Top Films of 2008

So it is pretty late but here it is finally. My top thirteen films of 2008.  I saw over 75 movies last year (man that is a lot of time) and while it was a good year I don’t think it was as great as last year. So here they are.

WALL-E

The Dark Knight

Gran Tarino

Man On Wire

Slumdog Millionare

Son of Rambow

Bigger-Stronger-Faster

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

In Bruges

Frost/Nixon

Burn after reading

The Wrestler

Doubt

U2 3D (Why this is a spectacular film I can’t include it in my list since if you did not see it you will not be able to since I was only in IMax theaters)

Honorable Mention :

The Bank Job, Iron Man, CJ7, Kung Fu Panda, Redbelt, Ghost Town, Milk, American Teen, The Visitor, Happy Go Lucky, Waltz With Basher, RocknRolla, The Reader,

Tropic Thunder, Revolutionary Road

Worst Film of 2008:

Australia

Movies I have not seen but want to:

Kicking It, Secrecy,  Stranded: I Have Come from a Plane That Crashed on the Mountains, Synecdoche New York, The Baader Meinhof Complex, Valkyrie, The Spirit

All of these are based off of recommendations.

Feel free to let me know if I left your favorite off the list or have any movies you think I should see.

GDC 2009

Great news I will be returning to GDC this year as a CA AND a Speaker. I am extremely excited about this opportunity. I talked to my friend (and editor of gamecareerguide.com) Jill Duffy about possibly doing a panel about new hires in the industry a few months ago; she said she would think about it and see if they would have the time slot for it during the Friday Career Summit. Last month she sent me an email telling me they were going to do the panel and wondered if I wanted to be on it. DUH of course I would.
I am very excited to get this opportunity to talk to all kinds of people about how I broke into the game industry and how I got through our crazy interview processes.
Here is a link to the session. You can also check out my speaker page.