Top twenty-five films of 2007

1) Before The Devil Knows You're Dead - My favorite from this year; I'm serious. Go see this movie.

2) Sunshine - Good, with a lot of very interesting philosophical ideas. I'll stick it in on a rainy day.

3)Rescue Dawn - Can Christian Bale do no wrong?

4) No Country For Old Men though I didn't like it as much as my brother did, I still found it a great film, and - hey! It's that kid from "The Goonies!"

5) Ratatouille - Top marks for this film - only thing that bugged me was the riff on HF in the end credits, which is all in good fun, I guess.

6) Grindhouse - (half of it)

7) 300 - Being stylistic doesn't equal being a good film. While it wasn't 'bad,' it wasn't one of my favorites, to say that much.

8) Beowulf - Was impressed, to a point. People looked like reanimated corpses. Too much cg-guy ass.

9) I Am Legend - Good film; hated the ending though.

10) Live Free Or Die Hard - Oh, this was horrid. You don't make a "Die Hard" film PG-13. Blasphemy.

11) Vacancy - Succeeded in making me jump, which is rare.

12) Disturbia - Why is Shia Lablarbarg still playing high-school kids, man? It works for some twenty year olds, but it's just weird on him. He shot up fast.

13) Pan's Labyrinth - Ah, Pan's Labyrinth.

14) Zodiac - Excellent film.

15)The Simpsons Movie - Well, I know I enjoyed it. I'm still waiting for a live action version, though.

16) Surf's Up - Good little escapist cg film; there's no real reason for them to be penguins, other than aesthetic value. The first ten minutes, though, are great. Especially the whale scene - it's got a tone all it's own that the rest of the film should've kept.

17)1408 - I don't think there's been a Cusack film I haven't liked. Plus, Samuel L. Jackson.

18) ATHF - The randomness of the show really only works in those fifteen minute doses. The movie, while funny, gets kinda...meh after a while.

19) Spider-Man 3 - I have a love/hate thing going on with this film. I love the character moments - MJ and Harry's thing, Peter's whole saga, all that - but it just puts me off for all the 'filler' they threw in there, as well as all the mock sentimental schmuck. Raimi's better than this; come on now. The end of the film - good moment. Sandman telling his wife 'I'm not a bad guy' - stupid.

20) Transformers - It's Michael Bay. I turned my brain off beforehand and enjoyed it the first and second time around, but come the third time I started noticing all the internal logic flaws, and all that.

21) 28 Weeks Later - Not as good as the first one. Mehz. Girlfriend was appropriately shocked though. She hadn't seen the first one, which is oodles better.

22) Black Snake Moan - Surprisingly good - wasn't what I thought it would be. Plus, Samuel L. Jackson.

23) Snakes On A Plane - Absolutely all hype; I mean, it was gonna be a 'b' film, granted; but I just couldn't get into it. Plus, Samuel L. Jackson.

Review - Happy Feet soundtrack

Happy Feet
The Soundtrack








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So, sue me. I bought me the soundtrack. I liked the film (obviously), so I figured 'eh, why not?'
Really, it's surprising, because even though I liked the film as much as I did, there are some sour notes here.

Let's run through:

1. Prince - "Song of the Heart" - Prince's song is much in the vein of 'Starfish and Coffee' and 'Housequake' from 'Sign of the Times,' in that there's a brazzy background to it, and in the way he sings the song. All in all, a nice little ditty. Won an award.

2. Gia - "Hit Me Up" - Really, I suggest watching the music video for this song instead, because the girl's cute. The song itself is poppy, and upbeat. What confused me was, in the video, all these guys were wearing pink leg warmers. It was like gay "Flashdance" in there.

3. Pink - "Tell Me Something Good" - Eh, it's okay. I've never been a big fan of Pink.

4. Brittany Murphy - "Somebody to Love" - Ah, this is a great track. Here, we actually get the entire song, and that Murphy can sing! Woo! Freddie Mercury would be proud.

5. Patti LaBelle; Yolanda Adams - "I Wish" - I liked this a lot in the movie, specifically in the scene it was in, and it works great here too. Awesome.

6. Jamalski - "Jump 'n Move" - This song's a trip. It's a long political rant by a guy who sounds like the Jamaican Urkal about Nancy Reagan feeling horny, about LSD, and just on and on and on. I wish we heard more of it in the film, heheheh.

7. Beach Boys - "Do It Again" - Eh, it's Beach Boys.

8. Jason Mraz and Ms. Hynnde - "The Joker" with "Everything I Own" - One of my favorite tracks on the soundtrack, but whenever I see Mraz in an interview or something, I just wanna punch him in the face. What a douche. Sigh.

9. Robin Williams - "My Way" - Get's good near the end.

10. Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman - "Kiss" and "Heartbreak Hotel" - This sounded much better in the film. It just sounds really artificial here without the lead in, and all the substitute throw out voices where other songs were. Hugh Jackman can sing though, boy can he.

11. Brittany Murphy - "Boogie Wonderland" - Another good track, but this is just a scene in the film you HAVE to see.

12. K.D. Lang - "Golden Slumbers/The End" - This one really gets going about two minutes in, but before that it's kind of blah. Never really dug K.D. Lang, so meh.

13. John Powell - "The Story of Mumble Happyfeet" - Another really good track, especially near the end. It's one of the more inspiring instrumental tracks I've heard in a while.


So, all in all, it's a good sound track with some bugs in it. What're you gonna do? I bought it.