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Is it just me, or has 2007 really been a bad movie year

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DavidLD

I cant think of any year at least in many years where I have overall been so unhappy with the overall quality of movie offerings, comedy, drama and action/adventure. When I end up putting "Lars and the Real Girl" and the 3-D Beowulf on my list as the best of 2007, something is clearly wrong with the overall quality of the offerings. The Golden Compass held much promise as a holiday spectacular, but 5 minutes into the movie I knew I was in something of a directorial disaster with special effects. It's a pretty awful year when its a week before Christmas and the only movie I have any interest in seeing is Alvin and the Chipmunks. Oh well, at least I picked up many good DVD's recently, and I can rely on those in the post Christmas release "slump". But if we have the usual post-Christmas slump in January and February, things are gonna get pretty awful. My DVD copy of "Eragon" is starting to look better all the time!

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I think '07 was good year - sjb 10:13:23 12/12/07 (12)
Some very good films... in no particular order...

Juno
Once
Eastern Promises
Away From Her
Margot at the Wedding
Michael Clayton
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
No Country for Old Men
Waitress
The King of Kong
This is England
The Darjeeling Limited
Paris, Je T'aime
No End in Sight
3:10 to Yuma
Rescue Dawn
Talk to Me
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Rocket Science
American Gangster
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Control
2 Days In Paris
After The Wedding
Breach
Into The Wild
We Own The Night
Death At A Funeral
The Lookout
La Vie EN Rose

And some that were just fun, like...

Superbad
Knocked Up
Transformers
Ratatouille
Hot Fuzz
The Bourne Ultimatum
No Reservations
28 Weeks Later
300
Shooter
The Astronaut Farmer

"You can safely assume you have created God in your own image when he hates all the same people you do."
- Agree totally. nt - clarkjohnsen 07:51:56 12/13/07 (3)
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  - Looks like your beloved "common man" doesn't agree. Receipts WAY down. - tinear 06:56:15 12/15/07 (2)
    I know, blame it on the snobs.
    - What?!? YTD it's the highest grossing year ever. - sjb 07:44:33 12/15/07 (1)
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      "You can safely assume you have created God in your own image when he hates all the same people you do."
      http://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/?view2=ytdcompare&view=releasedate&p=.htm (Open in New Window)
      - What?!? You're thinking that FACTS will change ATTITUDE?... NT - clarkjohnsen 08:09:12 12/15/07 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: What?!? YTD it's the highest grossing year ever. posted by sjb on December 15, 2007 at 07:44:33
        
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- Yes, quite a few good films but NO excellent ones - tinear 15:38:05 12/12/07 (4)
  which is rare.
  Not one.
  Not from the US, anyhow...
  - Have you seen The Diving Bell & The Butterfuly? - Harmonia 16:02:00 12/13/07 (3)
    I think that one's excellent. And it's from a US diector.
    - Doesn't sound promising: Javier Bardim (sp?) was in a similarly themed - tinear 07:00:00 12/14/07 (2)
      movie a few years back.
      That being said, I'll check it out when it comes to DVD.
      Right now, I've received my six-part "Berlin Alexanderplatz" and I'm nervous about beginning. I hate beginnings with great art: the thrill of discovery is so intense I hate to know it's going to end.
      I have seen several of the parts during an inaugural show in NYC and it, justifiably, is considered Fassbinder's masterwork.
      - Similarly themed? Playing a guy who fought a long battle for the right to die - sjb 09:22:39 12/14/07 (1)
        
        In Reply to: RE: Doesn't sound promising: Javier Bardim (sp?) was in a similarly themed posted by tinear on December 14, 2007 at 07:00:00
        
        is similar to playing a person who wound up with "locked in" syndrome and managed to write a book by blinking one eye?
        
        And I'm curious... lets say it had been true that they were similarly themed... why would that make TDBATB "not promising"?
        
        "You can safely assume you have created God in your own image when he hates all the same people you do."
        
        Similar ain't identical. Both were severely incapacitated, bed-ridden. - tinear 11:06:16 12/14/07 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: Similarly themed? Playing a guy who fought a long battle for the right to die posted by sjb on December 14, 2007 at 09:22:39
        
        I'm not a fan of the tragic theme-d films, the emotionally disturbed, the terminally ill, the cognitively challenged.
        Dustin Hoffman began almost a genre with "Rainman."
        Suddenly, we had DeNiro, Penn, and others stuttering, stammering, groping their way towards the Oscar Grail.
        A noble fight against a personal tragedy.
        I'd like to see someone that just gives up.
        Period.
        "Fuck it, I'm dead. Fuck the Fates or Gods that put me here."
        At least it would have the flavor of novelty.
- Agreed - '07 was good as any in recent memory - with more to come...(nt) - mkuller 11:40:27 12/12/07 (0)
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- RE: I think '07 was good year - rico 10:15:29 12/12/07 (1)
  Excelleny list. I wish I had seen them all.
  - I have two advantages... - sjb 10:25:59 12/12/07 (0)
    living in L.A. where every release gets it's moment in the theater and, even though I'm full time employee, I work on a per project basis and am not required to be at work between projects.
    
    "You can safely assume you have created God in your own image when he hates all the same people you do."
This is what happens once everything has been remade......drought of new ideas. * - mr grits 06:38:32 12/12/07 (0)
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So true, that's why I don't post here. Nothing worth mentioning. - Duilawyer 06:12:59 12/12/07 (2)
Shaun of the Dead was funny. That was it for 2007 for me, IIRC.
- 2004. nt - sjb 07:12:13 12/12/07 (1)
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  "You can safely assume you have created God in your own image when he hates all the same people you do."
  - watched it 2007. nt - Duilawyer 07:21:20 12/12/07 (0)
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Terrible is right. Thank the stars for Netflix. nt - tinear 04:34:40 12/12/07 (0)
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