#241: 2008 Blowout

January 16, 2009 / Guest User

Worst of the year

matty

1. Bloodline
2. The Happening
3. The Love Guru
4. Jumper
5. In the Name of the King

ADAM

1. Hounddog
2. The Happening
3. Savage Grace
4. Sex and the City
5. Speed Racer

Overrated

MATTY

1. Iron Man

ADAM

1. Slumdog Millionaire
2. Frost/Nixon
3. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
4. The Visitor
5. The Dark Knight

Underrated

MATTY

1. Speed Racer
2. Role Models

ADAM

1. American Teen
2. Che
3. Lakeview Terrace
4. Valkyrie
5. Seven Pounds

discoveries/Surprises

MATTY

1. Rosmarie DeWitt, RACHEL GETTING MARRIED
2. Eddie Marsan, HAPPY-GO-LUCKY
3. Tarsem Singh, THE FALL
4. Russell Brand, FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL

ADAM

1. Sally Hawkins, HAPPY-GO-LUCKY
2. VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA
3. Anne Hathaway/Rosemarie DeWitt, RACHEL GETTING MARRIED
4. David Harbour, REVOLUTIONARY ROAD and Catinca Untaru, THE FALL
5. Mila Kunis, FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL

Disappointments

MATTY

1. Miracle at St. Anna
2. W.
3. The Day the Earth Stood Still
4. Burn After Reading
5. Step Brothers

ADAM

1. Standard Operating Procedures
2. Frost/Nixon
3. Burn After Reading
4. Appaloosa
5. Miracle at St. Anna

most annoying performances

MATTY

1. Jude Law and Norah Jones, MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTS
2. Thandie Newton, W.
3. Amy Adams, DOUBT
4. John Malkovich, THE CHANGELING

ADAM

1. Thandie Newton, W.
2. Mark Wahlberg, THE HAPPENING
3. Supporting cast, GRAN TORINO
4. Brad Pitt, THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
5. Emile Hirsch, SPEED RACER / MILK