The Films of 2007

November 11, 2008

No, the year isn’t a typo! While real critics are beginning to formulate their year end lists of films from 2008, I have finalized my “best” and “worst” lists from 2007. I saw 66 feature films released last year, though most of them I saw over the last seven months since I started this blog. Overall, 2007 was a great year for film… so great in fact that I want to point out the films that would have placed somewhere between 11 and 20 on my best films list. These are in alphabetical order, and I HIGHLY recommend all ten!

Black Snake Moan

Death Proof

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

A Mighty Heart

My Kid Could Paint That

The Namesake

Ratatouille

Waitress

Zodiac

The following films should be avoided at all costs! They are the ten worst films I’ve seen from 2007.

10. The Darjeeling Limited (aka America Begs India to Keep These Three Morons)

9. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (aka This Movie’s Title Is Way Too Long Which Is Way Too Bad Because This Movie Is So Full of Itself and Brad Pitt Is Just Awful… Really Terrible… Yep, Okay I Think That’s It… No Wait… There Was Something Else, But I Can’t Remember… Oh Well… Yeah)

8. The Simpsons Movie (aka The Definition of Mediocrity)

7. The Hoax (aka Its Quality Lives Up to Its Title)

6. Starting Out In the Evening (aka Cliché)

5. Youth Without Youth (aka Coppola Without a Clue)

4. The Savages (aka Happiness Killer)

3. Across the Universe (aka Lennon and Harrison Roll Over In Their Graves)

2. La Vie en Rose (aka LAAAAA VIEEEEE ENNNN RRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOSSSSSSSEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!)

1. Margot at the Wedding (aka The Movie That Hates Its Viewers)

And now… after more than 120 hours spent watching 66 movies, here are the ten best! They are all available on DVD

10. Paris, Je T’aime

9. There Will Be Blood

8. The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters

7. This Is England

6. Taxi to the Dark Side

5. No Country for Old Men

4. Juno

3. Rescue Dawn

2. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days

1. Once

No surprise… Once is not only the best film I’ve seen from 2007, but it’s also the best film released in the last ten years.

Thanks for reading my blog, and I look forward to making my Best of 2008 list hopefully by March!

Entertainment Weekly’s 100 Best Movies of the Last 25 Years

I’ve found a new top 100 list of films that I want to follow. I certainly don’t agree with this list as a whole (where’s The Shawshank Redemption?), but I find it intriguing, and I’m ashamed at this point that there’s so many films I haven’t seen. I will link to every film that I’ve reviewed on this blog. All films that I have seen but haven’t reviewed will have a star rating following them

100. South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut ***1/2
99. The Blair Witch Project
98. The Talented Mr. Ripley
97. Glory
96. Far from Heaven
95. In the Mood for Love
94. Full Metal Jacket
93. Ed Wood
92. Menace II Society
91. Back to the Future
90. Napoleon Dynamite
89. Breaking the Waves
88. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery ***1/2
87. Swingers
86. Y Tu Mama Tambien
85. The 40 Year-Old Virgin
84. Sideways ****1/2
83. Evil Dead 2
82. Lost in Translation *****
81. Moonstruck
80. Michael Clayton ****
79. Waiting for Guffman *****
78. Terminator 2: Judgment Day ****1/2
77. Sid and Nancy
76. The Departed *****
75. Out of Africa **
74. Drugstore Cowboy
73. Office Space
72. Thelma & Louise
71. Unforgiven *****
70. Broadcast News
69. All About My Mother ****1/2
68. Witness
67. Donnie Brasco
66. Natural Born Killers
65. Dirty Dancing ***
64. No Country for Old Men *****
63. Big ***1/2
62. Sex, Lies and Videotape
61. Beverly Hills Cop
60. Scream ****1/2
59. L.A. Confidential *****
58. Ghostbusters ****1/2
57. There’s Something About Mary **1/2
56. The Lives of Others ****
55. Risky Business
54. Fatal Attraction ****1/2
53. The Truman Show *****
52. The Naked Gun
51. There Will Be Blood ****1/2
50. The Piano ****
49. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon *****
48. Scarface
47. Men In Black
46. Children of Men
45. Rain Man ***1/2
44. The Player
43. Gladiator *****
42. Clueless ****
41. Dazed and Confused
40. Speed ****1/2
39. The Sixth Sense ****1/2
38. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind *****
37. Pretty Woman ****
36. Spider-Man 2
35. The Incredibles ***
34. Fargo *****
33. The Breakfast Club *****
32. Fight Club ***1/2
31. Brokeback Mountain *****
30. When Harry Met Sally…
29. The Bourne Supremacy
28. Wings of Desire
27. Aliens
26. Hoop Dreams *****
25. Shrek ****1/2
24. A Room with a View
23. Memento ****
22. Rushmore
21. Schindler’s List *****
20. The Lion King ****1/2
19. Casino Royale
18. Do the Right Thing ****1/2
17. Jerry Maguire ****1/2
16. Boogie Nights
15. Edward Scissorhands ****
14. Crumb
13. Goodfellas ****
12. The Matrix ****1/2
11. This Is Spinal Tap ***
10. Moulin Rouge ***1/2
9. Die Hard
8. The Silence of the Lambs *****
7. Hannah and Her Sisters
6. Saving Private Ryan ***1/2
5. Toy Story *****
4. Blue Velvet
3. Titanic *****
2. The Lord of the Rings: The Trilogy ***, *****, *****
1. Pulp Fiction *****