The Best of 2007 (I know it's 08' but I couldn't help it)

No Country For Old Men
Try watching this, and not be entertained. The Coen Brothers sure know how to make the screen show some crazy things. Evil personified, Truth inhabited, Greed truthfully shown. No other movie has the shock value of this. Check out the confrontation between Chigurh and the store owner to see what I mean.
The Savages
Phillip Seymour Hoffman, and Laura Linney clash in a simple movie, about a simple situation, with an unusual outcome. I can't help but smile, when watching these two portray the real world, in "real" ways. I've never seen such a realistic portrayel of siblings, or real life occurances then in this movie. It's not "the" best, but it's quite the movie. Three times over.
There Will Be Blood
Anyone ever watch an actor, not act, but "be" something? Daniel Day Lewis twists the definition of acting, and turns it on it's head. All other actors should be ashamed to call themselves the term, if they watch this movie. Daniel Day Lewis inhabits his role, with a blood curdling ferocity that'll shake you to your core. The story ain't bad either.
The Assassination of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford
The most original film to come out last year, by far. Unlike No Country For Old Men, Gone Baby Gone, There Will Be Blood, those movies had some wells of knowledge to extract from. While techincally this film was adapted from a book by Ron Hansen, this film had a style, bite, and grit all it's own. Watch Casey Afflecks frightened, yet realistic dialogue with Brad Pitt in the rocking chair scene, and you'll find the stuff of legend. Brad Pitt, yeah let's face it, is one of the best out there. Fight Club proved it, and this proves it.
Michael Clayton
George Clooney is shockingly one of the best Hollywood has to offer, and here's why. Check out anything he's done, and you'll see his own identity in films like Michael Clayton. This man was meant to stand among titans, in all areas of moviemaking. Good Night and Good Luck, Michael Clayton, Burn After Reading, all of which compliment his areas of expertise, and that's being the best.
Gone Baby Gone
I can't help but love those films with the moral dilemma displayed as it's centerpiece. Dennis Lehane penned the novel, and also wrote, Mystic River. I can't help but watch it, and love every minute of it. There's a deep, dark realism to everything this movie touches, and it infects you with enough dark resemblences of the world around you. Watch it, and it will shake you, because of how real it is.
Sweeeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Johnny Depp lives on a street named, "Weird" and "Odd" in terms of his film choices. From Ed Wood, to Corpse Bride, to Pirates of the Caribbean, to Sweeney Todd. No matter the role, Johnny Depp seems to flesh it out to fit his persona. I was enthralled by this musical masterpiece, and a tragedy mirroring the best of any I've ever seen.
Once
There's a spot in my heart for originality, no matter how raw, or refined it is. This film is a great example of untamed, unwrapped talent. Simplicity is personified, and displays itself in a way that offers a gift of music to one, and a deadbeat for others. I was unabashedly grateful for this movie, a present in it's own right.