Topic: Top 10 of 2008 (Read 3146 times)

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I can usually only remember how good movies were after 10 years of hindsight.
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Being that I see a movie every week, there is no way I'd remember all the good ones.
a couple of my favorites out of order:

Vantage Point: I thought it was amazing at the time, and still think it's good, but it just doesn't have much rewatchability, if that's a word.
Ironman: I am a mega iron man fan, and if it were horrible I would have still defended it, so I'm glad it's pretty good.
Untraceable: I thought this movie was pretty cool and had the horror feel of the original saw down pat, even though it was technologically incorrect at times.
Changeling: Liked it, kept me guessing throughout the movie and had a lot of actors I enjoy watching.


I do remember the bad very well, as I've been making a list of those:
DOOMSDAY: seriously maybe the worst big budget movie I've ever seen in my life. It really looks like they started without a script.
DEATHRACE: this movie doesn't have much action, so it relied on Jason Statham to actually do some acting. Not pretty. Also the ending was retarded.
YOU DONT MESS WITH THE ZOHAN: this movie is 100% bad. there is nothing good about it. not even jews would like this movie.
WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS: ended up at this movie on accident. NEVAR AGAIN
W: my movie group was pumped to see this movie, loving a good comedic commentary, but this movie was BORING.
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8. Definitely, Maybe (don't ask)
I liked it a lot too! Definitely better than the dime-a-dozen romantic comedies you see popping in theaters all the time.
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the only movie i saw this year was The Dark Knight and it was so-so... preferred nicholson to ledger :o
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will post my list tomorrow but just wanted to say that slumdog millionaire was dumb as hell

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it was full of dirty injuns..
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hey maybe if I am racist people will think I am funny and will like me
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what? he's right. there's not a positive indian character in the film other than jamal and his gf. the only good people (also portrayed as naive) are some Americans.

I mean if you saw Slumdog Millionaire and thought INDIA

MUST BE A FUN PLACE TO GO!

maybe we saw a different movie. India's kind of a shithole and all the things in that movie do happen but none of them happen to one fucking person. of course this was because of the fairy tale aspect of the film (it is destiny etc), but at the same time the fairy tale aspect is shattered by the realism of the scenes. compare this to something like The Fall where the guy tells a children's story full of tropes but even before he turns it on its head he never jars us completely out of the scene, even when reality intervenes. Slumdog is the kind of movie that gets worse in retrospect and I really have no urge to see it ever again. I kind of didn't want to see it the first time.

it's not a bad movie, but it is a dumb movie, and in a year where Let the Right One In, Waltz With Bashir (which I haven't seen but have heard is good), The Wrestler, Che, and Milk (ditto as Waltz) came out, it's disheartening to see weak movies like Slumdog Millionaire and Benjamin Button get attention. if the Oscars meant anything to anyone that wasn't a complete douche, maybe I could summon up some dismay but as it is I'm just mildly annoyed by it.
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I like how there is this small trend of people trying to TAKE RYAN DOWN A NOTCH!!! it's the world's worst GW bandwagon as notable members like Mr. Artichoke and Coxswain attempt to break him down!!! seriously it's become a stupid epidemic.

I don't know if you guys are jealous that he and panda have some rapport going on in the music forum that no one else seems to be as good at or if you're mad because he helped annoy Strangeluv, but I'm gonna bank on the fact that whenever a lot of GW notices an 18 year old member with more class and intelligence than they have at like 22 they like to act like dicks. see also: PaulC.

it's also annoying because that used to be my role only with a lot more deliberate agitation on my part but now people tack that onto panda or Ryan. why are you guys such dicks *ignores indian guy shooting off the fingers of an infant* ignore him! he has...cancer...

seriously though y'all are on notice because this is the world's worst trend and just because the rest of us are growing embittered at GW doesn't give you all the right to try and kick someone in the dick for a joke post.
Last Edit: February 28, 2009, 03:51:50 am by Magical Negro
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Saying "lol hey spics/injuns/wops/niggers are in this movie" isn't funny and doesn't really tell what he thought of the movie...but if you boil it down and say the movie was stereotypical of India like you did, and you didn't like it because of that, then you are coming from somewhere.
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haha yeah I am  trying to take Ryan down, it's very personal. also how is being racist or degrading other members having class??

World's worst trend? Epidemic? I didn't know that GW = world
Last Edit: February 28, 2009, 03:58:55 am by Herr Artischocke
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Saying "lol hey spics/injuns/wops/niggers are in this movie" isn't funny and doesn't really tell what he thought of the movie...but if you boil it down and say the movie was stereotypical of India like you did, and you didn't like it because of that, then you are coming from somewhere.

you're dumb as a cup of cups.

haha yeah I am  trying to take Ryan down, it's very personal. also how is being racist or degrading other members having class??

World's worst trend? Epidemic? I didn't know that GW = world

you're simple.
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you're dumb as a cup of cups.
This is a very smart sentence
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seriously though how do you read "world's worst trend", go all HEH GW=WORLD, and not realize GW stands for gaming world.

let's ignore the fact you think epidemics are only worldwide, it is just awesome how much you fucked up.
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hello i'm mr. artichoke. i have no fucking idea what dramatic exaggeration is. this is why my favorite band is porcupine tree; none of that "subtlety" for me!
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seriously though y'all are on notice because this is the world's worst trend
who fucked up?
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oh damn i missed the mr. artichoke callout.

i'll just respond with this:

<MrArtichoke> my tongue can find the clitoris and the g spot simultaneously / <+MrArtichoke> vagina tastes like sweet and sour fish
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who fucked up?

http://www.google.com/search?client=opera&rls=en&q=the+world+of&sourceid=opera&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8

go woo your fat ugly girlfriend some more, you fucking child.

WAAAA PEOPLE IDDN'T LIKE MY HORRIBLE MOVIE WAAAAAAAAA SHERI BABY LEMME TRY TO EAT YOUR ASSHOLE WITH MY LIZARD LIKE FREAK TONGUE.

someone gimme a warn for this, my warnlog is...too short...
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nah mr artichoke can go suck steven wilsons dick for all i care. he has this habit of just lurking then going nuts when i don't have mutual affection for his latest favorite band (porcupine tree) or favorite movie (slumdog millionaire)
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or his favorite mod. ATARI. mr. artichoke showed up out of nowhere to nominate ATARI for best mod and member and forgot to nominate him for the one category he had a shot of winning or would even care about, best musician. guass when youre brains full of pusy technique u forget things...
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