Favorite movies of 2007 (so far)

With a record-setting summer at the box office coming to an end, I thought it might be interesting to look at my favorite movies so far. Of course, the way the game is played in Hollywood is as follows:

May 1 - September 1 is summer - time for $100+ million budgeted movies, sequels, and lots of stuff blowing up. There's not much creativity and that was especially proven this year with all the 3quels: Spiderman 3, Shrek 3, Rush Hour 3, etc etc.

Then, in September, the serious movies start. These are the movies that will fight it out for Oscar glory.

Of course, that does not mean that there are no good movies released at other times of the year. Here's my top 10 (so far). I expect only 3 of these will make my top ten of the year list, given the abundance of great directors and actors lined up in the coming months.

1. Once - I cannot say enough about how great this movie is: read what I've posted previously here

2. The Bourne Ultimatum - an extremely satisfying end to the Bourne trilogy, the finest action films of the last several years. Bourne would kick Bond's ass.

3. Superbad - an uproarious day and night in the lives of three geeks trying to score some alcohol for a party

4. Knocked Up - more ridiculousness from the guys of Superbad

5. Hot Fuzz - from the same team that brought out Shaun of the Dead, this is another genre-bending take, this time focusing on the buddy cop formula rather than zombies

6. The Lives of Others - an atmospheric period thriller that sheds light on the East German

7. Waitress - wonderful movie where Keri Russel shines

8. Zodiac - a thrilling true crime movie set in 70's San Francisco

9. Breach - another true crime movie centered on an FBI double-agent

10. Transformers - actually pretty engaging, especially for a popcorn movie starring autobots