The thing about my top 5 movies list-
I chose the films that stuck with me the longest, that made me feel good, or sad, or just made me feel something. I didn’t want to copy over a critic’s top 5 choices word for word –like some others out there- I wanted to list the one’s that felt right to me. So what if there’s no There Will Be Blood, or Eastern Promises, and yeah, maybe a lot of people loved Juno – I loved it- but I thought Lars and the Real Girl was fantastic. Fuck you if you don’t agree.
Which brings me to my top 5 Albums of 2007…
5. “Neon Bible” by Arcade Fire – I know, I know, I feel like such a tool for like Arcade Fire. But, fuck, I love this album from beginning to end. I still hate their first album.
Best tracks: Intervention, Black Mirror, My Body is a Cage.
4. “A Weekend in the City” by Bloc Party – This was my “go to” album for a while. I was able to write an entire kid’s movie just listening to it. No idea why.
Best tracks: Hunting for Witches, Uniform, I Still Remember.
3. “Leaves in the River” by Sea Wolf –This is an album that never came out of my CD player, or if I made a mixed CD there’d be a couple of their tracks in there.
Best Tracks: Leaves in the River, You’re a Wolf, Song for the Dead, Black Leaf Falls
2. “Welcome to the Night Sky” by Wintersleep – What can I say about this album? It’s phenomenal. I don’t even know how to describe it. Check it out for yourself.
Best Tracks: Drunk on Aluminum, Dead Letter, Laser Beams, Miasmal Smoke & the Yellow Bellied Freaks
1.“Historical Conquests of” Josh Ritter – Listen to the full thing. You’ll either love or enjoy every song. Even if you think you don’t like a song, all of the sudden it grows on you, and it becomes your favourite.
Best Tracks: Right Moves, Temptation of Adam, Open Doors, Rumors, Empty Hearts
Honourable Mentions
- “Under the Black Light” by Rilo Kiley
Best Tracks: Breakin’ up, 15, Silver Lining
- “Stage Names” by Okkervil River
Best Tracks: Our Life Is Not A Movie Or Maybe, Plus Ones, A Girl in Port
- “Magic Position” by Patrick Wolf
Best Tracks: Blue bells, Augustine
- “Boxer” by The National
Best Tracks: Squalor Victoria, Mistaken For Strangers
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My absence as been felt around the world. Like cancer, religion and war, I have made a huge impact in the souls of many.
Fear not. Do not resort to suicide. Put down that razor blade and turn off One Tree Hill, because your king has returned to his throne.
I have spent the last few months in hiding. I had taken out the Diary of Anne Frank from the library, and forgot to return it. Ever since then, the Library Powers-that-be have been after me. I took refuge in my attic, where I had nothing to do but read the book I took out in the first place. And man, is it depressing or what? There’s not ONE funny part in that whole damn thing. And after about a dozen of the most (yawn) boring opening pages, I just sort of skimmed through it. She dies right? They find her diary or some shit? Like the video tape from Cloverfield?
Boy, Cloverfield looks like a good movie, doesn’t it? It’s hype is huge, but they’re keeping a lot of things a secret… unlike a movie last summer that pretty much revealed EVERYTHING and didn’t live up to its hype what-so-ever… I’m looking at you SPIDER-MAN 3.
I have returned to offer you all a couple top 5 lists!
Ryan’s top 5 lists for 2007!
Top 5 movies:
Last year my top 3 movies were all made by Spanish directors- Children of Men, Pan’s Labyrinth and Babel. Who will make the list this year?!?
5. No Country for Old Men- Of course it’s going to be on my list, it was the most tense I’ve ever been watching a movie.
4. The Darjeeling Limited- I try to decide my top 5’s based on what movie has stuck with me, and I keep coming back to this one. I’m not the biggest Wes Anderson fan, but this film is just flat out beautiful.
3. Once- Hands down the best musical I’ve seen. Even better than Grease 2! Great songs. Buy the soundtrack.
2. Zodiac- Everyone forgot about this movie and complained it was too long, but I enjoyed every second of this thing. And, come on, Robert Downey Jr? A great reason to see it right there!
1. Lars and the Real Girl- Could’ve easily been the stupidest movie ever made if was handled by anyone else. Probably due to its cast, one of the writers of Six Feet Under and the director of Mr. Woodcock?!? There’s something about it that just made me smile, and I really enjoyed my the little time I had with it.
Honourable Mentions
- Atonement- I was expecting some gushy romance. I prepared my eyes for constant rolling. That’s not the case. It’s the fucking anti-Notebook! I imagine most girls will go see it expecting to cry and love it but will come out hating it.
- The Mist- I felt physically ill walking out of the theatre. Great experience.
- Dan in Real Life- Why did so many people shit on this movie? Because it was depressing? Because it made you feel good inside?
- I am Legend- Great first and third act… then what the fuck happened? Butterfly what?
- Gone Baby Gone- Affleck should stay behind the camera.
- Juno- Expected to be blown away by it. I wasn’t. It’s still a very good movie.
- The Lookout- The 3rd Rock kid is fucking great in everything he does. See this, then see Brick.
- Ratatouille- Fuck Shrek 3!
- Enchantment- James Marsden is the fucking man!
- Hairspray- James Marsden is the fucking man… again!
Top 5 worst movies of 2007
5. Across the Universe- Complete Mess! Forgettable.
4. Transformers- Who was fighting who? Xbox transformer? Lens flares and a ton of smoke? Peeing robots? Mountain Dew machine robot?
3. Fred Claus- Someone should tell Vince Vaughn to stop playing himself and stick to the script. Rachel Weisz will be in this but not the Mummy 3? Give me a break…
2. Halloween- Rob Zombie dropped the fucking ball… big time.
1. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End- It’s my number 1 because of how much I was disappointed by this movie. It ruined the trilogy. Although it has a GREAT opening scene. Don’t let it convince you its going to be any good though.
Come back for more top 5 lists! Including top 5 TV shows and top 5 Albums of 2007!
Fear not. Do not resort to suicide. Put down that razor blade and turn off One Tree Hill, because your king has returned to his throne.
I have spent the last few months in hiding. I had taken out the Diary of Anne Frank from the library, and forgot to return it. Ever since then, the Library Powers-that-be have been after me. I took refuge in my attic, where I had nothing to do but read the book I took out in the first place. And man, is it depressing or what? There’s not ONE funny part in that whole damn thing. And after about a dozen of the most (yawn) boring opening pages, I just sort of skimmed through it. She dies right? They find her diary or some shit? Like the video tape from Cloverfield?
Boy, Cloverfield looks like a good movie, doesn’t it? It’s hype is huge, but they’re keeping a lot of things a secret… unlike a movie last summer that pretty much revealed EVERYTHING and didn’t live up to its hype what-so-ever… I’m looking at you SPIDER-MAN 3.
I have returned to offer you all a couple top 5 lists!
Ryan’s top 5 lists for 2007!
Top 5 movies:
Last year my top 3 movies were all made by Spanish directors- Children of Men, Pan’s Labyrinth and Babel. Who will make the list this year?!?
5. No Country for Old Men- Of course it’s going to be on my list, it was the most tense I’ve ever been watching a movie.
4. The Darjeeling Limited- I try to decide my top 5’s based on what movie has stuck with me, and I keep coming back to this one. I’m not the biggest Wes Anderson fan, but this film is just flat out beautiful.
3. Once- Hands down the best musical I’ve seen. Even better than Grease 2! Great songs. Buy the soundtrack.
2. Zodiac- Everyone forgot about this movie and complained it was too long, but I enjoyed every second of this thing. And, come on, Robert Downey Jr? A great reason to see it right there!
1. Lars and the Real Girl- Could’ve easily been the stupidest movie ever made if was handled by anyone else. Probably due to its cast, one of the writers of Six Feet Under and the director of Mr. Woodcock?!? There’s something about it that just made me smile, and I really enjoyed my the little time I had with it.
Honourable Mentions
- Atonement- I was expecting some gushy romance. I prepared my eyes for constant rolling. That’s not the case. It’s the fucking anti-Notebook! I imagine most girls will go see it expecting to cry and love it but will come out hating it.
- The Mist- I felt physically ill walking out of the theatre. Great experience.
- Dan in Real Life- Why did so many people shit on this movie? Because it was depressing? Because it made you feel good inside?
- I am Legend- Great first and third act… then what the fuck happened? Butterfly what?
- Gone Baby Gone- Affleck should stay behind the camera.
- Juno- Expected to be blown away by it. I wasn’t. It’s still a very good movie.
- The Lookout- The 3rd Rock kid is fucking great in everything he does. See this, then see Brick.
- Ratatouille- Fuck Shrek 3!
- Enchantment- James Marsden is the fucking man!
- Hairspray- James Marsden is the fucking man… again!
Top 5 worst movies of 2007
5. Across the Universe- Complete Mess! Forgettable.
4. Transformers- Who was fighting who? Xbox transformer? Lens flares and a ton of smoke? Peeing robots? Mountain Dew machine robot?
3. Fred Claus- Someone should tell Vince Vaughn to stop playing himself and stick to the script. Rachel Weisz will be in this but not the Mummy 3? Give me a break…
2. Halloween- Rob Zombie dropped the fucking ball… big time.
1. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End- It’s my number 1 because of how much I was disappointed by this movie. It ruined the trilogy. Although it has a GREAT opening scene. Don’t let it convince you its going to be any good though.
Come back for more top 5 lists! Including top 5 TV shows and top 5 Albums of 2007!
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