Most Surprising Film of the Year:

As of 2006, this movie is the most expensive German movie ever made.

Juno

Also, Walk Hard was funnier than i thought'd be.

The Kite Runner was great and I didn't see that coming.

i love 28 weeks later

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1408

I was expecting yet another rushed Stephen King adaptation with an actor whom I really like, but couldn't really imagine in the role. I thought that if Cusack wasn't good the film would fail, since it relies mostly on his shoulders.

To my surprise it was thrilling, intense, scary and one of the years best films. I believe it brought back the horror genre that was slowly being taken over by the "torture-porn" films.

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Knocked up. I was expecting some teen comedy type bs (I think the posters were a bit misleading), but it's real life humor was quite refreshing...

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Completely agree. I had a book already to watch while this movie was playing, (it was my boyfriend that rented it) and ended up enjoying it much more than I would have expected.

On the basis of the disparity between the potential inanity and crassness of the premise and the totally engaging and winning movie that it actually turned out to be, Lars and the Real Girl was such a pleasant, wonderful surprise.

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"Film is a disease. When it infects your bloodstream it takes over as the number one hormone. It bosses the enzymes, directs the pineal gland, plays Iago to your psyche. As with heroin, the antidote to Film is more Film." - Frank Capra

absolutely, never saw a trailer on tv but luckily (and because i have nothing better to do with my time) i had seen the trailer on apple.com I loved it, it was such a hidden gem and i was so shocked and saddened to hear of the director and writer's murder

Now dont hate on me but Harry Potter - best of the series with a director who knows what hes doing resulted in the best fight scenes and the amazing Imelda Staunton.

Simpsons movie - surprisingly rubbish

Blades of glory - thought it would be trashy rubbish but it has become a firm favourite with my flatmates, it gets funnier as time goes on

The Science Of Sleep - if anyone missed this charming lil thang then beat yourself with reeds. It has all the european charm and sweetness of Amelie with the encouraged surrealism of a monty python movie. Gael Garcia Bernal is so endearing you just want to hug him

Freedom writers - a little unbelievable but pretty good, i thought it was gonna be another dangerous minds thing but it came from the kids point of view a lot more so you could understand why their lives were like that which was nice

Fred Claus - i tend to hate them, but as holiday movies go this was a good combination of schmaltz and comedy form vince vaughn who looks like he hasnt slept in a year

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Though I haven't seen too many Tim Burton films recently - i wasn't that hyped up for sweeney todd : but it turned out to be a masterpiece

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No Country For Old Men. I honestly heard or knew nothing about it until about a few weeks ago, when it started getting 5-star reviews everywhere I looked.

What was really surprising is that it really was worth 5 stars.

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Iro's Top 100 Movies v3.0

I'm with you on 1408. I too found it pretty scary and a nice hark back to when horror films were just that rather than, yes torture porn.

The most surprising 'how could they get it so worng' film was The Golden Compass which tossed aside the soul and magic from the books and gave us rather a flat, insipid film.

For me the biggest surprise this year is Alvin and The Chipmunks, when I first saw the trailer I thought "Oh god," but look now, it is getting the lowest reviews, one critic even said this "For adults, it's like being hit over the head with a mallet every 10 seconds for 90 minutes." but yet, this is a box-office monster, open only for about 3 weeks, yet it is already #13 on the the 2007 Yearly Box Offic Results, with only being about 6 mil, under Knocked up.

i've thought about this and having not seen (due to my horrible theater selection) some of the better titles out (no country, juno, there will be blood, etc...) I have three title that i will share
1) rescue dawn... bale is one of our best actors out there and when will this guy grab an oscar
2) Mr. Brooks... i just loved the creativity of this seemingly done to death genre
3) Charlie Wilson's War... Give Hoffman all the awards there are to give out.. what an actor

The above films plus:
She's the man, Atonement (kiera knightley), National Treasure: Book of Secrets, The golden compass...

"300" is a very strong candidate for this one...

Juno

I loved the original is it better than that? It has just come out here

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I'm a dude, and I loved it more, I'll write a review for you when I'm done with Fargo

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