Your Best of 2007 Lists

1. Die Hard 4
2. Spider-Man 3

Only one was seen at a theatre. I am a dedicated movie fan.

This is tentative, of course, but...

1. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
2. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
3. Zodiac
4. No Country for Old Men
5. Ratatouille
6. I'm Not There
7. Once
8. Into the Wild
9. In the Valley of Elah
10. The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters

My favorite performances: Casey Affleck in JESSE JAMES, Ryan Gosling in LARS AND THE REAL GIRL, Julie Christie in AWAY FROM HER, Hal Holbrook, Catherine Keener and Emile Hirsch in INTO THE WILD, Irrfan Khan in THE NAMESAKE, and Tommy Lee Jones in IN THE VALLEY OF ELAH.

I still need to see Margot at the Wedding, Atonement, There Will Be Blood, The Great Debaters, Persepolis, Redacted, and basically most anything that hasn't made it to reasonably wide release.

Blistering barnacles, I hate the release dates on my country:

1. Zodiac
2. Death Proof
3. Eastern Promises
4. Control
5. Persepolis
6. Hot Fuzz
7. American Gangster
8. Bourne Ultimatum
9. Knocked Up
10. TRANSFORMERS

Waiting for 2008: Into The Wild, There Will be Blood, The King of Kong, 3:10 to Yuma, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

1. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
2. Ratatouille
3. Atonement
4. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
5. Into the Wild
6. The Mist
7. Zodiac
8. No Country for Old Men
9. Offside
10. The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters

Honorable Mentions: The Bourne Ultimatum, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, The Savages, Once, Control, Gone Baby Gone, The Darjeeling Limited, Hot Fuzz, Superbad, Stardust

Disappointments: Juno, American Gangster, Michael Clayton, Sunshine, 3:10 to Yuma, Beowulf, 300, all those shitty summer blockbusters

Hated: The Kite Runner, In The Valley of Elah (Fuck you, Paul Haggis)

Need to See: There Will Be Blood, The Diving Bell and The Butterfly, I'm Not There, This is England, Before the Devil Knows You're Dead, Persepolis, Charlie Wilson's War

1. Children of Men
2. Ratatouille
3. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
4. No Country for Old Men
5. Into the Wild
6. Gone Baby Gone
7. Bourne Ultimatum
8. Black Snake Moan
9. American Gangster
10. The Kingdom

The top 5 are really all separated by mere decimal points, and could really be in any order. I have to say I'm pretty happy to say that out of all the films on that list, Black Snake Moan is the only one I didn't see in the theater, and I can't remember why I didn't. Oh well. The Kingdom is one movie that probably isn't going to show up on a lot of lists here, but I really liked the film, despite bad Piven.

I have to say that if it weren't for reviews from the guys on the main page, I wouldn't have seen (or even heard of) most of the films on that list. It was another great year of reviews from you guys, and let me say it's highly appreciated - this was definitely a great year, and it's not over yet!

Haven't seen a lot of movies yet, but I loved Knocked Up, Superbad, American Gangster, Jesse James, Ratatouille, Enchanted (am I the only one loving this movie here on CHUD? Weird) and The Bourne Ultimatum.

Have to see Once, I'm Not There and some more movies, can't wait for There Will Be Blood but that'll be here in 2008.

Once
No Country
Zodiac
Hot Fuzz
Into the Wild
Jesse James
Knocked Up
American Gangster
Superbad
Gone Baby Gone
The Mist
The Bourne Ultimatum

What I Missed But Am Still Hunting Down: Darjeeling Ltd., Juno, I'm Not There, Sweeney Todd, There Will Be Blood, Lars and the Real Girl.

I might put Lives of Others up since it's on a lot of other lists and I enjoyed it a lot, but wasn't it last year?

Top 10 favourites.

The Host
Hot Fuzz
Ghost in the Shell: Solid State Society
The Bourne Ultimatum
No Country For Old Men
The Kingdom
Grindhouse
Gone Baby Gone
The Mist
Apocalypto

Top favs:

'Blade Runner: The Final Cut' (yeah, I know...it's 1982)
'Eastern Promises' (my fav of the year so far)
'Death Proof'
'American Gangster'
'Bourne Ultimatum' (best of the 3)
'Ratatouille'
'Ocean's 13'
'The Mist' (best, riskiest ending)

Honorable Mention to 'Harry Potter 5'

I'm really behind in my movies, so I still need to see 'Jesse James', 'Gone Baby Gone', 'Zodiac' (amongst others). I'll see 'Juno' once it leaves the stupid Uptown theater and gets a wider release around here.

Death Sentence
Eastern Promises
Grindhouse
No Country for Old Men
Ratatouille
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

Were great. If I had to pick one best of the year, it'd be Jesse James. What an amazing movie.

One unexpected one due to the rigours of international release dates:

1) The Bourne Ultimatum
2) Zodiac
3) Not Here To Be Loved
4) Knocked Up
5) The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford [insert "hilarious" long title gag here]
6) Apocalypto
7) Exiled
8) Eastern Promises
9) This Is England
10) Sunshine

Not release here yet: Sweeny Todd, There Will Be Blood, No Country..., Lust/Caution etc etc etc...

In no order whatsoever:
-Transformers
-Lives of others
-Ratatouille
-The Host
-Knocked Up
-Shoot em Up
-Hot Fuzz
-300

Theres still a lot to see, thanks to my country's fucked up movie release dates.

That's a great list Andre, I love how you've separated them like that; it sums it up pretty well.

Sadly, I don't think I'll get to see There Will Be Blood until next year. Before you all tell me off, I'll gladly drive across half a state to see it but it looks like they're doing NY/LA for the first week and then slowly roll it out. I did read somewhere they might open wide Jan. 8 which is exciting news, but I'm not holding my breath no matter how excited I am.

I'll throw up a link to Rolling Stone's list courtesy of everyone's favorite critic, Peter Travers, just to get a rise out of you. And yes, Atonement's high - surprise!

1. Once
1. No Country for Old Men
1. Into the Wild

4. Zodiac
4. Hot Fuzz

6. Grindhouse
7. Gone, Baby, Gone
8. American Gangster
9. Knocked Up
10. Bourne Ultimatum

Haven't seen Atonement, Jesse James, There Will Be Blood, Sweeney Todd, and I think the last three might knock a few off of this here list.

1. I'm Not There
2. No Country For Old Men
3. Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford
4. Into The Wild
5. Gone Baby Gone
6. Before The Devil Knows You're Dead
7. Grindhouse
8. Zodiac
9. Knocked Up
10. Superbad

Performance of the year: Cate Blanchette - I'm Not There. Not just a mimicry but an entire physicality antithetical to the character portrayed. Every bit as demure and frail in stature as it is bold and antagonistic in attitude. The contrast of a female to play a male probably mirrors the contrast of public Dylan vs. actual Dylan. She owns that flick and it is beginning to piss me off all this talk of a supporting Oscar. She carried the load and dominates the screen. It should be a lead performance nomination leaving the door open for...

#2 Amy Ryan in Gone Baby Gone to take the supporting Oscar. I have never seen a character on screen that I so loathed yet wanted to fuck til she's cross-eyed.

Runners Up: Bardem, Affleck, Hirsch, Tommy Lee Jones.

Haven't seen: Darjeeling Ltd., Margot At The Wedding, Persepolis, Juno, Eastern Promises, Control, The Diving Bell And The Butterfly, There Will Be Blood, Once.

Don't Want To See: Most everything else.

Biggest Disappointment: Not making time to see the 1968 Soviet production of War And Peace at The Seattle International Film Festival Theatre.

Best Tits: Marisa Tomei - Before The Devil Knows You're Dead.

Best Sunglasses: I'm Not There

Seconded. I forgot about the early stuff this year too, like Black Book and The Host. Not sure they're top 10 listworthy, but I think I'll put Sweeney and those two as honorables for my entry.

I so wanted to see Devin's Fuck You Out Of 10 review on the Halloween 2007 DVD cover.

Quite a few films I should have seen this year and haven't yet, so this list is a little sparser than I'd like.

1. INLAND EMPIRE
2. Hot Fuzz
3. Away From Her
4. Stardust
5. Ratatouille
6. Beowulf
7. Science of Sleep
8. Death Proof

I saw plenty of other films, but wouldn't call them worth listing

Really should have damn seen/will still see: Assassination of Jesse James, Zodiac, Into the Wild, Once, Earth, Eastern Promises, The Lives of Others, This is England

Waiting for Uk release: No Country for Old Men, The Mist, Sweeny Todd, The Orphanage

Seeing in the next week or two: I'm not there

Either that or a quote from Nick.
The DVD should have one of those slip-sleeves that have a front flap you can open to see some dorky artwork with pull-quote overlays. When you open it, Devin shouts, "HOW DARE YOU!" just for checking it out.

My top 10 for 2007

1) Transformers
2) 300
3) Beowulf
4) Shoot Em Up
5) Spider-Man 3
6) TMNT
7) Grindhouse
8) Hitman
9) DOA: Dead Or Alive
10) Fantastic Four: Rise Of The Silver Surfer

My Top 10 for 2007

1. No Country For Old Men
1. Once
3. Zodiac
4. Hot Fuzz
5. The Mist
6. Ratatouille
7. Stardust
8. The Bourne Ultimatum
9. Knocked Up
10. Planet Terror

Haven't seen: There Will Be Blood, Assassination of Jesse James, Into the Wild, Sweeney Todd

Disappointments: I Am Legend

Honorable Mention: Eastern Promises

1. There Will Be Blood
2. No Country for Old Men
3. Zodiac
4. The Assassination of Jesse James
5. Hot Fuzz
6. Superbad
7. Death Proof
8. Shotgun Stories
9. Once
10. Gone Baby Gone

Honorable Mentions: Into the Wild, Juno, The King of Kong, Knocked Up, The Mist, This Is England

Disappointments: Before the Devil Knows You're Dead, I'm Not There

Missed: Atonement, Away From Her, The Bourne Ultimatum, Charlie Wilson's War, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, In the Valley of Elah, Lars and the Real Girl, Margot at the Wedding, Michael Clayton, The Orphanage, Persepolis, Ratatouille, Redacted, Rescue Dawn, The Savages, Youth Without Youth

Trust me Anthony, you didn't miss In the Valley of Elah. Michael Clayton was a fun diversion, but I don't see myself revisiting it anytime soon. Devin and Jeremy weren't nice to it, but it's not a bad movie, just an underwhelming one. As an aside, Wilkinson and Swinton are good. As for Youth Without Youth...

Well, as the Year of Brolin, I sort-of wish I saw In the Valley of Elah. I'm sure it wasn't great, and I'm certainly no fan of Haggis, but I wanted to see Tommy Lee Jones and Brolin.

Michael Clayton is written-and-directed by Tony Gilroy, stars George Clooney, and has an apparently award-worthy turn by Tom Wilkinson in a supporting role. Sure, it looks pretty cookie-cutter (and based upon Devin and Jeremy's comments, it is), but the buzz on Wilkinson (in addition to my love of Gilroy) should have gotten me in theaters (I may catch this one before the year is out, along with Atonement, Charlie Wilson's War, Ratatouille, Redacted, and Rescue Dawn).

Youth Without Youth, Rotten Tomatoes rating aside, is a film by Francis Ford Coppola. That is, at least for me, enough.

2 other films I wish I hadn't missed: Southland Tales (I know, I know, I'm still interested even though pretty much everyone says that it's a trainwreck) and The Walker (Paul Schrader? Sold.)

in no order....

Grindhouse
Black Book (which I saw this year, unlike The Host)
The Bourne Ultimatum
No Country For Old Men
Superbad/Knocked Up
Ratatouille
Hot Fuzz
Zodiac

This was the year I bought an HDTV and saw less movies in the theater than I have in a long time. Not sure if those two incidents are connected.

I still haven't seen these possible candidates...
Assassination of Jesse James, The Mist, Gone Baby Gone, The King Of Kong, Persepolis, The Lives Of Others, Once, Into The Wild

I just saw Juno tonight and it's a great little film. Not sure if it deserves a spot on my list yet.

1. There Will Be Blood
2. No Country For Old Men
3. Juno
4. Before The Devil Knows You're Dead
5. Gone Baby Gone
6. Zodiac
7. I'm Not There
8. The Darjeeling Limited
9. Eastern Promises
10. Rocket Science
11. Superbad
12. Knocked Up
13. American Gangster
14. The Assassination of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford
15. Sweeney Todd
16. Bourne Ultimatum
17. Lars and the Real Girl
18. Hot Fuzz
19. Michael Clayton
20. The Savages

Special Recognition: Blade Runner: The Final Cut

Honorable Mentions: 3:10 to Yuma, Grindhouse, 300, Paris je t'aime, You Kill Me, Sunshine, Ratatouille, Rescue Dawn, Talk To Me, King of Kong, Shoot 'Em Up, King of California, Black Book, Beowulf, Charlie Wilson's War, Black Snake Moan

Movies I Didn't See/Haven't Seen Yet: Atonement, The Orphanage, Persepolis, Diving Bell and the Butterfly

1. No Country for Old Men
2. Zodiac
3. Superbad
4. Into the Wild
5. Ratatouille
6. Hot Fuzz
7. Gone, Baby, Gone
8. Once
9. Knocked Up
10. Juno

Honorable mentions: Grindhouse, Bourne Ultimatum, The Kings of Kong

May rise in stature once I revisit: There Will Be Blood, Jesse James, The Host

Missed/haven't seen yet: Michael Clayton, I'm Not There, Atonement

Outright loathed with every fiber of my being: Dead Silence, Hills Have Eyes 2

God med school ate up too much time so I'll try to hammer out a list

Ratatouille
Knocked Up
Hot Fuzz
The Bourne Ultimatum
Stardust

(I saw a lot of crap sadly. Also having friends means you give into their shitty taste)

1. No Country For Old Men
2. Hot Fuzz
3. Zodiac
4. Grindhouse
5. Ratatouille
I liked these a lot, but I know they'll get knocked off the list...
Transformers(this one might stay on the list, we'll see. It's stupidy entertaining)
The Host
300(on a purely visual level)

Dying to see: the Mist, There Will Be Blood, the Bourne Ultimatum, Sunshine, Assassination of Jesse James, Black Book, Eastern Promises and American Gangster.

Movies that I will watch if someone else buys/rents them: Superbad, The Darjeeling Limited, Gone Baby Gone, Live Free or Die Hard, and Sweeny Todd.

Disappointments that I will still buy on DVD because I'm a FX whore/retard: I Am Legend, Pirates 3. I already bought Spidey 3(which I actually prefer overall to the first one).

Pretty much in this order:

No Country For Old Men
The Darjeeling Ltd.
Grindhouse
Superbad
Hot Fuzz
Knocked up
The Mist
300
Transformers

That's actually about all I saw this year (except for 30 Days of Night, which sucked). I'd say Transformers wasn't really that great, but it had giant robots fighting, so I could look past all of the retardedness because the 5 year old in me was elated.

Looking over these lists, I am going to miss 2007 SO. GOD-DAMNED. HARD.

It's odd, but I think this was the year that reaffirmed, beyond any doubt, my love of movies. I cannot think of another year in my conscious lifetime that has seen more greatness.

10. Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon
9. Eastern Promises
8. Atonement
7. Zodiac
6. Hot Fuzz
5. The Bourne Ultimatum
4. Lars and the Real Girl
3. Into the Wild
2. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
1. No Country for Old Men

Fucking hard list to make I'll tell you that. There are so many that I wanted to include (Sweeney Todd, The Mist, Superbad, Juno) but they had to be cut for one reason or another. I still haven't seen There Will Be Blood, Charlie Wilson's War, or a shitload of others that I should have, but there's the list anyway.

I realize that Behind the Mask is technically a 2006 release, but I believe it received a limited run in early 2007, therefore I included it in this year's list.

1. Once
2. No Country For Old Men
3. Gone Baby Gone
4. Knocked Up
5. Ratatouille
6. Sicko
7. Zodiac
8. Hot Fuzz
9. The Mist
10. Beowulf
11. The Bourne Ultimatum
12. Grindhouse
13. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
14. Stardust
15. King of Kong


Honorable Mention: American Gangster, TMNT, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, Transformers, 300, Alpha Dog, Black Snake Moan, Eastern Promises, Walk Hard, Superbad, Sunshine

Still Haven't Seen: There Will Be Blood, Into The Wild, I'm Not There, The Assassination of Jesse James, Margot At The Wedding, Behind The Mask, Sweeney Todd, Darjeeling Limited, Southland Tales, Bug, Persepolis, Juno, Redacted, Shoot 'Em Up, Charlie Wilson's War, I Am Legend. Sigh.

15) Tambogrande: Mangos, Murder Mining

14) Exte: Hair Extensions

13) Police Beat

12) I'm A Cyborg, But That's Okay

11) Black Book

10) Dai Nipponjin

09) Darjeeling Limited

08) Hot Fuzz

07) This Is England

06) Inland Empire

05) Breath

04)The Fountain

03) Zodiac

02) Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

01) No Country For Old Men

I'm going into more detail about my choices at my blog, it'd jam up Chud if I tried to post them here and I suspect nobody would care anyways.

The Fountain and Police Beat are there due to how fucking awful British release times are.

Honourable mentions to La Vie En Rose, Perfume, The Lives of Others, Storm Warning, Have You Another Apple, A Man's Job and Tell No One.

God I need to see this movie right now.

Agreed, and there are still an assload of flicks that came out in 2007 that I need to see. I've been making these lists for a good 10 years now (mostly in emails to people that probably don't give a damn), and this is the toughest time I've had coming up with a top 10. Those 10 movies don't even scratch the surface when it comes to the awesome that was 2007. If 2008 is even half as good I'll be happy.

The Fountain was 2006, at least in the US. I remember seeing it right around November.

It was February 2007 over in the UK, the official premiere and everything took place then.

Over here it was released in 06, but is it possible just to put an asterisk next to every #1 pick for the next few years which reads "#1 movie that ISN'T The Fountain". Yes? No?

Compiled my list on the train and holy fuck, it was difficult. I think I saw at least 100 movies, in the theater, no less; a new effin record (yay for having a job!). Whittling it down to 10...oh man, tougher than dental work.

10. 300
9. Atonement
8. Superbad
7. The Mist
6. Ratatouille
5. American Gangster
4. Knocked Up
3. Hot Fuzz
2. There Will Be Blood
1. No Country for Old Men

With honorable mentions to Gone Baby Gone and Beowulf!

Yes, I know I cheated on #5:

10) Sicko
9) The Mist
8) The Assassination of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford
7) Zodiac
6) Ratatouille
5) Knocked Up/Superbad
4) There Will Be Blood
3) Hot Fuzz
2) No Country for Old Men
1) Into the Wild

Honorable Mention: Juno, The Bourne Ultimatum, Once, The Host, & American Gangster (I’m sure I’m forgetting something…)

The US release of The Fountain was actually 11/22/06. Spike & the rest of the UK had to wait until 01/26/07 to bask in the glow of D.A.'s brilliance.

Edit: Nuts, I missed Wayden & Spike's posts.

Here's my DVD list. I'm affraid I had very little time to go to the theaters or watch much that wasn't sent for me to review, so I know I missed out on a lot.
Gabe's 2007 DVD Awards

1. There Will Be Blood
2. No Country for Old Men
3. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
4. Zodiac
5. Persepolis
6. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
7. Michael Clayton
8. Breach
9. Eastern Promises
10. Ratatouille

10. The Bourne Ultimatum
9. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
8. Zodiac
7. Superbad
6. Knocked Up
5. Once
4. Ratatouille
3. No Country for Old Men
2. The Assassination of Jesse James
1. There Will Be Blood

Lots of stuff that I haven't seen yet (there will be blood, juno, assasination of... etc.)

But here's my list with one surprising entry that I might be the only one on CHUD to include.

1. American Gangster
2. No Country for old men
3. Once
4. The Bourne Ultimatum
5. Zodiac
6. Knocked Up
7. Shanghai Kiss
8. The King of Kong
9. Gone Baby Gone
10. Black snake moan

1) The Lives of Others
2) No Country For Old Men
3) Zodiac
4) Superbad
5) Into the Wild
6) Black Book
7) Hot Fuzz
8) Knocked Up
9) The Mist
10) American Gangster

Honorable Mentions: 300, Atonement, Enchanted, Juno, Once, Ratatouille, Stardust, Talk To Me

What a great year.