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by Trey Graham

As a die-hard defender of the critical prerogative, I'd just like to go on record here and say that the customer isn't always right. The movies that make the most money at the box office? They're rarely the best movies. Which is why, as some of you noted, some hugely popular 2008 titles didn't show up on our main Best Movies of 2008 poll.

But though I'm a critic myself — of theater, mostly — I do have to confess that sometimes when I go to the movies, I just want to put my brain in neutral and be entertained. Sex and the City? I was soooo at the multiplex — as part of an organized outing involving nearly 150 guys, no less — on the first weekend.

So it's with a personal kind of pleasure that I invite you to vote below for your Favorite Popcorn-Delivery Device of 2008.

The poll, and how we picked this nominees list, after the jump ...

The 50 titles below were the 50 biggest box-office smashes of the year, based on their opening-weekend haul as reported by Box Office Mojo. So if the movie that made you laugh loudest — or scream most unexpectedly — didn't make our main poll, you might very well find it here.

Oh, and speaking of Sex and the City: My own biggest laugh of the day came when the polling widget we're using refused to let me add that title as an answer option. ("Please remove inappropriate words from the answer," it insisted, politely but firmly.) So you'll find the cinematic chronicle of The Further Adventures of Carrie & Co. listed here — as 'Socks and the City.'

On the Interwebs, no one can hear you roll your eyes ...

categories: Best Movies Poll 2008

12:05 - December 29, 2008

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