Our Life Down Under

With all these babies, and moving to Queensland, 2008 was definitely the year I saw the least amount of movies in many years.

I could write a huge list of movies that came out in 2008 that I still want to see, they’ll be lots of DVD renting going on this year

So in saying that this is my slightly warped top 5 list of movies I did manage to see.

5. No Country For Old Men

Thought this was a great film from the Coen Brothers, Javier Bardem was excellent and I had a bit of a freak-out moment when I realised Josh Brolin was one of the kids from The Goonies.

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4. Forgetting Sarah Marshall

Written by its leading man Jason Segel and featuring one of Val’s favourites, Russell Brand. This comedy is top notch stuff.

The best movie featuring a Dracula puppet musical that you’ll probably ever see.

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3. Once

Set in Ireland and staring Glen Hansard (the singer from The Frames), Once is a musical unlike any you’ll have seen before.

Shot with a low budget and featuring a brilliant soundtrack Val and I loved this movie and watched it quite a few times last year.  We’ve listened to the soundtrack album loads too which includes the Oscar winning song (falling slowly).

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2. Ironman

Over shadowed slightly by The Dark Knight, Ironman was an excellent film and the once troubled Robert Downey Jr was well cast as the troubled billionaire turned superhero.

Not taking itself too seriously, it got the perfect balance between action, plot and quality performances.

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1. The Dark Knight

Good and evil, peace and chaos, Batman and the Joker are two sides of the same coin.

A better film than even the biggest fan-boys dared dream it could be, The Dark Knight was the must see film of 2008 for me.

Heath Ledgers performance was simply staggering.

Is this the pinical of the current superhero movie trend, probably.