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Ben Lyons’ Top 10 Summer ‘08 Films

August 30, 2008 by Sam Sloan   || Category: Film

E*Online’s Ben Lyons has released his list of the Top 10 Summer 2008 films. See if you agree with him.

  • 10. Traitor: Clearly, Don Cheadle’s been hanging with Matt Damon so much, he wanted to make his own Bourne-style film—and he made a pretty good one while he was at it.
  • 9. Mongol: A sweeping epic for the ages surrounding the early life of Genghis Khan during his days as a slave, before he conquered half the world and was then sucked into a phone booth and taken to San Dimas, Calif., where he destroyed a sporting-goods store. Wait, I might be mixing this up with Bill & Ted…
  • 8. The House Bunny: Even though my dialogue was cut out of the film, Anna Faris was the funniest actresses at the movies this summer, hands-down.
  • 7. Son of Rambow: A Sundance favorite from England, featuring talented young actors whose characters love Rambo movies so much, they go out and make their own. Brilliant.
  • 6. American Teen: Another film from Sundance that documents the lives of teens in Indiana. A refreshing break from High School Musical to say the least.
  • 5. The Wackness: aka the story of my life growing up in New York—minus the ice cream cart.
  • 4. Bra Boys: Aussie doc about surfers narrated by Russell Crowe that should be turned into a scripted feature.
  • 3. Tropic Thunder: Some found it offensive, which I respect and understand. I, however, found it funny as s–t.
  • 2. Iron Man: Director Jon Favreau exceeded the enormous expectations for this film, thanks to spot-on casting and Marvelous storytelling.
  • 1. The Dark Knight: Batman. The Joker. Harvey Dent. My man Debo from Friday as that prisoner on the boat. What else could you want from a summer movie?


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    2 Responses to “Ben Lyons’ Top 10 Summer ‘08 Films”

    1. Kyle Nin on August 31st, 2008 4:18 pm

      In my opinion, “Iron Man” was the best movie of the summer, followed by “WALL-E”, which apparently didn’t make the list.

    2. Deven Science on September 3rd, 2008 7:08 pm

      I agree with Kyle that the absence of WALL*E is an oversight.

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