Favorite movies of 2007

[BioMechanic]

Zodiac, Ratatouille, and Angel-A were all outstanding - easily the best 07 releases I saw.

3:10 to Yuma and The Mist were really good.
Sunshine and The Heartbreak Kid were pretty good.
I was hugely disappointed by 300, Superbad, and Hot Fuzz.

I've yet to see most everything else.

edit:

2. Lars and the Real Girl (It's probably out of theaters now so PLEASE catch this on DVD. It's wonderful.)

THANK YOU for reminding me about this!!

[YellerDog]

Disappointment of the year-
Sweeney Todd- I disagree, Yellerdog. This one carried itself on visuals, and the visuals weren't that good. The singing, on the other hand... was mostly awful. I mean, i didn't know that girl was even really English, i just thought she was really obnoxious. I did enjoy the movie when it wasn't singing! And the By the Sea, or whatever it was, best part of the movie, and something i actually enjoyed.

That's ok Finch, we can still be buddies!

By the Sea WAS the best part of the movie, undoubtedly.

I'll edit this into "proper format" later, but: Ratatouille, Sunshine, Darjeeling Limited, 300, Casino Royale, and Hot Fuzz come to mind.

[Error]

Casino Royale

Release Date:
17 November 2006

Yes it really bothered me that they allowed the Year 2007 go past without a Bond movie.

[Frogacuda]

Favorites:

Into the Wild
No Country for Old Men
Sicko
Persepolis

Also liked:
Michael Clayton
Juno
American Gangster
Zodiac

Still to see: There Will Be Blood, Assassination of Jesse James

[The_Meach]

The Good:
300
The Kingdom

The Bad:
Transformers
Die Hard 4

The Ugly:
Sweeney Todd

I cannot recommend The Kingdom enough.

[Rem]

The Bad:
Die Hard 4

Incorrect

Also I have to add 3:10 to yuma, paprika, and benders big score.

[Psycho Penguin]

Death Sentence, TMNT, Pursuit of Happyness were all really good.

I was really disappointed with Halloween.

Didn't see too many 2007 releases, though.

[Frogacuda]

I refuse to believe that Pursuit of Happyness was anything other than sappy drivel.

Ok, I can now add Assassination of Jesse James and Sweeney Todd to the the "seen it" pile. I liked both, but didn't love either. I saw the old Ben Kingsley version of Todd and I was impressed by how much better Burton's version was, at least. The '98 one put me to sleep.

[Brand X]

I cannot recommend The Kingdom enough.

You love pimping out The Kingdom. It was good, I wouldn't call it "great" by any stretch though.

My movie of the year is easily from what I have seen The Darjeeling Limited. Granted this could change when I see my "ashamed I haven't seen list" movies, but Wes Anderson did it again. This movie was so well put together, oozes style, the acting was fantastic, the soundtrack was one of the best I had heard since I could remember, and I could just keep on going on with how much I loved it (but will save you the pain of reading my terribly put together impressions).

Also, Natalie Portman nekkid = automatic MOTY.

My top 5:
Zodiac
Ratatouille
The Darjeeling Limited
I'm Not There
Grindhouse

Honorable mentions:
Black Snake Moan, 3:10 to Yuma

Fun movies I loved but could never be considered "best of":
Live Free or Die Hard, Transformers, Pirates 3, Smoking Aces, Reno 911: Miami, 300, Shoot Em Up, 30 Days of Night

Movies I'm ashamed I haven't seen (but will buy immediately upon DVD release):
No Country for Old Men, American Gangster, Before The Devil Knows You're Dead, Michael Clayton, There Will Be Blood, Juno, Charlie Wilson's War

[Zerohero]

The Kingdom

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Meh, it was a decent movie. I only saw it cause I needed a movie to see when I was out on a date. But not the best of 07 in my opinion.


Ooh, Die Hard 4 > The Kingdom