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2008 Notable Individuals THE EXCEPTIONAL 1 - The Dark Knight As a geeky comic book fan it fills me with immense joy to proclaim The Dark Knight such a sterling achievement and one of the greatest comic book adaptations ever penned 2 - Wall-E Once again Pixar prove they know how to create wholly beautiful stories without reducing themselves to dumbed-down plots and tired Disney cliches 3 - In Bruges As hilarious as it is outrageous; a terrific movie from a very gifted playwright 4 - The Wrestler A glorious return to form for Rourke in a delightfully beautiful tale that proves Aronofsky is simply incapable of directing a bad film 5 - No Country For Old Men Another superb offering from the Coen Brothers, skilfully blending the Western with Film Noir 6 - Gone Baby Gone 7 - Iron man 8 - Cloverfield 9 - Hellboy II: The Golden Army 10 - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street THE MOST UNDER-RATED FILM OF 2008 Tropic Thunder All of Ben Stiller's previous sins are hereby forgiven for releasing this superb, boundary breaking example of topical, satirical comedy THE INUTILE 1 - The Hottie & The Nottie Hanlon's Razor aside, this is a terrible, sickening and utterly offensive piece that has no place in sane society 2 - Disaster Movie Another delightfully dreadful series of poorly conceived parodies, neatly arranged into one smoking pile of excrement 3 - The Love Guru The official death of Mike Myers' career. Xenophobic, homophobic, racist and (possibly worst of all) really fucking stupid 4 - Star Wars: The Clone Wars Littered with things George Lucas incorrectly believes to be cute and funny, this is a stain on the franchise 5 - Meet The Spartans 84 minute long gay joke that failed to entertain, impress or convey anything other than a complete lack of talent by all involved THE MOST OVER-RATED FILM OF 2008 Juno Average Indie comedy that received far too much attention for what, in the end, was an incredibly dull and somewhat eventless story, devoid of consequence