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The Movies I Liked, 2008 Edition

In case you were wondering (and there is no reason you wouldn't), here are my top films of the year two-thousand and eight, in no particular order (or at least no order recognized by the good state of Missouri):

Slumdog Millionaire
The Dark Knight
WALL-E
Iron Man
Synecdoche, New York
Hellboy 2: The Golden Army
Burn After Reading
Doubt
The Visitor
The Fall
Let the Right One In
Frost/Nixon
Cloverfield
American Teen (I missed this one at Sundance)

Tthere were fourteen movies in that list. You won't find many lists with fourteen films on them. I'm just the kind of person to do that. It drives people mad.

Footnote: This list is subject to revisions. I have a poor memory, and like many of the great fascist regimes of our times, history-- even that of film-- is subject to much revision.

Footnote #2: I intent to give discourse on each of these films. And like many of my promises, expect me to forget.

Footnote #3: I really didn't have anything valuable to share. It just felt as if we were lacking an attractive third footnote.

Hypothesis: Blog

I was just reminded that I haven't updated Night of the Blog in almost a year.

I have a confession to make. It was all a part of an elaborate social experiment. The test: could I go an entire year without updating the Night of the Blog brand blog? Conclusion: utter and abject failure.

I can only hope that future generations are able to glean considerable learning from my experiment. Be thankful, generations of the future; you have been given much.