Time for the 4th installment of why I love movies, namely the greatest characters that still linger years after coming to the screen:

76) Jim Carrey as ‘Joel Barish’ in ‘Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind’
77) Kate Winslet as ‘Clementine Kruczynski’ in ‘Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind’
78) William Hurt as ‘Richie Cusack’ in ‘A History of Violence’
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2008 promises to be a blockbuster year with a string of fabulous movies that deliver.

I will touch on these favourites of mine (no specific order) in upcoming posts:

Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull
HellBoy 2
Hancock
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Wanted
The Visitor
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Among the myriad of movies that marked 2007, a number of performances stand out as simply unforgettable. Every year has it share of great performances but 2007 has many that will actually mark movie history and are easily among the best movie performances ever, which in the recent past would include Phyllis Seymor Hoffman’s Capote and Jamie Foxx’s Ray.

Marillon Cotillard as Edith Piaf in “La Vie En Rose”: Marion Cotillard literally becomes Edith Piaf and renders a flawless performance that reincarnates the great french singer almost half a century after her death. We see Edith with her diminutive posture, her flaws and vice, her love and passion, her ups and downs, and her emotionally charged fading self. We observe Cotillad merge into a near crippled Piaf with her back hunched and barely able to walk and then marvel at her perfectly synching of Piaf’s performance at the Paris Olympia. We hear every cry of help, see every look of despair, and understand what Edith was going through various parts of her life.

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Here is my take on what made 2007 memorable from the movie point of view. In other words, 5 years from now, this is what I believe I will still remember. This is what made movie history in 2007.

Greatest Villain: Javier Bardem chills to the max in his amazing portrayal of Anton Chigurh in the simply awesome “No Country for Old Men“. Flipping a coin and calling head or tail has a complete new meaning now to say the least. Mr. Bardem is my pick for ‘Best Supporting Actor’ and I will be quite disappointed if he does not nail it.

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Here are my favorite movies of 2007 in no particular order:

American Gangster
No Country for Old Men
Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
The Mist
Atonement
Lust, Caution
Mr. Brooks
I am Legend
Into the Wild
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In preparation for the release of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, I recently organized a Harry Potter week during which I watched the first 4 installments of the Harry Potter series. Having thoroughly enjoyed these, I decided to write a number of Harry Potter themed articles that would offer a tiny glimpse into the amazing fantasy world of JK Rowlings.

Mumble some words, point your wand correctly and voila! That’s all it takes for those Hogwarts to get some great things done. Had we had those spell casting powers, there is no limit to how our life would be better.

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Most favorite movies of 2006 in no particular order:

V for Vendetta
Inside Man
Children of man
Pan’s Labyrinth
The Departed
Apocalypto
Perfume the Story of a Murderer
The Prestige
The Illusionist
Notes on a Scandal
Little Children
The Fountain
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Here are my favorite top 20 movies of 2005:

Crash (Fascinating with Sandra Bullock as never seen before)

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Mr. Depp you rule)

Walk the Line (Amazing Reese rendition of June Carter, Great soundtrack)

Capote (Awesome Phylis Seymour Hoffman becoming Capote)

Stay (Stunning visualry, smart)

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Third installment of my list of favorite movie characters in no particular order.

51) Diane Keaton as ‘Annie Hall’

52) Anthony Perkins as Norman bates in ‘Psycho’

53) Johnny Depp as Captain Sparrow in ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’

54) Al Pacino as Shylock in the ‘Merchant of Venice’

55) Renee Zellweger in ‘Bridget Jones’
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Here are my top favourite movies of 2004:

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Closer

The Incredibles

Kill Bill 2

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Before Sunset

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Another set of the mnost memorable movie chracters, again in no particular order.

26) Peter Sellers as Dr. Strangelove

27) Goldy Hawn as Private Benjamin

28) Johnny Depp as Edward Scissorhands

29) Sissy Spacek as Carrie

30) Linda Blair as the possessed girl in ‘The Exorcist’
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These are my top 10 movies of 2003:

Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Finding Nemo

Pirates of the Caribbean

Mystic River

Kill Bill Vol 1

House of Sand and Fog

Identity

Cold Mountain
21 grams
Big Fish

Some performances are unforgettable and have marked movie history. Some characters were confined to one movie. Others became franchises of their own.

These represent why I love movies and are listed in no particular order. This is a partial list still in the making
1) Peter Sellers as Inspector Clouseau

2) Charlie Chaplin as The Tramp

3) Yul Bryner as King of Siam in The King and I (1956)

4) Smeagel in Lord of the Rings

5) Mike Myers as Austin Powers

6) Sean Connery as the original James Bond

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Here are my favorite top 20 movies of 2002:

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Catch Me If You Can
Chicago
Spirited Away
Adaptation
About Schmidt
Y Tu Mama Tambien
Secretary
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A substitue teacher out on Long Island was dropped from his job for fighting with a student. A few weeks later, he returned to the classroom, shot the student—unsuccessfully—held the class hostage, and then shot himself… Successfully. This fact caught my eye; last sentence, Times: ‘A neighbor described the teacher as a nice boy; always reading Catcher in the Rye. This nitwit Chapman, who shot John Lennon, said he did it because he wanted to draw the attention of the world to Catcher in the Rye; and the reading of this book would be his defense. Young Hinckley—the ‘wiz-kid’ who shot Reagan and his press secretary—said: ‘If you want my defense, all you have to do is read … Catcher in the Rye.’

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