Time's Top 10 Movies and TV Series

Time's Top 10 Everything of 2008 includes some interesting choices on their movies and TV lists. The movies, picked by Richard Corliss:

1. Wall-E
2. Synedoche, New York
3. My Winnipeg
4. 4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days
5. Milk
6. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
7. Slumdog Millionaire
8. Iron Man
9. Speed Racer (Speed Racer?)
10. Encounters at the End of the World

Note that among the summer blockbusters and year-end Oscar bait, Corliss does not include The Dark Knight, apparently lumping it among the action movies in his Iron Man slot--"In an excellent year for action films (Wanted, Hellboy II, The Dark Knight and, as you'll soon see, Speed Racer), this was the coolest movie machine."  Then again maybe not, as he does give a separate slot to Speed Racer ("Operating a pitch of delirious precision, the movie is a rich, cartoonish dream: non-stop Op art, and a triumph of virtual virtuosity."). He gave TDK a positive review, so either he likes to be different, or he just wanted the space for something more important (Speed Racer?).

Time's top TV series, picked by James Poniewozik:

1. The Shield
2. Mad Men
3. The Presidential Election
4. Dr. Horrible's Sing-along Blog
5. The Wire
6. Breaking Bad
7. Lost
8. Battlestar Galactica
9. Architecture School
10. Chuck

Note that Dr. Horrible was actually an online show.  Poniewozik explains: "But the best thing to come of [the writers' strike] was this eccentric, tragicomic musical, which--like the strike itself--helped redefine what could be called 'TV.'"  I'm all for it; Dr. Horrible is one of the more entertaining things I've watched this year.  --David

Comments

[Tivius on December 19, 2008 at 02:15 AM]

Speed Racer was a great film- truly innovative, excellently crafted and more importantly -- FUN! That's the magic.

Lose the "But I'm an adult now" self importance ( like you've NEVER played with Hot Wheels zooming across your parent's kitchen floor.. please.)
I'm 40 years old and this thrill of a movie made me feel like I was seven again in a way that no other film *ever* has.
When was that NOT the point of escapism?

Its not an art-house film ... its a roller coaster.
Put your hands up and leave all that stuffiness behind; its supposed to make you smile -- and it did that for almost anyone who dared to sit in the seat and dream a little.

Stop the Wachowski-hate and show some love, man.

One of the Best Films of 2008?
Absolutely.

Go Go Go!!!

- T.

[David Horiuchi on December 19, 2008 at 09:15 AM]

Thanks, Tivius. I watched Speed Racer and liked some things about it, but it should have been at least 20 minutes shorter. Looks great on BD but should have had lossless sound. --David