Yes I know, it's late, it's very late, but I wanted to wait until a certain choice of mine was out on DVD, and it did come out this week, so now I can finally make my list.
10. Superbad- A great coming of age story, and a great teen comedy. This could probably rank up there with some of my favorite teen comedy's like Revenge of the Nerds and Animal House. Another thing about this movie is that it's pretty realistic, except for the cops, but they're the best part of the movie, so who cares.
9. Zodiac- As soon as I heard the name David Fincher I knew this movie would be good. Great performances from Robert Downey Jr., Jake Gyllenhal, and Mark Ruffalo. It's based on a true story, and it features a first, a movie about a serial killer that doesn't focus on the serial killer, and there aren't even that many deaths in it, maybe the people who make Hostel and all those other so called torture porns, should take a lesson from this movie.
8. Hot Fuzz- Another movie where all I had to do was look at the cast and know this movie was good. After doing a parody on zombie movies, they decide to do a parody on action films and British police, and it worked great. It also preformed a miracle, it made one of the worst sequels, Bad Boys II, somewhat enjoyable. I may sound like a broken record, but maybe the people who made Date Movie, Epic Movie, and Meet The Spartans should see these movies, so they know what good parodies are instead of the utter crap they're producing.
7. Grindhouse- I loved almost everything about this movie, in fact it was the most fun I think I've ever had at the movies. These may be two movies, but they are two movies that are meant to be watched back to back, and while I think Planet Terror was a better movie then Death Proof, the best part was easily the fake trailers. If you missed your chance in seeing this in theatres, I pity you, because you missed on of the best movie going experiences ever. I will not buy these two movies sepretly on DVD, the only way I will buy Grindhouse is if, Planet Terror and Death Proof are on the same disc, with fake trailers in between them.
6. Ratatouille- There is no doubt that what ever Pixar makes is true greatness, the same goes for Ratatouille. While it isn't Pixar's best(That would have to go to the Toy Story series, or Monsters Inc), this is still a great film for the entire family to watch. It also had a good message that need to be put in a good movie. Although they put that message in Racing Stripes, but Racing Stripes equals EPIC FAIL
5. Sweeny Todd- One of the best musicals I've ever seen, also one of the bloodiest too. Who ever thought a musical about a barber, slitting people's throats would ever work as a movie, well Tim Burton did, and I'm glad he did. With a great cast giving an equally great performance, there is not much you can't love about this movie. My friend even memorized most of the songs in this movie.
We've reached a point in my list, where you can arrange these next four movies in any order you want, this is just the order I've chosen
4. Knocked Up- With Superbad coming out just two months after this movie, I think a lot of people forgot about this movie, but I didn't. I believe this movie is a lot better then Superbad, and while Superbad had some great performance and a lot of laughs, Knocked Up had better performances, and more laughs. Just like Superbad it was very realistic, and was probably the funniest movie to come out this year.
3. Charlie Wilson's War- Another story based off a true story. It shows how Afghanistan was once are allie and ho we help stopped the Russians from invading there land, it also shows how we start to lose them by the end of the movie. Tom Hanks gave a great performance, but Phillip Seymour Hoffman was easily the star of this movie, he really did get snubbed about the Oscars and should have won best supporting actor. I really liked the quote at the end of this movie by the real Charlie Wilson too.
2. 3:10 To Yuma- Here's another movie that got snubbed at the Oscars. Both Russel Crowe and Christian Bale gave some of there greatest performances in a true western movie. This was a remake too, and I think it's one of the best remakes to come out ever. This movie also deals with something important to me, honor, which I feel is too under appreciated these days.
I actually have two number ones, I had to include this one movie, so I'm just going to label it as 1.5
1.5. The Simpsons Movie- I am very bias with The Simpsons, I love everything about them. I even love the new seasons, even though deep down I know there not that good. However that's not the problem with The Simpsons Movie, all Simpsons fans should love this movie, and was like a throwback to the original seasons. I think people who don't even like the Simpsons will love this movie.
Now on to my real number 1 movie of 2007, and it's a movie you probably never heard of.
1. Ressurecting The Champ- What a great movie! It's about a reporter(Josh Harrnet) who discovers a homeless boxer named Bob Saterfield(Samuel L. Jackson), and he decides to write a article on him, since he was very popular, so now everyone can see what's happened to their favorite champ. Samuel L. Jackson voice may sound funny at first, but you get use to it and his acting surely makes up for it. Also it features something rare a great performance by Josh Harrnet. When this movie debuted in theatres, it finished at number 14 the week it debuted. I really wish more people could have saw this movie, but it was released on DVD this week, so go watch it now. PLEASE though, do you yourself a favor; DO NOT WATCH ANY TRAILERS OR READ ANY REVIEWS OR SYNOPSIS, EXCEPT FOR THE ONE ON THE BACK OF THE DVD COVER. There is a plot twist in the movie that caught me by surprise, and when I went home and watched the trailer for this movie and read the reviews, I saw that nearly everyone gave the twist away, so please do yourself a favor and find out what the twist is by watching this movie, not reading a review.