The Screengrab has spoken...well, at least five of us (Phil Nugent, Andrew Osborne, Scott Von Doviak, Leonard Pierce & Paul Clark, to be prezact) in a cluster of "Best Of" lists posted over the past few days...
...and now, using state-of-the-art bloggage technology, we have calculated the results of all those individual lists to bring you our official collective ranking of THE TOP TEN MOVIES OF 2008!
10. (TIE) HAPPY-GO-LUCKY/SILENT LIGHT/WENDY AND LUCY
9. MAN ON WIRE
8. YOUNG@HEART
7. A CHRISTMAS TALE
6. FROST/NIXON
5. MILK
4. THE DARK KNIGHT
3. WALL-E
2. RACHEL GETTING MARRIED
And, finally...
...drum roll...
1. SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK!!!!
The Individual Screengrab 2008 Top Ten Lists
Paul Clark
10. Stuck
9. Burn After Reading
8. WALL-E
7. The Dark Knight
6. Man on Wire
4/5. A Christmas Tale and Rachel Getting Married
3. The Duchess of Langeais
2. Silent Light
1. Synecdoche, New York
Leonard Pierce
10. MILK (Gus Van Sant, dir.)
9. BALLAST (Lance Hammer, dir.)
8. THE DARK KNIGHT (Christopher Nolan, dir.)
7. IL Y A LONGTEMPS QUE JE T'AIME (Phillipe Claudel, dir.)
6. MAN ON WIRE (James Marsh, dir.)
5. WALL*E (Andrew Stanton, dir.)
4. RACHEL GETTING MARRIED (Jonathan Demme, dir.)
3. CHE (Steven Soderbergh, dir.)
2. WENDY AND LUCY (Kelly Reichardt, dir.)
1. SYNECHDOCHE, NEW YORK (Charlie Kaufman, dir.)
Scott Von Doviak
10. NOT QUITE HOLLYWOOD
9. WELLNESS
8. IN SEARCH OF A MIDNIGHT KISS/NICK AND NORAH'S INFINITE PLAYLIST
7. FROST/NIXON
6. WALL-E
5. THE DARK KNIGHT
4. RACHEL GETTING MARRIED
3. ENCOUNTERS AT THE END OF THE WORLD
2. MILK
1. SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK
Andrew Osborne
1. Young@Heart
2. Happy-Go-Lucky
3. Rachel Getting Married
4. Frost/Nixon
5. Milk
6. The Wackness
7. Full Battle Rattle
8. Iron Man
9. In Bruges
10. Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Phil Nugent
BEFORE I FORGET
CHOP SHOP
A CHRISTMAS TALE
THE CLASS
THE DARK KNIGHT
THE EDGE OF HEAVEN
THE ORDER OF MYTHS
THE SECRET OF THE GRAIN
SYNECDOCHE, NY
WALL-E
And now...onto Oscar predictions!