Movies of 2007

This film is fantastic! Oscar-winning director and screenwriter Brad Bird, who wrote and directed "The Incredibles", has produced a film with subtle humor, heart, and very profound truth. The voice actors are so great, and it is especially great to hear Peter O'Toole on the screen. The animation is beautiful and it is all around an excellently made film. Its message is one that holds so much truth for everyone, especially today's youth: it tells people that no, not anyone can do anything, but if you have the talent you don't have to be limited by your surroundings or your upbringing. I think this is refreshing to hear because often, children are lied to when they are told they can do anything, when actually not all of them can. But it offers hope to the ones who may feel limited by their social class. It also exposes the fact that most people try to put up false facades of themselves to hide who they are in order to feel accepted by the social standards we create in our society; it shows characters with this flaw, but ultimately they accept this reality and learn to be true to themselves. This thread, I think, is very common throughout the Pixar films, and they present it very well.

There is no doubt that this film is a truly great piece of film-making. Shane Meadows crafts films in the same style as Martin Scorsese. We are given a glimpse into the lifestyle of a group of characters over a short period of time. It is very much a fly on the wall type of movie. The point of these films is to understand the actions of the characters rather than judging their actions. I have no doubt that there will be some people that tag this film as being racist which is rather missing the point.

The film follows Shaun a 12 year old being borough up in early 80's England. He has lost his father in the Falklands war and suffers bullying and isolation until he is befriended by a group of skinheads. The happy band are challenged when Combo is released from prison. Thomas Turgoose is good in the lead role and the direction/screenplay are also spot on the mark. The film is based on Meadow's own childhood and is quite mesmerizing at times.

I was gripped throughout the film and it also gave me plenty to think about afterwards. What more can you ask for when going to the movies? I suppose if you go to the movies for escapism then go watch something else, but if you want a gripping thought provoking drama then it doesn't come much better than this. Outstanding!

This trilogy has some together so nicely, that I believe it to be one of the greatest motion picture trilogies of all time. Though all three films could not by any more different from the Ludlum novels, they still stood as a powerful landmark in cinematic achievement. The Bourne Ultimatum made me want to cry that the series was complete, yet I could not even attempt to stop smiling for hours. From the moment that the opening title appeared, I know we were in for a ride. Paul Greengrass has done it again. Everything we love from the previous Bourne films is here once again! The action, the dialogue, and of course the shaky camera. However for me, that last one was never a problem. I think it adds to the suspense. I will be back to see this film several times before it is release on DVD, simply because it is genius. It is a perfectly satisfying conclusion and should stand the test of time as a fantastic movie, and altogether, an unforgettable trilogy.

I loved it. Great story and acting by Cosnter and Hurt. Dane Cook was surprisingly good.

For me, knowing that George Clooney is in a film is enough to make me want to see it, even if the title gives no indication of the genre or subject. In fact, this is a thriller in which Clooney as the eponymous "fixer" for a powerful New York legal form is rarely off the screen and gives a performance both commanding and compelling. I'm a great believer that the opening and closing of a movie are critical and this movie could be a text-box case of how to do it. Our attention and interest are seized from the opening seconds and the conclusion is satisfyingly sharp and redemptive.

This is not an obviously commercial work: the title is utterly prosaic, the dialogue is wordy, the plot is often ambagious and the whole production concedes little to traditional entertainment values (no car chases or shoot-outs or special effects here). Instead the viewer is treated as intelligent - someone who wants tight direction, clever photography and above all fine acting rather than showy effects.

Although it is unquestionably Clooney's film, the support performances from Tom Wikinson and Tida Swinton plus that from veteran director Sydney Pollack are all excellent and such character - driven movie would never have happened without Tony Gilroy who it and - in an immensely able debut - directed it.

I enjoyed it. Loved the music by Clint Mansell!

Surprisingly good. But still nothing that special.

I still like the first more, but this certainly redeemed its self after the dreadful Ocean's Twelve.

Meh. The movie suffers from trying to be too confident in its self.

Pretty good, but nothing compared to Rear Window. Still in shock that it was remade!

Pretty good, but sometimes it was just annoying me.

It's ok. Just not what I was expecting. Not as thrilling as I thought it would be.

Another disappointment from Robert Zemeckis. Supposedly a heroic epic, this film lands a bit short of everything it intends to accomplish. Highly sophisticated motion capture technique was supposed to bring real world actors' facial expressions to a new level in animation, but what did they achieve? Good resemblance, but nothing more. There is absolutely nothing in their faces, no pain, no anger, angst, or even genuine smiles. The film itself could have been entertaining but instead was boring from the first minute. Also, the dialogue were tremendously stupid - and please remember that we are talking here about one of the most widely studied artifacts in Anglo-Saxon literary. Maybe, if you are willing to forget everything that was told around this film and simply take it as another animated film, you will like it - I would not bet on it, though. I am really sorry I am so negative; I was very much looking forward to seeing this movie but was disappointed in every possible way

Surprisingly liked it! Hehe!