Saturday, December 29, 2007

2007 cinema retrospective

The film Mark watched in theaters in 2007:

The Curse of the Golden Flower
Pan's Labyrinth
Children of Men
The Darjeeling Limited
American Gangster
Spiderman 3
Transformers
3:10 To Yuma
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
I Am Legend
The Simpsons Movie

Good:
Pan's Labyrinth was by far the best film experience.
Children of Men was a close second best film experience.
3:10 To Yuma, American Gangster were nice surprises.
The Darjeeling Limited was interesting, weird, fun, and different.

Decent:
Harry Potter 5 and Spiderman 3 were entertaining, but nothing new.
Transformers and The Simpsons movie were funny and good popcorn.

Problematic:
I Am Legend and The Curse of the Golden Flower kept me interested while watching, but left me with a bad taste by the end.


Academy Award forecast:
The best films I saw this year were on last year's Oscar list.
Ratatouille should win best animated feature.
I want to watch No Country For Old Men, but I am reading the book first.