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This year has been quite the topsy turvy one, but the thing that has most struck me today, is how much I’ve grown up this year. I’ve really been forced to, by a lot of things. 2007 was the year I lost my innocence, but kept my idealism, I’d like to think. I still have to believe the best of people, because if I don’t, what’s the point, really? There is so much good in the world that I don’t really want to dwell on the bad stuff. A wise woman once told me that everything will turn out OK. I don’t believe in News Years resolutions, but this year they’re not really needed. Everything has found its equilibrium, I think. I’ve got the healthy balance between work, family, friends, girlfriend, alcohol, movies, music and writing down. I’m happy. Perfectly, incandescently happy. Everything is in balance. 2007 was the best year of my life so far. I’ve learnt so much about myself, and others, and the world and my place in it. I started writing again the other day. I haven’t done that seriously in almost a year. I’m sure this is an incredibly long winded introduction to what is certainly not going to affect anyone, really, but 2007 as a year in cinema needs a starting point. There’s a lot to digest here, but I’ve seen 104 movies released cinematically in Australia, 2007, and one that’s not released till next year, which is a shame, because Juno would make my top ten easily. We’ll see how next year shapes up first, though. We all know that Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull will be my number one film, though. Sight unseen. ^_^
My top ten films of 2007:
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That’s such a diverse list, I know, but I think this year has brought about so many different moods, and my list really reflects that. I’ve rediscovered my love of musicals, and six of my favourite directors returned with new films. Actually, what surprises me the most is how strong a start to the year we had. I’ve spoken at length about most of these films before, so I won’t bore you with specific analyses of all ten. However, Darren Aronovsky’s The Fountain, my favourite film of the year, was ambitious, dense and compelling drama about the quest for immortality, and the elusiveness of the meaning of life. Essentially a melodrama with science fiction trappings, this is a film that has resonated with me all year, and is, quite simply, one of the best films I think I’ve ever seen. Everything, from the acting, to the score, to the deliberately elliptical ending is perfectly in place. I can’t stress what an effect this had on me at the time of seeing it, and the five times since, but I think it’s a film drastically ahead of it’s time, and will be mentioned in the same breath as 2001 in as soon at ten years time. Watch this space.
Special Jury Prize:
Flixster
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However, there are always runner’s up, and here are the ten films that have tied for 11th place:
Make Your Movie Wall
Flixster
.
Thanks to everyone for everything this year. See you in 2008.
My top ten films of 2007:
- .
Make Your Movie Wall
Flixster
.
That’s such a diverse list, I know, but I think this year has brought about so many different moods, and my list really reflects that. I’ve rediscovered my love of musicals, and six of my favourite directors returned with new films. Actually, what surprises me the most is how strong a start to the year we had. I’ve spoken at length about most of these films before, so I won’t bore you with specific analyses of all ten. However, Darren Aronovsky’s The Fountain, my favourite film of the year, was ambitious, dense and compelling drama about the quest for immortality, and the elusiveness of the meaning of life. Essentially a melodrama with science fiction trappings, this is a film that has resonated with me all year, and is, quite simply, one of the best films I think I’ve ever seen. Everything, from the acting, to the score, to the deliberately elliptical ending is perfectly in place. I can’t stress what an effect this had on me at the time of seeing it, and the five times since, but I think it’s a film drastically ahead of it’s time, and will be mentioned in the same breath as 2001 in as soon at ten years time. Watch this space.
Special Jury Prize:
- .
Flixster
.
However, there are always runner’s up, and here are the ten films that have tied for 11th place:
- .
Make Your Movie Wall
Flixster
.
Thanks to everyone for everything this year. See you in 2008.