| Posted by: bigred760 at February 3, 2008, 5:27 pm | | Topic: 2007 in review Forum: JoBlo | | I also thought this was a great year for westerns; I don't know if the resurgence will mean a comeback for the genre, but it was nice to see so many kickass movies in the genre come out in one year. And while I rather enjoyed POTC 3, though I agree with you that it wasn't as good as the first two, the third installments of Spider-man and Shrek were abysmal. Very disappointing. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: therealjohng at February 3, 2008, 4:24 pm | | Topic: 2007 in review Forum: JoBlo | | This is easily the worst movie year since 2002. Just fucking terrible. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: RellimHcaz at February 3, 2008, 3:00 pm | | Topic: 2007 in review Forum: JoBlo | | i agree with most of what you say monoterome, but... i thought Sunshine was fantastic. and 07 wasnt the best year for comedies, but there are acceptions. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: creekin111 at February 3, 2008, 3:50 am | | Topic: 2007 in review Forum: JoBlo | | Regrettably, I must inform that Transformers was a major science fiction hit this year. Michael Bay's best film, which is saying absolutely nothing. Who would have thought that in 2004 that Bay would direct a better science fiction film than Spielberg (War of the Worlds) in the next 3 years? Ugh... I feel dirty, have to take a shower now. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Frank the Tank at February 3, 2008, 3:28 am | | Topic: 2007 in review Forum: JoBlo | | I haven't even seen most of the praised films of 07 like No Country, Into The Wild, Sweeney Todd, and There Will Be Blood but I still think 2007 has been a reallyy good year. I do need to see some of the more praised films of the year though. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: echo_bravo at February 3, 2008, 12:44 am | | Topic: 2007 in review Forum: JoBlo | | Sidney Lumet stills got it! Even though he is in his 80s, the dude can still make a cool ass film. Before the Devil Knows Your Dead was terrific and my sleeper hit of the year. You could also kinda classify No Country for Old Men as a modern day western. I would really hope to see more westerns in the future cause that is such a badass genre. Good read. I pretty much agree with everything you said. I'll post again when I think of some other things to say. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Cyd V at February 2, 2008, 10:36 pm | | Topic: 2007 in review Forum: JoBlo | | There will be blood, Into the Wild and No country made this an amazing year as well as Knocked up, Apocalypto and 300 and maybe the Lookout.. the biggest disapointment was Death Proof, I couldn't believe Tarantino could make something so bad and Ratatouille was the most overrated flick of 07.. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Rawlin67 at February 2, 2008, 8:48 pm | | Topic: 2007 in review Forum: JoBlo | | yeah the second half of the year, especially in the winter period, ive seen some truly outstanding. when the second half of your year has No Country, There Will Be Blood, Into the Wild, Sweeney Todd, Atonement, it just really made it exciting for me. and its put this year up as a favorite. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Z_oasis at February 2, 2008, 8:42 pm | | Topic: 2007 in review Forum: JoBlo | | Well Put Monotreme, Well put. i really like that view. U should Blog it somewhere | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Hannibal21 at February 2, 2008, 8:10 pm | | Topic: 2007 in review Forum: JoBlo | | Third. Best. Movie. Year. Of. The. Decade. Never has the second half of a year (late fall-winter period) in this decade produce such a ridiculously large amount of high quality films, from Westerns, Dramas, Romance, Musicals, to genre flicks alike, and I still haven't seen I'm Not There & 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Bourne101 at February 2, 2008, 6:44 pm | | Topic: 2007 in review Forum: JoBlo | | Quote: Originally Posted by Le_Big_Mac The Year Most of the Best Movies Were Released in the First Half of the Year. Really? There were a select few good films in the first half but not nearly as many as the second half. Here is a little comparison: First Half (generally loved by audiences and critics): Zodiac Black Snake Moan Reign Over Me The Lookout Grindhouse Hot Fuzz Waitress Once Knocked Up Ocean's Thirteen Live Free or Die Hard Ratatouille Second Half (generally loved by audiences and critics): Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix The Simpsons Movie The Bourne Ultimatum Superbad 3:10 to Yuma Across the Universe Eastern Promises The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford Into the Wild Michael Clayton Gone Baby Gone American Gangster Before the Devil Know's You're Dead No Country for Old Men The Mist I'm Not There Atonement The Kite Runner Juno Charlie Wilson's War Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street The Great Debaters There Will Be Blood Th... | | Read Entire Entry |
| Posted by: Le_Big_Mac at February 2, 2008, 6:00 pm | | Topic: 2007 in review Forum: JoBlo | | The Year Most of the Best Movies Were Released in the First Half of the Year. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: CheerUpEmoKid at February 2, 2008, 5:25 pm | | Topic: 2007 in review Forum: JoBlo | | Quote: Originally Posted by Monotreme I just read this great book by James Mottram called “The Sundance Kids: How the Mavericks Took Back Hollywood”, summing up the films and careers of a bunch of filmmakers who got their first breaks in the Sundance film festival and have since evolved to be some of the greatest directors working in Hollywood today. If last year’s best films could have easily been attributed to a foreign, namely Mexican, influence (what with Alfonso Cuaron, Alejandro Gonzalez Innaritu and Guillermo Del Toro’s opuses), this is the year of the American auteur through and through. I just picked that book up myself, looking forward to reading it. As for 2007, for me the year in movies was as middle of the road as you get. Sure, there were more good films then there were horrible films, but there were also more good films then there were great films. I only really loved one movie ("Once") and only really hated a select few (Chuck and Larry), but the rest was just good, not great. I bla... | | Read Entire Entry |
| Posted by: Rawlin67 at February 2, 2008, 12:22 pm | | Topic: 2007 in review Forum: JoBlo | | The Year Everyone Got Tired of Nicolas Cage. Ghost Rider was horrendous, National Treasure was a deep heap of lame, and that movie Next (which im watching right now) no one even cared about. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Monotreme at February 2, 2008, 11:46 am | | Topic: 2007 in review Forum: JoBlo | | The following are my thoughts regarding certain trends in the cinematic releases of 2007, in various fields. So we’ll just jump right in to it: The return of the Western Perhaps one of the most noticeable aspects of this year’s releases was the abundance of films in the Western genre. Two of them are straight-up traditional Westerns with a modern mindset of course, 3:10 to Yuma and The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford; while the other two are more like anti-Westerns, one being set in the same time period but lacking the whole outlaw aspect, and the other being a modern-day Western. They also happen to be two of the finest films of the year: There Will Be Blood and No Country for Old Men respectively. Since the death of the genre there have been various resurgences over the years, from Terrence Malick’s Days in Heaven to George Lucas’ space Western, Star Wars, to Kevin Costner’s Dances With Wolves to Clint Eastwood’s Unforgiven to, most recently, Open Range, also by Costner. But such an ... | | Read Entire Entry |
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