2008: The Year of the Movie
Jan 2, 2009 Author: Alex | Filed under: Movies
At the beginning of the year, I was uncertain how many movies I would be able to fit into the following 365 days. I did however decide to keep track of which movies I saw, when I saw them, and the format they were in. As the months progressed, I was able to identify a goal of 250 movies. Sadly, I came up half a movie short. I didn’t finish “Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead” and therefore ended the year with 249 movies watched. I had seen some of the movies on the following list before, and some, like Juno, appear multiple times. Will I be able to see this many films or more in 2009? I have no idea. I do hope to get to the theater more, but my dvd collection still contains many to be watched for the first time. Happy New Year, and enjoy 2009, “The Year of Even More Movies.”
Highlights of the year: Meeting director at advance Sarah Marshall screening, Seeing Juno numerous times in theaters, Dark Knight on IMAX, and McLovin at sneak preview of Role Models.
| Movie | Date | Format |
| Juno | 1/2/2008 | Theatre |
| Almost Famous | 1/11/2008 | M-Flicks |
| Juno | 1/12/2008 | Theatre |
| Catch Me If You Can | 1/13/2008 | DVD |
| Hot Rod | 1/14/2008 | DVD |
| Knocked Up | 1/14/2008 | DVD |
| Atonement. | 1/14/2008 | Theatre |
| Aeon Flux | 1/15/2008 | DVD |
| In Good Company | 1/16/2008 | DVD |
| The Last Kiss | 1/17/2008 | DVD |
| Beerfest | 1/18/2008 | DVD |
| Charlie Wilson’s War | 1/20/2008 | Theatre |
| The Kingdom | 1/26/2008 | DVD |
| House of D | 1/26/2008 | TV |
| Little Miss Sunshine | 1/27/2008 | DVD |
| There Will Be Blood | 1/29/2008 | Theatre |
| Van Wilder | 2/2/2008 | DVD |
| Casino Royale | 2/3/2008 | DVD |
| The World Is Not Enough | 2/7/2008 | DVD |
| Forgetting Sarah Marshall | 2/7/2008 | FVSA |
| Guess Who | 2/8/2008 | DVD |
| Stardust | 2/8/2008 | M-Flicks |
| Charlie Bartlett | 2/11/2008 | M-Flicks |
| The Matador | 2/13/2008 | DVD |
| Juno | 2/15/2008 | Theatre |
| Chocolat | 2/16/2008 | DVD |
| Mr. Brooks | 2/17/2008 | DVD |
| Om Natten (At Night) | 2/20/2008 | Theatre |
| Il Supplente | 2/20/2008 | Theatre |
| Le Mozart des Pickpockets | 2/20/2008 | Theatre |
| Tanghi Argentini | 2/20/2008 | Theatre |
| The Tonto Woman | 2/20/2008 | Theatre |
| I Met the Walrus | 2/21/2008 | Theatre |
| Madame Tutli-Putli | 2/21/2008 | Theatre |
| Meme Les Pigeons Vont Au Paradis | 2/21/2008 | Theatre |
| Moya Lyubov (My Love) | 2/21/2008 | Theatre |
| Peter & The Wolf | 2/21/2008 | Theatre |
| In Bruges | 2/22/2008 | Theatre |
| Batman & Robin | 2/24/2008 | DVD |
| Michael Clayton | 3/1/2008 | DVD |
| Beautiful Boxer | 3/6/2008 | DVD |
| Howl’s Moving Castle | 3/6/2008 | DVD |
| No Country for Old Men | 3/7/2008 | M-Flicks |
| The Ice Harvest | 3/9/2008 | DVD |
| The Cooler | 3/12/2008 | DVD |
| Waiting | 3/16/2008 | TV |
| Thank You For Smoking | 3/18/2008 | DVD |
| I ♥ Huckabees | 3/19/2008 | DVD |
| The Constant Gardener | 3/21/2008 | DVD |
| Melinda and Melinda | 3/22/2008 | DVD |
| Independence Day | 3/23/2008 | DVD |
| Juno | 3/23/2008 | Theatre |
| 21 | 3/25/2008 | M-Flicks |
| The Devil Wears Prada | 3/26/2008 | DVD |
| La Historia Oficial (The Official Story) | 3/26/2008 | Auditorium |
| The Terminal | 3/29/2008 | DVD |
| Derailed | 3/30/2008 | DVD |
| Kissing Jessica Stein | 3/31/2008 | DVD |
| Run, Fat Boy, Run | 4/2/2008 | Theatre |
| The Thomas Crown Affair | 4/4/2008 | DVD |
| The Rock | 4/5/2008 | DVD |
| Jurassic Park | 4/11/2008 | M-Flicks |
| Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas | 4/13/2008 | Theatre |
| Superbad | 4/13/2008 | DVD |
| Breach | 4/16/2008 | DVD |
| The Forbidden Kingdom | 4/16/2008 | M-Flicks |
| Juno | 4/17/2008 | DVD |
| Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle | 4/23/2008 | DVD |
| Hotel Chevalier | 4/24/2008 | DVD |
| The Darjeeling Limited | 4/24/2008 | DVD |
| The Fast and the Furious | 4/26/2008 | DVD |
| Air Force One | 4/26/2008 | DVD |
| 2 Fast 2 Furious | 4/27/2008 | DVD |
| The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou | 4/29/2008 | DVD |
| Shoot ‘Em Up | 5/3/2008 | DVD |
| xXx | 5/4/2008 | DVD |
| Iron Man | 5/7/2008 | Theatre |
| Raiders of the Lost Ark | 5/11/2008 | DVD |
| Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone | 5/11/2008 | DVD |
| Forgetting Sarah Marshall | 5/13/2008 | Theatre |
| Rushmore | 5/18/2008 | DVD |
| Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | 5/24/2008 | Theatre |
| The Nines | 5/24/2008 | DVD |
| American History X | 5/24/2008 | DVD |
| Next | 5/25/2008 | DVD |
| 28 Weeks Later | 5/25/2008 | DVD |
| Babel | 5/28/2008 | DVD |
| Idiocracy | 5/28/2008 | DVD |
| Two Weeks | 5/28/2008 | DVD |
| Employee of the Month | 5/30/2008 | DVD |
| Pan’s Labyrinth | 5/31/2008 | DVD |
| Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | 6/1/2008 | DVD |
| Sunshine | 6/1/2008 | DVD |
| The Invasion | 6/3/2008 | DVD |
| Blade Runner | 6/4/2008 | DVD |
| Blood Diamond | 6/6/2008 | DVD |
| Batman Begins | 6/7/2008 | DVD |
| Sin City | 6/8/2008 | DVD |
| Die Hard 2 | 6/8/2008 | DVD |
| Man of the Year | 6/9/2008 | DVD |
| Corpse Bride | 6/11/2008 | DVD |
| Hot Fuzz | 6/11/2008 | DVD |
| Die Hard with a Vengeance | 6/12/2008 | DVD |
| Gray Matters | 6/13/2008 | DVD |
| Live Free or Die Hard | 6/15/2008 | DVD |
| American Beauty | 6/15/2008 | DVD |
| The Simpsons Movie | 6/15/2008 | DVD |
| Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest | 6/16/2008 | DVD |
| Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | 6/18/2008 | DVD |
| Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End | 6/19/2008 | DVD |
| Serenity | 6/20/2008 | DVD |
| Wedding Daze | 6/21/2008 | DVD |
| Planet Terror | 6/21/2008 | DVD |
| Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story | 6/24/2008 | DVD |
| Get Smart | 6/24/2008 | Theatre |
| The Siege | 6/27/2008 | DVD |
| Chaos Theory | 6/28/2008 | DVD |
| The Illusionist | 6/28/2008 | DVD |
| Wanted | 6/29/2008 | Theatre |
| 25th Hour | 6/30/2008 | DVD |
| The Punisher | 7/1/2008 | DVD |
| Closer | 7/5/2008 | DVD |
| The Bucket List | 7/6/2008 | DVD |
| Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story | 7/9/2008 | DVD |
| Traffic | 7/11/2008 | DVD |
| Hostage | 7/12/2008 | DVD |
| Hancock | 7/13/2008 | Theatre |
| Batman | 7/21/2008 | DVD |
| Red Eye | 7/21/2008 | DVD |
| Cars | 7/22/2008 | DVD |
| Strange Wilderness | 7/22/2008 | DVD |
| Once Upon a Time in Mexico | 7/23/2008 | DVD |
| Futurama: Bender’s Big Score | 7/24/2008 | DVD |
| Gone Baby Gone | 7/25/2008 | DVD |
| Semi-Pro | 7/25/2008 | DVD |
| Vince Vaughn’s Wild West Comedy Show | 7/25/2008 | DVD |
| Cape Fear | 7/26/2008 | DVD |
| The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford | 8/1/2008 | DVD |
| Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs | 8/4/2008 | DVD |
| Pineapple Express | 8/6/2008 | Theatre |
| Be Kind Rewind | 8/6/2008 | DVD |
| Crash | 8/9/2008 | DVD |
| V for Vendetta | 8/9/2008 | DVD |
| Amélie | 8/10/2008 | DVD |
| Edison Force | 8/10/2008 | DVD |
| Drillbit Taylor | 8/10/2008 | DVD |
| The Bone Collector | 8/11/2008 | DVD |
| Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | 8/13/2008 | DVD |
| Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | 8/14/2008 | DVD |
| Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | 8/15/2008 | DVD |
| Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | 8/15/2008 | DVD |
| The Dark Knight | 8/16/2008 | IMAX |
| Identity | 8/17/2008 | DVD |
| Lions for Lambs | 8/17/2008 | DVD |
| Adaptation. | 8/23/2008 | DVD |
| Deep Impact | 8/23/2008 | DVD |
| The Lookout | 8/23/2008 | DVD |
| Eagle vs Shark | 8/23/2008 | DVD |
| Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | 8/24/2008 | DVD |
| The Majestic | 8/26/2008 | DVD |
| Smart People | 8/27/2008 | DVD |
| Meet Bill | 9/1/2008 | DVD |
| The Perfect Human | 9/2/2008 | Auditorium |
| The Five Obstructions | 9/2/2008 | Auditorium |
| Dan in Real Life | 9/2/2008 | DVD |
| Twilight (1998) | 9/3/2008 | DVD |
| The Good German | 9/6/2008 | DVD |
| Hitman | 9/7/2008 | DVD |
| Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay | 9/7/2008 | DVD |
| The Savages | 9/7/2008 | DVD |
| Children of Men | 9/8/2008 | DVD |
| Miller’s Crossing | 9/9/2008 | Auditorium |
| L’Auberge espagnole | 9/10/2008 | DVD |
| Evan Almighty | 9/12/2008 | DVD |
| The Ladykillers | 9/13/2008 | DVD |
| Secret Window | 9/14/2008 | DVD |
| The Last King of Scotland | 9/15/2008 | DVD |
| Solaris (2002) | 9/18/2008 | DVD |
| Grandma’s Boy | 9/19/2008 | M-Flicks |
| Blood Simple | 9/20/2008 | DVD |
| The Recruit | 9/21/2008 | DVD |
| Buena Vista Social Club | 9/21/2008 | Stream |
| Intolerable Cruelty | 9/21/2008 | DVD |
| Bottle Rocket | 9/22/2008 | DVD |
| No Country for Old Men | 9/24/2008 | DVD |
| The Aviator | 9/24/2008 | DVD |
| Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist | 9/25/2008 | M-Flicks |
| Baby Mama | 9/26/2008 | DVD |
| Con Air | 9/28/2008 | DVD |
| Burn After Reading | 9/29/2008 | Theatre |
| The Big Lebowski | 9/30/2008 | DVD |
| The Weather Man | 10/1/2008 | DVD |
| Bridget Jones’s Diary | 10/1/2008 | DVD |
| Sideways | 10/3/2008 | DVD |
| Kiss Kiss Bang Bang | 10/3/2008 | M-Flicks |
| Face/Off | 10/5/2008 | DVD |
| Married Life | 10/5/2008 | DVD |
| Vantage Point | 10/7/2008 | DVD |
| Body of Lies | 10/7/2008 | M-Flicks |
| Rising Sun | 10/8/2008 | DVD |
| Religulous | 10/8/2008 | Theatre |
| Role Models | 10/9/2008 | M-Flicks |
| Crank | 10/10/2008 | DVD |
| Kiki’s Delivery Service | 10/12/2008 | DVD |
| The Golden Compass | 10/12/2008 | DVD |
| Spirited Away | 10/13/2008 | DVD |
| 10 Items or Less | 10/13/2008 | DVD |
| The Man Who Wasn’t There | 10/15/2008 | DVD |
| Alice in Wonderland (1951) | 10/15/2008 | DVD |
| Dr. No | 10/16/2008 | DVD |
| Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope | 10/21/2008 | DVD |
| Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back | 10/24/2008 | DVD |
| The Beach | 10/25/2008 | DVD |
| The Silence of the Lambs | 10/28/2008 | DVD |
| Unbreakable | 10/29/2008 | DVD |
| Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi | 10/30/2008 | DVD |
| Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace | 10/30/2008 | DVD |
| The Shining | 10/31/2008 | M-Flicks |
| Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles | 11/7/2008 | M-Flicks |
| The Hebrew Hammer | 11/14/2008 | DVD |
| Red Dragon | 11/15/2008 | DVD |
| From Russia with Love | 11/15/2008 | DVD |
| War, Inc. | 11/16/2008 | DVD |
| Frost/Nixon | 11/24/2008 | M-Flicks |
| Love Actually | 11/27/2008 | DVD |
| Goldfinger | 11/28/2008 | DVD |
| The Bank Job | 11/28/2008 | DVD |
| Fargo | 11/29/2008 | DVD |
| The Score | 11/29/2008 | DVD |
| All I Wanna Do | 12/3/2008 | Netflix Instant |
| Step Brothers | 12/4/2008 | DVD |
| Thank You For Smoking | 12/5/2008 | M-Flicks |
| Guarding Tess | 12/6/2008 | Netflix Instant |
| Enemy of the State | 12/10/2008 | DVD |
| Tropic Thunder | 12/11/2008 | DVD |
| Elf | 12/11/2008 | Theatre |
| Thunderball | 12/12/2008 | DVD |
| Hannibal | 12/12/2008 | DVD |
| Death at a Funeral | 12/13/2008 | DVD |
| Capote | 12/13/2008 | DVD |
| The Hudsucker Proxy | 12/17/2008 | Netflix Instant |
| Empire Records | 12/17/2008 | Netflix Instant |
| The Devil’s Own | 12/18/2008 | Netflix Instant |
| Jerry Maguire | 12/19/2008 | Netflix Instant |
| You Only Live Twice | 12/24/2008 | DVD |
| Confessions of a Sociopathic Social Climber | 12/26/2008 | Netflix Instant |
| Transsiberian | 12/26/2008 | Netflix Instant |
| Happy Gilmore | 12/26/2008 | Netflix Instant |
| Donnie Brasco | 12/30/2008 | Netflix Instant |
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2 Responses for "2008: The Year of the Movie"
Wow that is amazing. But what was the best movie you saw in 08.
Best was Juno, though I also liked There Will Be Blood. However, I did see some mind-blowingly good movies that were a year or two old.
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