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Fathergeek lays out the 25 Films he found most enjoyable over the last twelve months...
Well, its that time of year again. Time to recap my (Fathergeek, Harry's Dad) 2007 film viewing for you. As always these are all films I viewed in theaters with audiences, not things watched at home on tape, or DVD (HD or otherwise) even though I have access to top of the line equiptment and a 15 foot screen at geek headquarters.To me its important for this type of list making to take into account the "Audience Experience." I regularly see several hundred movies each year in theaters. These are the 25 that most impressed me one way or another in 2007. These are not necessarily films released in the USA in 2007, but they ARE motion pictures I saw for the 1st time in 2007. Note: That I'm not saying this list is the best made movies of 2007, just the ones that I most enjoyed viewing with audiences,
They are in order of my preferience at this point in time... this order could change over time with repeated screenings and input from those whose opinions I have grown to respect over years of movie going, however I've discussed this list with no one prior to writing it up. Also try as I did I missed some movies in the last 12 months, sorry if that included some of your faves, buuut I can't list them if I didn't see them.
25. I Am Legend
24. Black Sheep
23. Charley Wilson's War
22. Diary of the Dead
21. The Signal
20. Curse of the Golden Flower
19. Kiltro
18. The Girl Next Door
17. Moebius Redux: A Life in Pictures
16. The Devil Came on Horseback
15. Mirageman
14. Monkey Warfare
13. Death Proof
12. Persepolis
11. Mongol
10. Los Cronocrimenes (Time Crimes)
9. Zodiac
8. 3:10 to Yuma
7. Juno
6. Eastern Promises
5. The Orphanage
4. Bourne Ultimatum
3. Sweeney Todd
2. No Country for Old Men
1. There will be Blood
That's it from ol' Fathergeek for this year... see you in the darkened theatre before the trailers start to roll...
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the addition of Black Sheep made me smile. The spirit of early Peter Jackson lives on.
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Woot! First
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Now harry, respond to that fucking Myspace message I sent you last night. You know, it was the long one.
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Why just 'Death Proof'?
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Good to see some love for Zodiac, and by Girl Next Door, I am assuming you are talking about the horrible vomit inducing horror movie (and I mean that in the best way possible)? Also, what the fuck is Monkey Warfare? Other than the best name of a movie ever.
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A simple list without all the rhetoric! CHEERS FATHER GEEK!!!
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The load of shit that was I Am Legend makes the cut but Across the Universe doesn't??? What a shame. More of a shame if you didn't see it.
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Really? I hated that movie. Saw it at the Toronto Film Festival last year. And here's what I wrote about it: MONKEY WARFARE
Obviously, Canadian productions aren’t held to the same high standard as movies from other countries. Which would explain how this got in despite production values not seen since the Zapruder film. The plot involves a pair of bohemians who scrounge around Toronto looking for hidden treasures they can sell to yuppies for dope money. After their dealer is busted, their new dealer helps them rediscover their discarded idealism. The director uses some neat visual tricks, but apparently, couldn’t quite figure out the whole “focus” thing. -
...would never make it on anybody's list.
By "anybody" I mean "people who are intelligent". -
My keyboard is naughty.
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remember Zodiac, Eastern Promises, 3:10 and Bourne
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Dad and I saw this at SXSW - there was no focus issues - and I have the film on DVD as well - and there's no focus problems. I can only assume you got hit with a terrible projectionist and a "gate" issue. It is a truly great indie film. Absolutely love it, one of my faves of 2007.
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Let's be real. Planet Terror wasn't as fun as it seemed in the promos and the gore was too over the top, not even funny over the top. The only value is the few sweet spots and last 15 minutes of Deathproof.
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No explanation necessary - your opinion is as good as shit.
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Shit also known as Manure, is an organic matter used as fertilizer in agriculture. Manures contribute to the fertility of the soil by adding organic matter and nutrients.
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Harry said that he was talking about films, not DVD. My point is that 'Grindhouse' was the film and that 'Death Proof' was just part of it. He should have put 'Grindhouse' if that's the movie he liked.
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The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. Fact.
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Thanks for the heads up about this Pater Geek
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is no list at all. But that might just be me...
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Pretty much movies 10 through 22. Minus deathproof and curse. Never came to a theater near anyone. Luckily The Signal looks like its going to get some sort of release sometime here soon. Fucking I need a circle of friends to start up my own independant movie theater where I live so I can start seeing movies beyond whats in the box office top ten.
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Keep in mind I don't necessarily see films when they are released...some I see months before the general public... this list is for only movies seen in 2007, not 2006 or before.
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You should make a blank topic page where TB can put there top five. No explanation or anything, just be able to put there top five nothing else. And i don't know maybe tally them up and have a kids choice award for fav TB movie. You gave us a voice now let us be heard. But whatever its your site, I just live here.
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One of the worst movies I saw in 2007. Maybe I just don't get it. Planet Terror surpised me, I wasn't sure what to expect so I enjoyed the over the top fun. Kicking myself for not seeing Yuma or Eastern Promises, but should be seeing one of those 2 tonight. I know this is lame, but the whole pulling the hair marionette thing killed me in Ratatouille. I can accept the rats having lives and reading and cooking. Fine, but to accurately control someone by tugging on hair is silly. It was a fun little flick, but I just can't get over that, so I'm not in love with that like I was with Incredibles.
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Usually (presuming this is harry) you give a decent description of each film along with the cover artwork. This time you just gave a list. Why?
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The Savages? The Lives of Others? The King of Kong? Michael Clayton? Surely you didn't see all of them in 2006.
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movie of the year!
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if you cant see DEATH PROOF for the awesome movie that it is there's something seriously wrong with your comprehension of good film. Which isn't surprising since your questioning the logic of an animated kids movie.
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Dec 28, 2007 3:53:22 PM CST
No Country For Old Men--most overrated film of the year
by jacksparasites
What is it with critics and this movie. I love the Coens as much as the next guy, and sure there were a few really great scenes in the movie, but it's way too artsy to be recommended to general audiences. And since when does playing a cool character equal best acting performance of the year? I'm sorry but the critics got to let this one go.
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every year, we go through the same confusion..
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I haven't seen many of the 10-25. Good list!
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It was just bad. It seemed never ending. So much dialogue that didn't go anywhere, just talking for the sake of talking. Like QT couldn't help but write pages of inane talking since he hears how much everyone loves his dialogue. The last car chase scene was the only part not making me pull my hair out, and even then it felt anti-climactic. I much prefer not getting it. Give me a great animated kids movie any day over that horseshit.
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This was one of the freakiest, most depressing, arachno-, claustro- and xeno-phobic end of the world movies I've seen in a long while.
MILD SPOILER:
I know with the dark, violent ending it wasn't a huge commercial hit--why it wasn't released well BEFORE Halloween I'll never understand--it's not exactly a feel good, family friendly holiday flick (Dads: bring your 8 year old son to this movie and he'll never look at you the same way again, especially if you're a registered handgun owner!), but I predict this one will find a long life on home video a la The Thing or Blade Runner (a couple of other great, DARK movies that were commercially buried in 1982, the year of E.T. and his magic glowing heartlight).
It even, surprisingly, had a rather positive message buried beneath all the slimy tentacles, Russian roulette, and spider babies--no matter how freaky the impossibly tall things in the mist may be, never give up hope ya bastards!
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Planet Terror was way better, and Ratatouile was overrated.
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was overrated. Loved the first two. Kept on hearing how #3 was the best of the bunch. Just saw it and thought it was kinda boring and predictable. Oh well..
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I haven't seen Will Be Blood yet, but if it's really better than NCfOM, that's really saying something.
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...was pretty good until it got dark and the God-awful CGI vampires turned up and pissed over the source material. My top 5 films for 2007 would be Hot Fuzz, Beowulf, Superbad, The Lives of Others and Ratatouille (keep in mind I'm in the UK and yet to see The Mist/No Country/There Will Be Blood. Worst would be a toss-up between FF2:ROTSS and Saw 4. No, scratch that, it was Transformers.
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Where in the hell did anyone say the films one likes must not be "too artsy for general audiences"??? Dolts like you get your Norbit and Cheaper by the Dozen 16, so let us have our artsy "No Country for Old Men" and "There Will Be Blood". You'd probably enjoy these films if you weren't talking on your f'in cell phone the whole time.
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...Deathproof was fucking terrible. An hour and a half of inane QT ramblings to make us all realise how cool and trendy and in touch with his feminine side he is, then a car chase in order to placate us. Oh do fuck off.
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oh fuck off...that's like saying 'I'm stupid and therefore everyone else is too stupid to enjoy this film'
This is nothing but people trying to throw cold water on what is clearly an xlnt film. Yeh good luck you 'win' with your complete lack of taste.
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I agree with you about all!
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My favorite movie of 2007 was definitely Atonement, but Zodiac and No Country come close (still gotta see TWBB and a few others though, so this may change).
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Both great films.
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I thought Death Proof sucked. It pains me to say that, too. There was a time that Quentin Tarantino was a god to me. But as I watched Death Proof I kept asking myself, "what the fuck was he thinking?" At first I thought he took the "Grindhouse" thing too far by intentionally making a bad movie...I remember a comment from him regarding Grindhouse as flashy poster/crappy movie.
But after subsequent viewings, I cannot bring myself to enjoy it. It's a bad movie. Sorry to say it. Even the car chases were boring. And Tarantino and car chases should have gone hand in hand. While I can respect his choice not to use any CGI, it still could have been better than what it was.
Oh, and what's with you guys and the Bourne movies? Just because a movie is smarter than other summer fare doesn't mean it's brilliant. They (the Bourne movies) take themselves entirely too seriously. Everything is "the end of the world" with those characters (especially Joan Allen and David Straithaitraithn). -
It's called character development. Remember the good looking girls in that movie, they were just pretending. All that dialogue turns them into real people, which is a job that only very talented writers can pull off well. So it wasn't just talking for the sake of talking. And that last car chase you mentioned was exciting to you because it seamed real, and it seemed real because it involved real people. That's how you develop atmosphere. Just imagine if it was just stunt man mike's story, we'd be watching him torture a bunch of strangers. That's involving alright.
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It should have been Stuntman Mike's story.
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you didn't exactly know what his deal was, just that he was a psychotic adrenaline junky.
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HUH?!
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HUH, HUH?
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Yeah, I was all into this movie (with it's realistic depiction of talking rats) until it got unbelievable with the whole hair-marionette thing. That just ruined the whole movie for me. Pixar sucks.
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I must accept that Kiltro and Mirageman aren't best movie of the year material anywhere. Though your list says "most enjoyable", so I could accept them.
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juno has affection for its characters and treats them as people. napoleon dynamite is "let's laugh at the losers for 90 minutes". i agree juno's dialogue is a little overly clever at times (but to be fair, there are several instances where juno screws up pop culture references), but if that's its biggest fault, it's still miles ahead of fucking napoleon dynamite.
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I think a lot of guys were pissed off because they went in expecting one type of film and ending up getting another. I thought it was a great film but then again, I like to see chicks smashing guys' faces in.
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Kind of interesting that none of the anti-Iraq-War films made the list. And even Charlie Wilson's War (AKA The Cold War Film That Forgets Reagan Existed) only makes the 20s. When you can't get lefty film geeks to like your propaganda, you've got severe problems, Hollywood.
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I manage at a movie theatre, and as far as I'm aware this one never saw a release. I know it was screened at certain festivals and what have you, but did it ever even get a NY/LA release??
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I enjoyed Planet Terror in the theater, but the more I though about it, the more I realized how lame and self-indulgent it was. Why Tarantino wastes his time with "Lavaboy" and "Spykids" no talent Rodriguez is beyond me; I think he's just lonely. Death Proof doesn't deserve to be saddled with Terror's inane dialogue, CGI and preposterous pyrotechnic overkill (in a 70s exploitation flick? wtf!). By the way, ever notice every time someone disses Death Proof, they always mention all the "lame chick talk?" The latent misogyny of undersexed fanboys is truly an ugly sight to behold.
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5. The Mist - Accomplished exactly what it set out to do. Couldn't take my eyes off of it. Still thinking about it.
4. 3:10 to Yuma - Crowe was absolutely amazing. Great character based tale.
3. There Will Be Blood - DDL gives the second best performance of the year.
2. No Country for Old Men - The closest to perfect a film that isn't perfect could get. The world that the Coens created here was as authentic as it was original. Great performances all around.
1. The Assassination of Jesse James - The look. The writing. The story and the best group of performances of the year. Spoiler - the stage show in the end is one of the all time best scenes on film.
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5. I am Legend - Started really good ended BAD. I'd prefer just a so so flick to one that lets me down babe.
4. 1408 - See above
3. Blades of Glory - Not even a snicker
2. 300 - Started bad ended bad.
1. 300 - Seriously? How can a film be so shitty? Just when I started to have fun with it BAM! Turds went a-flyin. How's this for a story: Fight this. oh ok then fight THIS! oh. damn that didn't work...How bout this! Crap. -
Everyone forgets Ratatoullie - why is that? It was EASILY the best film of the year.
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Assassination of Jesse James is one of the 20 best films of all time. Citizen Kane is over rated. 300 is a spiralling and moist khaki-colored turd.
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I think it is neither, but I always get confused for a moment.
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Let me take this moment to congratulate the Aintitcool community for showing the level-headed restraint and proper hindsight in not demanding that Transformers be on everyone's top ten of the year list. For once, I am pleasantly surprised.
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Though I am as surprised as anyone that Transformers is not on my top 5 worst films list. Maybe its because I never watched the show as a kid...Maybe it was Megan Fox.
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The closest thing we will ever get to the Deadwood movies. Ah Deadwood - best television ever created.
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Dec 28, 2007 6:04:38 PM CST
No Country for Old Men = Mutton Dressed Up as Lamb
by no respectable gentleman
Some sanity please on this flick, please. It's really just warmed-up leftovers: the world-weary cop could be Morgan Freeman in SE7EN; the psychopathic hitman could be Jude Law in ROAD TO PERDITION; the auto-surgery turns up in movies every six months, last time in SHOOTER; the theme of chance was the basis of MATCH POINT; the wrong room suspense scene was in THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (the ultimate mutton dressed up as lamb); and the arbitrary violence out-West has been a movie staple since BADLANDS. So how to account for the excessive love heaped upon it? (a) A literary pedigree, being based on a book by the monstrously overrated Cormac McCarthy (who recently won a Pulitzer for warming up a SF staple -- the post-apocalyptic odyssey -- with pseudo-poetic prose; (b) Everything is relative, and the Coens' recent output has been so mediocre that the merely good suddenly looks like a masterpiece; (c) The lack of music (and it says a lot about how mediocre movie music has become, and how unfashionable it's been for a long time among tone-deaf cineastes, that the absence of music has been lauded as a stroke of genius); (d) Dreary monologues with neon signs over them screaming THEMATIC DEPTH.
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had to have been one of the worst movies I have ever seen. Cheesy, overly violent, and just plane stupid. Terrible film, even by direct-to-video standards. Bourne and Zodiac kick ass though.
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So was Transformers and Dan in Real Life.
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We are all entitled to our opinions, but to draw loose parallels to other movies like that is a weak reason to talk shit on the movie. Take any of the so called best films of all time and one can draw link to any number of sources. Those who loved the movie and consider it an all time great need more - though I do agree that Silence of the Lambs is over rated. Oh yeah and have you READ Blood Meridian? Its uh...a pretty good book.
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too many absurd jump cuts in it...but it did have some awesome scenes that will live forever on youtube.
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Did you hate the whole movie or -like me- were you hopeful for the first 40%.
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list..shit dude you didn't even write out the full titles of all the movies.
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For some (me) begged you to look below the surface at this oddly mythic tale and completely faithful and original world present. Some don't think it deserved such a deep look. I could see that on the surface it was simply good (ok really good) but at least for me, it was equally enjoyable thinking about it ever since - which helped (along with great writing and performances) make it absolutely great. Does it deserve this amount of examination? I think so. The talkback the day it opened was extremely interesting.
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Dec 28, 2007 6:16:38 PM CST
"The Mist" was definately one of the best movies of the year...
by kirbymanly
How the hell did this film go so unnoticed?
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Agreed. Like a good song that never makes it to radio on an album of easy singles. When I think about movies of 2007 - The Mist is always there.
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Wait - the fact that you are comparing Miami Vice and Jesse James will make me go out and rent Miami Vice right now. Seriously? Is it that good? ...but I HATE Jamie Fox!!
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Then I read you thought the Mist sucked - oh well - saves me a trip to Blockbuster.
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If I can imagine reading every single review from this movie and each and every critic says this is the worst movie of the year and STILL my opinion of its greatness stands firm - then I know its great. I think everyone could talk shit on Jesse James and I would still consider it one of the best films ever made.
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can't decide which movie I hate the most.
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make a list of the WORST films of the year, rip them to shreds and provide the amazon link to each one.
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Deathproof is a stand alone film as well. When it was released in europe and DVD as a stand alone film. It officially becomes a stand alone film. Yes it can be shown as part of Grindhouse as well, but any network can air Deathproof has a stand alone film if they so choose too.
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Don't rent Miami Vice. Though I'd take Mann's work over half the gunk that's out there... its easily not his best film. It has a few moments...but not enough to warrent me saying "its good".
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Am I missing something? No Kite Runner? Kites! Running!
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Most overrated movie EVER. Period. Like a lotiony handjob that switches to sandpaper after jerking you off poorly for an hour and then blueballs you and leaves you bleeding outside in a snowstorm after about 2 hours. Come to think of it that movie hit home.
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I haven't seen There Will Be Blood yet, and I'm expecting it to RULE all kinds of ass, but until then, here's the list:
1. Once
Fucking awesome music based movie (still don't agree that its a musical, cause I fucking hate musicals and I love this)
2. The Diving Bell And The Butterfly
This was really original in its execution and its also the most emotional experience I had in a theater this year.
3. No Country For Old Men
In spite of the fact that I can understand why some people wouldn't like this movie, I still find it to be a classic.
4. 3:10 To Yuma
This managed to revive the Western and Russell Crowe's career in one fell swoop. Did I mention it was AWESOME?
5. Michael Clayton
One of the most satisfying endings of the year. And actually, one of the best opening monologues as well.
6. Before The Devil Knows You're Dead
An 80 year old guy directing like he's in his prime, some of the best ensemble acting I saw all year, and a third act that's about as fucked up as "A Simple Plan".
7. Grindhouse
The most fun I had in any movie this year.
8. The Assassination Of Jesse James
Really, really solid second film. Brad Pitt was born to play Jesse James. Oh yeah, and Casey Affleck is Best Supporting Actor.
9. Superbad
Best Comedy this year.
10. Control
Best biopic this year. Don't agree with all the "I'm Not There" love.
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off this list right now. keep golden flower though.
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I am very happy that FatherGeek and any others among you had the opportunity to see the plethora of films that were offered in the last year. What he and others like him who do this for a living fail to realize is that the vast majority of us either don't have the time or the opportunities that avail themselves to see these films. I for one would early love to sit on my fanny all day and watch movies for a living or at least have a chance to see films that are advertised nationally or that I have either read or heard about without traveling 400 miles to the nearest theatre that shows them. My suggestion is...How about two lists? One for the movie stalkers that can watch everything that is made this year and one for the general theatre going public, who wants to see a good movie that is actually playing within 50 miles of where they live? And as for the list, I read AICN every day and there are 12 of those movies I never heard of, let alone have the opportunity to see.
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...I know, I see it too... now. Lot of good that does me. Did Superbad have a place? I might as well presume it doesn't and be condescending about that being missed out too whilst I'm making a habit of it.
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I Am Legend Makes the cut, but Michael Clayton does not?? AND WHERE IS GONE BABY GONE for the love of good movies. Very dissapointing.
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C'mon mush. 700 times in the flicks a year, that's twice a day. Even i ay falling for that.
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What makes it misogynistic is that the dialogue in Death Proof was held to a different standard than the dialogue in any other Tarantino movie, and was criticized, largely on this board, precisely because they were women apparently talking about things guys don't want to hear women talk about. All of Tarantino's dialogue is trivial, sex-driven, and ultimately pointless. Somehow, though, when it was men talking about how Madonna is singing about dick in Like a Virgin, it was okay. When the women of Death Proof talk, it's all "who they fucked last, who they might fuck next." (your words) If you couldn't tell the well-drawn differences between the characters, it's your own damn fault, cause I sure as hell could, and I know a hell of a lot of people that agree with me, so You lose.
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But I guess America saw that when it was first released eighteen months ago. You should put up a link to the list from the year before so we can see all the 2007 movies you put on your 2006 list. My number two for this My Blueberry Nights.
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the fact people have to pick at this film shows the general level of pissant one upmanship out there.
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Dec 28, 2007 9:01:15 PM CST
GONE BABY GONE; HOT FUZZ; KNOCKED UP; MICHAEL CLAYTON; ASSASSINA
by flyinhawaiian
GET FUCKING REAL, BLACK SHEEP? WOW.
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Biggest disappointment this year for sure. I believed it was a good movie until the third act when it decides to take a shit on Richard Matheson's themes from the original novel which were far more interesting than anything present in Francis Lawrence's film. Quoting Bob Marley almost totally at random and with no connection to the rest of the movie is not what themes are made of.
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See title for help.
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Easily one of the best films of the year, certainly one of the best written. If Tom Wilkinson doesn't get at least a nomination then I guess I wouldn't be surprised because there is no justice in this wretched void. Btw, HAPPY NEW YEAR!
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There were good things about I Am Legend for sure, but those things don't count for much when the film's ending left you with the feeling that you've paid for only two thirds of a movie.
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And "I Am Legend" at 25? You mean to tell me there weren't at least fifty films more enjoyable than that turd?
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An unbearable hour and a half of Sex and the City with a car chase at the end....
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if it had an actual ending.
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Dec 28, 2007 9:58:03 PM CST
Gozu, I actually thought Tom Wilkinson was over the top a bit
by cruel_kingdom
I love that guy, though.
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I love Quentin Tarantino. That doesn't change the fact that the dialogue in most of his movies is trivial and pointless. Fun, iconic, and some of the hippest and funniest writing in filmdom, but pointless. Criminals, 20 something women, all's fair in crime and sex.
Kill Bill and Death Proof are different in just about every way, but something tells me if the bride had talked about sex or men, it would be branded, again "who she fucked last, who she might fuck next."
If you hate the dialogue in Death Proof, by all means, don't watch it or buy the DVD, hell, pretend it doesn't exist, but don't carry on this sad little charade of claiming there's an objective defiency in Death Proof's writing and that it was inherently boring, and that you're right and anyone who liked it was wrong. Seriously, try actually listening to the dialogue in Death Proof sometime without assuming it's all "who they fucked last, who they might fuck next." I find it helps to watch it alone on its own DVD. Pairing it in Grindhouse was the worst thing for the movie. Theater-goers were jarred by the transition from the mindless action jerk-off of Planet Terror, and turned their brains off long before Death Proof. The only thing you've won is the chosen ignorance of a great movie. -
Not knocking the list, just an observation.
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what your basically saying is that the movie bored you until it got to the car scenes. The people I saw the film with had the exact same problems with the movie that you have. You probably have only seen the film ounce and it wasn't what you were initially expecting which was a balls out high octane non stop thrill ride Tarantino style. That's what I was expecting but I was pleasantly surprised with what I got. I realized that what I saw was so much better than the movie I had preconceptions about. Tarantino made an involving, thrilling, funny, and satisfying, horror film that is totally grounded in reality. How many horror films have you seen that are as creative and exciting as DEATH PROOF that haven't pushed the boundaries of reality at all? None. So because the beginning of the film wasn't what you were expecting you gave it no chance and didn't even try to listen to the dialogue, you just kept asking yourself "what is this shit?" It's sad people can't appreciate the level sophistication that QT's writing is at.
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Lol. It's okay I hated the last half as well.
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Was worth the five dollars I plopped down on it at Blockbuster. But not the twenty dollars or so it would have cost to go to the movies. No Country For Old Men, however, is worth that and then some. Money well spent.
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was Kurt Russell's best performance in years. It pulled him out of the anal leakage he's been doing (Flicka, Posideon) and made him a badass once more.
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I'd take that any day over I Am Legend.
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Releasing that bleak beaut on an unexpecting Thanksgiving audience was every bit as commecially stupid as releasing Grindhouse during Easter weekend. I hope it gets the cult audience it deserves on DVD.
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Darabont has a great track record. THE MAJESTIC wasn't really my style but him and Chuck Russell are really good
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This awesome movie was great to see with an audience. I've tried to watch it at home after seeing it at Half-Ass-A-Thon and it's nowhere near the same.
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So far, at least. One of the markers of a truly unique or interesting film is the amount of discussion or controversy it generates. By that rationale, I'd have to say Death Proof and No Country for Old Men are clear frontrunners for me. Of course, I haven't seen There Will Be Blood, Sweeney Todd, Assassination of Jesse James, Atonement. . .
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Dec 28, 2007 11:07:38 PM CST
The Girl Next Door is an enjoyable watch?
by spifftacular squirrel girl
Not saying if it's good or bad considering I haven't seen it but I heard it's really uncomfortable to sit through.
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Dec 28, 2007 11:09:22 PM CST
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford ...
by fathergeek
...was the BEST film I've ever seen about someone related to Harry and I. Yep, Jesse is a real life very distant cousin of ours. Also Beowulf was the Best film I saw in 3-D in 2007. Annnnd my Ratatouille experience was colored by the fact that I saw it with my grandson at a great ALAMO screening featuring a fantastic French food and wine feast with Patton in attendance cutting sidesplitting jokes for over an hour. Sooooo I edited these 3 out as having other pressures effecting my judgement. Sorry!
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Any list missing it is worthless.
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Fathergeek, please write more on this site.
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Tarantino is responsible for kurt russell being awesome in that movie. You bash the guy and then praise his work.
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*Spoilers* It was so it came as a shock when all the characters die in the middle of the movie. That was a huge WTF moment for me. But you people probably think movies like Psycho are pointless too?
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The helicopter scene alone is worth more than the atrocity that was I am Legend
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that people think "FatherGeek" is Harry. A GRANDSON? Really? Learn to read more than just the words "no," "country," "for," "old," and "men."
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On a side note, I was actually in the original Black Sheep movie from the 90s, not the superior movie with the same title but completely unrelated that came out. Meeting him was a highlight of my teenage years.
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The only thing missing was that Brian DePalma should have gotten Paul Williams to compose the score, just like their collaboration on "Phantom of the Paradise."
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OK I like the list... nice stuff.
But why make it based only on movies you seen in the theater? It should just be overall. It's not like I can run down to my local theater & see how enjoyable it is to watch Death Proof or Zodiac on the BIG screen can I?
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My best Friend of 15 years is related to him. I know it for a fact. So, then you mean to tell me- that in some way shape and form that my best friend is related to You and Harry. No fucking way! My friend looks exactly like Jesse James too. I know my friends bullshit. Known him too long. He ain't lying when he says he's kin. You can see the prominent features of JWJ in his face.
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I'm Harry Knowles - talkback poster as HEADGEEK. Jay Knowles is Father Geek - my father. You should be able to pick this up by the lead in, which states... he is Father Geek. Not HARRY, how I sign all my articles.
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Both Harry and Hurley are fine kids.
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I believe FatherGeek meant the version based off of the Jack Ketchum novel. I've just heard it's pretty horrific and based off a true story.
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Are you serious Fathergeek? You've got some sick taste in film. That is a twisted fucking movie. Seriously, it should be outlawed.
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It's kinda funny to imagine Autistic License sitting in his house watching that crappy Elisa Cuthbert "comedy" and wondering why it appeared on Father Geek's list!
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Dec 29, 2007 1:50:17 AM CST
A Mighty Heart? Control? Kite Runner? Ratatouille? Superbad? Kno
by trader groucho 2
Father Geek and I just vibe to different stuff. Okay, I loved Juno, Death Proof, and Zodiac, and slacker that I am, I haven't seen any of top six yet.
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You need to see to the heart of this thing; Tarantino writes horrible dialogue for women. There is nothing wrong with "chick talk", the problem is with these actresses cast because tarantino wants to hang out with them and more importantly the horrible dialogue he writes for them to recite sounds like Tarantino doing a bad impression of his idea of what a chick must think is cool. Quentin has a feel for what can make a cool movie, Death proof rang true in a few good places, but if you are watching this or Kill Bill multiple times its stale and ruinous every time he begins doting on the ladies and loses the path of the pure payoff, funny as fuck, awesome pulp shit he had to deliver to make it big in the first place. Each movie trims more and more cool shit and fills the blanks with talentless hos. (I am in no way laying this accusation against pam grier, just uma, lucy and these bitches.)
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I'm shocked! Paul WS Anderson? Yes. Tarantino. Never (hopefully).
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I don't really mean to drag his name through the mud, but less and less good movies are made each year and a Tarantino movie in the theatres is an important thing to me - It hurts to think they could slide into suck
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with the naked guy in the water but since it's getting so many recommendations everywhere i might check it out.
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1) There Will Be Blood
2) Zodiac
3) The Mist
4) No Country For Old Men
5) Grindhouse - "the experience"
6) Sweeney Todd
Worst?: Transformers
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Blade Runner: Final Cut. Just seeing it again on the big screen in all its glory was amazing. As I left the theater I thought, that movie... made in 1982... kicked the ass off of 3/4 of the films made in 2007
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Of commenting on films that no one else has seen?
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Absolute Dog Shit! The man must be stopped it went down like in a lead balloon in a fully packed theatre I saw it in. Afterwards QT did a Q & A session via satelite link up from a cinema in London. All we wanted to know was exactly where he was so we could run the cunt over. Really Really Dire.
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BLADE RUNNER - FINAL CUT
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Are you fucking insane? ohh wait you are. and a cunt. but you topped it now. not with your fascist ideal but comparing Miami Vice and Assassination of Jesse James. You Fail. A self indulgent cop jargon movie compared to a Masterpiece. You Fail.
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Final Crisis - May 2008
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Now that just makes no sense.
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No place on the list for these two films, yet Deathproof makes it?
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who the fuck is he? i'm so confused right now. did harry have a kid or something?
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...Was released here in Australia. It flopped so fucking bad that they are going hardcore desperate and releasing the full Grindhouse next year. Having been forced to watch the bootleg, because of the distributors monstrous cock up, I can't say I could be fucked going back. It just wasn't very good. Neither film nor trailers. I mean, I would have enjoyed it, had they released it properly, instead of the last half first...But not enough to go back for seconds. Oh, and if the point of the talking in Deathproof was so that the deaths came as a suprise, they kind of failed by billing it as a psycho killer movie in which you spend ages waiting for the people to die, as you expected.
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...but I would have left out Juno (pretentiously screams "look at me I am a witty indy film"), Time Crimes (interesting concept but the story didn't win me over), I am Legend (was disappointing to me, I expected more) and Kiltro (not nearly as good a movie as Mirageman) and replaced them with HOT FUZZ, THE MIST, PLANET TERROR and RATATOUILLE and added ONCE and SEVERANCE (which I saw the year before but was released this year) to the group and possibly 30 DAYS of NIGHT (not that great a movie, but good entertainment... which according to Father Geek is the basis of the list). Some of the flicks mentioned I hadn't seen, but with the above changes made, I would have been VERY happy.
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(SPOILERS AHOY) I thought it was a good, slightly derivative thriller, but certainly not worthy of all the top ten love being thrown its way. The weak, impetuous son that an honorable man has to keep cleaning up after was done in Road to Perdition. And, to me, the big revelation that Viggo was a cop kind of deflated everything that came before it. The most interesting thing about the movie was the crisis of conscience of someone who'd been a criminal all his life. Take that away and you're left with an undercover cop simply doing his job. In other words, you're left with The Departed, Donnie Brasco and dozens of other "cops who are in too deep" movies. Sure, the bathhouse scene was amazing. But you can't judge a movie by one scene. As thrillers go, I preferred The Lives of Others, Michael Clayton and Gone Baby Gone, none of which made Fathergeek's list. But hey, it's his list, not mine.
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SUPERBAD? That movie, although very crude, made me laugh. Thought it was very entertaining. End of the Line and The Girl Who Leapt Through Time at Fantastic Fest were both in the honorable mention catagory for me. But as I said, I don't think anyone cares about my opinions, but I will champion under-seen films that I think are worth a shot for people to discover on their own.
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Don't you know that most people only read every other word?
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gets so much love? I'm not saying it was a bad film, but it wasn't THAT great, or if it was I'm missing what made it so great (besides it being one of the few decent films this summer) - I went in there excited to find out all about Treadstone and *SPOILERS* got teased all the way through with the promise of the answer only to find out DA DA DAAA! He was a brainwashed soldier. Who didn't take that as a given after the first soddin' film? Yeah, solid action and tough as hell, but I just think it doesn't hold up so well to Supremacy. I dunno, maybe someone can give me a talking to and show me the error of my ways.
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First, I am not Harry, buuut his father. I've only been writing for this site under the "fathergeek" name for 10 years now. Until about 2003 or so only Harry himself had posted more stories than me. Quint, Herc, Moriarty, Capone, Massa, Vern, etc... NONE of them had posted more stories than me. Buuut it seems I'm the invisible man, cursed to liveout my life forever in the shadow of my offspring. Alas poor me... THE GIRL NEXT DOOR is the brillant, but horrific flict based on truth about a ring of child kidnapping sadists...hard to watch, but effective filmmaking... BLACK SHEEP is a horror comedy of zombi-este were-sheep, sort of like Hitchcock's "Birds" done tongue in cheek, very much early Peter Jackson-like... THERE WILL BE BLOOD is not a vampire flick set in Alaska... 3:10 TO YUMA does not star Superman's stepfather... ZODIAC is not a "Dirty Harry" movie... MONKEY WARFARE is not Clint Eastwood's great film about the battle for Iwo Jima... MONGOL is not a remake of the Academy Award honored "Marty", or "Charley"... I AM LEGEND does not star Vincent Price or Charlton Heston... PERSEPOLIS is not a silent scifi with a rock music score added... NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN is not a remake of "Wild in the Streets"... MOEBIUS REDUX is not another vampire film... annnnnnd I am not Harry Knowles, I'm his father Jay Knowles,
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It's sad when the most memorable parts of the movie was those mock trailers. Bring on Werewolf of the SS and Machette for a sequel.
Also overated: Attonement, NCFOM with the exception of Josh and Javier's performances and Gone Baby gone.They werent bad, just way overated IMO. I am Legend wasnt as bad as many have said it would be..It's another good dysotopian flick like Children of Men. Needless to say there's no love for Spidey 3. (shit, i can't complain as the Blue ray DVD is included with my 40 gig Playstation 3.)Hated Transformers and was disapointed with Ghost Rider other than that,not a bad year here's looking forward to next year with TDK,Ironman and The Incredible Hulk. -
So jealous you've seen it already! I've got Cloverfield to look forward to 'til DotD spools out here (hopefully it'll still be out in February.)
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I much prefer Messi vs. AnimalStructure. It's way more entertaining than a Paul W.S. Anderson movie could ever be.
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The trailer sucked. I vowed to not patronize. Then, everyone started to proclaim that Cinematic Oil! had been struck. The wave of enthusiasm had me reconsidering, but then I realized: the masses are asses.
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Best Movies of 2007
5. Hot Fuzz
4. Bourne Ultimatum
3. Breach
2. Zodiac
1. Superbad
Worst Movies of 2007
5. 300
4. Spider-Man 3
3. Transformers
2. Smoking Aces
1. Ghost Rider
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no movie could live up to that name..i'm thinking an all monkey cast in the 'big red one'.
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and she is a hot major in section nine.
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Why does no one mention this fine piece of work?
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It premiered at the Toronto Film Festival and I didn't hear a single thing about it. Usually, it's impossible to slip something under the radar there. If a film is good, it'll start to generate buzz, both among festivalgoers and the columnists who cover the festival. I saw it happen this year with Juno, Before the Devil Knows You're Dead and Diving Bell and the Butterfly, among many others. But I heard nary a peep about Mongol. Which kinda makes me question how good it really is.
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Like Blade Runner, this movie strips off its original, unsettling ending (which if you watch the trailer was apparently shot) for driving off into the countryside. Can't forgive the studios this time around. That movie went from smart to fluff and left me with a bad aftertaste. There were so many movies that deserve mention over this "movie by committee". All this movie does is prove to the studios that they are right when they demand changes to films like Blade Runner.
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Just caught Eastern Promises on DVD and I completely agree with you. The whole movies was kind of flat for me. Although I did yell out loud when Viggo stabbed that dude in the eye. That was pretty brutal.
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"Christ, it's like I am playing cards with my brothers kids or somethin'. You nerve-wracking sons of bitches!!" I've had bowel movements more intuitive than some of you window lickers. Put your helmet back on, the cork back on the end of the fork, and go outside and stare at the sun.
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Which was very good eye candy, but a crapfest of a movie.
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in high-def. The voice-over at the beginning is making me crack up.
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God, this looks suspiciously like 24 season 6.
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...yet!
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Dec 29, 2007 1:49:11 PM CST
Tarantino and Fincher and Nolan are the best in the business
by runfoodrun
Fincher and Nolan and Coen's are the best in the business...there fixed that for you...
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Come on, NCFOM a deriva...oh why bother you'll never listen anyway...
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hey knowles family, looks like we are related by marriage. My grandmother's second husband after my grandpa died was Burt James, grandson of Frank James, jesse's brother and partner in crime.
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That movie rocked the year in the rectum, Father Knowles!!! Easily superior to I AM LEGEND. WTF MAN?!??!
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from their TOP 2007 lists is beyond me. I am dumbfounded.
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Read it and weep:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/474411/the_top_ten_movies_of_2007.html
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That MUST be a hoax!
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Dec 29, 2007 4:02:23 PM CST
"William Hurt, Demi Moore, Kevin Costner and Dane Cook ..
by iammrmonkey!
..come together as probably the best overall cast I have ever seen in a movie."WHAT. THE. FUCK!
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Some of the others on Associated Content are even worse. One, I kid you not, has Pirates, Shrek, and Spiderman 3 all in the top five of the year. This and I just saw a promo for Meet the Spartans. The general public will be the death of cinema yet.
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Is anyone in here not related to Jesse James? Jesus Christ. What are the chances of so many relatives of the guy showing up in the same place at once?
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reading that top ten list from Associated Content. Describing Disturbia, he writes, "From go, this movie keeps the pulse rate up and you won't want to take a potty break or anything."
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When I saw the film this summer I had the same reaction. I had just rewatched Supremacy and Identity and compared it to those two - especially since the thing ties directly into Supremacy. I was letdown, and found the meandering globe-trotting tired and the New York stuff anticlimactic. But I rewatched it last night and completely enjoyed it. I'd say watch it again,with the expectations you have now, and there's alot to love.
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It seems that I never saw much talk about this great flick. I believe it came to the US in '07, and surprised I don't see it on any lists. It's one of the most unique monster movies I've seen.
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I fell asleep in ratatoille, and when I woke up I walked out. I think Pixar does animated films better than anyone - the animation and voicework is always top choice, but the familiarity of their movies is starting to kill it for me. I also wasn't a fan of the pretentious "Wall-E" trailer where Jon Lassiter and cohorts talk about when they came up with the idea and patting themselves on the back. I realize I'm in the most minute minority, but after Cars it's hard to watch a Pixar film. Get back to me when Toy Story 3 is out.
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Second best movie of 2006 for me, behind Children of Men. But yeah, it was 2006, that's why it won an Oscar. I usually count movies from previous years if they didn't have actual theatrical releases (aside from festivals, limited cities, etc) but Lives of Others was out fairly early in the awards season of 2006. I still have to see some major players like There Will Be Blood, Atonement, Juno and Michael Clayton, but here is 2007 in roughly descending order for me: No Country for Old Men, Into the Wild, Rescue Dawn, Brand Upon the Brain! Eastern Promises, Zodiac, 4 Months 3 Weeks 2 Days, Paranoid Park, 28 Weeks Later, Inland Empire, Redacted, 4 Elements, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, I'm Not There, American Gangster, The Man From London, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Superbad, Knocked Up, Grindhouse, The Bourne Ultimatum, 300, Sunshine, My Winnipeg, Lust Caution, The Savages, Sicko, The Edge of Heaven.. If Perfume: Story of a Murderer counts as a 2007 release it falls into that bottom half somewhere as well. Also, I really enjoyed Liev Free or Die Hard in spite of myself.
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...being the director's cut, which featured Liev Schrieber as John McLane.
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THE THREE BURIALS OF MELQUIADES ESTRADA was a much better, more mature flick. Betcha Tommy Lee Jones is privately pissed that it was practically ignored while the one with the comic-book villain blowing someone away every ten minutes is winning all sorts of kudos.
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I'm sure Tommy Lee Jones is proud of both of those films. The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada was one of the best films of 2006. I think both films are great, and both prove that there are still interesting and fresh takes on the Western.
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I also can't understand the love for Pixar and other similar animated films, unless it's in a "they're great to watch with my kids" type of situation. With one exception (The Incredibles), I have just found them cloying and artless. It disappoints me that all of the animation is always in the same style, it always looks so plasticy and clean. But I didn't even like kids movies when I was actually a kid, so what do I know. I don't like Harry Potter or the current crop of fantasy either. I think I just have no heart, or no tolerance for whimsy.
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Jesse bought his milk and bagels from.
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... saw them about 13 months ago, or more. Saw There Will Be Blood back in September. Saw Oldboy one and ahalf years before it was released in the USA. That kind of lead time is not unusal here at geek headquarters, that was the case with The Passion and V for example also. Our lists always reflect this.
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Anton Chigurh will go down in history as one of the greatest villians of all time. Such a powerful performance and such a fucking maniac. Bravo Javier, now let's not have a fucking Ellen Burstyn on our hands and the Academy award goes elsewhere.
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Saw it last week, somehow forgot to add it. It's in the middle of my list somewhere.
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There goes my credibility
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Death Proof was a good try, but seemed to come up short due to its self-indulgence. There were some nice retro B-movie elements (one of QT & RR's goals, I suppose), but most of them added nothing but novelty. The never-ending & circular dialog may have fit the Quentin Tarantino motif, but it was excessive to the point that it seemed to be written for cable television instead of film. The blatant women-as-fetish elements (the lap dancing, countless foot fetish scenes and cheerleading outfit made that painfully obvious) went past sexy and into exploitation. To even imply that this movie was "realistic" is to embarrass oneself (as if anyone who could screw a light bulb in place would've thought there wasn't sufficient evidence to convict Stuntman Mike of the first set of murders). This movie was Tarantino at his most onanistic. At least the DVD's special features didn't include the terribly disappointing live audience track, like "Planet Terror," though.
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My feelings about Death Proof are mixed. I'll start with the problems I had with it. The dialog. Not that it's a bunch of chicks sitting around talking, followed by a death scene and then another bunch of chicks sitting around talking. I'm not averse to chicks talking in movies, no siree. It's that they were all speaking Tarantino, like they were planning the Reservoir Dogs heist. Maybe a girl or two here and there in the real world talks like Ordell Robie but not two separate packs of them. Each character amounted to Tarantino's fetish for car movies and exploitation channeled into what some are calling "character development". My feelings on the plot structure run hot and cold. On one hand, it's neat that he played with the form and showed us a group of girls that get victimized before showing us a group of girls that straight up make uber badass Kurt Russell their bitch. I get it, it harkens back to stuff like I Spit on Your Grave! and it does it in the usual clever Tarantino "elevate what i'm apeing" style. But from a purely sitting in the theater watching the thing perspective, it's annoying when the plot resets itself at the halfway mark, like reading a Choose Your Own Adventure book the second time around and figuring out how to survive to the end. It's a bit too smug for it's own good. On the other hand, it's far closer to the exploitation film that I'm familiar with than what Rodriguez had to offer. Aside from the barrage of obscure pop culture references, this film would have still worked if it was made in the 70s. Planet Terror, not so much. Overall I enjoyed both and allot each of them 8/10, but I honestly wish that each filmmaker would start hunkering down for some more serious work.
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He's Anton Chigurh. I find the comparison to Hannibal Lechter that critics are throwing around really annoying. He's a complete original. I see where you're going with some of the Michael Myers similarities but I don't really think he has much of a cinematic lineage. He's a sociopathic cattle gun toting hired killer with a pageboy haircut and a Two Face coin flipping complex, there's not too many of them around.
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Love the Boyle! I agree with those that mentioned Inland Empire as well. The problem I have with end of the year lists though is that I forget what was actually out a particullar year. For example, I can't remember life without HOT FUZZ or ZODIAC. It seems as if they have been out for years. That might be because I've seen them fifteen times each.
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I hate to be the guy that says "Is it just me..." but is there anyone who enjoys both movies. Most people I have talked to is generally rabid about one and utterly abhores the other. To switch gears. Where did the hate for TRANSFORMERS come from? I get it, it's a terrible movie, but I recall an over abundance of love for this turd from just about everybody when it was released. Now, I can't pay someone to admit they thought it was even okay. I guess you can only sell your soul once.
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What an amazing movie experience. Those who blindly bash this film for no reason are idiots. "It looks gay" or "the trailer is horrible" well just because you live in the middle of no where and your cinemark only has Alvin and Chipmunks playing doesn't mean you should bash this brilliant movie. I agree that Death Proof was a good try but not one of the best flicks out there. I Am Legend should also be scrapped simply because of the shitty ending.
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Not the best year when alls been said and done, 2008 looks far more promising. However, heres a few titles I loved as well one or two let downs. In no particular order. 1) 300: Superb Comic Book perfection, I could dine on this movie all night. 2) In To The Wild: Uplifing, inspirational, tragic and beautiful. 3)Bourne Supremecy: Perfect Conclusion to one of the best Trilogys in many a year. 4) Jesse James: Awesome movie, so beautiful and at nearly 3 hrs longs so captivating, two of the very finest performances this year. I'd love to see the 4 hr cut!. 5) Hairpray: Just full of toe tapping goodness. 6) Sunshine: Stunning to look at movie and easily this years most intelligent Sci Fi offering. 7) 30 Days of Night: Faithfull Comic Book Adaptation makes a Bone Chilling Bone Freezing fright fest, best Vamp movie in quite some time. 8) Hot Fuzz: Great British comedy parodying/homageing all the great American action movies I love. 9)Harry Potter 5: Strong entry into the franchise and awesome in 3D. The cast gets stronger and the series has full backing and suupport of it's studio. Roll on Half Blood Prince. 10) Ratatouille: Just great animation, left a smile on my face and the short before it was worth the admission alone. Dissappointments include, 1) Transformers: John Tuttro and hard to take in action. 2)Ghost Rider: Just a lame story, but great visuals! 3) Fantastic Four 2: Great potential wasted once more even if it was nice to see the surfer. How can they get such a great premise so wrong 3) Spiderman 3: Studio interference perhaps!?!!? Worst Movies 1) Death Proof: Wanted to run QT over myself after this carcrash of a movie. So very very boring. 2) Hitman: Great trailer, terrible movie. Curse of the computer game adaptation strikes again. Shame it surely had potential to be one of the best.
Hope you enjoyed the list! X X X
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Dec 30, 2007 6:03:12 AM CST
Kind of surprised that I don't see King of Kong on more lists
by spifftacular squirrel girl
I'm still sad I haven't had a chance to see There Will Be Blood...
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you suck. and don'tell me HC stands for Hardcore.
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You rate Hairspray as number 5 on your list of 10, and describe it as "toe tappiing", and proclaim yourself a "bad boy"??? You must relinquish your moniker at once! You may call yourself "Gertrude" from here on out.
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Those comments were perhaps overly harsh. So you simply adored Hairspray, and could "dine on" 300 "all night". There's room in the world for gay tough guys. They could make a movie about BADBOYBROM HC, the toughest ballet and broadway musical reviewer ever. You go, HC.
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Pretty high up actually, best documentary of the year.
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Gwai Lo: Now that's what I'm talking about. A reasoned, level-headed critique of Death Proof. Your points are well made and a welcome alternative to the usual "WTF? chicks talking!!" lameness I've been criticizing here.
Hamslime: I read the whole Transformers thing as Phantom Menace syndrome; where the endless hyping and expectation was so deep-cutting into the fanboy psyche that only the passage of time could finally break down the wall and bring the slow revelation home that the nerds have really really been had. (by the way, it took me years to finally admit how much of a cinematic trainwreck Phantom Menace is, so I speak from experience). -
All I'm saying is Hairspray put a smile on my face, what's the problem? And the list was in no particular order anyways. Did you have a problem with other 8 or so movies on the list? This was just the films I saw in the cinema and as I reside in the UK a few movies you've seen haven't reached our shores yet! Hope this increaes the peace! Thanx for reading anyhow! XXX
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Oooooh, so you're British. That explains things. My bad (pardon the pun). Just for your enlightenment, though? In America, signing off with capital triple X's means "big kisses" and contraverts your hard-earned bad boy reputation. Your assessment of the other eight films are legitimate, if not spot on. Peace. Let's hug it out, you beast. OOO
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Glad we're all friends again! Crikey this place can be pretty hostile, but I like it! I'll dispence with the kisses, but I was only trying to inject a little love!
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Nothing else this year compares. It is the best book adaptation ever; and adaptations are generally abominable as a rule. I've heard Tommy Lee Jones is going to corrupt "Blood Meridian" and think we should start a petition against this. Same for "The Road". That said, the Coens did a serviceable job, although "the book was better".
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Harry and Patricia's honeymoon video. I hear they had to CGI a dick on Harry, being that his is hidden in the depths of his gunt. All kidding aside, it sucks to think that Fathergeek may outlive Headgeek.
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Very few people have seen this flick, it seems, and Roger Ebert didn't even mention it in his best-of-2007 column. Daniel Day-Lewis both inspires me and creeps me out; he's a fantastic actor, and he's grown two of the best moustaches of the twenty-first century. Even if the Oscars mean nothing, I hope he gets another one for this movie--if Kevin Spacey has two Oscars, there's no reason DDL shouldn't have five or six.
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It totally deserved more attention... such a great flick! It'll prolly tear up the DVD sales...
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But damn I loved that ending.
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you have shitty opinions and HC is just ahh man I just feel like i needed to grow up from it. and there hasn't been a good band in about 3 years. and signing xxx is just failed. you're in the uk and they have some of the best indie bands in the world.
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I'm sorry, but when I compare the "Audience Experience" in Pirates and Transformers vs. that of I Am Legend, I get an entirely different list. Everyone in my theater LOVED Pirates but everyone was kinda disgusted after they left Legend. It was a poorly executed ending.
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Since when did AICN become this, uh, arrogant? If I was a movie reviewer and I was coming up with a Top 10 for 2007, I'd choose films that were mass released in 2007. None of this bullshit regarding movies that are advanced screened.
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I thought the general reception of that movie was one of disappointment
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Named after your love for the Argentinian forward at Barcelona? Why should my opinions be any less valid than yours or anyone else's here? We have some good bands here, check out Reverend and the Makers if you haven't already done so. They're big mates of Arctic Monkeys and are tipped to be big this year.
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Saw it twice at midnight (the strange 8 pm showing and the usual 12 am). But that could have just been the fact that they were all super-fans...
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How could it not be on this top 25 list?
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Probably because dumby dad-head eagerly and pretentiously sought to mention the straight-to-DVD crumb-ball movie "The Girl Next Door".
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in this talkback where he mentions why he can't include THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD as well as Ratatouille, Beowulf, 300, and the Host. He probably would have included them but there are reasons he couldn't - please read all of the posts before making a fool out of yourself. However, I do wonder why Hot Fuzz isn't there, does anyone know if they had a showing of it in 2006 and that's why it's not there?
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Foreign films do not have to play in the US before being eligible for the Best Foreign Film Oscar, they only have to play for seven days *in the country of origin*.
THE LIVES OF OTHERS played Telluride and Denver in 2006 and that was it for the U.S. The only critics who included it in their top 10 lists last year either saw it there, abroad, or were given a screener. It opened in the U.S. on 2/9/07 and has been mentioned on more Top 10 lists this year than last year.Even if you combine the 2006 and 2007 mentions it's only the 18th most acclaimed film of the year, sandwiched between EASTERN PROMISES and KNOCKED UP, which is absurdly low. I think a lot of critics are making the same mistake that folks are making here and are falsely remembering that the already included it in their 2006 Top 10 list. -
Not to beat a dead horse, but I find it fascinating that Gwai Lo boldly asserted that THE LIVES OF OTHERS was out "fairly early in Awards season" (i.e., early December) when it wasn't released until February, all because of an incorrect understanding of the Foreign Film Oscar eligibility rules. At least he didn't get sarcastic about it like Ashok0.
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