Your Top Ten Films of 2007 (by US release date) - CLOSED 3/7

[Raiders]

Updated:

1. The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
2. Ratatouille
3. The Host
4. Persepolis
5. No Country for Old Men
6. 28 Weeks Later
7. I'm Not There
8. Zodiac
9. The Last Winter
10. Once

[Derek]

A slip? If so, it's an interesting one. I like it.

I think I'll leave it like that, just so the world will never know...

:)

[Mal]

Meh. Any other year and 6-10 would never make my list...

1.) Zodiac
2.) Hairspray
3.) The Darjeeling Limited
4.) No Country for Old Men
5.) The Host
6.) 28 Weeks Later
7.) Planet Terror
8.) Knocked Up
9.) The Simpsons Movie
10.) The Golden Compass


10-) Smokin' Aces
9-) Music and Lyrics
8-) Year of the Dog
7-) Death Proof
6-) License to Wed
5-) Hostel: Part II
4-) Across the Universe
3-) Underdog
2-) Transformers
1-) 300

[chrisnu]

1. Zodiac
2. The Lives of Others
3. Black Book
4. Hot Fuzz
5. Sleuth
6. Black Snake Moan
7. Ratatouille
8. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
9. Eastern Promises
10. The Darjeeling Limited
1. No Country for Old Men
2. Zodiac
3. The Lives of Others
4. Black Book
5. Hot Fuzz
6. Sleuth
7. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
8. Black Snake Moan
9. Ratatouille
10. Eastern Promises

[Eleven]

1. Zodiac
2. No Country for Old Men
3. The Host
4. Ratatouille
5. Hot Fuzz
6. Paprika
7. Grindhouse
8. Eastern Promises
9. I'm Not There
10. Sunshine
Runners-up: The Last Winter, We Own the Night, This is England

10. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
9. Day Watch
8. Shrek the Third
7. Ghost Rider
6. Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
5. Resident Evil: Extinction
4. Hannibal Rising
3. Transformers
2. 300
1. Epic Movie

[Qrazy]

7. Ghost Rider
6. Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
5. Resident Evil: Extinction
4. Hannibal Rising
1. Epic Movie

I really hope you had to review these for something and didn't attend of your own volition. :)

[Eleven]

I really hope you had to review these for something and didn't attend of your own volition. :)

The perils of mixing movie life and social life.

[Llopin]

1. The Mouring Forest (Naomi KAWASE)
2. Rataouille (Brad BIRD)
3. Still Life (Jia ZHANGKE)
4. En la ciudad de Sylvia (José Luis GUER�N)
5. I Don't Want to Sleep Alone (Tsai MINGLIANG)
6. The King of Kong (Seth GORDON)
7. Dainipponjin (Hitoshi MATSUMOTO)
8. Syndromes and a Century (Apichatpong WEERASETHAKUL)
9. Senkyo (Kazuhiro SODA)
10. Eastern Promises (David CRONENBERG)
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11. Lady Chatterley (Pascale FERRAN)
12. Zoo (Robinson DEVOR)
13. Los cronocrÃ*menes (Nacho VIGALONDO)
14. Stuck (Stuart GORDON)
15. Hot Fuzz (Edgar WRIGHT)
16. The Fall (Tarsem SINGH)
17. Mad Detective (Johnnie TO)
18. El rey de la Montaña (Gonzalo LÓPEZ-GALLEGO)
19. Sleeping Nights Awake (Michael ALBRIGHT)
20. Die Stille vor Bach (Pere PORTABELLA)

[jesse]

4. En la ciudad de Sylvia (José Luis GUER�N)
Every time you post this I cry a little that I missed it at TIFF.


1. The Mouring Forest (Naomi KAWASE) And I'm still kinda mad I could never score a ticket for this. :evil:

[Mal]

Removed The Golden Compass...and Knocked Up added Away from Her and Superbad

1.) Zodiac
2.) Hairspray
3.) The Darjeeling Limited
4.) No Country for Old Men
5. Away from Her
6.) The Host
7.) 28 Weeks Later
8.) Planet Terror
9.) Superbad
10.) The Simpsons Movie

[origami_mustache]

Ugh, Away From Her was painful to sit through, not that I was bored, just frustrated by some of the execution.

[Stay Puft]

7. Dainipponjin (Hitoshi MATSUMOTO)

Somebody else has seen it! :pritch:

What a fun movie. It's certainly rough, but irresistably charming. Matsumoto is a great performer, and the story is surprisingly affecting - some of the special effects "baddie" sequences pale in comparison to some of the more nuanced domestic drama. But of course the ending has the biggest laughs, a brilliant synthesis of the genre's spiritual center and the film's thematics of familial dysfunction.

A great debut for Matsumoto. I certainly hope he'll be making more movies.

[eternity]

Rescue Dawn did nothing.

[Sycophant]

Long-ass post ahoy!

Top ten US release date 2007:
1. No Country for Old Men
2. Paprika ('06)
3. Triad Election (Election 2) ('06)
4. The Darjeeling Limited
5. The Host ('06)
6. Hot Fuzz
7. Gone Baby Gone
8. Once
9. Offside
10. Exiled ('06)

What I consider to be 2007 releases:
1. No Country for Old Men
2. The Darjeeling Limited
3. Hot Fuzz
4. Gone Baby Gone
5. Once
6. Michael Clayton
7. King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
8. Zodiac
9. Year of the Dog
10. Death Proof

Bottom ten of 2007 (#1 being worst):
10. The TV Set
9. Shoot 'Em Up
8. The Golden Compass
7. Talk to Me
6. Fido
5. Blades of Glory
4. Ming Ming
3. Severance
2. Enchanted
1. Black Sheep

We'll see if Atonement changes this in a couple hours.

[Rowland]

5. Once
6. Offside
Why don't you consider these '06 releases?

[Ezee E]

1. No Country For Old Men
2. Eastern Promises
3. Juno
4. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
5. Four Months, Three Weeks, and Two Days
6. 28 Weeks Later
7. Death Proof
8. Superbad
9. Planet Terror
10. Black Book



IN: Juno
Out: 3:10 To Yuma

[Sycophant]

Why don't you consider these '06 releases?Turns out I'm wrong about Offside and will amend it thusly. However, Once wasn't theatrically released in Ireland until 2007. In my wacky way of evaluating these things, I ignore fest screenings.

[monolith94]

New:

1. Khadak
2. I'm Not There
3. No Country For Old Men
4. Paprika
5. Once
6. Gone Baby Gone
7. Black Book
8. Hot Fuzz
9. Leben der Anderen, Das
10. Wind That Shakes the Barley, The

HMs:
Lady Chatterley
28 Weeks Later...
In the Shadow of the Moon

New:

1. Khadak
2. I'm Not There
3. No Country For Old Men
4. Paprika
5. The Darjeeling Limited
6. Once
7. Gone Baby Gone
8. Black Book
9. Hot Fuzz
10. Leben der Anderen, Das

HMS:
Lady Chatterley
28 Weeks Later...
In the Shadow of the Moon
Wind That Shakes the Barley

[NickGlass]

I've seen 78 films from 2007, and it's printing time.

1. I’m Not There
2. 12:08 East of Bucharest
3. The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
4. Day Night/Day Night
5. No Country for Old Men
6. Dans Paris
7. My Kid Could Paint That
8. I Don’t Want to Sleep Alone
9. The Pervert’s Guide to Cinema
10. Ratatouille

And the rest...
Paprika
Away From Her
Superbad
The Lives of Others
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Offside
Red Road
The Great World of Sound
The Year of the Dog
It is Fine! Everything is Fine.

[Sycophant]

A second viewing convinced me that No Country for Old Men is the best film I've seen this year. Amended.

[Mal]

Ugh, Away From Her was painful to sit through, not that I was bored, just frustrated by some of the execution.

Not a fan of Canuck vision, eh?

[origami_mustache]

Not a fan of Canuck vision, eh?

I guess not. The whole thing just felt overly sentimental, stagey, and forced. for instance the conversation he has with the teenage girl, bleh.

[lwilson85]

Lucky bastard. You saw both Tsai Ming-Liang's I've wanted to see but can't.

[megladon8]

01.) The Mist
02.) Gone Baby Gone
03.) Sunshine
04.) Ratatouille
05.) Fido
06.) Rescue Dawn
07.) The Taste of Tea
08.) No Country For Old Men
09.) Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon
10.) 28 Weeks Later


Fuck it, I included Fido as this year.

Also I need to see all of these again to determine which would be #1. I'm just leaving it as is for now, though.

[NickGlass]

03.) Ratatatouille


That sounds jazzy.

[Briare]

Final list before the last stretch to the finish of the year:

1. I'm Not There (Todd Haynes)
2. No Country for Old Men (Joel & Ethan Coen)
3. Juno (Jason Reitman)
4. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (Andrew Dominik)
5. Atonement (Joe Wright)
6. The Darjeeling Limited (Wes Anderson)
7. Lars and the Real Girl (Craig Gillespie)
8. Paranoid Park (Gus Van Sant)
9. Control (Anton Corbijn)
10. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (Cristian Mangiu)

[Spinal]

I keep flipping things around. This seems right for now.

1. Once
2. The Lives of Others
3. Paprika
4. Red Road
5. Black Book
6. Across the Universe
7. No Country for Old Men
8. Bothersome Man
9. Ratatouille
10. Sicko

[dreamdead]

Finally starting to have the quality trickle into my list, and I'm looking forward to hitting No Country , Atonement, and a few others in the theatres in the next few weeks...

1. Once
2. Paprika
3. Ratatouille
4. Black Book
5. Hot Fuzz (at this point things dip into good-to-mediocrity)
6. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
7. The Bourne Ultimatum
8. The Simpsons Movie
9. 28 Weeks Later

[Melville]

1. Once

1. Once
Excellent.

[KK2.0]

2007 must be my biggest low in cinema in a long time, i'm not talking about the quality of the films but in my complete lack of time, will, and during a aperiod, money, to actually watch films, in theaters or DVD. I'll make up for that soon.

by US release dates (watched a few of them in 2006)...

1-Zodiac
2-Ratatouille
3-The Wayward Cloud
4-Hairspray
5-10:08 East of Bucarest
6-The Bourne Ultimatum
7-The Host
8-The Assassination of James James
9-Knocked uo
10-Grindhouse

honorable mentions: Across The Universe, Red Road, I Don't Want to Sleep Alone, Live Free or Die Hard, The Simpsons Movie

Missed: Sunshine, Superbad, Beowulf, Surf's Up, Fido, Sicko, The Darjeeling Limited, Hot Fuzz

Still unreleased i'm most looking foward: No Country for Old Men, I'm Not There, Eastern Promises, Atonement, Paprika, The Mist, The king of Kong

Bottom:

10-Transformers (i had fun despite it's flaws)
9-Spider Man 3 (never a big fan of the trilogy)
8-
7-300 (annoying but pretty)
6-
5-Pirates of The Caribbean 3 (slightly better but still as overblown as 2)
4-Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (the same as the first)
3-Shrek Third (i like the first two, but this one was just lazy)
2-Hannibal Rising (it managed to be worse than Brett Ratner's attempt)
1-Chuck and Larry (dumb and forgettable)

[Sycophant]

Bottom:

10-Transformers (i had fun despite it's flaws)
9-Spider Man 3 (never a big fan of the trilogy)
8-
7-300 (annoying but pretty)
6-
5-Pirates of The Caribbean 3 (slightly better but still as overblown as 2)
4-Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (the same as the first)
3-Shrek Third (i like the first two, but this one was by the numbers)
2-Hannibal Rising (it managed to be worse than Brett Ratner's attempt)
1-Chuck and Larry (dumb and forgettable)
You're pretty confident you're going to see a film worse than Spider-Man 3 and better than 300 as well as something between the latter and Pirates 3? Are you holding these spots for any particular films?

[KK2.0]

You're pretty confident you're going to see a film worse than Spider-Man 3 and better than 300 as well as something between the latter and Pirates 3? Are you holding these spots for any particular films?

:lol:

i just thought on my amount of dislike for each, which actually wasn't that much since i rarely go to the movies not knowing what to expect. I guess i still need to watch more 'meh' movies this year to fill those spots.

i'm afraid one of them will be The Golden Compass. :(

[soitgoes...]

1. Once
2. Exiled
3. Hot Fuzz
4. Ratatouille
5. The Lives of Others
6. Red Road
7. Into Great Silence
8. Planet Terror
9. 12:08 East of Bucharest
10. Zodiac

Two new films at the top. By Imdb dates, 2006 has turned into a pretty strong year.

[Dillard]

Mine would look something like (and it's all American):

1. Gone Baby Gone - Affleck
2. Michael Clayton - Gilroy
3. Darjeeling Limited - W. Anderson
4. No Country For Old Men - Coen Bros
5. The Savages - Jenkins

If Inland Empire was 2007, it'd be my number 1.

Films from 2007 not (yet for the PT Anderson) released in my general vicinity that I want to see (mostly foreign):

- Alexandra - Aleksandr Sokurov
- En la ciudad de Sylvia - José Luis GuerÃ*n
- The Flight of the Red Balloon - Hou Hsiao Hsien
- Four Months, Three Weeks, and Two Days - Christian Mungiu
- My Blueberry Nights - Wong Kar-Wai
- My Winnipeg - Guy Madden
- Secret Sunshine - Lee Chang Dong
- Silent Light - Carlos Reygadas
- There Will Be Blood - PT Anderson
- Useless - Jia Zhang-Ke

Films I flat out missed but would want to see (maybe wouldn't pay to see it in theaters):

- The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford - Dominick
- Away From Her - Polley (2006)
- Eastern Promises - Cronenberg
- I'm Not There - Haynes
- Once - Carney (2006)
- Southland Tales - Kelly (2006)
- Sunshine - Boyle

I hope to see some combination of Juno, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, and Sweeney Todd this weekend.

[eternity]

Edited with SiCKO.

[number8]

Got mine in.

Glad I waited 'til I see Sweeney.

[Boner M]

Got mine in.

Glad I waited 'til I see Sweeney.
May we see it?

[number8]

May we see it?

Quick one:

1. There Will Be Blood

2. Gone Baby Gone

3. No Country for Old Men

4. Hot Fuzz

5. This is England

6. I'm Not There

7. Paprika

8. Death Proof

9. Hairspray

10. Sweeney Todd

Thoughts and other categories on the link in my sig.

[Boner M]

Thx 8. I think this might be the first list I've ever seen from you. :eek:

[Grouchy]

2005
1. Caché
2. MirrorMask
3. Brick
4. A Bittersweet Life
5. Strange Circus
6. Batman Begins
7. Election
8. The Devil's Rejects
9. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
10. King Kong

2006
1. Children of Men
2. Inland Empire
3. Paprika
4. Exiled
5. I'm a cyborg, but it's OK
6. The Last King of Scotland
7. Pan's Labyrinth
8. Black Book
9. Casino Royale
10. Fearless

Huh, just read a couple pages back when you guys were posting 2005 and 2006 lists. Shit, today I'm seriously internet-hooked.

2007 is a bad year in comparison. Zodiac is still the only movie that rocked my socks. Well, that and Ratatouille.

[Mysterious Dude]

1. No Country for Old Men
2. Once
3. Zodiac
4. This Is England
5. Michael Clayton
6. The Lives of Others
7. Journey from the Fall
8. Ratatouille
9. Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
10. Wristcutters
1. The Diving Bell and the Butterly
2. Once
3. No Country for Old Men
4. Zodiac
5. This Is England
6. Michael Clayton
7. The Lives of Others
8. Journey from the Fall
9. Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
10. Ratatouille

I've decided that I like Once a little better than No Country, but Diving Bell is the clear winner of them all, in my view.

[Mr. Valentine]

i've been really neglecting my movie watching over the last few months so heres my top seven.

1. Death Proof
2. Juno
3. Ratatouille
4. The King of Kong
5. Shoot 'Em Up
6. Sicko
7. Zodiac

[Henry Gale]

1. No Country For Old Men (Coen/Coen)
2. Into The Wild (Penn)
3. Grindhouse (Rodriguez/Tarantino)
4. Ratatouille (Bird)
5. Eastern Promises (Cronenberg)
6. Black Snake Moan (Brewer)
7. Knocked Up (Apatow)
8. The Bourne Ultimatum (Greengrass)
9. Superbad (Mottola)
10. The Darjeeling Limited (Anderson)

1. No Country For Old Men (Coen/Coen)
2. Into The Wild (Penn)
3. Once (Carney)
4. Grindhouse (Rodriguez/Tarantino)
5. Ratatouille (Bird)
6. Eastern Promises (Cronenberg)
7. Black Snake Moan (Brewer)
8. Knocked Up (Apatow)
9. The Bourne Ultimatum (Greengrass)
10. The Darjeeling Limited (Anderson)

[Mal]

Removed Superbad added Bridge to Terabithia

1.) Zodiac
2.) Hairspray
3.) The Darjeeling Limited
4.) No Country for Old Men
5.) Away from Her
6.) Bridge to Terabithia
7.) The Host
8.) 28 Weeks Later
9.) Planet Terror
10.) The Simpsons Movie

[DSNT]

1. The Lives of Others
2. Zodiac
3. No End In Sight
4. Hot Fuzz
5. Knocked Up
6. Into the Wild
7. Paprika
8. Paris, Je T'aime
9. 1408
10. Planet Terror

1. No Country For Old Men
2. The Lives of Others
3. Zodiac
4. No End In Sight
5. Sweeney Todd
6. Hott Fuzz
7. Knocked Up
8. Into the Wild
9. Paprika
10. 1208: East of Bucharest

Still a lot to see.

[Melville]

My first attempt at a U.S.-release-date-based list:

1. Once
2. Time
3. The Wayward Cloud
4. Paprika
5. Black Book
6. Zodiac
7. Darjeeling Limited
8. The Bourne Ultimatum
9. No Country for Old Men
10. Michael Clayton

[lovejuice]

i'm going to see persepolis, i'm not there, and there will be blood soon, but wth, 2007 already bursts with more than enough awesomeness.

1) I don't Want to Sleep Alone
2) Syndrome and the Century
3) Dynamite Warrior
4) Once
5) Hairspray
6) Sweeny Todd
7) Black Book
8) There Will Be Blood
9) Paprika
10) Enchanted

[Ezee E]

Films left for 2007 before I finalize a top ten:
There Will Be Blood
Michael Clayton
Sweeney Todd
The Kite Runner
The Savages
The Orphanage
Lars and the Real Girl
AvP: R
The King of Kong
Lake of Fire
Across the Universe
Lust, Caution
Redacted
Charlie Wilson's War

[soitgoes...]

And I'll be able to come up with a "finalized" list at around this time next year. Good news though, 2006 is rounding out nicely!! I'm so behind...

[Raiders]

By the end of next weekend, I'll have seen There Will Be Blood, Juno and The Orphanage. Though I'll still be missing a couple notable films, I'll probably submit my "final" list at that time.

I'm pleased with the number of theatrical viewings I had this year. After the above three, I'll have 55 films from 2007, not counting the few 2006 films with '07 US release dates.

[Ezee E]

This will be the first year since '01 that I didn't see 100 movies released. I'm close, but even with the ones that I'm simply curious on seeing (Rendition, Death Sentence, etc) I still won't hit 100.

That either means there weren't many good movies this year... or that I'm more picky on what I want to see. I'm pretty sure its the latter as my list is filled with mostly ***+ movies.

[Mysterious Dude]

As for me, this is one of the first years in which I have a fairly satisfactory list by the year's end, though I'm sure it will improve throughout 2008.

[EvilShoe]

I still have a lot of movies left to see thanks to Belgian release dates (Atonement, Charlie Wilson's War, Darjeeling Limited, The Mist, No Country for Old Men, Sweeney Todd,...)
But for now it's:
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Das Leben der Anderen
Zodiac
Zwartboek
Eastern Promises
Hot Fuzz
Gone, Baby, Gone
Sunshine
I'm Not There
Ratatouille

[dreamdead]

1. Once
2. Paprika
3. Ratatouille
4. Black Book
5. Hot Fuzz (at this point things dip into good-to-mediocrity)
6. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
7. The Bourne Ultimatum
8. The Simpsons Movie
9. 28 Weeks Later

Pretty good week, this one. Revised...

1. Once
2. Paprika
3. Ratatouille
4. Black Book
5. I Don't Want to Sleep Alone
6. Sweeney Todd
7. Hot Fuzz
8. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
9. The Bourne Ultimatum
10. The Simpsons Movie

No Country has disappeared from local theatres in Ohio. I'm hoping it's still in Dekalb when I get back, or that it gets picked up for re-release once awards season hits full-on.

[Ezee E]

1. There Will Be Blood
2. No Country For Old Men
3. Eastern Promises
4. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
5. Four Months, Three Weeks, and Two Days
6. Juno
7. 28 Weeks Later
8. Black Book
9. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
10. Death Proof

Revised, and added There Will Be Blood. Planet Terror is gone.

[Mal]

]Removed The Simpsons Movie added Control

1.) Control
2.) Zodiac
3.) No Country for Old Men
4.) Hairspray
5.) The Darjeeling Limited
6.) Away from Her
7.) Bridge to Terabithia
8.) The Host
9.) 28 Weeks Later
10.) Planet Terror

[baby doll]

1.) ControlReally?

[Mysterious Dude]

Really?I don't think he's lying.

[number8]

I dunno. That seems very reactionary if you just saw the film like last night or something.

[baby doll]

I dunno. That seems very reactionary if you just saw the film like last night or something.That, and it sucks.

[baby doll]

I don't think he's lying.I'm not saying he's lying. I'm just surprised is all.

[Rowland]

He's a she.

[ledfloyd]

i still have a fuckload of movies left to see. this isn't anywhere near definitive. i'll be caught up by june as usual.

1. Zodiac (****)
2. No Country for Old Men (****)
3. Ratatouille (****)
4. Once (****)
5. Sweeney Todd (***1/2)
6. Black Snake Moan (***1/2)
7. Superbad (***1/2)
8. Hot Fuzz (***1/2)
9. Death Proof (***1/2)
10. The Simpsons Movie (***)

[Mysterious Dude]

I'm not saying he's lying. I'm just surprised is all.Is it that surprising that someone could like a movie that you dislike? Haven't you lived in the world long enough to realize that there are people with wildly different opinions than yours?


He's a she.Well, why is she confusing me by using a masculine name?

[Spinal]

Well, why is she confusing me by using a masculine name?

I should mention at this point that I am not a monkey.

[megladon8]

Speaking of determining posters' sexes, can someone tell me definitively whether baby doll/domino harvey is a guy or a girl?

[Philosophe_rouge]

Speaking of determining posters' sexes, can someone tell me definitively whether baby doll/domino harvey is a guy or a girl?

I'm 90% sure Baby Doll is a guy.

[monolith94]

Isn't Zac Efron ringo the dog?

[Mal]

Well, why is she confusing me by using a masculine name?

Zac Efron ? Masculine ? In the same sentence ?

[Mal]

Isn't Zac Efron ringo the dog?

Si.

[Mal]

I dunno. That seems very reactionary if you just saw the film like last night or something.

Jesus, it's not like I deemed it #1 five minutes after seeing it.
-
I had a completely different reaction to the film, in all its parts, compared to everything else I've seen this year. That, and most of the other films in my top ten are (8) / (7.5) / (7) territory. Effing disappointing year for me. And Control was far from disappointing.

[number8]

I should mention at this point that I am not a monkey.

:(

In other news, Ian Curtis is and has always been uber lame.

[Ezee E]

I should mention at this point that I am not a monkey.
That actually is me on a ladder.

[baby doll]

I'm 90% sure Baby Doll is a guy.I'm only 80% sure myself.

[baby doll]

Is it that surprising that someone could like a movie that you dislike? Haven't you lived in the world long enough to realize that there are people with wildly different opinions than yours?Of course people are going to disagree, but having already discussed the film on the ol' blog, I was curious what people saw in the flick.

[jesse]

Zac Efron ? Masculine ? In the same sentence ? :lol:

Indeed, indeed. The sad thing is he's going to play straight for the next 20 years...

[number8]

But.... But... He's the ladies' choice!

[EvilShoe]

:(

In other news, Ian Curtis is and has always been uber lame.
That's Deborah Curtis you're thinking of.

[D_Davis]

As usual, at Genrebusters we do our Top 10 lists a bit differently. Because none of us watch a ton of brand new films in the theatre (I usually wait until DVD), we compose our lists based on first time viewings. The rest of the editors will have their lists up tomorrow night, and we will have a podcast for these as well. Here is my Top 10:

1. Mind Game - This movie could, in some time, end up being my number one film - ever. It is totally amazing. A moving, emotional, spiritual, and physical experience unlike any film I have ever seen. That it is animated only makes this all the more remarkable. Studio 4C, and director, Masaaki Yuasa, have truly created a vast work of art, straight from the heart and the soul. This is cinema. This is powerful filmmaking. Mind Game is a bombastic explosion of artistry and emotion. It is an expression of life, love, death, and the imagination. Mind Game sunk its teeth and talons into my heart and mind and refused to let loose until it drew blood and brought me to its mercy. Mind Game is a film that demands to be taken seriously, even while it springs and dashes around genre-conventions like a court jester hopped up on goof balls, and coated in maple syrup, powdered sugar, and chocolate covered espresso beans. Mind Game does not exist merely to tell a story. It exists to express ideas and to explore the very nature of humankind. That this is unavailable on DVD outside of Japan should be considered a crime against art.

2. Tekkonkinkreet - Yes, another animated feature film from Studio 4C. I saw this at SIFF this year, and it enraptured me. It is passionate, exciting, and wonderfully made. The animation is top notch - it simply towers above any other example of the medium in terms of pure technical artistry. It greatly benefits from its cross cultural creation. Directed by an American, Michael Arias, who also invented the software that made such animation possible, and illustrated by a team of skilled Japanese, Tekkonkinkreet gets the best of both East and West. It also surprised me in another area. This is the only animated film I have ever seen in which a performance of a voice actor blew me away. As a matter of fact, Yu Aoi's portrayal of the street urchin, White, is my favorite performance of the year. Her raw and powerful emotional delivery is astounding. Again, another work of pure cinematic bliss.

3. Funky Forrest - Like Mind Game, Funky Forest: First Contact is a film that makes me feel happy to be alive; it makes me thankful that I can see and hear. Funky Forrest is first and foremost a celebration of audio and video, an explosion of sight and sound, and a mix-tape from the minds of an insanely creative deejay and emcee super-duo from another galaxy who have come to Earth to teach us how to vanquish our modern cynicism and embrace life with enthusiasm. Funky Forrest consists of a series of short sketches, each celebrating a different facet of humanity, art, and music. It is a celebration of uniqueness, individuality, the heart, and the soul.

4. Taste of Tea - (Wow, four Japanese films in a row!) The Taste of Tea is the companion piece to director Katsuhito Ishii's Funky Forest: First Contact. Made only one year earlier, The Taste of Tea examines many of the same quirky themes, with many of the same actors as Funky Forest, but does so in a much quieter, and far slower fashion. At well over 2-hours in length, The Taste of Tea is long, and is rarely exciting. However this is not to say that the film is boring, or a chore to get through, quite the contrary really. Ishii and the wonderful cast create a hypnotic, whimsical world that pulses along to a subdued and heart-felt beat. While the film is almost completely devoid of music, each long segment and narrative chapter is closed by, and punctuated with, a musical cue or an explosion of color and pizazz. If Funky Forrest is the celebration of music, dance, and art, then The Taste of Tea is the tranquil reflection, the Mono no Aware, on the art, and the calm before the creative storm that erupts in the subsequent film.

5. Exiled - Johnnie To's crowning masterpiece. The best film to come out of Hong Kong in years. It is a love letter written to HK cinema, comprised of the very essence of all the things that make this country's cinema so amazing. Like Once Upon a Time in the West, Exiled has a mystical quality to its narrative. One can tell that there is a powerful force working behind the scenes - a force that is pushing, protecting, and guiding the main characters. I don't know if Exiled represents a turning point for To as a filmmaker. It could easily be the end of one era, or it could be just another example of what he does best - Hong Kong cri-fi. If it is a closing of sorts, it is a damn fine one, a wonderful swan song for a group of filmmakers who have honed this kind of genre filmmaking to its most pure and perfect form. Although, Exiled could also represent a new beginning. While it is full of homage, and familiar archetypes, tropes, and scenarios, it is executed with such visual flare and skill that it all feels fresh and vital; the film represents a huge evolutionary jump for To as a director.

6. Inland Empire - Three hours of pure Lynch. My favorite parts of Lynch's films are always the really weird stuff. Well, here is a reduction of these elements. Everything is boiled away, and all we are left with is the essence of dreams, the calling of the bizarre, and the strange twisted film-logic of Lynch's darkest secrets. I sat in the theatre for three hours, and I hardly moved a muscle. This is not a film to try to understand. To enjoy it you must give completely of yourself to the director, and be willing to be led along down the dark and nightmarish path straight into the heart of a filmmaker letting it rip. Inland Empire is as much of an experience as it is a film, and it is totally unlike anything I have ever seen.

7. Flash Point - Here we are, back in Hong Kong. This film is like a blast from the bast, straight from the good old days of HK action filmmaking. It is action packed, and the action is jaw dropping. Donny Yen actually has to fight for his life in this film because the thugs he faces are almost as dangerous as he is. The final fight between Donny and Collin Chou is something straight out of an action fan's most wonderful dream. It actually reminds me of the part in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World when Jonathan Winters tears apart the gas station. Yen and Chou totally beat the living tar out of one another, expertly, and painfully, using the environment to get the upper hand. This is a true, three-dimensional fight, one in which the use of setting greatly enhances the final product. Wilson Yip is a man to watch; he and Johnnie To are keeping HK genre filmmaking alive and vital/

8. Tears of the Black Tiger - Quentin Tarantino, Willy Wonka, and John Ford walk into a bar. Sitting at the bar, by himself, is Wisit Sasanatieng, a budding filmmaker from Thailand just planting the seeds for his directorial debut. He is sketching a scene on a napkin depicting a lone cowboy blowing into a harmonica while resting against a tree. The picture is drawn with black ink, and the cowboy is clearly a Thai male, although one filtered through the persona of John Wayne. Sasanatieng thinks to himself, “I am going to direct a Pad Thai western.� He then went and made Tears of the Black Tiger. This is a true story.

9. The Mist - The Mist is gross, wet and sticky; the humidity of the lingering moisture can almost be felt, and the nastiness of the twisted invasion is pervasive and unrelenting. It truly is a superior horror film and deftly captures the things that make Stephen King's stories so endearing. King's horror almost always works on two levels - the physical and the spiritual - and here we get to see both in expert fashion. The decent into hell is both frightening and strangely compelling, and as I was drawn into the murky midst, I couldn't help but feel a sense of wonder, even while I cringed at the horrible situations, and experienced true empathy for the characters and their plight. The Mist is a gripping experience, and thanks to its brave ending, it is one that will not quickly be forgotten.

10. King of Kong - It's a documentary about two grown nerds competing for the world record top score in Donkey Kong. Sounds fascinating, right? Well, it is. Until you see it, no words can describe just how captivating, engaging, and entertaining this little film really is. Until seen, you just wouldn't believe the amount of human drama is wrapped up in such a seemingly mundane and menial real life narrative. Back stabbing, conspiracy, marital strife, self worth, personal growth, triumph and heart break - King of Kong has it all.

[baby doll]

Some one asked me for my ratings for 2007, and I thought I might as well make this bitch queen public. Also, I've dropped the out-of-ten ratings, since there were no new films I felt comfortable giving a ten (I usually wouldn't hand out an 8 without seeing the film twice), so I'm back on the Ebert scale.

Les Amants réguliers (Philippe Garrel) / ***1/2
Atonement (Joe Wright) / **
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (Sidney Lumet) / ***1/2
Black Book (Paul Verhoeven) / ****
Black Snake Moan (Craig Brewer) / ***1/2
The Boss of it All (Lars von Trier) / **1/2
Brand Upon the Brain! (Guy Maddin) / ****
Control (Anton Corbijn) / **
Day Night Day Night (Julia Loktev) / ***
The Darjeeling Limited (Wes Anderson) / ***1/2
Eastern Promises (David Cronenberg) / ***
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (Christian Mungiu) / ***
Gone Baby Gone (Ben Affleck) / ****
Guru (Mani Ratnam) / **1/2
Hairspray (Adam Shankman) / ****
Hot Fuzz (Edgar Wright) / **
The Hottest State (Ethan Hawke) / **
I'm Not There (Todd Haynes) / ****
In Between Days (So Yong Kim) / ***1/2
Into the Wild (Sean Penn) / **1/2
Juno (Jason Reitman) / **
The Kite Runner (Marc Forster) / **1/2
Lights in the Dusk (Aki Kaurismaki) / **
The Lives of Others (Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck) / **
Lust, Caution (Ang Lee) / ***1/2
Margot at the Wedding (Noah Baumbach) / ***1/2
No Country for Old Men (Joel and Ethan Coen) / ***
Nue propriété (Joachim Lafosse) / **
Offside (Jafar Panahi) / ***1/2
The Savages (Tamara Jenkins) / **1/2
Le Scaphandre et le papillon (Julien Schnabel) / **1/2
Snow Cake (Marc Evans) / 1/2*
Superbad (Greg Mottola) / **1/2
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Tim Burton) / ***
12:08 East of Bucharest (Corneliu Porumboiu) / ***
La Vie en rose (Olivier Dahan) / **
The Walker (Paul Schrader) / *
The Wayward Cloud (Tsai Ming-liang) / ***1/2
The Wind That Shakes the Barely (Ken Loach) / ***1/2
Zoo (Robinson Devor) / ***

As yet undistributed:
Ensemble, c'est tout (Claude Beri) / **
La France (Serge Bozon) / ***1/2
The Man From London (Béla Tarr) / ****
Nightwatching (Peter Greenaway) / *
Puffball (Nicolas Roeg) / **1/2

[jesse]

Les Amants réguliers (Philippe Garrel) / ***1/2
The Darjeeling Limited (Wes Anderson) / ***1/2
Hairspray (Adam Shankman) / **** Repped.


Nue propriété (Joachim Lafosse) / ** Did you write anything on this one?

[baby doll]

Did you write anything on this one?I didn't, but I was annoyed by the visual style which seemed to plunk down a camera and watch the tedious oedipal drama unfold in static sequence shots.

Also, I added a score for Black Book.

[jamaul]

My work in progress list (missing anything foreign because I have yet to see anything list-worthy).

1. There Will Be Blood
2. No Country For Old Men
3. I'm Not There
4. Zodiac
5. Eastern Promises
6. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
7. Death Proof
8. Rescue Dawn
9. Ratatouille
10. Hot Fuzz

Yeah, nothin' controversial about it.

[Dead & Messed Up]

My top ten list is currently

01. Zodiac
02. The Hunting Party
03. The Mist
04. The Lookout
05. Waitress
06. Rescue Dawn
07. Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix
08. The Namesake
09. The Simpsons Movie
10. Charlie Bartlett

But there's an amazing number of movies I haven't seen from 2007.

[mindstream]

Nightwatching (Peter Greenaway) / *

Care to share any thoughts on this one? Nightwatching was my most anticipated film of 2007. And quite possibly still is. I've downloaded a DVD screener of the film recently (since I highly doubt whether the film will be screened somewhere near me), but this week's rather hectic and I don't have enough time to sit down and enjoy a film for a couple of hours. :confused:

[chrisnu]

1. No Country for Old Men
2. Zodiac
3. The Lives of Others
4. Black Book
5. Hot Fuzz
6. Sleuth
7. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
8. Black Snake Moan
9. Ratatouille
10. Eastern Promises
1. No Country for Old Men
2. Zodiac
3. Paprika
4. The Lives of Others
5. Black Book
6. Tekkonkinkreet
7. Hot Fuzz
8. Sleuth
9. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
10. Atonement

[baby doll]

Care to share any thoughts on this one? Nightwatching was my most anticipated film of 2007. And quite possibly still is. I've downloaded a DVD screener of the film recently (since I highly doubt whether the film will be screened somewhere near me), but this week's rather hectic and I don't have enough time to sit down and enjoy a film for a couple of hours. :confused:I wrote about it for my blog (http://chuck-a-luck.blogspot.com/2007/09/as-i-said-in-my-introduction-to-this.html) back in September.

[Philosophe_rouge]

New changes,

1. No Country for Old Men
2. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
3, Gone Baby Gone
4. Zodiac
5. Atonement
6. Black Book
7. Eastern Promises
8. Bourne Ultimatum
9. Ratatouille
10. The Darjeeling Limited
Been awhile since I've updated, the list is still moving around a lot.

1. I'm Not There (USA/Germany, Todd Haynes)
2. No Country for Old Men (USA, Joel and Ethan Coen)
3. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (USA, Andrew Dominik)
4. Gone Baby Gone (USA, Ben Affleck)
5. Zodiac (USA, David Fincher)
6. Juno (USA, Jason Reitman)
7. Bourne Ultimatum (USA, Paul Greengrass)
8. Persepolis (France/USA, Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi)
9. Black Book (Netherlands/Germany/Belgium, Paul Verhoeven)
10. Ratatouille (USA, Brad Bird & Jan Pinkava)

[origami_mustache]

I'm Not There
No Country For Old Men
There Will Be Blood
Syndromes and a Century
Brand Upon the Brain
The Wayward Cloud
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Secret Sunshine
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
The Wind That Shakes The Barley

updated

[KK2.0]

updates in bold

1-Zodiac
2-Ratatouille
3-The Wayward Cloud
4-Hairspray
5-10:08 East of Bucarest
6-The Bourne Ultimatum
7-The Host
8-The Assassination of James James
9-Knocked uo
10-Blame it on Fidel

9-Transformers
8-Spider Man 3
7-The Golden Compass
6-300
5-Pirates of The Caribbean 3
4-Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
3-Shrek Third
2-Hannibal Rising
1-Chuck and Larry

[Rowland]

^^ :lol: You're using that screaming Leslie Nielson avatar I made.

Blame it on Fidel is another movie that I've been meaning to see. Thanks for reminding me.

[dreamdead]

Doubly Updated (if The Taste of Tea counts as '07, that is):

1. Once
2. No Country for Old Men
3. Paprika
4. The Taste of Tea
5. Ratatouille
6. Black Book
7. I Don't Want to Sleep Alone
8. Sweeney Todd
9. Hot Fuzz
10. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

[Briare]

15. Control
14. Wristcutters: A Love Story
13. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
12. Zodiac
11. Charlie Wilson's War
10. Paranoid Park
9. Lars and the Real Girl
8. The Darjeeling Limited
7. Atonement
6. Margot at the Wedding
5. Juno
4. I'm Not There
3. No Country for Old Men
2. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
1. There Will Be Blood

I have still yet to see The Savages or The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.

[Mysterious Dude]

1. The Diving Bell and the Butterly
2. Once
3. No Country for Old Men
4. Zodiac
5. This Is England
6. Michael Clayton
7. The Lives of Others
8. Journey from the Fall
9. Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
10. Ratatouille

1. The Diving Bell and the Butterly
2. Once
3. No Country for Old Men
4. Zodiac
5. 12:08 East of Bucharest
6. There Will Be Blood
7. Michael Clayton
8. This Is England
9. The Lives of Others
10. Journey from the Fall

[Sycophant]

1. No Country for Old Men
2. The Taste of Tea (seems strange to count this, but if it does, I'm pulling for it)
3. Paprika
4. Triad Election (Election 2)
5. The Darjeeling Limited
6. The Host
7. Hot Fuzz
8. I'm Not There
9. Offside
10. Gone Baby Gone

11. Once
12. The Bourne Ultimatum
13. Exiled
14. Michael Clayton
15. King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
16. Zodiac
17. Margot at the Wedding
18. Year of the Dog
19. Death Proof
20. Ratatouille

I've seen 60 2007 films.

[Spinal]

New additions! Woo-hoo!

1. Once
2. The Lives of Others
3. Paprika
4. Red Road
5. Black Book
6. Sunshine
7. There Will Be Blood
8. Across the Universe
9. No Country for Old Men
10. Bothersome Man

[baby doll]

I have still yet to see The Savages or The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.You're not missing much.

[dreamdead]

1. Once
2. No Country for Old Men
3. Paprika
4. The Taste of Tea
5. Ratatouille
6. Black Book
7. I Don't Want to Sleep Alone
8. Sweeney Todd
9. Hot Fuzz
10. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

New update:

1. Syndromes and a Century
2. Once
3. No Country for Old Men
4. Paprika
5. The Taste of Tea
6. Ratatouille
7. Black Book
8. I Don't Want to Sleep Alone
9. Sweeney Todd
10. Hot Fuzz

[origami_mustache]

New update:

1. Syndromes and a Century


Ooooh, I'll be seeing it this week...can't wait.

[Yxklyx]

1. Planet Terror (Robert Rodriguez)
2. Ratatouille (Brad Bird & Jan Pinkava)
3. Death Proof (Quentin Tarantino)
4. Paprika (Satoshi Kon)
5. Joshua (George Ratliff)
6. I Don't Want to Sleep Alone (Ming-liang Tsai)
7. Zodiac (David Fincher)
8. Offside (Jafar Panahi)
9. Time (Ki-duk Kim)
10. In Between Days (So Yong Kim)

[odditie]

1 Ten Canoes
2 The Host
3 No Country for Old Men
4 This is England
5 Eastern Promises
6 Ratatouille
7 The Lives of Others
8 Knocked Up
9 Black Book
10 The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters

[ledfloyd]

update

1. I'm Not There (****)
2. Zodiac (****)
3. No Country for Old Men (****)
4. Once (***1/2)
5. Sweeney Todd (***1/2)
6. Black Snake Moan (***1/2)
7. Superbad (***1/2)
8. Hot Fuzz (***1/2)
9. Death Proof (***1/2)
10. Ratatouille (***)

added i'm not there, removed simpsons movie, demoted ratatouille. lowered once rating.

[Bosco B Thug]

1. Planet Terror (Robert Rodriguez)
2. Ratatouille (Brad Bird & Jan Pinkava)
3. Death Proof (Quentin Tarantino)
4. Volver (Pedro Almodóvar)
5. Paprika (Satoshi Kon)
6. Joshua (George Ratliff)
7. I Don't Want to Sleep Alone (Ming-liang Tsai)
8. Zodiac (David Fincher)
9. Offside (Jafar Panahi)
10. Time (Ki-duk Kim) You liked Joshua! Awesome!

[Boner M]

Hello Death Proof, bye bye The Future is Unwritten.

[Yxklyx]

You liked Joshua! Awesome!

Yeah, I loved how scenes could be seen from multiple perspectives and that ending was one of the best I've seen in a long time. A lot of the negative criticism seems to come from people expecting a different movie.

[Hugh_Grant]

Like others, I still have some films I'd like to see, but here's a preliminary list:

1. Once
2. Waitress
3. Into the Wild
4. 12:08 East of Bucharest
5. Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
6. The Lives of Others
7. This is England
8. Zodiac
9. Walk Hard
10. There Will Be Blood

[Kurosawa Fan]

Updated Top Ten:

1. No Country for Old Men - 10.0
2. Zodiac - 9.5
3. The Lives of Others - 9.0
4. Paprika - 9.0
5. The Darjeeling Limited - 9.0
6. The King of Kong - 9.0
7. Avenue Montaigne - 9.0
8. The Assassination of Jesse James - 8.5
9. 12:08 East to Bucharest - 8.5
10. Black Book - 8.5

Updated Bottom Ten:

10. The Savages - 4.5
9. Before the Devil Knows You're Dead - 4.0
8. The Orpha-meh-ge - 4.0
7. Meh-owulf - 4.0
6. Severance - 3.5
5. Crazy Love - 3.0
4. Superbad - 3.0
3. 1408 - 2.5
2. Bee Movie - 2.0
1. Redacted - 1.5

[Eleven]

1. Zodiac
2. No Country for Old Men
3. The Host
4. Ratatouille
5. Hot Fuzz
6. Paprika
7. Grindhouse
8. Eastern Promises
9. I'm Not There
10. Sunshine

Updates and shuffling.

1. Zodiac
2. No Country for Old Men
3. There Will Be Blood
4. The Host
5. I'm Not There
6. Ratatouille
7. Hot Fuzz
8. Paprika
9. Eastern Promises
10. The Mist

[Cherish]

1 Syndromes and a Century
2 There Will Be Blood
3 The Lives of Others
4 The Taste of Tea
5 The Assassination of Jesse James
6 Sunshine
7 Paprika
8 I’m Not There
9 Meet the Robinsons
10 Darjeeling Limited

[Briare]

Basically, final list:

10. Lars and the Real Girl
9. The Darjeeling Limited
8. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
7. Juno
6. I'm Not There
5. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
4. Atonement
3. There Will Be Blood
2. No Country for Old Men
1. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

[Kurious Jorge v3.1]

1. There Will Be Blood
2. You, the Living
3. The Wayward Cloud
4. Secret Sunshine
5. Ploy
6. Syndromes and a Century
7. No Country For Old Men
8. The Darjeeling Limited
9. Time
10. Black Snake Moan

[Mysterious Dude]

1. The Diving Bell and the Butterly
2. Once
3. No Country for Old Men
4. Zodiac
5. 12:08 East of Bucharest
6. There Will Be Blood
7. Michael Clayton
8. This Is England
9. The Lives of Others
10. Journey from the Fall

1. The Diving Bell and the Butterly
2. Once
3. No Country for Old Men
4. Zodiac
5. 12:08 East of Bucharest
6. There Will Be Blood
7. Persepolis
8. Michael Clayton
9. This Is England
10. Grbavica

Meanwhile, my actual top ten of 2007 is just barely becoming presentable.

1. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
2. No Country for Old Men
3. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
4. Zodiac
5. There Will Be Blood
6. Persepolis
7. Michael Clayton
8. Ratatouille
9. Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
10. White Light/Black Rain

Also, my top one of 2008 is filling out nicely.

1. Cloverfield

[transmogrifier]

1. Zodiac (80)
2. Death Proof (78)
3. Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (74)
4. Girl, Thirteen (72)
5. Eastern Promises (72)
6. Sunshine (72)
7. Once (71)
8. Bourne Ultimatum, The (70)
9. I'm Not There (70)
10. American Gangster (70)

[dreamdead]

Just one new addition currently; Katz's film is highly recommended.

1. Syndromes and a Century
2. Quiet City
3. Once
4. No Country for Old Men
5. Paprika
6. The Taste of Tea
7. Ratatouille
8. Black Book
9. I Don't Want to Sleep Alone
10. Sweeney Todd

[MacGuffin]

Just one new addition currently; Katz's film is highly recommended.

1. Syndromes and a Century
2. Quiet City
3. Once
4. No Country for Old Men
5. Paprika
6. The Taste of Tea
7. Ratatouille
8. Black Book
9. I Don't Want to Sleep Alone
10. Sweeney Todd

Wow, this looks... good. The term "mumblecore", which is what it is labeled on IMDb kind of throws me off. Explain? Also, one reviewer compared the film to Terence Malick. Do I need to see his movies first to appreciate this? Answer these questions, and I'll probably go ahead and rent it next weekend, as I've already queued it up.

[dreamdead]

Wow, this looks... good. The term "mumblecore", which is what it is labeled on IMDb kind of throws me off. Explain? Also, one reviewer compared the film to Terence Malick. Do I need to see his movies first to appreciate this? Answer these questions, and I'll probably go ahead and rent it next weekend, as I've already queued it up.

Well, it focuses on the midtwenty generation and their struggles out of modern ennui and isolation, but unlike Mutual Appreciation (the only other film from this group that I've seen) it's far more aesthetically and technically assured. In terms of some shot stylings, it's a bit Malickian, but I fall in with Ray Carney's assertion that the film is far more indebted to Ozu, as pillow shots of trains and their continual progression foreground the actions of our principal characters here. Katz thereby sets up a dialectic between the city's actions and the characters' actions, and it's how lyrical these links are (as well as when he trusts in music to reveal character psychology) that make the film meaningful to me.

[MacGuffin]

Well, it focuses on the midtwenty generation and their struggles out of modern ennui and isolation, but unlike Mutual Appreciation (the only other film from this group that I've seen) it's far more aesthetically and technically assured. In terms of some shot stylings, it's a bit Malickian, but I fall in with Ray Carney's assertion that the film is far more indebted to Ozu, as pillow shots of trains and their continual progression foreground the actions of our principal characters here. Katz thereby sets up a dialectic between the city's actions and the characters' actions, and it's how lyrical these links are (as well as when he trusts in music to reveal character psychology) that make the film meaningful to me.

I hated Mutual Appreciation and it's stupid characters. I'll give this a try.

[Kurosawa Fan]

Updated Top Ten:

1. No Country for Old Men - 10.0
2. Zodiac - 9.5
3. There Will Be Blood - 9.5
4. The Lives of Others - 9.0
5. Paprika - 9.0
6. The Darjeeling Limited - 9.0
7. The King of Kong - 9.0
8. Avenue Montaigne - 9.0
9. The Assassination of Jesse James - 8.5
10. 12:08 East to Bucharest - 8.5

[trotchky]

1. Killer of Sheep - ****
2. I'm Not There - ****
3. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford - ***1/2
4. Paranoid Park - ***1/2
5. Margot at the Wedding - ***
6. No Country for Old Men - ***
7. Persepolis - ***
8. Paprika - ***
9. Silent Light - ***
10. There Will Be Blood - ***

I've only seen, like, 30 flicks this year, so I'll be updating this later as more come on DVD, if that is okay!!!

[ledfloyd]

1. I'm Not There
2. Zodiac
3. No Country for Old Men
4. Once
5. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
6. Sweeney Todd
7. There Will Be Blood
8. The Simpsons Movie
9. Black Snake Moan
10. Superbad

still alot to see, hopefully those last 3 get knocked off.

[Fezzik]

Took me a long time to get to this. I wanted to see a few more films before setting it in stone.

1. Ratatouille
2. Once
3. Gone Baby Gone
4. Zodiac
5. There Will Be Blood
6. Hot Fuzz
7. Atonement
8. No Country for Old Men
9. I'm Not There
10. Away From Her

This may still be upated, as I have not seen Eastern Promises, The Assassination of Jesse James... or Sunshine yet.

[Boner M]

ATTN:

I'll be tallying these at the end of the month, then making a countdown thread.

If you wish, list your 5-10 worst films and I'll count those down too.

I'll be making a few other categories that I'll surprise you with during the countdown.

Remember; US release dates. Paranoid Park, Silent Light, Secret Sunshine, Flight of the Red Balloon et al are '08 releases.

I'll be using the Village Voice system; 15 points for #1, 5 for #10, and 10 points for every film on an unnumbered list.

[Spinal]

Worst:

5. I'm Not There
4. Zoo
3. Bee Movie
2. Superbad
1. A Comedy of Power

Biggest disappointments:
The Boss of it All
Hot Fuzz

[Watashi]

Ten Worst:

10. Transformers
9. Juno
8. 300
7. Elizabeth: The Golden Age
6. Death Sentence
5. Smokin' Aces
4. Balls of Fury
3. The Brave One
2. The Golden Compass
1. Ghost Rider

[Spinal]

2. The Golden Compass


Bummer. I still want to see it out of curiosity, because the book is so good (about 2/3 through it now).

[Boner M]

Bottom 5:

1. Smokin' Aces
2. I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
3. Transformers
4. Alpha Dog
5. American Gangster

[transmogrifier]

1. Zodiac (80)
2. Death Proof (78)
3. Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (74)
4. Girl, Thirteen (72)
5. Eastern Promises (72)
6. Sunshine (72)
7. Once (71)
8. Bourne Ultimatum, The (70)
9. I'm Not There (70)
10. American Gangster (70)

1. Zodiac (80)
2. Death Proof (78)
3. Gone Baby Gone (77)
4. Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (74)
5. Girl, Thirteen (72)
6. Eastern Promises (72)
7. Sunshine (72)
8. Once (71)
9. Bourne Ultimatum, The (70)
10. I'm Not There (70)

[Ezee E]

Hmm... I'll dig up my worst ten. It should be interesting.

[eternity]

Having seen every unfathomably bad movie of 2007:

1. Transformers
2. Epic Movie
3. Halloween
4. Redline
5. Bratz
6. September Dawn
7. I Know Who Killed Me
8. Captivity
9. Shooter
10. Daddy Day Camp
11. Alpha Dog
12. Perfect Stranger
13. Civic Duty
14. Who's Your Caddy
15. The Hills Have Eyes 2
16. Delta Farce
17. Catch and Release
18. Premonition
19. Primeval
20. The Reaping
21. Shrek the Third
22. The Number 23
23. Because I Said So
24. Wild Hogs
25. Norbit

Yes, I made the effort to Netflix EVERY CRAPPY MOVIE. These are all 2/10s or below.

[Ezee E]

I don't know whether to give you a high-five, or whether to slap you for watching some of those.

But I've seen several of those also. And those are all bad.

Except Alpha Dog. I'm weird like that.

[Ivan Drago]

Worst 5:

5. Shrek The Third 5.5
4. Zodiac 4*
3. Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem 4
2. Rush Hour 3 3
1. Pathfinder 1.5

* - not one of the worst of the year, but definitely the most disappointing.

[Ezee E]

Worst 5:

5. Shrek The Third 5.5
4. Zodiac 4*
3. Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem 4
2. Rush Hour 3 3
1. Pathfinder 1.5

* - not one of the worst of the year, but definitely the most disappointing.
Don't defend your choice. We already know you're insane.

[eternity]

I don't know whether to give you a high-five, or whether to slap you for watching some of those.

But I've seen several of those also. And those are all bad.

Except Alpha Dog. I'm weird like that.
My original list had over 40 movies on it that were a 3/10 or below, but I cut it down to 25.

Alpha Dog was absolute ballsack except for Ben Foster dropkicking strange women. Good God it's horribly awesome.

[Ivan Drago]

Don't defend your choice. We already know you're insane.

Me? Insane? It is not I who am insane...it is I who am MAD!

[Milky Joe]

man. what a year this was! and a surprise #1! who'd have thought!

1. the savages
2. there will be blood
3. juno
4. the bourne ultimatum
5. no country for old men
6. paris je t'aime
7. superbad
8. the darjeeling limited
9. i'm not there
10. zodiac

That top 5 could literally be arranged 120 different ways.

[Sycophant]

TOP TEN (according to US release date):
1. No Country for Old Men
2. The Taste of Tea
3. Paprika
4. Triad Election (Election 2)
5. The Darjeeling Limited
6. The Host
7. Hot Fuzz
8. Offside
9. Gone Baby Gone
10. I'm Not There

NEXT TEN:
11. Once
12. Michael Clayton
13. The Bourne Ultimatum
14. Exiled
15. Zodiac
16. Margot at the Wedding
17. Year of the Dog
18. King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
19. Death Proof
20. Ratatouille

BOTTOM TEN:
10. Talk to Me
9. The Golden Compass
8. Fido
7. Blades of Glory
6. Ghost Rider
5. 300
4. Ming Ming
3. Severance
2. Enchanted
1. Black Sheep

TOP TWENTY BY INTERNATIONAL THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE (so as not to confuse everyone, I've hidden it):
1. No Country for Old Men
2. The Darjeeling Limited
3. Hot Fuzz
4. Offside
5. Gone Baby Gone
6. I'm Not There
7. Once
8. Michael Clayton
9. The Bourne Ultimatum
10. Zodiac
11. Margot at the Wedding
12. Year of the Dog
13. King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
14. Death Proof
15. Ratatouille
16. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
17. Superbad
18. Sweeney Todd
19. Hairspray
20. Away from Her

[Raiders]

Eh, "final" list:

1. There Will Be Blood
2. This is England
3. The King of Kong
4. Persepolis
5. The Host
6. No Country for Old Men
7. Ratatouille
8. 28 Weeks Later
9. The Last Winter
10. I'm Not There

[MacGuffin]

1. I’m Not There (Todd Haynes, USA) 100
2. Syndromes and a Century (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Thailand) 87
3. There Will Be Blood (Paul Thomas Anderson, USA) 86
4. Zodiac (David Fincher, USA) 85
5. Black Book (Paul Verhoeven, Netherlands) 83
6. Ratatouille (Brad Bird, Jan Pinkava, USA) 76
7. No Country for Old Men (Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, USA) 72
8. This Is England (Shane Meadows, UK) 71
9. Les Amants réguliers (Philippe Garrel, France) 64
10. The Darjeeling Limited (Wes Anderson, USA) 63

5. Vacancy (Nimród Antal, USA) 19
4. Bee Movie (Steve Hickner, Simon J. Smith, USA) 11
3. The Host (Joon-ho Bong, South Korea) 10
2. Black Snake Moan (Craig Brewer, USA) 9
1. Meet the Robinsons (Stephen J. Anderson, USA) 7

I can't say I haven't seen enough because I saw I'm Not There, but I still want to see more. I only came up with five worst movies, because after that, I didn't find the other movies "worst movie" material. To be updated.

[ledfloyd]

I can't say I haven't seen enough because I saw I'm Not There, but I still want to see more. I only came up with five worst movies, because after that, I didn't find the other movies "worst movie" material. To be updated.
black snake moan is 'best movie' material.

meh, i agree with you on the one spot anyhow.

[MacGuffin]

black snake moan is 'best movie' material.

I thought the performances were forced and the content was flat and dull.

[Ezee E]

WORST:
Worst of the year being #1, and then gaining in quality to #10....


1. Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie
2. Aliens VS. Predator: Requiem
3. Halloween
4. Rails & Ties
5. Hostel: Part II
6. Red Road
7. Reno 911: Miami
8. The Darjeeling Limited
9. Day Night Day Night
10. Resident Evil: Extinction

[megladon8]

Ouch - I liked-to-moderately-enjoyed your top 3 worst movies of the year. :cry:

[Qrazy]

Anyone feel like compiling a master list of everyone's list for everyone elses benefit? Ranking by number of mentions and/or placement on top 10's.

[Boner M]

Anyone feel like compiling a master list of everyone's list for everyone elses benefit? Ranking by number of mentions and/or placement on top 10's.
Ahem, read my first post.

[Watashi]

Final List:

1. Ratatouille
2. There Will Be Blood
3. Zodiac
4. No Country for Old Men
5. The Darjeeling Limited
6. Once
7. The Mist
8. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
9. Lars and the Real Girl
10. I'm Not There

I should get to Jesse James sometime this week.

[Qrazy]

Ahem, read my first post.

Ah, did you save the extended list?

[Spinal]

New addition:

1. Once
2. The Lives of Others
3. Paprika
4. Red Road
5. Black Book
6. Sunshine
7. The King of Kong
8. There Will Be Blood
9. Across the Universe
10. No Country for Old Men

[Benny Profane]

New addition:

1. Once
2. The Lives of Others
3. Paprika
4. Red Road
5. Black Book
6. The King of Kong
7. Sunshine
8. There Will Be Blood
9. Across the Universe
10. No Country for Old Men

I've now seen King of Kong in quite a few top ten lists but no real explanation as to why. Please to explain (you or whoever) what was so great about it, in a new thread or here. I liked it but don't see what makes it top-ten worthy.

[Spinal]

I've now seen King of Kong in quite a few top ten lists but no real explanation as to why. Please to explain (you or whoever) what was so great about it, in a new thread or here. I liked it but don't see what makes it top-ten worthy.

It's great storytelling. I thought it was very captivating. They do an excellent job of introducing you to all the key players and how they fit into the strange tale: the arrogant champion, the likable up-and-comer, the well-intentioned referee who probably isn't aware of his own bias, the sycophantic sidekick who is tempted to turn, the supportive wife who becomes emotionally involved despite the fact that she surely thinks it's all silly. Honestly, the scene where she nearly breaks down in tears is such a beautiful expression of the love that exists between husband and wife. She wants it so much for him and his self-esteem even if she knows that it is all a meaningless game. The way they slowly reveal information and draw you into this insular organization is very effective as well. I was amused by how territorial the gamers were and how their indentity was tied to the game that they had mastered. Mappy? What the hell is Mappy? All that mattered was that it was something that no one else could do as well as that particular individual. The film speaks to our individual need to be extraordinary and how competition reveals character. I could go on, but I think that's basically why I thought it was so effective.

[Kurosawa Fan]

Updated Top Ten:

1. No Country for Old Men - 10.0
2. Zodiac - 9.5
3. There Will Be Blood - 9.5
4. The Lives of Others - 9.0
5. Paprika - 9.0
6. The Darjeeling Limited - 9.0
7. The King of Kong - 9.0
8. Avenue Montaigne - 9.0
9. The Assassination of Jesse James - 8.5
10. 12:08 East to Bucharest - 8.5

Again!

1. No Country for Old Men - 10.0
2. Zodiac - 9.5
3. There Will Be Blood - 9.5
4. The Lives of Others - 9.0
5. Paprika - 9.0
6. The Darjeeling Limited - 9.0
7. Sunshine - 9.0
8. The King of Kong - 9.0
9. Avenue Montaigne - 9.0
10. In the Shadow of the Moon - 8.5

[Ivan Drago]

Edited just to switch There Will Be Blood from 4th to 3rd and No Country For Old Men from 3rd to 4th.

[Morris Schæffer]

Atonement ****
Zodiac ***½
The Bourne Ultimatum ***½
Live Free or Die Hard ***½
No Country for Old Men ***½
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford ***½
Gone Baby Gone ***
Hot Fuzz ***
Juno ***
Ratatouille ***

@Spinal: Did you ever post thoughts on the Coen movie? Particularly about the focal shift? I guess a 10th spot surprised me a bit and I'd like to know what issues, if any, you had with it.

I've yet to see There Will be Blood and The Mist while The Lives of Others is a 2006 movie for me. In the Shadow of the Moon might also crack my top ten had I seen it.

[Spinal]

@Spinal: Did you ever post thoughts on the Coen movie? Particularly about the focal shift? I guess a 10th spot surprised me a bit and I'd like to know what issues, if any, you had with it.

Why would a #10 spot surprise you?

[Morris Schæffer]

Why would a #10 spot surprise you?

Never mind. I understand you were sitting too close to the screen.:)

Joking aside, it seems you were somewhat thrown off by the perspective shift causing you to miss out on some vital information. You weren't entirely appreciative of the ambiguity in the very end which is sort of how I felt.

[Spinal]

Joking aside, it seems you were somewhat thrown off by the perspective shift causing you to miss out on some vital information. You weren't entirely appreciative of the ambiguity in the very end which is sort of how I felt.

Yeah, my rating for the film is kind of tentative right until I can go back and see that scene again.

[dreamdead]

Likely the last addition before the end of the month, I'd wager.

1. Syndromes and a Century
2. Quiet City
3. Once
4. No Country for Old Men
5. Paprika
6. The Taste of Tea
7. Zodiac
8. Ratatouille
9. I Don't Want to Sleep Alone
10. Black Book

[Melville]

Updated list:

1. Time
2. Once
3. There will be Blood
4. The Wayward Cloud
5. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
6. Paprika
7. Black Book
8. Zodiac
9. The Bourne Ultimatum
10. Darjeeling Limited

[Kurosawa Fan]

Again!

1. No Country for Old Men - 10.0
2. Zodiac - 9.5
3. There Will Be Blood - 9.5
4. The Lives of Others - 9.0
5. Paprika - 9.0
6. The Darjeeling Limited - 9.0
7. Sunshine - 9.0
8. The King of Kong - 9.0
9. Avenue Montaigne - 9.0
10. In the Shadow of the Moon - 8.5

Yay for updates!

1. No Country for Old Men - 10.0
2. Zodiac - 9.5
3. There Will Be Blood - 9.5
4. The Lives of Others - 9.0
5. Paprika - 9.0
6. The Darjeeling Limited - 9.0
7. No End in Sight - 9.0
8. Sunshine - 9.0
9. Fido - 9.0
10. Avenue Montaigne - 9.0

[origami_mustache]

FINAL
I originally had an order, but the more I think about these films the harder it is to choose a favorite film or establish an empirical hierarchy for this year as I really loved each of the first tier films for different reasons. Perhaps subsequent viewings will settle this later.

Tier I:

I'm Not There
No Country For Old Men
There Will Be Blood
Syndromes and a Century
Brand Upon the Brain
The Wayward Cloud

Tier II:
Secret Sunshine
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
The Wind That Shakes The Barley
The Flight of the Red Balloon

bottom 10: (1. being the worst)
10. The Simpsons Movie
9. Gone Baby Gone
8. Oceans Thirteen
7. Hot Fuzz
6. Public Fears in Private Places
5. Blades of Glory
4. 300
3. Juno
Transformers
1. Walk Hard

[Ezee E]

UPDATED


1. There Will Be Blood
2. No Country For Old Men
3. Eastern Promises
4. Black Snake Moan
5. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
6. Four Months, Three Weeks, and Two Days
7. Juno
8. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
9. 28 Weeks Later
10. Black Book




I will be watching Assassination one more time. We shall see.

[trotchky]

My updated list:

1. Killer of Sheep - ****
2. I'm Not There - ****
3. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford - ***1/2
4. The Witnesses - ***1/2
5. Paranoid Park - ***
6. Margot at the Wedding - ***
7. No Country for Old Men - ***
8. Persepolis - ***
9. Paprika - ***
10. Silent Light - ***

[Boner M]

4. The Witnesses - ***1/2
5. Paranoid Park - ***
10. Silent Light - ***
2008 releases.

btw, I'm kinda uncertain about when I should tally these. I'm thinking in the next week or so, but if there's anyone who's waiting to see something in particular, I can accept negotiations.

[Derek]

Finalized list:

1. There Will Be Blood (Paul Thomas Anderson)
2. I'm Not There (Todd Haynes)
3. The Host (Bong Joon-ho)
4. No Country for Old Men (Joel & Ethan Coen)
5. Killer of Sheep (Charles Burnett)
6. Time (Kim Ki-duk)
7. Lady Chatterley (Pascale Ferran)
8. The Diving Bell & The Butterfly (Julian Schnabel)
9. Sunshine (Danny Boyle)
10. Paprika (Satoshi Kon)

EDIT: and my top 20 write-up (http://www.cinematicreflections.com/bestof2007.html) which I don't think I linked to yet.

[origami_mustache]

I'd include Killer of Sheep, but I prefer to examine films within the context of the period of time they were made, so I find it unfair to include it on this list.

[Derek]

I'd include Killer of Sheep, but I prefer to examine films within the context of the period of time they were made, so I find it unfair to include it on this list.

Well, I'm not sure writing "5. Killer of Sheep" prevents me from examining the film within its original context, though maybe you know something I don't. :) Quite simply, if you're going by films getting their official US release in 2007, it fits the qualifications. Not that I'm even consistent about that myself as I chose not to include Army of Shadows last year, so I understand both sides.

[Watashi]

EDIT: and my top 20 write-up (http://www.cinematicreflections.com/bestof2007.html) which I don't think I linked to yet.


Congrats to Brad Bird for finally broken Pixar's 7 year drought of mediocrity.

:|

[origami_mustache]

Well, I'm not sure writing "5. Killer of Sheep" prevents me from examining the film within its original context, though maybe you know something I don't. :) Quite simply, if you're going by films getting their official US release in 2007, it fits the qualifications. Not that I'm even consistent about that myself as I chose not to include Army of Shadows last year, so I understand both sides.


I just meant it doesn't seem right to examine it comparatively to the more contemporary films. I can always count on Match-cut for smarmy semantic digs :lol:.

[Derek]

:|

Oh jeez! Bad grammar plus Monster's Inc. came out in 2001, so that should read 6 years. I'll fix that ASAP.

EDIT: But seriously, you wouldn't be satisfied unless I put it at #1 and included a picture of me fellating Brad Bird, so I do have trouble taking your :| seriously.


I just meant it doesn't seem right to examine it comparatively to the more contemporary films. I can always count on Match-cut for smarmy semantic digs :lol:.

Yeah, I knew what you meant. Like I said, I understand the argument for both sides, but considering there are sometimes foreign films released in the U.S. several years after they're made, I find it hard to draw the line anywhere. Plus, these films (Army, Killer, etc.) never received the recognition they deserved when or since they were released and that's really what I think their inclusion in modern lists is all about.

[origami_mustache]

Yeah, I knew what you meant. Like I said, I understand the argument for both sides, but considering there are sometimes foreign films released in the U.S. several years after they're made, I find it hard to draw the line anywhere. Plus, these films (Army, Killer, etc.) never received the recognition they deserved when or since they were released and that's really what I think their inclusion in modern lists is all about.

Yeah, I understand why and it doesn't bother me that people include these films as I think they deserve to be recognized. It's just more of a personal choice of mine not to include such films.

[dreamdead]

All you people who liked Quiet City need to update your lists. All those who didn't, well, please don't include as the worst you've seen of '07. :)

[Ezee E]

All you people who liked Quiet City need to update your lists. All those who didn't, well, please don't include as the worst you've seen of '07. :)
Howare you going to do all this since people updated their lists a few times?

[transmogrifier]

1. Zodiac (80)
2. Death Proof (78)
3. Gone Baby Gone (77)
4. Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (74)
5. Girl, Thirteen (72)
6. Eastern Promises (72)
7. Sunshine (72)
8. Once (71)
9. Bourne Ultimatum, The (70)
10. I'm Not There (70)

1. Zodiac (80)
2. Death Proof (78)
3. Gone Baby Gone (77)
4. Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (74)
5. Girl, Thirteen (72)
6. Eastern Promises (72)
7. Sunshine (72)
8. Once (71)
9. Atonement (71)
10. Bourne Ultimatum, The (70)

[Sycophant]

1. No Country for Old Men
2. The Taste of Tea
3. Paprika
4. Triad Election (Election 2)
5. The Host
6. The Darjeeling Limited
7. Hot Fuzz
8. Offside
9. Quiet City
10. Gone Baby Gone

[Eleven]

1. Zodiac
2. No Country for Old Men
3. There Will Be Blood
4. The Host
5. I'm Not There
6. Ratatouille
7. Hot Fuzz
8. Paprika
9. Eastern Promises
10. The Mist

1. Zodiac
2. There Will Be Blood
3. No Country for Old Men
4. The Host
5. I'm Not There
6. Hot Fuzz
7. Ratatouille
8. Paprika
9. Offside
10. Persepolis

[Rowland]

As much as I liked Quiet City, it won't be making my top ten. Still, I do need to update my list...

[dreamdead]

Ok, now I'm done for the month.

1. Syndromes and a Century
2. Quiet City
3. Once
4. No Country for Old Men
5. Exiled
6. Paprika
7. Zodiac
8. The Taste of Tea
9. Ratatouille
10. I Don't Want to Sleep Alone

[MacGuffin]

Updated. English titles from now on unless marketed with the movie's original title in North America (you're welcome Qrazy):

1. I'm Not There (Todd Haynes, USA)
2. No Country for Old Men (Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, USA)
3. Zodiac (David Fincher, USA)
4. Syndromes and a Century (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Thailand)
5. There Will Be Blood (Paul Thomas Anderson, USA)
6. Black Book (Paul Verhoeven, Netherlands)
7. Ratatouille (Brad Bird, Jan Pinkava, USA)
8. Michael Clayton (Tony Gilroy, USA)
9. Inside (Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury, France)
10. This Is England (Shane Meadows, UK)

10. Flanders (Bruno Dumont, France)
9. Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters (Matt Maiellaro, Dave Willis, USA)
8. Vacancy (Nimród Antal, USA)
7. Shoot 'Em Up (Michael Davis, USA)
6. Quiet City (Aaron Katz, USA)
5. Bee Movie (Steve Hickner, Simon J. Smith, USA)
4. The Host (Joon-ho Bong, South Korea)
3. Margot at the Wedding (Noah Baumbach, USA)
2. Black Snake Moan (Craig Brewer, USA)
1. Meet the Robinsons (Stephen J. Anderson, USA)

[Weeping_Guitar]

01. No Country For Old Men
02. The Assassination of Jesse James.....
03. The Bourne Ultimatum
04. Ratatouille
05. Atonement
06. The Lives of Others
07. 3:10 to Yuma
08. The Darjeeling LImited
09. Juno
10. There Will Be Blood

[trotchky]

3. Margot at the Wedding (Noah Baumbach, USA)

:sad:

[Stay Puft]

1. Syndromes and a Century
2. Paprika
3. Red Road
4. Lust, Caution
5. No Country for Old Men
6. The Host
7. Sunshine
8. ATHFCMFFT
9. After the Wedding
10. Hot Fuzz

Something like that, I suppose. I'll get around to Tsai's two movies when I get there chronologically (still waiting on The River).

[transmogrifier]

1. Zodiac (80)
2. Death Proof (78)
3. Gone Baby Gone (77)
4. Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (74)
5. Girl, Thirteen (72)
6. Eastern Promises (72)
7. Sunshine (72)
8. Once (71)
9. Atonement (71)
10. Bourne Ultimatum, The (70)

1. Zodiac (80)
2. The Darjeeling Limited (78)
3. Death Proof (78)
4. Gone Baby Gone (77)
5. Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (74)
6. There Will Be Blood (73)
7. Girl, Thirteen (72)
8. Eastern Promises (72)
9. Sunshine (72)
10. Once (71)

[Boner M]

Alright, I'm making the deadline this coming Friday. Can someone edit that into the subject?

Also, update/submit your worst lists, plz!

[ledfloyd]

1. I'm Not There
2. Zodiac
3. No Country for Old Men
4. Once
5. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
6. Sweeney Todd
7. There Will Be Blood
8. The Simpsons Movie
9. Black Snake Moan
10. Superbad

still alot to see, hopefully those last 3 get knocked off.
1. I'm Not There
2. Zodiac
3. No Country for Old Men
4. Once
5. The Assassination of Jesse James...
6. The Darjeeling Limited
7. Superbad
8. Black Snake Moan
9. Grindhouse
10. Sweeney Todd

added darjeeling jumbled the rest.

worst

1. 300
2. Disturbia
3. Juno
4. Transformers
5. Gone Baby Gone

those are the only movies i saw this year i'd give less than **.

[koji]

1. There Will Be Blood
2. 12:08 East of Bucharest
3. The Lives of Others
4. Black Book
5. Triad Election (Election 2)
6. Offside
7. Once
8. Margot at the Wedding
9. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
10. Eastern Promises

Other stuff that came close:

Waitress
Breach
Planet Terror
King of Kong
Lust, Caution
Boss of it All.
Zodiac
The Darjeeling Limited
Red Road
This is England
The Wind Shakes the Barely
Hot Fuzz
Paris je t’aime
No Country for OLd Men
Juno
Zodiac
Superbad
The Host
Sweeny Todd

[Boner M]

2 more days.

[Henry Gale]

1. No Country For Old Men (Coen/Coen)
2. Into The Wild (Penn)
3. Once (Carney)
4. Grindhouse (Rodriguez/Tarantino)
5. Ratatouille (Bird)
6. Eastern Promises (Cronenberg)
7. Black Snake Moan (Brewer)
8. Knocked Up (Apatow)
9. The Bourne Ultimatum (Greengrass)
10. The Darjeeling Limited (Anderson)

1. No Country For Old Men
2. Into The Wild
3. The Diving Bell And The Butterfly
4. Once
5. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street
6. There Will Be Blood
7. Grindhouse
8. Atonement
9. Black Snake Moan
10. Ratatouille

[Briare]

Basically, final list:

10. Lars and the Real Girl
9. The Darjeeling Limited
8. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
7. Juno
6. I'm Not There
5. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
4. Atonement
3. There Will Be Blood
2. No Country for Old Men
1. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

Final update.

10. Sweeney Todd
9. Margot at the Wedding
8. Lars and the Real Girl
7. The Darjeeling Limited
6. Juno
5. I'm Not There
4. Atonement
3. There Will Be Blood
2. No Country for Old Men
1. The Assassination of Jesse James

[Duncan]

Top 10:

1. The Man From London
2. There Will Be Blood
3. I'm Not There
4. Killer of Sheep
5. The Assassination of Jesse James etc.
6. The Darjeeling Limited
7. Persepolis
8. Into Great Silence
9. The Wind that Shakes the Barley
10. Into the Wild


Bottom 10:

10. Sweeney Todd
9. Atonement
8. Charlie Wilson's War
7. Spiderman 3
6. No Country for Old Men
5. Juno
4. Ratatouille
3. Live Free or Die Hard
2. 300
1. Knocked Up

Note that I am very selective in my theater viewings, and actually like some of those films. I see a lot of retrospective stuff over new releases, so I only saw about 25 films from 2007 in theaters.

[Sycophant]

Bottom ten:

1. Black Sheep
2. Enchanted
3. Severance
4. 300
5. Ghost Rider
6. Blades of Glory
7. Fido
8. The Golden Compass
9. Juno
10. I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry

I think my last top ten is still good.

[origami_mustache]

FINAL

bottom ten: (1. being the worst)
10. The Simpsons Movie
9. Gone Baby Gone
8. Oceans Thirteen
7. Hot Fuzz
6. Public Fears in Private Places
5. Blades of Glory
4. 300
3. Juno
Transformers
1. Walk Hard

updated

[Boner M]

I've decided that I won't be counting any list created before 2008.

[EvilShoe]

Updated:

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
There Will Be Blood
No Country for Old Men
Sunshine
Zodiac
Zwartboek
Hot Fuzz
Das Leben der Anderen
Atonement
Ratatouille

[Ivan Drago]

FINAL LISTS

Best List:

1. Grindhouse 12
2. Superbad 10
3. There Will Be Blood 9.5
4. No Country For Old Men 9.5
5. Atonement 9
6. Once 9
7. Hot Fuzz 9
8. The Assassination of Jesse James 9
9. Ratatouille 9
10. 300 8.5

Worst:

34. Shrek The Third 5.5
35. Zodiac 4.5
36. Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem 4
37. Rush Hour 3 3
38. Pathfinder 1.5

[MacGuffin]

Final lists (for this thread, at least):

1. I'm Not There (Todd Haynes, USA) *****
2. No Country for Old Men (Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, USA) ****1/2
3. Zodiac (David Fincher, USA) ****1/2
4. Syndromes and a Century (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Thailand) ****1/2
5. There Will Be Blood (Paul Thomas Anderson, USA) ****1/2
6. Black Book (Paul Verhoeven, Netherlands) ****
7. Ratatouille (Brad Bird, Jan Pinkava, USA) ****
8. Michael Clayton (Tony Gilroy, USA) ****
9. Inside (Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury, France) ***1/2
10. This Is England (Shane Meadows, UK) ***1/2

10. Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters (Matt Maiellaro, Dave Willis, USA) *1/2
9. Vacancy (Nimród Antal, USA) *
8. Shoot 'Em Up (Michael Davis, USA) *
7. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (Andrew Dominik, USA) *
6. Quiet City (Aaron Katz, USA) 1/2
5. Bee Movie (Steve Hickner, Simon J. Smith, USA) 1/2
4. The Host (Joon-ho Bong, South Korea) 1/2
3. Margot at the Wedding (Noah Baumbach, USA) 1/2
2. Black Snake Moan (Craig Brewer, USA) 1/2
1. Meet the Robinsons (Stephen J. Anderson, USA) 1/2

[monolith94]

reposting for the must-be-posted-in-2008 rule

New:

1. Khadak
2. I'm Not There
3. No Country For Old Men
4. Paprika
5. The Darjeeling Limited
6. Once
7. Gone Baby Gone
8. Black Book
9. Hot Fuzz
10. Leben der Anderen, Das

HMS:
Lady Chatterley
28 Weeks Later...
In the Shadow of the Moon
Wind That Shakes the Barley

[EvilShoe]

Updated again:

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
There Will Be Blood
No Country for Old Men
Sunshine
Zodiac
Zwartboek
Hot Fuzz
Das Leben der Anderen
Ratatouille
I'm Not There

[EvilShoe]

Wait, will there be a "worst" list as well?

[Ezee E]

For shame, I was hoping to see the Wonder Emporium before it was all done, but it's on a Very Long Wait from Netflix.

Maybe I'll make a Redbox rental.

[balmakboor]

Top Ten

1. The Taste of Tea
2. Fido
3. Sicko
4. King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
5. Juno
6. Death Proof
7. The Lives of Others
8. Redacted
9. Ratatouille
10. Superbad

[Sycophant]

If there's a bottom ten produced and a film appears on both our top lists and our bottom lists, that would thrill me to no end.

[Spinal]

2. Fido
3. Sicko
5. Juno


Let me guess. Your favorite muppet is Gonzo.

[balmakboor]

To be honest, I haven't seen many movies from 2007. But I wanted to play so I went through the lists in this thread and found about 12 or 13 films that I've seen and liked. I picked a top 10 from there. If it is a terrific film and it's not on my list, the odds are pretty good that I haven't seen it yet. Like four out of the five Best Picture nominees for starters.

[Boner M]

Wait, will there be a "worst" list as well?
Yup.

[Qrazy]

To be honest, I haven't seen many movies from 2007. But I wanted to play so I went through the lists in this thread and found about 12 or 13 films that I've seen and liked. I picked a top 10 from there. If it is a terrific film and it's not on my list, the odds are pretty good that I haven't seen it yet. Like four out of the five Best Picture nominees for starters.

Fido seems to have grown on you with reflection. You seemed lukewarm at first.

(I'm still fairly lukewarm on it's greater cinematic merit, but it was fun.)

[Boner M]

D'ya have a list, Qrazy?

[Melville]

Worst:

1. 300
2. Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
3. Death Proof

[Qrazy]

D'ya have a list, Qrazy?

Nah, haven't seen enough for one I'd feel good about.

[monolith94]

reposting for the must-be-posted-in-2008 rule

New:

1. Khadak
2. I'm Not There
3. No Country For Old Men
4. Paprika
5. The Darjeeling Limited
6. Once
7. Gone Baby Gone
8. Black Book
9. Hot Fuzz
10. Leben der Anderen, Das

HMS:
Lady Chatterley
28 Weeks Later...
In the Shadow of the Moon
Wind That Shakes the Barley

Ok, sorry, but I've got to make just one last change:

1. Khadak
2. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
3. I'm Not There
4. No Country For Old Men
5. Paprika
6. The Darjeeling Limited
7. Once
8. Gone Baby Gone
9. Black Book
10. Hot Fuzz

HMS:
The Lives of Others
Lady Chatterley
28 Weeks Later...
In the Shadow of the Moon
Wind That Shakes the Barley

[eternity]

I still need to see a lot more things, but I guess this is the final:

1. Juno (Jason Reitman)
2. Control (Anton Corbijn)
3. The TV Set (Jake Kasdan)
4. The Tracey Fragments (Bruce McDonald)
5. Wristcutters: A Love Story (Goran Dukic)
6. SiCKO (Michael Moore)
7. Across the Universe (Julie Taymor)
8. The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters (Seth Gordon)
9. Superbad (Greg Motolla)
10. Eagle vs. Shark (Taika Waititi)

Honorable Mentions:
-In the Land of Women (Jon Kasdan)
-Ratatouille (Brad Bird)
-Smokin' Aces (Joe Carnahan)
-Breach (Billy Ray)
-Zodiac (David Fincher)
-Hot Fuzz (Edgar Wright)
-Waitress (Adrienne Shelley)
-Once (John Carney)
-Rocket Science (Jeffrey Blitz)

10 Worst:
1. Alien vs. Predator: Requiem (The Brothers Strause)
2. Transformers (Michael Bay)
3. Epic Movie (Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer)
4. Halloween (Rob Zombie)
5. Redline (Andy Cheng)
6. Bratz (Sean McNamara)
7. I Know Who Killed Me (Chris Sivertson)
8. Captivity (Roland Joffe)
9. Shooter (Antione Fuqua)
10. Catch and Release (Susannah Grant)

EDIT: I hope I made it in on time.

[Rowland]

Since you're using the Village Voice system, and I don't much feel like trying to figure out a ranking, I'll just list my top ten without numbers:

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Atonement
Black Snake Moan
Exiled
Gone Baby Gone
Into the Wild
Offside
Once
Paprika
The Taste of Tea

HM: Deep Water, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, No Country for Old Men, Quiet City, Ratatouille, 12:08 East of Bucharest, 28 Weeks Later, Zodiac

Worst:

Alpha Dog
As You Like It
Black Sheep
Fracture
Gracie
Hostel: Part II
Juno
A Mighty Heart
Redacted
Transformers

[Lazlo]

Best:

1. No Country For Old Men
2. There Will Be Blood
3. Ratatouille
4. Into the Wild
5. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
6. Once
7. Sunshine
8. Black Snake Moan
9. The Bourne Ultimatum
10. Lars and the Real Girl

Worst:

10.Transformers
9.Shooter
8. Hostel: Part II
7. The Last Mimzy
6. Eagle vs. Shark
5. Fred Claus
4. Poison Friends
3. Alpha Dog
2. The Number 23
1. Ghost Rider

[Qrazy]

6. Eagle vs. Shark


Agreed, so disappointing and terrible.

[Bosco B Thug]

Man, should've gone and rented Into the Wild this week.

TOP TEN
1. Death Proof
2. Zodiac
3. Gone Baby Gone
4. Sweeney Todd
5. This Is England
6. The Host
7. Ratatouille
8. The Assassination of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford
9. Black Book
10. The Mist
11. Offside
12. Joshua
(12.5. Inland Empire)
13. Eastern Promises
14. I'm Not There
15. Exiled
16. The Darjeeling Limited
17. No Country For Old Men
18. The Taste of Tea
19. Black Snake Moan
20. Hot Fuzz
21. Superbad
21.5. Rescue Dawn
22. Bug
23. Hostel II
24. The Lives of Others
25. Sunshine
26. Away From Her
27. Juno
27.5. Michael Clayton
28. There Will Be Blood
29. Rocket Science
30. Atonement
31. Knocked Up
32. 28 Weeks Later
33. Once
34. Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix
35. The Lookout
36. Halloween
37. Planet Terror
38. Across the Universe
39. The Simpsons Movie
40. Bridge to Terabithia
41. 3:10 to YumaWORST OF 2007
42./8. The Orphanage
43./7. Enchanted
44./6. 1408
45./5. The Hitcher
46./4. Disturbia
47./3. Ocean’s Thirteen
48./2. Transformers
49./1. The Messengers

MISSED: 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days; American Gangster; Lars and the Real Girl; Syndrome of the Century; I Don’t Want to Sleep Alone; Into the Wild; Paprika; Persepolis; 12:08 to Bucharest; The Boss of it All; Quiet City

[Boner M]

12 more hours. After that, you've gotta PM me.

[transmogrifier]

1. Zodiac (80)
2. The Darjeeling Limited (78)
3. Death Proof (78)
4. Gone Baby Gone (77)
5. Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (74)
6. There Will Be Blood (73)
7. Girl, Thirteen (72)
8. Eastern Promises (72)
9. Sunshine (72)
10. Once (71)

A buzzer-beater outta nowhere!

1. Into the Wild (83)
2. Zodiac (80)
3. The Darjeeling Limited (78)
4. Death Proof (78)
5. Gone Baby Gone (77)
6. Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (74)
7. There Will Be Blood (73)
8. Girl, Thirteen (72)
9. Eastern Promises (72)
10. Sunshine (72)

[balmakboor]

Fido seems to have grown on you with reflection. You seemed lukewarm at first.

(I'm still fairly lukewarm on it's greater cinematic merit, but it was fun.)

Nah, I was a little hesitant to see it due to what seemed an overwhelming "meh" reaction from others. Actually seeing it though, I liked it right away. The story is a bit thin and relies too much on period cliches, but it definitely has its heart in the right place and has charm to burn.

Also, as I mentioned in the Diary of the Dead thread, I love the line "We're going zombie." It, with its expressed desire to join the zombies, is the natural next step after John Leguizamo's "I want to see how the other half lives" from Land of the Dead. (Come to think of it, it is also similar to the character feeding himself to the zombies in Day of the Dead, though much gentler in its realization.)

[Philosophe_rouge]

Best:
1. No Country for Old Men (USA, Joel and Ethan Coen)
2. There Will Be Blood (USA, P.T. Anderson)
3. Zodiac (USA, David Fincher)
4. I'm Not There (USA/Germany, Todd Haynes)
5. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (USA, Andrew Dominik)
6. Black Book (Netherlands/Germany/Belgium, Paul Verhoeven)
7. Juno (USA, Jason Reitman)
8. Le Scaphandre et le papillon (France/USA, Julian Schnabel)
9. Gone Baby Gone (USA, Ben Affleck)
10. Bourne Ultimatum (USA, Paul Greengrass)

Worst
10. 28 Weeks Later (UK/Spain, Juan Carlos Fresnadillo)
9. Sunshine (UK/USA, Danny Boyle)
8. Across the Universe (USA, Julie Taymor)
7. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (UK/USA, David Yates)
6. Knocked Up (USA, Judd Apatow)
5. The Wind that Shakes the Barley (Ireland / UK / Germany / Italy / Spain / France, Ken Loach)
4. Into the Wild (USA, Sean Penn)
3. After the Wedding (Denmark / Sweden, Susanne Bier)
2. The Lookout (USA, Scott Frank)
1. Fracture (USA/Germany, Gregory Hoblit)

[Kurosawa Fan]

My bottom 10 stays the same.

Bottom Ten:

10. The Savages - 4.5
9. Before the Devil Knows You're Dead - 4.0
8. The Orpha-meh-ge - 4.0
7. Meh-owulf - 4.0
6. Severance - 3.5
5. Crazy Love - 3.0
4. Superbad - 3.0
3. 1408 - 2.5
2. Bee Movie - 2.0
1. Redacted - 1.5

[Morris Schæffer]

worst:

10. The Kingdom
09. The Simpsons Movie
08. Alien Vs. Predator: Requiem
07. The Host
06. Pirates of the Caribbean, At World's End
05. Mr. Bean's Holiday
04. Ghost Rider
03. Next
02. Hitman
01. Shrek the Third

[Rowland]

A buzzer-beater outta nowhere!

1. Into the Wild (83)
Finally, someone who shares the extent of my enthusiasm for this. :pritch:

[EvilShoe]

Worst I've seen in 2007 (which I can remember). Hopefully still on time:

Ghost rider
300
Transformers
Resident Evil: Extinction
Severance
The Simpsons Movie
Next
Golden compass
I am legend
National Treasure 2Nicolas Cage, you rock my world.

[eternity]

Edit up higher on the page.

[Qrazy]

Worst
10. 28 Weeks Later (UK/Spain, Juan Carlos Fresnadillo)
9. Sunshine (UK/USA, Danny Boyle)
8. Across the Universe (USA, Julie Taymor)
7. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (UK/USA, David Yates)
6. Knocked Up (USA, Judd Apatow)
5. The Wind that Shakes the Barley (Ireland / UK / Germany / Italy / Spain / France, Ken Loach)
4. Into the Wild (USA, Sean Penn)
3. After the Wedding (Denmark / Sweden, Susanne Bier)
2. The Lookout (USA, Scott Frank)
1. Fracture (USA/Germany, Gregory Hoblit)

Yeah, The Lookout was hella stupid.

[Qrazy]

Also, as I mentioned in the Diary of the Dead thread, I love the line "We're going zombie." It, with its expressed desire to join the zombies, is the natural next step after John Leguizamo's "I want to see how the other half lives" from Land of the Dead. (Come to think of it, it is also similar to the character feeding himself to the zombies in Day of the Dead, though much gentler in its realization.)

Although on a meta-level I find it fairly distasteful as it essentially means embracing conformity and opting in favor of bourgeois concerns.

[NickGlass]

Eeek! I'm putting together my list--it'll be up soon.

[NickGlass]

Top 10 (in no order--sort of):

I’m Not There
12:08 East of Bucharest
Persepolis
4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days
The Wayward Cloud
Dans Paris
King of Kong
No Country for Old Men
My Kid Could Paint That
Day Night/Day Night

Bottom 10 (certainly in no order):

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Juno
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Sunshine
Fay Grim
Broken English
The Ten
Grace is Gone
Rocket Science
Strange Culture

[eternity]

To those who's worst lists don't contain really, any BAD movies, please, take a dive into the truly horrid sometime. It's sticky down here, but it's good for some laughs.

[Duncan]

4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days Does this one count? I don't see why it shouldn't, but I'm not seeing it on a lot of lists and I thought there was some discussion about it in the last 15 pages that I don't want to read through. If it does I want to add it to mine.

[Rowland]

Does this one count? I don't see why it shouldn't, but I'm not seeing it on a lot of lists and I thought there was some discussion about it in the last 15 pages that I don't want to read through. If it does I want to add it to mine.It's technically a US '08 release, so I don't know if it should be eligible, given that it will also be eligible next year.

[Boner M]

432 doesn't count, and only made a few lists anyway. Apparently it had a brief run in LA last year, which made it eligible for the polls, but I'm not gonna play by those rules here.

Also, this thread's closed. PM if your desperate to make changes.