2007 in Review

Another year has gone bye and that means that once again it is time to look back at the greatness and the horribleness of the films presented last year. As usual, do to time and money constraints, I was unable to see all films that were released in 2007. My apologies to all those whose films I was unable to see and hopefully I will see them sometime in the future and review them.

The Top Ten

1. The King of Kong 2. No Country For Old Men 3. Atonement 4. The Hoax 5. The Great Debaters 6. American Gangster 7. The Lookout 8. Before The Devil Knows You're Dead 9. Talk To Me 10. Gone Baby Gone

Honorable Mention

Black Snake Moan, Enchanted, Juno, Grindhouse, Michael Clayton, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber on Fleet Street,  Knocked Up, Stardust, Bridge to Terabithia, The Simpson's Movie, Live Free or Die Hard, Breach, Ocean's Thirteen, Sicko, Hot Fuzz, and The Last Mimzy.

I Also Valued

The Astronaunt Farmer, Superbad, 1408, Disturbia, 300, Waitress, I Am Legend, The Brave One, The Freedom Writers, Bee Movie, Pirates of The Carribean: At Worlds End, National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets, Music and Lyrics, TMNT, and Zodiac.

The 2007 Westside Film Critic Awards Note: As usual, no actual award is given to the winners.

Best Picture: The King of Kong Best Director: Seth Gordon - The King of Kong Best Actor: Denzel Washington - American Gangster Best Actress: Amy Adams - Enchanted Best Supporting Actor: Javiar Bardam - No Country For Old Men Best Supporting Actress: Amy Ryan - Gone Baby Gone Best Documentary: The King of Kong Best Foreign Film: N/A Best Animated Film: The Simpson's Movie Best Screenplay: No Country For Old Men Best Adapted Screenplay: The Hoax Best Cinematography: American Gangster Best Villain: Javiar Bardam - No Country For Old Men Best Tits Exposed on Film: Marisa Tomei - Before The Devil Knows Your're Dead Worst Film: The Condemned Worst Actor: Robert Mammone - The Condemned Worst Actress: N/A Worst Villain: Robert Mammone - The Condemned Film I Probably Overrated - Pirates of The Carribean: At World's End Film Laserob Says I Overrated - The Brave One Worst Ending to a Film - Ghost Rider Best Ending to a Film - The Debaters Best Film No One Saw - The Hoax Film I Probably Underated - Reno 911!: Miami Film I Am Most Embarrased I Didn't See: N/A Film I Am Most Embarrased I Did See: The Hills Have Eyes 2 Best Special Effects - Transformers Most Fun Film of The Year - Transformers Best New Actress - Megan Fox - Transformers Best Sequel: Live Free or Die Hard Worst Sequel: Spiderman 3 Lazy Film Critic Award: JKORK, Laserob, and Laserick. Where did they all go? Best Television Comedy: The Office Best Television Drama: Lost Best Sports Moment: Adrian Peterson breaks NFL single game rushing record. Worst Sports Moment: Minnesota Wild lose in the first round of the playoffs. Best New Technology Released During The Year: The IPhone

The Bottom 10 (Beginning with the worst film of the year.)

1. The Condemned - Pointless plot. Pointless action. Pointless movie. 2. Ghost Rider - Nicolas Cage chooses a devil's curse over Eva Mendes. Enough said. 3. The Hills Have Eyes 2 - Terrible sequel to a terrible original film. 4. I Pronounce You Chuck and Larry - I pronounce you the worst comedy of the year. 5. The Hitcher - One guard for an entire police station. I don't think so. 6.  The Messengers - The only weird and strange character in the film is behind the haunted house. Couldn't see that coming. 7. P2 - A police officer wouldn't find pallets stacked up vertically against a wall in a parking garage a little on usual. The flood on another floor isn't worth checking out either. 8. The Heartbreak Kid - Very unfunny. 9. Next - Nicolas Cage sleeps with Jessica Biel. Again, enough said. 10. The Invasion - Aliens come to earth to take over human bodies and make them the most disgusting and scary thing of all...boring.