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As I make my way through this year's winter break (aka "21 Days, 21 Movies"), I see that it is high time to check in and report to the blog faithful some of my thoughts on the films of 2007.
AMAZING:
Once
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Into the Wild
Sunshine
Sicko
Charlie Wilson's War
GREAT:
The Treatment
I'm Not There
Lars and the Real Girl
VERY GOOD:
American Gangster
Away From Her
3:10 to Yuma
Grindhouse
La Vie En Rose
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Transformers
The Simpsons Movie
Meeting Resistance
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Michael Clayton
NOT QUITE AS GOOD AS THEY'RE SAYING:
No Country For Old Men
Eastern Promises
Juno
Sweeney Todd
No End in Sight
Avenue Montaigne
NOWHERE NEAR AS GOOD AS THEY'RE SAYING:
Atonement
GOOD:
Diggers
Death at a Funeral
The Brave One
Lions for Lambs
NOT SO GOOD:
Gracie
28 Weeks Later
We Own the Night
TERRIBLE:
I Am Legend
Friday, January 04, 2008
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Go see "Steep." It's an extreme skiing movie (documentary) and quite beautiful to watch at times.
Why no Knocked Up or Superbad? Neither will change your life, but both were funny.
I hate to admit this...but I didn't see either of those yet! I will probably Netflix them. I tend not to watch as many comedies as I do dramas and documentaries. It takes a lot to get me to a comedy in the theater...if I do go, it's usually because of an Oscar or other award nomination, a particular actor (say, Robin Williams), or some other specific compelling reason.
If you paid money to see a Robin Williams comedy in a theater in the last 20 years, that would tend to explain why you have been afraid to see any other comedies. Or were there some good ones that I unjustly overlooked?
Well said, my friend. I guess that just goes to show why I like so few comedies... I was trying to think of an actor I really like/respect, but now that you point it out, it's Dead Poets Society that's my favorite film, not any of his comedies. I don't know, who could lure me in? Jack Black? Maybe. In considering the comedies I've enjoyed in this or any year, I see that most of them are political (i.e. Thank You for Smoking) or quirky-smart (i.e. Clue). Or Adventures in Babysitting. I will always have a place in my heart for Adventures in Babysitting. Now and forever.
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