I finally got around to making a 2007 top 10 movies list… these are movies I actually saw in 2007, they weren’t necessarily released in 2007 (I think a few were released in 2006). Anyway, here goes, in descending order for suspense effect:
10 Eastern Promises
9 After the Wedding (Efter brylluppet… Swedish film released in 2006)
8 Atonement
7 There Will be Blood
6 No Country for Old Men
5 Everything will be OK (a 19-minute short film)
4 Once
3 Waitress
2 Little Children (released in 2006)
1 The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (French film… La scaphandre et le papillon)
2007 Honorable Mentions:
the Orphanage
Juno
Black Book
Darjeeling Ltd
Dan in Real Life
Sicko
Paris je t’aime
Films released in 2007 that I haven’t seen yet and want to see… perhaps some will be on my best of 2008 list:
michael clayton
lookout
american gangster
gone baby gone
into the wild
before the devil knows you’re dead
sweeney todd
savages
I’m not there
4 months, 3 weeks, 2 days
charlie wilson’s war
enchanted
things we lost in the fire
lust, caution
assassination of jesse james…
I also saw a few crappy movies in 2007 that I had hoped would be good. For example:
the Mist… Worst. CGI. Ever… Darkest. Ending. Ever… (besides Dogville)
l’enfant
Half Nelson… I expected and wanted this to be good but it bored the crap out of me
So did I miss anything? Agree? Disagree?
June 5, 2009 at 10:30 am
I liked The Mist! I thought it was good, campy, B-movie fun. Marcia Gay Harden’s crazy religious fundamentalist lady was awesome. And I loved the ending. I remember commenting shortly beforehand about how awesome it would be if it ended that way…and then to my surprise, it did!
June 5, 2009 at 5:34 pm
I should have elaborated on the Mist in my original post. The ending to the Mist was the only thing that made it tolerable for me, because I love horrible depressing endings. The ending was GREAT, though. I loved that part. I went in to the movie expecting something different than what it ended up being. I didn’t realize it was going to be B-movie quality, I was expecting something philosophical and deep from all the amazing reviews. It was just a matter of unmet expectations. I probably would have liked it better had I known what to expect.