Best and Worst movies of 2008

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 05 Jan 2009, 00:51

Rarely go to the cinema except for an event: James Bond, Die Hard, Rambo, Batman, etc...

Too expensive for tickets alone never mind food and drink, cinema not close to where I live, most films not of interest.

I went to the cinema all the time when I was a teenager, but now the era has gone.

I sometimes rent DVDs, usually to catch the new films of moderate interest.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 05 Jan 2009, 04:31

bradavon wrote:Iron Man was pretty good. I cannot fault the story, script or film-making. All excellent, it's just that it was all a little bland.

The villain was pretty weak, but that's to be expected with an origin story.

It could've seriously done with my action.

I'm sure that nobody here wants to hear about "YOUR action".

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 05 Jan 2009, 09:29

The guy was late, "Saturday Night Fever" = maybe he had a fever that had lasted from the previous Saturday night.
I dont get the bit about passing the course though.

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 05 Jan 2009, 10:27

grim_tales wrote:The guy was late, "Saturday Night Fever" = maybe he had a fever that had lasted from the previous Saturday night.

He was just a John Travolta fan

grim_tales wrote: I dont get the bit about passing the course though.

It's a hard course. 80% of the students fail.

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 05 Jan 2009, 10:28

Saturday Night Fever starts with Travolta being late for work at the paint shop.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 05 Jan 2009, 11:40

Oh yeah! That's clever

luckystars · Post by **luckystars** » 05 Jan 2009, 12:05

I'd say 2008 has been a very good year in volume of films I liked, just not enough I managed to catch were of the high level I like to enjoy

I'll definitely be buying all of these though (in time):

Burn After Reading
Dark Knight
Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Step Brothers
Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon
Transporter 3
WALL·E
Taken
Champions
Ip Man
Legendary Assassin
Wushu

Already have Fatal Move

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 05 Jan 2009, 14:57

I can understand people pirating photo/design software. It costs a fortune.

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 05 Jan 2009, 15:27

bradavon wrote:I can understand people pirating photo/design software. It costs a fortune.

Probably cause it's meant as a 'tool' for businesses and freelancers etc to make a profit/their living. For students and people who just use it as a 'hobby/toy', it's obviously way too expensive.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 05 Jan 2009, 16:01

I heard Burn After Reading is good and Three Kingdoms sounds like the kind of HK epic I'd enjoy

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 05 Jan 2009, 16:55

Corel Paint Shop Pro and Adobe Photoshop Elements (my favourite) are also decent and cost much less.

Paint.Net is also free and very good. Most want Adobe Photoshop even if they don't need it though.

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 05 Jan 2009, 17:12

bradavon wrote:Corel Paint Shop Pro and Adobe Photoshop Elements (my favourite) are also decent and cost much less.

Paint.Net is also free and very good. Most want Adobe Photoshop even if they don't need it though.

Well... you need it when you're doing a graphic design education.

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 05 Jan 2009, 17:30

grim_tales wrote:I heard Burn After Reading is good

You heard wrong

its average, worth one watch, then its in the pile of nevevr bother with again in your life.
People walked out of the screening I went to

not a happy crowd. I stuck with it, but its so far from great its painful.

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 05 Jan 2009, 18:46

Shush, it's in my Top films of '08 list

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 05 Jan 2009, 19:04

Yi-Long wrote:Well... you need it when you're doing a graphic design education.

Definitely. I meant Average Joe by most. If you're learning it professionally you must learn Photoshop.

Like Windows, it always has been and always will be the industry standard. You cannot fault Adobe in the market they're in. Corel's offering aren't in the same league.

luckystars · Post by **luckystars** » 06 Jan 2009, 13:25

Burn After was my top voted film of the year - loads to enjoy there

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 12 Jan 2009, 03:31

Speed Racer was so god awful, that it was painful. Even though I won tickets to see this film, I felt ripped off.

An extremely poorly edited film for pre-adolescent children. Way too many over-long talky exposition-filled scenes that would bore the target audience. It fails as a family film because most adult audiences would cringe at crap like the immature slapstick involving the chimp and the horrible child actor and tortuously bad Home Alone-esque martial arts sequences. Aside from Christina Ricci, the performances were horrible - totally Star Wars prequel calibre.

THe action sequences involving the cars should've been exciting, but in was the complete opposite - they were utterly mind-numblingly boring. I literally almost fell asleep during the finale. I had a similar experience watching that fanfic-esque ejaculatory abortion of a film, FF7: Advent Children.

The only thing that I did like was over-the-top 1960's psychedelic art direction, particularly the production design and wardrobe.