I cant think of any year at least in many years where I have overall been so unhappy with the overall quality of movie offerings, comedy, drama and action/adventure. When I end up putting "Lars and the Real Girl" and the 3-D Beowulf on my list as the best of 2007, something is clearly wrong with the overall quality of the offerings. The Golden Compass held much promise as a holiday spectacular, but 5 minutes into the movie I knew I was in something of a directorial disaster with special effects. It's a pretty awful year when its a week before Christmas and the only movie I have any interest in seeing is Alvin and the Chipmunks. Oh well, at least I picked up many good DVD's recently, and I can rely on those in the post Christmas release "slump". But if we have the usual post-Christmas slump in January and February, things are gonna get pretty awful. My DVD copy of "Eragon" is starting to look better all the time!
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Topic - Is it just me, or has 2007 really been a bad movie year - DavidLD 03:51:54 12/12/07 (18)
- I think '07 was good year - sjb 10:13:23 12/12/07 (12)
- Agree totally. nt - clarkjohnsen 07:51:56 12/13/07 (3)
- Looks like your beloved "common man" doesn't agree. Receipts WAY down. - tinear 06:56:15 12/15/07 (2)
- What?!? YTD it's the highest grossing year ever. - sjb 07:44:33 12/15/07 (1)
- What?!? You're thinking that FACTS will change ATTITUDE?... NT - clarkjohnsen 08:09:12 12/15/07 (0)
- Yes, quite a few good films but NO excellent ones - tinear 15:38:05 12/12/07 (4)
- Have you seen The Diving Bell & The Butterfuly? - Harmonia 16:02:00 12/13/07 (3)
- Doesn't sound promising: Javier Bardim (sp?) was in a similarly themed - tinear 07:00:00 12/14/07 (2)
- Similarly themed? Playing a guy who fought a long battle for the right to die - sjb 09:22:39 12/14/07 (1)
- Similar ain't identical. Both were severely incapacitated, bed-ridden. - tinear 11:06:16 12/14/07 (0)
- Agreed - '07 was good as any in recent memory - with more to come...(nt) - mkuller 11:40:27 12/12/07 (0)
- RE: I think '07 was good year - rico 10:15:29 12/12/07 (1)
- I have two advantages... - sjb 10:25:59 12/12/07 (0)
- This is what happens once everything has been remade......drought of new ideas. * - mr grits 06:38:32 12/12/07 (0)
- So true, that's why I don't post here. Nothing worth mentioning. - Duilawyer 06:12:59 12/12/07 (2)
- 2004. nt - sjb 07:12:13 12/12/07 (1)
- watched it 2007. nt - Duilawyer 07:21:20 12/12/07 (0)
- Terrible is right. Thank the stars for Netflix. nt - tinear 04:34:40 12/12/07 (0)