[Movie] "You'll Be Like Oh Shit Thats The Jam!" - Best Movies You've Seen In 2008

Originally Posted by Rotorblade

The Punisher - Not to scoff at the previous film, but Punisher: War Zone attempts to offer a more accurate rendition of the Punisher character. A man who's about murdering the fuck out of criminals and asking questions later. The film draws a lot of its inspiration from the Punisher MAX comics written by Garth Ennis, and sets up for future sequels by establishing characters who were involved in different arcs of the comics. Specifically a Russian mobster who links to the "Slavers" arc. The illusion here is that if you're a fan of the Punisher comics, you're gonna like this movie.

Wrong.

You're gonna like this movie because it's the follow up to Rambo at the beginning of this year. This is the goddamn movie you were waiting for. Punisher: War Zone doesn't attempt to hide what it is, a comic movie straight out of 1995 but with extra violence and the merciless killing of any race. Black, white, asian, spanish... no one is safe. Is there a child in the room? Sorry, you still die as the Punisher holds the kid in his arms and blows off your head with a combat shotgun held in one hand.

The follow up to Batman Forever that you never received is here, except this time we're punching androgynous men through the face with the kind of results you'd expect from punching androgynous men through the face. Quite possibly the greatest comic book movie ever and the greatest movie of the year and in our lifetime.

Seconding this. Punisher Warzone is easily the most entertaining movie I've seen since Rambo. I was laughing so hard through out the whole thing. My girlfriend thought something was wrong with me (hey, she said she wanted to see it too)

Runner Ups:
Tropic Thunder: Another great, great comedy.
Pineapple Express: Being a stoner myself, I saw this sober and enjoyed it more than Superbad. The brotherly love really resonated with me.
Max Payne: Like Keanu Reeves, I lost almost anything with Mark Wahlberg. I thought the cinematography was cool.
Iron Man: Idk how the hype got so big but I enjoyed it.
TDK: Like encephalon said, fuck the haters, the joker IS worth all the hype. Christian Bale though? Not so much. Why do people love that nigga so much?

Films that came out last year that I just got around to seeing this year?

The Assassination of Jesse James by The Coward Robert Ford: This is an amazing movie in almost ever aspect. It's got AMAZING cinematography. I can't think of another movie that's as magical and as beautiful as this one. The acting is incredible. Casey Affleck shines in every scene. Brad Pitt is believable as the quiet gunman. Even the script/dialog feels authentic. I love love love this movie. Sad we get a barebones dvd release.

The Fountain: Probably the only movie I can think off the top of my head that rivals Jesse James in terms of incredible cinematography. A touching love story to boot!

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Originally Posted by Encephalon

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.

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.

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