Top Movies of 2008

I am still in awe of this movie, and probably will be for some time to come. Not only is it better than BATMAN BEGINS and has become the best comic-book-turned-movie ever! It also is now one of the best movies out there - period.

From the moment it started to way after it finished, i was hooked (and I'm not a huge fan of batman).

My only concern leading up to the release of TDK was the amount of hype it had around Heath Ledger and the fact that he died, and had most likely given cinema the best performance he would ever give. So as we know, hypes only good when it works, and too much hype pretty much kills any chance on becoming anything more than enjoyable.

It's not the case here! Heath Ledger's performance was simply unreal. There's nothing else that can be said. It's sad though, that he isn't around to accept and hear the praise that the world is giving him for the performance that undoubtedly he will be remembered for, forever.

Now, onto the rest of the cast; even though Christian Bale is of course the leading man, it seems every scene where he is with Ledger, he doesn't stand a chance of being noticed (and thats not saying he's bad- he's actually very good.). And even though it hurts me to say this, i'd go as far as saying that this movie is not a BATMAN film, rather this movie belongs to the joker in its entirety.
Onto Maggie Gyllenhaal (who replaced Katie Holmes).... I've never really liked her, but i've never hated her. And if we're being honest, i still would have rathered to see Katie return for the role, but I'll admit Maggie did the role just as good... And yes, i actually quite like her now.

Onto the Snr members of the group - Michael Caine, Gary Oldman and Morgan Freeman. These guys bloody rock, they never disappoint, no matter what they do. And they didn't change here, the only thing that could have been better, was actually given them more screen time (in Freeman and Caine's case anyway)
I'll also add that Aaron Eckhart was actually one of my favourite things about this film. He did one hell of a job.

Christopher Nolan has, without a doubt done it again, but only bigger and better. He had taken BATMAN BEGINS (which i still think is fantastic) but perfected everything to give us TDK.
Well after the film had ended all that was running through my head was the thought that we had just witnessed one of the most truely captivating films of our time, and it while it is only a comic-book film in the end, it will be a long time before we see something that can do better.

So obviously ,If you haven't already you really must see it.

A completely flawless film. Beautiful in all perspectives. Even the destruction of earth has a certain beauty to it. The beauty is only magnified when the time comes for the film to set foot into the greater reaches of space.
The animation is at its best, and the characters (while robotic) prove to be one of the memorable disney characters to add to their collection. Even with the lack of dialogue during the film (especially the first half), WALL·E proves capable in managing to create characters's personalities that we learn to love and enjoy.
While the humour is apart of its charm, what stands out is all the depth to the story. Whether that'd be the proposed prophetic glance as to how our world will end up or our reliance on anything electronic to the point where we cant do anything ourselves.



One of the few deserving films that should be awarded 5 stars.

IRON MAN Contains a perfect blend of Action, Comedy and emotion topped of with fantastic Special Effects.

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More to say on this film, very soon.

One of the better Australian films i have seen in a good long while. (Or perhaps ever)

With fantastic acting by ford (who manages to match leonardo's role in "What's eating gilbert grape") and the rest of the cast.
It's a deeply complex, yet real character study with the heartfelt drama to only make it so much sweeter.

Highly recommended.

The producers from Knocked up and 40YOV have done it once again! Delivering another hilarious comedy with the same sexual humour that makes them famous.
Jason Segel pulls off the lead role brilliantly with a little help from the smokin' hot ladies Kristen Bell and Mila Kunis.
It'll make you laugh, make you cry (with laughter or sadness), cringe and even make you a little uncomfortable, but it's definitely one to see.

Re-watched the film when it came onto DVD (also purchased the 2 disc edition of it)
It still had the action/suspense/drama and comedy that the first viewing had.
From A technological point of view, it is beyond fantastic and while alot of people won't be able to get passed the 'shaking camera", if you can look beyond that, you can feel genuine suspense.
It's like you're actually there with the characters as opposed to simply viewing them from a distance, which is so unlike alot of other films.
The story itself isn't that much of a stretch, people are demanding a detailed plot when really in it's most complexity it really is just about a Monster attacking the city and a group's struggle to survive.
Unlike big blockbusters like Godzilla/Independence Day, CLOVERFIELD shows us through the prospective of the people on the street not the people in the white coats.
We don't know where the monster comes from, we only run from it.

84%

I was not dissapointed by this!
Page and Garner were great!
Ellen is destined for great things!

Completely oozing with chick flick from every single angle, so guys might not enjoy it as much as the ladies.
Katherine Heigl is able to hold her own in the lead followed closely by a great supporting cast, Marsden, Burns, Akerman and Greer.
Story begins to fall apart near the end, with most storylines finished, but yet showing no signs of actually finishing.