Dean's Best/Worst of 2007
Ok...here are they are. My picks for the best and worst films of 2007.
Let me know what you liked and hated!
Dean
BEST PICTURES:
1. SWEENEY TODD:THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET
2. INTO THE WILD
3. AMERICAN GANGSTER
4. JUNO
5. NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
6. MICHAEL CLAYTON
7. KNOCKED UP
8. BOURNE ULTIMATUM
9. HAIRSPRAY
10.ATONEMENT
WORST PICTURES:
1. I NOW PRONOUNCE YOU CHUCK AND LARRY
2. DELTA FARCE
3. LICENSE TO WED
4. DADDY DAY CARE
5. BALLS OF FURY
6. PREMONITION
7. EVAN ALMIGHTY
8. MR. WOODCOCK
9. NUMBER 23
10.NORBIT
Comments
my best movie of the year is transformers. the reason i picked it was it set a record at the box office. and SWEENEY TODD did a lot worse than it. and my worst is there were so many that were bad. like SWEENEY TODD,MICHAEL CLAYTON,HAIRSPRAY and many others.
Posted by: joe | December 31, 2007 8:10 AM
Dean, I can't believe you put Sweeney Todd at the top of your best of 2007 movies list! Sure, it might have made it into the top 10, but, please, Hairspray was far and above better. Not only did it take a popular stage musical and make it better on screen, it put a complete unknown into the lead - and she was fabulous. On the contrary, putting someone like Johnny Depp in as Sweeney, Helena as Mrs. Lovett, and Sasha as Pirelli, was nigh unto the worst casting for a MUSICAL that could have been done. Their musical performances were passionless and uninspiring, two key characteristics necessary to pull off these high-powered Sondheim roles. Had a different director, or perhaps a musical director along with Burton, been on hand, I might have left the theater feeling differently. Yeah, the blood and guts and gore were on the mark, albeit a bit excessive, but its a musical. Think Rent would have been as good with others? God help us when Wicked gets made into a movie!
Posted by: Doug Williams | December 31, 2007 9:55 PM
Dean:
Thanks for the great list. I'm right with you on Sweeney Todd. I've waited some 25 years for a film version, and it did not disappoint.
And thanks for the worst list. That's 10 movies that I will continue to avoid. Happy New Year!
Posted by: Mark W | January 1, 2008 9:45 AM