A brief list of some lists of 2008
I love this time of year: When everybody comes out with their lists of the best and worst things of all time, or at least 2008. Or at least in very recent memory. Without preamble, here's my list of the best lists out there. Well, perhaps not the best. But they are definitely lists: 1. The 10 Best American Movies by Stanley Fish. Surprising for its inclusion of Groundhog Day , which certainly belongs on some list. The rest of them ... meh. I don't want to see Double Indemnity on any more best-movie lists. I watched it in 2008 and it seems like a parody of itself. Ditto with Shane . That Joey kid was annoying in 1953, and he hasn't gotten less so. 2. The Best of 2008 by Malu Fernandez of the Manila Standard, which, in the manner of most lists, weighs in with the most recent moment the writer can remember: the profane rant by Kathy Griffin against a heckler in Times Square -- a pivotal moment in celebrity history that shall surely outlive us all. Malu also considers Kath...