Let The Right One In

I watched Let The Right One In last night.

It's a Swedish romantic horror film based on the book by John Ajvide Lindqvist, which tells the story of a bullied 12-year-old boy who develops a friendship with a vampire in a suburb of Stockholm.

It was beautiful (and gory) and really fascinating to watch... especially the final scene, which has been described as "one of the best endings in the history of cinema."

I highly recommend this movie. It's my projected Oscar winner for Best Foreign Film of 2008.

Let's Get Crispy, Morton!'s Best Movies of 2008!

So, I still haven't seen The Wrestler, Synecdoche, New York, Man On Wire, The Visitor, or Let The Right One In, so my top 5 might seem ridiculous to some of you who have seen these movies.

I never had time to see the ones I know I will love, but the year already ended and I need to post my favorites that I have seen.

Here they are, in order:

#5 - Burn After Reading

#4 - Doubt

#3 - The Dark Knight

#2 - Wall-E

#1 - Slumdog Millionaire

My Top 50 albums of 2008 (per request)

I have had a request to list some more of my favorite albums of 2008...

Here they are - my Top 50 Albums of 2008, in order:

50) No Age – Nouns
49) Langhorne Slim – Langhorne Slim
48) Elvis Costello - Momofuku
47) The Walkmen – You & Me
46) MGMT – Oracular Spectacular
45) Esau Mwamwaya & Radioclit – Are The Very Best
44) Eef Barzelay - Lose Big
43) The Black Keys – Attack & Release
42) Elbow – The Seldom Seen Kid
41) Destroyer - Trouble In Dreams
40) Rachael Yamagata - Elephant...Teeth Sinking Into Heart
39) Flight of the Conchords - Flight of the Conchords
38) Colin Meloy - Sings Live!
37) Death Cab for Cutie - Narrow Stairs
36) Chairlift - Does You Inspire You
35) Beach House – Devotion
34) Margot and the Nuclear So and So's - Animal
33) Conor Oberst - Conor Oberst
32) The Dodo's - Visiter
31) The Explorers Club - Freedom Wind
30) Bodies of Water - A Certain Feeling
29) Shearwater - Rook
28) State Bird - Mostly Ghostly
27) She & Him - Volume One
26) Coldplay - Viva La Vida (or Death and All His Friends)
25) Kings of Leon - Only By The Night
24) Noah and the Whale - Shape Of My Heart
23) +/-(Plus/Minus) - Xs On Your Eyes
22) Ra Ra Riot - The Rhumb Line
21) Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks - Real Emotional Trash
20) Throw Me the Statue - Moonbeams (re-release)
19) Okkervil River – The Stand-Ins
18) Deerhunter - Microcastle
17) The New Frontiers – Mending
16) M83 - Saturdays=Youth
15) Black Mountain - In The Future
14) Department of Eagles - In Ear Park
13) Santogold - Santogold
12) The Tallest Man On Earth - Shallow Grave
11) Dr. Dog - Fate
10) Bowerbirds - Hymns For a Dark Horse
9) TV On The Radio - Dear Science
8) Damien Jurado – Caught In The Trees
7) Blitzen Trapper – Furr
6) Vampire Weekend – Vampire Weekend
5) My Morning Jacket – Evil Urges
4) Sigur Rós - Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust
3) Bon Iver – For Emma, Forever Ago
2) Little Joy – Little Joy
1) Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes

There are tons more that I loved this year, but I can't think of all of them. Start with these... Let me know your thoughts!

*I didn't include my own album (Lightning Strike/Phantom Forest) because I thought it would be weird. Haha!*

Let's Get Crispy, Morton!'s Best of 2008 - #1

Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes (Sub Pop)

Let's Get Crispy, Morton!'s Best of 2008 - #2

Little Joy - Little Joy (Rough Trade)

Let's Get Crispy, Morton!'s Best of 2008 - #3

Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago (Jagjaguwar)


Some argue that this album shouldn't count as a 2008 release. Technically, it was self-released in 2007, but Jagjaguwar released it in February of 2008, so I am counting it. Deal with it.

Let's Get Crispy, Morton!'s Best of 2008 - #4

Sigur Rós - Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust (XL)

Let's Get Crispy, Morton!'s Best of 2008 - #5

My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges (ATO/RCA)

Honorable Mentions:

HAPPY THANKSGIVING, EVERYONE!