Movies I Saw in the 2007*

Blood and Chocoloate - Werewolf movie flirts with invention but ends up a ball of dumber than dirt genre clichés
Smoking Aces - so bad that it wasn't even watchable as a rental with beer.
Zodiac - genuinely creepy and well-made but the second half drags on for far too long.
300 - computer-generated violence porn that not even copious amounts of virtually-naked Gerard Butler can redeem
Pathfinder - dumb live-action violence porn that not even copious amounts of virtually-naked Karl Urban can redeem
Fracture - Ryan Gosling is yummy but the central mystery was way too easy to solve
Spider-Man 3 - boring, overly-complicated, overly-long and borderline CGI work
Shrek the Third - tedious
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End - dumb, overly-complicated, overly-long and the ending sucked but at least the CGI was amazing
Knocked Up - sexist and arguably implausible but still one of the most warm-hearted and genuinely funny films I saw this year and not nearly as funny as Juno
Ocean's 13 - better than Ocean's 12
Surf's Up - not as good as Happy Feet
Live Free or Die Hard - dumb violence-porn redeemed somewhat by its sense of humour
Ratatouille - a perfect movie if not for Disney's irrational hatred of mothers
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - not as good as The Prisoner of Azkaban but better than Goblet of Fire
The Simpsons Movie - proof that the best years of The Simpsons are a decade in the past
The Bourne Ultimatum - the smartest action movie of the year, marred only by the unbelievability of the premise that anyone could wander through Waterloo Station carrying a gun and not get spotted by the Metropolitan Police who have only been dealing with violent terrorist attacks on London transit since 1973 *a-chem*
Stardust - a charming but ultimately disappointing adaptation of Neil Gaiman's adult faerie tale
The Last Legion - film most likely to be "accidentally" left off Colin Firth's CV
War - implausible, dumb but enjoyable violence porn starring Jet Lee and Jason Statham
3:10 To Yuma - #1 overrated "revisionist" western of 2007 (Ben Foster pwns all comers #1)
Eastern Promises - film's early promise squandered by unnecessary plot twist in the third act
Across the Universe - not worth the cost of the film used to photograph it
The Assassination of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford - #2 overrated "revisionist" western of 2007
Into the Wild - youthful arrogance, ignorance and stupidity recast as hagiography; too method-y for my tastes but not a bad movie
Resident Evil: Extinction - dumb but enjoyable zombie-killing porn
30 Days of Night - almost succeeds in making vampires scary again (Ben Forster pwns all comers #2)
American Gangster - a movie about the heroin trade in Harlem during the 70s starring Russell Crowe and Denzel Washington made by Ridley Scott should be more exciting (Josh Brolin's got a new agent #1)
No Country for Old Men - Cormac McCarthy sure writes purty for a Texas boy and the Coens don't do badly themselves (Josh Brolin's got a new agent #2)
Beowulf - proof the Neil Gaiman can make bad choices
Atonement - a very nearly perfect adaptation of the McEwan novel
The Golden Compass - Lyra kicks ass but the rest of the movie is dumber than a bag of hammers
Kings - second week in Dublin and Irish is the only language spoken for 90 per cent of the film
Control - Ian Curtis biopic almost works but tries and fails to explain the Joy Division singer's 1983 suicide
Hot Fuzz - action-movie spoof better than almost all of the action movies I saw this year
Juno - the better, funnier Knocked Up (can I be Ellen Page when I grow up?)
Elizabeth: The Golden Age - Not even Cate Blanchett's regal presence can save this mess of bad history and a script that worse
Paris Je T'aime - glorious
Once - the only thing stopping this film short of perfect are the performances from the dedicated but amateur cast (as in doing it for love, not unprofessional) that can't quite match the material but utterly charming nonetheless
Sweeney Todd - bloody good
Black Sheep - there was an offal pit *hurl* but baa-fully good otherwise
Gone Baby Gone - Ben Affleck makes good movies

*Includes all films eligible for Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences consideration for 2007, regardless of when I actually saw them.