Five of the best from my 2007

[madhav]

Movies: Taare Zameen Par, Ratatouille, The Rules of the Game, Knocked Up, Grindhouse

Books: We Need to Talk About Kevin, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, The Mahabharatha: A Modern Rendering, From Hell

Happy New Year, everyone.

Comments

[bijesh]

What.. no Superbad? Is From Hell a book from which a movie of the same name was made with Johnny Depp and Heather Graham?

[madhav]

Haven't watched Superbad, sorry to say. Also on the haven't watched list: No Country For Old Men, There Will Be Blood, Juno and many more.

Yes, From Hell was made into a movie with Depp and Graham. However, I've heard it stinks and has very little in common with the book.

[bijesh]

Ah yes. I've seen From Hell. It was pretty unremarkable.

[psasidhar]

Renoir's Rules of the Game?? :-/

If you are a fan of Before Sunrise/Before Sunset, try "Conversations with other women," if you haven't yet, and let me know what you think - particularly the split screen technique.

[madhav]

Yes, Renoir's. Hadn't watched it earlier.

I've not seen Conversations, will look it up. Thanks!

[psasidhar]

And.. wish you a happy new year!!

TCM is showing 4 Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers movies tonight as a new years special. :) Recording them all.

[madhav]

Thanks, wish you the same. Enjoy the Astaire/Rogers show.

[dustybooks]

I love that you refer to it as "your" 2007. I do a similar list that includes movies old and new, I'm so going to use that (if it's all right with you). It's so much easier than saying MY FAVORITE MOVIES I SAW FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 07 YALL.

I'm disappointed at how many critics seem to have forgotten Ratatouille already.

[madhav]

Heh, yeah. Of course it's alright.

[vibharaj]

HAppy New Year !!!

[madhav]

Thanks, wish you the same.

[serioussam]

If I had to boil my list down to five, I don't think Taare Zameen Par would make it. I love it and all, but all the same, I think there was a Bollywood film made with a more sure hand at direction - Johnny Gaddar. Recommended if you haven't seen yet.

[madhav]

I've seen Johnny Gaddaar and liked it a lot, too. However, I still think I'd prefer the five I've named, at least from an overall cinema-experience point of view.