Comments on: Team Playlist’s Top 10 Films Of 2008

By: rodrigoperez

rodrigoperez — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 17:47:00 +0000

i like the love for Boarding Gate, i belatedly put that in my Most Overlooked piece.

By: gabetoro

gabetoro — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 17:23:00 +0000

My top ten:
1. Synecdoche
2. Dark Knight
3. Happy-Go-Lucky
4. Che
5. The Fall
6. Miracle At St. Anna
7. Boarding Gate
8. The Wrestler
9. Wall-E
10. Elite Squad

I have very particular tastes.

By: rodrigoperez

rodrigoperez — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 05:38:00 +0000

and gabe, what’s your top 10?

By: rodrigoperez

rodrigoperez — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 03:55:00 +0000

Coulda been worse. Dark Knight or Wall-E woulda been no.1 and then i woulda really regretted opening up the floor. ;)

By: gabetoro

gabetoro — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 03:11:00 +0000

Slumdog Millionaire? BULLSHIT.

It's an empty, vapid movie celebrating TV culture and crime, with a decidedly anti-American tone. Granted, you'd lose a lot of the "flavor" of the setting, but if that movie was about a black American kid, would critics look twice?

By: Annie

Annie — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:26:00 +0000

I was not impressed by “Revolutionary Road.”

By: Trippman

Trippman — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 23:33:00 +0000

Goddamnit, Wall-E shoold’ve won!

By: rodrigoperez

rodrigoperez — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 21:10:00 +0000

i personally think it's sad too, but hey, people have to have their say for better or worse. some of our new contributors hate slumdog too, whaddyagonna do?

Meanwhile, i'm sure some people think my picks are shit too, oh well. such is life when you gather a bunch of opinionated film snobs in one room. you're not all going to agree.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 21:06:00 +0000

I think it’s sad that wall e made it that far up on the list but aside from that it looks alright.

By: rodrigoperez

rodrigoperez — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 20:48:00 +0000

yeah, it's the first movie we've ever seen, thanks. Great observation.

and it's not like we voted it number one by consensus. if we all sat and a room and hashed it out, i'm sure i'd be very different. this is just adding up the basic number of times a film showed up on someone's list.

it wasn't a weighted poll like the oscars.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 20:44:00 +0000

Is “Slumdog Millionaire” the first movie you guys ever saw or do you have some other reason for hyping that complete pile of shit?.

By: rodrigoperez

rodrigoperez — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 20:14:00 +0000

basically i added up the votes and in the instance of atie (which was many instances), i added up their positions on the top 10 (say, slots 1, 5, 6 for a three way tie). The one with the smallest number won the tie favoring its higher position on someones list. that's it.

1.Slumdog 7 votes
2. Wall-e 6 votes
3. 4 months 5 votes (20)
4. man on wire 5 votes (24)
5. dark knight 5 votes (32)
6. The Wrestler 4 votes (13)
7. Rev Road 4 votes (21)
8. Reprise 3 votes (6, but two no.1 slots
9. Che 3 votes (6)
10. Happy Go Lucky, Loved You So Long, Wendy and Lucy, (all over 15)

By: Eliza

Eliza — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 19:39:00 +0000

Really happy to see Man On Wire on so many people’s lists! I’ve watched so many movies waiting to be blown away, only to be let down. That film was just the opposite–such a great surprise for me.