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2008: 15 Favorite Movies

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I’m not going to bother trying to list them in order of best to least best but I will say that Wall-E, The Dark Knight and The Wrestler were my three favorite movies of the year (in that order).

In alphabetical order:

  1. The Dark Knight
  2. Definitely, Maybe
  3. Forgetting Sarah Marshall
  4. Frost/Nixon
  5. Hellboy II: The Golden Army
  6. Iron Man
  7. Milk
  8. Rachel Getting Married
  9. Revolutionary Road
  10. RockNRolla
  11. Role Models
  12. Slumdog Millionaire
  13. Tropic Thunder
  14. Wall-E
  15. The Wrestler

Movie of the Week: Slumdog Millionaire

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In the first 30 minutes, I began to think this movie my have been over-hyped but by the end (and the awesome closing credits), I understood why everyone loved this movie so much.

While I don’t think it’s Best Picture worthy, it’s definitely one of the best movies of the year.

After the movie, I started to reflect on director Danny Boyle.  He is easily one of my 10 favorite directors.  With the exception of A Life Less Ordinary (which I couldn’t force myself to finish), I’ve really liked or loved every movie he’s directed (even The Beach and Sunshine, even though it turned into Event Horizon at the end).

Also, while there was definitely some disturbing violence, how did this movie get an R rating when The Dark Knight got a PG-13?