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KUFO’s Fatboy Puts JCVD, BURN, PINEAPPLE & RAMBO Alongside WALL-E, SLUMDOG & DARK KNIGHT On His Fatboy Top 10!!
I am – Hercules!!
Portland radio personality and avid AICN reader Fatboy Roberts kicks in his top ten for 2008. I guess I need to see the Rogen-scripted “Pineapple Express” already; it’s getting too much end-of-year love!
Things you need to know about my Top 10 list before we get underway:
1) It's f**ked.
2) I didn't see everything released this year, because I'm not insane. I like interacting with people, getting drunk, reading comics, things like that. I can't do those things if I'm in a theater every waking minute of my life.
Movies I probably should have seen before making this list:
In Bruges. Doubt. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Milk. Forgetting Sarah Marshall. Rachel Getting Married. Superhero Movie. Speed Racer. One of those last two is a joke.
Movies I saw that didn't make this list:
Zack and Miri Make a Porno. Tropic Thunder. Quantum of Solace. Indiana Jones and the What The F**k is This S**t. The Spirit. A 5-second version of Batman and Robin that consisted solely of a man pooping in close-up.
Honorable Mentions: Hellboy II, which was better than Iron Man, which was one of the best superhero movies I'd ever seen until they both got dwarfed by The Dark Knight. Choke, a quiet, low-key, almost hopeful transformation of Palahniuk's grimiest novel. Cloverfield, which worked in spite of it's s**ty characters and shaky-cam artifice.
The List.
10. The Wrestler: Aronofsky makes another movie about addiction. Mickey Rourke plays a burnout mid-card professional wrestler who gives up on life the instant it gets hard, and hides in a fantasy world where it's always 1988 and he's always being cheered by a crowd that superficially loves him for slowly killing himself in front of them. Aronofsky pulls his punches enough that some people are reading the film as an inspirational story. One man, true to himself and his art, sacrificing what he loves for what he does. I see it as a sad story of a man choking himself to death on his own security blanket. The film works either way, honestly, and is a testament to Aronofsky's skill. A minor-key run-through of the same themes he sledgehammered to devastating effect in Requiem for a Dream.
9. JCVD: This movie actually does for Jean Claude Van Damme what The Wrestler is being trumpeted for doing with Mickey Rourke. Van Damme's performance is deeper, more heartfelt, and more impressive in an ambitious, arty little heist movie that is equal parts Dog Day Afternoon, Killing Zoe, and The Player. Okay, maybe not equal parts. That's some movie-poster-blurb s**t. But the film bounces around from tense, to goofy, to touching, to exciting, all without feeling too labored. There's a lot packed into these 90 minutes, and Van Damme never drops the ball. Rourke is gonna get a Best Actor nom for his turn as The Ram, and he did good work, but Van Damme (can't believe I'm saying this) kicked his ass. In an actorly way, that is.
8. Rambo: Tarantino and Rodriguez saw this and proceeded to kick themselves in the balls for taking 3 hours and about a hundred mil to make something daring to call itself "Grindhouse." The movie is all viscera and visceral thrill. There's really no other theme than the one Stallone utters as his first lines of the film: "F**k the world." But he f**ks it gloriously.
7. Pineapple Express: Seth Rogen's s**t is getting tired. Good thing James Franco and Danny McBride are around to prop his fat ass up, Franco especially, scaling heighs of onscreen potheadedness not seen since Cheech met Chong. Good thing he's a better writer than he is an actor. Good thing he's got director David Gordon Green bringing some laconic weirdness to this violent little stoner comedy. Good thing he's got Gary Cole as the villain. Good thing there are lines like "You got killed by a Daewoo Lanos motherf**ker!" and "War is upon you! Prepare to suck the c**k of Karma!" and "It smells like God's Vagina."
6. Let the Right One In: F**k Twilight. How this movie could have come out in the same year where pre-pubescents and their saggy, cougarly matrons cried at the sight of Team Edward is beyond me, but this creepy, haunting slice of Swedish cinema might have singlehandedly rescued the Vampire movie from the goofy dimension its been trapped in ever since Buffy and Underworld. There are scenes in this film that make the floating boy from Salem's Lot look like Marley and Me.
5. Frost/Nixon: Ron Howard still knows how to make a movie. You might have thought he'd lost his Beautiful Mind after that cinematic turd frosted your eyes. But he went back to Apollo 13 on this one: Historical event. Tight script. Ensemble cast comprising some of the most solid actors currently working, including Oliver Platt, Kevin Bacon and Sam Rockwell, who just barely missed making this list twice with the Palahniuk adaptation he carried on his back. Michael Sheen's Frost is a jittery, grinning piece of work, but Frank Langella's Nixon is probably the best onscreen portrayal of the man ever. The re-enactment of the final interview between the smarmy british fop and the angry, sweaty failure of a president packs a hell of a punch.
4. Slumdog Millionaire: Danny Boyle made the first Bollywood movie that didn't cause my teeth to rot out due to saccharine overdose. And this IS a Bollywood movie: Music, lighting, staging, fairy tale whimsy, elaborate dance number. But it's also a Danny Boyle movie. Which means quick cuts, compelling performance, explosive violence, mounting tension and cathartic release. From Trainspotting to 28 Days Later: Boyle loves to put you through the wringer and leave you exhausted. This one, about a kid from Mumbai who exists in a world made almost entirely out of poverty and constant humiliation, goes on India's version of "Who Wants To Be a Millionaire," leaves you exhilarated. The movie begins with him 1 question from winning the grand prize, and shows you how he got there. Here's how good this movie is: It almost excuses the existence of "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire." Almost.
3. Burn After Reading: People didn't quite know what to expect after No Country For Old Men. Same thing happened after Fargo. The Coens got their Oscar, and people looked at em like "Now What?" Back then, they unleashed The Big Lebowski. Nobody got it, and now the film is regarded as a modern masterpiece, a bathrobed onion with layers and layers of zen stoner philosophy hidden inside some of the foulest, funniest dialog ever uttered. This time, they dropped a comedy grenade called Burn After Reading, and unlike Lebowski, people got the joke on the first telling. A pissy, smartassed stab at spy thrillers with an equal amount of ha-ha's and oh s**t moments. Pitt and Clooney and Malkovich and McDormand and blah blah blah--the movie is stolen by Richard Jenkins hangdog portrayal of possibly the only character not criminally stupid and/or coldhearted, along with JK Simmons and David Rasche (Sledge Hammer! Yes!) as CIA execs who sum up the punchline of the movie so succinctly I couldn't stop laughing until about 4 minutes into the credits.
2. The Dark Knight: Christian Bale's mouth is apparently too small for his tongue, because when he talks as Batman, all I can imagine is his tongue, washing up on the sides of his mouth like an ocean being poured into a fishbowl. Other than that, this is one of the best crime epics since Heat, which Chris Nolan was aiming for. To aim for a film that great and get this close is a f**king achievement indeed. That he did it with a Superhero movie? Almost unbelievable. Maybe next movie, they'll address that ridiculously stupid voice in the same way this movie addressed the fact his neck couldn't move in Begins. Oh yeah, Heath Ledger. Best Supporting Actor. Bet that. And not just for sentimental reasons. The performance is more than deserving.
1. Wall-E: Yeah, the humans probably shouldn't have ever spoken in this film. But the first half of this movie is so damned good, that even if it becomes a little more formulaic in the last 25 minutes, it can't be dragged down from the #1 spot. It's the most beautiful film Pixar has ever made, which is really saying something. I hate trying to sum the movie up for people, because I can't do it. Trying to blurb something this pretty seems dirty and wrong. I'm hoping this movie doesn't end up like Ratatouille: The quiet success that is quickly forgotten and appreciated only by a certain few. I'm hoping this ends up like The Iron Giant: A movie mismarketed and misunderstood (The Environment! Fat People!) only to be universally beloved by everyone who lays eyes on it.
Fatboy is not alone in his love of “Wall-E” and “Slumdog.” The tallies:
Regional critics' associations:
New York Film Critics: Milk
Los Angeles Film Critics: WALL-E
Chicago Film Critics: WALL-E
London Film Critics: Slumdog Millionaire
Toronto Film Critics: Wendy and Lucy
D.C. Area Film Critics: Slumdog Millionaire
Boston Film Critics: (tie) Slumdog Millionaire & WALL-E
San Francisco Film Critics: Milk
Dallas/Fort Worth Film Critics: Slumdog Millionaire
Florida Film Critics: Slumdog Millionaire
Las Vegas Film Critics: Frost/Nixon
Detroit Film Critics: Slumdog Millionaire
St. Louis Film Critics: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Utah Film Critics: The Dark Knight
Austin Film Critics: The Dark Knight
International Press Academy:
DRAMA: Slumdog Millionaire
COMEDY: Happy-Go-Lucky
Critics Choice Awards nominees:
The Changeling
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Doubt
Frost/Nixon
Milk
The Reader
Slumdog Millioniare
WALL-E
The Wrestler
Harry Knowles' top 10, as posted in Ain't It Cool News:
1. Let The Right One In
2. The Dark Knight
3. The Wrestler
4. WALL-E
5. The Brothers Bloom
6. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
7. Milk
8. Pineapple Express
9. Slumdog Millionaire
10. Burn After Reading
(best documentary: Man on Wire)
Jay Knowles' top 10, as posted in Ain't It Cool News:
1. The Dark Knight
2. Let the Right One In
3. WALL-E
4. The Wrestler
5. Milk
6. Man on Wire
7. Burn After Reading
8. Benjamin Button
9. Slumdog Millionaire
10. Iron Man
"Capone's" top 10, as posted in Ain't It Cool News:
1. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2. WALL-E
3. Let The Right One In
4. Slumdog Millionaire
5. The Wrestler
6. The Dark Knight
7. The Fall
8. Snow Angels
9. Milk
10. Tropic Thunder
(best documentary: Dear Zachary)
Roger Ebert’s top 20, as published in The Chicago Sun-Times:
Ballast
The Band’s Visit
Che
Chop Shop
The Dark Knight
Doubt
The Fall
Frost/Nixon
Frozen River
Happy-Go-Lucky
Iron Man
Milk
Rachel Getting Married
The Reader
Revolutionary Road
Shotgun Stories
Slumdog Millionaire
Synecdoche, New York
W
WALL-E
Michael Phillips' top 10, as published in the Chicago Tribune:
1. WALL-E
2. The Class
3. A Christmas Tale
4. Let The Right One In
5. The Flight of the Red Balloon
6. Alexandra
7. Man on Wire
8. Snow Angels
9. Still Life
10. The Dark Knight
Manohla Dargis’s top picks, as published in the New York Times:
Alexandra
The Dark Knight
Encounters At The End Of The World
The Flight of the Red Balloon
Happy-Go-Lucky
Milk
Silent Light
Still Life
Synecdoche, New York
Wendy and Lucy
Kenneth Turan’s top picks, as published in the Los Angeles Times:
Ballast
A Christmas Tale
The Class
Frost/Nixon
Frozen River
Gomorrah
Happy-Go-Lucky
Rachel Getting Married
Slumdog Millionaire
Tell No One
WALL-E
Waltz With Bashir
Plus four Sundance documentaries ("Man on Wire," " Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired," "Stranded" and "Trouble the Water")
Richard Corliss’ top 10, as published in Time Magazine:
1. WALL-E
2. Synecdoche, New York
3. My Winnipeg
4. 4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days
5. Milk
6. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
7. Slumdog Millionaire
8. Iron Man
9. Speed Racer
10. Encounters At The End of the World
Stephen King's top 10, as published in Entertainment Weekly:
1. The Dark Knight
2. Slumdog Millionaire
3. WALL-E
4. Tropic Thunder
5. Funny Games
6. The Bank Job
7. Lakeview Terrace
8. The Ruins
9. Redbelt
10. Death Race
Lisa Schwarzbaum's Top 10, as published in Entertainment Weekly:
1. WALL-E
2. Milk
3. The Dark Knight
4. Waltz With Bashir
5. Gomorra
6. Wendy and Lucy
7. Trouble The Water
8. Happy-Go-Lucky
9. Man On Wire
10. Tropic Thunder
Owen Glieberman’s Top 10, as published in Entertainment Weekly:
1. The Wrestler
2. The Dark Knight
3. Rachel Getting Married
4. WALL-E
5. Momma’s Man
6. The Edge of Heaven
7. Burn After Reading
8. The Class
9. Milk
10. Tell No One
The National Board of Review's pick:
Slumdog Millionaire
The American Film Institute's picks:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Frost/Nixon
Frozen River
Gran Torino
Iron Man
Milk
WALL-E
Wendy and Lucy
The Wrestler
If anyone’s aware of overlooked press awards worthy of inclusion in this post - i.e. not the farcical Golden Globes - kindly email: herculesAICN@yahoo.com!
1) It's f**ked.
2) I didn't see everything released this year, because I'm not insane. I like interacting with people, getting drunk, reading comics, things like that. I can't do those things if I'm in a theater every waking minute of my life.
Movies I probably should have seen before making this list:
In Bruges. Doubt. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Milk. Forgetting Sarah Marshall. Rachel Getting Married. Superhero Movie. Speed Racer. One of those last two is a joke.
Movies I saw that didn't make this list:
Zack and Miri Make a Porno. Tropic Thunder. Quantum of Solace. Indiana Jones and the What The F**k is This S**t. The Spirit. A 5-second version of Batman and Robin that consisted solely of a man pooping in close-up.
Honorable Mentions: Hellboy II, which was better than Iron Man, which was one of the best superhero movies I'd ever seen until they both got dwarfed by The Dark Knight. Choke, a quiet, low-key, almost hopeful transformation of Palahniuk's grimiest novel. Cloverfield, which worked in spite of it's s**ty characters and shaky-cam artifice.
The List.
10. The Wrestler: Aronofsky makes another movie about addiction. Mickey Rourke plays a burnout mid-card professional wrestler who gives up on life the instant it gets hard, and hides in a fantasy world where it's always 1988 and he's always being cheered by a crowd that superficially loves him for slowly killing himself in front of them. Aronofsky pulls his punches enough that some people are reading the film as an inspirational story. One man, true to himself and his art, sacrificing what he loves for what he does. I see it as a sad story of a man choking himself to death on his own security blanket. The film works either way, honestly, and is a testament to Aronofsky's skill. A minor-key run-through of the same themes he sledgehammered to devastating effect in Requiem for a Dream.
9. JCVD: This movie actually does for Jean Claude Van Damme what The Wrestler is being trumpeted for doing with Mickey Rourke. Van Damme's performance is deeper, more heartfelt, and more impressive in an ambitious, arty little heist movie that is equal parts Dog Day Afternoon, Killing Zoe, and The Player. Okay, maybe not equal parts. That's some movie-poster-blurb s**t. But the film bounces around from tense, to goofy, to touching, to exciting, all without feeling too labored. There's a lot packed into these 90 minutes, and Van Damme never drops the ball. Rourke is gonna get a Best Actor nom for his turn as The Ram, and he did good work, but Van Damme (can't believe I'm saying this) kicked his ass. In an actorly way, that is.
8. Rambo: Tarantino and Rodriguez saw this and proceeded to kick themselves in the balls for taking 3 hours and about a hundred mil to make something daring to call itself "Grindhouse." The movie is all viscera and visceral thrill. There's really no other theme than the one Stallone utters as his first lines of the film: "F**k the world." But he f**ks it gloriously.
7. Pineapple Express: Seth Rogen's s**t is getting tired. Good thing James Franco and Danny McBride are around to prop his fat ass up, Franco especially, scaling heighs of onscreen potheadedness not seen since Cheech met Chong. Good thing he's a better writer than he is an actor. Good thing he's got director David Gordon Green bringing some laconic weirdness to this violent little stoner comedy. Good thing he's got Gary Cole as the villain. Good thing there are lines like "You got killed by a Daewoo Lanos motherf**ker!" and "War is upon you! Prepare to suck the c**k of Karma!" and "It smells like God's Vagina."
6. Let the Right One In: F**k Twilight. How this movie could have come out in the same year where pre-pubescents and their saggy, cougarly matrons cried at the sight of Team Edward is beyond me, but this creepy, haunting slice of Swedish cinema might have singlehandedly rescued the Vampire movie from the goofy dimension its been trapped in ever since Buffy and Underworld. There are scenes in this film that make the floating boy from Salem's Lot look like Marley and Me.
5. Frost/Nixon: Ron Howard still knows how to make a movie. You might have thought he'd lost his Beautiful Mind after that cinematic turd frosted your eyes. But he went back to Apollo 13 on this one: Historical event. Tight script. Ensemble cast comprising some of the most solid actors currently working, including Oliver Platt, Kevin Bacon and Sam Rockwell, who just barely missed making this list twice with the Palahniuk adaptation he carried on his back. Michael Sheen's Frost is a jittery, grinning piece of work, but Frank Langella's Nixon is probably the best onscreen portrayal of the man ever. The re-enactment of the final interview between the smarmy british fop and the angry, sweaty failure of a president packs a hell of a punch.
4. Slumdog Millionaire: Danny Boyle made the first Bollywood movie that didn't cause my teeth to rot out due to saccharine overdose. And this IS a Bollywood movie: Music, lighting, staging, fairy tale whimsy, elaborate dance number. But it's also a Danny Boyle movie. Which means quick cuts, compelling performance, explosive violence, mounting tension and cathartic release. From Trainspotting to 28 Days Later: Boyle loves to put you through the wringer and leave you exhausted. This one, about a kid from Mumbai who exists in a world made almost entirely out of poverty and constant humiliation, goes on India's version of "Who Wants To Be a Millionaire," leaves you exhilarated. The movie begins with him 1 question from winning the grand prize, and shows you how he got there. Here's how good this movie is: It almost excuses the existence of "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire." Almost.
3. Burn After Reading: People didn't quite know what to expect after No Country For Old Men. Same thing happened after Fargo. The Coens got their Oscar, and people looked at em like "Now What?" Back then, they unleashed The Big Lebowski. Nobody got it, and now the film is regarded as a modern masterpiece, a bathrobed onion with layers and layers of zen stoner philosophy hidden inside some of the foulest, funniest dialog ever uttered. This time, they dropped a comedy grenade called Burn After Reading, and unlike Lebowski, people got the joke on the first telling. A pissy, smartassed stab at spy thrillers with an equal amount of ha-ha's and oh s**t moments. Pitt and Clooney and Malkovich and McDormand and blah blah blah--the movie is stolen by Richard Jenkins hangdog portrayal of possibly the only character not criminally stupid and/or coldhearted, along with JK Simmons and David Rasche (Sledge Hammer! Yes!) as CIA execs who sum up the punchline of the movie so succinctly I couldn't stop laughing until about 4 minutes into the credits.
2. The Dark Knight: Christian Bale's mouth is apparently too small for his tongue, because when he talks as Batman, all I can imagine is his tongue, washing up on the sides of his mouth like an ocean being poured into a fishbowl. Other than that, this is one of the best crime epics since Heat, which Chris Nolan was aiming for. To aim for a film that great and get this close is a f**king achievement indeed. That he did it with a Superhero movie? Almost unbelievable. Maybe next movie, they'll address that ridiculously stupid voice in the same way this movie addressed the fact his neck couldn't move in Begins. Oh yeah, Heath Ledger. Best Supporting Actor. Bet that. And not just for sentimental reasons. The performance is more than deserving.
1. Wall-E: Yeah, the humans probably shouldn't have ever spoken in this film. But the first half of this movie is so damned good, that even if it becomes a little more formulaic in the last 25 minutes, it can't be dragged down from the #1 spot. It's the most beautiful film Pixar has ever made, which is really saying something. I hate trying to sum the movie up for people, because I can't do it. Trying to blurb something this pretty seems dirty and wrong. I'm hoping this movie doesn't end up like Ratatouille: The quiet success that is quickly forgotten and appreciated only by a certain few. I'm hoping this ends up like The Iron Giant: A movie mismarketed and misunderstood (The Environment! Fat People!) only to be universally beloved by everyone who lays eyes on it.
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I mean, there's some great fucking film that you said you haven't seen, but there's some great fucking films on the actual list as well. Go Wall-E as number one. Beats EVERYTHING out there by a mile.
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Dec 31, 2008 4:20:28 PM CST
INDIANA JONES AND THE WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS SHIT?!
by dannyglovers_dickblood
AKA Indiana Jones In The Valley of The Polyps I was thinking "Good laaaaaaaaaaawd that Shia be lookin' fine ridin' that nice big ole' piece a machine. Mmmmmmm mmmmmmmmmmm."
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Dec 31, 2008 4:28:29 PM CST
I like interacting with people, getting drunk, reading comics,
by jfp2007
Doesn't fucking compute.
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MARVEL AT IT'S GREATNESS BITCHES!!!! :)
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I've had Fatboy Roberts album on my MP3 player for the last several months. It's good stuff. Great to see Herc giving him some page time. Nicely written FR - enjoyable read.
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Near damn everyone - and the fucking Golden Globes, too ?!?
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Nice list Fatboy. Now run, fatboy run! Only kidding, any man who has the cojones to stick RAMBO on his top ten deserves credit.
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..no Speed Racer or Cloverfield..
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For the first time (or only time as it would be for me) and have some one tell you that the next Batman movie's sequel, would be on the majority of critics top ten list of the year.I wonder if a decade from now, we'll get an X-Men movie that is as good as Dark Knight.... most likely not, but who knows.
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I have chili in my fridge. I might have it for dinner tonight!
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I thought X-Men II was better, and believe time will look favourably on how good X-Men II really is.
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Good movie but number 1? The first half is visionary although images already mined by Mike Judge in Idiocracy; garbage skyscrapers. The second half is repetitive (robots chasing each other) and yet another subplot with a 'green' message. For me it's Dark Knight or Let The Right One In. I can't think of a more haunting image than the look on blonde head boy when he fights back against the bullys. Classic.
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What is with your guys? Wall-E was interesting for about 10 minutes. If he said Ev-a one more time I was gonna puke. As for Burn after reading, a poor Coen flick, sophmoric at best. Dark Knight? Great Joker, shitty batman. Sorry, I just dont buy Bale as Bats. I agree with Let the Right ONe In. Inventive and disturbing. I liked Kung Fu Panda. Great animation, funny and an actual story.
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on my list. What a great movie.
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I'm sorry. I have my forays into artsy movies and slow stuff most people don't get, but this one...I saw this in my favorite movie theater on the planet, which I only get to go to once a year, with greatest hope and optimism only to consider for the first time ever walking out early. Top 10? That's crazy.
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Dude, th*s *s fucking A*CN, nobody g**es * fuck.
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H***y N** Y**r AICN!!!
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go check out moviefone's top 50 of 2008. (it's just at moviefone.com)you know you dont need to take it seriously when #50 is indiana jones and, as much as i liked the movie they have at #1, there is no way it was the best movie of the year.. i wont spoil it, go see for yourself.
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Best and funniest movie of the year. Rock me Sexy Jesus!
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...is MY top 10 list. It's certainly not the best movie of the year, but its definitely the funniest.
Steve Coogan, in the film's finale, wringing some emotional catharsis out of such an absurd character kind of reminds me of Eugene Levy in "A Mighty Wind". -
Up until then it's a masterpiece but it turns into poos.they chickened out of making a "silent" film and the "message" is about as subtle as the message in crash. I am stunned at how much love it has received.
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I liked it in the theaters, but it left me a little underwhelmed. I think too much of the zany performances were shown in the trailers. Had I gone in without them, I probably would have loved it.
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That movie's on my top 10 list, too. Quite a ways behind The Wrestler, Milk, and Slumdog Millionaire, but definitely in top 10. Props for putting it on your list!
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Jan 01, 2009 3:03:58 AM CST
I know a guy who has watched and continues to watch every movie
by dingbatty
released on vhs and dvd. Now that is insanity.
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Finally, someone on this fucking site can write a coherent, funny and intelligent article without delving into their fucking childhood or some other dumb shit that has nothing at all to do with anything relevant.
And he has taste! Kudos to a great read and pretty damn good list.
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I am getting to Benjamin Button, JCVD, Gomorra, Christmas Tale, The Fall, Snow Angels, Silent Light, Dear Zachary, The Secret Of The Grain, The Reader, Rachel Getting Married, etc in the next several days and weeks. But as of now WENDY & LUCY and SPEED RACER top my list. I now know that HAPPY-GO-LUCKY and THE WRESTLER will probably not make it into my Top 10, but Top 20. THE WRESTLER and DOUBT are good, but overrated - Tomei's performance is actually the biggest stunner in WRESTLER for me.
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and not only for this year. seen it 8 times in cinemas and 6 times on blu ray and it still grabs me every time! oh, and I love bale as batman AND like the growl very much.
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but since I'm a batman fanboy tdk is almost n untouchable
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It deserves two spots.
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More importantly, I'm offended at the lack of love for Redbelt on these Top 10 lists. Here's my Top 3: 1)The Dark Knight, 2)Redbelt, 3)Rambo. Granted, I haven't seen half the films mentioned on these lists.
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I just don't get it. WHY so many people/critics like this is beyond me. IMO, Pixars weakest movie yet. By FAR!
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that didn't enjoy Hamlet 2? I felt that it tried too hard. I remember making myself smile because I felt bad that I wasn't smiling. It had its moments, as most comedies will, but did it top Tropic Thunder or Pineapple Express? Not by a long shot.
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FUCK! FINALLY someone puts that movie on a list. It doesn't even try to work on the level most people are looking for, it's simply the most pure, visceral, unmolested, and perfect violence movie ever.
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Rambo
Rambo
Rambo
Wall-E
Rambo
Rambo
Pineapple Express
Rambo
Tropic Thunder
Rambo
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Keep posting Fatboy content, it just goes that much farther in proving Portland's geek culture is an untapped resource. I actually got to pick up on a hot geek girl because she was reading Watchmen at the bus stop. Thanks to the armchair lawyerism from this site an actually decent conversation ensued and a date was made. Thanks AICN!
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Batman's Identity!
Raz Al Ghoul stormed Wayne Manner- He had a Posse. They also knew Batman's real Identity.
Some of them survived. Thus Batman's Identity is Known... Major Movie Blunder in my opinion, but both films are chalk full of plot flaws and impossible 007 styled gadgets.
One thing that forever urks me beyond the Cell Phone Bat Sonar and Magic Grease Finger Print Reading MRI/Computer Bullet Recombiner.
Wayne speaking to Fox in his Batman voice when he's trying to protect the hostages from the Swat team... Seriously why didn't Fox say. It's me you stupid mutherfucker, stop with that cocksore voice already. I know you... And all those movies you missed. They sucked. More time in your life to waste on bigger and better things. -
It had no energy at all. sly turned it around after they landed, but damn that scene was flat.
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I actually thought the boat ride was decent. Not great, but decent. And I found the sight of Stallone's surgery-riddled face, jet-black wig and steroid physique to be a constant source of fascination and amusement. He looked like a freak-show monster on that back of that boat. That scene was certainly better written and more watchable than the ferry scene in "The Dark Knight" (not that you were comparing the two). GilbertRSmith is right on the money. "Rambo" was the most intense hyper-violent movie spectacle I've seen in years. That movie kicked ass.
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Hated the book, the movie was boring and unfunny. But a very good adaptation of the Book. Why are they making Haunted next? I actually will make a better movie then book. Seriously Haunted, Fight Club and Choke are Chuck P's three worst books (in that order) and he is my favorite author. So maybe its good movies made of them are better. Though I think Haunted should be done as a showtime miniseries.
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Was fucking bad ass, but it didn't pack the same punch second time through on the VHS. Maybe that'll change in a third sitting, and where the fuck is that directors cut Sly talked about?
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Jan 05, 2009 7:57:49 PM CST
KUFO's CortAndFatboy on AICN: "Congrats to Fats for grabbing som
by catlettuce4
Kufo's Cort Webber on AICN - "Congrats to Fats (ha, fuk that rhymed!) for grabbing some more headline-age at AICN. Guy's becoming a friggen regular over there. Put on another 500 pounds and color your hair and beard red so as to look like Gimli after a confrontation with Dig Dug, let the scum gather in your skin folds so that you smell like a bucket of warm yogurt in the sun and sell out to any studio willing to pay for a decent review and you could be the next Harry Knowles"
link: http://tinyurl.com/7n9pnp AND screen if deleted: http://i40.tinypic.com/2zxukis.png
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