The worst movies I saw that were released in 2007:
1. Epic Movie
2. Evan Almighty
3. Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film For Theatres
4. The Brothers Solomon
5. The Ex
6. Next
7. Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer*
8. Rush Hour 3
9. Redacted
10. This spot is reserved in case I ever see Saw IV
My favorite films of 2006:
1. There Will Be Blood*
2. No Country for Old Men*
3. 3:10 to Yuma*
4. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford*
5. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly*
6. Atonement*
7. Rescue Dawn*
8. Juno*
9. Into the Wild*
10. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street*
and beyond:
11. I’m Not There*
12. I Am Legend*
13. American Gangster*
14. Grindhouse*
15. Beowulf*
16. Gone Baby Gone*
17. The Man from London*
18. Michael Clayton*
19. The Darjeeling Limited*
20. Zodiac
21. The King of Kong*
22. 300*
23. Charlie Wilson’s War*
24. Eastern Promises*
25. Superbad*
Movie log:
An asterisk denotes that I saw the movie in a movie theater. Last updated: 2/20/08
2007 films seen:
(through Spring 2008)
0.5 star:
-Epic Movie
1 star:
-Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theatres
-The Brothers Solomon
-Evan Almighty
1.5 stars:
-The Ex
-Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer*
-Farce of the Penguins
-Next
-Rush Hour 3
2 stars:
-1408
-30 Days of Night*
-The Astronaut Farmer
-Bee Movie*
-Black Snake Moan
-Blades of Glory*
-Death Sentence
-Ghost Rider*
-The Golden Compass*
-I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
-Interview
-The Lookout
-Martian Child
-A Mighty Heart
-National Treasure: Book of Secrets*
-Norbit
-Redacted*
-Shooter
-Smokin’ Aces*
-Sunshine*
-TMNT*
-We Own the Night
-Wild Hogs
-Zoo
2.5 stars
-The Boys & Girls Guide to Getting Down
-Fracture
-Meet the Robinsons
-Mr. Bean’s Holiday
-Mr. Brooks
-Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project*
-The Number 23
-Shoot ‘em Up*
-Shrek the Third
-The Ten*
-Transformers*
3 stars:
-28 Weeks Later. . .*
-Alpha Dog*
-Away from Her
-The Bourne Ultimatum*
-Breach
-Bridge to Terabithia
-Bug
-Chasing Ghosts: Beyond the Arcade
-Crazy Love
-Disturbia*
-First Snow
-God Grew Tired of Us: The Story of Lost Boys of Sudan
-Hairspray*
-The Hoax
-Hot Fuzz
-Hot Rod
-In the Shadow of the Moon
-In the Valley of Elah*
-Joshua
-The Kingdom*
-The Last Mimzy
-Live Free or Die Hard*
-No End in Sight
-Ocean’s Thirteen*
-Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End*
-Ratatouille
-Seraphim Falls*
-The Simpsons Movie*
-Southland Tales*
-Talk to Me
-La Vie en Rose
-Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story*
-White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
-The Year of the Dog
3.5 stars:
-300*
-Across the Universe
-Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead*
-Charlie Wilson’s War*
-The Darjeeling Limited*
-Eastern Promises*
-Gone Baby Gone*
-The King of Kong*
-Knocked Up*
-The Man from London*
-Michael Clayton*
-Once
-Reign Over Me
-Sicko*
-Spider-Man 3*
-Superbad*
-Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers: Runnin’ Down a Dream*
-Waitress
-Zodiac
4 stars:
-3:10 to Yuma*
-American Gangster*
-The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford*
-Atonement*
-Beowulf*
-Grindhouse*
-I Am Legend*
-I’m Not There*
-Into the Wild*
-Juno*
-Rescue Dawn*
-Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street*
4.5 stars
-The Diving Bell and the Butterfly*
-No Country for Old Men*
-There Will Be Blood*
All films seen (for the first time) in 2007:
(between January 1 and December 31, 2007)
0.5 star
-Ator the Invincible (1983)
-Cool! (2004)
-Million Dollar Mystery (1987)
-Zoom (2006)
1 star
-Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theatres (2007)
-Crank (2006)
-Evan Almighty (2007)
-Lady in the Water (2006)
-The Magus (1968)
-Surf Ninjas (1993)
-Tideland (2006)
1.5 stars
-Arthur and the Invisibles (2006)
-The Bridge (2006)
-The Dead Girl (2006)
-The Ex (2007)
-Fah Talai Jone aka Tears of the Black Tiger (2000)
-Family Nest aka Családi Tűzfészek (1979)
-Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007)*
-Farce of the Penguins (2007)
-Fast Food Nation (2006)
-The Good German (2006)
-Happy Campers (2001)
-High School Musical (2006)
-The Hindenburg (1975)
-The Host aka Gwoemul (2006)
-I Saw What You Did (1988)
-Joysticks (1983)
-The Last Hunter (1980)
-The Man with the Screaming Brain (2005)
-Next (2007)
-Night at the Museum (2006)*
-Overlord (1975)
-Peaceful Warrior (2006)
-Peeper (1975)
-Pet Sematary (1992)
-Rush Hour 3 (2007)
-The Science of Sleep (2006)
-September 30, 1955 (1977)
-Skidoo (1968)
-The Villain aka Cactus Jack (1979)
-The Wicker Man (2006)
2 stars
-1408 (2007)
-30 Days of Night (2007)*
-Against All Odds (1984)
-All the King’s Men (2006)
-Almost Human (1974)
-The Astronaut Farmer (2007)
-Battle Royale II (2003)
-Bee Movie (2007)*
-Black Snake Moan (2007)*
-Blades of Glory (2007)*
-The Blob (1958)
-The Blood of Heroes aka Salute of the Jugger (1989)
-Blue Movie (1971)
-Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride: Hunter S. Thompson on Film
-Catch a Fire (2006)
-City Heat (1984)
-The Coca-Cola Kid (1985)
-Cruising (1980)
-The Dark Backward (1991)
-The Death of Mr. Lazarescu aka Moartea Domnului Lazarescu (2005/6)
-Deck the Halls (2006)
-Desperado (1995)
-Drengen der Ville Gøre det Umulige aka The Boy Who Wanted to be a Bear (2002)
-Flyboys (2006)
-For Your Consideration (2006)
-Ghost Rider (2007)*
-The Golden Compass (2007)*
-The Greatest (1977)
-The Guardian (2006)
-Hell’s Angels (1930)
-Idiocracy (2006)
-I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry (2007)
-Interview (2007)
-Jeanne la Pucelle I - Les Batailles (1994)
-Jeanne la Pucelle II - Les Prisons (1994)
-Jesus Camp (2006)
-Journey Back to Oz (1974)
-Kicking and Screaming (1995)
-Last Action Hero (1993)
-The Last Battle aka Le Dernière Combat (1983)
-Liquid Sky (1982)
-The Lookout (2007)
-Lord Love a Duck (1966)
-Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers (2004)
-Night of the Comet (1984)
-Norbit (2007)
-Off Screen (2005)
-Paperhouse (1988)
-Paprika (2006)
-The Philadelphia Experiment (1984)
-La Planète Sauvage aka The Fantastic Planet (1973)
-Private Lessons (1981)
-Psycho IV: The Beginning (1990)
-Redacted (2007)*
-Ri¢hie Ri¢h (1994)
-Shooter (2007)
-Smokin’ Aces (2007)*
-Sunshine (2007)*
-The Ten (2007)*
-They Call Me Trinity (1970)
-TMNT aka Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2007)*
-Transformers (2007)*
-True Stories (1986)
-War and Peace (1956)
-Wild Hogs (2007)
-William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet (1996)
-The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006)
-Zoo (2007)
2.5 stars
-06/05 aka May 6th (2004)
-Accepted (2006)
-The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974)
-Beer League (2006)
-Blond, Blue Eyes (2006)
-The Boys & Girls Guide to Getting Down (2007)
-Britannia Hospital (1982)
-The Colossus of Rhodes aka Il Colosso di Rodi (1961)
-Day of the Triffids (1962)
-Death Race 2000 (1975)
-The Devil Wears Prada (2006)
-Duel (1971)
-Eragon (2006)
-Factory Girl (2006)
-Fracture (2007)
-Funny Money (2006)
-An Innocent Man (1989)
-Lemon Popsicle III aka Hot Bubblegum (1981)
-Luci del Varietà aka Variety Lights (1950)
-Man of the Year (2006)
-The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)
-Maxed Out: Hard Times, Easy Credit and the Era of Predatory Lenders (2006)
-Meet the Robinsons (2007)
-Mr. Bean’s Holiday (2007)
-Mr. Brooks (2007)
-My Own Private Idaho (1991)
-De Noorderlingen (1992)
-The Number 23 (2007)
-Our Very Own (2005)
-Outland (1981)
-Paris, Je T’Aime (2006)
-Prettig Weekend Ondanks Alles aka Have a Good Weekend: In Spite of Everything (2005)
-The Rainmaker (1997)
-Rock Around the Clock (1956)
-Schizopolis (1996)
-Sherrybaby (2006)
-Shoot ‘em Up (2007)*
-Short Time (1990)
-The Show (1927)
-Shrek the Third (2007)
-There Was a Crooked Man… (1970)
-La Tigre e la Neve aka The Tiger and the Snow (2005/6)
-Twist Around the Clock (1961)
-Ukigusa Monogatari aka A Story of Floating Weeds) (1934)
-Va Savoir (2001)
3 stars
-28 Weeks Later. . . (2007)*
-52 Pick-Up (1986)
-Alibi (1929)
-Alpha Dog (2007)*
-Away from Her (2007)
-The Beaver Trilogy (2000)
-Because They’re Young (1960)
-Beyond Rangoon (1995)
-Die Bitteren Tränen der Petra von Kant aka The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972)
-Boyz n the Hood (1991)
-Breach (2007)
-Bridge to Terabithia (2007)
-The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)*
-Bug (2007)
-Candleshoe (1977)
-Cape Fear (1991)
-Chasing Ghosts: Beyond the Arcade (2007)*
-City of Joy (1992)
-Crazy Love (2007)
-Crusade in Jeans aka Kruistocht in Spijkerbroek (2006)
-Déjà Vu (2006)
-Deliver Us From Evil (2006)
-Disturbia (2007)*
-Django (1966)
-Downtown 81 aka New York Beat Movie (1981)
-Die Ehe der Maria Braun aka The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979)
-Eyes Without a Face aka Les Yeux Sans Visage (1960)
-Faustrecht der Freiheit aka Fox and His Friends (1975)
-First Snow (2007)
-God Grew Tired of Us: The Story of Lost Boys of Sudan (2007)
-Green for Danger (1946)
-Hairspray (1988)
-Hairspray (2007)*
-Happy Feet (2006)
-Hard Candy (2006)
-Harsh Times (2006)
-Head (1968)
-The Hoax (2007)
-Hollywoodland (2006)
-Home for the Holidays (1995)
-Hot Fuzz (2007)
-Hot Rod (2007)
-The Illustrated Man (1969)
-In de Schaduw van de Overwinning (1986)
-In the Valley of Elah (2007)*
-Infamous (2006)
-Inglorious Bastards (1977)
-Into the Night (1985)
-Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple (2006)
-The Kingdom (2007)*
-Kon-Tiki (1950)
-Lady Vengeance aka Chinjeolhan Geumjassi (2005)
-The Last Mimzy (2007)*
-The Last Time (2006)
-The Last Wave (1977)
-Lee Marvin: A Personal Portrait by John Boorman (1998)*
-Lemon Popsicle II aka Going Steady
-Let It Ride (1989)
-Live Free or Die Hard (2007)*
-Looker (1981)
-Man Push Cart (2005)
-Marie Antoinette (2006)
-Max Havelaar of de Koffieveilingen der Nederlandsche Handelsmaatschappij (1976)
-The Message (1976)
-Miracle Mile (1988)
-The Moguls aka The Amateurs (2005/6)
-Monster in a Box (1992)
-The Nightcomers (1972)
-Nineteen Eighty-Four aka 1984 (1984)
-Nothing in Common (1985)
-Ocean’s Thirteen (2007)*
-Off the Black (2006)
-Old Joy (2006)
-Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)
-Pink Floyd The Wall (1982)
-Pioniere in Ingolstadt aka Pionieers in Ingolstadt (1971)
-Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (2007)*
-Play Dirty (1968)
-Portret van Anton Adriaan Mussert (1968)
-Pulp (1972)
-The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)*
-Ratatouille (2007)
-Revenge (1990)
-Ring of Bright Water (1969)
-Seraphim Falls (2007)*
-Die Sehnsucht der Veronika Voss aka Veronika Voss (1982)
-The Simpsons Movie (2007)*
-Southland Tales (2007)*
-Spite Marriage (1929)
-Straight Time (1978)
-Sweet Movie (1974)
-Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance aka Boksuneun Naui Geot (2002)
-Talk Radio (1988)
-Talk to Me (2007)
-Tarzan Escapes! (1936)
-Teachers (1984)
-The Thing With Two Heads (1972)
-This Film is Not Yet Rated (2006)
-The Tingler (1959)
-Ukigusa aka Floating Weeds (1959)
-Under Fire (1983)
-Venus (2006)
-La Vida Secreta de las Palabras aka The Secret Life of Words (2005/6)
-La Vie en Rose (2007)
-La Voie Lactée aka The Milky Way (1969)
-Volver (2006)
-War and Peace I: Andrey Bolkonskiy aka Voyna i Mir I: Andrey Bolkonskiy (1965)
-War and Peace II: Natasha Rostova aka Voyna i Mir II: Natasha Rostova (1966)
-War and Peace III: 1812 God aka Voyna i Mir III: 1812 God (1967)
-Water (2006)
-White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (2007)
-The Year of the Dog (2007)
3.5 stars
-300 (2007)*
-3:10 to Yuma (1957)
-The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (dir. Luis Buñuel) (1954)
-The African Lion (1955)
-Der Amerikanische Soldat aka The American Soldier (1970)
-Ascenseur pour l’Echafaud aka Elevator to the Gallows (1958)
-Bad Timing (1980)
-Blood Diamond (2006)*
-Boudu Sauvé des Eaux aka Boudu Saved from Drowning (1932)
-Brute Force (1947)
-Charlie Wilson’s War (2007)*
-Le Corbeau aka The Raven (1943)
-The Darjeeling Limited (2007)*
-Eastern Promises (2007)*
-Les Enfants Terribles (1950)
-Gone Baby Gone (2007)*
-A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (2006)
-Hero (1992)
-The Hot Rock (1972)
-Howl’s Moving Castle aka Hauru no Ugoku Shiro (2004)
-Joe (1970)
-The Illusionist (2006)
-Islands in the Stream (1977)
-The King of Kong (2007)*
-Knocked Up (2007)*
-The Last King of Scotland (2006)*
-Lemon Popsicle aka Eskimo Limon (1978)
-The Living Desert (1953)
-The Man from London (2007)*
-Michael Clayton (2007)*
-Night on Earth (1991)
-Notes on a Scandal (2006)*
-Performance (1970)
-Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
-Punchline (1988)
-Quai des Orfèvres (1947)
-Reign Over Me (2007)
-Sicko (2007)*
-Simon of the Desert aka Simón del Desierto (1965)
-Sophie’s Choice (1982)
-Spider-Man 3 (2007)*
-Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… and Spring aka Bom Yeoreum Gaeul Gyeoul Geurigo Bom (2003)
-Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
-Superbad (2007)*
-Tanin no Kao aka The Face of Another (1966)
-The Vanishing Prairie (1954)
-Waitress (2007)
-War and Peace IV: Pierre Bezukhov aka Voyna i Mir IV: Pierre Bezukhov (1967)
-Werckmeister Harmonies aka Werckmeister Harmóniák (2000)
-The Whales of August (1987)
-The Wilby Conspiracy (1975)
-Zodiac (2007)
4 stars
-3:10 to Yuma (2007)*
-All Things Pass aka Voorbij, Voorbij (1979)
-American Gangster (2007)*
-Army of Shadows aka L’Armée des Ombres (1969)*
-The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)*
-At Play in the Fields of the Lord (1991)
-Atonement (2007)*
-Becket (1964)
-La Belle Noiseuse (1991)
-Beowulf (2007)*
-Black Book aka Zwartboek (2006)*
-The Cameraman (1928)
-Cocoon (1985)
-The Crowd (1928)
-Fanny och Alexander (1982)
-Giù la Testa aka Duck, You Sucker aka A Fistful of Dynamite (1971)*
-Grindhouse (2007)*
-Half Nelson (2006)
-I Am Legend (2007)*
-If…. (1971)
-I’m Not There (2007)*
-Into the Wild (2007)*
-Jungle Cat (1960)
-Juno (2007)*
-Killer of Sheep (1977)
-Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985)
-The Lives of Others aka Das Leben der Anderen (2006)
-The Man With the Golden Arm (1955)
-Manon des Sources (1986)
-Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983)
-O Lucky Man! (1973)
-Otoshiana aka The Pitfall (1962)
-Out 1: Noli Me Tangere (1971)*
-The Painted Veil (2006)
-Porgy and Bess (1959)*
-Le Quai des brumes aka Port of Shadows (1938)
-Rescue Dawn (2007)*
-Rififi aka Du Rififi chez les Hommes (1955)
-The River (1951)
-The Seven-Ups (1973)
-Suna no Onna aka Woman in the Dunes (1964)
-Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)*
-Wings (1927)
4.5 stars
-Dear America: Letters Home From Vietnam (1987)
-East of Eden (1955)
-Jean de Florette (1986)
-Local Hero (1983)
-La Luna (1979)
-My Life as a Dog aka Mitt Liv Som Hund (1985)
-No Country for Old Men (2007)*
-Pixote: A Lei do Mais Fraco (1981)
-Umarete wa Mita Keredo aka I Was Born But… (1932)
-Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
5 stars
-Who Are the DeBolts? And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids? (1977)
Mini-series:
-The Company (2007) 2.5 stars
-Brando (2007) 3 stars
-Broken Trail (2006) 3 stars
-Heimat - Eine Deutsche Chronik (1984) 3 stars
-A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese through American Movies (1995) 3 stars
-Day of the Triffids (1981) 3.5 stars
-Escape from Sobibor (1987) 4.5 stars
Totals as of 2/20/08:
Films released in 2007 seen: 112
Films seen in 2007: 372



June 14th, 2007 at 3:29 am
Ooh, someone else that has seen La Luna (it would be you), and liked it too.