(CNN) — "Knight" good, Night bad.
The late Heath Ledger plays the Joker in “The Dark Knight,” the No. 1 box-office hit of the year.
That was the upshot of the responses from CNN.com users when asked what their favorite — and least favorite — movies of 2008 were.
"The Dark Knight," the blockbuster continuation of the Batman saga, was named the best movie of the year by several respondents, while M. Night Shyamalan’s "The Happening," the latest film by the onetime "Sixth Sense" wunderkind, was roundly hooted.
Though the praise for "Dark Knight" was largely uniform, with occasional fanboy-ish enthusiasm — "Why is there any discussion?" asked JMF — the derision for "The Happening" was varied and brutal.
" ‘The Happening’ had a terribly high disappointment factor due to my expectations that it would be as good as ‘The Sixth Sense,’ " Kelley wrote.
"I only saw this because my wife and I were over at a friend’s house, and for some reason he really wanted to watch it. I had given up on [Shyamalan] long ago. … I expected nothing," Justin wrote. "What I saw was probably the worst written script and one of the most ridiculous stories I have ever seen in a movie. I ask you, why is this guy still allowed to make movies? … Why? Why?"
Given "The Happening’s" mediocre box office, which followed the mediocre box office for Shyamalan’s "Lady in the Water," studio executives might be wondering the same thing.
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Many commenters agreed with CNN.com’s Tom Charity that "WALL-E" was the movie of the year. Read Charity’s list of bests and worsts
"Any movie that could convey so much using a machine who is more human than the actual humans … this movie deserves a best picture nod," Mandy T. wrote.
Claire, however, disagreed. "I could BARELY sit through this movie. The second time I saw it was on an airplane, which helped me go to sleep faster."
Claire, there are a couple CNN.com staffers you should meet.
"Twilight," the vampire tale based on the bestselling book series, which was awaited by some moviegoers with an eagerness that rivaled a "Harry Potter" film, lived up to expectations for its fans.
"My husband, kids and I have seen ‘Twilight’ six times in the theater. No other movie got us to go out twice, let alone six times," Tristen wrote.
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