Inspired by BEM's list of 2007 "Bests," here's my own.
FILMS:
Best Ghost Therapy/Melodrama Gothic Horror: The Messengers (runner up: The Abandoned); Worst: The Invisible; 1408
Best Uncanny Horror: Dead Silence
Best Zombie/Gross-out Horror: Planet Terror
Best Slasher/Torture: Halloween (Runner-up: Hostel II)
Best Creature-Feature: The Host
Best Psychological Horror: Bug (Runner-up: Zodiac)
Best Comedy: Ratatouille (Runner-up: Hot Fuzz; Simpsons Movie); Worst: I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
Best Action: Rescue Dawn (Runners up: Death Proof (2nd half); Bourne Ultimatum); Worst: Live Free or Die Hard
Best Action Drama (i.e could have western/noir elements): No Country For Old Men (close runner up: Eastern Promises)
Best Tragicomedy: The Savages (runners up: Sherry Baby; The Interview)
Most Disappointing: Hannibal Rising (corny); Balls of Fury (slow) ; 28 Weeks Later (ghost therapy)
Had Its Moments: Reno 911, Superbad, Knocked Up; The Lookout; Sicko
Missed: I Know Who Killed Me; The Darjeeling Limited; 30 Days of Night; American Gangster, There Will Be Blood; I'm Not There; Atonement; Juno; Walk Hard; Black Snake Moan; Waitress; Tell No One; 30 Days of Night; La Vie En Rose; You Kill Me; The Invasion; Hatchet; I am Legend; The Brave One; Resident Evil: Extinction; We Own The Night; Sweeney Todd; Fay Wray
TELEVISION:
Best Action/Urban Commentary: The Wire; The Shield
Best Drama: Tie between The Sopranos and Deadwood
Best Melodrama: The L Word
Best Crime/Mystery/Noir: Damages
Best Slapstick Comedy: Rock of Love
Best Satirical Comedy: The Office; runners up: 30 Rock and The Colbert Report
Best Body Horror Melodrama: Nip/Tuck; runner-up: Dexter
Best Political Commentary: Daily Show; runner-up: Real-Time with Bill Maher
Most Disturbing Unintentional Commentary on Our Society: Kid Nation; Flip That House
Best Shot: Planet Earth
Had Its Moments: Battlestar Galactica; Friday Night Lights; Heroes
Most Disappointing: The Riches; Bionic Woman; Gilmore Girls; John from Cincinnati; Veronica Mars; Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia
MUSIC:
Best Albums: Rob Lockart's "Parallel Lives," Type O Negative's "Dead Again" and Neko Case's "Live from Austin, TX"
Best Reunion: The Police
Most Disappointing: Tenacious D; Britney Spears
Everybody Loves, But I Can't Stand: Amy Winehouse
Has Its Moments: Tori Amos' American Doll Posse; The Lost Tracks of Danzig; Smashing Pumpkins' "Zeitgeist"
I WIll Miss: MIchael Brecker; Max Roach: Oscar Peterson
Pop Songs I Can't Get Out of My Head: "Umbrella" (Rihanna); "Big Girls Don't Cry" (Fergie)
New Genre I'm Exploring: Operatic Death Metal (Epica; Kamelot)
I've Missed: St. Vincent, the new Radiohead, the new Rasputina, etc.
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5 comments:
"I Know Who Killed Me" is really a film you're bummed that you missed? Really?
Can you explain what "Dead Silence" was about? I just remember seeing weird dolls or something in the TV ads and not understanding WTF was up.
Did you catch season 2 of Dexter, or was that based one season 1? Because season 2 was pretty fucking good.
I think "I Know" will be one of the greatest Awesomely Bad films to see, kinda like Showgirls.
Dead Silence is overall not very good, but the uncanniness in it is phenomenal. I don't want to give too much away, but there are only a handful of alive doll movies and in this one the twist (what animates it) is decent. It's just creepy to be running around in an abandoned theater and then see one of those sitting in a rocking chair. Think Poltergeist's clown.
Netflix didn't really have season 2 of Dexter!!! They were promoting it for "free" and then took it off.
Oh my god, should I be paying attention to the Bourne films? I think I saw the first one, but there are...three, right? You ranked it side by side with Death Proof, which must mean that it kicks ass. Is Franka in it?
Yes, Aesnath, the Bourne films rock. And yes, I have all three on DVD. Let me know...
They're very fast paced and clever, in line with the new Bond film's opening chase scene, which was insane. I love when Julia Stiles pops up, too.
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