The Wrap-Up:// 2008 the best of's in the life of Brandon

I notice around this time there are a lot of best of lists for every web page. Makes sense, the party's over and time to take stock of everything the last year had. So why not I?

The following is the way I see it, regardless of critical reviews.

So here's my listing of the Top (Whatever) of 2008:

Top Movie of 2008:

The Nominees:
The Dark Knight
The Hammer
The Bank Job

The envelope please: The Dark Knight (shocker!)

Best TV Show of 2008:

The Nominees:
Sons of Anarchy (FX)
Dexter (Showtime)
True Blood (HBO)

The envelope please: True Blood

Best Book I read in 2008*

The Nominees:
Dexter in the Dark
No Country for Old Men
Schindler's List

The envelope please: No Country for Old Men

*Nominees were selected based on 2008 was the first time I read these books


Best New CD in 2008:

The Nominees:
Metallica Death Magnetic
Guns N Roses Chinese Democracy
Portishead Third

The envelope please: GNFR baby!


Best Videogame in 2008:

The Nominees:
Fable II
GTA IV
Fallout 3

The envelope please: Fallout 3


Best Sports Moment in 2008:

The Nominees:
Giants defeating 18-0 Patriots in Superbowl
WVU upsetting Oklahoma in Fiesta Bowl
Pat White's last game as a senior throwing for 300+ yards

The envelope please: Super Superbowl


Favorite Live Music Moment of 2008

The Nominees:
Glassjaw Reunion
Me playing the Knitting Factory
My bassline on Tricky

The envelope please: Glassjaw Reunion (I'd assumed I'd win this category)


Greatest Writing Achievement in 2008

Learning how to write and completing my first screenplay


Greatest Life Moment of 2008:

The Nominees:
New puppies Rocktobertron and Charley Charley BBQ
Moving to a new apartment
First full calender year of being married to the most wonderful woman in the world
Said beautiful woman buying me a 42" Plasma Screen

The envelope please: A tie! My wife wins everything.

Movies of 2008:// What I've Seen

Normally I watch something like 4-5 movies a month theatrically, which is up to like 60 a year. I don't profess to be a expert, critic, or anything like that, it's just I love the artform and can't get enough of it.

This year, however, was a very down year for me (in the movie going sense. In Life it was my best year ever.) That's not to say 2008 wasn't a good movie year, I just had a lot of other stuff pulling me away from ye ol' cineplex. And even though I saw a bunch different movies, I saw some of them 2 or 3 times.

Here's a list of movies I saw that were released in 2008. There might be more but I forgotten them and maybe that's for the best.

In no particular order:

Cloverfield
The Bank Job
Burn After Reading
The Dark Knight
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
The Hammer
Hancock
Hellboy II
The Incredible Hulk
Indy IV
Iron Man
Mamma Mia!
Pineapple Express
Rambo
Semi-Pro
Step Brothers
Tropic Thunder
Wanted
Wild West Comedy Show
The Happening
Marley & Me
You Don't Mess with the Zohan
Choke
The Forbidden Kingdom
The Strangers
Made of Honor
Sleepwalking

I'll attempt to rank them soon and perhaps through up short reviews for each. Isn't going to be to hard to rank the worst of the bunch though. The worst movie o f 2008 is the worst movie I've ever seen...And I saw Japanese Girl's Suicide Club and lots of German Porn.