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Community => Entertainment => Topic started by: ender on Friday, January 05, 2007, 11:46:56 PM
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1 - PAN'S LABYRINTH
2 - THE PRESTIGE
3 - BORAT!
4 - CHILDREN OF MEN
5 - THE DEPARTED
6 - THE FOUNTAIN
7 - ART SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL
8 - BRICK
9 - DON'T COME KNOCKING
10 - THE MATADOR
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I have not seen any of those but I want to see The Prestige, Children of Men, and The Departed. Don't really have any interest in the others, especially United 93, I've had all I can stomach of 9/11 movies/documentaries, bleh.
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I like Clive Owen in Sin City, but it wasn't until Inside Man that I actually respected him as an actor. I thought the ending went on a little bit to long, but the movie ends perfectly.
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Pan's Labyrinth would be movie of the year for me. I'd very much like to see Children of Men as well, and also Apocalypto, but haven't gotten around to it.
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My favorite movie was Thank You for Smoking. It was so smart, and not in that convoluted inside bs kinda way.
And my guilty pleasure of the year was jackass 2. I cant remember the last time I lauged that hard so I had to give it some respect.
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The Prestige is a my favorite movie of the year thus far, but I still need to see Babel, and Children Of Men.
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Updated with the complete list!
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1 - CHILDREN OF MEN
I wanna see that one.
2 - PAN'S LABYRINTH
DEFINITELY want to see that one.
3 - THE PRESTIGE
I wanna see that, too.
4 - THE DEPARTED
GREAT movie.
5 - LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA
I wanna see that, too.
Clint makes great movies, usually.
I still need to see Flags of Our Fathers, as well.
6 - BORAT!
Very nice!
HILARIOUS movie.
7 - FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS
I need to see this.
8 - CASINO ROYALE
Want to see it, but not too much....
It looks to be another Bond movie....
9 - SLITHER
Thought it sucked.
10 - UNITED 93
Very good flick.
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Actually, I thought Slither was funny and well done... but it being in my top 10 was just a joke. I put Inside Man back in.
Also, don't short changed Casino Royale -- it's the best Bond film since Goldfinger. I loved it.
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Casino Royale is awesome.
My top films this year:
1. Pan's Labyrinth
2. The Prestige
3. Children of Men
4. Casino Royale
5. Lucky Number Slevin
6. Blood Diamond
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Totally agree on Casino Royale and Children of Men. Both amazing movies. The only other one I've seen on your list is Borat which I could not stand at all; but that hardly puts me in position to judge it.
I agree with Schlotzky on Thank You For Smoking being best movie of the year. It's currently my favourite film.
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I liked Jackass 2 a lot also. Thank You For Smoking was very good. I saw Blood Diamond, good movie. I think Djimon deserves his oscar... but Leo should have been nominated for The Departed.
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Casino Royale is awesome.
My top films this year:
1. The Prestige
2. Children of Men
3. Casino Royale
4. Lucky Number Slevin
5. Blood Diamond
I hated Lucky Number Slevin, it was good at first, but fell apart at the end. Not to mention there was no action in it like the commercials and previews stated.
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I like Clive Owen in Sin City, but it wasn't until Inside Man that I actually respected him as an actor. I thought the ending went on a little bit to long, but the movie ends perfectly.
Clive Owen is, often, very good.
I really liked him in "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead."
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The Departed comes on DVD this Tues, people....GREAT movie.
And "I'm Shipping Up To Boston" (opening song in the movie) by The DropKick Murphys (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKyLgRzOTsY) freakin' rocks!!!
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8 - BRICK
9 - DON'T COME KNOCKING
Brick and Don't Come Knocking were both very good.
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Yeah, I had a marathon of re-watching tons of stuff from 2006 (through dollar movies, pirated oscar dvds, or etc) and I think that's my final count. I re-evaluated a lot of stuff based on multiple viewings and much I enjoyed them around again.
I still want to see the movie 8-BIT, a doc about NES inspiring a generation of artists.
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I'm surprised you rank Borat so high up. It was an interesting movie... but I don't consider it anything spectacular, and would never consider it a 'top film' of mine. Totally agree with you on The Prestige though being up there. It's my favorite movie this year, but I still have to see Pan's Labyrinth, and a handful of other movies.
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Man 2006 was a killer year for movies, so many good ones on that list. Anyway Ender, did you see your movie yet?
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Yeah! I want to know if it's good because if it is, it's probably the 2nd movie I'll see for my film class to write a paper on (first was Prisoners, which was pretty damned good).
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I would probably redo this list now. Children of Men in #1 as time goes by.
I haven't seen Ender's Game yet! I might go this week sometime.
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Agreed on Children of Men. I loved almost all the movies from that list but Children of Men is the only one that has still stuck with me almost 8 years older. It may actually be an all-time favourite.
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Man, 2006 was a good year. :) And yeah, Children of Men was an amazing movie.
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Solid flick, but I never cared for it as much as many. The story is very thin, at least in my view. Not a lot really happens, characters don't evolve much. It's more an atmosphere movie than anything, though it does that in top-notch fashion. I also love how often Clive Owen stubs his toe on stuff and says "fuck", which almost got to the point of running gag. Saw that with my ex-wife, Sy, and Aimee back in the good old days of California, at the little theater in El Cerrito that reopened and served beer and food and stuff.
The Departed remains a favorite. We just watched that in film class the other day, and even though I had studying to do I watched it anyway. I think the only movie that out-f-bombs it is Sexy Beast, which will make your head explode because of Ben Kingsley if you watch it back to back with Hugo. Brick is a very, very imperfect movie, but I so love what it tries to do, and it does manage to do a lot of it really well. I keep trying to watch it with my girlfriend and she keeps falling asleep. I love Pan's Labyrinth too (another one I saw with Sy and Aimee), but the end always makes me cry because I'm a girl.