Movies 2008

ma71lda · Post by **ma71lda** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 9:30 pm

As a movie fan I was wondering what were the best films of 2008 people watched, wether it was at the cinema or on DVD. I'm a DVD person myself and a buyer opposed to a renter.

Anyway I'll get the ball rolling, my top three were.......

The Dark Knight - Very good film that wasn't quite as good as the critics made it out to be. Would love to see it in I-MAX though.

No Country For Old Men - Not the type of film I thought I'd enjoy but IMO was superb, although I'm not too sure whether it was released at the end of '07 or the beginning of '08 on DVD

Wanted - Probably the best film I saw last year as it ticked most of the boxes, I know its super far-fetched but it doesn't use up too many brain cells - just the way I like them!

Has anyone watched The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Crawford? I've been meaning to watch it for a while now but I always find something else to watch, plus its a long film and I've been led to believe it drags its arse a bit.

trayhop123 · Post by **trayhop123** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 6:02 am

it does indeed drag , its good but not something you'l watch twice.

best film of 08 for me was richard gere in the flock ,

excelent well written , and finaly a film where gere takes the lead charecter seriously , instead of usualy floating through on his Leading man looks.

defo recomend

steveseagull · Post by **steveseagull** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 6:53 am

trayhop123 wrote:it does indeed drag , its good but not something you'l watch twice.

best film of 08 for me was richard gere in the flock ,

excelent well written , and finaly a film where gere takes the lead charecter seriously , instead of usualy floating through on his Leading man looks.

defo recomend

not seen it but will take a look.
Gere's best role by far is as the crooked cop in Internal Affairs. What a nasty bastard!! Other than that he mainly looks as if he is still missing a hamster in most of his past films.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 11:59 am

if u aint seen TAKEN STARRING LIAM NEESON i recommend u give it a watch.....nay bad!!

ma71lda · Post by **ma71lda** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 5:45 pm

Taken is released on DVD within the next couple of weeks so it may well be worth a look. I've heard of The Flock but don't know a great deal about it as I'm not the biggest Gere fan, maybe an IMDB job methinks. The same goes for Internal Affairs although I thought that was a subtitled film, possibly John Woo.

Talking about film stars I'm not the biggest fan of - Kevin Costner. Never liked him and his films are generally on for far too long but he struck gold last year with Mr Brooks which deserves a honourable mention. And the best thing about the film - William Hurt totally outacted him and stole the show.

That choice of film surprised me actually (even though I don't know you), I expected you to have gone for The Dark Knight, Iron Man or possibly the new Hulk film with you being a superhero fan.

Just a quicky, I picked up an immaculate copy of In Bruges today for £1.75 - bargain! Shame I already have the film but hey, nice birthday present for some body.

ma71lda · Post by **ma71lda** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 5:54 pm

There was an Internal Affairs based in Hong Kong, 3 in fact although not directed by Woo.

They were actually the films which The Departed was based on.

mr lugsy · Post by **mr lugsy** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 6:03 pm

the flock is good dave ,makes you sick to think of what really goes on in this world.

steveseagull · Post by **steveseagull** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 6:49 am

This Internal Affairs is set in L.A i think. Gere: very bad cop, Penn: unsure bad cop, Garcia: internal affairs good cop.