re: Andrew Osborne's Top Ten Movies of 2008 (Part Two)

Iris Steensma — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 17:51:20 GMT

Spot on assessment of The Dark Knight. Most overrated trifle of 2008!! But where, oh, where is The Love Guru?

re: Andrew Osborne's Top Ten Movies of 2008 (Part Two)

Brian Halligan — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 02:07:39 GMT

Well done, sir. I also enjoyed the link to your assessment of TDK. Lon and I enjoyed it quite a bit at the movies, but watching the Blu-Ray at home (our first, thanks to the holiday generosity of my hubby) suddenly revealed many dull stretches punctuated by the admittedly intriguing performance of Ledger's (although even then, all of his tics and mannerisms reminded me of Pauline Kael's appraisal of Dustin Hoffman in Rain Man, which she boiled down to one word: stunt).

And kudos for your defense of Rachel Getting Married. We shared many of the same reservations that you did when we saw it, but your remembrance of it rings true.

Also, Lon is a big, big fan of In Bruges. We saw McDonagh's brilliant Lieutenant of Inishmore on stage in New York a few years ago and will see The Cripple of Inishmore in Feb., but I'm afraid we may have lost him to the movies. Have you seen the short he won an Oscar for, Six Shooter? Very good.

Lastly, how is Still Alive not the greatest pop song of 2008?

Hi to Amy for me and have a great New Year!