Dark knight, synecdoche, new york and reprise. there's my top 3 for 2008.

the dark knight is on my list of greatest movies of all time at number 5 and i see alt of movies thats my job.

Slumdog Millionaire is better than Wall-E, and In Bruges is a little low, but not a bad list.

Best 3 films of the year:
Benjamin Button
Slumdog Millionaire
Synecdoche, New York

The hype surrounding "Wall-E" is clearly suspicious.

It's a very well-made animated film but it's no better, deeper or even much different than, say, "Finding Nemo".

Are people reading too much of their personal thoughts into this rather simplistic film or is everyone just over-enthusiastic because it is now OK for socially accomplished grown-ups to admit that they like animation?

I personally think that BlueSky beats the pants off Pixar and that "Robots" has a lot more content than "Wall-E".

The best thing about Wall-E is the short "Presto". Makes me laugh everytime.

I feel that most of the nine films are overrated by the predominantly male movie fans on IMDB. Dark Knight is a fine movie, but #4? Maybe #100 or #200. Wall-E is a good animated film, but not one of the greatest films, animated or otherwise, of all time. I think In Bruges is a decent film, perhaps even a B, or 7/10.
Everyone is entitled to their opinion. I enjoy visiting IMDB to view the ratings of movies, mainly made by young males, from around the world. It is unfortunate that so many older, classic movies are not on the Top 250 list. I think the list should be expanded to list the Top 500 films, or at least the Top 300.
Happy new year, and enjoy the new movies!

all of them are totally crap ...................dont watch ............

Slumdog's production values are stellar, but the screenplay is pronounced. Some of my favorite films of the year where the story flows effortlessly, without attracting any attention to itself at all:

- The Visitor
- Vicky Cristina Barcelona
- Gran Torino
- Synecdoche, New York
- Body of Lies
- Revolutionary Road
- Married Life
- Smart People
- The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (may be forgotten, I know)
- Slumdog Millionaire

Having the mawkish and highly predictable Wall-E in most of these lists of the year is a little strange. As an animation production with a fun and provocative script, Ratatouille was better any day, and I'd also include Furutama Bender's Game in there if 2D animation were bunched in the same group.

To the first poster called "IY" -- "Reprise" is not a 2008 film, it's a Norwegian production from 2006.

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