December 27, 2007
List of Lists: Movies
As Bostonist did with books, we've tackled best of/worst of lists for movies. Not only are we including the latest best of/worst of lists, but we dug through each list to find which movies impressed every single critic and which ones were absolutely appalling. Here are links for recent "Best Of" lists:
American Film Institute Top 10
Metacritic
(FYI: The amazing Killer of Sheep was number 2 on Metacritic's list, but Bostonist didn't count it because it was a re-release.)
And who are the ultimate winners out of this list? Well, the superstar that crushed the competition was No Country for Old Men, which has nearly every movie critic weeping with joy. The runners-up for favorites were Michael Clayton and There Will Be Blood.
After that, the field became crowded with other big names. Going to or renting any of the following films would be a safe bet: Atonement, Into the Wild, Juno, Knocked Up, No End in Sight, Once, Sweeney Todd, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, and Zodiac.
For the record, Bostonist thought Knocked Up was wildly overrated and could easily be replaced by Superbad if a critic simply must have anything linked to Judd Apatow on the list. On the other hand, Zodiac left a mark on critics and is a movie released earlier in the year that would be well worth catching again.
If you thought that Ben Affleck's Gone Baby Gone got the cold shoulder, you would be right. However, the Onion AV Club showed the movie a little love and gave it a spot on its lists.
Image of Javier Bardem's heroic haircut from No Country for Old Men. Santa he ain't. Worst-Of lists after the jump! Don't say we didn't take one for the team and watch Brothers Solomon for you.
Here are links to the people who braved the crappiest movies this year, from the big-budget spectacle to the pretentious, low-budget pablum:
Peter Travers at Rolling Stone
The worst movies of the year, bar none, are the chick-flick claptrap Because I Said So, the pricey Even Almighty, the Lindsay-Lohan-on-the-polefest I Know Who Killed Me, Norbit (Uh, Eddie, you used to be funny), and The Number 23. Jim Carrey needs to fire his agent.
And props to Lars and the Real Girl, a tale of love with a blow-up doll that so baffled critics that it earned a slot on one best-of list and one worst-of list.
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