I think it’s alittle of both, to be honest. I do believe that the films they choose are great movies & deserving of awards MOST of the time. However, every year there are movies that also deserve recognition that just simply don’t receive it because they aren’t the “Oscar” type. Two prime examples of this, this year are “Rambo” & “Vantage Point”, both of which are in my Top 10 movies of 2008, I’ve seen them both.
I haven’t seen all of the movies nominated for Oscars & that are on my Top 10 movies of 2008, some of it is based off of what I’ve heard from reliable sources & my own opinion where valid. I’ve read alot about all of the movies & heard so much that I wanted to do this blog before the Oscars, doing it afterward wouldn’t be as fun & kind of pointless.
For now, I want to talk a bit about some predictions for the Oscars. I believe “Slumdog Millionaire” will win best picture. Kate Winslett will win best actress in a leading role. I’m going to go WAAAAAAAYY out on a limb & say that Heath Ledger will win best actor in a supporting role (how brave of me, right?). Heath definitely deserves it, though, I saw “The Dark Knight” & his performance was the best acting I’ve seen in a long time. Sean Penn will win best actor in a leading role. I’m not so sure about this one, I have not seen Milk, but I have seen trailers & such for the purpose of this blog, I watched trailers for all movies that I haven’t seen & made sure to get all the information needed to form somewhat of a decent opinion. I think maybe Mickey Rourke should win the Oscar here, he seemed to really put alot into his part in “The Wrestler”, I can’t wait to see the movie, being a huge wrestling fan myself.
But, ok.. Without any further adieu, I give you my opinion, based on everything I’ve heard & some of my own thought, the Top 10 movies of 2008;
1. Slumdog Millionaire (by far, from what I’ve heard & what I know myself)
2. Milk
3. The Wrestler
4. The Class
5. WALL-E (I’m not crazy about animation, but, I truly believe that this one would be watchable, even by me)
6. The Dark Knight (even though it wasn’t really my cup of tea, I realize how fans of the Batman movies to begin with would think it’s great. What can I say? I want my Top 10 to represent me & all of you, as well)
7. Iron Man (I saw this one too & I actually liked it better than “The Dark Knight”, it’s what everybody else said that made me put “The Dark Knight” just ahead of it, personally, I liked “Iron Man” better.. As I said, though, this isn’t just my list, it’s a consensus of everything I’ve seen & heard)
8. Vantage Point (Saw this one & it was really good. The way that it kept going over the same window of time from different perspectives was insane & awesome all at the same time.. This one kept me there with my eyes glued to the TV, if a movie can do that & keep me hanging around, it must be pretty great)
9. Rambo (This was action at it’s very finest.. Sylvester Stallone was amazing, it was RAMBO!!! Talk about keeping you watching, there is not a person on the face of the planet who could fall asleep on this movie, or at least I should hope not! If there is & you’re reading this, I’m no doctor, but.. You have a problem, seek this movie out & cure yourself!)
10. Miracle At St. Anna (This is definitely the oddball of my Top 10.. It was surprising to me how most people didn’t care for this movie. Then, I read reviews & studied up on it & I realized why.. Everywhere I looked I saw where the critics kept saying that it was full of subplots & had tons of characters & was just nuts as far as keeping up & staying with it. It definitely sounds like a winner to me, though.. I know that people have found that it’s not true to history & such, but.. Why would anyone watch a movie if they want a history lesson? Go grab a history book or find a history buff, but, don’t watch some movie that doesn’t even claim that it’s 100% true to history. Bottom line is, it’s a movie, not a history buff telling you “this is what’s true & what happened”.. I find that people either loved it or hated it. That’s a sign of only one thing.. It left you with a strong feeling whether you liked it or not. It makes my Top 10 for this reason)
So, there you have it! I think it’s pretty much what you’d expect at the top & then gets crazy towards the bottom. As you can see, I tried extremely hard to look past my own opinion prior to seeing or even after seeing the movies & I go into every movie with an open mind to it, it either holds me or not. For the ones that I haven’t seen… Some of them, I will probably end up watching.. Others, I know would just bore me, but realize that they are probably extremely great films for people with that kind of taste, mine is probably all in my mouth, that’s why I like to throw in tons of other people’s to make me seem like I’m awesome, which, I am.. I mean.. Ok, this isn’t about me.
Anyway, up next in my blogging… I have no clue, really. Probably something to do with College Basketball, I’m thinking.. I will definitely get back to sports where I actually know more about what I’m saying. Yes.
