There is a link to this post on the side-bar of the Looking Closer blog. This is the post where I’ll catalog every film I see in 2007. (Click here for the 2006 Viewing Journal, and here for the 2005 journal.)* = indicates first-time viewing.

2007

December

• There Will Be Blood*…..A+
• Lars and the Real Girl*…..A
• Juno (second viewing, DVD screener)*…..A-
• Osamu Tezuka’s Metropolis (DVD) (second viewing)…..A-

November

• Oceans Thirteen* (DVD)…..B-
• Days of Heaven (Criterion DVD)*…..A+
• The Golden Compass*…..C+
• Juno*….B
• 3:10 to Yuma*…..B+
• The Namesake* (DVD)…..B+
• Margot at the Wedding*…..B
• Becket* (DVD)……(still deciding)
• I’m Not There*…..B+
• The Savages*…..A-
• Into the Wild*…..B+
• The Wind that Shakes the Barley* (DVD)…..A-
• Diggers* (DVD)…..B+

October

• Invisibles…..A-
• Unforgiven…..A+
• The Devil Came on Horseback*…..A
• Norma Rae*…..A-
• Bella*…..B+
• No Country for Old Men…..A
• The Lookout* (DVD)…..B+
• Dan in Real Life*…..B+
• Mostly Martha (DVD)*….A-
• Raising Arizona (DVD)…..A+
• The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford*…..A-

September

• Eastern Promises*…..C+
• Offside*…..B+
• This is England*…..A-
• No End in Sight*……A

August

• La Vie en Rose*……A-
• In the Valley of Elah*……B
• The Simpsons Movie*…..B+
• Perfume: The Story of a Murderer* (DVD)…..B+
• The Unbelievable Truth (seen it many times)…..A+
• The Simpsons Movie*…..B+
• The Bourne Ultimatum*…..B

July

• Once*…..A-
• Paprika*…..A
• Sweet Land*…..A-
• Harry Potter and the Oh, Never Mind, I Don’t Care*……C+
• The Prestige (second viewing)…..B+
• Miller’s Crossing (DVD)…..A

June

• Nacho Libre*(DVD)…..B-
• Evening*…..C+
• Away from Her*…..A-
• Ratatouille*…..A

May

• Waitress*…..B+
• Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End*…..C

April

• The Host*…..B+
• Spider-man 3* ….. B
• Steven Wright: When the Leaves Blow Away (DVD)…..B+
• Deep Cover (televised) …..B
• Jindabyne*…..A-
• Blood Diamond* (DVD)…..B-
• The Sacrifice* (DVD)…..A
• Hot Fuzz*……B
• Grindhouse*……C+
• Into Great Silence…..A
• The Departed (DVD)…..A-
• The Science of Sleep (DVD)…..A-

March

• Into Great Silence* (DVD screener)…..A
• Lantana (DVD, fourth viewing)…..A
• Heaven* (DVD)…..B+
• The Departed (DVD, second viewing)…..B+
• The Lives of Others* …..A
• Lady in the Water (DVD, second viewing)….C+
• Nobody’s Fool (DVD)…..A+
• Breach*…..B
• When the Levees Broke* (DVD)….A

February

• My Neighbor Totoro (DVD)…..A
• Zodiac* …..A-
• Children of Men* (third viewing)…..A

January

• Amazing Grace*…..B
• God Grew Tired of Us*…..A-
• Jane Eyre* (Parts 1 and 2, Masterpiece Theater, TV)…..B+
• The Descent*(DVD)…..C+
• Inland Empire* (special screening and Q&A with David Lynch)…..B+
• Beauty and the Beast (La Belle et Le Bette)* (Criterion DVD)…..A
• The Black Dahlia*(DVD)…..B
• Little Miss Sunshine (second viewing, DVD)…..A-
• For Your Consideration*…..B
  Hilarious, as always, with impressive turns by Catherine O’Hara, Harry Shearer, and Parker Posey. About as enjoyable as A Mighty Wind, but not nearly as original or clever as Waiting for Guffman or Best in Show.
• James and the Giant Peach (DVD, third viewing)…..C+
• The Death of Mr. Lazrescu* (DVD)…..A