The 20 Best Movies of 2008
1.    Tie: Rambo & The Wrestler. Lets get out that broke-down badass for one last tour. OH NO! He hurt everyone! (The actor and the role are one. The story and the making of the story are one.)
2.    Tie: The Happening & Synecdoche, New York. Lots and lots of people wander slowly around with dreary faces on. Newspapers blow in the wind. But SURPRISE! This is all being directed!
3.    Tie: Righteous Kill & Frost/Nixon. Two dudes from the 70’s berate, suspect, attack, respect and commend each other. Crimes happen in the background.
4.    Tie: Australia & Wendy and Lucy. Mean people steal her  pet.
5.    Tie: Twilight & The Reader & Let the Right One In. “I’m in love with evil, and that’s okay. Right?”
6.    Tie: Wanted & The Last Mistress & Wall E. A being in existential crisis meets a walking embodiment of libido/destrudo. His desire saves and destroys him, over and over again.
7.    Tie: The Dark Knight & Gran Torino. Same voice, same choice.
8.    Tie: The Love Guru & Revolutionary Road. If this is love, no thanks.
9.    Tie: The Incredible Hulk and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. A super hot, philosophically challenging being can’t help forcing regular people to have to deal with him. Based on cartoons.
10.    Tie: Speed Racer & Taxi to the Dark Side. The pitiful future of driving scares the shit out of everyone.
11.    Tie: The Strangers & Doubt & Blindness. “Mom! She won’t stop looking at me!” Threats can be just as irritating as actions. Partial sight is sometimes worse than blindness.
12.    Tie: Mama Mia! & Vicky Cristina Barcelona. The first thing Americans do when they enter Europe is to start up multi-partner love affairs.
13.    Tie: Star Wars, Clone Wars & Che. Economics! Trade disputes! Dictators and Rebellions! Character? Make somebody have a cough.
14.    Tie: 10,000 BC & Milk. Whoa. Did people really act like this?
15.    Tie: Sex and the City & Gomorrah. The scary reality: people really act like this.
16.    Tie: 88 minutes & The Class. “I’m trying to save you from guys from yourselves. Why are you trying to kill me?”
17.    Tie: The House Bunny & Happy-Go-Lucky. A perfectly happy woman skips through her life of simple pleasures. She acts out, dresses loudly and reminds a group of grumps to have fun.
18.     Tie: Zack and Miri Make a Porno & Man on a Wire. “Hey squares, watch this! I’m really crazy!”
19.     Tie: Iron Man & The Unforeseen. A bad man makes a profit from anti-human enterprises. Then he gets hurt and is forced to reflect on the consequences of his past actions.
20.     Tie: Vantage Point & Trouble the Water. “How are we going to deal with all these different ways of seeing the same thing?”