# Midway through 2007: The Best Films of the Year (so far) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 10, 2007, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/midway-through-2007-the-best-films-of-the-year-so-far/411135 "2007-07-10T00:32:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2007, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/midway-through-2007-the-best-films-of-the-year-so-far/411135/1 "2007-07-10T00:32:26Z")
So, now that we’re at the halfway point, what would be your Top 10? Mine: 1. _Away from Her_ 2. _Black Book_ 3. _Paprika_ 4. _The Lookout_ 5. _Once_ 6. _Zodiac_ 7. _The Host_ 8. _Paris Je T’Aime_ 9. _Knocked Up_ 10. _Amazing Grace_ Worst of the Year: _300_ ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2007, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/midway-through-2007-the-best-films-of-the-year-so-far/411135/2 "2007-07-10T00:42:03Z")
Well, I’ve only seen six movies all year, but here they are in order of preference… 1. Sicko 2. Live Free or Die Hard 3. Transformers 4. Reign Over Me 5. The Number 23 6. Spider-Man 3 If you had told me in January that I would think of Spider-Man 3 as the worst movie I had seen all year, I would said you were crazy. But then here we are. ---
**Author:** ![Soapbox\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Soapbox\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soapbox_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2007, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/midway-through-2007-the-best-films-of-the-year-so-far/411135/3 "2007-07-10T01:53:49Z")
[QUOTE=ArchiveGuy] Worst of the Year: _300_ [/QUOTE] As a representative of The Man Council, we hereby demand that you turn in your testicles. You have two days to comply. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2007, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/midway-through-2007-the-best-films-of-the-year-so-far/411135/4 "2007-07-10T02:13:49Z")
[QUOTE=Soapbox Monkey] As a representative of The Man Council, we hereby demand that you turn in your testicles. You have two days to comply. [/QUOTE] You and your cohorts in the Gay Mafia don’t scare me! ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2007, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/midway-through-2007-the-best-films-of-the-year-so-far/411135/5 "2007-07-10T02:21:08Z")
My favorite from the OP’s list: **The Host**. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2007, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/midway-through-2007-the-best-films-of-the-year-so-far/411135/6 "2007-07-10T02:23:42Z")
The only movies I’ve seen this year, in order of preference: 1. Knocked Up 2. Spider-Man 3 3. 300 4. Smokin’ Aces 5. Music and Lyrics 6. Grindhouse I NEVER would have believed I would enjoy a Hugh Grant/Drew Barrymore romantic comedy more than a Quentin Tarantino/Robert Rodriguez action-horror collaboration, but there you go. Knocked Up blew everything else away, though. As much as I would like to see Pirates 3, Die Hard 4, Transformers, and 28 Weeks Later, my girlfriend has no interest so I’ll probably catch them by myself once they hit the dollar theater. However, I will be there opening night for Superbad, without a doubt. ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2007, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/midway-through-2007-the-best-films-of-the-year-so-far/411135/7 "2007-07-10T02:59:10Z")
Best movies so far: 300 Transformers Live Free or Die Hard Pirates of the Caribbean 3 1408 ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2007, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/midway-through-2007-the-best-films-of-the-year-so-far/411135/8 "2007-07-10T03:14:04Z")
1. The Wind that Shakes the Barley 2. The Lookout 3. Hot Fuzz 4. Ratatouille (the spelling suggestion for this one was bouillabaisse, incidentally) 5. Waitress 6. Knocked Up 7. Once 8. Away From Her 9. Paris Je T’aime 10)Zodiac Worst: Smokin’ Aces