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1408 & Breach are really good. Chris Cooper gave the best unsung performance of the year. He should have been nominated for best actor. |
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Guru |
I was beginning to wonder whether or not I was on a another "film" planet. It's nice to know that I'm still on planet earth. |
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"Forum Moderator" Super Bad-Ass Jedi |
I'll send you back to the other planet. I thought Breach was a mediocre espionage thriller. It wasn't terrible, but ultimately forgettable. I also thought for a "thriller" it was surprisingly light on thrills.
1408 started off pretty good, and I did think it had potential, but it suffered the same fate as a lot of Stephen King's stories in that it got completely ridiculous and over-the-top about midway through. I think King is great at set up and terrible at payoff. ----- We were wasps with new wings, now we're bugs in the jar. |
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Guru |
Calling from Planet X. How can you have as your motto that "We want our film to be beautiful, not realistic." and then at the same moment allow for 1408 to "start off pretty good" and then complain about it becoming completely ridiculous and over-the-top? This was a horror thriller not a realistic movie about a writer trying to rationalize the strange going ons at a hotel. This was a beautiful movie and a not realistic one - that's what we want and that's what we got to say it in your own words. |
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Guru |
Another call from Planet X. What I especially enjoyed about Breach was that this movie wasn't an espionage thriller, it was a espionage psychological movie based on a true event. What made this movie special was that it didn't treat the espionage material like just another mediocre thriller movie, instead it became a drama about espionage and allowed Chris Cooper to offer up one of the best performances of the year. |
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"Forum Moderator" Super Bad-Ass Jedi |
I have an update ready but before I post it, do you all want a surprise and no updates until I post the final results or a weekly update? Just let me know.
----- If you don't love me, I'm sorry. |
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Guru |
Based on the few responses so far (unless there really aren't that many posters), at least from a statistical standpoint, an update wouldn't really mean a lot at this point. |
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Guru |
My list:
1. No Country for Old Men 2. Their will be Blood 3. Once 4. The Lives of Others 5. Zodiac 6. Into the Wild 7. Michael Clayton 8. Before the Devil knows your dead 9. Ratoutille 10.Knocked Up |
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Know-It-All |
Oh, I haven't seen everything that I wanted to from last year but oh well... here is my top whatever it turns out to be....
1. Once 2. Eastern Promises 3. No Country for Old Men 4. Juno 5. Bourne Ultimatum 6. Ratatouille 7. Superbad 8. Shoot 'em Up 9. King of Kong 10. Paprika 11. The Host |
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"Forum Moderator" Super Bad-Ass Jedi |
I like your list Juanboy. I'm happy to see both Once and Juno in your top 5, and The King of Kong in your top 10.
I'm still playing mad catchup on 2007 movies. Here's a list of stuff I still would like to see before finalizing my list: Atonement Assassination of Jesse James... Into the Wild In the Valley of Elah Margot at the Wedding Sicko ----- We were wasps with new wings, now we're bugs in the jar. |
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"Forum Moderator" Super Bad-Ass Jedi |
Same here, besides Atonement I still need to see all of the other films on your list. I also still need to see Lars and the Real Girl, The Savages, Before the Devil Knows Your Dead and Persepolis. I am sure I forgot some but that is a lot already! ----- If you don't love me, I'm sorry. |
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"Forum Moderator" Super Bad-Ass Jedi |
I would like to see those four too, but none of them are playing around here, and none of them have DVD releases before I need to submit my list, so they're sadly not going to be contenders. ----- We were wasps with new wings, now we're bugs in the jar. |
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Slacker First Class |
Gotta say I'm surprised nobody's mentioned 3:10 To Yuma, absolutely flawless film. Great score, excellent direction and cinematography, as well as three very well done performances by Christian Bale, Russell Crowe and Ben Foster
1. The Assassination of Jesse James 2. No Country for Old Men 3. 3:10 To Yuma 4. Grindhouse 5. 28 Weeks Later 6. Juno 7. Zodiac 8. Eastern Promises 9. Spiderman 3 10. Across the Universe 11. Rescue Dawn 12. Sweeney Todd All shall be extinguished |
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"Forum Moderator" Super Bad-Ass Jedi |
It will be on my list. ----- We were wasps with new wings, now we're bugs in the jar. |
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"Forum Moderator" Super Bad-Ass Jedi |
I like it a lot as well and my list isn't done yet but it might crack my top 12. I just thought that this was such a strong year for films. ----- If you don't love me, I'm sorry. |
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"Forum Moderator" Super Bad-Ass Jedi |
I made a mistake in my first post about when the lists are due. I was looking at the January calendar when I said that. The lists will be due February 21 (that's only 2 days before what I originally stated) and that's exactly two weeks from now. I know there are a lot of film watchers here so get them in!
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UPDATED ON FEB 18:
Here's my list: 01. Into the Wild 02. American Gangster 03. 3:10 to Yuma 04. Superbad 05. Sunshine 06. The Assassination of Jesse James 07 Darjeeling Limited 08. Stardust 09. Juno 10. Across the Universe 11. No Country for Old Men 12. 300 13. Once 14. Sweeny Todd 15. Hot Fuzz 16. Knocked Up 17. Michael Clayton 18. Eastern Promises 19. Oceans 13 20. Talk to Me 21. Live Free Die Hard 22. Atonement 23. Ratatouille 24. Rescue Dawn 25. Bourne Ultimatum 26. Waitress 27. Zodiac I haven't seen "there will be blood" yet, but I have a feeling it will be in my top ten. If I see it before Feb 21, I'll edit my list. This message has been edited. Last edited by: Dark Lord of the Sith, |
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"Forum Moderator" Super Bad-Ass Jedi |
Thanks hudson, and for everyone else that has submitted a list. If you do make any changes to your lists before the deadline please let me know so I can make the necessary corrections.
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Enthusiast |
1. No Country for Old Men
2. Eastern Promises 3. Paprika 4. Away From Her 5. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford 6. The Host 7. Ratatouille 8. Hot Fuzz 9. Darjeeling Limited 10. Sweeney Todd 11. Offside 12. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Didn't see: Persepolis, Rescue Dawn, Atonement, There Will Be Blood, Into the Wild, Sunshine, I'm Not There, Margot at the Wedding Honorable mention: The Taste of Tea, Once, Bourne Ultimatum, Lake of Fire, Grindhouse, Zodiac, Breach, Superbad This message has been edited. Last edited by: unKeMPt, |
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