Top 10 movies of 2008
Taken in its totality, 2008 was a very good year for movies -- and not just because it boasted more excellent films than could be contained on a 10-best list. When movie columnists and media pundits weren't looking, there was a surprising mood-shift on the part of many of the best Anglo-American filmmakers. Undiluted despair was out. Intelligent optimism was in.
[Michael Sragow]
[Michael Sragow]
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"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
At its core churns a wonderful Jack London-esque adventure story about a young man shipping out to see the world. On either end of his journey, the director, David Fincher, the writer, Eric Roth, and the star, Brad Pitt, turn a slender F. Scott Fitzgerald short story about a fellow born old who ages backward into a stirring tale of innocence, experience and life lived to the hilt (if the wrong way around). It's a thrilling, funny, at times heart-rending fusion of authentic feeling and movie magic. Pitt turns a character who could have been a blank sheet into a panoramic mirror of emotion, and Cate Blanchett, as his true love, is enchanting -- a sylphlike muse for Button, the filmmakers and the audience. [Michael Sragow] |
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