The AFI Announces Their Top 10 of 2007

A decent variety, but hardly worth caring about

By: Brad Brevet
Published: Sunday, December 16th 2007 at 1:16 PM

I know you all are just chomping at the bit to hear what my top ten of 2007 is (yeah right), but you are going to have to wait because I am finally seeing There Will be Blood and Charlie Wilson's War next week (and probably Sweeney Todd again since the sound was shit the first time I saw it) and can finally make my assessment. However, the American Film Institute (AFI) has announced their ten favorite and besides Knocked Up finally getting a little love there really are no surprises here.

• Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
• The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
• Into the Wild
• Juno
• Knocked Up
• Michael Clayton
• No Country for Old Men
• Ratatouille
• The Savages
• There Will be Blood

Other than that, the Chicago critics also let there opinon be known and their list goes like this:

BEST PICTURE
No Country for Old Men

BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Sicko

BEST DIRECTOR
Joel & Ethan Coen – No Country for Old Men

BEST ACTOR
Daniel Day-Lewis – There Will Be Blood

BEST ACTRESS
Ellen Page – Juno

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Javier Bardem – No Country for Old Men

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett – I’m Not There

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Diablo Cody – Juno

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Joel & Ethan Coen – No Country for Old Men

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford – Roger Deakins

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Once – Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Ratatouille

PROMISING PERFORMER
Michael Cera – Juno / Superbad

PROMISING DIRECTOR
Ben Affleck – Gone Baby Gone