Comments on: Best Of The Decade: The Playlist’s Best Films Of 2007

By: estudio villegas

estudio villegas — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 15:25:35 +0000

No mention of "The Visitor"?

By: diseño web

diseño web — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 20:18:12 +0000

I've kept my opinion to myself for most of these Best Of Lists because, well, what's the point? But here I draw the line with the exclusion of Into the Wild. It was easily my favorite of the year, even with the likes of There Will Be Blood, No Country For Old Men, Zodiac and Sunshine which rounded out the rest of my top five. 2007 was definately a stellar year for film but Into the Wild really stuck a chord with me. Everything gelled together perfectly from the direction (Penn's best yet) to the tremendous performances (Hirsch should've gotten an Oscar nom) to the terrific soundtrack. I dunno, it just seemed very real to me.

By: Danish

Danish — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 09:13:56 +0000

I agree with James, I had a tough time deciding between No Country for Old Men and There Will Be Blood, but I had to pick TWBB because there was something about it that was quite special and the raw energy invested into the film…

By: Max

Max — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:12:56 +0000

Its not just because its a movie with music in it. It was a solid film with a good story and the music was great, especially in the way that it was incorporated into the story of the film to give it a redefining-of-musicals quality.

Seriously, this talk against There Will Be Blood needs to end. Atonement was good, and deserves an honorable mention at the least, but TWBB was better. Don't even try to say anything DDL, because if you cannot understand the intensity he was going for and accomplished with that role then you simply do not understand acting or movies or anything of the like and have no business speaking on the matter. I'm normally completely open to people's interpretation of what is "good," but he was without doubt the best performance of that year, if not the past decade.

By: Cristine

Cristine — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 02:04:20 +0000

This list fails completely for not including "Atonement". It's such a precious gem, and so underrated it's not even funny. Most beautiful film of the decade, so far, and so much better than "No Country…", "Juno", "Michael Clayton" and especially "There will be Blood".
There'll come a time – so I hope – when people will see what a pretentious and cold and overrated film "There will be Blood" is, and also DDL's performance in it.

By: rodrigoperez

rodrigoperez — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:34:34 +0000

btw. kinda resent the Once stuff. We're supposed to include it because it's a movie with music in it? It's not amazing or anything and shoe-horning it in here is lame.

By: MikeD

MikeD — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:30:17 +0000

I seriously expect to see Zift in the 2008 list

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:44:36 +0000

Also, what ever happened to Carice Van Houten? I thought she was going to blow up.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 06:43:57 +0000

There Will Be Blood has really faded from my memory. I saw again recently...not nearly as visionary as I remembered it being. And Paul Dano's Eli Sunday is actually quite poorly written and totally miscast. His shrill, flimsy scenes drag the whole film down. Also: The Dark Knight did the whole atonal-score-thing better.

I also caught Diving Bell for the first time recently. I find Julian Schnabel incredibly irritating and his earlier films overrated (Basquiat is a laughable piece of shit). But by golly, Diving Bell was stunning and full of life. So much better than a stupid potboiler like No Country. And a much tighter, more consistent film than TWBB.

By: your mom

your mom — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 04:35:14 +0000

OHHHHH SNAP!

By: rodrigoperez

rodrigoperez — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 04:27:38 +0000

let me guess, you're like 19.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 04:26:39 +0000

away from her??? kill me please

zodiac best flick of 2007 maybe the decade

By: cirkusfolk

cirkusfolk — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 03:20:19 +0000

By: bonzob@earthlink.net

bonzob@earthlink.net — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:18:52 +0000

Alex, you are officially the Armond White of the Playlist comment section.

By: Max

Max — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:33:10 +0000

I really loved "Once," and I also thought that it would make it on this list considering the music-movie theme of this blog. It at least deserves honorable mention.

I think I need to watch "The Host" again. I remember liking it a lot when I saw it, but I guess so much awesome crap came out that year that its kind of fallen in the back of my mind.

By: Janus995

Janus995 — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:30:19 +0000

Not even a single mention of Atonement? Fine screenplay and cinematography?

By: nickduval

nickduval — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:06:20 +0000

All who said "Once" was an omission are absolutely correct. Considering that this is a movies and music blog, I'm surprised. But everyone has their reasons… and this film I could see people hating for certain reasons. Also, I won't lie— I loved "Juno." And "The Savages"? That was good, too.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:52:13 +0000

Guys, you have to stop this Alex guy. The worst.

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:21:40 +0000

P.S., Starter for Ten.

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:13:59 +0000

Juno is just as valid a Best Picture nominee as Michael Clayton, which was utterly generic material saved very excellent albeit derivative execution.

Ocean's 13 is about as intellectual as Kim Kardashian, and saying otherwise is pretty much revisionism. Maybe you meant Lars and the Real Girl instead?

Also, Breach is honorable mention-worthy, and Enchanted is the best non-Pixar Disney film of the decade. Once is a the rare musical that does not, uh, suck.

Finally, Reign Over Me is underappreciated, and Surf's Up is animals-talk-and-take-up-wacky-occupations film of 2007.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:24:45 +0000

into the wild? came out sept, 07 i believe.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:15:57 +0000

That top 3 gives me a hard-on.

By: your mom

your mom — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:49:46 +0000

again, great work with the lists!

Its great to see that 2 days in Paris is getting mention!

but what about "ONCE"? No love at all for that little movie?

By: Owen S.

Owen S. — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:18:27 +0000

I seem to remember that your older top ten list for 2007, which was actually written in 2007, featured more praise for I'm Not There. and Margot at the Wedding but now they seem to be cast off for the likes of some questionable choices.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:52:35 +0000

The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters