the only new movies i've seen this year are borat, spiderman 3, and transformers...spiderman 3 wasnt that great, borat was a lot less funny than i figured it would be, and transformers was decent

12/1/2007 8:49:52 PM

if you haven't seen any good movies, why did you make *this* thread?

12/1/2007 8:55:26 PM

if you haven't seen any good movies, why did you make *this* thread? why didnt you post any movies?

12/1/2007 9:00:08 PM

No Country for Old Men
wasn't borat 2006?

[Edited on December 1, 2007 at 9:32 PM. Reason : fhds]

12/1/2007 9:32:06 PM

my favorite move this year has been darjeeling limited. i haven't seen as many movies this year as i normally do and i've yet to no country for old men.

12/1/2007 9:33:21 PM

The Darjeeling Limited, Superbad, Knocked Up, Once, and No Country for Old Men are all towards the top of my list. I really haven't seen as much as I should, and I'm really looking forward to Margot at the Wedding and Juno before the year's over. Sunshine is almost surely my #1, although it's hard to compare it to Superbad.

I know there's some mainstream shit I'm not remembering, though...ARG.

I hereby nominate Eagle vs. Shark as the most disappointing movie of the year, and The Number 23 as the worst movie of the year (out of what I've seen). Transformers was the best popcorn flick, which only beats The Bourne Ultimatum because it didn't feature 2 hours of steadycam that made me want to vomit.

This is just a draft, I'm sure I'll have a for serious list once I've seen more stuff / been reminded of the shit I forgot.

12/1/2007 11:02:49 PM

Pan's Labyrinth. Wide release was in Jan

12/1/2007 11:20:48 PM

TOTALLY doesn't count.

12/1/2007 11:32:19 PM

I've really liked The Bourne Ultimatum and No Country for Old Men the best so far.



I'm also really looking forward to There Will Be Blood .

12/1/2007 11:36:28 PM

Transformers wasn't even good as a popcorn movie. I hate hate hated it, and I even came in with low expectations.

Same for Live Free or Die Hard.

12/1/2007 11:36:40 PM

Yeah, I'm not even gonna try and argue in defense of it.

All I got is "OMG, TEHSPLOSIONS!!1ONE" But I enjoyed it. I have a boner for Shia LeBouf.

12/1/2007 11:48:33 PM

transformers wasn't even the best popcorn movie starring shia lebouf this year

transformers was definitely the best nostalgia movie though

superbad ftw

did anybody see Death at a Funeral? thats up there for me

why isn't anyone mentioning 300?

12/2/2007 12:19:59 AM

1. No Country For Old Men
2. Michael Clayton
3. Darjeeling Limited
4. Gone Baby Gone
5. Superbad
6. Bourne Ultimatum


Looking forward to:
There Will Be Blood
Juno
Margot At The Wedding

12/2/2007 12:24:31 AM

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"why isn't anyone mentioning 300?"

Because it's crap-a-roo.

p.s. OMG WOODFOOTOMGA;LSDKJO!!

12/2/2007 12:30:13 AM

^^i have a feeling juno may top superbad for me

is michael clayton really that good?

its playing at the second-run theater up here, might have to go check it out

i like when clooney plays that kind of character (which is basically everything that isn't ulysses everett mcgill or the lockpicker from collinwood)

12/2/2007 12:32:36 AM

I had forgot about Michael Clayton.

Great movie.

12/2/2007 12:36:24 AM

American Gangster
No Country for Old Men
Superbad
Reign Over Me
Darjeeling Limited

still haven't seen 3:10 to Yuma yet which I heard good things about. I have Hot Fuzz and A Mighty Heart in my possession to watch. And I want to see The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford and Rataouille. Also looking forward to Juno and Be Kind Rewind to round out the year.

^shit, gotta see Michael Clayton too

[Edited on December 2, 2007 at 12:41 AM. Reason : ]

12/2/2007 12:40:45 AM

i think i'm gonna check that out at six forks station tomorrow

[Edited on December 2, 2007 at 12:42 AM. Reason : (michael clayton)]

12/2/2007 12:41:52 AM

1. no country for old men

2. gone baby gone

3. eastern promises

4. michael clayton

5. in the valley of elah

6. knocked up

also, i plan to catch superbad at the dolla fiddies and somehow haven't seen 300, even though i fucking love sin city....also i gotta see american gangster

thanks spooky

[Edited on December 2, 2007 at 12:46 AM. Reason : hk]

12/2/2007 12:42:35 AM

I thought Michael Clayton was terrible.

12/2/2007 12:43:03 AM

Quote :

"7. black snake moan"

Came out in 2006.

12/2/2007 12:44:12 AM

Eastern Promises was alright. Definitely didn't need that coda at the end.

12/2/2007 12:48:02 AM

300 wins best use of painted abs and best use of yelled dialogue awards

12/2/2007 12:51:24 AM

Not in any particular order.... my favorite movies of 2007

Lars and the Real Girl
Into the Wild
Gone Baby Gone
Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
In the Valley of Elah
Across the Universe
Superbad
Knocked Up
Sunshine
Daywatch
28 Weeks Later
Hot Fuzz
Grindhouse
Reign Over Me
300
Smoking Aces
Pan's Labyrinth
Children of Men

Still to come... (looking forward to watching)
I'm Not There
Atonement
I Am Legend
Juno
Kite Runner
Sweeney Todd
The Orphanage


Healthy list of movies to get the ball rolling...

Quote :

"and just for the hell of it, the 10 worst movies I actually watched this year (I watch too many movies) P2 Mr. Woodcock War Skinwalkers Captivity The Condemned Redline Pathfinder Dead Silence License to Wed"

side note: one of my favorite films of the year is directed by the same person who directed one of my least favorite films of the year. first to identify the movies wins a shiny star

[Edited on December 2, 2007 at 1:10 AM. Reason : .]

12/2/2007 12:54:27 AM

In no particular order, the movies I saw and enjoyed:

300
No Country for Old Men
Superbad
Bourne Ultimatum
Reign Over Me
Ocean's 13

Movies I have heard are very good that I intend to see:

Darjeeling Limited
3:10 to Yuma
American Gangster

Other comments:

Personally, I don't think Knocked Up really belongs on a list of greatest movies for the year. I'm probably just comparing it to Superbad, though, which was at least x7 funnier (based on the amount of funny it brought to myself and those around me).

[Edited on December 2, 2007 at 1:19 AM. Reason : forgot Ocean's]

12/2/2007 12:54:59 AM

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"Darjeeling Limited 3:10 to Yuma American Gangster"

All good but a bit over rated...
I think 3:10 is probably closest to making my list out of those movies, then American Gangster and the Darjeeling, I think Wes Anderson passed his prime and is trying a little too hard now... still enjoyable though

12/2/2007 12:58:40 AM

Superbad was alot better than knocked up.

Tromboner, Reign over me? Is that the sandler movie? I didnt care for that one.

Bourne was really good.

Spiderman was a letdown. IMO

12/2/2007 1:07:28 AM

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"The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford"

what the fuck happened to this movie

can anyone give me an answer as to why i still haven't seen this movie

12/2/2007 1:08:19 AM

^^I was considering putting a footnote on Reign about how some people might not love it quite so much. Personally I thought it was excellent. And I was surprised with how well Sandler did playing a serious role.

And I agree that Spiderman was a complete disappointment. The minimal action in the movie does not make up for the dance scene... not to mention the fact that it was such a long movie but seemed to have less action than either of the first two.

[Edited on December 2, 2007 at 1:10 AM. Reason : ^]

12/2/2007 1:10:47 AM

I guess you missed it, Crossroads played it for about 3 or 4 weeks I believe.
I thought it was excellent.

12/2/2007 1:11:26 AM

^i don't live in north carolina

do you remember what 3 or 4 weeks?

i don't remember ever hearing a release date or anything

of course my schedule has been incredibly hectic since august...

12/2/2007 1:13:31 AM

^^I thought the movie was well acted, just not very good. IMO

Spiderman 3 was almost as disappointing as the matrix sequels.

I really enjoyed Oceans' 13

12/2/2007 1:14:43 AM

^ohh, it was very limited. I wanna say it came out like mid october and ran til end of october, I think.

Pretty much the same time Gone Baby Gone did...

12/2/2007 1:16:50 AM

wtf

this movie had a high point of distribution of 301 screens

and never made a million dollars in a single weekend

and has only grossed 3 million dollars in the US

seriously

can someone explain why?

it has one of the biggest movie stars of this generation, and its about a well-known character from our history...

12/2/2007 1:16:54 AM

Oh, holy shit, how did I forget about that movie?

Adding Ocean's 13 to my previous post.

And, to ^... It's because it lacked hype. The first time I heard about it was on this board, and not once did I see any preview on TV. People aren't going to get out and see a movie if they don't know it exists.

[Edited on December 2, 2007 at 1:21 AM. Reason : .]

12/2/2007 1:18:54 AM

Quote :

"Oceans' 13"

I thought this was good, but too much like the others.

The plot was basically Oceans 11 + Oceans 12 = Oceans 13

Kind of like how Mission Impossible + MI:2 = MI:3

I just remember leaving and thinking, "that's basically the first two put together"

12/2/2007 1:19:02 AM

Quote :

"it has one of the biggest movie stars of this generation, and its about a well-known character from our history... 3 hours long, had no advertising, and is all dialogue"

12/2/2007 1:24:21 AM

my guilty pleasure movie of the year was zombie's halloween

fuck the haters ball, i enjoyed it

12/2/2007 1:27:56 AM

^I didn't jump on that hate wagon either

I liked it

12/2/2007 1:29:04 AM

damn i've seen 300 in a couple of posts...maybe i have to see it in the theater or something but i seriously only could get through about the first 51 minutes on my laptop before i was like this is not worth my time

12/2/2007 1:50:10 AM

No point in watching 300 if you're just on a laptop... unless its huge with HD powahz or something. At the very least it should be seen on a big screen plasma.

12/2/2007 2:08:35 AM

jon, when are you guys getting juno?

12/2/2007 2:12:23 AM

The only people who have said 300 is good are idiots who you can ignore

12/2/2007 2:14:48 AM

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"is michael clayton really that good?"

No. It's a good movie, don't get me wrong, but it's a good movie in the way that The Aviator is a good movie.

It feels (or maybe it just is long), not much actually happens though it still manages to be relatively interesting, but it ends very well, so everyone comes out remembering how great the ending was, pulling up the rest of the movie.

12/2/2007 2:16:27 AM

Quote :

"The only people who have said 300 is good are idiots who you can ignore"

12/2/2007 2:29:42 AM

honestly it was just super cheesy and cliche`

12/2/2007 2:34:43 AM

heaven forbid people find entertainment in cliches and cheese

12/2/2007 2:42:52 AM

Quote :

"jon, when are you guys getting juno?"

Either 12/25 or 12/28.

12/2/2007 9:29:26 AM

Hot Fuzz was the first movie this year that didn't disappoint me. When did Children of Men come out?

12/2/2007 2:38:38 PM

300 was an outstanding movie, I was expecting a movie with little to no plot and shit load of action and it lived up to my expectations.

12/2/2007 2:56:59 PM