Below you'll find Gone With The Twins' lists of the Top Ten Films of 2007. It's been a great year for movies, and one that's seen more variety in the running for awards than perhaps any other in the last decade.
Joel Massie:
As the studios push all their Oscar hopefuls at the end of the year, it’s easy to forget about some of the more impressive films that premiered early on. While several of the films that placed highest on my list were indeed from November and December, I rounded out my top 10 with quite a few from the first half of the year.
Most lists out there are going to exclude the special effects heavy action fiestas, like "300" that utilized so much slow motion carnage and bloody excitement that several shorts and a feature-length comedy have already been made parodying it. You also won't see many top 10’s that include "Grindhouse," a truly unique recreation of a genre that capitalizes on zombies, exploitation, killer cars, and killer babes. Films like these resonated more deeply, and while several other movies showcased powerful performances, they just didn’t feel all that new and original. Here are the 10 best movies of the year:
Mike Massie:
There were a lot of great films this year, most of which came out-of-nowhere in December. A top ten list is traditional, and although it's easy enough for me to narrow down the list to ten significant films, the difficult thing is placing them in a satisfactory order. How do you compare a bloodthirsty musical to a hilarious political farce? What about an action-packed slow-motion extravaganza vs. a carefully paced character study drama? Many critics also like to separate their top ten “favorite” list from their top ten “best” list. In my opinion they should be one and the same – but I could go into many heated, unsolvable arguments over that theory.
If the list extended past 10 titles, I’d almost certainly find room for Grindhouse, which managed to create a truly unique theatrical experience. Or perhaps In the Valley of Elah, an overlooked drama with exceptional acting by Tommy Lee Jones and Susan Sarandon. But below is my selection of the top ten greatest films I’ve seen this year, which by my definition is the best of the best, in its entirety, and by every meaning of the term “entertainment”.
Chris Pandolfi:
My list of 2007’s ten best films has some obvious choices and some not so obvious choices. Many wonderful films were released in 2007 - so many that I wish this were a top twenty list. Take what you will from what I have to offer - hopefully, you’ll find my choices agreeable.
- Gone With The Twins
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