MUSIC - FILM
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End of year awards

FILM
first, some thoughts:

Best:
click on title for original review
10. Quarantine
9. In Bruges
8. Iron Man
7. RocknRolla
6. Doomsday
5. Lakeview Terrace
4. Step Brothers
3. Forgetting Sarah Marshall
2. Dark Knight
1. Slumdog Millionaire

Honorable Mention:
4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days
- released in 2007, but didn't come to america until 2008. would have been in the top 3, maybe #1 or #2 if it were eligible. great film.
 

Meryl's Picks in GREEN
10. Iron Man
9. Happening
8. In Bruges
7. Smart People
6. Boy In The Striped Pajamas
5. Step Brothers
4. Pineapple Express
3. Dark Knight
2. Role Models
1. Slumdog Millionaire

Worst:
click on title for original review
5. Red Belt
4. Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed
3. Rachel Getting Married
2. Made Of Honor
1. Twilight

5b. What Happens In Vegas
5a. Made Of Honor
4. Jumper
3. Twilight
2. Hancock
1. Meet The Browns

AWARDS
Best Actor
Greg Kinnear - Flash Of Genius
Sean Penn - Milk

Best Actress
Meryl Streep - Doubt
none were good enough, but Kate Winslet in The Reader would win if we had seen it in 2008

Best Supporting Actor
Heath Ledger - Dark Knight
Bobb'e J. Thompson - Role Models

Best Supporting Actress
Gwenyth Paltrow - Iron Man
Vera Farmiga - Boy In The Striped Pajamas

Best Screenplay (Original/Adapted)
Adapted:
Slumdog Millionaire
Slumdog Millionaire

Original:
Lakeview Terrace
Role Models

Best Director
Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire
Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire

Best Cinematography
Wally Pfister - Dark Knight
Anthony Dod Mantle - Slumdog Millionaire

Best Ensemble Cast
Doubt
Valkyrie

of the following: (* indicates that meryl saw it too)
Yes Man*
Valkyrie*
Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Doubt
Frost/Nixon *
Day The Earth Stood Still *
Milk *
Twilight *
Boy In The Striped Pajamas *
Slumdog Millionaire *
Transporter 3 *
Four Christmases *
Rachel Getting Married *
Quantum Of Solace *
Role Models *
RocknRolla *
Zack And Miri Make A Porno *
Changeling *
Frontrunners *
What Just Happened? *
W. *
Max Payne *
Quarantine
Express *
Flash Of Genius *
Body Of Lies *
Choke *
Religulous *
Eagle Eye *
Ghost Town *
Lakeview Terrace *
Burn After Reading *
Transiberian *
Death Race *
Traitor *
Tropic Thunder *
House Bunny *
American Teen *
Pineapple Express *
Step Brothers *
Dark Knight *
Hancock *
Kung Fu Panda
Wanted
Bigger, Stronger, Faster* *
Get Smart *
Love Guru *
Incredible Hulk *
Happening *
Forbidden Kingdom
Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull *
Sex And The City *
Recount
Made Of Honor *
Iron Man *
Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed *
What Happens In Vegas *
Red Belt *
Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay *
Baby Mama *
Forgetting Sarah Marshall *
88 Minutes *
Smart People *
Street Kings *
Leatherheads *
In Bruges *
21 *
Stop-Loss *
Doomsday *
Meet The Browns *
Horton Hears A Who *
Bank Job *
Vantage Point *
Be Kind Rewind *
Definitely, Maybe *
Jumper *
Untraceable *
Cloverfield *
27 Dresses *

Meryl saw, but i didn't:
Chronicles Of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Other Boleyn Girl
Enchanted

MUSIC
SINGLES:
Artist - Track (Album)
10. Gnarls Barkley - Run (I'm A Natural Disaster) (Odd Couple)
10. NIN - Discipline (Slip)
9. Weezer - Pork And Beans (Red Album)
8. Murs - Lookin' Fly (Murs For President)
7. Death Cab For Cutie - I Will Possess Your Heart
6. Autechre - Altibzz (Quaristice)
5. Bones Domingo - Perfect Meltdown (n/a)
4. Immortal Technique - Mistakes (3rd World)
3. Ruby Suns - Tane Mahuta (Sea Lion)
2. Roots - Rising Down (Rising Down)
1. Dengue Fever - Seeing Hands (Venus On Earth)
 

ALBUMS:
5. ?
4. Murs - Murs For President
3. Girl Talk - Feed The Animals
2. Roots - Rising Down
1. Dengue Fever - Venus On Earth