
Awwww snap. It’s time for the first-ever video edition of the Best Picture Expansion Project, where we imagine that the newly reinstated Oscar rule of nominating ten films for Best Picture applied from 1943 to 2008.
I’m rocking it camera style to dip into 2007. Can you handle the video goodness? Can you?!?!
Before we start, here’s the list of films that were released in 2007. And if you want to enjoy the rest of the Project, just go here.
And now, on with the show:






8 responses so far ↓
1 Rommate Joe // Sep 3, 2009 at 9:15 am
So good!
Okay, so of the 5 that got nominated, I keep “No Country” (which deserved its win), “Michael Clayton” (deceptively high degree of difficulty making a legal thriller feel this rich), and “Atonement” (haters can suck it, this movie was a gem). ["Juno" I liked but had too many obvious flaws for Top 10, and "There Will Be Blood" had me and lost me.]
So I would add:
“Once”
“Zodiac”
“Away From Her”
“The Assassination of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford”
“The Darjeeling Limited”
“Sweeney Todd”
“Into the Wild”
2 Deanna // Sep 3, 2009 at 11:33 am
Back to writing with words please!
3 Doug // Sep 3, 2009 at 12:04 pm
Good to (literally) see you, Mark! I would have added:
Away From Her
Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
The Savages
Sweeney Todd
Norbit (I mean, Zodiac)
4 Sheila // Sep 3, 2009 at 12:17 pm
I agree, words, please! For many of us at work (um, I’m taking a break), anything video is blocked.
5 MattPatt // Sep 3, 2009 at 1:18 pm
Yeah, I always feel rather uncomfortable headphoning up and watching videos at work. Not to mention that I can read the equivalent amount of text in a much shorter time. Also, you probably have hearing impaired readers who would appreciate a transcript…
6 Pristine // Sep 5, 2009 at 3:25 am
Eastern Promises would definitely be in my extra 10 too.
The others include:
Les Chansons d’Amour (can we include foreign movies?)
Le scaphandre et le papillon
Darjeeling Limited
And…for being SO FUN, Hairspray
7 Michael // Sep 12, 2009 at 11:14 pm
Was I just in a bad mood this entire year? Open possibility. MAYBE Little Miss Sunshine, MAYBE the Queen. Maybe. (Sweeney Todd? Really? Really?)
8 Ryan // Oct 5, 2009 at 7:46 pm
Ughhhh I haven’t seen Grindhouse yettttt and now I have been spoiled.
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