2008 Hall of Fame-Shame in Movies and TV
Author: Editor // Category: Entertainment, Video Reviews
Best Two-Fers
Kristin Scott Thomas (Tell No One, I’ve Loved You So Long)
Josh Brolin (Milk, W.)
James Franco (Milk, Pineapple Express)
Anne Hathaway (Get Smart, Rachel Getting Married)
Kate Winslet (The Reader, Revolutionary Road)
Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man, Tropic Thunder)
Best Comeback No One Saw Coming
Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler)
Tom Cruise (Tropic Thunder)
Title That Sounds Most Like a Low Budget Erotic Thriller
Body of Lies
Strangest Common Movie Theme
Animated space films (Wall-E, Fly Me to the Moon, Space Chimps)
Busiest Revolving Door in a Series
Grey’s Anatomy
Best Showing of a SNL Alum
Tina Fey (30 Rock, Baby Mama, that Sarah Palin impersonation)
Worst Showing of an SNL Alum
Bill Murray (City of Ember)
Eddie Murphy (Meet Dave)
Mike Myers (The Love Guru)
Molly Shannon (Kath & Kim)
Show That’s Become Cool to Like
How I Met Your Mother
Worst Unceremonious Canceling
Pushing Daisies
Best Dysfunctional TV Couple to Root For
Chuck and Blair (Ed Westwick and Leighton Meester), Gossip Girl
Most Touching Post-Character-Departure Episode
“For Warrick,” CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Yes, It’s Still on TV
According to Jim
The Tyra Banks Show
Movie That Didn’t Suck As Much as You Thought it Would
Rambo
The Incredible Hulk
The House Bunny
Movies That Looked WAY Better in the Trailer
Jumper
Vantage Point
Hancock
Biggest Arguments for “The Book Was Better”
The Other Boleyn Girl
Twilight
The Ruins
Best Reason for Vin Diesel to do the fourth Fast & The Furious Movie
Babylon A.D.
Coolest Movie Title
Ping Pong Playa
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Most Confounding Movie Title
Quantum of Solace
Bangkok Dangerous
Movie Titles You Can’t Pronounce
Synecdoche, New York
Cthulhu
Movie Title That Gives You Chills if You Know What It’s About
Teeth
The Midnight Meat Train
Biggest Reasons Not to Answer the Door/Phone
Funny Games
The Strangers
One Missed Call
Biggest Waste of a Long-Awaited Matchup
Righteous Kill (Al Pacino / Robert De Niro)
The Forbidden Kingdom (Jet Li / Jackie Chan)
Biggest Waste of a Cast
The Women
Wisest Film Choice for a TV Star
The gals of Sex & the City
Kristen Bell, Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Unwisest Film Choice for a TV Star
Eva Longoria, Over Her Dead Body
Matthew Fox, Speed Racer and Vantage Point
Brittany Snow, Prom Night
TV Show That Went Out With a Bang (Literally)
The Shield
TV Show That Went Out With a Hug (Literally)
Boston Legal
Wherever You Look, There’s Beverly Hills, 90210
Jennie Garth, Shannen Doherty, and Joe E. Tata, 90210
Brian Austin Green, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Lindsay Price and Vanessa Marcil, Lipstick Jungle
Luke Perry and James Eckhouse, Criminal Minds (guest star, sep. episodes)
Colin Farrell Worked in 2008 (Maybe You Missed ‘Em)
Pride and Glory, In Bruges, Cassandra’s Dream
So Did Rachel McAdams
The Lucky Ones, Married Life
Most Disappointing Follow-Up for an Acclaimed Director
George Clooney (Leatherheads)
Kimberly Peirce (Stop-Loss)
Samuel L. Jackson Award for Most Screen Credits in a Year
Samuel L. Jackson (Jumper, Lakeview Terrace, Soul Men, The Spirit, an appearance after Iron Man’s credits)
Jason Statham (In the Name of the King, Death Race, Transporter 3, The Bank Job)
What others would you add?





