My Top 20 list of movies for 2007. (so far)

This is a personal list that I had
watched over the past 12 months in 2007. There are many more good movies but
since I did not personally watch them, I am not including them in this list. I
would say that it was very difficult to grade the movies in terms of
cinematography, acting and other measures. Each movie has its own merits,
strengths and weaknesses.

Basically, I was impressed and swept off my
feet by the awesome cinematography in the fantasy flicks. I think there is a
child residing in the heart and soul of everyone. The fantasy speaks to the
innermost being. I would like to believe that there is a parallel world where
good reigns and people live happily ever after. I do not think the heresy
affects the faithful. The religious piety would not be shaken in their beliefs
by some hocus pocus from fairy tales. Who in the world would believe in some
mythical legends in fiction? If children are prone to such influence, they are
not mature enough to read, watch or go near the fantasy genre.

Secondly, I have a soft heart for the movies
that promote some traditional values like family unity, intrinsic values,
morality, friendship, and humanity.

The last in the list is a sorry excuse of a
movie. It is there as a place marker to have a standard of comparison to remind
me what a lousy movie is supposed to be.

This is my list of movies. They are the
movies that I have watched. They are not arranged in a specific order of
preference except that those higher up in this list rank higher than the ones at
the bottom. Of course, every reader may beg to differ since there are many
factors and criteria that influence judgment. If you have some time, please
join me in grading this list. Thank you.

List:

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Eragon

The Golden Compass

The Simpsons Movie

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

Spider-Man 3

Shrek the Third

Teenage Mutant Turtles

National Treasure: Book of Secrets

Ghost Rider

Evan Almighty

Enchanted

Alvin and the Chipmunks

National Treasure: Book of Secrets

Bratz

Surf’s Up

Bee Movie

Mr. Bean’s Holiday

Bridge to Terabithia

National Treasure: Book of Secrets

Go and watch this.

This movie is meant to be an inspiration to students of history, archeology, and specific studies. Its good but not excellent. I’m sure “I Am Legend” would be better.

Angelina Jolie’s father, Jon Voight acts as Patrick Gates. That’s another reason to watch this. He appears a bit thick in the head. There is comedy and family entertainment. It is a good package because it includes everyone in general.

Weight, dieting never works,

While some people are battling obesity, or other weight problems, others are saying that life is too short to be worried about dress sizes. That maybe true but image is power and confidence and can make or break a person.

Janet Street-Porter, a UK TV host, offers some common sense advice on diets and such. She said that diest do not work. Right. Chastity Bono was on the US reality show similar to UK’s Celebrity Fit Club and lost 2 stone last year. This year, she has replaced the same 2 stone and  then some more. Look at the previous post for Chastity Bono’s photo and story.

Janet said that life was too short to be a slave to fashion. She advised sticking to staples and you can mix and match. For instance, the dress can be worn with tights for a different look. That’s Janet in the photos.

Source.

Chastity Bono, Cher

Cher, 61, is said to be worried over her
daughter, Chastity’s ballooning weight. Chastity Bono, 37, has been gaining
weight since her previous appearance on a reality TV show about losing weight.
How ironic. Everyone knows that, if you go on a crash diet, you tend to gain
weight after the diet because there was something wrong/missing with the
methods.

Source.

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Another grandchild for Queen Elizabeth II

Prince Edward’s wife, Sophie, the Countess of Wessex, has given birth to a boy, on Dec 17. The baby has yet to be named. Congratulations to them.