Over on SilentBobSpeaks.com, Kevin Smith has made a list of his top 10 movies of 2006. The list is okay, but the real reason I bring this up is that he made a list of movies that came out in 2006. While not all inclusive, it is still a lengthy list and I wanted to repost it here and go through and see how many of the flicks I saw and my thoughts on them.
Here’s the list:
BLOODRAYNE
GRANDMA’S BOY - Pretty funny movie, got less play than it should have.
HOSTEL
GLORY ROAD
LAST HOLIDAY
TRISTAN & ISOLDE
UNDERWORLD: EVOLUTION
ANNAPOLIS
BIG MOMMA’S HOUSE 2
IMAGINE YOU & ME
NANNY MCPHEE
TRISTRAM SHANDY: A COCK AND BULL STORY
A GOOD WOMAN
MANDERLAY
SOMETHING NEW
WHEN A STRANGER CALLS
CURIOUS GEORGE
FINAL DESTINATION 3
FIREWALL
LONDON
THE PINK PANTHER
DATE MOVIE
EIGHT BELOW
FREEDOMLAND
DOOGAL
RUNNING SCARED
MADEA’S FAMILY REUNION
16 BLOCKS – A pretty decent action movie. Mos Def and Bruce Willis rock.
AQUAMARINE
ULTRAVIOLET
ASK THE DUST
DUCK SEASON
FAILURE TO LAUNCH
THE HILLS HAVE EYES
THE LIBERTINE
THE SHAGGY DOG
DON’T COME KNOCKING
FIND ME GUILTY
SHE’S THE MAN - I saw part of this. Nothing special.
THANK YOU FOR SMOKING
V FOR VENDETTA – Way overrated.
INSIDE MAN
LONESOME JIM
STAY ALIVE
ADAM & STEVE
ATL
BASIC INSTINCT 2
BRICK – A decent noir flick. Left me a little confused.
ICE AGE: THE MELTDOWN
SLITHER – Best horror movie of 2006
THE BENCHWARMERS – A decent comedy, not purchase worthy though.
FRIENDS WITH MONEY
LUCKY NUMBER SLEVIN – A really good movie (I gave it 5/5 stars on Netflix)
TAKE THE LEAD
HARD CANDY
MOZART AND THE WHALE
THE NOTORIOUS BETTY PAGE
SCARY MOVIE 4
THE SISTERS
THE WILD
AMERICAN DREAMZ – You’ve been Omarized! Pretty funny, little replay.
THE SENTINEL
SILENT HILL
AKEELAH AND THE BEE
RV
STICK IT
UNITED 93
AN AMERICAN HAUNTING
ART SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL
DOWN IN THE VALLEY – Really good movie with the biggest WTF moment of 2006.
HOOT
MISSION IMPOSSIBLE 3 – Way better than MI 2, not as good as MI 1.
GOAL! THE DREAM BEGINS
JUST MY LUCK
KEEPING UP WITH THE STEINS
POSEIDON
THE DA VINCI CODE – Lame.
THE KING
OVER THE HEDGE – By far the best animated film of 2006 (where’s the oscar nom???)
SEE NO EVIL
X-MEN: THE LAST STAND – Not as good as the first two, but I still enjoyed it.
THE BREAK-UP
DISTRICT B13
PEACEFUL WARRIOR
THE OMEN
CARS – Pixar’s biggest blunder to date. Quite dull.
A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION
THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS: TOKYO DRIFT
GARFIELD’S A TALE OF TWO KITTIES
THE LAKE HOUSE
NACHO LIBRE – I don’t know if I like it or hate it. I should probably watch it again.
CLICK – Pretty funny movie with a lot of heart. Good stuff.
WAIST DEEP
STRANGERS WITH CANDY
SUPERMAN RETURNS
WHO KILLED THE ELECTRIC CAR? - Entertaining but biased documentary.
THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
BEOWULF AND GRENDEL
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN’S CHEST – Pretty weak sequel
A SCANNER DARKLY
LITTLE MAN
YOU, ME AND DUPREE
LADY IN THE WATER
CLERKS II – Best comedy of 2006
MONSTER HOUSE – A pretty good computer animation flick. It has its moments.
MY SUPER EX-GIRLFRIEND
LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE - Funny, but not quite as good as everyone says (best pic? NO)
ANT BULLY
JOHN TUCKER MUST DIE
MIAMI VICE
SCOOP
BARNYARD
THE DESCENT
THE NIGHT LISTENER
QUINCEANERA
TALLADEGA NIGHTS – For the most part devoid of laughs. Not too good.
WORLD TRADE CENTER
HALF NELSON
THE HOUSE OF SAND
PULSE
STEP UP
ZOOM
ACCEPTED – really good college comedy.
THE ILLUSIONIST – best magician movie of 2006.
MATERIAL GIRLS
SNAKES ON A PLANE
TRUST THE MAN
BEERFEST – Better than Club Dred, not as good as Super Troopers.
HOW TO EAT FRIED WORMS
IDLEWILD
INVINCIBLE
THE QUIET
CRANK
CROSSOVER
IDIOCRACY – Most realistic future ever put on film.
RIDING ALONE FOR THOUSANDS OF MILES
THIS FILM IS NOT YET RATED – Maybe the doc. of the year. Entertaining and good.
WICKER MAN
THE COVENANT
HOLLYWOODLAND
THE PROTECTOR
THE BLACK DAHLIA
CONFETTI
EVERYONE’S HERO
GRIDIRON GANG
HAVEN
THE LAST KISS
ALL THE KING’S MEN
AMERICAN HARDCORE
FEARLESS
FEAST – It’s an okay movie. I wanted to like it more than I did.
FLYBOYS
JACKASS NUMBER 2
THE SCIENCE OF SLEEP
THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND
THE GUARDIAN
A GUIDE TO RECOGNIZING YOUR SAINTS
OPEN SEASON
SCHOOL FOR SCOUNDRELS
THE DEPARTED
EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH
LITTLE CHILDREN
TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE: THE BEGINNING
THE GRUDGE 2
INFAMOUS
MAN OF THE YEAR
THE MARINE
THE QUEEN
OPERATION STORMBREAKER
FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS
FLICKA
MARIE ANTOINETTE
THE PRESTIGE – Decent magician flick, second best of the year…
RUNNING WITH SCISSORS
BABEL
CATCH A FIRE
SAW 3
BORAT
FLUSHED AWAY
THE SANTA CLAUSE 3
VOLVER
FUR
A GOOD YEAR
HARSH TIMES
THE RETURN
STRANGER THAN FICTION – Pretty weak. The ads were better than the film.
BOBBY
CANDY
CASINO ROYALE – The best action movie of 2006.
FAST FOOD NATION
FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION
HAPPY FEET
THE HISTORY BOYS
DECK THE HALLS
DEJA VU
THE FOUNTAIN
LET’S GO TO PRISON
APOCALYPTO
BREAKING AND ENTERING
DOA: DEAD OR ALIVE
THE GOOD GERMAN
THE HOLIDAY
UNACCOMPANIED MINORS
BLOOD DIAMOND
DREAMGIRLS
ERAGON
THE PAINTED VEIL
THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS
CHARLOTTE’S WEB
THE GOOD SHEPHERD
NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM – Funny, but under utilized Carla Gugino.
ROCKY BALBOA – One of my favs. Had the most goosebumbs moments.
NOTES ON A SCANDAL
MS. POTTER
WE ARE MARSAHLL
BLACK CHRISTMAS
CHILDREN OF MEN – There were too many flaws with it and it was too graphic.
PERFUME
PAN’S LABYRINTH – Good, but could have been great with less graphic violence.
So, I saw 36 flicks on that list. Here’s my top 5.
1) Casino Royale
2) Clerks 2
3) Rocky Balboa
4) Lucky Number Slevin
5) Over the Hedge
How many did you see? What was left off the list? What are your tops?
February 6, 2007 at 3:57 pm |
GRANDMA’S BOY – Surprised me. I thought I would hate it but I ended up liking it a lot. Definitely quotable. Possible Buy.
UNDERWORLD: EVOLUTION—I rented this from Netflix a couple of weeks ago. I watched about 10 minutes of it and then had to turn it off. So awful. First one was a decent popcorn flick though.
NANNY MCPHEE—Cute, great use of Kelly MacDonald, but ultimately forgettable. Maybe watch twice.
SHE’S THE MAN – Cute. Had David Cross in it which is always a plus. Good for a watch on TV if there’s nothing else on.
V FOR VENDETTA – I enjoyed it, but I’d have to see it again to make up my mind whether it was really good.
SLITHER – I don’t like horror movies in the first place, so it was just okay.
THE BENCHWARMERS –should have waited for DVD rental, but at least it was better than Ricky Bobby.
AMERICAN DREAMZ – Dreamz with a “Z”! Watch it purely if you’re on the Disney Cruise and the rest of your family is off watching “Hercules: The Muse-ical.” Cute, but forgettable
MISSION IMPOSSIBLE 3 – I remember enjoying it, but if you asked me right now I couldn’t tell you what the plot was. I remember saying, “Wow that movie made me forget that Tom Cruise is crazy.” And there’s nothing too bad about that feeling.
THE DA VINCI CODE – Pales compared to the book, and the book was fluff at best. The book was like eating a hostess cake for a meal– tastes great going down, ultimately doesn’t do you any good in the nutrition department.
OVER THE HEDGE – “But I like a cookie!” I usually don’t like computer animated movies, but this one was funny and included one of my favorite men of the moment: Steve Carell. Extra kudos for it not being a Disney feature.
X-MEN: THE LAST STAND – Watch it for the Wolverine/Phoenix love scene. Meow.
CARS – Major snoozer. Owen Wilson wasn’t even all Owen Wilsony. I told you I don’t like computer animated movies…
CLICK – Pretty funny movie with a lot of heart. Good stuff. (Agree with Mike, nuff said)
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN’S CHEST – Too long and over use of the Kraken, but otherwise great and exciting. Loved Davy Jones and Norrington stole all of Jack’s fangirls!
CLERKS II – Funny-ish. Bad acting however expected still drags a film by the way. The only reason to watch Kevin Smith movies, IMHO is for Jay and Bob.
MONSTER HOUSE – Innovative CG movie that was reminiscent of an 80s kid flick. Might have to watch it again.
LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE – Funny, but drags in places. It’s the sort of movie that I would watch once in a great while.
TALLADEGA NIGHTS – Booooo! I wanted to walk out. Not funny at all.
THE ILLUSIONIST – Beautiful if sophomoric simple love story with added dimension of the male lead being a magician. Rewatchable, but perhaps not a purchase.
IDIOCRACY – Funny, but a little too long. May have been better as a TV series. Kudos for the Luke Wilson casting as the smartest man on the planet in the future.
THIS FILM IS NOT YET RATED – Awesome, awesome movie. Sums up my feelings about the MPAA. And they’re not good feelings, btw.
FEAST – I expected this to suck, so I actually enjoyed myself while watching it; however, that is due purely to the fact that I watched them making the film on Project Greenlight and was curious to see how they were going to make that mess into a coherent movie. Only watchable once though.
THE PRESTIGE – Quite possibly my favorite movie of the year. Superb cast apart from Johanssen and a script that is the exception to the rule: The movie is better than the book in this case. I’m convinced that Christian Bale can play ANYTHING! I’m definitely buying it when it comes to DVD this month.
STRANGER THAN FICTION – Forgettable, but I enjoyed it.
CASINO ROYALE – Probably the best James Bond film ever. I’m curious to see if they can top this one. Possible buy.
THE HOLIDAY—Oh Jude Law. Why must you be so god damned attractive? I want to hate him, I really do but I can’t and this movie is no exception. He is the light in this murky attempt at a splicing of two romantic comedies into one. I also don’t like Cameron Diaz. This then made me feel teeeerrribly guilty that I was more interested in her story than in Kate Winslet’s story. If only Winslet and Jack Black had chemistry and were focused more upon, I would have liked this movie a lot better. But as it stands, I only liked the Diaz part. As much as it pains me to say it. Makes this a throw away romantic comedy. Not unlike a paper towel.
NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM – Fun! Owen Wilson is correctly utilized here (as opposed to Cars). You pretty much can’t go wrong if you’ve cast Ben Stiller in your comedy and allow him to adlib all over the place. Not a buy, but would definitely watch again. (PS-Look at Dick Van Dyke bust a move in the credits! It’s astonishing!)
CHILDREN OF MEN – Highlight was Michael Caine. The rest of the movie was dreary with pseudo-urgency and unnecessary gore piled near the end of it. Burn this film.
PAN’S LABYRINTH – Cool! I love the elements of fantasy and reality and the symbolism was spot on. The actors were all excellent especially Doug Jones who doesn’t even speak Spanish! There was some graphic violence, but I think it was partially warranted.
SO here’s MY top 5 of 2006!
1) The Prestige
2) Dead Man’s Chest
3) Pan’s Labyrinth
4) Casino Royale
5) This Film Is Not Yet Rated
*honorable mention for Grandma’s Boy and Night at the Museum.
February 6, 2007 at 4:38 pm |
I think your post was longer than the substance in my post.
February 6, 2007 at 5:17 pm |
I had mo’ betta stuff to say.
February 6, 2007 at 6:11 pm |
BLOODRAYNE–Meat Loaf was pretty cool.
GRANDMA’S BOY – Pretty funny movie, got less play than it should have.
HOSTEL–Gore, not horror, but Gore. Well done though. I enjoyed it.
GLORY ROAD
LAST HOLIDAY
TRISTAN & ISOLDE
UNDERWORLD: EVOLUTION–Not as good as the first, Beckinsale better stop having these nude free love scenes.
ANNAPOLIS
BIG MOMMA’S HOUSE 2
IMAGINE YOU & ME
NANNY MCPHEE–Bought this for Diane
TRISTRAM SHANDY: A COCK AND BULL STORY
A GOOD WOMAN
MANDERLAY
SOMETHING NEW
WHEN A STRANGER CALLS
CURIOUS GEORGE
FINAL DESTINATION 3
FIREWALL
LONDON
THE PINK PANTHER
DATE MOVIE
EIGHT BELOW–Damn Siberian Huskies get me every time.
FREEDOMLAND
DOOGAL
RUNNING SCARED
MADEA’S FAMILY REUNION
16 BLOCKS
AQUAMARINE
ULTRAVIOLET–Straight action. Not bad, not great.
ASK THE DUST
DUCK SEASON
FAILURE TO LAUNCH
THE HILLS HAVE EYES
THE LIBERTINE
THE SHAGGY DOG
DON’T COME KNOCKING
FIND ME GUILTY
SHE’S THE MAN–saw a minute or two
THANK YOU FOR SMOKING–Overrated comedy. Holmes: see Underworld: Evolution.
V FOR VENDETTA–Awesome Movie. May be too long though. Great Movie scenes.
INSIDE MAN–Nice job, Spike. This is the better of Clive Owens movies this year.
LONESOME JIM
STAY ALIVE
ADAM & STEVE
ATL
BASIC INSTINCT 2
BRICK – A decent noir flick.
ICE AGE: THE MELTDOWN
SLITHER – Best horror movie of 2006
THE BENCHWARMERS – A decent comedy, not purchase worthy though. The lesser of the swardson movies this year.
FRIENDS WITH MONEY
LUCKY NUMBER SLEVIN
TAKE THE LEAD
HARD CANDY
MOZART AND THE WHALE
THE NOTORIOUS BETTY PAGE
SCARY MOVIE 4
THE SISTERS
THE WILD–Damn if I didn’t see this and have no idea what it was about. I honest to god can’t remember anything about this movie, and I did see it.
AMERICAN DREAMZ – You’ve been Omarized! Pretty funny, little replay.
THE SENTINEL
SILENT HILL
AKEELAH AND THE BEE–Nice little heartwarmer, this one.
RV–ugh, Jojo was a real bitch of a daughter.
STICK IT
UNITED 93–Terrorists are real bitches of plane passengers.
AN AMERICAN HAUNTING–So the girl was haunting herself because her dad was molesting her? What? (Sorry if this was just ruined for anyone. but seriously, What?)
ART SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL
DOWN IN THE VALLEY
HOOT
MISSION IMPOSSIBLE 3–Great Movie, who doesn’t love Billy Crudup, becuase you should.
GOAL! THE DREAM BEGINS
JUST MY LUCK
KEEPING UP WITH THE STEINS
POSEIDON
THE DA VINCI CODE – Lame.
THE KING
OVER THE HEDGE–Great animated movie, with a hell of a good cast.
SEE NO EVIL
X-MEN: THE LAST STAND–Just awful, Ratner needs to go back to film school, or is everyone going to just start killing off characters for no reason?
THE BREAK-UP–Depress fest, but quite possibly the most memorable movie of the year.
DISTRICT B13
PEACEFUL WARRIOR
THE OMEN
CARS–decent movie, i liked it better when it had Michael J. Fox in it and it was called Doc Hollywood.
A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION
THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS: TOKYO DRIFT
GARFIELD’S A TALE OF TWO KITTIES
THE LAKE HOUSE–Saw the first bit, but fell asleep for most of it.
NACHO LIBRE–LOVE this movie, hilarious.
CLICK – Pretty funny movie with a lot of heart. Good stuff.
WAIST DEEP
STRANGERS WITH CANDY
SUPERMAN RETURNS–Great Superhero movie. Ratner take notes.
WHO KILLED THE ELECTRIC CAR?
THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
BEOWULF AND GRENDEL
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN’S CHEST – Pretty weak sequel
A SCANNER DARKLY
LITTLE MAN
YOU, ME AND DUPREE
LADY IN THE WATER
CLERKS II – Best comedy of 2006
MONSTER HOUSE – A pretty good computer animation flick. It has its moments.
MY SUPER EX-GIRLFRIEND–meh. I said MEH.
LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
ANT BULLY
JOHN TUCKER MUST DIE
MIAMI VICE
SCOOP
BARNYARD
THE DESCENT–Awesome, Awesome movie.
THE NIGHT LISTENER
QUINCEANERA
TALLADEGA NIGHTS–HILARIOUS, highly quotable, extremely funny.
WORLD TRADE CENTER
HALF NELSON
THE HOUSE OF SAND
PULSE–Nice one, not great, but good.
STEP UP
ZOOM
ACCEPTED – really good college comedy.
THE ILLUSIONIST
MATERIAL GIRLS
SNAKES ON A PLANE
TRUST THE MAN
BEERFEST – Better than Club Dred, not as good as Super Troopers.
HOW TO EAT FRIED WORMS
IDLEWILD
INVINCIBLE
THE QUIET
CRANK
CROSSOVER
IDIOCRACY – Most realistic future ever put on film.
RIDING ALONE FOR THOUSANDS OF MILES
THIS FILM IS NOT YET RATED
WICKER MAN
THE COVENANT
HOLLYWOODLAND
THE PROTECTOR
THE BLACK DAHLIA
CONFETTI
EVERYONE’S HERO
GRIDIRON GANG
HAVEN
THE LAST KISS–I call ouch on this one. OUCH
ALL THE KING’S MEN
AMERICAN HARDCORE
FEARLESS
FEAST
FLYBOYS
JACKASS NUMBER 2
THE SCIENCE OF SLEEP
THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND
THE GUARDIAN
A GUIDE TO RECOGNIZING YOUR SAINTS
OPEN SEASON
SCHOOL FOR SCOUNDRELS
THE DEPARTED–Possible one of the best movies of the year.
EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH
LITTLE CHILDREN
TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE: THE BEGINNING–R. Lee Ermey please stop making this crap.
THE GRUDGE 2
INFAMOUS
MAN OF THE YEAR
THE MARINE
THE QUEEN
OPERATION STORMBREAKER
FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS
FLICKA
MARIE ANTOINETTE
THE PRESTIGE–This was a very good example of how to make a great movie. Ratner take notes.
RUNNING WITH SCISSORS
BABEL
CATCH A FIRE
SAW 3
BORAT–Possibly one of the funniest movies I have ever seen.
FLUSHED AWAY
THE SANTA CLAUSE 3
VOLVER
FUR
A GOOD YEAR
HARSH TIMES
THE RETURN
STRANGER THAN FICTION
BOBBY
CANDY
CASINO ROYALE–Good movie, not as good as MI3.
FAST FOOD NATION
FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION
HAPPY FEET–This was a very good msuical cartoon. One of the better ones this year.
THE HISTORY BOYS
DECK THE HALLS
DEJA VU
THE FOUNTAIN
LET’S GO TO PRISON
APOCALYPTO–Great action movie.
BREAKING AND ENTERING
DOA: DEAD OR ALIVE
THE GOOD GERMAN
THE HOLIDAY
UNACCOMPANIED MINORS
BLOOD DIAMOND–DiCaprio is awesome, He better win the Oscar.
DREAMGIRLS–Lame, Stereotypical, Murphy was the only good performance in the film.
ERAGON
THE PAINTED VEIL
THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS–Sad, but uplifting at the end.
CHARLOTTE’S WEB
THE GOOD SHEPHERD
NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM
ROCKY BALBOA – One of my favs. Had the most goosebumbs moments.
NOTES ON A SCANDAL
MS. POTTER
WE ARE MARSAHLL
BLACK CHRISTMAS
CHILDREN OF MEN – There were too many flaws with it.
PERFUME
PAN’S LABYRINTH – Good, but could have had more scenes in said labyrinth.
1) Clerks 2
2) Rocky Balboa
3) Click
4) MI3
5) Prestige or Departed
February 6, 2007 at 6:14 pm |
I saw 53 of these, compared to Mike’s 36. I don’t know if I am happy or sad.
February 9, 2007 at 3:26 pm |
I saw 30 of them
February 9, 2007 at 4:19 pm |
I saw a few movies not on the list.
Wordplay – Decent documentary. Good through the first half, the second half dragged.
The Puffy Chair – I remember liking this movie, but I’m not sure why. Very independant.
The Giant Buddhas – Good doc. Once again, it suffers with a terrible ending 30 minutes.