Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Gringo is: upset about the current state of Hollywood film

I was putting together my Worst 10 of 2008 list.
Here are the ten that I came up with:
10. Baby Mama 09. Meet the Browns 08. The Happening 07. War Inc. 06. 27 Dresses 05. Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden? 04. Semi-Pro 03. Jumper 02. Doomsday 01. 88 Minutes
Those are the worst movies I've seen this year.
But am I qualified to make a Worst Of list?

I've yet to see: One Missed Call, First Sunday, In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale, The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie, How She Move, Meet the Spartans, Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert, Over Her Dead Body, The Eye, Fool's Gold, Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins, The Hottie and the Nottie, Definitely, Maybe, Step Up 2 the Streets, The Spiderwick Chronicles, Diary of the Dead, Vantage Point, Witless Protection, The Other Boleyn Girl, 10,000 B.C., College Road Trip, Never Back Down, Sleepwalking, Drillbit Taylor, Shutter, 21, Stop-Loss, Superhero Movie, Leatherheads, Nim's Island, The Ruins, Prom Night, Street Kings, Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed, The Forbidden Kingdom, Then She Found Me, Made of Honor, Speed Racer, What Happens in Vegas..., Postal, Stuck, You Don't Mess with the Zohan, The Love Guru, Kit Kittridge: An American Girl, Wanted, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Meet Dave, Harold, August, Space Chimps, Brideshead Revisited, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, Swing Vote, Beer for My Horses, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, The Rocker, The House Bunny, Babylon A.D., College, Disaster Movie, Bangkok Dangerous, Righteous Kill, The Women, My Best Friend's Girl, Battle in Seattle, The Duchess, Hounddog, Eagle Eye, Fireproof, An American Carol, Beverly Hills Chihuahua, RocknRolla, City of Ember, Quarantine, Max Payne, Sex Drive, What Just Happened, High School Musical 3: Senior Year, Saw V, The Haunting of Molly Hartley, Role Models, Soul Men, Bolt, Twilight, Four Christmases, Punisher: War Zone, Extreme Movie, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Delgo, Nothing Like the Holidays, Seven Pounds, Yes Man, or Bedtime Stories.

Let me watch those and get back to you.

12 comments:

J.D. said...

Take City of Ember out of there NOW.

elgringo said...

Sorry, can't take it out until I watch it.

J.D. said...

It's there just because it flopped, isn't it? Because I don't think it had the reviews to indicate "worst of the year."

*bitter*

elgringo said...

Haven't seen it.
Have no idea how it did money-wise.
Just thought it didn't look very good.
Very good chance I'm wrong.
If I ever see it, I'll let you know.

whitney said...

I guess we'll have to watch the Veggie Tales movie now. Damn. (yesssss!)

11 Word Movie Reviews/Son of Double Feature said...

This reminds me of that one Family Guy where Peter names all the awful Fox shows that had to be canceled for them to get back on the air.

If I had to nominate one to add to the list, I'd add The Hottie and The Nottie.

God, what a bad year...

Jason Soto said...

I just watched Baby Mama. What was wrong with that? As for the others...um, yeah too many to both defend and agree with. Go head on wit yer bad self!
-Jason

elgringo said...

Jason Soto -- Baby Mama just disappointed me. I hadn't seen any other movies that deserved to take the #10 spot.

Son of Double Feature -- The Hottie and The Nottie was on the list.

Thomas Pluck said...

Yeah, I was gonna give you flack for Baby Mama and Doomsday, which aren't great, but also aren't deserving of being on a worst list. Then again when you have to pick 10, I can't fault you for not liking either for personal reasons.

The Happening was a huge disappointment, but not unexpected from the guy who made The Village. It's fine for an update on the Terrible B Science Fiction Movie from the '50s, but really should have been better.

For example Dan in Real Life would be on my list for 2007.

Daniel said...

Haha, that's scary.

Bedtime Stories is surprisingly fun. Stop-Loss is possibly one of the BEST movies of the year (!). 21 was horribly disappointing. Role Models was alright.

Yeah, I think you're pretty right. This is ridiculous. Make it an annual post.

Fletch said...

What's the significance of the bolded ones?

I would suggest taking out:

* Definitely, Maybe - one of the best-reviewed rom-coms of the year. I know that doesn't mean much in and of itself, but I saw it as well and give it a thumbs up.

* Role Models - how dare you. One of my most enjoyed comedies this year.

* The Spiderwick Chronicles - I didn't love it by any means, but it was decent for a kiddie flick.

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