2007 Movies in Ten Words or Less
Abigail and I do the legwork so your Blockbuster queue can stay full and your pizza delivery service can stay happy. You're welcome.
January
Arthur and the Invisibles
HH: Double meh.
Freedom Writers
HH: McDreamy is better with Amy Adams than Hilary Swank.
Miss Potter
AS: Knew my mom would like it too.
HH: Rene Zelweger, you deserve to be British. I love you.
Stomp the Yard
HH: Watch Bring it On instead. (Brr. It's cold in here.)
Catch and Release
HH: Caught the same disease as Elizabethtown. Bleh.
February
Because I Said So
AS: Keaton and Moore reprise all previous roles. But Rev. Camden!
HH: Why does the big screen waste Lauren Graham's talent so?
Music and Lyrics
AS: I forgot all about it until someone hummed the song.
HH: One wee slice above the average rom com.
Gray Matters
HH: Without Molly Shannon, this movie would bite hard.
March
Wild Hogs
HH: City Slickers on motorcycles, without that cute cow, Norman.
The Last Mimzy
HH: One of the one-too-many fantasy movies this year.
Blades of Glory
AS: Saw it for Fischer, Arnett, Pohler. Love them. Always.
HH: Not as many quotables as you'd hope from Will Ferrell.
Meet the Robinsons
HH: Disney really did re-win my heart this year.
April
Disturbia
AS: I even watched the Director's Commentary. Good times.
Hot Fuzz
AS: Ha! Great even though I wasn't the target audience.
May
The Waitress
AS: Blah blah blah pies.
HH: Fox Searchlight, you grope in the dark, poorly.
Lucky You
HH: Not really.
Spider-Man 3
HH: Phoned it in, the lot of them.
Georgia Rule
AS: Really did blow me away.
HH: Lohan, get your shit together. You could be so good.
Once
AS: Too much music, but at least the music was good.
HH: Engaging, endearing and Irish. Awesome!
Shrek the Third
HH: Should have stopped at two. (Like Pirates and Spider-Man.)
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
AS: I can admit that I loved this movie.
HH: Still not ready to talk about it.
June
Gracie
HH: Girls can play sports. Surprise!
Knocked Up
AS: Rudd and Mann need a spin off: Best Movie 2!
HH: Made me forgive Katherine Heigl for stealing Sandra Oh's Emmy.
Ocean's Thirteen
AS: Bad guys turn good turn gooder.
HH: I love these movies. I want to rob a casino.
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
HH: Better than the first, but still? Yawn.
Live Free or Die Hard
AS: John McClane had plans.
Ratatouille
AS: Grandmother dubbed it "far-fetched." Awesome!
HH: I LOVE RATS.
Evening
HH: The best thing about this movie was the poster.
July
Transformers
AS:Fell asleep, but the girl was hot.
HH: Schilbot, that girl was trashy.
License to Wed
AS: Painful jokes. Krasinski is so hot though.
HH: Robin Williams, I loved you in Aladdin. Do that again.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
AS: Favorite Potter movie. Ron Weasley stole the show. Finally.
HH: Michael Goldenberg, thank you for giving Ron his balls back.
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
AS: Way less dumb than I expected.
HH: Adam Sandler, remember when you used to be funny?
No Reservations
AS: Aaron Eckhart is my boyfriend.
HH: Abigail Breslin and Catherine Zeta-Jones made me feel syrupy.
The Simpsons Movie
HH: I've never really understood the appeal of The Simpsons.
Hairspray
HH: Loved it. Sang along. Bought the soundtrack.
August
The Bourne Ultimatum
AS: Ultimate action trilogy. Get it? Ultimatum.. Ultimate!
HH: Could Abs choose between Bourne and Bond? I think not.
Hot Rod
AS: Saw it on an airplane. Still regret.
Becoming Jane
HH: Anne Hathaway, remember how scary you were in Brokeback Mountain?
The Nanny Diaries
HH: The Devil Wears Prada: Babysitter's Club Style.
September
Feast of Love
AS: Feast means more than 10 words.
October
August Rush
HH: The trailer to this movie was really good.
November
Bee Movie
HH: Watch Seinfeld on DVD instead.
Enchanted
AS: Disney is still best at everything.
HH: Disney for the win in 2007!
This Christmas
HH: Had one hell of a comeuppance scene. Merry Christmas!
December
The Golden Compass
HH: Good, but not great. LOTR spoiled us.
Atonement
AS: Maybe McAvoy will kiss me after he wins the prizes.
(HH: WHY DON'T LIMITED RELEASE MOVIES COME TO ME!)
Charlie Wilson's War
HH: Ah, Aaron Sorkin, I missed you.
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
HH: I love these movies, okay? Get off my back.
The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep
HH: Worth it just for the Scottish scenery. (And New Zealand.)
Best Movie of the Year
AS: I CAN'T PICK FAVORITES WHY DO YOU DO THIS TO ME!
HH: Ratatouille. (Duh.) Then: Meet the Robinsons. Then: Enchanted. Good work, Mickey.
Comments
you see many more movies than i see.
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That's because you spend your day saving the earth, and I spend my day reading Rotten Tomatoes.
Posted by: kat! | January 3, 2008 10:46 AM
For more McAvoy (that you may well otherwise miss), try "Starter for 10"
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0477095/
Great 80's soundtrack, a basic John Hughes plot, British accents. How can you go wrong.
geo
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You're right, Geo. How can that be wrong?
Posted by: geo | January 3, 2008 11:11 AM
Hey, I already read this!
Hee.
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It's magic. I can tell.
Posted by: Jennie! | January 3, 2008 11:12 AM
I'm impressed that you could do that. But then you lost me at not getting the appeal of the Simpsons. They are just ingrained so hard into my life.
But then again, that may be why I never liked Seinfeld or Friends. By the time they got to be such an part of pop culture, I already missed out on it and felt left out.
Spider Pig, he won his way into my heart. So did Ron Weasley.
Posted by: Noelle | January 3, 2008 12:28 PM
Meet the Robinsons is SO best!! Even my stoic husband got all smushy. He insisted on buying it.
Posted by: shari | January 3, 2008 02:26 PM
so are you saying that i shouldn't go see atonement? i was kind of looking forward to it. :(
Posted by: broke bertha | January 3, 2008 08:42 PM
it's because i spend my day drinking. let's not be coy about it.
Posted by: kat! | January 3, 2008 11:10 PM
broke bertha, if atonement is showing in your area SEE IT.
Posted by: Abigail | January 4, 2008 01:20 AM