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Rad Films of 2007

by Graham Kolbeins

Movies | January 3, 2008

electroma, huh?
i was excited until i got the general idea of what it’s supposed to be, which kind of dampened it. the fact that everyone i know had endless contempt for it didnt help.
i still want to see it, tho.

loved no country for old men so much i saw it three times at the theatre, which i haven’t done since ever. hated grindhouse though. i still need to see the host, sunshine, and of course, there will be blood.
lauren and i really can’t wait for it. the soundtrack is crazy good.

Posted by alan on January 3rd, 2008 at 5:52 pm
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22410506/

Posted by MoroccoMole on January 3rd, 2008 at 11:03 pm
Awesome list! I really really loved No Country For Old Men and lots of others from your list. Year of the Dog was so sad, but amazing. Sicko, Grindhouse, Superbad, Knocked Up (so what if I am obsessed with Mr. Rogen), Juno, Paprika…. all two thumbs up.

I can’t wait for There Will Be Blood. And I am definitely going to check out Electroma and The Host as well…. And I still haven’t seen the Simpsons movie either.

Posted by Aaron on January 8th, 2008 at 10:38 am
great picks! i loved margot at the wedding out of all of those, i hafta say! but juno? i thought that movie was pretty suck-tastic. i also happened to really like ratatouille out of the many in 2007.

Posted by micaela on January 9th, 2008 at 2:03 pm
also have you seen wild tigers i have known? am curious as to what you thought about it if you did.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=KikTHJ9fUlA

Posted by micaela on January 9th, 2008 at 2:12 pm
Great images…don’t recognize several of them unfortunately.

Posted by pdq on January 20th, 2008 at 8:41 pm
I can’t believe I forgot about Wild Tigers! Added it to the list :)

Posted by Graham Kolbeins on January 24th, 2008 at 3:24 pm
heres an idea. why the fuck couldn’t you just put the damn titles with the films instead of having us click on every single picture, asshole?

Posted by wtfinator on March 11th, 2008 at 10:25 am
Heres a better idea. don’t be such an angry poohead. Nice list, i thought The Host was such a great movie, glad to see it on here.

Posted by Bulseye on March 11th, 2008 at 11:47 am
and here’s yet another better idea…except for Daft Punk’s Electoma, if you hover over any of the images, the link shows up in the status bar, and the name of the movie can be easily read from the url

For instance, http://www.apple.com/trailers/sony_pictures/superbad/

learn to use the internet asshole

Posted by commonsense on March 11th, 2008 at 12:53 pm
You obviously haven’t seen This Is England then, otherwise that would be top of the list!

Posted by Thomas on March 11th, 2008 at 3:32 pm
I liked Hot Fuzz a lot too. Also loved Juno, and I really want to see No Country for Old Men.

Posted by Katie on March 11th, 2008 at 8:48 pm
sunshine?

i would have put that as the worst film of the year

Posted by Aaron on March 12th, 2008 at 2:30 pm
aaron?

i would have put that guy as the biggest douche bag of the year

Sunshine was awesome.

Posted by Sam on March 12th, 2008 at 4:25 pm
There Will Be Blood was the best movie released in the past 5 years. Hands down.

Posted by Will on March 12th, 2008 at 8:07 pm
you have good taste. you liked a lot of the same movies i did. the host was pretty amazing. i still have to see there will be blood :\

Posted by david on March 12th, 2008 at 11:37 pm
There Will Be Blood was the most over hyped, long winded piece of contemptuous crap I have EVER seen. That movie should be burned at the stake. Otherwise… list gets a 7/10..

Posted by hardyharhar.. on March 13th, 2008 at 12:12 am
that first photo makes me think “CHILDHOOD MARILYN MANSON”

Posted by Jenny on March 13th, 2008 at 8:17 pm
I think I’m the only one to notice it’s on the list, but I’m Not There looks so awesome.

Posted by Beth on March 13th, 2008 at 10:45 pm
Love your list, but my favourite movie of the year has been Across The Universe

Posted by Chandra on March 14th, 2008 at 7:55 am
I thought grindhouse was one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen.

Good list. I really want to see the host now.

Posted by Chris on March 14th, 2008 at 12:05 pm
Awesome list.

I plan on watching every one of these I haven’t seen.

I’m also glad when other people love Knocked Up, it was great, and it seems that it’s one of those either you hate it or you love it movies.

Posted by Andrew on March 14th, 2008 at 6:48 pm
hey hardyharhar, if you don’t appreciate There Will Be Blood then you have absolutely no sense of a well-made film, and no ability to recognize quality acting. Daniel Day Lewis shows that he very well may one of the best actors ever in that movie and you’re an immature fucktard if you don’t recognize that he and the movie are genious. You suck at life.

Posted by Max on March 16th, 2008 at 2:16 am
Across the universe should be on there, it was amazing.
but I do agree with the majority of your choices.

Posted by cassie on March 16th, 2008 at 10:55 pm
“learn to use the internet asshole”
Posted by commonsense on March 11th, 2008 at 12:53 pm

Seriously…..who doesn’t know how to use the internet asshole? It is much better than any other asshole in use.

Also, learn to use a comma.

Posted by internetcomma,comma on March 16th, 2008 at 11:04 pm
Well, I learned something new, so thank you CommonSense(:

Posted by Kelly on March 16th, 2008 at 11:30 pm
Darjeeling Express?

Posted by Grant on March 17th, 2008 at 11:41 pm
Awsome list!!

I’ve seen quite a few of those, but I’m still working on the others. Also I’ve checked your 2006 list and it’s great too, I’m also checking out quite a few from those.

Posted by Runcolho on March 18th, 2008 at 11:34 am
Hey nice job. A lot of those play at a local independent films theater i work at. Some I haven;t been so privileged to see.

Posted by Cam on March 18th, 2008 at 4:45 pm
No Darjeeling Limited? Travesty! I thought that was definitely one of my favorites. I would even put it above No Country.

That Brand Upon the Brain looks very interesting.
How have I never heard of a lot of these?

Posted by Taylor on March 18th, 2008 at 5:47 pm
good list but why couldn’t you put the names on the site? i don’t want to watch all the trailers… could you just have the names under the pics or something?

Posted by alex on March 19th, 2008 at 6:50 pm
Hot Fuzz is awesome… one of the most overlooked movies. Go see it now!!!!!!

Posted by bitter on March 21st, 2008 at 5:52 pm
I never get tired of the variety and range of opinions that people express. My opinion: nice work – I liked Superbad, Knocked Up, Sunshine, Grind House. The Simpsons movie was OK. I’m looking forward to watching: No Country for Old Men, Juno, There Will be Blood. I’ve ordered The Host and Paprika. I agree that Across the Universe was excellent.

Posted by jw on March 22nd, 2008 at 11:21 pm
I really disliked the forced indie comedy “Rocket Science,” but so may of your other faves were also on my Top list of 2007. Props for selecting “Zodiac,” a film that was criminally overlooked (no pun intended) just because Paramount mounted no Oscar campaign whatsoever. Here’s my Best of 2007 List if you’re interested. (http://www.scene-stealers.com/top-10/erics-top-10-movies-of-2007/)
Great post, keep up the good work!

Posted by Eric Melin on April 2nd, 2008 at 6:53 am
Nice done! I picked a lot of the films you have in your top 22, and will have to see the ones that I’ve missed.

Posted by Howard Chang on April 2nd, 2008 at 3:10 pm
A very good list i just want to ask if someone can tell me why juno is always there and why diablo cody won an oscar. I sat through that movie while barely being able to crack a smile. Not a single chuckle or titter did that film raise from me. I’m not saying it was offensive to me, just that it wasn’t funny to me. Great premise and cast that just turned a potential Superbad or Knocked Up into Leonard part VI. It was too safe and sugar coated to be truly funny or even a good movie. I wouldnt even pirate this film for fear my hard drive would commit seppuku due to the dishonor of storing that steaming pile in any format. In my opinion this movie was just bolstered by the buzz and fear that by not liking it somehow you are not hip. For the love L Ron Hubbard someone help me understand because thinking about Juno being popular makes me fear for the next generations growing up thinking movies like that are acceptable.

Posted by robert knoll on April 2nd, 2008 at 6:01 pm
Legendary screenwriter (Taxi Driver, Raging Bull) and director (American Gigilo, Affliction, Auto Focus) PAUL SCHRADER spoke to the internet radio show Movie Geeks United! about why he believes the motion picture medium as we know it is dead. He also shared insights into his latest film ‘Adam Resurrected’, directing a drunken George C. Scott, working with Criterion on a remastered ‘Mishima’, and why he believes ‘The Big Lebowski’ is one of the top fifty films of all time.

The podcast, which is currently being featured on the frontpage of imdb.com, can be accessed by visiting the following link:

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/moviegeeksunited/2008/03/30/PAUL-SCHRADER

Three days prior, the same show conducted a two hour tribute to Schrader, featuring live interviews with actors William Forsythe, Dana Delany and Jeff Goldblum. You can access this show here at this link:

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/moviegeeksunited/2008/03/27/The-Films-of-Paul-Schrader

Hope this will be of interest to your readers!

Jamey

Posted by Jamey DuVall on April 3rd, 2008 at 2:57 pm
I disagree with whoever said Rocket Science sucked. I have to see it again now that you mention it. Good list!

Posted by Dan on April 3rd, 2008 at 4:16 pm
I chopped off my weiner a few months back, replaced it with a caterpillar–the hairy kind. Well, over the weeks, it cocooned, and just last night it spread its wings and my weenie took flight. Fare the well good weenie! Fare thee well.

Posted by Mary Poppin' Caps on April 6th, 2008 at 1:21 am
I’ve only seen a couple of those. A small description after each image would be better anyway. :)

Posted by Watch The Office on April 7th, 2008 at 12:05 pm
rocket science is a great movie

Posted by mza on April 6th, 2010 at 12:15 pm