Runners-up: Twilight, for making even dumber a teen pop phenom which was already dumb enough (hey kids, go watch Let the Right One In); and The Happening, for allowing us to watch a once-talented filmmaker (M. Night Shyamalan) sink under the weight of his own arrogance and lunacy to become this century's Ed Wood.
And so that, for better or for worse, was 2008.
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Article comments
1 - Friend Mouse
Excellent y/e wrap-up - not least because I agree with you on all counts!
2 - Wesley Mead
Superb article, Arlo. Some great choices. I like that you gave both Dr. Horrible and Robert Downey, Jr. their dues.