Post new topic Reply to topic  Page 1 of 2
  [ 44 posts ] 

Board index : Music Talk : Rock/Pop

Go to page 1, 2  Next

Print view

Previous topic :: Next topic 
Author Message
south pacific
 Post subject: Your Top 10 Movies of 2006
PostPosted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 8:05 am 
Offline
Cutler Apologist
User avatar

Joined: Mon Oct 25, 2004 6:44 pm
Posts: 7978
Location: a secret lab underneath the volcano
C'mon, let's hear them.


Mind you, I didn't see everything but out of the small portion of releases I did see here were my favorites.

The New World
Match Point
The Matador
The Descent
V Is For Vendetta
X-Men: The Last Stand
The Devil Wears Prada
The Prestige
The Last King Of Scotland
Borat
Apocalypto
Children Of Men


For your perusal, a complete list of movies released in 2006, month by month, can be found here:

http://movies.about.com/library/weekly/aa2006jan.htm

_________________
No. The beard stays. You go.



Image

Back to top
 Profile  
 
thisotherkingdom
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 11:36 am 
Offline
Death

Joined: Fri Dec 03, 2004 12:43 am
Posts: 4797
Location: STL
Not having The Departed on your list is kinda like not having TV on the Radio in your top 10.
Back to top
 Profile  
 
Timis
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 11:39 am 
Offline
Go Platinum
User avatar

Joined: Wed Jan 26, 2005 12:58 pm
Posts: 7205
Location: Kzoo, Michigan
i didnt see that many movies...great ones i saw were:

the departed
borat
stranger than fiction
v is for vendetta
rocky
little miss sunshine

_________________
"When the music hits me, I feel no pain at all..."

Back to top
 Profile ICQ 
 
Rick Derris
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 11:41 am 
Offline
Smoke
User avatar

Joined: Wed Oct 27, 2004 11:40 am
Posts: 10590
Location: Drifting into the arena of the unwell
There are still a handful of movies I have yet to see but of the things I did see I really like these.

No partucular order:



Thank You For Smoking
Blood Diamond
The Departed
The Last King of Scotland
Clerks II
Talledega Nights
Brokeback Mountain (Jan. 06)
United 93
The Queen
ATL
The Descent
Little Miss Sunshine
World Trade Center
Back to top
 Profile  
 
Yail Bloor
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 11:49 am 
Offline
Whiskey Tango
User avatar

Joined: Tue Oct 26, 2004 9:08 pm
Posts: 21753
Location: REDLANDS
Rick Derris Wrote:
Thank You For Smoking


Just saw this a couple weeks and thought it was pretty f-ing awesome

Rick Derris Wrote:
United 93
World Trade Center


Your take on these 9/11 related flicks? I havent seen either one.

_________________
"To keep you is no benefit. To destroy you is no loss."

Back to top
 Profile  
 
Rick Derris
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 12:00 pm 
Offline
Smoke
User avatar

Joined: Wed Oct 27, 2004 11:40 am
Posts: 10590
Location: Drifting into the arena of the unwell
Yail Bloor Wrote:

Rick Derris Wrote:
United 93
World Trade Center


Your take on these 9/11 related flicks? I havent seen either one.



I thought both were very well done.

Neither film focuses on the Why of 9/11 but more about the human spirit and what people are capable of in incredibly tragic circumstances.

United 93 was as intense a film as I've seen a while. No name actors only adds to the "realness" of it.

World Trade Center focuses on the 2 days that two firemen were trapped under the rubble in one of the towers. Nic Cage is surprisingly good and does not attempt to make his character hero-esque in the least. Oliver Stone keeps it simple and it conveys a ton of emotion.

Both were endorsed by families of the victims I believe.
Back to top
 Profile  
 
Kit
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 12:07 pm 
Offline
Worldwide Phenomenon

Joined: Mon Oct 25, 2004 2:47 pm
Posts: 3052
This is all I can really think of. In no particular order...

Inside Man
The Departed
The Devil Wears Prada
Little Miss Sunshine
Borat
Blood Diamond
Scoop
Match Point (thought this was '05, but if not, it's on my '06)
Back to top
 Profile  
 
Aimarr
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 12:18 pm 
Offline
Self-Released 7-Inch

Joined: Mon Dec 06, 2004 10:33 am
Posts: 1155
Location: electric ladyland
i still gotta see the new world
Back to top
 Profile  
 
Z
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 12:23 pm 
Offline
Go Platinum

Joined: Sat Oct 23, 2004 1:38 pm
Posts: 7979
a dirty carnival
casino royale
children of men
the departed
little miss sunshine
the prestige
superman returns
borat
thank you for smoking

i saw more, but i'd say those 9 were most worth noting.

wasn't thank you for smoking a 2005 film? [answered, edited to add]


Last edited by Z on Mon Jan 08, 2007 12:45 pm, edited 3 times in total.

Back to top
 Profile  
 
Rick Derris
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 12:25 pm 
Offline
Smoke
User avatar

Joined: Wed Oct 27, 2004 11:40 am
Posts: 10590
Location: Drifting into the arena of the unwell
Z Wrote:
wasn't thank you for smoking a 2005 film?



Released March 17th, 2006.
Back to top
 Profile  
 
Dick Meatwood
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 12:30 pm 
Offline
Gayford R. Tincture

Joined: Mon Oct 25, 2004 12:22 pm
Posts: 13644
Location: The Weapon Store
Best ones I saw:

The Departed
Children of Men
A Scanner Darkly
Back to top
 Profile  
 
timmyjoe42
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 12:31 pm 
Offline
frostingspoon
User avatar

Joined: Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:35 am
Posts: 14323
Location: cincy
I think The Departed is the only movie I saw in 2006.

Oh wait, I saw an illegal dvd of Borat. That was pretty good.
Back to top
 Profile WWW 
 
paladisiac
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 12:37 pm 
Offline
Go Platinum
User avatar

Joined: Tue Oct 26, 2004 6:11 pm
Posts: 8881
Location: *3
my #1

departed

along with in order...

united 93
thank you for not smoking
clerks II
v for vendetta
superman returns

... but i don't know if i saw 10 2006 movies total. wife makes most use of the netflix and "departed" is the only one i saw in the theatre.

_________________
@--

Back to top
 Profile WWW 
 
Z
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 12:44 pm 
Offline
Go Platinum

Joined: Sat Oct 23, 2004 1:38 pm
Posts: 7979
Rick Derris Wrote:
Z Wrote:
wasn't thank you for smoking a 2005 film?

Released March 17th, 2006.

thanks. imdb has it listed as 2005, but the release dates page wasn't loading for me.
Back to top
 Profile  
 
Timis
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 12:45 pm 
Offline
Go Platinum
User avatar

Joined: Wed Jan 26, 2005 12:58 pm
Posts: 7205
Location: Kzoo, Michigan
devil wears prada, clerks 2 <--- uggg those were both brutal for me...

_________________
"When the music hits me, I feel no pain at all..."

Back to top
 Profile ICQ 
 
bort
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 12:54 pm 
Offline
Go Platinum
User avatar

Joined: Mon Oct 25, 2004 12:09 pm
Posts: 6424
Location: not in the gift shop dept.
1. fearless (starring Jet Li - this may be my favorite Li movie of all time. it's so good. everyone should see this, not just kung fu fanatics)

2. crank (starring The Transporter - it's literally a high adrenaline movie. literally. from start to finish it's just fighting, drugging, fighting, fucking, shooting, running, and fighting)

3. if v for vendetta came out this year then it's on my list.

4. x-men 3 was some pretty sweet eye-candy.

_________________
Everyone's Invited: Sunday evenings, 7-9pm ET at www.westcottradio.org
New and old mixes: http://8tracks.com/neutralmarkhotel
Occasional random music reviews: http://www.jerseybeat.com/markhughson.html
My Scooby Doo/Henry Rollins mash up: http://retintheran.blogspot.com

Back to top
 Profile WWW 
 
thrillhouse
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 1:29 pm 
Offline
Worldwide Phenomenon
User avatar

Joined: Sat Dec 04, 2004 8:07 pm
Posts: 3200
Location: location: location:
a really weak film year, bailed out by 4 releases at the end of the year. even so, i see a lot of movies and i consider the bottom 3 on my list to be weak entries in a top 10. i will also give an unranked mention to 'an inconvenient truth.' lastly, match point has showed up 2x, but it's a 2005 release, as is brokeback.

10. little miss sunshine
9. the dead girl
8. the departed
7. letters from iwo jima
6. volver
5. pan's labyrinth
4. children of men
3. borat
2. little children
1. inland empire

_________________
Image

Back to top
 Profile WWW 
 
timmyjoe42
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 1:40 pm 
Offline
frostingspoon
User avatar

Joined: Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:35 am
Posts: 14323
Location: cincy
bort Wrote:
2. crank (starring The Transporter - it's literally a high adrenaline movie. literally. from start to finish it's just fighting, drugging, fighting, fucking, shooting, running, and fighting)


I gotta see this!!
Back to top
 Profile WWW 
 
paladisiac
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 1:44 pm 
Offline
Go Platinum
User avatar

Joined: Tue Oct 26, 2004 6:11 pm
Posts: 8881
Location: *3
xmen 3 was such a huge disappointment to me. could've been a great movie (for the genre). too bad ratner took over. it just ended up a big garbled mess. and i'm not even an xmen comic purist...

_________________
@--

Back to top
 Profile WWW 
 
e-stone
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 2:58 pm 
Offline
frostingspoon
User avatar

Joined: Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:31 pm
Posts: 11094
Location: moving up country
no love for the science of sleep?

i really enjoyed that one.
Back to top
 Profile  
 
MontyTheMongoose
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 3:10 pm 
Offline
KILLFILED

Joined: Mon Oct 25, 2004 8:14 pm
Posts: 15027
Location: There n' here.
Z Wrote:
wasn't thank you for smoking a 2005 film? [answered, edited to add]


Fastnbulbous & his smokin' hott girlfriend saw it during July '04 in Indonesia.

(Big Aaron Eckhart fans in Indonesia.)
Back to top
 Profile  
 
The Mayor of Simpleton
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 3:14 pm 
Offline
Winona Ryder wears my t-shirt on TV
User avatar

Joined: Tue Nov 09, 2004 8:30 pm
Posts: 2563
Location: Place where it is to be
Little Miss Sunshine was the best movie I saw in 2006. Of course, it was also the only movie I saw in 2006. But still, it was good.

_________________
People in a parade are cocky, you know. They think that they attracted an audience but really it's just people waiting to cross the street. I could attract a crowd if I stood in everybody's way.

--Mitch Hedberg

Back to top
 Profile  
 
thrillhouse
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 3:26 pm 
Offline
Worldwide Phenomenon
User avatar

Joined: Sat Dec 04, 2004 8:07 pm
Posts: 3200
Location: location: location:
how do you manage to see only one movie in a whole year?

_________________
Image

Back to top
 Profile WWW 
 
Z
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 3:39 pm 
Offline
Go Platinum

Joined: Sat Oct 23, 2004 1:38 pm
Posts: 7979
elephantstone Wrote:
no love for the science of sleep?

i really enjoyed that one.

only in the last two weeks have i encountered people who liked it. i saw it pretty early on. it was nice to watch, but short on almost everything else i want from a movie. for instance, i felt the characters were completely unlikeable.
Back to top
 Profile  
 
harry
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 3:58 pm 
Offline
Acid Grandfather
User avatar

Joined: Tue Jan 04, 2005 6:03 pm
Posts: 4144
Location: Santa Cruz, CA
In no order. A weak year I thought.

United 93
Little Miss Sunshine
The Departed
The Queen
Children of Men
L’Enfant
An Inconvenient Truth
The Death of Mr. Lazarescu
Agnes and His Brothers

Not yet seen:
Volver
Pan’s Labyrinth

_________________
Let's take a trip down Whittier Blvd.

Back to top
 Profile WWW 
 
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
Post new topic Reply to topic  Page 1 of 2
  [ 44 posts ] 

Board index : Music Talk : Rock/Pop

Go to page 1, 2  Next

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: Google [Bot] and 15 guests

You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum

Search for:
Jump to:  
cron
Style by Midnight Phoenix & N.Design Studio
Powered by phpBB © 2000, 2002, 2005, 2007 phpBB Group.