TOP 10 Most Anticipated Films of 2008

[Alexandro]

synechdoque, ny
wall e
w
the dark knight
the curious case of benjamin button
funny games
tropic thunder
ponyo on a cliff
bruno
changeling

[New Feeling]

Christmas on Mars


Ponyo on a Cliff
Australia
The Class
4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days
Quantum of Solace
Blindness
Miracle at St. Anna
The Road
Tropic Thunder
Speed Racer
Che
Shine a Light
My Winnnipeg
Cassandra's Dream
American Teen
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Hunter S. Thompson
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
Changeling
Redbelt
The Hurt Locker
Rachel Getting Married
The Exiles
Lights in the Dusk
Revolutionary Road
Step Brothers
Two Lovers
Mr. Lonely
My Blueberry Nights
Yes Man
The Visitor
Cloverfeld
In Bruges
Rambo
The Band's Visit
Reprise
Stop-Loss
Bigger, Stronger, Faster
America the Beautiful
Tell No One
The Duchess of Langeais
The Edge of Heaven
Flight of the Red Blalloon
The Pleasure of Being Robbed
Jellyfish
The Fall
Shotgun Stories
Surfwise
My Kid Could Paint That
The Happening
Love Guru
Snow Angels
Mother of Tears
Water Lillies
Love Songs
Warlords
Ballast
Saving Grace
Snow Angels
The Orphanage
Sex and the City
The Strangers
Under the Same Moon
Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden
Futurama: Beast With a Billion Bucks


So far:

Synechdoche NY
Milk
Vicky Christina Barcelona
Burn After Reading
The Wrestler
Pineapple Express
Rachel Getting Married
Kung Fu Panda
Silent Light
Wall-E
Be Kind, Rewind
Standard Operating Procedure
Happy Go Lucky
Cassandra's Dream
Paranoid Park
Encounters at the End of the World
Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
W.
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Funny Games
Iron Man
Indiana Jones 4

[Kal]

Hey rookie. Welcome to XIXAX.

Bruno is 2009. Some of them are already out (and gone, like Speed Racer) so we are not really anticipating them anymore.

Have fun!

[picolas]

New Feeling has been around since the dawn of this board. s/he just doesn't post a bunch.

[New Feeling]

Yo Kal, I missed Speed Racer in its first run so I am still highly anticipating seeing it in the dollar theatres sometime this week.   Now that you mention it I'm really anticipating Shine a Light on DVD next week, and Paranoid Park this week, both of which I'm aware have proverbially come and gone.  I still consider them 2008 films even though one of them premiered 7 months before the end of 2007.  It's 2008 for me baby, and that's what the thread's about.  You the Living and Silent Light would've been my 1-2 if I hadn't seen them in the last couple of weeks and they both premiered over a year ago. 

Thanks for noticing my existence Picolas.  Yeah I've been round since the beginning of ptanderson.com boards and even way back at the PTA e-group during the Magnolia release, which I consider to be the earliest predecessor to all this.  Thank you all you few for keeping this space extremely informative.  I wish I could post more but mostly I just like having a place to make lists that I won't lose.   

I'm not even really that stoked for Bruno I just added it because someone else had it on their list.  Having now made my list after a horrible first half of the year, I think 2008 is looking extremely weak from here, 2009 on the other hand is going to be off the hook. 

especially if there's a new PTA (fingers and toes crossed).

[El Duderino]

I'm really anticipating Shine a Light on DVD next week

IMAX is the only way to see this movie.

[w/o horse]

Will someone make a Xixax list of the great films coming out the remainder of this year?  Because I think there's maybe a lot, or maybe I'm just really looking forward to Synecdoche, New York, and the Wrestler.  See that's my point I don't follow upcoming releases too well so will someone please make a Xixax list for the remainder of the year?

Am I asking too much.

Edit
+ You see even in my tiny list of two I forgot Milk.

[picolas]

everything remotely interesting i can think of:

Synecdoche
Milk
Wrestler
Benjamin Button
Slumdog Millionaire
Australia
Soloist
W.
The Road
Quantum
Changeling
Revolutionary Road
Zach and Miri
Frost/Nixon
Doubt
Defiance
Rachel Getting Married
Argentine/Guerilla
Bruno (dunno if this is still '08)
Brothers Bloom

[squints]

Christmas on Mars

Just saw that you posted this.

Bad news: This blows.

There are 4 movies that I really want to see and i've already missed my opportunity to see one:
Wrestler
The Road
Benjamin Button
Encounters at the End of the World

[w/o horse]

If four great films and six or so good films come out in the next three months it'll be a strong year.  And that's what it looks like it's going to be.  It's kind of a low-key director driven year too.

[ᾦɐļᵲʊʂ]

Is anyone aware of / as psyched about Peur(s) du noir (Fear(s) of the Dark) as I am?


It's six short animated black and white horror films.  Count me in, even if it sucks.  My theater is getting it on Halloween.  I will be drunk/there.

[modage]

yeah even though horror anthologies almost always suck, this one will be animated so maybe that will make it good!

[w/o horse]

I watched the trailer last night and kind of thought that probably horror in animated form will never work?

P.S.  Have much better Halloween plans (no offense):
10/31 @ 8pm
The Tingler
and
Cinefamily Halloween Party

First, we all sit down and watch The Tingler, William Castle's weirdo masterpiece of gimmickry about a lobster-shaped creature which feeds on terror within the human body!  Aside from being the first film to utilize LSD as a plot device, the original theatrical run was presented in "Percepto," whereby theater patrons were given electric shocks in their seat to simulate the monster's attack.  The result, of course, was giddy insanity as Price's voice urges patrons to "scream for your lives!" Best of all, The Tingler features a major subplot based on the Silent Movie Theatre itself and its original owners, the Hamptons (Castle even used our space for exteriors).  Feel a tingle up your spine as you watch this scenes from this classic set in the location you're sitting in...and maybe a tingle on your tuchas when we shock you Castle-style with real wired seats!  Once the movie's over, we're gonna clear the couches, make a dance floor, and have a real monster mash!  Vittles and libations!  Costume prizes!  Karaoke on the big screen!  Halloween!
The Tingler Dir. William Castle, 1959, 35mm, 82 min.

[JG]

man, i am so sad that i missed silent light, but ballast and pleasure of being robbed this week! and alexander nevsky if i have time.