The new Rolling Stone came out this week, with Peter Travers’ list of the 10 best movies of 2007 (one of many 10 best lists). His list:
1. No Country For Old Men
2. Atonement
3. Into the Wild
4. Eastern Promises
5. Sweeney Todd
6. American Gangster
7. There Will Be Blood
8. Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
9. I’m Not There
10. tie between Knocked Up and Juno
I haven’t seen all of these and some of them aren’t out yet, but a couple things jump out. Like, why isn’t Gone, Baby, Gone on anyone’s best of ’07 list? Yeah, it was an Affleck project; it was also better than the movie that won him an Oscar and at least deserving of a spot in the top ten. Knocked Up and Juno also deserve their own spots, and what about Superbad? Even when it wasn’t hitting on all cylinders it still had that Tommy Boy-esque likability factor that most comedies these days are missing. And Eastern Promises, really? Seems to be on everyone’s best of list, but I don’t get it. I like Cronenberg, but this ain’t his best movie. One of the few scenes with action (the naked fight scene) was laughably bad. I’m not saying every movie has to be Jackie Chan, but I would like to get the sense of how something could actually happen rather than just a montage of grunting and Viggo’s balls flopping around.
One thing we can agree on: Travers’ "Michael Bay Award For Worst Soul-Sucking, Dumb-Ass Bottom Feeder" that he gives to Pirates of the Caribbean 3. Amen. I actually forgot that came out in ’07 – I think I repressed it like the time I got molested.
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That list depresses me as I have only seen Knocked Up. I wish I didn’t live under a rock…
Guy’cha! Where in Kahless’ Dingleberried Crotch is "Halloween"????
For a while The Mighty Fek’lhr thought He was repressing being molested, it turned out He actually just was never molested. And He still turned out this way!
Surely the Michael Bay Award should go to him for Transformables?
I’ve seen three of those but not one of them in a cinema.
Biggest disappointment of the year: The Simpsons Movie.
*Steve-O from Jackass slowly awakes in cramped darkness…a sharp pain and large bump on his head…then he hears:*
It tucks it’s dick between it’s legs, or else I launch the Lite-Brite pegs!
Tommy Boy was likeable? Hm…
And I haven’t seen any of the movies on that list. But I do want to see No Country.
I have Eastern Promises at home and will watch it soon as I get some lotion and wipes for the naked man fighting.
Wait! I mean…
GRRRR RUSSIAN GANSTAS!!!
See my power! I can make linky things appear at will!
GRRRR CHRISTINA APPLEGATE!
… damnit…
Where the fuck is Jizz Rocket Babes do Toyland?
FUCK Rolling Stone!
dude I haven’t seen any of these… this makes me ssooooo sad.
Christina Applegate doesn’t look like she’s much good at anything. other than maybe sucking cock. I dunno… I’ve never had to judge someone’s skill in that just by appearances alone…
HAHAHAHAHAHA mine underlined wahahah I win
The Mighty Fek’lhr thought everyone would be amused at the list of 2007 movies He has actually seen:
In other words, He watched "Commando" more times this year than actual movies released this year.
Damn you Kaysome, steal my linky goodness will you?!?!
The Mighty One: "For a while The Mighty Fek’lhr thought He was repressing being molested, it turned out He actually just was never molested. And He still turned out this way!"
You’re a beautiful
manwomantrannyKlingon.Boyos, it’s a fucking FILM blog. Go to the fucking movies once in a while! Jeebus Christmas. I’ve seen six of them, AND that gigantic dump that is POTC3.
Fek, your movie list would go great with a Slim Jim and frosty Mountain Dew to wash it all down.
Eastern Promises sucked little diggleberry shitballs. I suppose then, Rolling Stone sucks little diggleberry shitballs for posting such a list. And well Lance, you posted said list here so, Merry Christmas you little diggleberry shitball.
whats up your motherfuckers! WHERE ARE MY BROHAS AT?!
I thought that fight scene in Eastern Promises was alright. The problem was that any guy was constantly trying to divert his eyes away from viggo’s taint. For real, there were views that you wouldn’t even see in a porno.
whats up your motherfuckers! WHERE ARE MY BROHAS AT?!
Getting into all sorts of trouble on "the streets".
I once sucked a dingleberry shitball, but I had a headfull of LSD so I did many untoward things that night I tell you.
DOUBLE DUB! S’UP NIGGA?
You’ve gone mad with power, Martini. That fight scene in Eastern Promises was fucking terrifying. Because who wants to fight naked?
Because who wants to fight naked?
Bah! Don’t ask the yIntaghs on Grethor!!!!
I don’t see why everyone likes Atonement so much. The whole thing felt like an extended trailer to me. There was no emotional punch, no character development. No Gravitas!!! I mean, when there are films like "House on Haunted Hill II" that are just brilliantly created, directed and acted in, and then there is Kiera Knightely’s man boobs flopping around under a sheer dress. And James "I am the Messiah Moab’dib" MacAvoy flopping his frank and beans with a machine gun on Omaha Beach. It was just meh. Visually great to wank my Daniel Craig at but nothing in comparison to the brilliant choose your own adventure stylings of the evocative powerhouse thrill ride that was "House on Haunted Hill II" aka Return to the the House on Haunted Hill.
There is a country for old men. It’s called Sarasota.
I’ve seen 3 out of the list. No Country was good except I was really tense during that scene that I thought the kitten would get hurt. But when the guy with the dutchboy haircut just killed the kitten’s owner, I was relieved.
I’ve only seen 3, but I see the best picture Academy Award nominations every year (so when someone gives their opinion of who should win, I can be a dick, and say "Have you seen all of them?" It validates my opinion). I should end up seeing more.
For any of you who aren’t interested, here’s my top 10:No Country For Old Men, Eastern Promises, Superbad, Into the Wild, Sweeney Todd,There Will Be Blood, Blade Runner: The Final Cut, Michael Clayton, Lust, Caution, Rescue Dawn
Those are in no particular order. Standout performances for Javier Bardem and Josh Brolin in "No Country", Viggo Mortensen in "Eastern Promises", Daniel Day-Lewis and Paul Dano in "There Will Be Blood", George Clooney in "Michael Clayton", and Christian Bale and Steve Zahn in "Rescue Dawn".
Lala, Serious Kitten would like to extend his
sincerestseriousest condolences that you had to sit through Crash in order to validate your opinion.Thanks Robo. Deus ex machina was on overdrive for that one.
I’d rate The Bourne Ultimatum higher than Eastern Promises. Everyone seems to have forgotten about that movie.
Except for the filming. Stop giving cameras to seizure prone fuck-wits.
Just watched The Bourne Ultimatum again. The dvd case had some stupid red tag – "Fucking childproof caps" – that prevented the case from opening that i had neither the patience or inclination to work out, so i literally had to break it open. The Young’s modulus of a dvd case could be improved. Very brittle. Anyway, yes the shakycam is bananas but that is easily one of the best movies of 07.
Also shaky: Paddy Considine’s acting. Very self-conscious.