I rented 'Heartbreak Kid' and watched it. It had some funny scenes but the script was kinda lame and the plot was relatively weak. I don't care for the actress who played the brunette love interest either, annoying.

Also, I rented 'Stardust'. I really liked it. I'm a sucker for the 'princess bride'-esque sort of fairy tales. It was well acted and the plot was enjoyable and entertaining.

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hudson
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I rented 'Heartbreak Kid' and watched it. It had some funny scenes but the script was kinda lame and the plot was relatively weak. I don't care for the actress who played the brunette love interest either, annoying.

Also, I rented 'Stardust'. I really liked it. I'm a sucker for the 'princess bride'-esque sort of fairy tales. It was well acted and the plot was enjoyable and entertaining.

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hudson
Guru
Posted 27 December 2007 07:53 AM Hide Post
I rented 'Heartbreak Kid' and watched it. It had some funny scenes but the script was kinda lame and the plot was relatively weak. I don't care for the actress who played the brunette love interest either, annoying.

Also, I rented 'Stardust'. I really liked it. I'm a sucker for the 'princess bride'-esque sort of fairy tales. It was well acted and the plot was enjoyable and entertaining.

Dear Guru,

Your comments, especially your first one don't appear to really fit under a "Best Movie So Far" thread. It doesn't seem that Heartbreak Kid is considered your best movie so far. Confused.

So far.

1. Grindhouse
2. No Country for Old Men
3. Ratatouille
4. Once
5. Stardust
6. Enchanted
7. The Lookout
8. Waitress
9. Zodiac
10. The Host
11. Superbad
12. Mr.Brooks

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Originally posted by Ebenezer Borachon:
Bourne Ultimatum
Michael Clayton
Zodiac
The Assassination of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford
Half Nelson

"Half Nelson" came out last year.

No. It was released this year in the UK.

Well it's a bit challenging for me to rank my favorite movies this year but probably

1. Charlie Wilson's War
2. Once
3. Before the Devil knows you're dead
4. Knocked Up
5. American Gangster

I'd still like to see Into The Wild, The Diving Bell and the butterfly, juno, there will be blood and No country for old men. Its sort of annoying when all the movies you want to see are limited releases...

I (sadly) haven't seen There Will Be Blood yet, which I anticipate as being one of my favorites. But, from what I have seen:

1. No Country for Old Men
2. Eastern Promises
3. Juno
4. Ratatoullie
5. Zodiac

This is how I would rank them right now:

1. No Country for Old Men (Easy choice, love the Coen Bros.)
2. Ratatouille (I am hoping, though I don’t think it will happen, a Best Picture nod here)
3. Grindhouse (Amazing film that many people didn’t even see/appreciate)
4. Juno (Small, poignant gem)
5. The Simpsons Movie (Like a classic episode of the show, brilliantly funny and touching)
6. Zodiac (Came out a long time ago, very solid)
7. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Arguably, the best one of the series so far)
8. Knocked Up (For a comedy, it was a more diverse film than I first gave it credit for)
9. American Gangster (Pretty decent film but could have been much better)
10 Gone Baby Gone (Looking back, don’t like it as much as I remember but still good)

There are still so many other films I need/want to see but I haven’t gotten the chance like The Kite Runner, Eastern Promises, The Lookout and especially, There Will Be Blood. I am a huge P.T. Anderson fan—yes, I really do love Punch-Drunk Love—and I am hearing that this is his best one. Sadly, it was released December 26 but only to a limited release, hopefully we get it here soon.

1) The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (10)
2) *There Will Be Blood (10)
3) Into the Wild (9)
4) No Country for Old Men (9)
5) Lust, Caution (9)
6) Assassination of Jesse James (8)
7) Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (8)
8) Zodiac (8)
9) Michael Clayton (8)
10) *I'm Not There (8)

Close Calls:
*Charlie Wilson's War (8)
*Once (8)
*Control (8)
*Atonement (8)
Gone Baby Gone (8)
Juno (8)
Lars and the Real Girl (8)
The Savages (8)
Eastern Promises (8)
The Bourne Ultimatum (8)
A Mighty Heart (8)
The King of Kong (8)
Rocket Science (8)
*Sweeney Todd (7)
*Black Snake Moan (7)
*The Orphanage (7)
American Gangster (7)
Grindhouse (7)
*Paris Je T'aime (7)

It's been an amazing year in film, so I went ahead and extended my list to include everything I found truly notable. The only films I haven't actually seen are foreign at this point (namely 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days), so I feel pretty safe in crowning The Diving Bell and There Will Be Blood as this year's best films, despite most people's stubborn defense of No Country. Regardless, the Best Director category this year is going to be the strongest since 1975.

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NButler11
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Posted 31 December 2007 04:59 PM

It's been an amazing year in film, so I went ahead and extended my list to include everything I found truly notable. The only films I haven't actually seen are foreign at this point (namely 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days), so I feel pretty safe in crowning The Diving Bell and There Will Be Blood as this year's best films, despite most people's stubborn defense of No Country. Regardless, the Best Director category this year is going to be the strongest since 1975.

I agree that this years has been surprising and also quite amazing for good films, though my specific personal selections varies quite a bit from most other postings here. I'm still compiling my list as there are a number of movies I still desire to see first.

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Originally posted by FragileKidA:


I am a huge P.T. Anderson fan—yes, I really do love Punch-Drunk Love

You mean there are people that don't love it? What a great film. Along with No Country For Old Men, There Will Be Blood is the film I'm most looking forward to seeing, but it'll probably be next Xmas by the time they get released in the UK.

I still have a lot of films to check out, but here's how I would rank my favorites of 2007 right now.

1. Once
2. Gone Baby Gone
3. 3:10 To Yuma
4. Knocked Up
5. Charlie Wilson's War
6. Zodiac
7. Across The Universe - A lot of people will scoff at this, but I still have yet to see a more visually stunning film made in 2007.
8. The Lookout
9. Sweeney Todd
10. No Country For Old Men

I'm not a huge movie buff but from the few movies I've seen recently here's how I would rate them (five star scale):

American Gangster: **
Charlie Wilson's War: *** 1/2
Sweeney Todd: **** 1/2
Gone Baby Gone: ****
I am Legend: **

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Boots
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I'm not a huge movie buff but from the few movies I've seen recently here's how I would rate them (five star scale):

American Gangster: **
Charlie Wilson's War: *** 1/2
Sweeney Todd: **** 1/2
Gone Baby Gone: ****
I am Legend: **

I haven't seen I am Legend, but my view of the other movies is pretty close to yours, except for Sweeney Todd, which if you discover my preferences is pretty remarkable. I'm glad to see Gone Baby Gone getting a higher rating. As for Sweeney Todd, I'm not completely sold on the long-term impact that this musical will have as opposed to my personal past favorites Moulin Rouge and Chicago. Except for the singular distinction of its subject matter, Sweeney Todd while a good musical, didn't seem to make use of the full range of the potential of a theatrical film release as opposed to a live Broadway Production. But I do feel that Johnny Depp did a wonderful job and deserves a nomination for best actor.

The Best Actor race looks to be crazy this year. Depp vs Day-Lewis vs Hanks vs Washington vs Hoffman vs Crowe vs Clooney vs Bardem? I'm sure I'm forgetting at least a couple.

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Originally posted by tabuno:
Sweeney Todd while a good musical, didn't seem to make use of the full range of the potential of a theatrical film release as opposed to a live Broadway Production.

I sort of agree with that. I liked Sweeney Todd, but you're right about it not being that far removed from the stage. Maybe that's because Burton's sets look so stagey to begin with. Aside from upping the gore factor, what did he really do? I thought the other two musicals I've seen this year, Once, and the underrated Across The Universe were far more original and memorable.

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Originally posted by MXH:
The Best Actor race looks to be crazy this year. Depp vs Day-Lewis vs Hanks vs Washington vs Hoffman vs Crowe vs Clooney vs Bardem? I'm sure I'm forgetting at least a couple.

I agree with you but hasn’t the Best Actor race always been the most competitive—at least for most of the past years. I do remember it being much deeper and competitive than the actress awards. I do think that Javier Bardem is by far, the clear-cut favorite for Best Supporting Actor though.

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Originally posted by tabuno:
Sweeney Todd while a good musical, didn't seem to make use of the full range of the potential of a theatrical film release as opposed to a live Broadway Production. But I do feel that Johnny Depp did a wonderful job and deserves a nomination for best actor.

I do agree with you on this point. But at the same time I liked the idea that the movie was more of a show then simply telling a story. Everything was pushed over the top and it stayed true to that Broadway show kind of feel where the entertainment was in the spectacle and the emotion of the players.

Sweeney Todd was a tragedy on the scale of Shakespeare's Macbeth! I think that Hairspray is just as entertaining and far more upbeat, but Burton created an honest-to-God tragedy, and what was the last musical you saw that did that? West Side Story?

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EricG75
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Originally posted by tabuno:
Sweeney Todd while a good musical, didn't seem to make use of the full range of the potential of a theatrical film release as opposed to a live Broadway Production.


I sort of agree with that. I liked Sweeney Todd, but you're right about it not being that far removed from the stage. Maybe that's because Burton's sets look so stagey to begin with. Aside from upping the gore factor, what did he really do? I thought the other two musicals I've seen this year, Once, and the underrated Across The Universe were far more original and memorable.

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We want our film to be beautiful, not realistic.

Across the Universe, a musical, appears so far to have managed to remain on my top ten best film list for 2007.

Okay i did some thinking, and i have a new list
1. Tie The Bourne Ultimatum
By far the most entertaining movie of the year, and isn't that what movies were made for?
1. Sweeney Todd- Set design, music, dark humor, Awesome performances. Its also touchingly tragic
2. Michael Clayton
A trifecta of great acting, a plot that manages to say something, which is all the while massively intriguing and intimate
3. No Country for old men
Basically the same reasons as michael Clayton, just not as strong
4. There Will Be blood
Revolutionary film-making, yet it has a lot of substance to acompany the style
5. Eastern Promises
Viggo is awesome, cronenburg is awesome, and the fight scene rocks despite the nudity.
and my man of the year:
Tony Gilroy, for having his hand in two of the films on my list (Bourne and Clayton)