What are the best films of 2007 and why?

This is the thread where we discuss matters pertaining to the detrius that accompanies the "End of the Year in Cinema" -- 2007

Haven't seen much of it. 12:08 East of Bucharest was good, didn't blow me away.

i liked 12:08. not blown away either but it was... something.

(in no particular order... also some are a bit on the line 2006/2007)

Zodiac
My Winnipeg
Knocked Up
Control
No Country for Old Men
Election (Johnnie To)
Black Book
Zidane, un portrait du 21e siècle
Paprika
Offside
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
El Aura
You, the Living
Gone Baby Gone
Superbad
The Bourne Ultimatum
12:08 East of Bucharest
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

Honourable mention: Killer of Sheep

Syndromes, if it counts

why?

because they rule.

Posted this on the other thread but not sure why since it's lame so I am shifting my allegiance to this thread:

I don't know why I'm posting on this thread exactly but here are the best movies I remember seeing this year:

Assassination of Jesse James etc.
Inland Empire
Knocked Up
Ratatouille
Zodiac

-- n/a, Thursday, November 15, 2007 2:47 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

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that's alphabetically, but shift Knocked Up to the bottom and the list is conveniently in order of preference.

-- n/a, Thursday, November 15, 2007 2:48 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

Transformers why because it annoyed you and i didn't see any others

literally no others?!

there are too many i need to see b4 answering, which sucks, coz i have to by tomorrow.

this can be the thread that isn't the other thread.

the one for Generation Apatow

as opposed to Generation Hammurabi

I think my favourites from this year were Fur and The Science of Sleep. Liked the former because it's so weird it really takes you by surprise, and the latter because it is funny and clever and cuet.

hmmm i saw Pan's Labyrinth but that's from 06. does Helvetica count?

science of sleep is awful, creepy, and sexist.

helvetica counts. i thought pan's labyrinth was this year in the uk?

I think Science of Sleep is from 06 but we aren't all uptight about that shit in THIS thread.

facts are stupid things.

I'll go with The Magnificent Ambersons.

i initially had pan but then realized it was up for oscars this year which i guess disqualifies it for me.

SUNSHINE

for the NOISE and LIGHT

uk release date was 16 february 2007 so sit on it

xp

this thread is already way better btw. good work all around folks.

The Science Of Sleep was just too gimmicky even for me and not enough happening story-wise but apart from that I did enjoy it.

sunshine was cool, and 2 weeks

28 weeks

I enjoyed SoS quite a bit, mainly because of the gradual shift from quirky and twee to creepy and sad, plus I like looking at Charlotte Gainsbourg.

anyone else see zidane?

Nobody nominating Electroma huh.

I will see Inland Empire before the year is out but will wait for Eastern Promises DVD. Black Book is on my Lovefilm list but am in no rush.

i would not nominate electroma.

still need to see inland (!!!!) and eastern Ps.

i just got mi: 3 thru lovefilm. not 2007, just sayin.

my blockbuster may/may not get inland back tonight. if they do, i'm in + maybe will put it in to look clever.

man POTC3AWE doesn't feel like this year but it was. ditto Spiderman 3.

both very disappointing tho, just sayin'

What are the best films of 2007 and why?

Superbad, cos of the cocks.

everything I've seen that hit limited release in the US from mid Dec '06 to now, in some semblance of order of preference.

The Ten
The Host
Knocked Up
Planet Terror
Superbad
Spider-Man 3
Notes On A Scandal
Breach
Balls Of Fury
Venus
Reno 911: Miami!
Shoot ‘Em Up
Away From Her
Black Book
Hostel: Part II
Bourne Ultimatum
Children Of Men
Lookout
Shooter
Hot Fuzz
3:10 To Yuma
Hawk Is Dying
Gone Baby Gone
Transformers
Ocean’s Thirteen
I Think I Love My Wife
Zodiac
Alone With Her
Southland Tales
Blades Of Glory
Alpha Dog
Severance
Letters From Iwo Jima
Pan’s Labyrinth
Black Snake Moan
28 Weeks Later
Perfect Stranger
Mr. Brooks
Aqua Teen Hunger Force: The Movie
Death Proof
Rescue Dawn
Ghost Rider
Smokin Aces
Number 23
TV Set
Dead Silence
Hannibal Rising
Fracture

next year I won't be working in a video store so I doubt I'll see as many movies, though I'm thinking about trying to hit the theater once a week.

i only saw Children Of Men this year too. so much backlog. tonight i am going to watch Adapfuckingtation for the first time.

Children Of Men hit limited release in the US on xmas so Americans who refuse to include it on their 07 list are kinda playing themselves.

i liked mi3 a lot

im playing myself

forgot that i saw Hot Fuzz in cinema too. good apart from the zzz big gunfight.

currently my five is

zodiac
superbad
bourne
knocked up
[28 weeks]

need to see a token non-us film and maybe 'control' but am too bored of post-punk stuff to take it in this decade really.

Thanks for telling us how bored you are; we are edified by your boredom.

-_- ~~~ zzzzzzzzzzzz

-- elmo argonaut, Monday, 10 September 2007 17:29 (3 weeks ago)

Children Of Men hit limited release in the US on xmas so Americans who refuse to include it on their 07 list are kinda playing themselves.

Quit the video store and live in a city that shows more than mall movies. Kisses.

This Is England, for fuck's sake

I live in Philadelphia you dumb fuck

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yea Children of Men kind of got fucked over -- too late in '06 to get a lot of attention, too early for consideration in '07

another vote for Paprika. you people see lots more movies than me tho.

This is England was okay.

I totally assumed it was a doc from the artwork and title.

haha slocki otm, why am i debating "auteur" vs. "metteur-en-scene" and "films *as films*"

"vogue" was a great video though

says the guy who saw 10 videos this year.

but I know an MTV auteur when I see one.

http://snltranscripts.jt.org/76/pics/76pupdate3.jpg

There doesn't seem to be much talk of two American films not yet released in the UK: No Country For Old Men or The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, both of which I thought were getting huge buzz over there. Have people just not seen them yet.

no country just came out

it's on my list

Friends have dug No Country For Old Men but I don't know anybody whose gonna pay 10 bucks to see Brad Pitt and Casey Affleck in a movie with that kind of title.

It's the the best film title I can remember.

I think Morbius saw Jesse James, but he's a snob and sees too many films and believes in outdated theories so I don't listen to him.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Mr._Magorium.jpg

O RLY?

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haha there was a poster of Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium that was supposed to go with that.

I saw it. Casey Affleck's quite good, but the movie's slow as shit and gets gauzy.

Actually, I'm partly basing my "huge buzz" on Sight & Sound's "we are in danger of overhyping this amazing film" aside a couple of months ago.

Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium. God, I saw the trailer for that. It looked so awful and there was this huge "Is this Charlie & the Toy Factory?" elephant in the room.

I think Assassination of Jesse James is n/a's favorite film of 2007. Also in my Film Critic Friend's (remember him?!) top 5, probably. Sadly, it came and went in just a couple of weeks.

I wonder how ILM wd react if ppl who heard ten albums all year weighed in on the 2007 best-of. Just sayin'.

This probably happens more often than you might think.

Assassination of Jesse James is an interesting, overblown failure.

Morbs get off your high horse regarding the lack of esoteric, interational titles on my list. 10 films? Really? Or is it the foreign films I had access to this year just didn't hit me right. I did like Cache, but I guess that's sort of an obvious choice too.

it's not an obvious choice for 2007.

never said anythg about yr list, CV

Morbius, get off your high horse and stop giving me a hard time for not being able to get out and see more films.

Oh wait.

does anyone think of this when they hear about "Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium":

http://thephoenix.com/secure/uploadedImages/The_Phoenix/Home_Entertainment/The_Ultimate/Hufnagel.jpg

I think of this guy:

http://espn.starwave.com/media/nfl/2004/0603/photo/a_testaverde2_hi.jpg

Natalie Portman did the Soulja Boy dance while promoting that movie on TRL. rofls

naked?

I have a rare opportunity (free babysitting) to go to the movies tonight, on a date with my wife. What should we see? I was thinking either "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead" or "Michael Clayton" or "Into the Wild". I know, impossible question, but suggestions welcome.

before the devil

free babysitting
=in-laws?

thread is now ANY films of 2007

=in-laws?
yes, Mr. Shortz. *s*

I'll try to use that in next Friday's puzzle.

I'll look for it.

Last film I saw at the cinema was Lubitsch's "Trouble in Paradise", by the way.

http://www.f-troop.net/images/edward.jpg

Wow. No wonder he looked familiar!

What a superb movie too.

I'll try to use that in next Friday's puzzle.

Wait, this is a joke, right? (I've been looking to get into crossword puzzle constructing.) (By which I mean I've constructed one but haven't submitted it anywhere.)

EE Horton on F Troop?

btw, my favorite unseen film of '07 is Passio.

http://www.rouge.com.au/10/passio.html

He was a Hekawi medicine man! He was on a few times I think.

John, send me your puzzle and I'll have it vetted.

EE Horton on F Troop?

Yes. 14 letters. xpost

John, send me your puzzle and I'll have it vetted.

Wait a minute. I was joking. I had no idea...

I feel like somebody should develop software by which you can multiply movie ratings X some number representing the size of the screen at each theater.

14 letters anyone?

Roaring Chicken

Thank you!

So other than Monsieur Slocki, nobody has opinions as to which flick I should watch tonight? Clock is ticking...

(Today's NYT puzzle was kind of easy for a Friday, by the way, doncha think?).

Last time my "free babysitting" was here, I forgot to head for The Darjeeling Limited.

We're planning to eat Indian, at least.

"salmon nest"?