What are the best movies worth seeing that were made in 2008? Even though the question is very straightforward, it all depends on your genre preference. The movie industry produced a series of blockbuster hits that filled the seats at movie theaters with hundreds of thousands of seat in movie theaters all across the country.
People in general love to watch movies. Video Business once published a series of statistics that indicated the average American views at least seven movies each month. Most of these movies are watched on DVD or as a download from their cable provider.
Did you know that Hollywood released approximately 500 movies during 2008? While that is a remarkable number of films, only a few made it onto the big screen. Others were enjoyed by a select group of special interest movie watchers. All in all, there was something entertaining for everyone.
When 2008 was rapidly coming to a close, movie critics gathered all around the country to summarize the movies and to present their final verdicts for those movies which were deemed as overwhelming successes or dismal flops. While their verdicts do carry weight within the movie industry, there nothing but mere opinions. We all have our own preference for what truly entertains us.
Perhaps one of the greatest reasons we love watching movies is that they not only entertain us in a personal way, but a well-produced movie has the power to briefly transfer us into a fantasy world, where we can somewhat relate to the story and the personalities of the characters played by the actors and actresses involved. We can all identify with certain movie plots and scenes that nostalgically stimulate our thoughts.
The year of 2008 was a great year for DVD collections. Some of the best movies were quickly released for purchase or download as new movies were quickly released into the theaters. Hollywood had a difficult time keeping up with the entertainment demand.
There’s almost never a satisfying way to sum up a year of movies, particularly when you’re just emerging from that year and still trying to analyze the importance of all the big hits or, perhaps more accurately, the lack of significance.
So what kind of movies did you enjoy in 2008? I am sure you found the time to entertain yourself and the family with movies that made you feel good inside. My personal favorites were as follows: Wanted, Tropic Thunder, Slumdog Millionaire, Burn After Reading, The Visitor, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Gran Torino, WALL-E, Iron Man and The Dark Knight. If you have never seen any of these, I suggest you rent them at your local video store. You will love the entertainment value they bring to your world of movie indulgent.