the bestest movies and moments 2007...

I love whenever Rachel and I leave a BAFTA screening and she asks, "what was your favorite part?" She also asks me that after I edit every podcast, by the way.

So rather than give you comments on my favorite movies of 2007, I'm going to tell you what my favorite part was of each. This was a particularly amazing year in cinema, so there were too many to narrow this list down to ten, but I threw in a couple honorable mentions, as well as this year's turkeys.

BEWARE OF THE BLOG PRESENTS
THE BEST MOVIES OF 2007
AND FAVORITE MOMENTS


THERE WILL BE BLOOD
Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day-Lewis) is saved, unwillingly. The look on the actor's face during the baptism is satanic and satirical all in one expression.

ONCE
"Girl" and "Guy" sit at a grand piano in a Dublin music shop to play "Falling Slowly" for the first time. "Girl" joins in flawlessly and even brings a sweet harmony to her part. "Guy" looks over and smiles. He's in love and there's nothing either one can do about it.

NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
Anton Chigurh (Javier Bardem) is chilling in each and every scene, but nothing tops the unanswered question of Carla Jean's demise. Does Chigurh actually kill this angelic Texan wife? Only the Cohen brothers know for sure, but there's nothing more priceless than Bardem checking the soles of his shoes upon exiting Carla Jean's mother's house.

ACROSS THE UNIVERSE
Prudence (T.V. Carpio) has locked herself in a closet sulking over her hopeless love for Sadie (Dana Fuchs). Her friends convince her to "look around" and open up her eyes, leading to one of the film's most visual sequences.

SUNSHINE
Capa (Cillian Murphy) faces the inevitable demise the movie has been inching towards. Hardly a spoiler, but you still hope for some slight escape for our hero.

BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU'RE DEAD
Hank (Ethan Hawke) calls his brother and informs him the plan went wrong. You can feel the tension through the screen until the final credits.

INTO THE WILD
Ron Franz (Hal Holbrook) gets a life lesson from Christopher (Emile Hirsch), who shares his life story through his newly crafted belt.

THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY
A hospital worker switches off a football match while Bauby "shouts" in his own mind not to. The entire film is told from Bauby's polint of view, and most of it is visually his point of view. In this one moment, you share his frustration, defeat, fear, and the ironic pointlessness of his accident.

THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES
Every moment of violence in this film. Realistic, brutal and shocking. More so than any film in recent memory.

CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR
Charlie Wilson meets with the fictional Larry Liddle about his right to build a nativity scene outside his Nacogdoches Township Dairy Queen. In an effort to show he's still a Texas man, Wilson crosses his feet, revealing a pair of cowboy boots under his conservative Washinton suit pants. Larry follows by crossing his legs upon the Represenative's coffee table.

INLAND EMPIRE
Suddenly, and for no apparent reason, a group of girls do "The Locomotion." Pure David Lynch genius.


THIS IS ENGLAND
Shaun (Thomas Turgoose) becomes a true skinhead in style by having his head shaved, only to discover the true skinhead hate may not be the way to go.

HONORABLE MENTIONS

300
Bug
Darjeeling Limited, The
Death Proof
Eastern Promises
Enchanted
Hot Fuzz
Kite Runner, The
Music and Lyrics
Simpsons Movie, The