Best movie of 2007 so far.....

According to the commercials, Transformers is the most original movie in years. Pretty impressive for a flick based on cartoons and comics that were based on toys that came out... 20 years ago?

I vote for 300, but that is just off the top of my head.
 
I saw Eastern Promises AND Michael Clayton this week. Both were astoundingly good. Check them out. (I didn't want to see Michael Clayton because it looked like it would be homework...sort of like Syriana was...but it's actually riveting and totally emotionally engaging).
 
If I had to watch both(300 & Transformers) of those movies I would probably take an electric drill to my nuts.
 
Waking up every morning and reading about the consequences of war in the news is enough to make me wanna stay away from movies that sensationalize war to make money for the rest of my life.

I don't get an adrenaline charge or bloodlust from watching people kill eachother in cool ways.

I suppose having a father who was in Vietnam cured me of my desires to see mass violence promoted as an entertaining vehicle of escapism. Reductionism, in regards to the effects of war, is irresponsible and consternating in 2007.

Everybody who like this movie always uses the word "cool" to describe it, or they'll say it is so much fun. This is a movie about masses of people dying in brutal ways, right? It is supposed to be based on a historical event? Something tells me that if we there to actually witness the event that we would not have the same reactions.
 
AloysiusK said:
This is a movie about masses of people dying in brutal ways, right? It is supposed to be based on a historical event? Something tells me that if we there to actually witness the event that we would not have the same reactions.
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I don't know about that... anytime you have 300 warriors that can hold off an army of thousands for days, I'd say that was pretty cool. I tend to root for the underdog.
 
AloysiusK said:
Waking up every morning and reading about the consequences of war in the news is enough to make me wanna stay away from movies that sensationalize war to make money for the rest of my life.

I don't get an adrenaline charge or bloodlust from watching people kill eachother in cool ways.

I suppose having a father who was in Vietnam cured me of my desires to see mass violence promoted as an entertaining vehicle of escapism. Reductionism, in regards to the effects of war, is irresponsible and consternating in 2007.

Everybody who like this movie always uses the word "cool" to describe it, or they'll say it is so much fun. This is a movie about masses of people dying in brutal ways, right? It is supposed to be based on a historical event? Something tells me that if we there to actually witness the event that we would not have the same reactions.
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very well put.
eastern promises was amazing.
but bourne ultimatum was also damn good.
transformers was good, but the special effects were amazing...
but the best film of this year....damn i dunno, i would say eastern promises


worst film:
spiderman 3
 
3:10 to Yuma, Eastern Promises, King of Kong, and Superbad. Obviously, all for different reasons. Death Proof was also pretty mind-blowing for me. Best car chase ever!
 
Not sure which was best...

I really liked: Bourne 3, Pirates 3, Transformers, 3:10 to Yuma, 1408, Michael Clayton, The Kingdom.
 
I'm hoping There Will Be Blood blows me away like it has everyone else who's seen it. Otherwise it will have been a rather dull year. I enjoyed 300 for what it was when I first saw it, but I didn't make it through a second time.
 
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