March 18, 2009
7 for 2008
Every year, a couple of old friends and I get together to discuss our favorite movies of the previous year. We all watch a lot of movies (but very rarely watch them together) so this is our chance to catch up and compare notes. Its our favorite, not "best" movie otherwise it would be too easy to add academy award type movies all the time. My 7.
7. 21.
Okay, so they had a white guy play a chinese dude but I love movies about gambling and playing cards. Based on the real book "bringing down the house", which shows the rise and fall of a group of MIT students who figured out how to beat the game of blackjack in Vegas.
6. Let the right one in.
A Swedish film about vampires but seen through the relationship of two 12, well sorta 12 year olds in a small town with simple folk. This didn't have a muscular guy playing the saxophone but not every movie can be "lost boys".
5. Pineapple Express
Stoner movies are usually no good but this one was funny with Seth Rogan, James Franscisco, the dude from foot face way and the other guy from The Office.
4. Speed Racer
People hated it but I thought the detail was funny and caught the spirit of watching the cartoon every saturday on channel 52. And I like that director larry wachowski changed her name to lana. Not a lot lana's around.
3. Iron Man
Bruce Wayne as a multi-millionaire doesn't know how to live. Tony Stark does with his sport cars, girl friends, cool house and of course, hod rod armor. And yea, I'm glad terrance howard got replaced with don cheedle for the sequel.
2. Dark Knight
Superheroes aren't that heroic if the villains are ok. Heath Ledger made jack nicholson look like amateur with his portrayal of the psychotic Joker that hannibal lecter and john kramer
1. In Bruge
This movie is amazing because for an hour a half, this story relies on dialogue between colin farrel and brendan gleason as hitmen talking about the city of bruge and the messed up contract killing that place them in this small tourist town. This movie also features a midget which is always good.
Posted by yumyumcha at March 18, 2009 11:43 PM