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Jesse James/No Country/There Will Be Blood?

posted 13 years ago by el-passo
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Which of these three 2007 released movies did you like the best? All three were phenomenal for me, watched The Assassination of Jesse James for the 3rd time in the summer, first time in a few years, and it was the first time I fully appreciated the film. I now rate it as my favourite movie of all time. (The first two viewings were when I was about 15/16). I also watched There Will Be Blood in the summer, the 2nd time I have seen it, and was blown away.

The Assassination of Jesse James
There Will Be Blood
No Country For Old Men

[–] Koranox 12 years ago

Those 3 plus Diving Bell and the Butterfly and Zodiac make 2007 a landmark year. My personal pick would be There Will Be Blood, but they are all great films.

[–] karaladh 12 years ago

1. There Will Be Blood (is a brilliantly told story and a technically pefect movie.)
2. The Assassination of Jesse James
3. No Country for Old Men

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[–] EliHayes 12 years ago

Favorite films of 2007 (in order):

1. There Will Be Blood
2. Gone Baby Gone
3. The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford
4. Before The Devil Knows You're Dead
5. No Country For Old Men
6. Zodiac
7. The Diving Bell And The Butterfly
8. Timecrimes
9. Michael Clayton
10. Paranoid Park

IMO.

[–] FilmArts 12 years ago

I think The Assassination of Jesse James is better than There Will Be Blood and No Country For Old Men. And I really love all three films. I think that Jesse James is one of the best films I've ever seen in my life. Simply unbelievable.

[–] windycitywoman 12 years ago

Jesse James easily. It's been my all-time favorite film since 2007.

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[–] franco_xxl 12 years ago

Speaking of westerns and 2007, wasn't 3:10 to Yuma also a 2007 title?
Not great like subject three films, but a very enjoyable western.

That really was a good year...

I prefer TWBB of the three, as I still rank it as one of the best films ever, and THE best of the last decade.
Jesse James and No Country? I prefer Jesse James over the two, the music, photo, narration and tension is well executed, with great performances by Affleck, Pitt and last but not least, the always superb (and underrated?) Sam Rockwell.

[–] hitmant92 12 years ago

I had the same dealing with There Will Be Blood, saw it teen years, saw it again a few years later and was blown away. I havent seen this Jesse James movie, but now I have to.

Tough for anything to be better than TWBB

[–] pointdexter22 12 years ago

no country for old men blew me away, but I really enjoyed there will be blood as well. AOJBTCRF not so much..

[–] PhoenixPhuck 11 years ago

When I first saw them all in theaters I said:

1. No Country For Old Men
2. There Will Be Blood
3. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

BUT,
upon rewatching all of them...I'd say:

1. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
2. There Will Be Blood
3. No Country For Old Men

I consider them all masterpieces...which is so strange to have 3 in one year.

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[–] baeksu 11 years ago

A whole thread of 7 pages, mostly filled with posts about how great 2007 was for films, and not a single mention of Atonement. Not even in the top 10 lists that some people bothered to come up with.

That's just sad.

What a great year for films. There are three or four films from 2007 that could make a strong case for Best Picture if they'd come out in several other years over the past few decades. Hell I think I could make a case that all of the 2007 nominees would have won in 2006. Come to think of it, maybe we were rewarded with 2007 because of how awful 2006 was across the board.

Anyway, I wanted to put my 2 cents in for Atonement. It certainly should be in more peoples' top 10 lists on this thread along with Jesse James, No Country, There Will Be Blood, Eastern Promises. There were even some interesting and somewhat rewatchable films like 300, Juno, 310 to Yuma, Darjeeling Limited, Gone Baby Gone, etc. Great year.

[–] PhoenixPhuck 11 years ago

I agree it is sad that Atonement is often lost in the shuffle because of how good 2007 was.

Atonement is a great unique movie.

Also Gone Baby Gone, Darjeeling Limited, Juno...so many good ones...but when I think of 2007 I'll admit I'm guilty of always thinking of these big 3:

No Country, There Will Be Blood, and most importantly Jesse James

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[–] franzkabuki 11 years ago

Deakins did not shoot TWBB.

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[–] PhoenixPhuck 11 years ago

Thank you Franz, I don't know why I always thought he did all three...I think some one told me he did and I always believed it.

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