Comments on: The 10 Best Films Of 2008

By: Ron

Ron — Mon, 23 May 2016 04:20:32 +0000

Still Walking. Such a great film. Ozu\’s spirit lives on.

By: Nathan Duke

Nathan Duke — Mon, 23 May 2016 04:20:32 +0000

Strongly agree with several choices: Happy Go Lucky, The Edge of Heaven, Silent Light, 4 Months 3 Weeks and 2 Days and The Wrestler. But I\’d substitute Milk, Wall-E and Rachel Getting Married for I\’ve Loved You So Long, Reprise and A Christmas Tale.

By: k

Mon, 23 May 2016 04:20:32 +0000

Ballast takes place in the Mississippi Delta.

By: DG

DG — Mon, 23 May 2016 04:20:32 +0000

Really have to disagree about the Wendy and Lucy suffering from zero plot comment. Also I feel like Let The Right One In and In Bruges should\’ve made the list

By: moviestar

moviestar — Mon, 23 May 2016 04:20:32 +0000

Ballast won the Oscar for best cut and imho it really shows why.

By: E.

E. — Mon, 23 May 2016 04:20:32 +0000

An absolutely ridicilous list. I\’m not even bothering to tell what\’s wrong here, but the actual best films are in the Honorable mentions. You\’re

By: Nathan Duke

Nathan Duke — Mon, 23 May 2016 04:20:32 +0000

Also, glad to see \’Hunger\’ in there. By the way, did you mean Clint Eastwood\’s \’Gran Torino\’ or \’Changeling,\’ which were in 2008. \’Hereafter\’ wasn\’t until two years later.

By: Ron

Ron — Mon, 23 May 2016 04:20:32 +0000

So glad to see Reprise on the list. Just watched it the other day and was absolutely blown away. Joachim Trier is definitely one to watch as Oslo, August 31 is amazing as well.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Mon, 23 May 2016 04:20:32 +0000

"Wendy and Lucy" suffers from zero plot? Are you kidding?

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Mon, 23 May 2016 04:20:32 +0000

Yeah, and "Rachel Getting Married" has gotta get in there.

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 23 May 2016 04:20:32 +0000

Crazy how good 2008 was for film. There\’s a few movies that I would have loved to see in the top 10 (mainly Hunger and Synecdoche, New York) but this year was so stacked you would inevitably have to leave stuff off, so it\’s hard to complain.

By: Wes

Wes — Mon, 23 May 2016 04:20:32 +0000

1. Let the Right One In (Tomas Alfredson)
2. Hunger (Steve McQueen)
3. Christmas Tale (Arnaud Desplechin)
4. Two Lovers (James Gray)
5. Dark Knight (Christopher Nolan)
6. Wrestler (Darren Aronofsky)
7. Burn After Reading (Coen Bros)
8. Still Walking (Hirokazu Koreeda)
9. Vicky Christina Barcelona (Woody Allen)
10. Ballast (Lance Hammer)

By: Wes

Wes — Mon, 23 May 2016 04:20:32 +0000

Still haven\’t seen: Waltz with Bashir (Ari Folman)
24 City (Jia Zhang-ke)
Gran Torino (Clint Eastwood)

By: Lmao

Lmao — Mon, 23 May 2016 04:20:32 +0000

The fact that you left The Dark Knight out of this leaves me to believe youre a 77 year old virgin.

By: Darryl

Darryl — Mon, 23 May 2016 04:20:32 +0000

YesYesYes to Reprise and A Christmas Tale. Love these two films. Reprise is a great film, one of my favorites of all time. Interesting list.

By: MishuPishu

MishuPishu — Mon, 23 May 2016 04:20:32 +0000

Ahhh, there\’s "Silent Light". Also "4 Month…" is incredible. Where can we find more of Mungiu\’s films? But the surprise for me this year was "The Visitor", which knocked the wind out of me with its unerring humanism.

By: europe

europe — Mon, 23 May 2016 04:20:32 +0000

In Bruges is my absolute favourite film from 2008

By: MishuPishu

MishuPishu — Mon, 23 May 2016 04:20:32 +0000

Man On Wire

By: ARELY

ARELY — Mon, 23 May 2016 04:20:32 +0000

"…enjoyable entertainment like Wall-E or The Dark Knight" that hurt my feelings 🙁

By: pop can

pop can — Mon, 23 May 2016 04:20:32 +0000

I was surprised to see so many films that received little-to-no love in 2008 (ballast, silent light, I\’ve loved you so long). One film I thought should\’ve at least had an honorable mention is Frozen River if only for Melissa Leo\’s performance and proof that she could compete with Hollywood\’s top actresses. Also, Chop Shop from Ramin Bahrani, who imo is sorely missing from these lists with great films like Man Push Cart. Shotgun Stories should\’ve been listed as well. Other than that, well done.

By: Skiff

Skiff — Mon, 23 May 2016 04:20:32 +0000

Hey pretentious f@#kface.. Che, Silent Light over Synecdoche, New York?! If you were in 19th century Russia, I\’m pretty sure you would have placed Ostrosky and Goncharov over Tolstoy and Dostoevsky.. Stop going with the critical tide and say things for youself for a change. DO we really need another list with Che, Silent Light and all that shit?!

By: Skiff

Skiff — Mon, 23 May 2016 04:20:32 +0000

I know what you\’re going to say.. Supporting someone like Tolstoy generally entails going with the critical tide… Then I\’d say.. \’you\’re an idiot who has twisted my example out of context\’.. Charlie Kaufman\’s last film got such scant investment from viewers (not just critics) that he has not been able to finance a film ever since… He\’s your country\’s greatest writer. I feel ashamed as a foreign viewer that you guys always ignore your greatest talent…

By: skiff

skiff — Mon, 23 May 2016 04:20:32 +0000

On third thoughts, its not really worth it. I just read the piece… It is so insufferably pretentious that I guess its a stretch to expect something better of you. You say that calling Reprise "Kaufman-esque" is reductive and yet almost in the same sentence go ahead and call it "Bergman-esque"

By: Skiff

Skiff — Mon, 23 May 2016 04:20:32 +0000

I\’m sorry. I can\’t resist, but how can it be Bergmanesque and distinctly its own? Do you even read your own shit?!

By: skiff

skiff — Mon, 23 May 2016 04:20:32 +0000

I guess you don\’t publish negative comments.. what a pussy!