The 2008 RopeofSilicon Movie Awards

MISCELLANEOUS AWARDS
TEN MORE TOP 2008 FILMS
(in alphabetical order)
  1. Body of Lies
  2. Cloverfield
  3. Definitely, Maybe
  4. Doubt
  5. Iron Man
  6. Kung Fu Panda
  7. Let the Right One In
  8. Role Models
  9. Slumdog Millionaire
  10. The Visitor

Best Ensemble Performance: Doubt

RUNNER UP: Milk

Best Performance in a Mediocre Film: Samantha Morton (Synecdoche, New York)

RUNNER UP: Brad Pitt (Burn after Reading)

Most Underrated Film of the Year: The Incredible Hulk

Most Overrated Film of the Year: Slumdog Millionaire – Don’t confuse this with me saying this is a bad film, I just don’t think it is the end-all/be-all many are making it out to be

Most Surprising Film of the Year: The House Bunny

Most Disappointing Film of the Year: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

RUNNER UP: Miracle at St. Anna

Best Villain: The Joker as performed by Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight)

RUNNER UP: Harry as played by Ralph Fiennes (In Bruges)

Best Action Sequence: The transporting of Harvey Dent (The Dark Knight)

Best Visual Effects: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

RUNNER UP: Hellboy II: The Golden Army

Best Monster Movie: Cloverfield

Craziest MPAA Rating: The PG rating for The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian considering it featured throat slitting mice and an actual beheading. Oh, but no blood and not a breast in sight. The official reason as bought by Walt Disney given by the MPAA: “For epic battle action and violence.”

Best Documentary: Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired

RUNNER UP: Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson

Film I am Most Disappointed I Missed: Quarantine – In a year filled with so many bad horror films I am upset I missed the one major studio release that seemed to impress many. Then again, I haven’t seen [REC] either, which I want to see first anyway.

Worst Line in a Movie in 2008: “Who is that guy?” – Al Pacino as Dr. Jack Gramm in 88 Minutes

RUNNER UP: “You’re not interested in what happened to the bees?” – Mark Wahlberg as Elliot Moore in The Happening

Best DVD/Blu-ray Release of 2008: Tropic Thunder (2-Disc Director’s Cut)

RUNNER UP: Dark City (Director’s Cut)

Most Anticipated Movies of 2009: (in alphabetical order)

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