FWIW: Top Ten (films) of 2007

Monday, January 21, 2008

Top Ten (films) of 2007

1. NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN

2. CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR

3. ZODIAC

4. THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD

5. JUNO

6. THE KITE RUNNER

7. AMAZING GRACE

8. IN THE VALLEY OF ELAH

9. THE DARJEELING LIMITED

10. EASTERN PROMISES

Honorable Mention. CONTROL

Biggest Disappointment. THERE WILL BE BLOOD

3 comments:

Anonymous said...: Great list. I would definitely swap Eastern Promises for Sweeney Todd, though!; January 21, 2008 at 7:55 PM
Stephen Ley said...: Thanks, well, this is admittedly an incomplete list. Sweeney is still on my must-see list, and I much regret not making more of an effort to see I'm Not There...

All in all 2007 turned out to be a pretty good year. Can't wait to hear your thoughts on TWBB!; January 21, 2008 at 9:33 PM
Anonymous said...: Randy said:

Steve,
I enjoy following your blog, though do not read as much of this or any as I would like.
FWIW, I'd like to ask a pesky question about the movie world, seeing that you give it a lot of thought and understanding, etc. You'll know this is along the general lines of my query about the music blog some months back. :)
What redeeming value can we give to the music industry as a whole? Can we assign a value that says, in the end, that we are better off for it than we would be without it? Or is it really a matter of degrees, anything can have abuses, artistry is good for its own sake, etc.? You can see I'm wrestling with the Q/A of this. I gain alot from watching some movies, e.g. recently watched Anne of Gr. Gables to much benefit in my spirit & thought. To me it is a story beautifully portrayed that speaks to themes deep and meaningful in the human experience.
I just find myself, reacting no doubt, thinking that H-Wood has given so much bad for our culture -- and the media/entertainment absorption which it engenders and requires is a wrong in itself -- that it is hard to be confident the industry is worthy of protecting or even paying attention to. Does this mean a child's Christmas play is a bad thing, being in seed form the very thing that H-Wood does, i.e., acting? I don't think so, and the reasons seem obvious.

Hope you can at least humor me. This may not be valid thinking and you can help me see why. But I am asking you b/c I think you've thought about it alot and will receive these thoughts without rancor or unjustified reaction.
Or you can ignore them -- :)

Blessings,
Randy; January 30, 2008 at 11:53 PM

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