Best Movies Of 2006

[kayo]

For sheer acting/directing skills:

Departed

Prestige

Queen Mum's movie

Inside Man (best heist movie in 15 years or more (not including heat))

For sheer Joy to Watch:

Borat

Casino Royale (Bond Begins)

Movies I've not yet seen but look fwd to:

Both Clooney's (Syriana/Good Luck...)

Rocky Balboa

Capote

and Since I saw that irish dude in inside man, I wanna see him in children of Men. Thought he was a huge talent.

(and one or two others)

Movie's I've not seen, and don't care to:

Pretty much everything else.

[Fun2Fun]

Some more:

- Lucky Number Slevin

- X-Men: The Last Stand

- Mission: Impossible III

- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

- American Dreamz

[calibanjr.]

My previous post I just kept to movies I'd seen the cinema here in CM. As to others:

For sheer acting/directing skills:

Departed

Prestige

Queen Mum's movie

Inside Man (best heist movie in 15 years or more (not including heat))

I agree. Really well done, definitely not Spike Lee's usual style and/or subject. Good pacing, acting, script, just about everything.

For sheer Joy to Watch:

Borat

Casino Royale (Bond Begins)

Movies I've not yet seen but look fwd to:

Both Clooney's (Syriana/Good Luck...)

Agree, both were not standard Hollywood fare, thoughtful, deep, to the point of being ponderous. Both important films. I have growing respect for Clooney's choice of films, given the fact that he can probably be in any amount of inane Hollywood mainstream crap he chooses.

Rocky Balboa

Capote

and Since I saw that irish dude in inside man, I wanna see him in children of Men. Thought he was a huge talent.

Think Clive Owen is English, no biggie

(and one or two others)

Movie's I've not seen, and don't care to:

Pretty much everything else.

[prighas]

My wife insists it is the current movie showing: Night at the Museum - Ben Stiller. It is quite hilarious.

[lomatopo]

My ratings on a 1 (not so good) to 5 (good) scale

Running Scared 4/5

Tsotsi (2005?) 5/5

Thank You for Smoking 4/5

V for Vendetta 3/5

Inside Man 2/5

Brick 5/5

The Sentinel 3/5

United 93 5/5

Art School Confidential 4/5

Hoot 2/5

Goal! 4/5

Over the Hedge 4/5

An Inconveninet Truth 4/5

Cars 3/5

A Prarie Home Companion 3/5

The Lake House 2/5

Click 2/5

Superman Returns 3/5

The Devil Wears Prada 4/5

Monster House 2/5

Little Miss Sunshine 4/5

Half Nelson 3/5

The Illusionist 3/5

Invincible 4/5

Hollywoodland 3/5

All the King's Men 2/5

The Last King of Scotland 3/5

Open Season 3/5

The Queen 4/5

The Departed 5/5

Driving Lessons 3/5

The Last Kiss 3/5

The Prestige 4/5

Happy Feet 3/5

Casino Royale 4/5

The Holiday 3/5

Eragon 2/5

Night at the Museum 3/5

Deja Vu 3/5

Kon Fai Bin 3/5

Innocence (Dek Toh) 5/5 (Thai Documentary)

The King and the Clown 3/5

The Banquet (Ye Yan) 4/5

Still to see...especially the two Clint Eastwood films

Flags of Our Fathers

Letters from Iwo Jima

Running with Scissors

Catch a Fire

Death of a President

Babel

Blood Diamond

Volver

Borat

Stranger Than Fiction

Bobby

For Your Consideration

History Boys

The Fountain

Indigènes

Apocalypto

Dreamgirls

Pursuit of Happyness

Rocky Balboa

Charlotte's Web

Arthur and the Invisibles

Children of Men

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

The Curse of the Golden Flower

Best new TV Show: Heroes

[Richb2004v2]

Good film I've seen

United 93

Brokeback Mountain

Hotel Rwanda

Broken Flowers

City of God

40 year Old Virgin

Walk the Line

Ok films I saw this year:

Shop Girl

North Country

The Final Cut

Lord of War

Match Point

Inside Man

The Woodsman

Departed

Films I had to turn off:

Lady in the Lake

Scoop

The Pink Panther

Crank

[lomatopo]

NOMINATIONS BY CATEGORY - 79TH AWARDS

Performance by an actor in a leading role

Leonardo DiCaprio - BLOOD DIAMOND

Ryan Gosling - HALF NELSON

Peter O'Toole - VENUS

Will Smith - THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS

Forest Whitaker - THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND

Performance by an actor in a supporting role

Alan Arkin - LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE

Jackie Earle Haley - LITTLE CHILDREN

Djimon Hounsou - BLOOD DIAMOND

Eddie Murphy - DREAMGIRLS

Mark Wahlberg - THE DEPARTED

Performance by an actress in a leading role

Penélope Cruz - VOLVER

Judi Dench - NOTES ON A SCANDAL

Helen Mirren - THE QUEEN

Meryl Streep - THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA

Kate Winslet - LITTLE CHILDREN

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

Adriana Barraza - BABEL

Cate Blanchett - NOTES ON A SCANDAL

Abigail Breslin - LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE

Jennifer Hudson - DREAMGIRLS

Rinko Kikuchi - BABEL

Best animated feature film of the year

CARS

HAPPY FEET

MONSTER HOUSE

Achievement in art direction

DREAMGIRLS

THE GOOD SHEPHERD

PAN'S LABYRINTH

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST

THE PRESTIGE

Achievement in cinematography

THE BLACK DAHLIA

CHILDREN OF MEN

THE ILLUSIONIST

PAN'S LABYRINTH

THE PRESTIGE

Achievement in costume design

CURSE OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER

THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA

DREAMGIRLS

MARIE ANTOINETTE

THE QUEEN

Achievement in directing

BABEL

THE DEPARTED

LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA

THE QUEEN

UNITED 93

Best documentary feature

DELIVER US FROM EVIL

AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH

IRAQ IN FRAGMENTS

JESUS CAMP

MY COUNTRY, MY COUNTRY

Best documentary short subject

THE BLOOD OF YINGZHOU DISTRICT

RECYCLED LIFE

REHEARSING A DREAM

TWO HANDS

Achievement in film editing

BABEL

BLOOD DIAMOND

CHILDREN OF MEN

THE DEPARTED

UNITED 93

Best foreign language film of the year

AFTER THE WEDDING

DAYS OF GLORY (INDIGÈNES)

THE LIVES OF OTHERS

PAN'S LABYRINTH

WATER

Achievement in makeup

APOCALYPTO

CLICK

PAN'S LABYRINTH

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)

BABEL

THE GOOD GERMAN

NOTES ON A SCANDAL

PAN'S LABYRINTH

THE QUEEN

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)

"I Need to Wake Up" - AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH

"Listen" - DREAMGIRLS

"Love You I Do" - DREAMGIRLS

"Our Town" - CARS

"Patience" - DREAMGIRLS

Best motion picture of the year

BABEL

THE DEPARTED

LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA

LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE

THE QUEEN

Best animated short film

THE DANISH POET

LIFTED

THE LITTLE MATCHGIRL

MAESTRO

NO TIME FOR NUTS

Best live action short film

BINTA AND THE GREAT IDEA (BINTA Y LA GRAN IDEA)

ÉRAMOS POCOS (ONE TOO MANY)

HELMER & SON

THE SAVIOUR

WEST BANK STORY

Achievement in sound editing

APOCALYPTO

BLOOD DIAMOND

FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS

LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST

Achievement in sound mixing

APOCALYPTO

BLOOD DIAMOND

DREAMGIRLS

FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST

Achievement in visual effects

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST

POSEIDON

SUPERMAN RETURNS

Adapted screenplay

BORAT CULTURAL LEARNINGS OF AMERICA FOR MAKE BENEFIT GLORIOUS NATION OF KAZAKHSTAN

CHILDREN OF MEN

THE DEPARTED

LITTLE CHILDREN

NOTES ON A SCANDAL

Original screenplay

BABEL

LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA

LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE

PAN'S LABYRINTH

THE QUEEN

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[NguuMuu]

Haven't seen it mentioned yet....my favorite was A History of Violence....or was that the tail end of 2005?

[midas]

as anyone heard when we are likely to see some of these movies like

NOTES ON A SCANDAL, THE QUEEN etc in the Bangkok moviehouses ?

[ashacat]

The Departed.

Lord of War.

Blood Diamond.

Great films.

[Billfo]

Great films of 2006:

Munich, Syriana, Pan's Labyrinth, The Departed, The Prestige

Bad Films of 2006:

Hostel, Narnia, Click

[Ulysses G.]

Borat was robbed!

[Mid]

bloody funny

[sceadugenga]

I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I had the same problem trying to rate the best rock music of the '90s. There's a couple I haven't seen though so there's still hope.

[tijnebijn]

Pirates of the caribbean I really enjoyed

[libya 115]

My top six movies of the year made on 28 December 2006 in this thread were all nominated for Oscars in 2007, (eighteen nominations in total).

Do I win a prize?

If not see my predictions for 2007 made on 31st December 2007.

predictions 1

predictions 2

[Plus]

I can't believe it - four pages and no one mentioned Snakes on a plane with Samuel L. Jackson?!?

The beauty of this masterpiece is that you don't even need to watch it - just close your eyes and meditate on the name. The movie will reveal itself.

Three Burials of Menguel (sp?) Estrada by Tommy Lee Jones is also quite good.

I've been searching for movies to download lately and I found quite a few interesting items in this thread.

[chris2155]

not a great movie buff, but i would say that

"departed" is close to one of my best movie i have seen in a long time.

well planned out and well scripted and good acting by cap, nickolson, damon, a great movie in my books.

[Jet Gorgon]

II've been searching for movies to download lately and I found quite a few interesting items in this thread.

Maybe you know veoh, free and some new stuff. Quality can be iffy.

[alexth]

Well, that's a tricky one, but in random order, here it goes:

The Good Shepherd

Catch A Fire

The Inside Man

The Departed (?)

Babel (?)

The Pursuit of Happyness

Volver

Blood Diamond

Not such a good year for movies if you ask me...

Edited January 27, 2007 by alexth

[alexth]

Some more just crossed my mind:

The Lake House

The Holiday

Little Children

[Finansjohan]

Really enjoyed "Stranger than fiction", but perhaps that is a movie for 2007?

Otherwise, votes for "Casino Royale" and "The Departed", good solid movie entertainment.

[calibanjr.]

hel_l my new favorite, totally off topic, just got seasons 1 and 2 of "The Wire", my new addiction. Waiting like a junkie for my friend to finish season 3.

Edited January 27, 2007 by calibanjr.

[Plus]

I've finally watched Blood Diamond and I was really disappointed - I couldn't stand Di Caprio's pathetic attempts at foreign accent, sometimes it was there, sometimes wasn't, and no matter what he says, he looks American anyway.

Besides the movie had the cheeseest line of the decade: "It's TIA - This Is AFRICA", and it was delivered at the expat bar, of course. It could only be matched by a newbie response: "This place is gonna explode". I almost puked, literally.

When they arrived at a refugee camp with one million people inside it took Solomon less than 30 seconds to locate his missing wife just by looking over the fence. How credible is that?

I know this is not a movie critics thread, sorry.

I think "Inconvenient Truth" starring Al Gore was brilliant and really drilled the point home. There must be something wrong with his numbers, it's too perfect otherwise.

On the animation front the year was disappointing - lots of average titles recycling old stuff. They need something fresh, something totally knew. CGI animation already looks as stale as those endless Disney movies where you'd never notice you finished one and started another.

[jEFFREYk44]

United 93 is the best movie in my book for this year

It made me cry even i know there are several conspiracy theories of it.

It was a great movie as all actors were basically amatuers and was unscripted and filmed in almost real time, the best was recognizing the things the people did

[ThaiPauly]

My wife insists it is the current movie showing: Night at the Museum - Ben Stiller. It is quite hilarious.

have to agree