2007 best of the year

what can i say, seen this twice in 1 day, i was stunned, p.t anderson followes up punch drunk love with another masterpiece, daniel day lewis will haunt you after seeing him in this, in every scene i believe, and a superb charactor, lots of scenery to chew on, and this goes on for two and a half hours, scene after scene, hes amazing to watch, the story is great, for a anderson film, there are things you notice, but very different to others, but in a very good way, and amazingly hes grown as a filmmaker. and thats after magnolia, this film looks great, a great setting, the story runs along smoothly, timeline is around 30 years, and, some have commented about last scenes, set in 1927, i think its genius, and watching for second time, makes perfect sence, and again day lewis will haunt you. radioheads johnny greenwood is also revelation here, composing score, superb soundtrack, really capturing feel,

jesse james has just commited his final robbery, and about to split up his gang, while robert ford who has just worked his way into rhe gang, idolises jesse, hes been in admiration of him from a young age, after they split, they stick together, and form a unconfortable friendship, and it soon ends, months later, there friendship is re started as jesse recruits ford yet again, but by this time, theres traitors in the gang who are scattered, and soon, ford will feel pressured to give jesse up, this film is amazing, at just over two and a half hourslong its amazing to find theres really no action, this is a story and acting masterclass, and what little action shoot out there is, its really tence and very very minimul, so anyone expecting another 3 10 to yuma will be very disapointed, but those searching for a well acted well paced and great story, this is it, and a brave move to make a western like this in this day and age, pitt is menaceing, really capturing the legend of jesse, and does more with a laugh or a staire, and will scare you, while casey afleck has finaly been discovered, after 10 years doing things here and there, after good will hunting, this could be his year, if he doesent get best actor oscar nomination, i dont know what to say, hes really good in this, a very sad performance, and really getting into charactor, plus all support are on form, the look is mighty fine too, capturing the cold american climate in winter, and i must say a great voice over here, not throughout, but put in places, which really suit, always at a moment when story needs to move forward, or set up back detail, a great desision, think of voiceover at begining of magnolia, how good was that, so a marvellous film, superb western drama, really capturing the times, this has really got me in a very good mood for p.t andersons there will be blood, if my fav current director can do with that what they did here, its gonna be amazing, , so jesse james, best film of the year

ang lee creating a great foreign language film,
certainly best of last year
japan has taken hong kong during ww2, and a group f young college students, want to stand up for the rights and what they believe in, going so far as to enroll as fighters in a cause, and on a mission to kill a business man who is unfaithful to his country, played by tonyb leung, tang wei is the young women sent to seduce and make him comfortable enough to mqke him lapse his security, so a atemp on his life can be made, slowly but eventuly, she gains his trust but a affair takes place, and could be the events to endanger there mission and her friends lives, very gripping from start to finish, quite sexual in places to, as there passion for each ther grows, the setting in shangai looks really great, this film never gets boreing even if it is mostly 2 people talking, but theres tension to it all, and a pay off that will make you think, one mistake and the consequences that become of that, what a ending and certainly shows someones misjudgement of someone.

an amazing look at childhood, in the uk, in the 80s when thatcher was ruining the country, and the war in the falklands was raging on, this sees a young kid whos dad died, in the war, coping with life, being bullied in school, he befriends a bunch of older teenagers who belong to a neo-nazi gang, here he fits right in, gets a skin head, and has a good time, but when the older, true ring leader of the gang turns up, fresh from jail, things turn up side down, and the gang splits up, superbly played by stephen grahem, the leader, is a pressure cooker waiting to explode and is only a matter of time, a superb, coming of age story, suberbly played all round, taking us to a time, we dont wana go back to, every child in the uk should se this film, parents should let them, its a great lesson to be learned. this is also a great follow up from shane meadows, after dead mans shoes, seek that film out as well, a director to watch.

exellent film, a man, enjoying a piecefull day at his countryside home, spots a naked girl in woods behind house, he investigates, and is atacked by a masked man, he runs, and comes across a lab, and generously a lab tec helps him out, and hides him, but what apears to be a time machine, he comes back out, a few hours before. and so begins a great story and plot devices, just like marty in back to the future 2, has to put right, andalso set up events to guide his other self to carry on timeline, and from there a great adventure, great suprises, and not at all complicated, great scenes again seen from other him, filling in all the mysteries, set up before, this grabbed me from beginning to end, with great central performances, the film never gets stupid, or over top, as even though itstime travel, the situations seem real, a superb, film anda exellent suprise