Yeah, Open Range is probably my favorite Costner flick ever. I still haven't seen "3:15 To Yuma" either and I hear that one is good.

You barely saw this?!?!? Man, that's one of my Top 10 of all time. 11 years running and I watch it every 2 or 3 months like clockwork. Curtis Hanson really never made another movie that good again and it was a disgusting farce of an awards season that year when every major award was given to "Titanic" when this film deserved them all many times over. It truly IS an amazing film.

I actually perfer the original 3:10 To Yuma but the remake is very good. Different but almost equal - like the Dawn Of The Dead remake.

Most of you may not agree, but I found Iron Man to be amazing... then again he is one of my favorite comic book characters.

Thinking back the first time I actually saw it was in 2007 when I broke my foot, so I guess I was incorrect on that. But the point stands, yeah it was only the first time, and like you, it's in my top something. I think my top 15. I absolutely *adore* that movie.

I thought Iron Man was a great time.

8 mile was good (Curtis Hanson directed). I didn't like 3:10 as much as I thought I would. I felt Christian Bale and to a lesser extent, Russel Crowe, weren't right for their roles.

It was OK. Wonder Boys was far better but none of Curtis' films have ever equaled the greatness of L.A. Confidential. EVER.

Movies I will hopefully watch before the year is out (have the DVDs sitting on the media shelf, just haven't sat and done it yet): Blazing Saddles (I KNOW I KNOW I AM FULL OF FAIL) and Inland Empire. The problem with Lynch's movies, at least for me, is that I have to have a good block of time before and after the movie to prepare and compress. They're such a religious experience (of sorts) that absorption is difficult without that time.

Dude, you have to get on that Blazing Saddles movie!

I own this and haven't even finished it. I love David Lynch movies but this one made no goddamned sense at all - and the digital camera photography looks more like a college student's thesus than a professional movie.

... sometimes my arms bend back

She's filled with secrets!

Also, Mullholland Dr. stopped making clear sense after she opened the box, but then, in the words of the man, "I don't know what that means."

Mulholland Drive looks like fucking Barney compared to the RABBIT SITCOM SEQUENCE in Inland Empire.

But isn't that just Rabbits put into the movie?

I don't know about the best, but I can confirm that having just seen the Scarface remake a day or so ago, that's easily the worst in 2008.


Actually, I didn't watch many movies this year. Wasn't that many great ones that caught my eye.

My top 10 would go something like this:
1. There Will Be Blood
2. Iron Man
3. Hellboy 2
4. Pineapple Express
5. Cloverfield
=6. Tropic Thunder
=6. Quantum of Solace
8. The Dark Knight
9. Sweeney Todd
10. Indiana Jones

I know TWBB and Sweeney Todd were released in America in 07, but they didn't travel across the pond until 08.

I just watched this movie last night since I saw the Limited Edition on sale for $10 at Target. If you can brave the crowds at this time of year, it's totally worth it. However, the only thing it has in common with Quigley Down Under is the fact that it's set in Australia. I loved this movie though. It was gritty, bleak, violent and, most of all, well told. I agree with the use of music too. It's amazing to watch it with a good sound system because you'll note the subtle changes in the bass lines depending on the character the scene focuses on and I love how the two worlds of Outback and "civilization" have their own themes and the mood changes depending on the variation of said themes.

All in all, this is an amazing film and anyone who dismisses it as a mere Western is really doing themselves a great disservice.

WALL-E Same as what Ence said.

Bolt This movie takes me back to being a 11 year old wanting a puppy/dog again. You don't expect it but it's pretty goddamn funny. And cute. It's a movie you want to go see with the 10-year olds you're baby-sitting, because it's one of those kid movies you actually get to enjoy together.

Four Christmases If you love Vince Vaughn, you'll like this movie. He just totally makes the movie.

Forrest Gump Target had the special edition widescreen 2-disc DVD on sale for $7.99 and I could not resist. I love the direction and the music in this movie. Despite the fact that the movie came out almost 15 years ago, it's still a great flick to watch. Tom Hanks' narration and story telling capability just tops everything.

Iron Man Loved this movie. Didn't expect to, but it was awesome.

Dark Knight What can I say, it's WICKED COOL.

Twilight UGH. (Wait, were we even supposed to comment on bad movies? If not, I'll just leave it as that. "Ugh.")

Religulous If you like Bill Maher, you'll enjoy it as a humorous slant on his view of religion. If you're one of those super-conservative Bible-humping "God is the reason we all live" or whatever "believers," only watch this if you have enough grain of humor inside of you to not take him so seriously.

Tropic Thunder What everyone else says about Downey Jr. I'm not much of a Ben Stiller fan, but the whole comedian-team acting thing works.

Parts of it are directly from Rabbits (which is hilarious by the way), but there's actually some stuff that was left out from the original. Also, Inland Empire is easily the best Lynch stuff I've seen - I'm not a big fan of his style (in his other movies), though.

I watched All That Jazz for the first time today because of LeHah's recommendation in this thread, and it really is pretty goddamned amazing.

A few days ago I saw that Benjamin Buttons film, and All That Jazz stood out even more in my mind because of it, because whereas Benjamin Button had a pretty minor gimmick but really didn't come to terms with concepts of mortality at all – even though it broke it's back trying to – All That Jazz is a fucking musical, as gimmicky as you can get, but you don't even really notice the gimmick because it's used so perfectly to bring all the themes to a head. It's just great.

Of all the movies I've seen this year there were only two I particularly thought were worth sharing:

Miller's Crossing: I like a lot of Cohen brothers movies, Hudsucker Proxy, Raising Arizona, Big Lebowski, etc. but right before I saw this I saw Fargo and No Country for Old Men, both of which I found disappointing, but this movie is the shit. I had just finished Yojimbo and Fistful of Dollars and this one seemed to fit right in with them.

Wings of Desire - For some reason I loved this movie. I couldn't stand The Thin Red Line because of all the annoying inner monologues, all I wanted was for Sean Penn to either shoot someone or get shot. Yet this whole movie was just inner monologues, and I liked it. I saw there was a sequel, and I'm curious as to how that one is.