AFI Best 10 Movies of 2008
12-24-08, 07:43 PM
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AFI Best 10 Movies of 2008
AFI AWARDS 2008
AFI MOVIES OF THE YEAR-OFFICIAL SELECTIONS
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
THE DARK KNIGHT
FROST/NIXON
FROZEN RIVER
GRAN TORINO
IRON MAN
MILK
WALL•E
WENDY AND LUCY
THE WRESTLER
Gran Torino's inclusion is a surprise!
AFI MOVIES OF THE YEAR-OFFICIAL SELECTIONS
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
THE DARK KNIGHT
FROST/NIXON
FROZEN RIVER
GRAN TORINO
IRON MAN
MILK
WALL•E
WENDY AND LUCY
THE WRESTLER
Gran Torino's inclusion is a surprise!
12-25-08, 02:20 PM
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They always do that - a list of the 10 movies that they thought were best, but unranked within the group.
http://www.afi.com/tvevents/afiawards
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http://www.afi.com/tvevents/afiawards
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12-25-08, 03:38 PM
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Nice to see the easy-to-overlook Frozen River continue to get some attention. By all accounts, Melissa Leo deserves some awards season love but she will almost certainly not get much, partially because this film came and went many months ago.
12-25-08, 03:55 PM
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The AFI is great in that it's an organisation that will gladly list films that aren't really awards fare, if they really think they're the best films of the year. Knocked Up, for example, made the cut last year.
12-26-08, 03:21 PM
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Iron Man is the better movie overall. But Dark Night has one of best actings in any movie this year.
But again, thinking about the better movie overall there are at least a couple of movies better than both of them this year.
But again, thinking about the better movie overall there are at least a couple of movies better than both of them this year.
12-27-08, 01:24 PM
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The fact that "Wendy and Lucy" and "Gran Torino" are on it make it irrelevant to me.
They forgot "In Bruges" but it's OK, like I said they're irrelevant.
They forgot "In Bruges" but it's OK, like I said they're irrelevant.
12-27-08, 05:30 PM
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03-05-09, 10:51 AM
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It's a predictable list, pretty much like everything the AFI has done over the past 20 or so years.
03-05-09, 11:11 AM
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Re: AFI Best 10 Movies of 2008
03-05-09, 11:45 AM
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Re: AFI Best 10 Movies of 2008
You bump a 3 month old thread to bring up 2 movies that didn't make the list that aren't even eligible?Both Slumdog and In Bruges are terrific and would be in my top 5 for 2008. Both are also not American films, making them ineligible for this list.
03-05-09, 12:16 PM
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To be fair, just because its the American Film Institute doesn't mean they just have to list American films. It could just as easily mean that it is based in America with all American members and they could be rating any film released in America.
03-05-09, 12:21 PM
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That's because ANYONE (yes, even you!) can become a voting member of AFI. It's a popularity contest with some editorial control to make sure mass voting for THE LOVE GURU doesn't embarass them.
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