2006 Movie List

Let me start by saying that I think 2006 was a particularly weak year. I don't think there were any movies that I left saying "Holy shit, that's one of the best movies I've ever seen, I can't wait to get the DVD!" Also, I haven't seen the two Client Eastwood war movies yet. Third note, I have the world's worst memory, so there is a good chance I forgot some movies that should be in these lists. Oh well.

TOP TEN MOVIES 2006 (no particular order)

Little Miss Sunshine

United 93
Apocalypto (despite Mel Gibson being an ass)

The Queen

Cache

Thank You for Smoking

Brick

The Science of Sleep

Children of Men
Pan's Labyrinth

RUNNER-UPS
District B13
Rocky Balboa - no, really
Casino Royale
Inside Man
Volver
Borat
Miami Vice
Fast Food Nation - Linklater is so terribly underrated
Clerks II
The Proposition
An Inconvenient Truth
A Scanner Darkly

OVERRATED (NOTE: this doesn't mean I didn't like the movie, just that they aren't as good as the hype).

Babel

Half Nelson - it was good, but settle down please.

Little Children

The Departed - too many ludicrous plot holes otherwise would have been in my top 10.

Dreamgirls - meh.

The Last King of Scotland - edited poorly.

A Prairie Home Companion - not my bag.

Blood Diamond - should have and could have been much better.

The Illusionist / The Prestige - I wanted to like these more than I did, but neither was excellent.

WORST MOVIES 2006

Marie Antoinette - holy shit, like watching paint dry, right up there with Last Days as one of my all time worst movies.

The Fountain - alright already with this being the long awaited follow-up to Requiem.

The Good Shepherd - boring.

Lady in the Water - um, Beavis???

The Da Vinci Code - everything wrong with Hollywood - shit was just bad.

The Sentinel - can someone get Michael Douglas a good script please?

GUILTY PLEASURE

Hostel - sorry, couldn't help myself.