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I've Loved You so Long just edges into my final ten of the year ahead of the Dark Knight which tops the bottom 20 of 2008.  Meanwhile a couple of gems i saw at the London Film Festival A Week Alone and Tez make my bottom 20 with Somers Town, Easy Virtue just tops the very bottom pile.  Anyway No Country which was top from the time i first saw it back in Febuary i think remains the best films of the year and one of my...

No Country For Old Men 10 Wall-E 10             Hunger 9 The Dark Knight 9 There Will Be Blood 9 The Diving Bell and the Butterfly 9 Gone Baby Gone 9 Changeling 9 Appaloosa 9 The Mist 9 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull 9 Juno 9 4 Months 3 Weeks and 2 Days 9 Sweeney Todd 9...

( I just realised I was missing Quantum of Solace, despite watching it on opening night! Anywho, it's nothing to shout about... Wall-E 5/5 Changeling 5/5 Gomorrah 5/5 -  -  - The Dark Knight 4/5 No Country For Old Men 4/5 Cloverfield 4/5 Gone Baby Gone 4/5 There Will Be Blood 4/5 Wanted 4/5 Rocknrolla 4/5  -  -  - The Mist 3.5/5 Grindhouse 3.5/5   The Orphanage 3.5/5 Son of Rambow 3/5...

No Country for Old Men (Coen, 2007)  There Will Be Blood (Anderson, 2007)  The Dark Knight (Nolan, 2008)   WALL-E (Stanton, 2008) The Diving Bell and the Butterfly/Le Scaphandre et le papillon (Schnabel, 2007)   In Bruges (McDonagh, 2008)   Lust, Caution/Se Jie (Lee, 2007)  Gone Baby Gone (Affleck, 2007) Slumdog Millionaire (Boyle, 2008) (This...

Not updated this for a few months. I've gone back and included films from this year that I caught on DVD. 5/5   1. 2. The Dark Knight 3. Happy-Go-Lucky 4. There Will Be Blood 5. Sweeney Todd 6. Cloverfield 7. No Country For Old Men 8. Lust, Caution 9. The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford (I know, but it only reached thr cinema near me this year!) 4/5 10. Changeling 11. Gone Baby Gone 12. Quantum Of Solace 13. Iron...

I'd argue that those people are over-exaggerating and that I hope I'm just articulate enough to get my point across. Anyway, your point is irrelevant as I hardly talk the same way I write, and if I was going to write a script I wouldn't make my characters talk like they are analysing a film. The reason I am annoyed by the overwritten script is that it comes across as unrealistic and nothing more than a showcase for Diablo...

I've not seen a film I'd give 5/5.  Probably I'm just not trying hard enough.

Best Picture: No Country for Old Men The Dark Knight Wall.E There Will Be Blood In Bruges Best Director: Rupert Wyatt, The Escapist Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, No Country For Old Men Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood David Fincher, The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button Martin McDonagh, In Bruges Best Actor: Brian Cox, The Escapist Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood Brendan Gleeson, In Bruges Casey Affleck, Gone Baby Gone Brad...

Unless you walked out after Presto, you saw another 10/10.

1. The Dark Knight - 10/10 2. There Will Be Blood - 10/10 3. No Country For Old Men - 10/10 4. Juno - 9.5/10 5. Iron Man - 8.5/10 6. Cloverfield - 8.5/10 7. The Orphanage - 8/10 8. Indiana Jones & The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull - 7.5/10 9. The Incredible Hulk - 7/10 10. I Am Legend - 7/10