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Why is no one mentioning 300 for 2007? It was the set-up needed for the Watchmen and was one hell of a blockbuster. Plus, it gave us so many phrases we still scream to this very day.

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Esmoreit said:
Why is no one mentioning 300 for 2007? It was the set-up needed for the Watchmen and was one hell of a blockbuster. Plus, it gave us so many phrases we still scream to this very day.

Tonight, we dine in hell!

Oh because I thought it was in 2006 and I forgot to add it to my 2007 list. 300 was definitely great.



2007 IS UP!

 

10. Grindhouse

Studio: The Weinstein Company

US Box Office to Date: $25 Million

Answer: Gun-legged strippers and Kurt Russell vehicular homicide. Question: What do you get when Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino let loose on the exploitation film genre. Some prefer zombified Planet Terror over Stuntman Mike's Death Proof, but you can't truly enjoy this double-bill without considering both halves of this kick-ass effort. More

9. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures

US Box Office to Date: $3.9 Million

Love it or hate -- and we love it -- the eloquent narration and painterly visuals of The Assassination of Jesse James makes this slowly-paced period piece one of the more artful Westerns we've ever seen. With a real sense of by-the-fire storytelling, this film also represented a stand-out performance by Casey Affleck, who one-upped his brother this decade to become a fine actor in his own right. More

8. Superbad

Studio: Sony Pictures Entertainment

US Box Office to Date: $121 Million

You're probably sick of the two lead actors in this movie now, since one stars in every hipster romantic comedy that Joseph Gordon-Levitt isn't in and the other just runs around making weed and fart jokes. Regardless, Superbad was Michael Cera and Jonah Hill's big break. Remember a time when Cera and Hill weren't spoon fed to us; remember the good old days and Superbad. More

7. Zodiac

Studio: Paramount Pictures

US Box Office to Date: $33 Million

A lot of people expected Zodiac to be more in line with Fincher's Seven, but what they got was a calculated and smartly-scripted procedural about one of the century's most notorious serial killers. Fincher's painstaking attention to detail and commanding visual style -- not to mention some first-rate performances -- make this more than just a serial killer thriller. More

6. There Will Be Blood

Studio: Paramount Vantage

US Box Office to Date: $40 Million

The movie that gave us the line, "I drink your milkshake!" is also tour-de-force of surrealistic filmmaking on par with the likes of Kubrick or Altman. Paul Thomas Anderson's bleak portrait of turn-of-the-century California is further enhanced by the mesmerizing performance of Oscar winner Daniel Day-Lewis as misanthropic oil man Daniel Plainview. More

5. Knocked Up

Studio: Universal Pictures

US Box Office to Date: $149 Million

Few talents made more of a mark on entertainment in the last decade than writer/director Judd Apatow. Knocked Up proved to be yet another example of how his loose, improvisational style of comedy can make a star out of someone as unlikely as Seth Rogen. It also makes for a funny, quotable and ultimately enduring film. More

4. The Bourne Ultimatum

Studio: Universal Pictures

US Box Office to Date: $227 Million

This slam-bang conclusion to the espionage and action franchise is the most relentlessly-paced in the frenetic series, boasting some of the best chase sequences ever filmed. Bourne's prolonged bout in Tangiers is the series' most brutal hand-to-hand fight, while a climactic car chase plays like The French Connection on steroids. More

3. No Country For Old Men

Studio: Miramax

US Box Office to Date: $74 Million

This Best Picture winner is a lean, blood-stained Western that elevates Cormac McCarthy's source material into an exceptional movie thriller. The Coen Brothers didn't so much adapt a screenplay as they transcribed a book about a gun-shy sheriff on the trail of money wanted by a man who kills people with compressed air. No one wins in this film, where fates are (literally) decided with the flip of a coin. More

2. Ratatouille

Studio: Walt Disney Pictures

US Box Office to Date: $206 Million

Who would have thought that the story of a rat in a restaurant would be so damn charming? Leave it to Pixar to take the world's least adorable animal and create a story of incredible artistry and sophistication. Add to that the vocal talents of comedian Patton Oswalt and the vision of filmmaker Brad Bird and you've got one of Pixar's best films of the decade. More

1. 300

Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures

US Box Office to Date: $211 Million

Putting all homoeroticism analysis aside, Zack Snyder's adaptation of the Frank Miller graphic novel is an amazing hybrid of a film -- part live-action, part computer-painting and all breathtaking. If the storyline, or what little there is of it, is mostly perfunctory, there're more than enough beheadings and mutilations to make up for it here. More



I can safely say it's one of their weakest list so far.



Movies I wanted to see in the 2007 list:


Into the Wild
Transformers

No Country for Old Men

Disturbia
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Sunshine
Beowulf
Spider-Man 3

Ratatouille

Enchanted
28 Weeks Later
3:10 to Yuma
August Rush

 

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I'm not happy by the lack of Sweeney Todd.



Movies I want to see in the 2008 list:

Slumdog Millionaire
Iron Man
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
WALL·E
Cloverfield
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Kung Fu Panda
Quarantine
Speed Racer (lol)

Kung Fu Panda over WALL·E please!



Where is Enchanted and Into The Wild?



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Yep, I'll agree that this is their weakest list thus far. Movies like Sweeny Todd, Sunshine, Enchanted (every guy's guilty pleasure ), 28 Weeks Later, and 3:10 to Yuma were great films. Shame not to see 'em on the list.



Smeags said:
Yep, I'll agree that this is their weakest list thus far. Movies like Sweeny Todd, Sunshine, Enchanted (every guy's guilty pleasure ), 28 Weeks Later, and 3:10 to Yuma were great films. Shame not to see 'em on the list.

I mean Zodiac better then Into the Wild, Sweeney Todd, Sunshine, Enchanted, 28 Weeks Later, 3:10 to Yuma, August Rush?

No way!

I haven't seen Zodiac (rofl) but I'm sure it's not better.