Favourites Movies in 2007, 25 Most Memorable Performances and Quotes
Top 20 FAVOURITE Movies in 2007 ( in order of preference )
20. The Pursuit of Happyness (B+)
19. Elizabeth: The Golden Age (B+)
18. Eastern Promises (B+)
17. Zodiac (B+)
16. Môme, La (B+)
15. Babel (B+)
14. Hairspray (A-)
13. Across the Universe (A-)
12. In the Valley of Elah (A-)
11. Hot Fuzz (A-)
10. Bushi no ichibun (Love and Honour) (A-)
9. Lust, Caution (A-)
8. Das Leben der Anderen (The Lives of Others) (A-)
7. Notes on A Scandal (A-)
6. Bobby (A)
5. Ratatouille (A)
4. Sicko (A)
3. Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids (A)
2. El Laberinto del Fauno (Pan’s Labyrinth) (A)
1. Letters from Iwo Jima (A)
Screening on Monday, December 31, 2007
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25 most memorable performances in 2007 (in order of “appearance” )
1. Ivana Baquero(El Laberinto del Fauno)
2. Sharon Stone (Bobby)
3. Demi Moore (Bobby)
4. Rinko Kikuchi(Babel)
5. Forest Whitaker(The Last King of Scotland)
6. Judi Dench(Notes on A Scandal)
7. Jackie Earle Haley (Little Children)
8. Renée Zellweger (Miss Potter)
9. Jennifer Hudson(Dreamgirls)
10. Eddie Murphy (Dreamgirls)
11. Ken Watanabe (Letters from Iwo Jima)
12. Jaden Christopher Syre Smith (The Pursuit of Happyness)
13. Will Smith(The Pursuit of Happyness)
14. Ulrich Mühe (Das Leben der Anderen)
15. Takuya Kimura(Bushi no ichibun)
16. Marion Cotillard(La Môme)
17. Kolya Spiridonov (Italianetz)
18. Rose McGowan(Planet Terror)
19. Tang Wei(Lust, Caution)
20. Tommy Lee Jones(In the Valley of Elah)
21. Samantha Morton(Elizabeth: The Golden Age)
22. Cate Blanchett(Elizabeth: The Golden Age)
23. Tilda Swinton(Michael Clayton)
24. Tom Wilkinson(Michael Clayton)
25. Viggo Mortensen(Eastern Promises)
Monday, December 31, 2007 9:56:00 PM
25 Most Memorable Lines in 2007 ( not in order of preference)
(lifted from us.imdb.com)
1. Dreamgirls
Effie Melody White: [sings] And I am telling you/ I'm not going./ You're the best man I'll ever know./ There's no way I can ever go./ No, no, no, no way.../ No, no, no, no way I'm living without you./ I'm not living without you./ I don't want to be free./ I'm staying, I'm staying,/ And you, and you,/ you're gonna love me
2. Letters from Iwo Jima
General Tadamichi Kuribayashi: I will always be in front of you.
3. Letters from Iwo Jima
Baron Nishi: Do what is right because it's right.
4. Letters from Iwo Jima
General Tadamichi Kuribayashi: For our homeland. Until the very last man. Our duty is to stop the enemy right here. Do not expect to return home alive.
5. Letters from Iwo Jima
General Tadamichi Kuribayashi: If our children can live safely for one more day it would be worth the one more day that we defend this island.
6. The Pursuit of Happyness
Christopher Gardner: And it was at that time that I thought about Thomas Jefferson writing that Declaration of Independence. Him saying that we have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. And I thought about how he knew to put the 'pursuit' in there, like no one can actually have happiness. We can only pursue
7. The Pursuit of Happyness
Christopher Gardner: [to his son] You got a dream, you gotta protect it. People can't do something themselves, they wanna tell you that you can't do it. You want something? Go get it. Period.
8. Das Leben der Anderen (The Lives of Others)
Buchverkäufer: 29.80. Would you like it gift wrapped?
Hauptmann Gerd Wiesler: No. It's for me.
9. Hot Fuzz
Danny Butterman: What about... 'Lethal Weapon'?
Nicholas Angel: No.
Danny Butterman: You've seen 'Die Hard', though?
Nicholas Angel: No.
Danny Butterman: 'Bad Boys II'?
Nicholas Angel: No.
Danny Butterman: You ain't seen 'Bad Boys II'?
10. Hot Fuzz
Danny Butterman: Have you ever fired two guns whilst jumping through the air?
Nicholas Angel: No.
Danny Butterman: Have you ever fired one gun whilst jumping through the air?
Nicholas Angel: No.
Danny Butterman: Ever been in a high-speed pursuit?
Nicholas Angel: Yes, I have.
Danny Butterman: Have you ever fired a gun whilst in a high speed pursuit?
Nicholas Angel: No!
11. Hot Fuzz
Danny Butterman: So what made you want to become a policeman?
Nicholas Angel: Officer.
Danny Butterman: What made you want to become a policeman officer?
Nicholas Angel: I can't remember a time when I didn't want to be a police officer, except for the summer of 1979 when I wanted to be Kermit the frog. I remember when I was five, my uncle Derek bought me a police pedal car. There wasn't a minute of the day I spent out of that car. I went round - arresting kids much bigger than me. I got beaten up a lot, but it didn't stop me.
Danny Butterman: Man, he sounds like a great guy!
Nicholas Angel: Actually he was arrested for selling drugs to students, probably bought the pedal car with the proceeds.
Danny Butterman: What a cunt.
Nicholas Angel: Naturally, I never went near it again. I just left it there in the yard to gather rust. But I never lost the profound sense of right and wrong I felt behind the wheel of that pedal car. And I always wanted to be a police officer, from that moment on.
Danny Butterman: Oh. Shame really...
Nicholas Angel: How so?
Danny Butterman: I think you would have made a great Muppet...
12. Ratatouille
Anton Ego: In many ways, the work of a critic is easy. We risk very little yet enjoy a position over those who offer up their work and their selves to our judgment. We thrive on negative criticism, which is fun to write and to read. But the bitter truth we critics must face is that, in the grand scheme of things, the average piece of junk is more meaningful than our criticism designating it so. But there are times when a critic truly risks something, and that is in the discovery and defense of the new. Last night, I experienced something new, an extraordinary meal from a singularly unexpected source. To say that both the meal and its maker have challenged my preconceptions is a gross understatement. They have rocked me to my core. In the past, I have made no secret of my disdain for Chef Gusteau's famous motto: Anyone can cook. But I realize that only now do I truly understand what he meant. Not everyone can become a great artist, but a great artist can come from anywhere. It is difficult to imagine more humble origins than those of the genius now cooking at Gusteau's, who is, in this critic's opinion, nothing less than the finest chef in France. I will be returning to Gusteau's soon, hungry for more.
13. Hairspray
Corny Collins: Tell me, Velma, how exactly do you fire Corny Collins from the Corny Collins show?
[walks away]
Velma Von Tussle: [starts to speak and then pauses, frustrated] They do it all the time on "Lassie"!
14. Hairspray
Corny Collins: And now it's time to say goodbye to our very own fun-lovin', free-wheelin' little Brenda.
[looks to Brenda]
Corny Collins: Come on up here, Brenda. Brenda will be taking a leave of absence from the show. How long are you gonna be gone, Brenda?
Brenda: [smiling nervously] Just nine months.
15. Hairspray
Tracy Turnblad: I think I've kind of been in a bubble... thinking that fairness was gonna just happen. It's not. People like me are gonna have to get up... and go out and fight for it.
16. Hairspray
Wilbur Turnblad: [to Tracy] This is America, babe, you gotta think big to be big.
Edna Turnblad: Big ain't the problem in this family, Wilbur.
17. Hairspray
Penny Pingleton: Without that show I have nothing!
Prudy Pingleton: Having nothing builds character!
18. Death Proof
Stuntman Mike: Well, Pam... Which way you going, left or right?
Pam: Right!
Stuntman Mike: Oh, that's too bad...
Pam: Why?
Stuntman Mike: Because it was a fifty fifty shot on whether you'd be going left or right. You see we're both going left. You could have just as easily been going left, too. And if that was the case... It would have been a while before you started getting scared. But since you're going the other way, I'm afraid you're gonna have to start getting scared... immediately!
19. Death Proof
Stuntman Mike: The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep. And miles to go before I sleep. Did you hear me butterfly? Miles to go before you sleep.
20. Sicko
Michael Moore: Recently, the head of the largest Anti-Michael Moore website announced that he had to delete the website because his wife had cancer and the insurance would not cover it. Isn't this unfair that a person cannot practice the first amendment, because of our lousy health insurance? I thought so. So, I sent him the check for 12,000 dollars anonymously and now the site is up and running once more.
21. Sicko
Michael Moore: So there was actually one place on American soil with free, universal healthcare.
[cut to ariel picture of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba]
Michael Moore: That's all I needed to know.
22. Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Queen Elizabeth I: Give me hope.
Dr. John Dee: This much I know, when the storm breaks, some are dumb with terror and some spread their wings like eagles and soar.
Queen Elizabeth I: You are a wise man.
Dr. John Dee: And you, Madame, are a very great lady.
23. Across the Universe
Dr. Robert: We're navigators, we're aviators, eatin' taters, masturbatin' alligators, bombardiers, we got no fears, won't shed no tears, we're pushin' the frontiers of transcendental perception.
24. Michael Clayton
Michael Clayton: You are the senior litigating partner of one of the largest, most respected law firms in the world. You are a legend.
Arthur Edens: I'm an accomplice!
Michael Clayton: You're a manic-depressive!
Arthur Edens: I am Shiva, the god of death.
25. Eastern Promises
Anna: So you've read the diary. How can you keep doing what you're doing?
Nikolai Luzhin: I'm just a driver.
Monday, December 31, 2007 9:57:00 PM
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