1. 10.Snow Angels. 

  2. Directed and written by David Gordon Green.

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Top 10 of 2008

As a recovering World of Warcraft addict, I have to apologize for not seeing more films this year.  I didn’t snap out of my funk until late in the year, and I’m doing my best to catch up.  As for my annual tradition of picking the best movies, 2008 surely had its share of great films.  Bear in mind that this is a list in progress.  There are some films that I have missed during the course of the year, such as “Ballast”, “Synecdoche, New York” to name a few, so I will update my Top 10 accordingly of any changes.  And now I give you my picks for the best films of 2008...

  1. 1.Happy Go Lucky. 

  2. Directed and written by Mike Leigh.

  3. In a year of such economic woe, it was a welcomed pleasure to watch Mike Leigh’s lighthearted comedy/drama, led by an optimistic beam of sunshine that is Poppy (Sally Hawkins).  For a film to make me smile from beginning to end is a testament to Leigh’s beautiful and moving stories.

  1. 2.The Dark Knight. 

  2. Directed by Christopher Nolan.

  3. Written by Christopher and Jonathan Nolan.

  4. Well, what can I say.  I saw “The Dark Knight” at the Irvine IMAX opening weekend, and I was simply just blown away.  With its seething tension from pitting Batman against the Joker, to make a highly entertaining film to be this good is quite an achievement in its own right.

  1. 3.Milk. 

  2. Directed by Gus Van Sant. 

  3. Written by Dustin Lance Black.

  4. It’s a rousing and significant piece of work that made me realize how much I owe Harvey Milk for standing up for civil rights, no matter what you’re up against.  I have never been a big Gus Van Sant fan myself, but this is his best film to date.

  1. 4.WALL-E. 

  2. Directed by Andrew Stanton. 

  3. Written by Jim Reardon and Andrew Stanton.

  4. The year’s most charming movie.  Its first half is a masterpiece of a silent film that revels in nostalgia, and the latter half is a fantastic science fiction adventure steeped in imagination and wonderment.  Pixar has done it again.

  1. 5.Forgetting Sarah Marshall. 

  2. Directed by Nicholas Stoller. 

  3. Written by Jason Segel.

  4. It’s hard enough to make a good comedy, but a good comedy that gets it all right needs recognition.  From the guys that brought us “40-Year Old Virgin” and “Superbad”, “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” continues the tradition of daring, sometimes crass, humor, but this time around everything falls into place.  The year’s best comedy.

  1. 9.Frost/Nixon.

  2. Directed by Ron Howard. 

  3. Written by Peter Morgan.

  1. 8.The Wrestler. 

  2. Directed by Darren Aronofsky. 

  3. Written by Robert Siegel.

  1. 6.Wendy and Lucy. 

  2. Directed by Kelly Reichardt. 

  3. Written by Kelly Reichardt and Jonathan Raymond.

  1. 7.Frozen River. 

  2. Directed and written by Courtney Hunt.