Comments on: The Best and Worst Movies of 2008 http://biblioklept.org/2008/12/30/the-best-and-worst-movies-of-2008/ Wed, 15 Feb 2012 02:38:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Power, Lies, and Batman — Slavoj Žižek on WikiLeaks | biblioklept http://biblioklept.org/2008/12/30/the-best-and-worst-movies-of-2008/#comment-15045 Wed, 12 Jan 2011 17:49:17 +0000 http://biblioklept.org/?p=1470#comment-15045 [...] Review of Books. In his intro (below), he points out why Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight (which we hated) is the signal film of 21st century politics and culture (thanks to A Piece of Monologue for the [...]

]]> By: ed biblioklept http://biblioklept.org/2008/12/30/the-best-and-worst-movies-of-2008/#comment-7134 Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:06:24 +0000 http://biblioklept.org/?p=1470#comment-7134 (Unasked for) UPDATE:
We wrote: Films we still haven’t seen but in which we have interest: Rachel Getting Married, Synecdoche, New York, Hamlet 2, Hellboy 2, The Wrestler, Quantum of Solace, Let the Right One In.

OK:
RACHEL GETTING MARRIED: Best film of 2008 we didn’t see in 2008. Loved it, cringed, strange musical, warm, moving, great, great, great.
SYNECDOCHE, NY: A brutally flawed film, depressing, depressing, depressing; overly analytical and overlong. Any goodwill Kaufman builds in the first third is completely spent by the end. Still worth seeing though.
HAMLET 2: Why did I want to see this movie? It was funny, I guess.
HELLBOY 2: Visually unique, ultimately forgettable. See THE DEVIL’S BACKBONE instead.
LET THE RIGHT ONE: Great, creepy stuff. Loved it.

]]> By: josh http://biblioklept.org/2008/12/30/the-best-and-worst-movies-of-2008/#comment-6923 Fri, 02 Jan 2009 16:47:54 +0000 http://biblioklept.org/?p=1470#comment-6923 Not just for kids, but it is rated G – making it more open for kids than other things on the list. And certainly an interesting topic to be presented in a G rated, marketed for kids, movie.

]]> By: ed biblioklept http://biblioklept.org/2008/12/30/the-best-and-worst-movies-of-2008/#comment-6920 Wed, 31 Dec 2008 13:18:30 +0000 http://biblioklept.org/?p=1470#comment-6920 I agree, Damon, that Wall-E is probably not for your standard kiddie audience, but Pixar films are marketed to children. I thought Ratatouille was easily one of the best films of last year, but the general take on animated film is that it is Not Serious, or, even worse, that it is a genre, as opposed to a medium. Both of these Pixar films should be in the Best Picture category, not just Best Animated Feature (or whatever it’s called). Not that I give a fuck about the Oscars, but it’s a silly prejudice (comic books continue to face a similar prejudice as well).

]]> By: Damon http://biblioklept.org/2008/12/30/the-best-and-worst-movies-of-2008/#comment-6919 Wed, 31 Dec 2008 07:18:45 +0000 http://biblioklept.org/?p=1470#comment-6919 I would hardly call Wall-E a kids movie.

]]> By: josh http://biblioklept.org/2008/12/30/the-best-and-worst-movies-of-2008/#comment-6918 Tue, 30 Dec 2008 21:05:34 +0000 http://biblioklept.org/?p=1470#comment-6918 “Who knew a post-apocalyptic film criticizing consumerist culture and our ever-increasing loss of connection to both the natural world an our own bodies would be so good?” and for kids!

]]> By: ed biblioklept http://biblioklept.org/2008/12/30/the-best-and-worst-movies-of-2008/#comment-6916 Tue, 30 Dec 2008 16:17:46 +0000 http://biblioklept.org/?p=1470#comment-6916 it’s just you.
but no, seriously, i didn’t see zack and miri, but his character looks like the same character he usually plays. it would be nice to see him branch out.

]]> By: 4wrdthnkndad http://biblioklept.org/2008/12/30/the-best-and-worst-movies-of-2008/#comment-6915 Tue, 30 Dec 2008 16:15:31 +0000 http://biblioklept.org/?p=1470#comment-6915 Is it just me or is Seth Rogan overrated? The first few times he presents his pothead slacker charactor in movies, its funny. But isn’t reasonable to see if this guy can do more than that?

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