Ben Lyons’ Top 10 Summer ’08 Films

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 filmâ€”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 Yorkâ€”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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Comments

Kyle Nin says

August 31, 2008 at 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.

Deven Science says

September 3, 2008 at 7:08 pm

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

Shaz says

May 18, 2009 at 11:30 pm

Ben Lyons is a tit! The House Bunny is on the list just because he has a (bit) part in it.

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