do i get a new rank at100?

Sweeney Todd was a fucking beast of a film. It was charming yet filled to the brim with delicious gore.

Just saw There Will Be Blood - anyone think that Paul Dano will get a Best Supporting Actor nod? It was a little over-the-top, but I didn't expect such a powerful performance from him after Little Miss Sunshine.

I can now release my Best 10 list of the year (I know...you were all eagerly anticipating it).

1. A Mighty Heart
2. Hairspray
3. Stephanie Daley
4. Knocked Up
5. The Namesake
6. Eastern Promises
7. Broken English
8. Zodiac
9. Michael Clayton
10. Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

Honorable Mentions: Year of the Dog and Gone Baby Gone

It still seems too early to me, but of the ones on your list which I've seen, thumbs up to Hairspray, Knocked Up and Zodiac. Eastern Promises deserves to be on no Best Lists in my opinion, except for maybe best Viggo Mortenson Performance and Best Fight in a London Spa, but after that, nah!

I still have a few more 2007 movies to see before I can present my list after which I will go into hiding for a while until the reaction to my list subsides.

new list:

1. No Country For Old Men
2. Ratatouille
3. Superbad
4. Sweeney Todd
5. Zodiac
6. Michael Clayton
7. Bourne Ultimatum
8. Knocked Up
9. The Orphanage
10. HotFuzz

Will update again after watching all the movies I need to see of 2007.

Ok, admittedly I haven't watched that many movies the past year, so pardon me if I may have some unusual choices (probably because of a lack of choices).

1) The Bourne Ultimatum (I am biased. Jason Bourne is the coolest.)
2) Transformers (Again, I am biased.)
3) Ratatouille
4) Knocked Up
5) Hairspray!
6) Grindhouse
7) Stardust
8) No Country for Old Men
9) I am Legend (ran out of choices)
10)Beowulf (because of Angelina Jolie - smokin' hot!)

I know a few people have mentioned them already but if you haven’t seen Atonement or Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street yet, you really should. For me, at least, they are in my top ten films of 2007—top five maybe—easily, so far.

Ok, Ratatoullie was pretty entertaning, I enjoyed it.

3:10 to Yuma was absolutely brilliant. Russel Crowe should get an Oscar nod, undoubtedly. What a great movie on every level.

I agree. 3:10 to Yuma had to be the one movie I could care less about seeing until I started it. I loved every bit of it and I agree Crowe does deserve a nod (although he won't win). I have to put it in my top five movies of the year along with Eastern Promises, Into the Wild, No Country for Old Men, and Knocked up. (I still haven't see Sweeney Todd though).

3:10 to Yuma is great, but I thought Christian Bale was as equally as compelling. They played off of each other very well. Some of the best on-screen chemistry (in a strictly platonic sense ) I've seen in quite some time.

I just saw Rendition and I kind of liked it. It was much better then I was expecting. So if anyone is out of movies to watch it's actually worth viewing.

And I really should check out 3:10 to Yuma again because I really didn't like it the first time around. The acting and all that was enjoyable but the action scenes just got on my nerves, is it really that hard to shoot someone.

It's been one of the best years for good movies and it was difficult selecting my favorite movies which in most cases differ significantly from most lists that I've seen:

My Top Ten List

1. Atonement. A brilliant piece of cinematic art incorporating an exciting, compelling blend of sound effects, set design, along with the creative weaving of alterative realities in this presentation a romantic drama set during World War II. Ten of out Ten Stars. Reviewed 1/5/07. [Number 3 on my all time list].

2. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. A "Lost in Translation" of the West, with a powerfully visceral depiction of the old West along with brilliant performances by Brad Pitt and Casey Affleck. 9/10. [Reviewed 10/21/07]. [Number 7 on my all time list].

3. Nanny Diaries. Scarlett Johansson stars as a recent bachelor graduate in business with a minor in anthropology and voice overs her experience as a nanny in what is one of the best general audience movies that exposes the darker and richer themes of family drama. Even though marketed as a family comedy, this movie really is a compelling look at family dynamics with a real ending. 9/10. [Reviewed 9/1/07]. [Number 26 on my all time list].

4. 1408. One of the best horror thrillers in years, setting a new standard for this genre. John Cusack is a father who lost his daughter to cancer and is now staying in and writing about haunted places and he gets attempt to survive room 1408 in an hotel. 9/10. [Reviewed 6/23/07]. [Number 30 on my all time list].

5. Gone Baby Gone. One of the top ten movies of the year, this mystery-thriller written and directed by Ben Affleck, starring Casey Affleck is a blunt, hard-talking movie about a private investigator looking for a missing child and eventually evolves into twists and turns with tension filled drama and unsettling emotions with no really definitive answers except as to what happened. An easy Oscar nomination and perhaps win for Ben Affleck for best screenplay. 9/10. [Reviewed 11/11/07]. [Number 34 on my all time list].

6. Breach. Chris Cooper offers up a fantastic performance in the role of FBI traitor Robert Hanssen in a complex, subtle role that may be the best espionage drama to have been directed and produced. 9/10. [Reviewed 6/21/07]. [Number 40 on my all time list].

7. Across The Universe. A brilliant, exhilarating fusion of Beatles music and lyrics that is enhanced by the romance and political statement of the sixties and cross-cultural perspectives. An exciting musical, art, and solid script that allows the Beatles to resurrect themselves to a new generation. 9/10. [Reviewed 10/12/07]. [Number 41 on my all time list].

8. Spiderman 3. A powerful sequel incorporating important, contemporary, mainstream issues dealing with revenge, hate, love and relationships, forgiveness. One of the best mainstream movies to come out since Titanic (1997) and Jaws (1975). 9/10. [Reviewed 5/4/07]. [Number 43 on my all time list].

9. Invasion. Nicole Kidman stars in this third remake of "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" in an emotional as well as thinking version of the classic movie. Great direction, great acting, great script full of tension, gripping fear, and doubt, along with a solid ending. 9/10. [Reviewed 9/19/07]. [Number 46 on my all time list].

10. Premonition. Sandra Bullock stars in this eerie mystery thriller where she told that her husband has died but then later wakes up to find him alive. This an emotional sensitive and excellent look at death and life and family relations. 8/10. [Reviewed 3/17/07]. [Number 83 on my all time list].

Honorable Mention

American Gangster 8/10.
August Rush 8/10.
Bourne Ultimatum 8/10. [#251 best list].
Bridge to Terabitha 8/10. [#266 best list].
Charlie Wilson's War 8/10.
Eastern Promises 9/10. [#107 best list].
Evening 8/10.
Georgia Rule 9/10. [#112 best list].
I Know Who Killed Me 8/10. [#250 best list].
In The Land of Women 9/10. [#263 best list].
In The Valley Of Elah 8/10.
Juno 8/10.
The Kingdom 8/10.
Lars and the Real Girl 8/10. [#162 best list].
Margot at the Wedding 9/10. [#141 best list].
Miss Potter 8/10. [#264 best list].
Mr. Brooks 8/10. [#265 best list].
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium 8/10.
Music and Lyrics 9/10. [#103 best list].
Paprika 8/10.
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End 8/10. [#249].
Planet Terror 8/10. [#155 best list].
Ratatouille 8/10.
The Reaping 8/10.
Reign Over Me 8/10. [#248 best list].
Rendition 8/10.
Sicko 8/10.
Smoking Aces 8/10.
Stardust 8/10.
There Will Be Blood 9/10. [#165 best list].
Waitress 8/10. [#216 best list].
Wildhogs 8/10.
You Kill Me 8/10. [#273 best list].

Good But Failed to Make the Grade

3:10 To Yuma 7/10.
The Before the Devil Knows You're Dead 7/10.
Beowulf 7/10.
Elizabeth: The Golden Age 7/10.
Enchanted 7/10.
Hairspray 7/10.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 7/10.
The Hunting Party 7/10.
The Last Mimzy 7/10.
Live Free or Die 7/10.
Lucky You 7/10.
Martian Child 7/10.
Meet the Robinsons 7/10.
National Treasure: Book of Secrets 7/10.
No Reservations 7/10.
Shooter 7/10.
The Simpsons Movie 7/10.
Sunshine 7/10.
Sweeney Todd 7/10.
Transformers 7/10.
War 7/10.
Wristercutters: A Love Story 7/10.
Zodiac 7/10.

Disappointments

4: Rise of the Silver Surfer 6/10.
The Golden Compass 6/10.
I am Legend 5/10.
Into the Wild 6/10.
A Mighty Heart 4/10.
Michael Clayton 5/10.
No Country for Old Men 6/10.
Norbit 6/10.
Ocean's 13 5/10.
Rush Hour 3 6/10.
Shoot 'Em Up 6/10.
Shrek the Third 6/10.

tabuno, when you put Nanny Diaries at No. 3 (followed by 1408) and don't even rank No Country for Old Men or Michael Clayton, you're not going to get much respect around here.

quote:

Originally posted by ezatldude:
tabuno, when you put Nanny Diaries at No. 3 (followed by 1408) and don't even rank No Country for Old Men or Michael Clayton, you're not going to get much respect around here.

True dat!

It's all personal, and I appreciate the enthusiasm, but I just didn't realize how great 2007 was. tabuno says that nine of the best 46 films ever made were released last year. I'm a lot older than I feel. I just made up a Top 100 and none were from last year.

Oops...

quote:

Originally posted by mark f:
It's all personal, and I appreciate the enthusiasm, but I just didn't realize how great 2007 was. tabuno says that nine of the best 46 films ever made were released last year. I'm a lot older than I feel. I just made up a Top 100 and none were from last year.

Oops...

As far as I can tell, tabuno has at least 273 films ranked on his "all-time" list. That's quite a feat. Props, or whatever, to tabuno.

I knew was I going to get major flack for some of my choices, including The Nanny Diaries. However, I feel that what I look for in a movie and appreciate about a movie is probably different than most other people. I have to stand by my opinion, nevertheless, because movies for me are more than just technique and directing and so forth...if a movie moves me personally, if I can relate to it well, if it offers a genuine emotional and dramatic element steeped in reality, if it significantly moves "popular mainstream" movies forward I really get on top of such a movie. I've posted elsewhere my opinion of the incremental and qualitative progress of mainstream movies over the past twenty-five years, something I've never read posted anywhere else. I know that it's not politically correct to even focus on some of the more popular movies that appear on the surface to be just run of the mill, easily dismissed movies, but for me, each of my choices impacted me deeply at a level that I can't dismiss out of hand. For whatever reason, each of my selections moved me a lot, the experience sitting in the movie theater dug into my inner moral core and made me feel I'm glad to be alive and being able to actual be here to have watched this movie. For me, The Nanny Diaries can be easily viewed as fluff and just another of those movies...but for me I found this movie avoiding the usual comedic genre that was used in the trailers to gain audience attention, that this movie played it straight and ended straight, something most mainstream movies don't do. This movie dealt with, credibly, the issue of family disintegration, about relationships and found myself being able to understand and empathize with what was being expressed on the screen that most movies have not been able to successfully accomplish as well with me. It's like any marriage I gather, one brings together two disparate elements and see what the combination results are. As a counselor, I see a lot of these human pains and suffering that washed off the screen and how this pain and suffering was managed, how the characters coped with the reality of their circumstances so reflects what I experience on a daily basis. I connected with this movie because it is something that I have to immerse myself in everyday and as such this movie really did a superb job of getting down into the muck of families and presented it all with authentic and realistic seriousness. I'm really glad to have watched it - it was not what I had expected and predicted for a family comedy drama.

based of off year of US release

1) There Will Be Blood
2) No Country For Old Men
3) The Lives of Others
4) Eastern Promises
5) The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
6) Michael Clayton
7) The Wind That Shakes the Barley
8) This Is England
9) Away From Her
10) Zodiac

what do you guys think