2007 Movie Haiku Index

Here's my handy index to all the films (173 - count 'em!) that I saw on the big screen in 2007 - apart from Hatchet, Saw III and Them which I first reviewed last year - alongside my star rating for each film. Click on the individual film title to read my movie haiku.

• All The Boys Love Mandy Lane (****)
• Alpha Dog (***)
• American Gangster (****)
• Apocalypto (**)
• Arthur And The Invisibles (***)
• Atonement (****)
• The Babysitters (****)
• Beowulf (***)
• Black Sheep (***)
• Black Water (**)
• Blades Of Glory (***)
• Blood Brothers (***)
• Blood Diamond (**)
• Blood Trails (*)
• Bobby (***)
• Botched (***)
• The Bourne Ultimatum (***)
• The Brave One (****)
• Captivity (**)
• Chrysalis (**)
• Cleaner (***)
• Cold Prey (***)
• Control (****)
• Curse Of The Golden Flower (****)
• Dai-Nipponjin (****)
• The Darjeeling Limited (****)
• Day Watch (****)
• Death Proof (****)
• Death Sentence (**)
• The Devil Dared Me To (****)
• The Devil's Chair (**)
• Diary Of The Dead (****)
• Die Hard 4.0 (***)
• Disturbia (****)
• Eagle vs Shark (*****)
• Eastern Promises (****)
• El Topo (***)
• Electroma (***)
• Elizabeth: The Golden Age (***)
• Employee Of The Month (***)
• Evan Almighty (**)
• Exodus (*)
• Factory Girl (***)
• Fantastic Four: Rise Of The Silver Surfer (*)
• Flash Point (***)
• Forever Never Anywhere (**)
• The Fountain (**)
• 1408 (***)
• Fracture (***)
• Freedom Writers (***)
• Frontiere(s) (*****)
• Ghost Rider (***)
• Ghosts (***)
• The Girl Next Door (***)
• The Golden Compass (***)
• Good Luck Chuck (***)
• Hallam Foe (****)
• Halloween (***)
• Hannibal Rising (**)
• Hard Boiled (*****)
• Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix (**)
• Help Me Eros (***)
• The Hills Have Eyes 2 (***)
• The Hitcher (***)
• Hitman (**)
• The Hoax (***)
• Hostel Part II (***)
• Hot Fuzz (****)
• Hot Rod (****)
• I Am Legend (***)
• I Want Candy (**)
• The Illusionist (***)
• Inland Empire (**)
• Inside (A l'interieur) (*****)
• The Invasion (*)
• Joshua (**)
• King Of The Hill (***)
• The Kingdom (***)
• Km 31 (*)
• Knocked Up (****)
• Lars And The Real Girl (****)
• The Last Boy Scout (****)
• The Last King Of Scotland (****)
• Lions For Lambs (**)
• The Lives Of Others (****)
• Lust, Caution (**)
• Mad Detective (***)
• Magicians (**)
• The Messengers (***)
• Michael Clayton (***)
• Motel Hell (***)
• Mother Of Tears (***)
• Mr Brooks (***)
• My Best Friend (**)
• Next (**)
• Night At The Museum (***)
• No Country For Old Men (****)
• Notes On A Scandal (***)
• The Number 23 (**)
• Ocean's 13 (***)
• The Orphanage (*****)
• Outlaw (*)
• Paprika (****)
• Paradise Lost (Turistas) (****)
• The Passage (***)
• Perfume: The Story Of A Murderer (****)
• Pirates Of The Carribbean: At World's End (**)
• Planet Terror (****)
• Ploy (***)
• Point Break (****)
• Postal (***)
• Premonition (*)
• The Reaping (**)
• [Rec] (*****)
• Reclaim Your Brain (*)
• Rendition (***)
• Resident Evil: Extinction (**)
• The Return (*)
• Rocky Balboa (***)
• Run, Fat Boy, Run (***)
• Run Lola Run (****)
• Rush Hour 3 (**)
• S&Man (***)
• Savage Streets (***)
• Saw IV (**)
• The Science Of Sleep (****)
• Seed (***)
• The Serpent (****)
• Shoot 'Em Up (***)
• Shooter (***)
• Shrooms (**)
• Shutter (****)
• The Signal (****)
• The Simpsons Movie (***)
• Skinwalkers (*)
• Smokin' Aces (**)
• Snuff Movie (*)
• Son Of Rambow (****)
• Southland Tales (**)
• Spider-Man 3 (***)
• Spiral (***)
• St. Trinians (***)
• Stardust (***)
• Storm Warning (***)
• Stuck (***)
• Sukiyaki Western Django (**)
• Sunshine (*****)
• Superbad (**)
• The Sword Bearer (**)
• Teeth (****)
• Tell No One (****)
• 30 Days Of Night (****)
• This Is England (****)
• 300 (***)
• Transformers (***)
• The Tripper (**)
• 28 Weeks Later (****)
• Vacancy (***)
• Waitress (***)
• Walk All Over Me (***)
• The Walker (**)
• War (***)
• WΔZ (****)
• We Own The Night (***)
• Wedding Daze (***)
• White Noise: The Light (**)
• Wild Hogs (**)
• Wrong Turn 2 (****)
• Zodiac (***)
• The Zombie Diaries (***)

I actually saw a total of 181 films at the cinema this year, easily beating 2006's total of 140; the eight films that I saw more than once were Day Watch, Diary Of The Dead, Frontiere(s), Hot Fuzz, Paradise Lost (Turistas) and Sunshine (all twice) and Inside (A l'interieur) (three times).

Of the films listed, thirty-four of them were foreign language films, nineteen of them were sequels and five of them were remakes. Only seven films attained the coveted five star rating, although in hindsight Frontiere(s) should probably have been awarded one less star, and of course Hard Boiled is a nineties classic. Looking back over the list I don't think I've been too harsh on any one film, but there are certainly others which have benefited from some overly generous ratings - notably Botched and The Messengers which should have received two stars each, and Captivity, Evan Almighty, The Fountain (sorry!), Hannibal Rising and Rush Hour 3 which in hindsight were stone-cold one star stinkers. I walked out of four films this year; Km 31 and Skinwalkers at FrightFest and Exodus and Reclaim Your Brain at TIFF, but I came very close to giving up with Blood Trails, Joshua and Sukiyaki Western Django. I thankfully managed to avoid seeing anything completely pissed out of my head this year, but I'm sure I dozed off during more than a couple of films...