The Dark Knight
An ambitious, full-bodied crime epic of gratifying scope and moral complexity…Oh, and it is a “comic book movie“. With The Dark Knight, the cinematic superhero spectacle comes closest to becoming modern myth, a pulp tragedy with costumed players and elevated stakes and terrible sacrifices. It's the new standard for superhero noir.
Wall-E
The idea that a company in the business of mainstream entertainment would make something as creative, substantial and cautionary as WALL-E has to raise your hopes for the human race. Pixar can do no wrong.
Iron Man
Is it possible to have yet another excursion into this genre that seems in any way fresh, original and alive? Oh yes it is…propers to acting dynamo Robert Downey Jr who OWNED Stark from the jump.
Slumdog Millionaire
It doesn't happen often, but when it does, look out… a movie that rocks, that transports, startles, delights and shocks. A movie that is…flat out great. I cannot wait to see what Danny Boyle does next.
Speed Racer
Call me crazy but I LOVED this movie. Buoyant pop entertainment focused on three things…speed, racing and retina-splitting oceans of digitally captured color. A crazy, turbo-charged mix of cartoon fun, gamer action, and a wild new way to think of, and look at, movies.
Honorable mention(s): Appaloosa, The Bank Job, Choke, Quantum Of Solace, In Bruges, Rock N Rolla, Kung Fu Panda & Cloverfield.
What to look for in 2009: The Road, Coraline, Where The Wild Things Are, Watchmen, Public Enemies, UP, Star Trek, Harry Potter & The Half Blood Prince, Monsters Vs Aliens, GI Joe, Inglorius Bastards, Terminator Salvation, Wolverine Origins, Sherlock Holmes, The Wolfman & Avatar.
1 comment:
There's really no debate.
Dark Knight runs away with it.
I'm trying to remember what else I saw this year that really got to me. I know there was something. I'll blog about it if I remember. :)
-Nuggs
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