Best & worst movies of 2007

BEST MOVIES OF 2007

About 700 movies were released in 2007 in the US alone. I saw some, you saw some, none of us saw them all, at least I hope none of you saw them all. Here is my take on the best & worst movies of 2007.

KNOCKED UP




This was the year of Judd Apatow, Seth Rogen & Jonah Hill. They have single handedly saved movie comedy! & thus earn the top 2 spots on my list.
Brilliant script & even more brilliant delivery by Rogen. Insightful writing. And did I say funny as hell!

SUPERBAD




Dirty, naughty, true to life! Superbad was teen sex comedy at its best. I laughed so hard I hurt myself. Written by Seth Rogen when in high school.

THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM

Great triquel to an awesome franchise! Matt Damon was brilliant. The Waterloo scene was masterful movie making. As was the rest of the movie. Riveting action.

No Country for Old Men






Masterpiece of a movie.I read the book after, The Coen brothers did it justice.

300



Someone dubbed this the greatest movie ever made for men! I have it from a good source that you women enjoyed it immensely.

THE LIVES OF OTHERS

Nominated for an Oscar for best foreign-language film, and winner of more than two dozen awards internationally.
Watching it I was tinged with great sadness, the lead actor Ulrich Muhe died shortly after the release of the movie. The parallels between his own life and those of who he plays in the movie are overwhelming and poignant.He was an actor in east Germany & was betrayed by his first wife. A truly beautiful movie. I highly recommend it.

TRANSFORMERS

Didn't bother to see this in the theater due to all the bad reviews it received. When I finally saw it, I was pleasantly surprised. I found it highly entertaining, in the true Spielberg high budget fashion. The cast members also comprise some refreshingly new faces.

American Gangster




Russel Crowe was brilliant, Denzel as usual amazing! I saw the unrated version. Almost 3 hours long, but 3 hours of absolutely great work!

Worst Movies

MUSIC & LYRICS

I am a an of Hugh Grant's combination of arrogance and modesty. But even his charm could not rescue this pathetic half baked excuse for a film! It joins the ranks with all time romantic blowouts like forces of nature!


Epic Movie

With jokes that wouldn’t even have been funny when they were still relevant, A painfully stupid production. Couldn't sit through it. Don't bother with this if you value your time!

Delta Farce

Half of those blue collar comedy guys try to do a film. A piece of advice. Stick to stand up comedy! Mainly Larry the cable guy saying really stupid things all the way through! I have a hard enough time watching him on his comedy tours, but this, pure cinematography rubbish!

Hostel 2

Boring attempt at a horror flick. Poor acting. Tries to overcompensate by being shocking i.e the kid getting randomly shot.


I NOW PRONOUNCE YOU CHUCK & LARRY

Dont get me wrong. I'm a Sandler fan! & Jessica Biel -- I'll watch anything with her in it. But this movie was a hypocritical attempt at a Gay friendly movie. Think about it. It has annoying gay humor for most of the duration & then at the end tries to mask itself as a movie begging for Gay tolerance. Sandler needs to have someone check over his scripts for him.

EVAN ALMIGHTY

A disappointment to say the least. I expected more from the sequel of Bruce almighty, especially with Steve Carell

I KNOW WHO KILLED ME

So this might not be on this list if it was rated R. A film about a stripper without any topless scenes. But no story line & overall poor movie making help make this onto my list. I think Lindsey Lohan has potential to be a wonderful actor, if she can focus on umm acting.

No love on THE ROCK OF LOVE?

I did a trip to Coors Amphitheatre today.

It was for Shotgun Willies for the Poisen concert .My gig was to drive dancers from the club to the show where they got to hang out backstage with Brett Michaels. Guess he didn't quite find Love on ' Rock of Love'

They have 1 great song, Every Rose has its thorn & they must have played it 3 times during the show.

I dont think Bret Michaels has written a new song in 10 years. correct me if I'm wrong. I was watching his show a couple weeks ago & he makes a big deal about writing a song for one of the girls, the one with the Pink hair the only hot girl on the show! .... so I'm sitting on my couch waiting for this new song-- He starts playing. --- Im like Now way! --Dude thats the same damn melody to Every rose, just with different poorly written lyrics.

Anyway, Getting Shotguns business was like sweet payback for all the $ 8 drinks I've bought in that place over the years. And God knows they've been a lot!

You're not Dave Chappelle!

I drove a group last week, where one of the guys calls everyone in his phone book telling them... " Yo Doggg, I'm rolling in the limo, Yo, dogg, I be pimpin "Then he hung up & did it all over again. After the 5th phone call I put the privacy divider up.


So I've added two new clause under the terms & conditions of rental.
Clause # 1:

No one in the vehicle is allowed to say ' Big Pimpin' at anytime while in the vehicle!

Clause #2

Unless you are Dave Chappelle. Do not yell out the window " I'm Rick James Bitch" or "I'm Rich Bitch" Or any variation of Chappelle's Parody! It's funny when Dave Chappelle says it- NOT YOU!

Glad I got that out of the way!

I'm also thinking of instituting a dress code. The ladies that rent the Stretch are always dolled up. Some of the guys need some fashion tips though-- You are paying in excess of $ 100 p/hour, You have a personal chauffeur for the evening, You are being driven in style to some of the hottest night spots in Denver...Wear some decent clothes! And wear another pair of shoes besides your gore-tex hiking boots.

Red Rocks.

It was a busy week. 2 trips to Red Rocks, 1 trip to Coors Amphitheater and 2 bachelorette parties. Red Rocks being my favorite venue, not only because it is the most stunning natural Amphitheater in the world, but as a courtesy to Limousine drivers the Venue allows us into the Amphitheater so I got to see a lot of shows there this summer. I've been up there about a dozen times.

So far at Red Rocks this year I've seen John Mayer,
Lifehouse & Goo Goo dolls. We had front row tickets reserved seats for that which was great. I really think RedRocks should rethink the 1st 20 rows being GA. This was one of the few show which had reserved seating in the front & it made sense. For once the front 10 rows were not overcrowded with sweaty people.
So we ended up standing at the rail by the stage, actually jammed up onto the rail as they are videoing the show in the isle behind us so if we took one step back we would get hit by that rig on wheels that has the camera on it. Can't complain though. Great place to watch the show.

Also saw Tiesto & BT. The Fray. 311 & Matisyahu, Gary Allen & Dierks Bentley, The Killers, The String Cheese Incident. That was a sight to behold! I've never seen so many hippies in one place at one time! And they came from everywhere, like aliens to the Mothership. Apparently this was their last live performance, & these hippies weren't about to miss out. They sold out 4 days in a row.

It's been a good summer!

The limo driver

Those are my Friends Chad & Natalie.

I life in Denver. I am a limousine driver. This is my Blog.

I get to see some wild & hilarious stuff & I'll tell you about some if it here. I do want to protect the privacy of my passengers, and will do my best to do so! But some things just have to be told.

Like the time Alanis Morissette's chihuahua humped my leg, while I was driving the Turtle top Van -Those vans are great by the way, I'd choose a turtle top any day over a limousine.

Or the bachelorette party where all the girls decided it would be a good idea to take off their bras & throw them out the window on Larimar street. And then decided an hour later that they would like them back. Needless to say, we found none of them.

Or the day I took Diane Richie shopping -- Lionel Richie's ex wife. I have never seen anyone buy so much stuff in a single shopping outing! It was ridiculous... there must have been at least 50 shopping bags & I had to carry them!
No surprise her alimony demands include a $ 20 000 a month stipend for clothes & shoes! She was the high maintenance hollywood wife, while Lionel Richie was the perfect gentleman! Signing autographs for crazed fans who lay staked out in the parking garage of the convention center, thrusting their pens & whatever they wanted signed through the window of the Navigator.

I also fell in love with Sarah McLachlan .... all it took was a smile & a handshake. What an absolutley stunning lady, & one of the nicest people I've had in my car.

Then there are the renowned scumbags. Heading up that list has got to be Mr Creepy VP He was a VP of a big name cable company & spent the better part of the night trying to convince an employee to have sex with him in exchange for a $ 75K job. It was an actual negotiation! Needless to say, I got a fat tip to encourage me to keep my mouth shut.
The lady told him she'd consider it if she had a job offer in writing on her desk in the morning. When he realized he wasn't getting anyway, he starts trying to convince her to " do " the limo driver, I'm like, Dude! Keep me the hell out whatever the hell you are trying to do! His bill was about $ 990.00 for the night! Yup- thats where the money from your $ 100 cable bill goes. I saw him the next year at the same convention, I was not his driver, our paths crossed & I could not get the big fat grin off of my face. He avoided me for the rest of the evening.

Come to think of it I've gotten quite a few generous tips over the years --to keep my mouth shut about what I heard or saw.

Its weird, the things people will talk about or do in the presence of their chauffeur & I have only once been asked to sign a confidentiality agreement.

Well. Thats your introduction. Come back every couple days & will try to make this interesting reading.