The Tops of 2007

Here are my top ten favorite movies:
1. The Assassination of Jesse James- flat out amazing.
2. No Country for Old Men
3. The Diving Bell and The Butterfly- I've never seen anything like it.
4. Once- No film made me feel like this one did. The song he sings at night at the beginning of the film and the "Falling Slowly" business is lump in the throat.
5. Control
6. The Lives of Others- Saw it this year, came out last year, still an awesome movie.
7. The King of Kong
8. Margot at the Wedding
9. Superbad
10. Southland Tales- For the sheer guts this movie shows. So many questions unanswered, so many times you feel like Richard Kelly (the director) doesn't care, or just wants to get to his next grand idea that he won't pull off, but will try to make sense of.

NOTE: I haven't seen "There Will Be Blood" yet. Paramount Vantage, people want to see this movie, people need this movie, the critics in my town have seen it, so give it to us. Also, if you release a movie in a large theater people will go see it regardless (i.e. PS I Love You).

Other film awards:

Best Bob Dylan impression other than Cate Blanchett:
John C. Reilly as Dewey Cox

Worst Use of a Hamburger Phone:
"Juno"

Best Female Support for a Male Character in a film:
"Charlie Wilson's War"- The "Jailbait" girls
"The Diving Bell and The Butterfly"- The "Blink out a book" girls

Best use of music:
"No Country for Old Men"

Best Movie that was a Book that was turned into a Movie but felt like a book:
"Zodiac"

MUSIC: 2007

1. The Arcade Fire- Neon Bible
2. Band of Horses- Cease to Begin
3. The White Stripes- Icky Thump
4. Peter, Bjorn & John- Writer's Block
5. Spoon- GaGaGaGaGa
6. Against Me!- New Wave
7. Devandra Banhart- Smokey Rolls
8. Kanye West- Graduation


Ones that I thought would be great, but let me down:
Radiohead- "In rainbows"
The Hives "The Black and White Album"

One that I thought I would love, but can only listen to one song and like that one song, but can't listen to anymore:
Interpol- "Our Love To Admire"

Most listened to Songs:
Band of Horses- "Is There a Ghost"
50 Cent- "I Get Money"
Harry Belafonte- "Jump in the Line"
The Pipettes- "Your Kisses are Wasted on Me"
Dropkick Murphys- "I'm Shipping up to Boston"
Jens Lekman- "I Remember Every Kiss"/ "A Sweet Summers Night on Hammer Hill"