1) The Curious Case Of Benjamin ButtonScott Fitzgerald’s short story was well and truly drawn out as long as it could stretch, and then a bit. Quite arguably David Fincher’s worst piece of work to date, the blandness of Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett were just impossible to empathise with.
2) Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen
Michael Bay adds more CGI explosions and provides Megan Fox with less clothes to truly alienate audiences. There is only so far you can take a plot which centres around metal things endlessly hitting each other.
3) Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
All the darkness, evil and maturity which was at the centre of Rowling’s book was crammed into the last 20 minutes of the film. By which at this point the two hours of tedious St. Trinians schoolyard politics had ruined whatever material that was set to proceed it.
4) Slumdog Millionaire
Easily the most overrated film of the year. Danny Boyle’s happy love story really wasn’t all that.
5) X-Men Origins: Wolverine
With internet geeks leaking out footage to millions, the piracy debate which built up to the film’s release was more exciting than actual the movie itself. This prequel is essentially a pointless series of events which will blight the engaging puzzle of X2, the best superhero film ever made, for those who have not seen it.
6) Terminator Salvation
A disappointing sequel which not only single-handedly spoiled James Cameron’s chilling dystopia, but could also not quite live up to the intensity of Christian Bale’s infamous rant on set.
7) Watchmen
The Citizen Kane of the comic book world was degraded and stripped of all its significance by the self proclaimed fanboy Zack Synder.
8) Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience
Enough said really.
9) Twilight: New Moon
Released after Let The Right One In and just before Thirst, this was not even the best vampire movie of this year, let alone of all time as many fans seem to think.
10) Inglorious Basterds
Ten years in the making, and all we get is this tiresome piece of work.
Runners Up: Night at the Museum 2, Paul Blart: Mall Cop, Crank: High Voltage, Saw VI, Broken Embraces
2 comments:
Agreed on Slumdog, but I gotta say I loved Inglorious Basterds, even if it wasn't quite up to par with the other Tarantino movies.
There were parts of Basterds I really enjoyed, particularly the tense opening and ending. It was just all the stuff in between, bored me senseless!
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