10.The Wrestler (Aronofsky)The Wrestler is a touching film, it has some really heartbreaking moments, but it also has some heart warming moments. We follow Randy the Ram, a man who has chosen a path that has cost him alot in life, his daughter is one of those things. The scenes between Rourke and Rachel Wood are very strong, they really managed to almost make me tear up, and they managed to put some meat on the backstory. Though Wrestler feels uneven at times, it sure leaves a strong impression with that ending. Also, Rourke's performance is one of the five best from the decade for me. Very strong.
9.Quantum of Solace (Forster) Many people were dissappointed by this, but I wasn't. I throughly enjoyed it and thought the action was stellar. Though the story needed more, Quantum still left me thrilled. I also should add how much I love Amalric. Great actor, tremendous voice and alot of charisma. Craig is my favourite Bond along with Connery, though Olga is not as good looking as Eva Green, she's still hawt.
8.Forgetting Sarah Marshall (Stoller) What can I say, I love Jason Segel, extremly fun film that didn't feel like your everyday romance/comedy. Mila has never looked this beautiful. Bill Hader is funny as usual and.. yeah.
7. Slumdog Millionaire (Boyle)A touching and predictable story that reminds me about the places I grew up in. Well edited and stunning dutch-angles. Beautiful score, solid acting.
6.Rachel Getting Married (Demme)Realistic film with the best female performance I saw from 2008. One of the finest scenes from the year was one Hathaway's character (Kym) slaps her mom. Such impact and intensity is very rare in films these days. The realistic wedding may not have worked with everyone, but it worked with me.
5. Milk Extremly well acted, very good script, balances the preachy-ness to a level and one of the most powerful endings in years. Some great shots in it too, like the one where we see Luna's reflection in the bottle. I do wish that it had focused more in the relationships though, and given Franco more to do!!
4. In Bruges Collin Farrell impressed me along with Gleeson in this film. Very touching but yet funny performances, as it's ment to be in this film. It's a perfect balance between drama and black comedy. The dialogue was oscar worthy in my opinion.
3. Pineapple Express I can not lie to myself, I love this film more and more every time I watch it. I still think Franco should have been nominated instead of RDJ. He simply made me laugh by everything he said. Perfect performance for the kind of character he played. Danny McBride was funny too, and I did not find Rogen annoying at all, like most people do.
2. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Beautiful scenes & Music made me get lost in Fincher's masterful eye for direction. It's really hard to talk about this film, because throughout I had this feeling I rarely have during films. If I go on, I'll just use words like beautiful and work of art. So I'll just stop here.
1. The Dark Knight Rich and thrilling crime saga with one of the finest performances in recent years by the late Heath Ledger. Gary Oldman and his moustache is great as usual. Aaron Eckhart gives an emotional performance that I'll have in mind for ever. It manages to send the political messages without being preachy, but also maintains entertaning throughout. Shots of the Joker with camera spinning , camera being upside down with him and him sticking his head out of the window sure do leave an impression. His dialogue is perfect 90% of the time. Iconic performance by Ledger, no doubt. There is just too much I wanna say about the film, but you've heard it all.
I went in not expecting much, but I was still excited. It opens with a great and powerful sequense, and I thought to myself, whoa, this might actually be really good. And it was. It's extremly well filmed throughout. The style of the camera angles and shakes fits the film and it's tone perfectly. I was really facinated by the cinematography, this film is eye candy. The plot is extremly well developed and so are the characters. They managed to make me give an emotional response when I was supposed to, and make me smile when I was supposed to. Thought it can be hard for Trek noobs like myself to be instantly thrown in just like that. You start to wonder, what timeline, where is that planet and so on. But, as it goes on, it manages to have me hooked all the way. Which is pretty unusual for blockbusters these days.
The acting surprised me alot, I haven't seen Pine in anything before, I thought he'd be another annoying Shia. But oh my was I wrong. He shows great charisma and shines with his acting along with Quinto. I don't really have any complains about the acting, Everyone did their part very well and clicked together in a tremendous way. The entire crew was just perfectly cast if you ask me. Bana was kind of a cliché villain though and his performance is weak.
Star Trek is funny, exciting, emotional and well developed. It's old school blockbuster film making with amazing CG and a good looking & charismatic cast. The action scenes never ceaze to entertain or thrill. John Cho shows some serious awesome-ness. You'll see what I mean when you see the film. Star Trek is one of the best blockbusters in recent memory and once of the finest films I've seen from this decade. If that's not a enough, I'll also say that it's a great addition to the Sci Fi genre.
