Film Awards
Best Picture: Slumdog Millionaire (Live Action) and WALL·E (Animated)
Best Actor: Sean Penn (Milk) and Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler)
Best Actress: Keira Knightley (The Duchess)
Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight)
Best Supporting Actress: Tarija Henson (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
This is my Top 10 movies of the year at this current point. There are still a lot of movies I have yet to see as your not so humble reviewer doesn't get to go to press screenings. Any changes that are made will be noted below.
Top 10 Movies
1. Wall-E
A true masterpiece of cinema if there ever was one.
2. Slumdog Millionaire
A movie miracle.
3. Tropic Thunder
One of the funniest movie I have ever seen. It is even better if you have seen "Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse" otherwise known as the making of Apocalypse Now, a true story of a Vietnam war movie gone to hell.
4. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
A cinematic symphony. A work of art delving into the deep inner meaning behind life, death and love.
5. Definitely, Maybe
A complete surprise for me as I saw it on a whim. A completely original take on the romantic comedy genre and a surprise treat for all who watch it.
6. The Duchess
A heartbreaking true story of sacrifice. Fine performances all around, superb costume design and a breathtaking score.
7. In Search of a Midnight Kiss
Overlooked indie feature of the year. A rare film about romance on New Year's Eve.
8. Speed Racer
A frenetic treat for the eyes. The explosion of lights and colors does not overstay it's welcome.
9. Doomsday
A guilty pleasure of mayhem and violence. Purposely is cliche as it's an homage to many classic films in the same genre.
10. Cloverfield
The movie ends with the helicopter crash for me, and because I view it in this manner it remains a well executed monster movie of the highest caliber of originality.
Bottom 55. The Forbidden Kingdom
Cliche, an uninteresting plot and poor acting about sums up this lackluster film.
4. What Happens in Vegas
Proves Kutcher can act but his roles remain inane and stupid.
3. Drillbit Taylor
We have already seen a more offensive and profane version of this. We don't care.
2. Pride and Glory
Painfully bad. Painfully.
1. 10,000 B.C.
Too shamefully cliche to evaluate. The difference between this and Doomsday is that Doomsday never took itself seriously. This film did.
Video Game Awards
I don't have the time nor money to play all the games I wanted to this year. It is nowhere near the amount to make a well informed Top 10 list. So instead I will list notable games I was fortunate enough to play.
Worthy of note:
Grand Theft Auto IV
Mirror's Edge (Most Original Game award)
Rock Band 2
Guitar Hero World Tour
Gears of War 2
Little Big Planet
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Game of the Year (Handheld): Kirby Super Star Ultra
I bought the DS for the sole purpose of playing the latest installment of the Legend of Zelda franchise: Phantom Hourglass. I had no intention of buying anything else off the bat although I was hoping something would peak my interest. That indeed came along as I am a huge retro guy. I couldn't believe my eyes to see the Kirby SNES classic "Super Star" come to the DS. Not only is a faithful port of the entire game they added 2 new games and a new Arena! 5 Stars Nintendo!
Game of the Year/ Underrated Game of the Year: Tomb Raider Underworld
With one of the most epic begining I have seen in many years I was instantly on th edge of my seat. I have yet to complete the game (I just bought it yesterday for only $29) but I can already safely award 5 stars to this game. By the third level you have already survived the explosion of your mansion, fought the Kraken, found Thor's tomb, taken out terroists who have taken over a Class A freighter, climbed out of that freighter once it goes vertical and starts to sink and you discover that both Amanda and Natla are alive. Most people discount this franchise just because the movies are bad but play just the beginning of this game and you will be hooked. Soundtrack is A+ too.
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