Wrapping up 2008...Parts 4 and 5

Where have I been you ask? Well, I'm a pretty busy guy these days. But alas, I'm a man of my word and I'm here to finish out 2008, so I'm going to combine parts 4 and 5 together so we can get out with the old and in with the new.

PART 4:

Biggest Comeback of 2008 - Britney Spears

It's funny, a year prior she had her vagina hanging out like it was a Christmas decoration...but within a year poor Britney seemed to be pulling herself together. She got rid of K-Fed (who knows what happened to that guy...I hear they're trying to get him to be on the next season of Dancing With the Stars, which doesn't sound very fair to me but whatever), and now has a hit album with "Circus". Who knows, Britney could be the ultimate musical comeback story of all time...pay attention Michael Jackson.

Biggest WTF moment of 2008 - Ben moves the Island on LOST

LOST is an abusive relationship. I know I can do better...but I always seem to go back to it because deep down, I really do love it. After a season that was just as mind numbingly frustrating as the last, the season ended with Ben, the notorious villain of the island, turning a magical wheel to "move" the island and then...*poof*...it was gone. At the time I was mortified. It was a turn in the show I was praying they wouldn't take, but they did. Fortunately, the season 5 premiere has aired and has made sense of this and has somewhat redeemed the season 4 finale, but still...with no context, it's certainly a huge wtf?! moment.

Best Movie Everyone Ignored and it Pisses Me Off of 2008 - Speed Racer

Everybody wrote off Speed Racer. Everybody said "I don't wanna see that movie". It was one of the biggest flops in Hollywood history losing tens of millions of dollars. And it was one of the best movies of 2008. Forget the special effects...they were there, sure, but that's not what I remember most from Speed Racer. Speed Racer is one of the few "family" movies of late that you can actually take the whole family to. It's themes of redemption, loyalty, and family togetherness are sorely missing in society today and were all pulled of beautifully ending with a finale that ALMOST made me cry...almost. Do yourself a favor...quit being a hater and see this movie.

Part 5 is just one thing...because it deserves its own category...

Best thing that encompasses all which was 2008 - The Dark Knight

Batman Begins is really good. But The Dark Knight is in a league of it's own. Never before has a comic book movie transcended it's own roots to become something so much more than what Christopher Nolan did with this film. While many rant and rave about Heath Ledger's performance as The Joker (which is beyond amazing), I think the film really belongs to Harvey Dent, played by Aaron Eckhardt. Two Face is a character I never much cared for because I didn't understand his need for this coin...it seemed just a smidgen ridiculous. But the way the movie portrays him as a guy pushed over the edge really brought a new dimension to the character that I thought really opened him up and made me sympathize. I don't even have to recommend this to anyone because everybody and their mom saw this...it made almost 1 billion worldwide!

That was 2008...triumphs and tragedies...good times and heart breaks...Izzy talking to a dead Denny...we'll never forget you 2008...except you dead Denny...I try to forget you every day.