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Dear satan I wish for this or maybe some of this....oh and I'm a medium or a large.
But seriously, I agree with whoever mentioned Zodiac. It came out earlier in the year so it's probably been forgotten by many, but that was a really great movie. I haven't seen No Country for Old Men yet unfortunately, but from everything I've heard about it, it sounds like it will be a strong contender as well.
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Picking one would just not feel right.
They're turning it into an HBO series, so you can nominate that. Sort of.
Yes, someone else saw Juno! Ya, it's a toss up for me between those two movies as best comedy of the year. Juno was great, and the lines were delivered better than the ones in Superbad, but Superbad's plot was much more relatable and closer to heart than Juno's.
No Country for Old Men was the best movie I've seen this year as far as how it was directed and acted and, y'know, it being a movie. This film was art, whereas Superbad was just a lot of laughs.
Come to think of it, Juno wasn't just a comedy so maybe it should claim the moniker "Movie of the Year"
The thing I really liked about Juno was that it had this really outwardly assertive, independent girl as a main character, but as the movie went on you got to really see how vulnerable she was and how much more maturing she really had to do. Plus the mother verbally ripping apart the doctor was fucking awesome.
That being said... one of two things has happened in this thread...
either:
A) Only like, two of you have seen No Country for Old Men
or
B) I have VASTLY, INCREDIBLY, INCALCULABLY over estimated the intelligence of this forum.
Its entirely possible that Hot Fuzz is in fact the better movie.
hmm... so I guess it's B then.
How the fuck do you explain that smarty pants?
oh... shit... I didn't know Fuzz had Timothy Dalton.
Nevermind. I withdraw my objection with apologies.
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But nowhere near the best. But I am gay for Spider-Man so you know where I'm coming from.
He was fucking awesome in it, too.
Why don't we just cut off that head of yours and see what secrets come tumbling out?
Best Action Movie of the year: 300
Best Comedy: Knocked Up (haven't seen Superbad)
Best Drama: likely Charlie Wilson's War
Best Special Effects movie of the year: Transformers
Movie of the Year: 300. Caveat: Midnight release only.
Story: So, my friends and I all head to the theater to midnight 300 at the biggest local. Now, we're there with all of the comci shop guys because hey, 300 was a pretty kickass comic and all the trailers were goddamn amazing. We also talk through midnight movies as, suusally, none of us are there for a totally serious theatergoing experience.
So, 300 comes up and we watch it, laughing and having a good time. But this one guy, at the end of the movie, stands up and yells at me with this hatefire in his eyes for talking during the movie. Keep in mind, friends next to me couldn't hear me because of how loud the movie was, and this guy was like ten feet away. It was epic.
It has action, Drama, comedy, Political Turmoil, an it was filmed in toronto.
It was incredible.
Seriously.
I'd yell at your ass too.
meh... not that it makes a LOT of sense.
It's a sign that they were going to...
That said...
No Country for Old Men.
Really. I loved Hot Fuzz and American Gangster... but NCFOM is a Great Movie. Great Movies don't come along very often.
was great.
I didn't see Children of Men until this year so it's definitely my favorite thing I've seen all damn year.
I haven't seen Juno, Sweeney Todd, No Country for Old Men (definitely next of the list), Hairspray, Sicko, Charlie Wilson's War, the Jesse James flick, American Gangster or 3:10 to Yuma.
It's not about any blatantly ripped-from-the-headlines issues - Clooney's lawyer works for a firm defending an unscrupulous chemical company from a class-action lawsuit, a plot that would have been as at home in 1976 as today - but it feels intensely modern and urgent all the same, with its theme of burgeoning, reawakening conscience and the fragility of success.
It's also just fabulously well-made; the exciting bits are exciting, there are some inspiring speeches that really do inspire and the jokes are funny. This stuff is harder than it sounds. The photography is really crisp and clean and has an eye for the telling details, like in an extended shot where Tilda Swinton takes five minutes to put on her makeup and lay out her clothes in preparation for the day's big presentation. As an experience, as something that you pay money to sit and see, the movie is a sedate, stately, but nonetheless effective treat for the senses, like a long smooth ride in a luxury car.
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Yeah, that was a downright fantastic movie, easily my second favorite of the year to Zodiac. You hit the nail on the head, though, I loved the photography and the pacing of the movie. Clooney and Wilkinson were terrific as well.