I don't always remember to write down stuff like this, so there may be some shit I forgot. Like, I'm sure I saw more than 2 movies this year with amazing endings. Pretty sure, anyway. Macabre was definitely the best, though.
The Top 15 Scenes from Movies I Watched in 2008
1. Girl cannibalizes herself in Splatter: Naked Blood
2. The main characters all dress up in tuxedos, and want to go play football, and all make chicken noises when one of them doesn't want to go, then they do end up playing football for like 30 seconds, and we never find out why they're all wearing tuxedos in The Room
3. Nicolas Cage says "Oh, by the way. I raped someone the other night." in Vampire's Kiss
4. TIE: Possessed brother seduces sister in Amityville II: The Possession/Erica Gavin seduces her brother in the shower in Vixen!
5. Django removes primitive machine gun from coffin and shoots everyone in Django
6. James Coburn smiles hugely, showing off his incredible teeth, while his wife and his friend make out in Duck, You Sucker
7. Girl sings Country Roads and is joined by a band in Whisper of the Heart
8. Richard Widmark pushes a woman in a wheelchair down the stairs in Kiss of Death
9. A car key is inserted into the ignition from the POV of the ignition in Torque
10. A man casually picks up money from the table with chopsticks, and sticks it in his pocket, then casually continues eating with the same chopsticks in Pickup On South Street
11. Tom Cruise suspended in the white room in Mission: Impossible (shit was fucking tense)
12. Serial killers kill a family underneath a Christmas tree in August Underground's Penance
13. Nicolas Cage shouts the alphabet in Vampire's Kiss
14. Outer space laser fight in Moonraker
15. Every time someone pulls off their face revealing themselves to be someone else (it happens roughly 400 times, I think) in Mission: Impossible II
The Top 3 Opening Scenes from Movies I Watched in 2008
1. Bad Boys II (big action sequence leading into Will Smith and Martin Lawrence throwing off KKK outfits, guns blazing)
2. Requiem for a Vampire (gunfight/car chase with cute girls in clown makeup for no discernible reason)
3. Monster Dog (this music video, also at ending)
The Top 2 Endings from Movies I Watched in 2008
1. Macabre (don't want to spoil it, but trust me, it's amazing)
2. Nightmare (young boy kills his dad and his dad's girlfriend and it's unbelievably bloody)
The Top 10 Performances By Actresses Who Are Female From Movies That I Watched In 2008
1. Jennifer Jason Leigh in Flesh+Blood
2. Jennifer Lopez in Selena
3. Erica Gavin in Vixen!
4. Michelle Pfeiffer in Batman Returns
5. Barbara Stanwyck in The Lady Eve
6. Jennifer Jason Leigh in The Hudsucker Proxy
7. Rainbeaux Smith in Drum
8. Jayne Mansfield in Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
9. Trini Alvarado in Times Square
10. Susan Tyrrell in Flesh+Blood
Honorable Mentions: Margaret O'Brien in Meet Me in St. Louis, Ann-Margret in Viva Las Vegas, Samatha Eggar in The Collector, and Barbara Stanwyck in Ball of Fire.
The Top 10 Performances By Actors Who Are Male From Movies That I Watched In 2008
1. Nicolas Cage in Vampire's Kiss
2. Tommy Wiseau in The Room
3. Richard Widmark in Kiss of Death
4. Al Pacino in The Godfather Part II
5. Charles Grodin in The Great Muppet Caper
6. TIE: Timothy Dalton in Licence To Kill/Daniel Craig in Casino Royale
7. Robert Forster in Alligator
8. Kurt Russell in Used Cars
9. Terence Stamp in The Collector
10. Lon Chaney in The Unknown
Honorable Mention: Judd Nelson in The Dark Backward.
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