Narrative Feature Films: 2007

Submitted by dgeiser13 on Fri, 04/13/2007 - 05:02
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  5. [80] The Orphanage (2007, Juan Antonio Bayona)
  6. [78] Atonement (2007, Joe Wright) (←)
  7. [78] Michael Clayton (2007, Tony Gilroy) (←)
  8. [77] No Country for Old Men (2007, Joel & Ethan Coen) (←)
  9. [76] Death Proof (2007, Quentin Tarantino)
  10. [76] Sunshine (2007, Danny Boyle)
  11. [76] Timecrimes (2007, Nacho Vigalondo)
  12. [75] Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007, Sidney Lumet)
  13. [75] Eastern Promises (2007, David Cronenberg)
  14. [75] Zodiac (2007, David Fincher)
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  16. [73] The Cake Eaters (2007, Mary Stuart Masterson)
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  18. [73] Funny Games U.S. (2007, Michael Haneke) ~ Give up your neighbors to save yourselves. Whatever happened to good ole adrenalin? These are just two of the thoughts that went through my head while watching this movie. In spite of the fact that those two sentences could be read together as the natural progression of one thought that's really not how I mean them. The first sentence "Give up your neighbors to save yourselves" refers to one possible theme of the movie from a meta-movie point of view. I don't know if it was intentional on Haneke's part. Picture the events that take place in the movie as one link in a chain. There's a family in the film who have to deal with Peter and Paul prior to passing them off to Ann and George. That link in the chain proceeds the events in the movie. At the end of the film Ann and George pass Peter and Paul off to the next family by involving them when they were initially being terrorized. Does this chain go on forever as Peter and Paul work their way around the harbor? Why doesn't any one family stop what is occurring by basically calling Peter and Paul's bluff right in front of the next family in the chain? Because they are trying to save their own ass. They really think that there's a chance that they can talk or finagle their way out of it and by tipping off the next family they would be sealing their own fate. They think they have control of an uncontrollable situation. (←)
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  20. [73] Hairspray (2007, Adam Shankman)
  21. [72] Mr. Brooks (2007, Bruce A. Evans)
  22. [70] Eagle vs Shark (2007, Taika Waititi)
  23. [68] The Hunting Party (2007, Richard Shepard)
  24. [68] The Lookout (2007, Scott Frank)
  25. [68] Paranormal Activity (2007, Oren Peli)
  26. [68] The Signal (2007, David Bruckner, Dan Bush and Jacob Gentry) (←)
  27. [67] Planet Terror (2007, Robert Rodriguez)
  28. [67] Superbad (2007, Greg Mottola)
  29. [66] 3:10 to Yuma (2007, James Mangold)
  30. [66] Spider-Man 3 (2007, Sam Raimi)
  31. [65] Breach (2007, Billy Ray)
  32. [65] Flash Point (2007, Wilson Yip)
  33. [65] The Mist (2007, Frank Darabont) (←)
  34. [65] Next (2007, Lee Tamahori)
  35. [65] You Kill Me (2007, John Dahl)
  36. [64] The Kingdom (2007, Peter Berg)
  37. [64] Live Free or Die Hard (2007, Len Wiseman)
  38. [64] Transformers (2007, Michael Bay)
  39. [63] 1408 (2007, Mikael Håfström)
  40. [63] I Am Legend (2007, Francis Lawrence)
  41. [63] The Number 23 (2007, Joel Schumacher)
  42. [63] Ocean's Thirteen (2007, Steven Soderbergh)
  43. [63] Rogue (2007, Greg Mclean)
  44. [62] Hot Fuzz (2007, Edgar Wright)
  45. [62] Knocked Up (2007, Judd Apatow)
  46. [62] Shooter (2007, Antoine Fuqua)
  47. [62] The Simpsons Movie (2007, David Silverman)
  48. [62] Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007, Jake Kasdan)
  49. [61] Disturbia (2007, D. J. Caruso)
  50. [61] The Heartbreak Kid (2007, Bobby and Peter Farrelly)
  51. [60] 28 Weeks Later (2007, Juan Carlos Fresnadillo)
  52. [60] Fracture (2007, Gregory Hoblit)
  53. [60] Smokin' Aces (2007, Joe Carnahan)
  54. [60] The Ten (2007, David Wain)
  55. [59] Blades of Glory (2007, Josh Gordon & Will Speck)
  56. [59] Diary of the Dead (2007, George A. Romero)
  57. [59] The Invisible (2007, David S. Goyer)
  58. [58] The Brothers Solomon (2007, Bob Odenkirk)
  59. [58] Death Sentence (2007, James Wan)
  60. [58] Year of the Dog (2007, Mike White)
  61. [57] The Invasion (2007, Oliver Hirschbiegel) ~ Yeah. I'm gonna need you to not make this movie. OK? I'm sure Hirschbiegel would've Smithee'd this thing if he knew more about Hollywood. Joel Silver you should be ashamed of yourself in letting a good international director be smacked around in his U.S. film debut. This happens far too often. I'm betting Hirschbiegel's original cut was good but somebody had to have an action movie. Jeffrey Wright easily the best thing in the movie. Wait a second. That was Roger Rees? Holy shit, Roger Rees rocks. Roger Rees easily the best thing this movie, with Jeffrey Wright a very close second. And the chia pet automobile of humans was good. On second thought I've changed my mind. I loved this movie. Nah, I still hated it. (←)
  62. [56] P2 (2007, Franck Khalfoun)
  63. [56] Resident Evil: Extinction (2007, Russell Mulcahy)
  64. [56] Tooth & Nail (2007, Mark Young)
  65. [55] Vacancy (2007, Nimród Antal)
  66. [54] Balls of Fury (2007, Robert Ben Garant)
  67. [54] Wild Hogs (2007, Walt Becker)
  68. [53] 30 Days of Night (2007, David Slade) ~ Geez, what the input of an even-handed screenwriter before shooting and a steady-handed editor afterwards could have done for this movie. This could've easily been a modern-day remote isolation/vampire classic but instead it's just a mishmash of isolated scenes stitched together with no real attention to pacing or tension and with the focus of the film meandering from one plot point to the next. Which is sad, really, because all of the elements of greatness were there. C'mon, Danny Huston as a vampire? Casting genius, I say! (←)
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