Films Seen: In 2008
Submitted by Kza on Wed, 01/02/2008 - 13:20
Tags:
- DNF. (7 November) Summer Palace (2008, Lou Ye) (v) [45m]
- 119. (3 November) Vantage Point (2008, Pete Travis) (v) [D+]
- 118. (30 October) Vacancy (2007, Nimrod Antal) (v) [D+]
- 117. (29 October) Disturbia (2007, D.J. Caruso) (v) [B-]
- 116. (28 October) Rambo (2008, Sylvester Stallone) (v) [C]
- 115. (23 October) Appaloosa (2008, Ed Harris) (v) [B-]
- 114. (21 October) Flash Point (2008, Wilson Yip) (v) [C+]
- 113. (20 October) Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008, Steven Spielberg) (v) [B-]
- 112. (7 October) Pathology (2008, Marc Schoelermann) (v) [B]
- 111. (6 October) The Foot Fist Way (2008, Jody Hill) (v) [B]
- 110. (5 October) Man on Wire (2008, James Marsh) (f) [A]
- 109. (5 October) Tell No One (2008, Guillaume Canet) (f) [C-]
- 108. (29 September) Mother of Tears (2008, Dario Argento) (v) [B-]
- 107. (27 September) Humboldt County (2008, Darren Grodsky & Danny Jacobs) (f) [D+]
- 106. (21 September) Momma's Man (2008, Azazel Jacobs) (f) [C+]
- 105. (21 September) Baby Mama (2008, Michael McCullers) (v) [B]
- 104. (20 September) Burn After Reading (2008, Joel & Ethan Coen) (f) [A]
- 103. (19 September) Chicago 10 (2008, Brett Morgen) (v) [B]
- 102. (11 September) Street Kings (2008, David Ayer) (v) [C]
- DNF. (9 September) Shine A Light (2008, Martin Scorsese) (v) [27m]
- 101. (9 September) Redbelt (2008, David Mamet) (v) [B+]
- 100. (8 September) The Bank Job (2008, Roger Donaldson) (v) [B]
- 99. (5 September) /Cloverfield/ (2008, Matt Reeves) (v) [A, up from A-]
- 98. (5 September) Above The Law (1988, Andrew Davis) (v) [C+]
- 97. (3 September) 21 (2008, Robert Luketic) (v) [D-]
- 96. (2 September) The Wayward Cloud (2007, Tsai Ming-Liang) (v) [B+]
- 95. (2 September) The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007, Andrew Dominik) (v) [B]
- 94. (27 August) Smart People (2008, Noam Murro) (v) [C-]
- 93. (25 August) Hannah & Her Sisters (1986, Woody Allen) (v) [B]
- 92. (24 August) This Gun For Hire (1942, Frank Tuttle) (v) [A-]
- 91. (19 August) Cassandra's Dream (2008, Woody Allen) (v) [D]
- 90. (16 August) Tropic Thunder (2008, Ben Stiller) (f) [D]
- 89. (12 August) Shotgun Stories (2008, Jeff Nichols) (v) [B]
- 88. (5 August) The Last Winter (2008, Larry Fessenden) (v) [C]
- 87. (4 August) /King Kong/ (2005, Peter Jackson) (v) [B+, up form a B or so.]
- 86. (30 July) We Own The Night (2007, James Gray) (v) [B+]
- 85. (23 July) /Krull/ (1983, Peter Yates) (v) [B+, up from like a C- or something. No, I'm not high, why do you ask?]
- 84. (23 July) I'm Not There (2007, Todd Haynes) (v) [B-]
- 83. (20 July) /The Dark Knight/ (2008, Christopher Nolan) (f) [B+, up from B]
- 82. (18 July) The Dark Knight (2008, Christopher Nolan) (f) [B]
- 81. (17 July) /Memento/ (2001, Christopher Nolan) (v) [A]
- DNF. (17 July) Wizards (1977, Ralph Bakshi) (v) [Thoroughly unpleasant on every level.]
- 80. (17 July) The Ruins (2008, Carter Smith) (v) [C]
- 79. (16 July) In Bruges (2008, Martin McDonough) (v) [A-]
- 78. (15 July) Control (2007, Anton Corbijn) (v) [D]
- 77. (15 July) [REC] (2007, Jaume Balaguéro & Paco Plaza) (v) [B+]
- 76. (15 July) The Bourne Ultimatum (2007, Paul Greengrass & High Tides) (v) [D+]
- 75. (14 July) 10,000 B.C. (2008, Roland Emmerich) (v) [C-]
- 74. (14 July) Batman: Gotham Knight (2008, Shoujirou Nishimi/Futoshi Higashide/Hiroshi Morioka/Yasuhiro Aoki/Toshiyuki Kubooka) (v) [C-]
- 73. (12 July) /Cronos/ (1994, Guillermo Del Toro) (v) [B+]
- 72. (12 July) The Devil's Backbone (2001, Guillermo Del Toro) (v) [C-]
- 71. (11 July) Be Kind Rewind (2008, Michel Gondry) (v) [A-]
- 70. (11 July) Hellboy II (2008, Guillermo Del Toro) (f) [C+]
- 69. (11 July) Pan's Labyrinth (2006, Guillermo Del Toro) (v) [C]
- 68. (9 July) /Hellboy/ (2004, Guillermo Del Toro) (v) [B]
- 67. (1 July) Hancock (2008, Peter Berg) (f) [B-]
- 66. (1 July) Funny Games (2008, Michael Haneke) (v) [Oh, I don't know, B, I guess.]
- 65. (28 June) Wall-E (2008, Andrew Stanton) (f) [B]
- 64. (27 June) Wanted (2008, Timur Bekmambetov) (f) [D+]
- 63. (24 June) Into The Wild (2007, Sean Penn) (v) [C-]
- 62. (15 June) /Hulk/ (2003, Ang Lee) (v) [A-] [Possible grade inflation due to proximity of 2008 version.]
- 61. (13 June) The Happening (2008, M. Night Shyamalan) (f) [D]
- 60. (13 June) The Incredible Hulk (2008, Louis Leterrier) (f) [C]
- DNF. (11 June) Nancy Drew (2007, Andrew Fleming) (v) [53:55!] [That's right, I watched almost a whole hour before realizing I must be as stupid as this movie. Between this and Dick, I'm now dreading Hamlet 2. ]
- 59. (10 June) Dan in Real Life (2007, Peter Hedges) (v) [B-]
- 58. (8 June) Michael Clayton (2007, Tony Gilroy) (v) [B+]
- 57. (8 June) My Kid Could Paint That (2007, Amir Bar-Lev) (v) [B-]
- 56. (7 June) Race with the Devil (1975, Jack Starrett) (v) [B]
- 55. (5 June) National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007, Jon Turteltaub) (v) [D+]
- 54. (3 June) The Nines (2007, John August) (v) [B]
- 53. (2 June) Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007, Tim Burton) (v) [A]
- 52. (1 June) The Strangers (2008, Bryan Bertino) (f) [C-]
- 51. (30 May) Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007, Jake Kasdan) (v) [B] [Most underrated movie of '07?]
- 50. (25 May) Diary of the Dead (2008, George A. Romero) (v) [D]
- 49. (25 May) The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters (2007, Seth Gordon) (v) [A]
- 48. (24 May) Southland Tales (2007, Richard Kelly) (v) [D-] [Jesus Christ.]
- 47. (21 May) The Fountain (2006, Darren Aronofsky) (v) [C+]
- 46. (20 May) Reflections of Evil (2002, Damon Packard) (v) [n/a] [Not going to grade this, because it isn't the version (w/ Tony Curtis narration) that some have raved about. Can't recommend it, but there's definitely something there.]
- 45. (18 May) /Road to Perdition/ (2002, Sam Mendes) (v) [B+]
- 44. (9 May) Speed Racer (2008, The Wachowski Brothers) (f) [C+]
- 43. (3 May) Iron Man (2008, Jon Favreau) (f) [A-]
- 42. (30 April) The Invincible Iron Man (2007, Patrick Archibald & Jay Oliva) (v) [C+]
- 41. (28 April) Charlie Wilson's War (2007, Mike Nichols) (v) [B-]
- 40. (7 April) /30 Days of Night/ (2007, David Slade) (v) [B-]
- 39. (31 March) Kickin' It Old Skool (2007, Harvey Glazer) (v) [D]
- 38. (29 March) Superhero Movie (2008, Craig Mazin) (f) [C-]
- 37. (17 March) Justice League: The New Frontier (2008, Dave Bullock) (v) [C]
- 36. (5 March) Rio Lobo (1970, Howard Hawks) (v) [B]
- 35. (5 March) Pickpocket (1959, Robert Bresson) (v) [A]
- 34. (1 March) Persepolis (2007, Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paronnaud) (v) [C+]
- 33. (29 February) In Between Days (2007, So Yong Kim) (v) [C-]
- 32. (26 February) Manufactured Landscapes (2007, Jennifer Baichwal) (v) [C+]
- 31. (22 February) Le Trou (1960, Jacques Becker) (v) [A]
- 30. (21 February) /The Starfighters/ (1964, Will Zens) (v) [MST3K]
- 29. (21 February) /Brute Force/ (1947, Jules Dassin) (v) [B+]
- 28. (20 February) Mouchette (1967, Robert Bresson) (v) [B]
- 27. (13 February) Death Proof (2007, Quentin Tarantino) (v) [B+; Grindhouse version: A-.]
- 26. (19 January) Cloverfield (2008, Matt Reeves) (f) [A-]
- 25. (19 January) Gone Baby Gone (2007, Ben Affleck) (v) [B+]
- 24. (18 January) /Planet Terror/ (2007, Robert Rodriguez) (v) [B-]
- 23. (17 January) Joshua (2007, George Ratliff) (v) [A]
- 22. (16 January) Paprika (2007, Satoshi Kon) (v) [A-]
- 21. (15 January) La Vie en Rose (2007, Olivier Dahan) (v) [C]
- DNF. (13 January) /No Country For Old Men/ (2007, Joel & Ethan Coen) (f) [B+]
- 20. (13 January) There Will Be Blood (2007, Paul Thomas Anderson) (f) [B]
- 19. (13 January) Atonement (2007, Wright) (f) [C]
- 18. (12 January) Across The Universe (2007, Julie Taymor) (v) [D]
- 17. (11 January) /Total Recall/ (1990, Paul Verhoeven) (v) [A-]
- 16. (10 January) Breezy (1973, Clint Eastwood) (v) [B+]
- 15. (10 January) Sunshine (2007, Danny Boyle) (v) [C+]
- 14. (9 January) Death Sentence (2007, James Wan) (v) [B-]
- 13. (8 January) Black Snake Moan (2007, Craig Brewer) (v) [B]
- 12. (8 January) /Billy and the Clonosaurus 2: Billy Strikes San Diego/ (1997, Steven Spielberg) (v) [B+]
- 11. (7 January) Offside (2007, Jafar Panahi) (v) [C-]
- 10. (6 January) Breach (2007, Billy Ray) (v) [B-]
- 9. (6 January) /Billy and the Clonosaurus/ (1993, Steven Spielberg) (v) [C]
- 8. (5 January) /Akira/ (1988, Katsuhiro Otomo) (v) [A]
- 7. (5 January) The Lookout (2007, Scott Frank) (v) [64] [B-]
- 6. (4 January) Once (2007, John Carney) (v) [83] [A-]
- 5. (4 January) /Ghost in the Shell/ (1995, Mamoru Oshii) (v) [77] [B+]
- 4. (3 January) Shoot 'Em Up (2007, Michael Davis) (v) [75] [B+]
- 3. (2 January) First Snow (2007, Mark Fergus) (v) [43] [C-]
- 2. (1 January) The Kingdom (2007, Peter Berg) (v) [34] [D+]
- 1. (1 January) Eastern Promises (2007, David Cronenberg) (v) [56] [C+]
Author Comments:
title/ seen before
(f) seen on film/in a theater
(v) seen on TV (DVD, VHS, TiVo, etc.)
[xx] rating
DNF - Did not finish
TV - made for TV, and thus does not count towards the Listology Scoreboard
[Above Average, Average, Below Average] Talking-head documentaries and shorts are rated using the Leonard Maltin Made-For-TV rating system.
Rating system adapted from the one used by SteveR: Now defunct; using a regular letter grade system now.
100-97 = Masterpiece
96-90 = Fantastic; best of the year
89-80 = Remarkable
79-70 = Very Good
69-60 = Good
59-50 = Okay
49-40 = Mediocre
39-30 = Bad
29-20 = Horrible
19-10 = Torture
9-1 = Would end a war if dropped on opposing country
0 = Uwe Boll
I see you've retired my rating system. RIP. I think you outlasted me on that -- I stopped using it more than a year ago! :)
But it was flattering to have you use it all the same.
BTW, I think I'm in the minority with you on "There Will Be Blood" -- roughly a B is about what I'd give it as well. The film impresses me, but I just can't find my way into it. It's like the unknowable Obelisk to my unknowing ape: I stare at it and it stares back at me, but I find making a verifiable emotional connection to it impossible.
And it looks like you're using the Chicago Reader system. So I know what I'll be using in 2010 :-)
Yeah, I let go of the number system cuz it felt like, rightly or wrongly, that I was giving the same grades over and over again. Why use 100 pts when a grading system (which is, like, what 12 different points?) would be just as effective?
TWBB kinda felt like PTA was making it up as he went along, which can work I suppose, then we get to the end, which for me, may have worked as a metaphor, but for "realistic" characters, just wasn't believable. To me, it seemed like PTA said, "Well, it's the end, so we better make it big and over the top. Oh, and with blood."
Yeah, the Chicago Reader scale makes the most sense to me right now. A huge chunk of any other scale basically equates to "Nothing worth recommending", which the CR scale nicely lumps into one rating and dispenses with nitpicking. :)
It's a shame to lose you on the 100 point scale because your 100 point scale had a lot more points than mine (I seem to give a lot of movies between 76 and 82).
Glad to see someone else think Persopolis ain't all that and a can of Franco-Persian beans.
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007, Jake Kasdan) (v) [B] [Most underrated movie of '07?]
Yes.
Wait wait wait wait. We agree on a movie? Really? Break out the fuckin' cham-pag-na, man.
I'm not seeing it on your lists or on your site. What'd you give it?
Related: we don't usually agree on women either, but who's the cutie on the front page?
Um, I agree with you on Le trou and Charlie Wilson's War and Pickpocket and My Kid Could Paint That and Gone Baby Gone and Southland Tales to name a few so I have no idea what you're talking about.
The young lady in question is Vera Farmiga.
I would never have guessed in a million years that was Vera Farmiga! Those glam shots just mess up my ability to think, I guess :-)
Well, then there's Cloverfield and Iron Man and Joshua and There Will Be Blood... :-)
We'll call it 50/50 then ;-)
And I've received more e-mails asking who that is than for any other female I've posted, which is crazy. I thought she was pretty in The Departed too, so....
Yeah, I mean, once you know the name, it's forehead-smackingly obvious -- who else really looks like that?
(I suspect the problem other people are having, if they're like me, is that they think of Farmiga as an older-looking woman, and that pic makes her look 23 :-) Still hot, either way, tho.)
I just got your username. Never understood it before. And now I feel dense.
Don't feel bad: Monsieur Kent was a good I'Net friend of mine for two years before I got it. I felt stupid too.
Also: Don't tell me RACE WITH THE DEVIL isn't a rewatch. Where are the slashes. Where.
Not only is that my first viewing, know how I saw it? Fucking ON-DEMAND. On a small TV. With one horrible speaker. Not letterboxed.
There will be slashes.
I probably still don't get it, even though it's probably blatantly obvious. Guess I *am* dense. ;-)
No.
But, where is the grade for this one, Matt?
-The Artist Formerly Known As Dayfornight
Didn't know Nancy Drew was a Fleming film.
69. (11 July) Pan's Labyrinth (2006, Guillermo Del Toro) (v) [C]
Explain this.
The kooky faerie world stuff is pretty cool enuff I s'pose, but the rest of it seemed by-the-book to me -- nothing too terribly surprising happened, the characters were one-note, the acting shrug-worthy. (Doesn't help that I thought the little girl was terrible.) Basically, it felt like if Tim Burton made a movie while under Miramax's heel.