The 2008 top five everything and anything

For all five of you who remember, last year I did a top five films from 2007. Unfortunately, as far as movies go, this year has been like a brick to the crotch of the movie going public. Considering that Video Games are poised to overthrow Film as the dominant medium, I would have expected more. For a while, I just resigned myself to wait until March of 2009, when the "Watchmen" Movie was set to sweep us all away in a tide of awesomeness and win. Unfortunately, since 20th Century FOX has seen fit to crush my childlike anticipation like a club to the skull of a Newborn Baby Seal, I am forced to take in whatever consolation from 2008 that I can. Therefore, without further Adieu, here are the Top 5 Movies/Games/Etc... from 2008.

5. Fallout 3 (Xbox 360, Bethesda)




I never actually played the first two in their entirety, but number 3 was enough to remind me why I absolutely loved Role Playing Games. The Post Apocalyptic setting is something games have not touched on too much and the Oblivion engine made the apocalypse something beautiful to behold. And lets be honest, there is a sense of Catharsis about insta-gibing a Raider with a simple shot to the knee.

4. Wanted (Universal Pictures)

Okay, so it had, like, 10% in common with the graphic novel it was based on and at the end of the day it was more like lukewarm Fight Club. Even so, it was visual eye candy and an excuse to see Angelina Jolie walking out of a jacuzzi naked. Oh, and it also gave Morgan Freeman an excuse to say "Motherfucker", which I know he's been pining to say for a while.

3. How Bad "Twilight" was (Goldcrest pictures)



I'm probably being snark, but there are very few movies that reach this level of crap. "Twilight" the movie is so bad, so horribly executed, so horribly acted, that I actually had fun hating it. I don't know what I had more fun heckling: the cardboard cutout romance, the stereotypical Native Americans as werewolves, or the villain, who, as a Jamaican man tells us: "Is incredibly lethal" as opposed to "just kind of lethal".

2. Gears of War 2 (Xbox 360. Epic Games)

I had so many problems with Gears 1, that Epic games' sequel to the Cover based game about mole people seems like a redemption tale. Fixed online play, along with expanded single player options, made Marcus Fenix's continuing Saga something for me to actually get all excited about. So excited i need to shotty roll something...

... where's that Skorge?

1. Heath Ledger's Joker in "The Dark Knight



Heath Ledgers final performance reminded me why I find comic books superhero stories so awesome: because they have such awesome villains. I always found the Joker kind of evil, but it wasn't until the infamous Pencil Trick that I found him infamous. Heath Ledger Joker plays like a cross between Jigsaw and Tom Cruise in his villainy that for once that's a good thing. Its just a tragedy that we wont be seeing Ledger reprise that role because for once, Hollywood got a comic book character right.

Anyway, those were the best things about 2008 to me. Have a happy new year and try not to get too plastered that you agree to by the Twilight special edition Blue-ray for your girlfriend.

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