AFI's Top Ten Films of 2007
AFI's Top Ten Films of 2007
#1AFI's Top Ten Films of 2007
Posted: 12/16/07 at 4:24pm
BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU'RE DEAD
THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY
INTO THE WILD
JUNO
KNOCKED UP
MICHAEL CLAYTON
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
RATATOUILLE
THE SAVAGES
THERE WILL BE BLOOD
For reference, here are their pics last year:
BABEL
BORAT
THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
DREAMGIRLS
HALF NELSON
HAPPY FEET
INSIDE MAN
LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA
LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
UNITED 93
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
-Charlie Manson
Updated On: 12/16/07 at 04:24 PM
#2re: AFI's Top Ten Films of 2007
Posted: 12/16/07 at 5:23pmI've never heard of five of those movies.
"Robin De Jesus has issues"~ JANET DACAL
"Yeah, and that's putting it lightly"~ ANDREA BURNS
"If you watched CBS on June 15th , I was nominated for a Tony... And I was in Camp"~ ROBIN DE JESUS
"...but I ^&#$@*% made you believe I was Italian!"~MATTHEW MORRISON
http://legallybrownonbroadway.com/
#2re: AFI's Top Ten Films of 2007
Posted: 12/16/07 at 5:25pmGood list. Surprised SWEENEY didn't make it.
"I saw Pavarotti play Rodolfo on stage and with his girth I thought he was about to eat the whole table at the Cafe Momus." - Dollypop
#3re: AFI's Top Ten Films of 2007
Posted: 12/16/07 at 5:25pmInteresting how The Departed didn't even make their Top 10 last year.
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
blocked: logan2, Diamonds3, Hamilton22
blocked: logan2, Diamonds3, Hamilton22
#4re: AFI's Top Ten Films of 2007
Posted: 12/16/07 at 5:26pm...or Hairspray.
"Robin De Jesus has issues"~ JANET DACAL
"Yeah, and that's putting it lightly"~ ANDREA BURNS
"If you watched CBS on June 15th , I was nominated for a Tony... And I was in Camp"~ ROBIN DE JESUS
"...but I ^&#$@*% made you believe I was Italian!"~MATTHEW MORRISON
http://legallybrownonbroadway.com/
americanboy99
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/27/06
#5re: AFI's Top Ten Films of 2007
Posted: 12/16/07 at 5:28pm
Yeah, that's an odd SWEENEY snub. KNOCKED UP better than SWEENEY, or even ENCHANTED for that matter, or HAIRSPRAY? I think not.
Sorry. But I liked 40 YEAR OLD VIRGIN more than KNOCKED UP.
#6re: AFI's Top Ten Films of 2007
Posted: 12/16/07 at 5:34pmI wish they included ENCHANTED, SWEENEY, WAITRESS, & KITE RUNNER.
"I saw Pavarotti play Rodolfo on stage and with his girth I thought he was about to eat the whole table at the Cafe Momus." - Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#7re: AFI's Top Ten Films of 2007
Posted: 12/16/07 at 5:36pmThe only film off that list I've seen so far is "Knocked Up." If that's the best this year can offer I weep for this country.
mateo
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/8/06
#8re: AFI's Top Ten Films of 2007
Posted: 12/16/07 at 5:37pm
I just think a lot of good movies came out this year. I still think the oscar race is wide open.
And I have a feeling The Academy will honor many of the movies the Hollywood Foreign Press overlooked.
"Zac is sweet as can be. He's very much just a sweet kid from California who happens to have a face that looks like it was drawn by Michelangelo, (if Michelangelo did anime)."
-Adam Shankman.
"I haven't left this building since Windows 3.1!"
"Celebrating a birthday this week: Rene Descartes is 412! Do you know who he is? Then why are you watching this show? You could probably get into college and even get one of those job things. As for the rest of us; Amanda Bynes is 22! Yay!"
-E!'s "The Soup"
-Adam Shankman.
"I haven't left this building since Windows 3.1!"
"Celebrating a birthday this week: Rene Descartes is 412! Do you know who he is? Then why are you watching this show? You could probably get into college and even get one of those job things. As for the rest of us; Amanda Bynes is 22! Yay!"
-E!'s "The Soup"
#9re: AFI's Top Ten Films of 2007
Posted: 12/16/07 at 5:40pmI'm so happy that Into the Wild made the list... that by far was my favorite film this year and I was so disappointed that it wasn't nominated for a golden globe...
americanboy99
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/27/06
#10re: AFI's Top Ten Films of 2007
Posted: 12/16/07 at 5:44pmOh my Lord. I just remembered WAITRESS. I had completely forgotten about that wonderful film. Kerri Russel got snubbed. Shoot.
#11re: AFI's Top Ten Films of 2007
Posted: 12/16/07 at 8:29pm
THE KITE RUNNER would not have been eligible, as this is the AMERICAN film Insitute. I would imagine that it didn't meet the criteria, but I could be wrong.
As much as I enjoyed ENCHANTED, it doesn't strike me as one of the best 10 of the year. I wouldn't necessarily put KNOCKED UP there either, but there's no denying that it is a finely, finely, finely constructed film. A superbly written comedy.
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
-Charlie Manson
#12re: AFI's Top Ten Films of 2007
Posted: 12/16/07 at 8:36pm
" ...the happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid."
#13re: AFI's Top Ten Films of 2007
Posted: 12/16/07 at 8:38pm
Decent list. The only major omission I see is Sweeney.
On a side note, I'm bummed that everyone has forgotten about
Zodiac
Breach
Rescue Dawn
3 very worthy films IMO.
....but the world goes 'round
#14re: AFI's Top Ten Films of 2007
Posted: 12/16/07 at 8:45pmI do think ENCHANTED is one of the best of the year, especially over KNOCKED UP.
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
#15re: AFI's Top Ten Films of 2007
Posted: 12/16/07 at 10:09pm
Have you guys actually seen SWEENEY, though?
And as much as I love LA VIE EN ROSE, it's not eligible.
I do agree that ZODIAC should have been remembered.
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
-Charlie Manson
Rentaholic2
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/14/04
#16re: AFI's Top Ten Films of 2007
Posted: 12/17/07 at 1:02amI've seen Sweeney, and I wish I could say it should replace Knocked Up, but I haven't actually seen Knocked Up. Is it wrong that I don't want to see a movie that shows a woman crowning?
#17re: AFI's Top Ten Films of 2007
Posted: 12/17/07 at 1:05amHaha, no, that certainly does sound like a turnoff - but do yourself a favor and watch it. It's a fantastic comedy.
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
-Charlie Manson
#18re: AFI's Top Ten Films of 2007
Posted: 12/17/07 at 2:18amAm I the only one that thought Juno wasn't really that special?
#19re: AFI's Top Ten Films of 2007
Posted: 12/17/07 at 2:31amNope. I thought Juno was one of those movies that was just SO aware of its own cleverness. It was off-putting because of that, and in turn the film kept me at a distance. The filmmakers were trying WAY too hard to be "hip". It was funny, but I don't think I would put it anywhere near the top ten of the year.
"I seem to have wandered into the BRAIN load-out thread... "
-best12bars
"Sorry I am a Theatre major not a English Major"
-skibumb5290
-best12bars
"Sorry I am a Theatre major not a English Major"
-skibumb5290
Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#20re: AFI's Top Ten Films of 2007
Posted: 12/17/07 at 10:33am
ZODIAC is being creamed. God forbid you release a non-box-office-smash so early in the year! Would have liked to see BLACK BOOK on the list. Supposedly THERE WILL BE BLOOD is a small masterpiece.
THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA. One of last years best films? Really?
"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.”
~ Muhammad Ali
Cruel_Sandwich
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/30/05
#21re: AFI's Top Ten Films of 2007
Posted: 12/17/07 at 10:34amINTO THE WILD is a really well-made film about an extremely stupid man.
mateo
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/8/06
#22re: AFI's Top Ten Films of 2007
Posted: 12/17/07 at 10:36am
"THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA. One of last years best films? Really?"
I know! Over STEP UP ... puh-lease!
A cinematic feast.
"Zac is sweet as can be. He's very much just a sweet kid from California who happens to have a face that looks like it was drawn by Michelangelo, (if Michelangelo did anime)."
-Adam Shankman.
"I haven't left this building since Windows 3.1!"
"Celebrating a birthday this week: Rene Descartes is 412! Do you know who he is? Then why are you watching this show? You could probably get into college and even get one of those job things. As for the rest of us; Amanda Bynes is 22! Yay!"
-E!'s "The Soup"
Updated On: 12/17/07 at 10:36 AM
-Adam Shankman.
"I haven't left this building since Windows 3.1!"
"Celebrating a birthday this week: Rene Descartes is 412! Do you know who he is? Then why are you watching this show? You could probably get into college and even get one of those job things. As for the rest of us; Amanda Bynes is 22! Yay!"
-E!'s "The Soup"
#23re: AFI's Top Ten Films of 2007
Posted: 12/17/07 at 10:37am"Zodiac" isn't anything more than a Michael Mann TV movie. It didn't deserve the praise it got THEN, much less now.
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
blocked: logan2, Diamonds3, Hamilton22
blocked: logan2, Diamonds3, Hamilton22
#24re: AFI's Top Ten Films of 2007
Posted: 12/17/07 at 12:33pm
Hahahaha, b12b, that's a very accurate description.
Borstal: BLACK BOOK was not eligible.
Cruel: I don't think Chris McCandless is a stupid guy at all. If you're basing that on the film, do yourself a favor and read the book.
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
-Charlie Manson
Videos