after the reveal i’ll post what the top 25 was when there was only 5 lists in.

 

Give it time.....the lists will come. 

[ZeeSoh]

50 minutes ago, That One Guy said:

I’m very tempted to reveal what the top ten is right now with 3 lists (sans @baumer since he’s still finalizing his) but I won’t because no, lmao.  It’s pretty hilarious what the films that are in there right now are though.  Maybe for fun after the reveal i’ll post what the top 25 was when there was only 5 lists in.

Maybe I should have bumped Harold and Kumar into the top 10 

 

Also hey I have no regrets putting Cloverfield or Narnia up there. I was young then okay 

[filmlover]

This movie is somewhat polarizing but I still think it's great. Give it a watch to see which side you land on. It's best to pretend that Winslet's Oscar was for this movie and not...the other one that same year.

 

Edited August 2, 2018 by filmlover

[WrathOfHan]

3 minutes ago, filmlover said:

This movie is somewhat polarizing but I still think it's great. Give it a watch to see which side you land on. It's best to pretend that Winslet's Oscar was for this movie and not...the other one that same year.

 

Will end up towards the top of my list for sure.

[baumer]

3 hours ago, filmlover said:

This movie is somewhat polarizing but I still think it's great. Give it a watch to see which side you land on. It's best to pretend that Winslet's Oscar was for this movie and not...the other one that same year.

 

 

This is in my top ten.

[Jake Gittes]

I thought Revolutionary Road was impressive but then I started watching Mad Men. (Prompted, as I recall, by a negative RT blurb on the movie that mentioned the show. Proof that some good once came from RT after all!)

Edited August 2, 2018 by Jake Gittes

[baumer]

Just sent you my revised list.

[Joel M]

already PM'd my list. Taken not being eligible super lame.

 

Spoiler

1    Synecdoche, New York
2    Speed Racer
3    In Bruges
4    The Dark Knight
5    Let the Right One In
6    Waltz with Bashir
7    Gran Torino
8    Berlin Calling
9    Wall-E
10    The Wrestler
11    Pinaple Express
12    Bronson
13    Benjamin Button
14    The Ruins
15    Two Lovers
16    Step Brothers
17    Cloverfield
18    Brothers Bloom
19    Slumdog Millionaire
20    Burn after Reading
21    Hellboy II
22    Iron Man
23    Revolutionary Road
24    Charlie Bartlett
25    Tropic Thunder

 

[TalismanRing]

I did a re-watch of a movie for this - haven't watched it in  years.  I didn't enjoy it.  It won't be on my top 25 though it will probably be #1 for most here.

[Jake Gittes]

4 minutes ago, Joel M said:

already PM'd my list. Taken not being eligible super lame.

 

  Reveal hidden contents

1    Synecdoche, New York
2    Speed Racer
3    In Bruges
4    The Dark Knight
5    Let the Right One In
6    Waltz with Bashir
7    Gran Torino
8    Berlin Calling
9    Wall-E
10    The Wrestler
11    Pinaple Express
12    Bronson
13    Benjamin Button
14    The Ruins
15    Two Lovers
16    Step Brothers
17    Cloverfield
18    Brothers Bloom
19    Slumdog Millionaire
20    Burn after Reading
21    Hellboy II
22    Iron Man
23    Revolutionary Road
24    Charlie Bartlett
25    Tropic Thunder

 

Bronson and Brothers Bloom aren't eligible either I'm afraid.

[baumer]

18 minutes ago, Joel M said:

already PM'd my list. Taken not being eligible super lame.

 

  Reveal hidden contents

1    Synecdoche, New York
2    Speed Racer
3    In Bruges
4    The Dark Knight
5    Let the Right One In
6    Waltz with Bashir
7    Gran Torino
8    Berlin Calling
9    Wall-E
10    The Wrestler
11    Pinaple Express
12    Bronson
13    Benjamin Button
14    The Ruins
15    Two Lovers
16    Step Brothers
17    Cloverfield
18    Brothers Bloom
19    Slumdog Millionaire
20    Burn after Reading
21    Hellboy II
22    Iron Man
23    Revolutionary Road
24    Charlie Bartlett
25    Tropic Thunder

 

How is it lame that a 2009 film is not eligible for a 2008 list?

[That One Girl]

Maybe I should make a list of films that aren’t allowed  

[Jake Gittes]

27 minutes ago, baumer said:

How is it lame that a 2009 film is not eligible for a 2008 list?

It's a 2009 American release, but it is a 2008 film.