Since I saw so few of this year's films (six!), I'll start by posting the top ten movies I'm glad I missed in 2006:
1. An Inconvenient Truth
(the prequel to The Day After Tomorrow or "the day before the day after tomorrow")
2. The Da Vinci Code
(too much hype and one really bad hair cut)
3. Snakes on a Plane
(ophidiophobia)
4. Little Man
(someone actually thought this would be a good idea?)
5. All the King's Men /Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector
(southerners behaving badly+bad accents + sean penn)
6. Facing the Giants
(poor writing, poor production, altar call ending - yep its a "christian film")
7. RV
(robin williams is no longer funny)
8. The Shaggy Dog / Zoom / Santa Claus III
(tim allen needs a new agent)
9. Hostel
(sadistic torture as entertainment - not for me)
10. The Ringer / Jackass 2
(johnny knoxville takes lowbrow to new depths)
honorable mention:
Deck the Halls, Basic Instinct 2, The Benchwarmers, Stick It, Poseidon
Now here's my ranking of films I did see this year:
1. Hoodwinked
(first rate animation, hilarious off-kilter humor, and a cool soundtrack!)
2. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
(a fun popcorn flick with a cliffhanger ending)
3. End of the Spear
(a well produced film with a fresh perspective on a story that I've grown up with)
4. Curious George
(fun family fare and gorgeous "old school" animation)
5. Eight Below
(average disney feel good film)
6. Mission: Impossible III
(a better drama than the previous two, but the stunts felt old and tom cruise feels old)
Finally, based on trailers & reviews these are the top ten movies of 2006 that I haven't seen yet:
1. Letters from Iwo Jima / Flags of Our Fathers
(as a world war II junkie, i am ashamed to even admit that i haven't seen these yet)
2. United 93 / World Trade Center
(there's really no good excuse why i haven't seen these either)
3. Cars
(pixar = quality)
4. Sophie Scholl
(a film about the anti-Nazi resistance movement The White Rose)
5. Casino Royale
(i do enjoy a good Bond flick and this one has gotten mostly raves)
6. Over the Hedge
(looks like the best non pixar animated film of the year **UPDATE** we watched this on Christmas Day and really enjoyed it)
7. Wordplay
(this documentary got rave reviews and looks fun + my wife is a bit of a word geek)
8. Lady in the Water
(this film got mixed reviews, but i've liked Shyamalan's other films and my father raved about this one)
9. Marie Antoinette
(historical bio-pic with rock music soundtrack and the French lose in the end - what's not to like about that)
10. X-Men: The Last Stand / Superman Returns
(i loved the first two X-men flicks and have watched a lot of Smallville this year)
Honorable mention: The Pursuit of Happyness, The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, Inside Man, Thank You for Smoking, A Prairie Home Companion, Nacho Libre, Barnyard, Jesus Camp, The Last King of Scotland, Stranger Than Fiction, Fast Food Nation
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2 comments:
Your list of flicks to avoid is pretty much dead right, but I did want to say a word in defense of Al Gore .. I know what's basically a long lecture from him about global warming sounds just deadly, it's actually funny and thoroughly terrifying
I have not seen Lady in the Water, although like you I really enjoy Shymalan films. I have heard mixed reviews, but your dad's endorsements gives me hope.
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