{"id":48,"date":"2008-12-23T08:56:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-23T08:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rglas.dds.nl\/wordpress%20blog\/index.php\/2008\/12\/23\/my-favorite-films-of-2008\/"},"modified":"2021-02-15T07:49:29","modified_gmt":"2021-02-15T07:49:29","slug":"my-favorite-films-of-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reneglas.nl\/index.php\/2008\/12\/23\/my-favorite-films-of-2008\/","title":{"rendered":"My favorite films of 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"

There Will Be Blood <\/span>( Paul Thomas Anderson, USA)
The Dark Knight <\/span>(Christopher Nolan, USA)
Hunger <\/span>(Steve McQueen, Ireland\/UK)
WALL-E <\/span>(Adrew Stanton, USA)
Gruz 200 <\/span>(Cargo 200<\/span>, Aleksei Balabanoc, Russia)
In Bruges<\/span> (Martin McDonagh, USA\/UK)
Waltz With Bashir<\/span> (Ari Folman, Israel\/Germany\/France\/USA)
L\u00e5t Den R\u00e4tte Komma In <\/span>(Let The Right One In<\/span>, Tomas Alfredson, Sweden)
Bigger Stronger Faster* <\/span>(Chris Bell, USA)
Ai No Yokan <\/span>(The Rebirth<\/span>, Kobayashi Masahiro, Japan)<\/p>\n

There Will Be Blood, The Dark Knight and Wall-E are pretty much instant classics, I don\u2019t think I have to elaborate much on those (although we can quibble about those annoying \u2018bat vision\u2019 scenes in The Dark Knight \u2013 why, Nolan, why!). Hunger, Gruz 200 and Waltz With Bashir are all pretty grim films, but their unique looks and storytelling styles made them really stand out. L\u00e5t Den R\u00e4tte Komma In is a wonderfully fresh take on vampire horror, a subgenre I don\u2019t even like. In Bruges satisfied my taste for dry humor and midget abuse. Bigger Stronger Faster* might not be the best or slickest documentary of the year, but it sure is one of the most personal journeys I\u2019ve seen on screen. Ai No Yokan is my yearly odd-one out, an equally frustrating as mesmerizing study of repetition which will drive most viewers mad. I developed a strange love for it though.
FYI: these are all films released in the Netherlands in 2008, spiced up with some films which should have been… <\/p>\n

Runners-up:<\/span>
Alexandra, Be Kind Rewind, Before The Devil Knows You\u2019re Dead, El Cielo la Tierra y la Iluvia, The Fall, Funny Games US, La Graine et le Mulet, In The Valley of Elah, Iron Man, John Rambo, Juno, Kung Fu Panda, The Mourning Forest, Naissance des Pieuvres, No Country For Old Men, Stuck, Taxi To The Dark Side, Tropic Thunder, Ponyo, [rec], Sweeney Todd, Wallace and Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death<\/p>\n

Films I regret I missed:<\/span>
Aanrijding in Moskou, Caos Calmo, Dagen Zonder Lief, Entre Le Murs, Import\/Export, Inside,La Silence de Lorna, Speed Racer (IMAX), W., You The Living<\/p>\n

Best gore since The Passion of the Christ:<\/span>
John Rambo<\/p>\n

Worst hairdo in an utterly pointless remake:<\/span>
Nicholas Cage in Bangkok Dangerous<\/p>\n

Most self-centered asshole main character which is nevertheless portrayed as some kind of hero:<\/span>
Into the Wild<\/p>\n

Best fake trailer:<\/span>
Satan\u2019s Alley<\/p>\n

Biggest waste of Tina Fey:<\/span>
Baby Mama<\/p>\n

Best use of prehistoric fish:<\/span>
Ponyo<\/p>\n

Worst Tarzan:<\/span>
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull<\/p>\n

Best sequel that should not have been one, unless they make it into a trilogy or would that even be worse maybe I don\u2019t know anymore\u2026:<\/span>
Quantum of Solace<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There Will Be Blood ( Paul Thomas Anderson, USA)The Dark Knight (Christopher Nolan, USA)Hunger (Steve McQueen, Ireland\/UK)WALL-E (Adrew Stanton, USA)Gruz 200 (Cargo 200, Aleksei Balabanoc, Russia)In Bruges (Martin McDonagh, USA\/UK)Waltz With Bashir (Ari Folman, Israel\/Germany\/France\/USA)L\u00e5t Den R\u00e4tte Komma In (Let The Right One In, Tomas Alfredson, Sweden)Bigger Stronger Faster* (Chris Bell, USA)Ai No Yokan (The … <\/p>\n

Continue reading “My favorite films of 2008”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reneglas.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reneglas.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reneglas.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reneglas.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reneglas.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.reneglas.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":200,"href":"https:\/\/www.reneglas.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48\/revisions\/200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reneglas.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reneglas.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reneglas.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}