The Best and Worst of the year (2008)

Hey, there have been a lot of movies, games, events that hit us in 2008 that was just plain terrible or really awesome.

Seeing that 2008 is soon to end and the beginning of another year draws near,  I taught i would make this thread.

Best Movie I've Seen Entire Year:

The Dark Knight (no contest here) it was simply awesome.

Best Games I've played.

I had some fun with Metal Gear Solid 4 (single player) and Resistance Online. COD4 was great. GTA4 was good too (single player) and Unreal Tournament 3.

Worst Movies
Met the Spartians
Max Payne.....so disappointing.
The Punisher: War Zone. -Expected this to be bad and it lived up to that!

You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain.

Did they re-release CoD 4 in 08, or did I miss something?

I dont want to celebrate, I want to sell you hate.

Best movie I've seen entire year:
The Dark Knight

Best games I've played
Grand Theft Auto IV
Resistance 2
Mirror's Edge

Worst Movies
I haven't seen a lot of movies this year, so I don't know

Why didn't you just make two separate threads, one for best/worst game of the year, and one for best/worst movie of the year?

Best of the year.

The fucking elections are over.
Mirror's Edge
I found a guy to run vynil for my mods.
The Dark Knight
Hunger - Directed by Steve McQueen
I've got steady employment again.
The rebirth of EA.


Worst of the year.

The fucking elections are over.
Mumbai bombings put an itch on India's (and consequently, the West's) trigger finger.
Sitting the ACT.
Large Hadron Money-sink... ahem... Collider.
The rise of leapfrog business model.

"I'll wager sixty finest English pence that you defeat Big Sister in the end by shagging her to death."

Kikizo.com - Excellence in Journalism

What are you talking about, Eddie? The Large Hard-on Collider is a scientific breakthrough. I mean, its not like we've had smaller machines doing the same shit for years, and its solving a pressing problem.

Best Games of 08:
Castle Crashers. Seriously, buy it.
Fallout 3

Worst Games of 08:
GTA 4. Controls are garbage, everything moves like it's wading through 3ft of shit.
Gears of War 2. The MP component is almost unplayable due to Epics shitty netcode. Way to go, failures, it was done correctly on a console in 04, even earlier on PC.

Best Movies:
Dark Knight, obviously.
I also thought Zac and Miri Make a Porno was fucking hilarious.

Worst Movie:
Burn After Reading. When even Clooney cant save the movie, it shouldnt have been made.

I dont want to celebrate, I want to sell you hate.

immortaldanmx


Did they re-release CoD 4 in 08, or did I miss something?

Haha.
While it did come out in Nov'07. I only got it in Jan '08.

mastachefbkw


Why didn't you just make two separate threads, one for best/worst game of the year, and one for best/worst movie of the year?

That was my first intention, but why create so many threads...it's one fucking year so 1 thread


Eddie_the_hated...good for you and that "stable job" My contract has not been renewed in 9 moths...fucking bastards. Well if things keep us as is...next year will be a very short year

You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain.

Best Movies: Iron Man/The Dark Knight

Best Games: Left 4 Dead/GTAIV

Worst Movies: Hancock/Max Payne

Worst Games:  Fracture/Far Cry 2 (just rented this one out - it really sucks tbh!)


Still looking forward to the movie The Day the Earth Stood Still.

I'll only remember 2008 for The Dark Knight. 

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That was my first intention, but why create so many threads...it's one fucking year so 1 thread

Sigh. Shadow, this is why we can't have nice things.

Best Movie:
Dark Knight, I guess.

Worst Movie:
Synecdoche, New York

Best Game:
Burnout Paradise

Worst Game:
Hard to say.  So much crap I downloaded demos for.  Probably some military-based FPS game.

Best Movie:
Dark Knight
Hellboy 2
Cloverfield

Worst Movie:
Meet the Spartans

Best Game:
Fallout 3
Gears of War 2

Worst Game:
Resistance 2 (why do you remove a perfectly good coop mode and replace it with a pile of shit?)
Fable 2

Fable 2

What? You people do realize that there is a difference between 'worst' and 'most disappointing', right?

Best of the Year:
Movies
Dark Knight
Hulk and Iron Man
Wanted
(Comic-Movies pretty much took over)
Forgetting Sarah Marshell
In Bruges

Games
Fallout 3
Little Big Planet
Saints Row 2

Worst of the Year:
Movies
Hancock
Dead Space:Downfall
Indeana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skulls
Rambo
Southland Tales

Games
The Incredible Hulk: Video Game (nothing else to rent at the time)
Folklore
Mercenaries 2
Civilization Revolution
Battlefield Bad Company

Movies

Dark Knight
Taken

Games
Fallout 3
Gears of War 2
Dead Space

Worst of the Year:
Movies
Step Brothers

Games
I dont play bad games.

BEST

Movies
Dark Knight
Quantum of Solace

Games
Metal Gear Solid 4
MotorStorm: Pacific Rift
Little Big Planet
Mirror's Edge
GTA IV
WipEout HD
Fallout 3


WORST

Movies
Wanted
Iron Man
Hancock
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Games
Resistance 2
Mercenaries 2

Wait...what? You didn't like Iron Man?  I take it that you never read the comic or watched the cartoons.  Downey Jr. is flesh incarnated from ink.  He nailed it.  

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Nitro, why are you now _Majik_ with fewer posts?  I demand an explanation!!

Hmm looking back at all the posts, I didn't remember i saw so much movies and played so many games.

Good:
Hulk (2008) was much better than I expected and far better than the previous movie. So while I don't care much of Hulk, it was above average.

And Yes Quantum of Solace: Daniel Craig went all out with the stunts.
This movie was not as good as Casino Royale but very good none the less.
Good movie.

Soul Caliber 4- While I only borrowed this. It was the best Vs game i've played whole year. Tekken 5 meh...

Disappointing Stuff
John Rambo "the boatman" while bloody and gory, it just did not live up to all the other Rambo movies.

Indiana Jones KOTCS was a huge let down.

When I read the Resistance 2 Co-Op was removed, it lost a star in my books, haven't played it yet but that's a disappointment.

Edit: Soul Caliber IV.
No you cannot use my time machine, borrow H.G. Wells own or Bill and Tedd's...i've heard they had an excellent adventure

You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain.

Soul Caliber 5 - While I only borrowed this. It was the best Vs game i've played whole year. Tekken 5 meh...

I can has ride in your time machine?

Worst Film: Quantum of Solace...Far too many continuity errors, the most glaring being the 3 piece suit worn at the end of Casino Royale changing to a 2 piece in a scene which is supposedly taking place moments after the end of Casino Royale.

Best Film: Dark Knight

Best Game: GTAIV and Fable2

Worst Game: Tiger Woods 09

Best Game: Gears of War 2 - don't let your girlfriend play it unless you have a wookiee fetish. Manliest game ever.

Best Film: Dark Knight - obv

"If you knew how good I am you would think I'm modest."

alijay034


Worst Game: Tiger Woods 09

NO shit, they really messed that up.  They didn't even attempt to try (yes, I know that is redundant, but oh so appropriate).

How the hell could anybody like Soul Calibur IV??? The game is awful...

I have loved the series until now, but they've completely fucking broken it. It's too slow, they've tweaked and altered too many moves and  it's the most unbalanced fighter i've ever played. Namco haven't lost their touch completely because Tekken 5 owned, Dark Resurrection owned and Tekken 6 fucking owns, but Soul Calibur IV is as bad as Tekken 4 was. It's pretty sure, but  that doesn't help it in the slightest.

As for Iron Man...

It wasn't a good film. I didn't like the Spiderman films, i didn't like the Transformers movie and i didn't like the X-Men films. I love comics, but not movies based on comic books.

And Nitro's a dick Joe. Nobody will be sorry to see the back of that fuck.

I'm not a fan of the xmen or spiderman films or even hulk etc.   But I loved Iron Man.  Course none of it made any sense, with a so-called genius weapons designer that's too naive to know what they're used for.  And the flux capacitor from Back to the Future. 

But it never took itself too seriously, remained cartoony and I dunno, maybe it was just the tech-geek in me.  The suit was just so shiny!

On the other hand - The Dark Knight kinda did take itself a bit seriously - and bits like [spoiler]the supposed switch at the end was just silly.  As though Batman ran off initially saying he'd save the girl, then off camera had run back to tell everyone he was changing his mind to save the guy.[/spoiler]  How else would the chief have known, heh.

Tbh I preferred Batman Begins.

On the other had - The Dark Knight kinda did take itself a bit seriously - and bits like the supposed switch at the end was just silly. As though Batman ran off initially saying one thing, then off camera had run back to tell everyone he was changing his mind. How else would the chief have known, heh.

The Joker knew Batman would try to save his girl.  It was the Joker who purposefully switched the addresses.  Batman thought he was heading for what's her face.  He also knew Batman would get there first, maybe it was closer.  He manipulated Batman and Harvey Dent.  His whole thing is that (order->predictability->weakness).  In fact throughout the entire movie the Joker was able manipulate everyone as they relied on established rules and boundaries, while he did not. 

He even manipulated the people who thought they were in control, like the Chinese accountant or the mob boss that put a price on his head.

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Hmm, will have to watch that bit again then.  It seems a bit too easy to just say, yea he knew he was going to do this.  Personally I would've thought Batman would want to save Harvey Dent - since he was bigging him up and feeling guilty about beating people up himself.  But when it came to it he just went after the poon.

I liked the Joker's character, but the plot 'twists' were kinda contrived imo.  Not saying I didn't love the film though.  Only film I went to see at the cinema all year tbh.  Others I got on DVD.

Were you implying that fighting games are a limited and broken genre that hasnt really expanded at all? Gasp! How did you know?

I dont want to celebrate, I want to sell you hate.

Hmm, will have to watch that bit again then.  It seems a bit too easy to just say, yea he knew he was going to do this.  Personally I would've thought Batman would want to save Harvey Dent - since he was bigging him up and feeling guilty about beating people up himself.  But when it came to it he just went after the poon.

So....did you even watch the movie?

Um, what did I watch the wrong one?

choupolo


Um, what did I watch the wrong one?

Did the bat-suit have nipples? If so, yes.

I dont want to celebrate, I want to sell you hate.

All clothes should have nipples built in.

It looked like this...


 

That's the right one right?

Agent Ghost


 His whole thing is that (order->predictability->weakness).  In fact throughout the entire movie the Joker was able manipulate everyone as they relied on established rules and boundaries, while he did not. 

He even manipulated the people who thought they were in control.

Thats on the mark Agent Ghost!

_Majik_


How the hell could anybody like Soul Calibur IV??? The game is awful...

I have loved the series until now, but they've completely fucking broken it. It's too slow, they've tweaked and altered too many moves and  it's the most unbalanced fighter i've ever played. Namco haven't lost their touch completely because Tekken 5 owned, Dark Resurrection owned and Tekken 6 fucking owns, but Soul Calibur IV is as bad as Tekken 4 was. It's pretty sure, but  that doesn't help it in the slightest.

And Nitro's a dick Joe. Nobody will be sorry to see the back of that fuck.

Tekken 4 was awful, so true but there is a lack of good Vs games and to me the only one that stood out was SC IV.
I gave up on after Tekken Tag and Tekken 3 nothing else was better than those Tekken Games.
I kinda grew partial to that fuck, but _Majic_ is back and he is alright.

immortaldanmx


Were you implying that fighting games are a limited and broken genre that hasnt really expanded at all? Gasp! How did you know?

But it wasn't like that.
Thats why arcade titles like Marvel Vs Capcom, Tekken Tag, Soul Edge, Street fighter 2, Mortal Kombat 2, Samauri Showdown, were all successful.

You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain.

Keyword of your statement: WERE. As in arcades are dead outside of Japan. Even well known fighting game series' struggle to sell real numbers.

I dont want to celebrate, I want to sell you hate.

I liked Hancock.

nekkid_monkey


I liked Hancock.

Kill yourself. It was decent enough, until the goddamned plot twist.

I dont want to celebrate, I want to sell you hate.

At least there WAS a plot twist. What's so goddamned interesting about watching batman's story again?  I still haven't seen that movie.

nekkid_monkey


At least there WAS a plot twist. What's so goddamned interesting about watching batman's story again?  I still haven't seen that movie.

And that would make your opinion of "Best and Worst Movies of 08" invalid.

I dont want to celebrate, I want to sell you hate.

At least there WAS a plot twist. What's so goddamned interesting about watching batman's story again? I still haven't seen that movie.

I agree with Dan on this one the plot twist did ruin the movie somewhat, I was also enjoying it until then.  You haven't seen The Dark Knight?  Are you a masochist?  There are three luxuries in life that everyone should experience at least once.  Preferably much more than once.

1. Smoke some Chronic.
2. Get a nice piece of ass.
3. And you must watch The Dark Knight. 

If you can manage them all in the same day, well that would be one fine fucking day.

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