Best of 2007
My favorite movies from 2007. With comments.
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- DirectorEthan CoenJoel CoenStarsTommy Lee JonesJavier BardemJosh BrolinViolence and mayhem ensue after a hunter stumbles upon the aftermath of a drug deal gone wrong and over two million dollars in cash near the Rio Grande.A masterpiece. One of the Top 5 films of the decade, and the Coen Brother's best film ever.
Nominations:
Best Picture**
Best Supporting Actor- Javier Bardem**
Best Supporting Actor- Tommy Lee Jones
Best Director- Joel & Ethan Coen
Best Adapted Screenplay**
Best Cinematography - DirectorTim BurtonStarsJohnny DeppHelena Bonham CarterAlan RickmanThe legendary tale of a barber who returns from wrongful imprisonment to 1840s London, bent on revenge for the rape and death of his wife, and resumes his trade while forming a sinister partnership with his fellow tenant, Mrs. Lovett.Another masterpiece, and another director's best film: Tim Burton. He reportedly hates musicals, which makes it funny that he is clearly the perfect person to have brought this brilliant show to the screen.
Nominations:
Best Picture
Best Actor- Johnny Depp
Best Actress- Helena Bonham Carter
Best Director- Tim Burton**
Best Cinematography
Best Art Design/Set Decoration**
Best Costume Design**
Best Make-Up** - DirectorJason ReitmanStarsElliot PageMichael CeraJennifer GarnerFaced with an unplanned pregnancy, an offbeat young woman makes a selfless decision regarding the unborn child.And another fantastic film that quite possibly makes the Top 10 of the decade, and introduced the world to the vibrant and totally unique Ellen Page.
Nominations:
Best Picture
Best Actress- Ellen Page
Best Supporting Actress- Jennifer Garner
Best Original Screenplay- Diablo Cody**
Best Director- Jason Reitman - DirectorTony GilroyStarsGeorge ClooneyTilda SwintonTom WilkinsonA law firm brings in its "fixer" to remedy the situation after a lawyer has a breakdown while representing a chemical company that he knows is guilty in a multibillion-dollar class action suit.Another fantastic film, and a one of the best performances of George Clooney's career.
Nominations:
Best Picture
Best Actor- George Clooney
Best Supporting Actress- Tilda Swinton**
Best Supporting Actor- Tom Wilkinson
Best Original Screenplay- Tony Gilroy
Best Director- Tony Gilroy
Best Original Score - DirectorAdam ShankmanStarsJohn TravoltaQueen LatifahNikki BlonskyPleasantly plump teenager Tracy Turnblad teaches 1962 Baltimore a thing or two about integration after landing a spot on a local TV dance show.Two great movie musicals in one year is a rarity these days, but both Sweeney Todd and Hairspray are fantastic, and ironically totally opposite.
Nominations:
Best Picture
Best Supporting Actor- John Travolta
Best Art Design/Set Decoration
Best Costume Design
Best Make-Up
Best Original Song- Ladies Choice**
Best Original Song- New Girl in Town - DirectorJoe WrightStarsKeira KnightleyJames McAvoyBrenda BlethynThirteen-year-old fledgling writer Briony Tallis irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's lover of a crime he did not commit.More masterful direction (I had forgotten how strong of a year 2007 was) from Joe Wright.
Nominations:
Best Picture
Best Supporting Actress- Vanessa Redgrave
Best Director- Joe Wright
Best Cinematography
Best Costume Design
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Original Score- Dario Marianelli** - DirectorPeter HedgesStarsSteve CarellJuliette BinocheDane CookA widower finds out the woman he fell in love with is his brother's girlfriend.The kind of movie that somehow manages to renew your faith in love. Beautiful, hysterical, and sweet.
Nominations:
Best Picture
Best Original Screenplay - DirectorSarah PolleyStarsJulie ChristieMichael MurphyGordon PinsentA man coping with the institutionalization of his wife because of Alzheimer's disease faces an epiphany when she transfers her affections to another man, Aubrey, a wheelchair-bound mute who also is a patient at the nursing home.Just as Dan is about new love, Away From Her is about old, and it is just as challenging and moving.
Nominations:
Best Picture
Best Actress- Julie Christie
Best Actor- Gordon Pinsent
Best Adapted Screenplay- Sarah Polley - DirectorJ.A. BayonaStarsBelén RuedaFernando CayoRoger PríncepA woman brings her family back to her childhood home, which used to be an orphanage for handicapped children. Before long, her son starts to communicate with an invisible new friend.Chilling, expertly-directed, and a superb performance from Belen Rueda.
Nominations:
Best Picture - DirectorAdrienne ShellyStarsKeri RussellNathan FillionJeremy SistoJenna is a pregnant, unhappily married waitress in the deep south. She meets a newcomer to her town and falls into an unlikely relationship as a last attempt at happiness.Nominations:
Best Picture
Best Supporting Actor- Andy Griffith
Best Original Screenplay- Adrienne Shelley - DirectorTamara JenkinsStarsLaura LinneyPhilip Seymour HoffmanPhilip BoscoA sister and brother face the realities of familial responsibility as they begin to care for their ailing father.Nominations:
Best Picture
Best Actress- Laura Linney
Best Original Screenplay - DirectorPaul Thomas AndersonStarsDaniel Day-LewisPaul DanoCiarán HindsA story of family, religion, hatred, oil and madness, focusing on a turn-of-the-century prospector in the early days of the business.Dark, strange, and even bizarre, this is not an easily digested film. Perhaps it was a little too much for me; others tend to acclaim it more than I. Still. It stuck in my mind for some time.
Nominations:
Best Actor- Daniel Day-Lewis**
Best Cinematography
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Original Score - DirectorCraig GillespieStarsRyan GoslingEmily MortimerPaul SchneiderA delusional young man strikes up an unconventional relationship with a doll he finds on the Internet.A strange and sweet, underseen little film.
Nominations:
Best Supporting Actress- Emily Mortimer - DirectorWerner HerzogStarsChristian BaleSteve ZahnJeremy DaviesA U.S. fighter pilot's epic struggle of survival after being shot down on a mission over Laos during the Vietnam War.Nominations:
Best Actor- Christian Bale
Best Original Score- Klaus Badelt - DirectorPaul GreengrassStarsMatt DamonEdgar RamírezJoan AllenJason Bourne dodges a ruthless C.I.A. official and his Agents from a new assassination program while searching for the origins of his life as a trained killer.Thrilling, entertaining, exciting. Love it.
- DirectorMichael WinterbottomStarsAngelina JolieDan FuttermanIrrfan KhanMariane Pearl embarks on a frantic search to locate her journalist husband Daniel when he goes missing in Pakistan.It was a tough call between this, Enchanted, and Charlie Wilson's War for the last spot (honorable mention to those two). But out of those, this is the film that affected me most, thanks almost entirely to Angelina Jolie's masterful performance.
Nominations:
Best Actress- Angelina Jolie