Jessica's Top Ten Movies of 2008!
1. Waltz with Bashir
2. (tie) Slumdog Millionaire and The Dark Knight
3. Wall-E
4. The Visitor
5. Tropic Thunder
6. Frost/Nixon
7. The Wrestler
8. Gran Torino
9. The Counterfeiters
10. The Fall
Honorable Mentions
The Band's Visit, Burn After Reading, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Defiance, Doubt, The Duchess, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Frozen River, Ghost Town, In Bruges, Iron Man, Let the Right One In, Milk, Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, Pineapple Express, Rachel Getting Married, The Reader, Recount, Son of Rambow, Tell No One
Movies I really wish I could have seen this year: The Class, Harvard Beats Yale 29-29, Pray the Devil Back to Hell, Stranded: I Have Come from a Plane That Crashed in the Mountains, Trouble the Water (seriously, documentaries, what's with the delays?!)
Number of Eligible Movies Seen: 57
Awards Etc.
Most Difficult Distraction to Seeing Movies this Year: a little thing called the presidential election.
Runner-up: this article explains
Performance of the Year: Heath Ledger- The Dark Knight
Dude Who Had a Really Good Year: Looked like Robert Downey Jr. had this one locked up early with Iron Man and Tropic Thunder, but Ralph Fiennes comes from behind to win with a combo of The Duchess, In Bruges, and The Reader (not to mention Bernard and Doris on tv)
Second Runner Up: Kate Winslet- Revolutionary Road and The Reader. Neither made my Top 10, but she's fantastic.
In a Year of Really Depressing Movies, Most Depressing Movie I Saw: Recount (remind me to never relive the 2000 election again)
The Indiana Jones Award for Indiana Jones-ness: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (look people, I don't care if it did feature aliens, it was Indiana Jones!)
Movie that Seemed Like a Really Good Idea But Then REALLY Wasn't: Be Kind, Rewind
Out of 13 Nominations, the Only Oscar Benjamin Button Should Win: Achievement in Makeup
Most Glaring Oscar Snub: Bruce Springsteen for "The Wrestler"
Best Thing About the Awards Show Season So Far: Brangelina's snubbing of Ryan Seacrest at the Golden Globes
Worst Thing About the Awards Show Season So Far: The announcement that Jon Stewart will not be hosting the Oscars this year
Special Award for Genius Internet Film-making: Doctor Horrible's Sing-a-long Blog
Person Who Can Win Every Award That She's Nominated for, As Far As I'm Concerned: Tina Fey
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