There is a link to this post on the side-bar of the Looking Closer blog. This is the post where I’ll catalog every film I see in 2007. (Click here for the 2006 Viewing Journal, and here for the 2005 journal.)* = indicates first-time viewing.
2007
December
- There Will Be Blood*…..A+
- Lars and the Real Girl*…..A
- Juno (second viewing, DVD screener)*…..A-
- Osamu Tezuka’s Metropolis (DVD) (second viewing)…..A-
November
- Oceans Thirteen* (DVD)…..B-
- Days of Heaven (Criterion DVD)*…..A+
- The Golden Compass*…..C+
- Juno*….B
- 3:10 to Yuma*…..B+
- The Namesake* (DVD)…..B+
- Margot at the Wedding*…..B
- Becket* (DVD)……(still deciding)
- I’m Not There*…..B+
- The Savages*…..A-
- Into the Wild*…..B+
- The Wind that Shakes the Barley* (DVD)…..A-
- Diggers* (DVD)…..B+
October
- Invisibles…..A-
- Unforgiven…..A+
- The Devil Came on Horseback*…..A
- Norma Rae*…..A-
- Bella*…..B+
- No Country for Old Men…..A
- The Lookout* (DVD)…..B+
- Dan in Real Life*…..B+
- Mostly Martha (DVD)*….A-
- Raising Arizona (DVD)…..A+
- The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford*…..A-
September
- Eastern Promises*…..C+
- Offside*…..B+
- This is England*…..A-
- No End in Sight*……A
August
- La Vie en Rose*……A-
- In the Valley of Elah*……B
- The Simpsons Movie*…..B+
- Perfume: The Story of a Murderer* (DVD)…..B+
- The Unbelievable Truth (seen it many times)…..A+
- The Simpsons Movie*…..B+
- The Bourne Ultimatum*…..B
July
- Once*…..A-
- Paprika*…..A
- Sweet Land*…..A-
- Harry Potter and the Oh, Never Mind, I Don’t Care*……C+
- The Prestige (second viewing)…..B+
- Miller’s Crossing (DVD)…..A
June
- Nacho Libre*(DVD)…..B-
- Evening*…..C+
- Away from Her*…..A-
- Ratatouille*…..A
May
- Waitress*…..B+
- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End*…..C
April
- The Host*…..B+
- Spider-man 3* ….. B
- Steven Wright: When the Leaves Blow Away (DVD)…..B+
- Deep Cover (televised) …..B
- Jindabyne*…..A-
- Blood Diamond* (DVD)…..B-
- The Sacrifice* (DVD)…..A
- Hot Fuzz*……B
- Grindhouse*……C+
- Into Great Silence…..A
- The Departed (DVD)…..A-
- The Science of Sleep (DVD)…..A-
March
- Into Great Silence* (DVD screener)…..A
- Lantana (DVD, fourth viewing)…..A
- Heaven* (DVD)…..B+
- The Departed (DVD, second viewing)…..B+
- The Lives of Others* …..A
- Lady in the Water (DVD, second viewing)….C+
- Nobody’s Fool (DVD)…..A+
- Breach*…..B
- When the Levees Broke* (DVD)….A
February
- My Neighbor Totoro (DVD)…..A
- Zodiac* …..A-
- Children of Men* (third viewing)…..A
January
- Amazing Grace*…..B
- God Grew Tired of Us*…..A-
- Jane Eyre* (Parts 1 and 2, Masterpiece Theater, TV)…..B+
- The Descent*(DVD)…..C+
- Inland Empire* (special screening and Q&A with David Lynch)…..B+
- Beauty and the Beast (La Belle et Le Bette)* (Criterion DVD)…..A
- The Black Dahlia*(DVD)…..B
- Little Miss Sunshine (second viewing, DVD)…..A-
- For Your Consideration*…..B
Hilarious, as always, with impressive turns by Catherine O’Hara, Harry Shearer, and Parker Posey. About as enjoyable as A Mighty Wind, but not nearly as original or clever as Waiting for Guffman or Best in Show. - James and the Giant Peach (DVD, third viewing)…..C+
- The Death of Mr. Lazrescu* (DVD)…..A