2007 Year End Movie Wrap-Up

Given that it's unlikely that I'm going to see anything in the next few weeks that's going to blow my socks off, I might as well go ahead and award the trophy for Best Movie of 2007. Yes, what I like it quirky, as you'll see, but I like what I like and I know an awesome movie when I see one. For most of the year I thought I was going to give the nod to Grindhouse, because that double-feature was one of the best times I've had at a movie period, but seeing as how both movies have kinda been seperated into their own entities, such as seperate dvd releases and such, I don't feel right doing that. Planet Terror and Death Proof are both great, and are probably #'s 2 and 3 on my yearly list, although Hot Fuzz belongs up there, too, but neither of them are better than my pick for the top spot: 300. Oh yeah, 300 is violent and bloody and visionary in it's special effects, and even does it's source material one better (Frank Miller's graphic novel of the same name), but at it's core it's just a really entertaining and fun movie ... if you like that sort of thing, and by god I do.

Naming the movie of the year is one of my small pleasures, and has been since I started going back to the theaters in 2001, after taking a few years away. To tell the truth, I didn't see nearly as many movies this year as in previous years, but I don't think I missed anything that would upend 300.

For the fun of it, here's the top 5 for 2007:
1. 300
2. Death Proof
3. Hot Fuzz
4. Planet Terror
5. 30 Days of Night

And here are the previous winners:
2001: Josie and the Pussycats
2002: Spider-Man
2003: Kill Bill, vol. 1
2004: The Incredibles
2005: Walk the Line
2006: The Prestige
2007: 300

Of all those, perhaps Josie and the Pussycats is the most questionable, but it's really underrated, has a lot of great stuff in there, and more importantly, it came along at just the right time in my life and has a ton of sentimental value for me. Give it a shot. You might like it.

See you again at the end of 2008.