Blogcritics Comments on BC Magazine's Best Films of 2007

Comment by Chris McVetta on BC Magazine's Best Films of 2007

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 20:09:07 EST

I really liked No Country For Old Men - up until the ending. It was rather bizarre, to say the least. The funny thing is, it actually made me think about it for the next few days - and, upon further review, I was rather impressed by the film's "outside of the box" approach ...in the end. Most underappreciated film: The Bourne Ultimatum

Comment by Jordan Richardson on BC Magazine's Best Films of 2007

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 19:36:14 EST

The two worst films of the year were Good Luck Chuck and I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry. Shoot 'Em Up at least knew what it was doing and presented itself in a very tongue-in-cheek fashion, making it a send-up of action films. It also had some really rich satire tucked in it, so I'm not really buying it as a bad film. No Atonement mention? For my money, that's the finest film of the year.

Comment by handyguy on BC Magazine's Best Films of 2007

Fri, 4 Jan 2008 00:45:23 EST

I agree about Waitress, although it showed up on Time magazine's top 10. I could only get through the first 20 minutes of the DVD and back it went to Netflix. Life is too short. I avoid most movies I know I'll hate, so my list of dumbest movies is very incomplete. I went to see 300 in Imax out of curiosity. It's certainly the dumbest Imax movie of the year. But it's not uninteresting to look at. "Most Overrated" doesn't mean worst, just that those two films [T.W.B. Blood and N.C.F. Old Men] have been praised to high heaven. I believe there will be others like myself who find them too heavy to be entertaining, and too steeped in shallow nihilism to succeed as art, despite the talent involved. The Anderson film in particular will not play in Peoria. [But neither did Citizen Kane, so what do I know.]

Comment by El Bicho on BC Magazine's Best Films of 2007

Thu, 3 Jan 2008 18:22:24 EST

No apologies necessary. I'll take both Blood and Old Men over I'm Not There. Although the Cate Blanchett and Christian Bale parts were fantastic, the rest of the movie was boring and forgettable. After reading your article, it sounds like the previous two are not overrated, but rather thematically unsatisfying to you. Most of the praise stems from the performances which you acknowledge are warranted. (btw, The Departed was not one of the best of '06. It had some good scenes, particularly when Wahlberg and Baldwin were in them, but Nicholson was terrible in his hammy performance, and the script was unbelievable. How could Costello not figure out that the new guy was the mole? The film falls apart on repeated viewings.) Simple sure, but what was dumb about 300? Best action film I saw. You want dumb, the two worst films of the year were Smokin' Aces and Waitress. Shoot 'Em Up was pretty bad as well.

Comment by handyguy on BC Magazine's Best Films of 2007

Thu, 3 Jan 2008 17:45:16 EST

I would add: Zodiac Across the Universe I'm Not There The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford The Bourne Ultimatum And the documentaries Lake of Fire The Other Side of the Mirror: Bob Dylan Live at the Newport Folk Festival, 1963-65 And [sorry, El Bicho], worst [well, maybe just dumbest] movie of the young century: 300 Most overrated: The Lives of Others There Will Be Blood No Country for Old Men