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Capone's BEST OF 2006 List!!!
This list wasn’t nearly as tough to pull together as I thought it would be. There were many standouts this year, but these 30 films kind of just hit me the way no others did in 2006. I deliberately did not include things I saw at Butt Numb-a-Thon 8 (films like Black Snake Moan and 300, both of which will undoubtedly hold special places on next year’s list), but I did include things I saw at the Chicago Film Festival, a couple of which may not open until 2007. With limited commentary and no apologies, here’s my list:
1. Children of Men--The ideas contained in its plot and director Alfonso Cuaron's visual style still haunt me. I can’t wait to see this film again.
2. Babel--Many of the same things said about my top choice can be applied here, with the added thank you to writer-director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu for reminding us that Brad Pitt can act.
3. Letters from Iwo Jima--Somber, gut-wrenching tale of men sent into battle to die. It just so happens that 60 years ago, these men were the enemies of the United States. Eastwood gives them a fitting remembrance as heartfelt as any film about American soldiers, and one even finer than the tribute he pays in Flags of Our Fathers.
4. United 93--TOO SOON!! Okay maybe not, but I had to say it. No film in 2006 filled me with more mixed emotions, anxiety, heart-pounding fear, and pure sadness than this one. Bravo to director Paul Greengrass, who chose to simply tell the story without hero worship or dramatic license.
5. Pan’s Labyrinth--Our three friends from Mexico took my breath away in 2006. Guillermo del Toro’s goals were not as lofty or grand in scale as Cuaron’s or Inarritu’s, but his work about the horrors of the real world and the horrors of a child’s fantasy dreamscape ended up being the most emotionally satisfying of the three.
6. Apocalypto--Mel Gibson gives us a thrilling chase movie, buckets of blood, and a valuable history lesson. The most visually awe-inspiring work of the year.
7. The Departed--Every so often, a super-sized ensemble cast pays off, and often they do so in the hands of Martin Scorsese. A lot of attention was paid to Jack Nicholson’s performance, but you can’t discard DiCaprio and Damon either. Both give split-personality performances that are just as impressive as Nicholson’s flashy villainous work.
8. The Queen--This simple, quiet telling of recent historical events features far and away the greatest female performance in a decade by any actress. Helen Mirren’s portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II is riveting as she personifies a shift in power and popularity that has never been regained. With the obvious exception of Babel, this was my favorite script of the year.
9. Little Children--Another testament to how fine writing and flawless acting can make a movie great. Kate Winslet has never been better, and director Todd Fields needs to make more movies.
10. The Proposition--Also known as "that violent Australian cowboy movie." If you missed this one in the theatres, it’s on DVD already. Seek it out, and don’t eat two hours before viewing. The blood is simply spectacular.
11. Little Miss Sunshine--Maybe not the funniest film of the year, but certainly the one that made me laugh the hardest without resorting to cheap gags, dumb jokes, putting things in asses, or Jewish jokes. This is more a family drama filled with humor.
12. Half Nelson--An crack-addicted teacher befriends one of his young students. It sounds wrong, but it’s actually one of the most intriguing and enlightened character studies I’ve ever seen. This is the one Kevin Smith said was the best film he’d seen in five years. Take that for what it’s worth.
13. Casino Royale--Best Bond ever. Best Bond movie ever. There, I said it. Kiss my ass! The most fun I had in a movie all year with my pants on!
14. The Host--Technically a 2007 release, but I saw this South Korean monster movie at the Chicago Film Festival, and it will kick you square in the ass with its sickeningly squishy giant monster and loads of scary tricks up its sleeve. You will love this.
15. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer--I’m pretty sure this film counts as a 2006 release. Tom Tykver (Run Lola Run) delivers a new twist on the serial killer genre (thanks to the best-selling novel that served as its source material). Here, the killer isn’t particularly terrifying or evil, he just likes to smell nice things and distill the essence of the female scent in a liquid form. Did your stomach tremble just then? The last 20 minutes of this film are some of the most bizarre I’ve ever seen.
16. Blood Diamond--Leonardo DiCaprio’s gives a better performance here than in The Departed, and the story deals with the more serious and troubling issue of conflict-diamond harvesting. A rough and violent run through the African jungles courtesy of director Edward Zwick.
17. The Good Shepherd--A cool, almost emotionless look at the birth of the Central Intelligence Agency through the eyes of a man (played by Matt Damon, in his best-ever role) who helped invent tactics that are still used today. Torture, anyone? Another great ensemble piece, this time from director Robert De Niro.
18. Volver--If Pedro Almodovar makes a movie, it’s more than likely going to land in my Top 20. I just dig the guy’s style. But Penelope Cruz propels this work into the stratosphere with a no-holds-barred portrait of a confused, conflicted, and driven woman. And she’s never been sexier.
19. Borat--This is the film that made me laugh the loudest and hardest this year.
20. Day Night Day Night--Another film I saw at this year’s Chicago Film Festival (it played at Cannes, Telluride, and Toronto as well) about a young woman of unknown ethnic origin known only as She (first-timer Luisa Williams) going through the paces of preparing for a suicide bombing mission in Times Square. The movie is quiet and foreboding. Deliberately paced tension slowly builds through its brief running time. Quite disturbing and unpredictable. I have no idea whether it’s scheduled for release in 2007, but it should be. High marks for first-time feature filmmaker Julia Loktev.
21. Notes on a Scandal--Pure, high drama, with an acidic performance by Judi Dench.
22. House of Sand--An erotic Brazilian melodrama set in the dessert concerning a mother, daughter, and granddaughter who live their lives in desolation. Unsettling and poignant.
23. A Scanner Darkly--Philip K. Dick done to perfection. Remember at the beginning of 2006, this was the film everybody was excited for? Don't forget how much you liked it.
24. The Descent--Scary shit about women (grown women, not college girls) trapped in a mineshaft. I saw this once at BNAT 7 at the end of 2005 and again in Chicago several months later (and with a slightly different ending), and it scared me both times.
25. Dreamgirls--The music holds up 20-some years later, and the entire experience is exhilarating from top to bottom.
26. Monster House--Hands down, the best animated film of the year because it manages to appeal to kids without pandering. Oh, adults will probably love it more than the little ones.
27. Superman Returns--I know I’m in the minority on this one, but I truly did love this one. Director Bryan Singer captures everything I admired about the first two Superman movies and gives us a great story to boot. But my gut tells me the sequel will be better and more universally accepted.
28. Edmond--Look for the DVD because it’s more than likely this film never made it to a theater near you. William H. Macy does what he does best: act in a David Mamet piece. And this one is a doozey. Edmond is a bigoted, middle-aged man who cracks and commits violent acts. You’ve never seen Macy be this good or edgy.
29. The Death of Mr. Lazarescu--A painful and timely film from Romania about an ailing elderly man who makes the mistake of getting put into the health care system, where he is prodded and shifted from hospital to hospital like some kind of object rather than a human being. As he is moved from hospital to hospital, his health continues to get worse. This film is agonizing to behold because it feels all too real.
30. Thank You for Smoking--Note-perfect dark and biting comedy about the world of a lobbyist for Big Tobacco (played to perfection by Aaron Eckhart). A fine debut from director Jason Reitman.
BEST DOCUMENTARIES OF 2006
This was another great year for high-profile documentaries. And it was nice to see that, in a year without any major political docs, filmmakers were able to come up with a whole slew of interesting subjects to inform and enlighten the masses. It seems the most popular topic of 2006 was the Iraq War (I can think of a half dozen I saw this year, two of which are on my list). If you’ve never heard of these films, look them up. They're all worth seeking out.
1. Shut Up & Sing
2. Jesus Camp
3. I Trust You To Kill Me
4. 49 Up
5. Who Killed the Electric Car?
6. Dave Chapelle’s Block Party
7. This Film Is Not Yet Rated
8. Wordplay
9. Deliver Us from Evil
10. Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple
11. Summercamp!
12. The Devil and Daniel Johnston
13. Once In a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos
14. The Bridge
15. The Ground Truth
16. Metal: A Headbanger’s Journey
17. Why We Fight
18. Iraq in Fragments
19. Our Brand Is Crisis
20. Neil Young: Heart of Gold
WORST OF 2006
The absolute most painful movie I sat through this year was Deck the Halls, a misguided, unfunny, poorly conceived, horribly acted piece of holiday shit that nobody went to see, so why am I talking about it? The rest of the worst (in alphabetical order, with no real surprises in the bunch) were: Basic Instinct 2; Bloodrayne; Employee of the Month; Eragon; Fur; Garfield 2: A Tale of Two Kitties; The Grudge 2; Let’s Go To Prison; Little Man; The Pink Panther; Pulse; RV; The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause; Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning; Turistas; Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj; When A Stranger Calls; The Wicker Man; and You, Me & Dupree.
Please note how many of these titles are sequels, prequels, or remakes.
Well, folks. That's it for me this year. When we next meet, I'll be waist deep in the muck that is the January release schedule, but there are a couple of things to look forward to in the coming weeks, including my interview with Perfume director Tom Tykver. I've also already got a couple of tentative interview lined up for early January: one with an actor I've loved for quite some time and who has dazzled us with his ability to act in everything from high drama to adventure to horror to comedy; and another interview with an Oscar-winning director. Have a great New Year's everyone!
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The fact that this movie is on the list completely takes away any credibility...sorry dude..it's just the way i feel cuz that movie was the biggest disappointment of the year.
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YAY!!
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where is rocky balboa?
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FUCK YOU plantpage55 and sokitome!!!
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Actually, 90 minutes of fictional, hypothesized bullshit about events that nobody lived to retell is one huge, stinking pile of dramatic license. It wasn't too soon. It was just too dumb.
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Geez man. Most stop at 10 and some at 20 but 30? Why don't we just list practically every movie that came out in 2006? Your list sucked.
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Where the hell is Rocky Balboa?? I caught it at this past BNAT 8 and it was one of the best I had seen all year...what gives? And as far as Babel...WTF? #2? This film was seen by few and a majority of critics gave it a "meh" review...so how come both you and the idiots at the Golden Globe hold it in such high esteem?
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Oh, God. No.
"Letters From Iwo Jima". Gimme a break. It entertained (marginally), but "a Great Movie"? No. Really, no. Not in any year.
"Pan's Labyrinth": I've talked about this elsewhere, but this is a poorly done regurgitation of other people's better ideas. The DelToro Hype Wagon rolls on.
"The Departed": another overhyped Scorsese-fest. Enough said.
"The Host": one of the STUPIDEST movies I've seen in recent years. I could talk for pages about how bad this was, but I won't.
"The Good Shepherd": you have GOT to be kidding. I don't look at my watch in movies, but I wanted to. Like its director, this movie was facile, emotionless, and grey. Very grey. I HATED it.
"Superman Returns": You'll believe a man can...be really, really boring?
Otherwise, I have no probs with Cappy's varied choices. Other than to add that I also felt "Children Of Men", "Apocalypto", "The Queen", "Little Children" & "Thank You For Smoking" were highly worthy of outstanding mentioning. -
where is it?
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the prestige.
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Otherwise, good list. Balboa should be on there too. wtf.
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And your order is all messed up, but it's not a bad list.
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I thought this movie was great. Atmosphere, scares, gore, hot built women kicking ass (though not good enough it seems since they all died) .... Can't understand why there isn't more love - don't reply "cause it sucked", that's a cop out. I've seen just about all the "horror" movies out this year (and last) and can honestly say this surpassed them all. I liked all the characters, the tension was real. The Hills Have Eyes (remake) disturbed me - I guess that was good, but this was kick ass. I bought it today with the Real Genius DVD .... man, with all the hate, I hope it holds up like it did on the big screen. I really thought it was what horror movies should be. And I'm a guy who was dragged to the movies at 8 to see Alien and Carpenters The Thing - both of those shits caused about a weeks worth of no sleep each. Come to think about - my dad was pretty cool. Or loved to mind fuck me for laughs. Either way - The Descent was one of my favorites. Also, The Departed and the new Bond and Over the Hedge. Can't wait to see Pan's Labyrinth.
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Thank You For Smoking was highly overrated, Dream Girls looks like shit (and I like Motown, Jazz, Blues, Soul, Funk, you name it), The Queen holds no interest for me, and Superman Returns was a lacklustre retread. But to each his own.
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Are these ranked, or just kind of as you thought of them? Couldn't help but notice the recent ones were there before the others, so maybe it's just you going backwards in your mind. And I agree with Gwai Lo - where's the Prestige? By far and away the best movie I saw all year, hands down.
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IWO JIMA is great but the two are really dependent on each other and together make an amazing work. I loved them both and would place them as one piece in my top two or three for the year.
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It is a good movie (although not best movie quality, unless you are Korean, in which case maybe some of the cultural references are genius, at least that is what I read) but it is in no way scary. To sell it to people that way will lead to disappointment. Instead say if you like dysfunctional family comedies with a real dark undercurrent, that just happens to feature a giant mutant newt, then this is the movie for you...
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can we please get this film on some worse lists?
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House Of Sand, about people from Brazil stranded in the dessert. mmmm... hot latinas in ice cream. Excellent.
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also conspicuously awol.
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I vote this list be remade.
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VW2:TROT, and Basic Instinct 2 are both classics.
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Again, I vote this list be remade.
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1. The Departed **
2. The Prestige **
3. The Proposition **
4. Babel **
5. The Fountain **
6. The Descent **
7. Casino Royale **
8. Edmond **
9. Half Nelson **
10. Death of a President **
11. The Hills Have Eyes **
12. Flags of Our Fathers **
Haven't seen: Apocalypto, Letters From Iwo Jima, Children of Men, Pan's Labyrinth, The Host, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, The Good German, The Good Shepherd, Last King of Scotland, Little Miss Sunshine, Borat, Volver, Brick ****
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The best "Superman" film to date in my view.
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I can close my eyes and envision the dark bedroom where you write your scripts that no one but yourself is samrt enough to appreciate.
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will get you a cup of coffee.
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You watched a different Descent than I did and it does deserve a higher spot but thanks for putting it on your list.
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and you know it.
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Than a plot point by plot point retread of Superman: The Movie. Talk about dull. It was bigger, fancier, and shinier, but it was essentially like Gus Van Sant's Psycho remake: pointless. I would have much rather seen something totally new, like an old Superman played by Bruce Campbell trying to deal with Lex as president and the arrival of Doomsday at the same time. Or a movie version of "Kingdom Come". The Superman Singer gave us has been done to death, he just did it again with a bigger budget and newer technology.
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That movie was atrocious. Also, The Descent is too low on that list. WAY too low. As is The Departed.
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Has a stupid plot. Everything else about it is brilliant, from the tone to the look to the performances, particulary Brandon Routh, who was born to play Superman. Also, the Christ-Superman parellels are interesting, not to mention ballsy. While I'm expressing my unpopular opinions (from any year), let me say that I'm a Christian, I thought Syriana, The Good Shepherd, and The Constant Gardener were boring, overlong, pretentious messes that failed to connect with the viewer on an emotional level, I thought Sin City was an interesting but failed experiment, I thought X-Men 3 was just sort of okay (didn't live up to the potential number 2 gave it, but wasn't the total shit-fest it could've been), I think Heath Ledger will likely be an amazing Joker, I like Russel Crowe, I'm not sure whether or not I think PJ should direct the Hobbit, but King Kong is a ridiculous mess. If I think of anything else I'll let you know.
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Most of those movies you just mentioned are '05. Just in case you didn't know.
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are you kidding me?
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(1)Pan's Labyrinth (2)The Prestige (3)Children Of Men (4)Clerks 2 (5)Marie Antoinette (6)The Departed (7)Casino Royale (8)Snakes On A Plane (9)The Last Kiss (10)Click
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because that was my (and many others' it seems) favorite movie of the year, followed closely by "half nelson." "the departed," "thank you for not smoking," "blood diamond," "united 93," "a scanner darkly" and "jackass 2" were all excellent, too. "little miss sunshine" was the most overhyped shit i've ever seen. decent entertainment, but the ending made me want to puke, it was so cutesy and belonged in "uptown girls" or some other shit starring fakota danning. haven't had the time to go see a bunch of other movies with a lot of potential -- "apocalypto," "babel," "children of men," "little children" and a few others among them.
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I'm with you on the movies on your list that I've seen, and looking forward to the ones I haven't (well, not so much Letters from Iwo Jima...but that's because mystic river and million dollar baby still haunt my nightmares with mediocre fangs and obvious claws) ..but I gotta say...The Descent? I just don't get it...I was mildly excited about that from early reviews on various sites (Aren't I cool News, Aint it Awesome, OK, this is the only movie site I go to) but then I saw it and I found it so desperately mediocre, it frustrated me. I really wanted a new twist on the genre. and besides the fact it was all girls, and a few admittedly clever moments of horror cinematography, it didn't do much for me. Capone, I respect your opinion to death, tell me what you saw in that with a little more detail, and mabe I'll give it a netflix nod and see if I missed something. god this post is long...blame michael bay.
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film i've seen this year, along with Da Vinci Code, Inside Man and Eragon.
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i have 147 movies in my netflix queue. anyone else have similarly long queues they find hard to chop away at?
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Mine differs here and there, but it's close. Do ya think the reason most of the shitheads here didn't like Superman Returns is because it made them feel funny in the pants? I can't be far off.
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Good list however. Damn good list.
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we really need a true scary story again. i have a great feeling about 2007.
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Best film of the year....awesome awesome work.
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That's why I said of any year. I wasn't specifically referring to this year, just opinions I have that seem to be unpopular. And, because why the hell not, my favorite movies of the year so far are, in no particular order, The Fountain, The Inside Man, Superman Returns, Little Miss Sunshine, Thank You For Smoking, V for Vendetta (I can't believe no one's mentioned that one yet), Casino Royale. I've yet to see Children of Men, Rocky Balboa, or Blood Diamond, and I'm seeing Apocalypto tonight. I know, I know, I'm way behind.
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I agree with most of the list, and a lot of really good stuff did come out this year. Although Let's Go to Prison, probably is bad (I didn't see it), it's sad to see it on there considering the Arnett/Odenkirk involvement.
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So there...though Holly Valance is the new sexiest toy fucking what not on the planet.
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As I get older I've found that I am constantly more and more amazed by the performances of Ms. Mirren, as well as Dame Dench. I saw The Queen in the theater, and even though it's received a good amount of press, I still believe it deserves more. Also, Little Children is Kate Winslet's best work? Really? Because I love Kate - been a fan since Heavenly Creatures and Jude. Absolutely love her in Eternal and Finding Neverland. So I guess I better get on to seein' this one quick like.
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I haven't even seen it, but I know it will be worthy. Call me biased, I just want to see this movie so badly.
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Ummm, well, I received the Superman Ultimate Collector's Edition for Christmas (I asked for it! Yaaaaay!) and have since watched all 7 films (yes, 7 - it contains the extended version of the first and the Richard Donner cut of the second) back to back. I should also add that I hadn't seen Superman Returns yet, because it looked like a pile of rotten puke to me. However, I liked it.... maybe even a lot. I'll have to watch it again. I can't say it will replace S1 for me, because I simply have too many memories attached to that film. But it may end up being number 2 on my Superman list. And I will DEFINITELY give the next one more of a chance - if they make it, of course.
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Why don't you guys start at 20 (or whatever) and work your way down to #1? We all want to know what the #1 film is, so why not keep us guessing until the end?
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As far as Big Summer Blockbuster Sequels go, I preffered Dead Man's Chest (not mentioned). My opionion probably doesn't count, since I've seen only 2 of his top 10 (Departed & United 93). I wish I had time to see 30 new movies every year!
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Capone (and I do say this with all due respect) but are you indeed a madman? The Prestige should be on your list my boy! Surely there must be an explanation for this absence!?!! Barnaby old chap, I agree with you unreservedly, the Da Vinci Code was an absolute disgrace. I have always declared that that the fictional novel Angels and Demons was (in my humble opinion) a far better read and therefore make a much better movie than the afore mentioned dross! What an utter mess… shame on you Master Howard. ‘Tis true Crabman my dear fellow, the UK list was ignominious at best. Though An Inconvenient Truth got a mention (of sorts) it was no-where to be found on the great British publics ‘Best of’ list. Not to mention the utter folly that we Brits did not even bother considering The Departed. This I found to be deeply vexing and mildly perplexing. ‘Tis true however that we (The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) did vote for one of our very own national treasures as the number one movie of the year…. HAIL, BOND… HAIL JAMES BOND!
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Full marks however, for including The Queen!
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"Shermdawg continues his one man crusade..."
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I've just realised the er slight anomaly to my referring to your name inappropriately. My deepest and most humble apologies... (and to a fellow Brit at that!) Hail Crabman!
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I want a clean fight, everyone. Ok, now go to it.
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Once you get past the Yakov Smirnoff Ice shtick, Sacha is nothing more than Tom Green. And as a Tom Green fan, I'm a little ticked off he didn't add a foreign accent to his bits, so he could get the praise Cohen has been getting.
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terrible? c'mon it wasn't a terrible list. social skills need work. you're only at your witty best when someone with a far lesser intellect than you (cough coough, stoopider, cough cough) challenges you...why haven't you got at Devilled Backslide in the GdT interview TB?
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I was a little disappointed in the movie, but a huge fan of Borat on the Ali G show. comparing him to tom green is LOW, brother. tom green's schtick was solely designed to be so annoying that you, as the viewer, had to laugh (hopefully). never once did he use his schtick to poke fun at latent racism, sexism and homophobia in society, as Cohen has. say what you want about the movie, maybe it's not your thing, but it's shortsighted to think that just because it's over the top and crazy, there isn't anything more substantial behind it. Cohen knows what he's doing...(that's a good lead-in to a witty retort)
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Who can forget the lesbian paint job on his father's car?
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Put that on my worst of 2006 list.
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and you've got 30 best? Wow. That's amazing. No Rocky Balboa on a list with the terminally overrated Babel and Blood Diamond. Okay.
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Forst off, the talkbacker Beeslo doesn't know what he's talking about. I love your list, ESPECIALLY the fact that its got 30 films! Its a joke to pretend that only 10 good movies come out per year, so why do so? On top of that, many times when two critics pick their "individual" top ten films there are repeats from both critics, so its refreshing to see a good solid list of worthwhile films. Man, Beeslo's comment really pissed me off. My question: I noticed Lynch's Inland Empire didn't make the list...was it left off because its a 2007 release or because it disappointed you? I'm excited to see it so I'm wondering if it could have a shot at making the list next year...
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don't make it...but Supes lifting shit does? and A Scanner Darkly was one of the worst movies I've seen in years.
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Whoever mentioned ultraviolet as one of the worse films..right on dude...oh my god I cannot believe someone actually paid to get that thing made. What a big pile of shit of a fucking movie...That was the worse flick i think i have ever seen...it wasn't even so bad you could have fun making fun of it, it was boring bad...HANDS DOWN THE WORSE OF 2006!
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How about 400 films on my netflix list. Let's see at an average of three films a week it will take me how many years, um, um, dammit I am really bad at math. Anyways, pretty good list for the most part. Glad you put Casino on there, should be #1. For me it is one of my top 4 bond films. I would take Borat, Superman, A Scanner Darkly and the Decent off my top 20 list. Not that they were horrible just did nothing for me.
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I hope you're just listing all the movies you saw this year and not the ones you think are the best. CLICK? SOAP?!?!?
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Not Worse. Worse is grammatically retarded in the two places you just used it, sokitome... and I see this mistake all over these talkbacks. I think it irks me WORSE (that was proper) than there/their/they're, to/too and your/ you're misuse. Cuz then you can't even justify it with "Well, it sounded right in my head..."
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of Superman. Take a look at Donner's "cut" of Superman II if you want to see a brooding, fuck-up of a Superman.
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And I am a hardcore fan of the past films. Bastard kid?!?!??!
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I got to Little Miss Sunshine then wondered... "He couldn't have possibly put The Fountain lower than Little Miss Sunshine," so I started breezing over the list... got to Borat... STILL no Fountain. Got to the end of the list STILL NO FOUNTAIN. Did you just HAPPEN to forget the best movie since A Clockwork Orange? What the fuck are you smoking, Capone???
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And for the first time in a very very long time, I can say I am looking forward to the next installment of 007.
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But Rocky Balboa was far, far better than several of them. Whatever...
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No thanks. Already.
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Next year will be Transformers!! *Crosses fingers* Maybe Spider-man, Ghost Rider...FF...going to be a great year for comic movies!!!!!
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The Pink Panther (Mentioned as one of the worst of the year) Made me laugh a lot. The novelty wore off after awhile, but some big laughs in the first half. It is 100 times better and funnier then the original Pink Panther. That 64' version is unwatchable today. A boring, pointless, horribly overrated mess.
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And I never liked superman very much growing up. Yes the plot was similar to the original film but not in such a way as to be a complete copy of it. It's a continuation of the original. Lex's plan in the original movie was to get land and here he is still after the same goal but on a grander scale. The film was visually stunning, wonderfully written and perfectly executed. It is a great successor to the original films, which by the way are not infallibly perfect either. Lois's poetry scene almost made my ears bleed and Gene Hackman's Lex was more of a joke than a villain. This is not to say that those films weren't great just that they aren't above criticism as some of you seem to believe.
Also, I saw Eragon the other day. It wasn't terrible. It wasn't good, but it wasn't terrible. The fact that the dragon grows up in an afternoon was more tastefully done than it sounds. It was a boring, cliche movie, and the pacing was much to fast. There was no character development, but there weren't really any characters to develop. Nobody in that movie had any personality except the dragon who was just mean to everyone for no explainable reason. Like I said, it wasn't a good movie. But if you're in the mood for mindless generic fantasy, it's not that bad. -
even though his means are highly questionable, and most likely cost him, Cohen did indeed have more of substance than Greens material. Yes, I was wrong. (Did I jut say that? *gasp*)But in defense of Tom, we might have seen a change in his direction, if his short lived late night talkshow had lasted. He had a memorable confrontaion with the creatr of the Bum Fight videos, and I thought to myself, "Huh, Tom might just be growing up." Of course the show was soon cancelled, a few days after it was announced it was renewed actually, so we never got to see if Tom woulda continued with a more relevant direction. I haven't kept up with his stuff other than the Japan special, so I don't know if he has developed any. My guess would be no. And that's not a knock by any means.
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That kid plot, was the best thing about Supes. Yeah, I wish Warner Bros. would go in another directon with the property, but I can't wait to see how that storyline pans out. But, since all Singer does anymore is "odes" to other films, I'm guessing we'll get a David Marcus, or Skywalker direction.
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There should be a universal rule about these lists being limited to Top 5.
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"Top 10 Lists I Don't Give A Fuck About." I want to see pics of Megatron and Ironhide, bitches! I hear Megatron has flames, looks like a turtle, and shits liquid magma in the shape of Michael Bay's penis.
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The Fountain, the best film since A Clockwork Orange. What?! Hey A Clockwork Orange is my favorite film. I am obsessed with Kubrick. But to say The Fountain is the best since my favorite film. Um, it was great but not perfect. Geez I can name numerous films much more perfect, so I will just name one, Schinlders List. There are hundreds of films better then The Fountain. Anyone else care to add?
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...and it's not a great movie. It's really not even a good movie. Eddie Murphy is VERY good, but so much of what happens when he's not onscreen is a little embarrassing. Who loves a bad song about family that overuses a corny tree metaphor? No one.
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...the ending to "Edmond." Really, it's better to compare the film to Camus' "The Stranger" than "Falling Down." Still, most people make this oversimplification, so I suppose I'm in the minority.
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And I am very very sure Capone saw even more. Just because you didn't see many doesn't mean he shouldn't write what he wants to write.
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Well it's true.
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That's not cool.
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You put Superman Returns, Little Miss Sunshine, and A Scanner Darkly on a list and left The Fountain off.
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If you didn't like Superman Returns when you saw it, i saw do the following before having a final judgment- (1) Watch Superman 1, (2) Watch Richard Donner's cut of Superman 2, and (3) Watch Superman Returns again. You may like it better. i did.
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That movie was geared toward certain people. Like those people that like 2001- A Space Odyssey.
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understand, I liked and "got" Superman, and didnt hate Scanner. I did find Sunshine to be pretty bad, as far as my tastes go.
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...more films than most of us this year, maybe he didn't see The Prestige. If he did, maybe the fact that he DID see so many other films (many of which I'd wager a lot of us did NOT see) moved The Prestige off his list. Or maybe he just didn't like it, sheesh. lol You guys can be harsh sometimes. How about responding with your own top 5, 10, 30 etc. I bet you'll find it's not as easy as you think.
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I too would put Dead Man's Chest above Superman Returns. I'm not even sure I'd put Superman Returns in my own 2006 top ten list (I only saw about 25 films in the theater this year - that's about what I average every year). But I did like it, quite a bit. As I said, I'll have to watch it again, but right now S1 is first (and will stay there) followed by either S2:The Donner Cut (which I find MUCH more interesting than the original theatrical release - even though I was against it from the time I heard about it until I watched it on Christmas) or Superman Returns. SR may move up, not sure. If there was no Donner Cut it would definitely be second. S3 and Quest for Peace don't really work for me. And I really want S3 to work as well as the first two every time I watch it. But it never does. PS - The Prestige would be in my top ten. lol
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10,000 B.C.
Release Date: December 14, 2007
Director: Roland Emmerich
Starring: Steven Strait, Camilla Belle
Synopsis: A prehistoric epic that follows a young mammoth hunter's journey through uncharted territory to secure the future of his tribe.
The Hype: Directed by Emmerich, who's also done The Patriot, Godzilla, and Independence Day, comes this new prehistoric epic adventure that may be promising.
28 Weeks Later
Release Date: May 11, 2007
Director: Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
Starring:
Synopsis: Britain has been emptied. There's nobody there. It's completely dead. And six months later the Americans arrive to reboot it back up again. But, of course, something goes wrong.
The Hype: The sequel to the 2003 zombie film 28 Days Later featuring a new director and new screenwriter.
300
Release Date: March 16, 2007
Director: Zack Snyder
Starring: Gerard Butler, Lena Headey, David Wenham, Dominic West, Vincent Regan
Synopsis: Based on Frank Miller's graphic novel, “300″ concerns the 480 B.C. Battle of Thermopylae, where the King of Sparta led his army against the advancing Persians.
The Hype: Thanks to a special preview shown at Comic-Con, everyone is abuzz about just how intense and epic this ancient Spartan adventure will be, complete with comic-book stylized imagery.
30 Days of Night
Release Date: October 19, 2007
Director: David Slade
Starring: Josh Hartnett, Melissa George
Synopsis: After an Alaskan town is plunged into darkness for a month, it is attacked by a bloodthirsty gang of vampires.
The Hype: A freaky vampire thriller coming from the new director behind the indie thriller Hard Candy and featuring Josh Hartnett - sounds… freaky!
American Gangster
Release Date: 2007
Director: Ridley Scott
Starring: Russell Crowe, Denzel Washington
Synopsis: A drug lord smuggles heroin into Harlem during the 1970s by hiding the stash inside the coffins of American soldiers returning from Vietnam.
The Hype: Russell Crowe is going to be fightin’ it up - this time as a gangster! No wait, he's a detective, damn, our dreams haven't come true… Either way, this movie, supposedly directed by the legendary Ridley Scott, may rattle some cages during 2007.
Beowulf
Release Date: November 16, 2007
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Angelina Jolie, John Malkovich, Robin Wright Penn, Brendan Gleeson
Synopsis: The Scandinavian warrior Beowulf must fight and defeat the monster Grendel who is terrorizing towns, and later, Grendel's mother, who begins killing out of revenge.
The Hype: Zemeckis will bring this epic tale from ancient history to life; it's been yearning for a film adaption for years.
Blades of Glory
Release Date: March 30, 2007
Director: Josh Gordon / Will Speck
Starring: Will Ferrell, Jon Heder, Jenna Fischer
Synopsis: In 2002, two rival Olympic ice skaters were stripped of their gold medals and permanently banned from men's single competition. Presently, however, they've found a loophole that will allow them to qualify as a pairs team.
The Hype: Napoleon and Ricky Bobby team up in an ice-skating comedy that looks to be one of the better comedies of 2007.
The Bourne Ultimatum
Release Date: August 3, 2007
Director: Paul Greengrass
Starring: Matt Damon, Joan Allen
Synopsis: Bourne races to discover the final mysteries of his past while a government agent tries to track him down after a shootout in Moscow.
The Hype: The non-stop Jason Bourne adventure finally reaches a conclusion in what may yet be the best of the Bourne films.
The Chronicles
Release Date: January 19, 2007
Director: David Fincher
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey Jr., Anthony Edwards
Synopsis: Based on the Robert Graysmith books about the real life notorious Zodiac, a serial killer who terrorized San Francisco with a string of seemingly random murders during the 1960s and 1970s.
The Hype: Attendees at test screenings have already made an effort to come out and speak on the internet heralding David Fincher's post-Fight Club film to be simply an astounding “novel-like” piece in the works.
Evan Almighty
Release Date: June 22, 2007
Director: Tom Shadyac
Starring: Steve Carell, Morgan Freeman, Lauren Graham, John Goodman, Wanda Sykes, John Michael Higgins
Synopsis: God contacts Congressman Evan Baxter and tells him to build an ark in preparation for a great flood.
The Hype: The sequel to Bruce Almighty now boasts the hilarious Steve Carell who becomes a modern-day Noah and attempts to build his own ark - could that story line be any better of a comedic plot?!
Fantastic Four and The Silver Surfer
Release Date: June 15, 2007
Director: Tim Story
Starring: Michael Chiklis, Ioan Gruffudd, Chris Evans, Jessica Alba, Doug Jones
Synopsis: The Fantastic Four learn that they aren't the only super-powered beings in the universe when they square off against the power Silver Surfer and the planet-eating Galactus.
The Hype: Although the first one from 2004 was a flop, the great Doug Jones (Abe Sapien in Hellboy) is likely to play another famous comic book character: Silver Surfer. That alone may give this a chance at being the film that the first one wasn't.
Ghost Rider
Release Date: February 16, 2007
Director: Mark Steven Johnson
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Jon Voight, Eva Mendes, Sam Elliott, Peter Fonda
Synopsis: Based on the Marvel character, stunt motorcyclist Johnny Blaze gives up his soul to become a hellblazing vigilante, to fight against power hungry Blackheart, the son of the devil himself.
The Hype: One of the great upcoming comic book adaptations in 2007 that will feature some incredible special effects and an amazing performance from Nic Cage. A film not to miss on its February release day!
The Giver
Release Date: 2007
Director: Vadim Perelman
Starring: Jeff Bridges
Synopsis: In a seemingly perfect community, without war, pain, suffering, differences or choice, a young boy is chosen to learn from an elderly man about the true pain and pleasure of the “real” world.
The Hype: A film adaptation of one of the most beloved books, The Giver, looks to be an intriguing film, directed by the same guy from House of Sand and Fog.
The Golden Compass
Release Date: November 16, 2007
Director: Chris Weitz
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Dakota Blue Richards
Synopsis: In a parallel universe, young Lyra Belacqua journeys to the far North to save her best friend and other kidnapped children from terrible experiments by a mysterious organization.
The Hype: Describe online as possibly the “new” Lord of the Rings, The Golden Compass is an adaptation from a trilogy of fantasy books.
Grind House
Release Date: April 6, 2007
Director: Quentin Tarantino / Robert Rodriguez
Starring: Kurt Russell, Zoe Bell, Rosario Dawson, Jordan Ladd, Rose McGowan
Synopsis: Two 75 minute horror movies written by Quentin Tarantino & Robert Rodriguez put together as a two film features. Including fake movie trailers in between both movies.
The Hype: A QT/RR production with two 75 minute films packed into one full-on feature. The first, Planet Terror, a zombie film by Robert Rodriguez. The second, Death Proof, a slasher flick by Tarantino. Distributed in the grungy exploitation film style with dirty reels and fake trailers. Absolutely amazing!
Halo
Release Date: NOW 2008
Director: Neill Blomkamp
Starring:
Synopsis: After they crash-land on an artificial ring-world called “Halo”, a marine captain, his surviving marines, and a genetically-and-surgically-enhanced supersoldier called “Master Chief” must find out what the Covenant, the genocidal alien race they are at war with, are looking for on the ring.
The Hype: In coordination (not really) with the likely release of highly anticipated game Halo 3 on Xbox 360 in 2007, the film is sparking the interests of everyone who's ever played the game - which is just about everyone. Rumors have been rampant about Denzel Washington voicing Master Chief and about Peter Jackson directing, but nothing yet is official. UPDATE: Peter Jackson is producing and Halo will feature a directorial debut from award-winning shorts director Neill Blomkamp. It has been moved to summer of 2008, but I'll leave it on here anyway (but don't get confused).
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Release Date: July 13, 2007
Director: David Yates
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Imelda Staunton, George Harris, Helena Bonham Carter
Synopsis: With their warning about Lord Voldemort's return scoffed at, Harry and Dumbledore are targeted by the Wizard authorities as an authoritarian bureaucrat slowly seizes power at Hogwarts.
The Hype: A new director this time around again, but that doesn't matter. This next installment in the Harry Potter series will, as always, bring out loads of fangirls (and maybe some fanboys) to cheer again as Harry fights off Voldemort. Another list topper for 2007 guaranteed.
Hot Fuzz
Release Date: March 9, 2007
Director: Edgar Wright
Starring: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Jim Broadbent, Timothy Dalton, Steve Coogan, Martin Freeman
Synopsis: Jealous colleagues conspire to get a top London cop transferred to a small town and paired with a witless new partner. On the beat, the pair stumble upon a series of suspicious accidents and events.
The Hype: The director of Shaun of the Dead and the stars of Shaun of the Dead come together again for the next great British comedy.
I Am Legend
Release Date: November 21, 2007
Director: Francis Lawrence
Starring: Will Smith
Synopsis: The lone healthy survivor of a biological war faces off against a new breed of nocturnal mutants.
The Hype: Johnny Depp is rumored to play the head vampire in this upcoming vampire film from the director of Constantine.
The Kingdom
Release Date: April 20, 2007
Director: Peter Berg
Starring: Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Garner, Chris Cooper, Jason Bateman
Synopsis: A team of U.S. government agents are sent to investigate the bombing of an American facility in the Middle East.
The Hype: Friday Night Lights director Peter Berg is putting together what hopes to be a better Middle East based film starring a great selection of actors.
Knocked Up
Release Date: August 17, 2007
Director: Judd Apatow
Starring: Seth Rogen, Katherine Heigl, Paul Rudd, Leslie Mann
Synopsis: A young guy finds out he impregnated his one night stand.
The Hype: After the incredible success of 40 Year Old Virgin, director Judd Apatow returns to make his next comedy that has a plot that looks to be just as hilarious as 40 Year Old Virgin.
Live Free or Die Hard
Release Date: June 29, 2007
Director: Len Wiseman
Starring: Bruce Willis
Synopsis: The heroic John McClane comes out of retirement to take down an Internet-based terrorist organization.
The Hype: Although the cheesy title might thwart some people, this really is the 4th Die Hard movie. Rumors have been flying around about casting, but there's no denying that another Die Hard is definitely going to blow up the theatres (again) in 2007.
Monkey's Paw
Release Date: 2007
Director:
Starring:
Synopsis: A man comes home with an artifact that is rumored to grant any wish… at a price.
The Hype: Although being created as more of a children's horror film, no one can forget the story of the Monkey's Paw from their years in grammar school. We've all “wished” for a true film adaptation to be made, and here it is (and at what cost?!).
Next
Release Date: September 28, 2007
Director: Lee Tamahori
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Julianne Moore, Jessica Biel
Synopsis: A man who can see into his own future has to avoid capture by a government organization and win the love of a woman who will be the mother of his child.
The Hype: Another Philip K. Dick adaptation (also A Scanner Darkly) that looks to be an incredibly interesting film with Nicolas Cage as the star.
Ocean's 13
Release Date: June 8, 2007
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Starring: George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Andy Garcia, Don Cheadle, Bernie Mac, Casey Affleck, Scott Caan, Eddie Jemison, Shaobo Qin, Carl Reiner, Elliott Gould, Ellen Barkin
Synopsis: The continuing criminal exploits of Danny Ocean and his crew of crooks.
The Hype: The entourage cast returns again in what may be the final film in the incredibly successful trilogy of robbery films directed by the legendary Steven Soderbergh. Although Ocean's 12 didn't fare overly well, this third installment may be the perfect fit after the great first film and mildly entertaining second film.
Pathfinder
Release Date: January 12, 2007
Director: Marcus Nispel
Starring: Karl Urban, Moon Bloodgood, Russell Means, Clancy Brown
Synopsis: A Viking boy is left behind after his clan battles a Native American tribe. Raised within the tribe, he ultimately becomes their savoir in a fight against the Norsemen.
The Hype: After reports from Comic-Con and behind-the-scenes videos, this early 2007 movie may be the start to a great year of upcoming action flicks.
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Release Date: May 25, 2007
Director: Gore Verbinski
Starring: Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Stellan Skarsgård, Geoffrey Rush, Bill Nighy, Chow Yun-Fat
Synopsis: Captain Barbossa, Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann must sail off the edge of the map, navigate treachery and betrayal, and make their final alliances for one last decisive battle.
The Hype: Likely to be in the very top 3 films of 2007, this is the epic conclusion to the already fantastic adventures of Captain Jack Sparrow. The second film ended in a cliffhanger and left everyone yelling for more, and At World's End will most likely be just as enticing as everyone wants it to be.
Priest
Release Date: August 17, 2007
Director: Andrew Douglas
Starring: Gerard Butler, Steven Strait
Synopsis: A priest disobeys church law to track down the vampires who kidnapped his niece.
The Hype: The synopsis itselfs intrigues an eyebrow-raising interest into just what exactly Gerard Butler will be doing as a priest. Originally based on a Japanese comic and directed by the man behind The Amityville Horror, it may find hope.
Ratatouille
Release Date: June 29, 2007
Director: Brad Bird
Starring:
Synopsis: The story is of a rat named Ratatouille who lives in a upmarket Parisian restaurant run by an eccentric chef.
The Hype: Pixar has struck back in full force in almost less than a year's time since Cars was released. This time the adventure involves a rat in Paris and will hopefully have the heart that Pixar films (of past) have always had that make them so great.
Reno 911! Miami
Release Date: January 2007
Director: Ben Garant
Starring: Thomas Lennon, Ben Garant, Kerri Kenney, Cedric Yarbrough, Carlos Alazraqui, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Niecy Nash, Mary Birdsong, Paul Rudd, Nick Swardson
Synopsis: A rag-tag team of Reno cops are called in to save the day after a terrorist attack disrupts a national police convention in Miami Beach during spring break.
The Hype: The immensely successful and exceptionally funny Comedy Central TV series is making a debut on film in a movie version of the show, however stuck this time in Miami. Although a real trailer is yet unreleased, the trailer was shown at Comic-Con and parodies Miami Vice's trailer both in comedic presence and action.
Rush Hour 3
Release Date: August 10, 2007
Director: Brett Ratner
Starring: Chris Tucker, Jackie Chan, Vinnie Jones, Yvan Attel, Roselyn Sanchez, Yao Ming, Roman Polanski
Synopsis: While in Paris, Lee and Carter inadvertantly get mixed up with the Chinese Triad crew.
The Hype: Although not that many people are excited to see these films continue after Rush Hour 2, it doesn't mean that this third one won't be fully entertaining. I'd like to say that Brett Ratner has gained a little bit more respect after directing X-Men 3, but that depends on your own opinion.
Shrek 3
Release Date: May 18, 2007
Director: Raman Hui / Chris Miller
Starring: Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, Antonio Banderas, Rupert Everett, Julie Andrews, John Cleese, Justin Timberlake
Synopsis: When Fiona's dad dies Shrek is supposed to take the crown but Shrek doesn't want the responsibility. So Shrek, Fiona, Donkey and Puss look for a new King. And so far King Arthur is the best they have.
The Hype: Shrek 2 remains one of the biggest openings for an animated film ever, and has enough of a great following behind it from adults and kids alike to possibly take a top spot in 2007. Either way, the movie will be a must-see that will last for months in the theatre - the same way Shrek 2 was.
The Simpsons Movie
Release Date: July 27, 2007
Director: David Silverman
Starring: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer
Synopsis:
The Hype: After 18 seasons, they've finally decided to make a feature length movie and release it in theatres. The Simpsons Movie is guaranteed to sweep the box office no matter what the storyline, all because of Homer's brilliant 17 year history of making us laugh.
Sin City 2
Release Date: 2007
Director: Robert Rodriguez / Frank Miller
Starring: Brittany Murphy, Mickey Rourke, Michael Clarke Duncan
Synopsis: In the dark bowels of Sin City, Dwight plans to have his vengeance against the woman who betrayed him, Ava Lord, while Nancy plans her vengeance against the Roarks for Hartigan's death.
The Hype: The first Sin City was a smashing success for fans of brutal action and comic books, and they've been cheering for another one since it's release day. Their dreams have come true and the Sin City excellence from Frank Miller will continue on in a second action-packed installment.
Slipstream
Release Date: 2007
Director: Anthony Hopkins
Starring: Christian Slater, Gena Rowlands, Jeffrey Tambor, Michael Clarke Duncan, Camryn Manheim
Synopsis: Aging screenwriter Felix Bonhoeffer has lived his life in two states of existence: in reality and hbis own interior world. While working on a murder mystery script, and unaware that his brain is on the verge of implosion, Felix is baffled when his characters start to appear in his life, and vice versa.
The Hype: A late addition (to this list) written and directed by Anthony Hopkins surrounding an intriguing story that is largely based upon Hopkins's own thoughts about God, life, and death.
Smokin’ Aces
Release Date: March 2, 2007
Director: Joe Carnahan
Starring: Ben Affleck, Andy Garcia, Alicia Keys, Ray Liotta, Jeremy Piven, Ryan Reynolds, Peter Berg
Synopsis: When a Las Vegas performer-turned-snitch named Buddy Israel (Piven)decides to turn state's evidence and testify against the mob, it seems that a whole lot of people would like to make sure he's no longer breathing.
The Hype: After the high-intensity, non-stop action trailer was released online, the excitement surrounding this movie has increased quite a bit. Not only does it feature a pretty incredible cast, but it looks to just be incredible as is.
Spider-Man 3
Release Date: May 4, 2007
Director: Sam Raimi
Starring: Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Thomas Haden Church, Topher Grace, Bryce Dallas Howard
Synopsis: A specimen from the moon gives Spider-man new powers and a black suit, while Spider-man must battle the new Green Goblin, Sandman, Venom, and other dangers.
The Hype: The single-handed most anticipated movie of 2007. I don't even need to explain why this movie alone is enough to make 2007 one of the best year's ever in movie history.
Stardust
Release Date: March 9, 2007
Director: Matthew Vaughn
Starring: Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Claire Danes, Charlie Cox, Sienna Miller, Peter O'Toole
Synopsis: In a countryside town bordering on a magical land, a young man makes a promise to his beloved that he'll retrieve a fallen star by venturing into the magical realm.
The Hype: From the award-winning novel by Neil Gaiman comes this fantasy adventure. It has already gained a lot of hype from fans of Neil Gaiman and could be a sleeper hit.
Sunshine
Release Date: March 16, 2007
Director: Danny Boyle
Starring: Rose Byrne, Cliff Curtis, Chris Evans, Troy Garity, Cillian Murphy
Synopsis: 50 years into the future, the Sun begins to die, and Earth is dying as a result. A team of astronauts are sent to revive the Sun.
The Hype: A sci-fi thriller from the director of 28 Days Later that focuses more on the psychological horror / thriller side of the story than sci-fi elements. From a behind-the-scenes video put out by Danny himself, the movie will certainly captivate all of us and should be an interesting release.
Surf's Up
Release Date: June 8, 2007
Director: Ash Brannon / Chris Buck
Starring: Jeff Bridges, Shia LaBeouf, Zooey Deschanel, James Woods, Jane Krakowski, Jon Heder
Synopsis: A behind-the-scenes look at the annual Penguin World Surfing Championship, and its newest participant, up-and-comer Cody Maverick.
The Hype: Another cute animated penguin film, but this time about penguins surfing and the life of one little penguin by the name of Cody Maverick. Nothing much has been publicly released, but from what they showed at Comic-Con, it may be better than Happy Feet.
There Will Be Blood
Release Date: 2007
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Dano
Synopsis: A story about family, greed, religion, and oil, centered around a turn-of-the-century Texas prospector in the early days of the business.
The Hype: An adaptation of a novel by Upton Sinclair and directed by the guy behind Boogie Nights and Magnolia comes this film about family, greed, religion, and oil. May be an epic drama worth its penny when it comes out next year.
TMNT (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
Release Date: March 30, 2007
Director: Kevin Munroe
Starring:
Synopsis: Strange events are occurring in New York City, and the Turtles are needed more than ever, but Raphael, Donatello, and Michelangelo have become lost and directionless. With the city at stake, it's up to Leonardo and Zen Master Splinter to restore unity and ninja discipline to the Turtles.
The Hype: The geeks can rejoice! The revival of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film franchise is coming back, this time in CGI animation. Although a bit shaky at first when you hear about the CGI, you'll change your mind entirely (for the better) once you see the trailer. Cowabunga!
Transformers
Release Date: July 4, 2007
Director: Michael Bay
Starring: Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Jon Voight, Bernie Mac, Tyrese Gibson
Synopsis: Dueling alien races, the Autobots and the Decepticons, bring their battle to Earth, leaving the future of humankind hanging in the balance.
The Hype: Many of our childhood memories are brightened by the mention of Transformers. And it's now come time for a live action Transformers movie that will spend nearly a year in CGI development to tweak and perfect the transformations and robot elements; on top of being directed by Michael Bay and being released on our nation's day of celebration - July 4th. Another film that may top the list in 2007 - at least in the “totally badass” category.
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Paying respect to a legend? LOL. Blabbing on about capone's list of top movies? Talkbackers gotta eat.
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i should of CAPS all of the film titles,,,sorry.
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Order of the Phoenix, isn't it? It'll get massacred online but I'll probably like it.
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and unless you copied and pasted that was probably the most worthless post I've seen anyone make on a talkback ever.
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solely to zoom in on Brandon Routh. But trying to sit through it again was extremely difficult. Can someone explain to me why Kate Bosworth's hair looks like it's not attached to her head? When you spend that much money on a movie and the only thing that looks good is the lead actor even though you tried to jack him up with too much makeup and cheesy contact lenses, it's bad. And the story was silly, even if you exclude Superbrat. It was like they tried to make it a sequel and a reboot at the same time and that's where it all went wrong. When you think of how much better it could have been, it's kinda depressing. It's the worst of the 2006 movies I've seen.
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First, I think that's why I enjoyed SR (maybe even moreso because I'd also watched S3 and Quest for Peace). Second, I TOTALLY agree with you about The Fountain. That film just isn't going to resonate with everyone (and it's going to resonate on different levels and in different contexts for those that do enjoy it).
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surprised there hasn't been one mention of it yet, not even in the talkbacks. yeah, it was good but not great, and definitely better than half the stuff on capone's list.
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10,000 B.C:
Release Date: December 14, 2007
Director: Roland Emmerich
Starring: Steven Strait, Camilla Belle
Synopsis: A prehistoric epic that follows a young mammoth hunter's journey through uncharted territory to secure the future of his tribe.
The Hype: Directed by Emmerich, who's also done The Patriot, Godzilla, and Independence Day, comes this new prehistoric epic adventure that may be promising.
28 WEEKS LATER:
Release Date: May 11, 2007
Director: Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
Starring:
Synopsis: Britain has been emptied. There's nobody there. It's completely dead. And six months later the Americans arrive to reboot it back up again. But, of course, something goes wrong.
The Hype: The sequel to the 2003 zombie film 28 Days Later featuring a new director and new screenwriter.
300 (THREE HUNDRED):
Release Date: March 16, 2007
Director: Zack Snyder
Starring: Gerard Butler, Lena Headey, David Wenham, Dominic West, Vincent Regan
Synopsis: Based on Frank Miller's graphic novel, “300″ concerns the 480 B.C. Battle of Thermopylae, where the King of Sparta led his army against the advancing Persians.
The Hype: Thanks to a special preview shown at Comic-Con, everyone is abuzz about just how intense and epic this ancient Spartan adventure will be, complete with comic-book stylized imagery.
30 DAYS OF NIGHT: Release Date: October 19, 2007
Director: David Slade
Starring: Josh Hartnett, Melissa George
Synopsis: After an Alaskan town is plunged into darkness for a month, it is attacked by a bloodthirsty gang of vampires.
The Hype: A freaky vampire thriller coming from the new director behind the indie thriller Hard Candy and featuring Josh Hartnett - sounds… freaky!
AMERICAN GANGSTER: Release Date: 2007
Director: Ridley Scott
Starring: Russell Crowe, Denzel Washington
Synopsis: A drug lord smuggles heroin into Harlem during the 1970s by hiding the stash inside the coffins of American soldiers returning from Vietnam.
The Hype: Russell Crowe is going to be fightin’ it up - this time as a gangster! No wait, he's a detective, damn, our dreams haven't come true… Either way, this movie, supposedly directed by the legendary Ridley Scott, may rattle some cages during 2007.
BEOWOLF: Release Date: November 16, 2007
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Angelina Jolie, John Malkovich, Robin Wright Penn, Brendan Gleeson
Synopsis: The Scandinavian warrior Beowulf must fight and defeat the monster Grendel who is terrorizing towns, and later, Grendel's mother, who begins killing out of revenge.
The Hype: Zemeckis will bring this epic tale from ancient history to life; it's been yearning for a film adaption for years.
BLADES OF GLORY: Release Date: March 30, 2007
Director: Josh Gordon / Will Speck
Starring: Will Ferrell, Jon Heder, Jenna Fischer
Synopsis: In 2002, two rival Olympic ice skaters were stripped of their gold medals and permanently banned from men's single competition. Presently, however, they've found a loophole that will allow them to qualify as a pairs team.
The Hype: Napoleon and Ricky Bobby team up in an ice-skating comedy that looks to be one of the better comedies of 2007.
THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM: Release Date: August 3, 2007
Director: Paul Greengrass
Starring: Matt Damon, Joan Allen
Synopsis: Bourne races to discover the final mysteries of his past while a government agent tries to track him down after a shootout in Moscow.
The Hype: The non-stop Jason Bourne adventure finally reaches a conclusion in what may yet be the best of the Bourne films.
THE CHRONICLES:
Release Date: January 19, 2007
Director: David Fincher
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey Jr., Anthony Edwards
Synopsis: Based on the Robert Graysmith books about the real life notorious Zodiac, a serial killer who terrorized San Francisco with a string of seemingly random murders during the 1960s and 1970s.
The Hype: Attendees at test screenings have already made an effort to come out and speak on the internet heralding David Fincher's post-Fight Club film to be simply an astounding “novel-like” piece in the works.
FANTASTIC 4: RISE OF SILVER SURFER: Release Date: June 15, 2007
Director: Tim Story
Starring: Michael Chiklis, Ioan Gruffudd, Chris Evans, Jessica Alba, Doug Jones
Synopsis: The Fantastic Four learn that they aren't the only super-powered beings in the universe when they square off against the power Silver Surfer and the planet-eating Galactus.
The Hype: Although the first one from 2004 was a flop, the great Doug Jones (Abe Sapien in Hellboy) is likely to play another famous comic book character: Silver Surfer. That alone may give this a chance at being the film that the first one wasn't.
GHOST RIDER: Release Date: February 16, 2007
Director: Mark Steven Johnson
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Jon Voight, Eva Mendes, Sam Elliott, Peter Fonda
Synopsis: Based on the Marvel character, stunt motorcyclist Johnny Blaze gives up his soul to become a hellblazing vigilante, to fight against power hungry Blackheart, the son of the devil himself.
The Hype: One of the great upcoming comic book adaptations in 2007 that will feature some incredible special effects and an amazing performance from Nic Cage. A film not to miss on its February release day!
THE GIVER: Release Date: 2007
Director: Vadim Perelman
Starring: Jeff Bridges
Synopsis: In a seemingly perfect community, without war, pain, suffering, differences or choice, a young boy is chosen to learn from an elderly man about the true pain and pleasure of the “real” world.
The Hype: A film adaptation of one of the most beloved books, The Giver, looks to be an intriguing film, directed by the same guy from House of Sand and Fog.
THE GOLDEN COMPASS:
Release Date: November 16, 2007
Director: Chris Weitz
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Dakota Blue Richards
Synopsis: In a parallel universe, young Lyra Belacqua journeys to the far North to save her best friend and other kidnapped children from terrible experiments by a mysterious organization.
The Hype: Describe online as possibly the “new” Lord of the Rings, The Golden Compass is an adaptation from a trilogy of fantasy books.
GRIND HOUSE: (i can not fuckin wait)
Release Date: April 6, 2007
Director: Quentin Tarantino / Robert Rodriguez
Starring: Kurt Russell, Zoe Bell, Rosario Dawson, Jordan Ladd, Rose McGowan
Synopsis: Two 75 minute horror movies written by Quentin Tarantino & Robert Rodriguez put together as a two film features. Including fake movie trailers in between both movies.
The Hype: A QT/RR production with two 75 minute films packed into one full-on feature. The first, Planet Terror, a zombie film by Robert Rodriguez. The second, Death Proof, a slasher flick by Tarantino. Distributed in the grungy exploitation film style with dirty reels and fake trailers. Absolutely amazing!
HOT FUZZ: Release Date: March 9, 2007
Director: Edgar Wright
Starring: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Jim Broadbent, Timothy Dalton, Steve Coogan, Martin Freeman
Synopsis: Jealous colleagues conspire to get a top London cop transferred to a small town and paired with a witless new partner. On the beat, the pair stumble upon a series of suspicious accidents and events.
The Hype: The director of Shaun of the Dead and the stars of Shaun of the Dead come together again for the next great British comedy.
I AM LEGEND: Release Date: November 21, 2007
Director: Francis Lawrence
Starring: Will Smith
Synopsis: The lone healthy survivor of a biological war faces off against a new breed of nocturnal mutants.
The Hype: Johnny Depp is rumored to play the head vampire in this upcoming vampire film from the director of Constantine.
THE KINGDOM: Release Date: April 20, 2007
Director: Peter Berg
Starring: Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Garner, Chris Cooper, Jason Bateman
Synopsis: A team of U.S. government agents are sent to investigate the bombing of an American facility in the Middle East.
The Hype: Friday Night Lights director Peter Berg is putting together what hopes to be a better Middle East based film starring a great selection of actors.
KNOCKED UP: Release Date: August 17, 2007
Director: Judd Apatow
Starring: Seth Rogen, Katherine Heigl, Paul Rudd, Leslie Mann
Synopsis: A young guy finds out he impregnated his one night stand.
The Hype: After the incredible success of 40 Year Old Virgin, director Judd Apatow returns to make his next comedy that has a plot that looks to be just as hilarious as 40 Year Old Virgin.
LIVE FREE DIE HARD: Release Date: June 29, 2007
Director: Len Wiseman
Starring: Bruce Willis
Synopsis: The heroic John McClane comes out of retirement to take down an Internet-based terrorist organization.
The Hype: Although the cheesy title might thwart some people, this really is the 4th Die Hard movie. Rumors have been flying around about casting, but there's no denying that another Die Hard is definitely going to blow up the theatres (again) in 2007.
MONKEY'S PAW: Release Date: 2007
Director:
Starring:
Synopsis: A man comes home with an artifact that is rumored to grant any wish… at a price.
The Hype: Although being created as more of a children's horror film, no one can forget the story of the Monkey's Paw from their years in grammar school. We've all “wished” for a true film adaptation to be made, and here it is (and at what cost?!).
NEXT: Release Date: September 28, 2007
Director: Lee Tamahori
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Julianne Moore, Jessica Biel
Synopsis: A man who can see into his own future has to avoid capture by a government organization and win the love of a woman who will be the mother of his child.
The Hype: Another Philip K. Dick adaptation (also A Scanner Darkly) that looks to be an incredibly interesting film with Nicolas Cage as the star.
OCEANS 13: Release Date: June 8, 2007
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Starring: George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Andy Garcia, Don Cheadle, Bernie Mac, Casey Affleck, Scott Caan, Eddie Jemison, Shaobo Qin, Carl Reiner, Elliott Gould, Ellen Barkin
Synopsis: The continuing criminal exploits of Danny Ocean and his crew of crooks.
The Hype: The entourage cast returns again in what may be the final film in the incredibly successful trilogy of robbery films directed by the legendary Steven Soderbergh. Although Ocean's 12 didn't fare overly well, this third installment may be the perfect fit after the great first film and mildly entertaining second film.
PATHFINDER:
Release Date: January 12, 2007
Director: Marcus Nispel
Starring: Karl Urban, Moon Bloodgood, Russell Means, Clancy Brown
Synopsis: A Viking boy is left behind after his clan battles a Native American tribe. Raised within the tribe, he ultimately becomes their savoir in a fight against the Norsemen.
The Hype: After reports from Comic-Con and behind-the-scenes videos, this early 2007 movie may be the start to a great year of upcoming action flicks.
Pirates of the Caribbean: AT WORLD'S END:Release Date: May 25, 2007
Director: Gore Verbinski
Starring: Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Stellan Skarsgård, Geoffrey Rush, Bill Nighy, Chow Yun-Fat
Synopsis: Captain Barbossa, Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann must sail off the edge of the map, navigate treachery and betrayal, and make their final alliances for one last decisive battle.
The Hype: Likely to be in the very top 3 films of 2007, this is the epic conclusion to the already fantastic adventures of Captain Jack Sparrow. The second film ended in a cliffhanger and left everyone yelling for more, and At World's End will most likely be just as enticing as everyone wants it to be.
PREIST: Release Date: August 17, 2007
Director: Andrew Douglas
Starring: Gerard Butler, Steven Strait
Synopsis: A priest disobeys church law to track down the vampires who kidnapped his niece.
The Hype: The synopsis itselfs intrigues an eyebrow-raising interest into just what exactly Gerard Butler will be doing as a priest. Originally based on a Japanese comic and directed by the man behind The Amityville Horror, it may find hope.
RATATOULLIE: Release Date: June 29, 2007
Director: Brad Bird
Starring:
Synopsis: The story is of a rat named Ratatouille who lives in a upmarket Parisian restaurant run by an eccentric chef.
The Hype: Pixar has struck back in full force in almost less than a year's time since Cars was released. This time the adventure involves a rat in Paris and will hopefully have the heart that Pixar films (of past) have always had that make them so great.
RENO 911! Miami
Release Date: January 2007
Director: Ben Garant
Starring: Thomas Lennon, Ben Garant, Kerri Kenney, Cedric Yarbrough, Carlos Alazraqui, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Niecy Nash, Mary Birdsong, Paul Rudd, Nick Swardson
Synopsis: A rag-tag team of Reno cops are called in to save the day after a terrorist attack disrupts a national police convention in Miami Beach during spring break.
The Hype: The immensely successful and exceptionally funny Comedy Central TV series is making a debut on film in a movie version of the show, however stuck this time in Miami. Although a real trailer is yet unreleased, the trailer was shown at Comic-Con and parodies Miami Vice's trailer both in comedic presence and action.
RUSH HOUR 3:
Release Date: August 10, 2007
Director: Brett Ratner
Starring: Chris Tucker, Jackie Chan, Vinnie Jones, Yvan Attel, Roselyn Sanchez, Yao Ming, Roman Polanski
Synopsis: While in Paris, Lee and Carter inadvertantly get mixed up with the Chinese Triad crew.
The Hype: Although not that many people are excited to see these films continue after Rush Hour 2, it doesn't mean that this third one won't be fully entertaining. I'd like to say that Brett Ratner has gained a little bit more respect after directing X-Men 3, but that depends on your own opinion.
THE SIMPSONS MOVIE:
Release Date: July 27, 2007
Director: David Silverman
Starring: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer
Synopsis:
The Hype: After 18 seasons, they've finally decided to make a feature length movie and release it in theatres. The Simpsons Movie is guaranteed to sweep the box office no matter what the storyline, all because of Homer's brilliant 17 year history of making us laugh.
SIN CITY 2?: Release Date: 2007
Director: Robert Rodriguez / Frank Miller
Starring: Brittany Murphy, Mickey Rourke, Michael Clarke Duncan
Synopsis: In the dark bowels of Sin City, Dwight plans to have his vengeance against the woman who betrayed him, Ava Lord, while Nancy plans her vengeance against the Roarks for Hartigan's death.
The Hype: The first Sin City was a smashing success for fans of brutal action and comic books, and they've been cheering for another one since it's release day. Their dreams have come true and the Sin City excellence from Frank Miller will continue on in a second action-packed installment.
SLIPSTREAM: Release Date: 2007
Director: Anthony Hopkins
Starring: Christian Slater, Gena Rowlands, Jeffrey Tambor, Michael Clarke Duncan, Camryn Manheim
Synopsis: Aging screenwriter Felix Bonhoeffer has lived his life in two states of existence: in reality and hbis own interior world. While working on a murder mystery script, and unaware that his brain is on the verge of implosion, Felix is baffled when his characters start to appear in his life, and vice versa.
The Hype: A late addition (to this list) written and directed by Anthony Hopkins surrounding an intriguing story that is largely based upon Hopkins's own thoughts about God, life, and death.
SMOKIN' ACES: Release Date: March 2, 2007
Director: Joe Carnahan
Starring: Ben Affleck, Andy Garcia, Alicia Keys, Ray Liotta, Jeremy Piven, Ryan Reynolds, Peter Berg
Synopsis: When a Las Vegas performer-turned-snitch named Buddy Israel (Piven)decides to turn state's evidence and testify against the mob, it seems that a whole lot of people would like to make sure he's no longer breathing.
The Hype: After the high-intensity, non-stop action trailer was released online, the excitement surrounding this movie has increased quite a bit. Not only does it feature a pretty incredible cast, but it looks to just be incredible as is.
SPIDER-MAN 3: (fuck yeah!)Release Date: May 4, 2007
Director: Sam Raimi
Starring: Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Thomas Haden Church, Topher Grace, Bryce Dallas Howard
Synopsis: A specimen from the moon gives Spider-man new powers and a black suit, while Spider-man must battle the new Green Goblin, Sandman, Venom, and other dangers.
The Hype: The single-handed most anticipated movie of 2007. I don't even need to explain why this movie alone is enough to make 2007 one of the best year's ever in movie history.
STARDUST: Release Date: March 9, 2007
Director: Matthew Vaughn
Starring: Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Claire Danes, Charlie Cox, Sienna Miller, Peter O'Toole
Synopsis: In a countryside town bordering on a magical land, a young man makes a promise to his beloved that he'll retrieve a fallen star by venturing into the magical realm.
The Hype: From the award-winning novel by Neil Gaiman comes this fantasy adventure. It has already gained a lot of hype from fans of Neil Gaiman and could be a sleeper hit.
SUNSHINE:
Release Date: March 16, 2007
Director: Danny Boyle
Starring: Rose Byrne, Cliff Curtis, Chris Evans, Troy Garity, Cillian Murphy
Synopsis: 50 years into the future, the Sun begins to die, and Earth is dying as a result. A team of astronauts are sent to revive the Sun.
The Hype: A sci-fi thriller from the director of 28 Days Later that focuses more on the psychological horror / thriller side of the story than sci-fi elements. From a behind-the-scenes video put out by Danny himself, the movie will certainly captivate all of us and should be an interesting release.
SURF'S UP:
Release Date: June 8, 2007
Director: Ash Brannon / Chris Buck
Starring: Jeff Bridges, Shia LaBeouf, Zooey Deschanel, James Woods, Jane Krakowski, Jon Heder
Synopsis: A behind-the-scenes look at the annual Penguin World Surfing Championship, and its newest participant, up-and-comer Cody Maverick.
The Hype: Another cute animated penguin film, but this time about penguins surfing and the life of one little penguin by the name of Cody Maverick. Nothing much has been publicly released, but from what they showed at Comic-Con, it may be better than Happy Feet.
THERE WILL BE BLOOD:
Release Date: 2007
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Dano
Synopsis: A story about family, greed, religion, and oil, centered around a turn-of-the-century Texas prospector in the early days of the business.
The Hype: An adaptation of a novel by Upton Sinclair and directed by the guy behind Boogie Nights and Magnolia comes this film about family, greed, religion, and oil. May be an epic drama worth its penny when it comes out next year.
TRANSFORMERS:
Release Date: July 4, 2007
Director: Michael Bay
Starring: Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Jon Voight, Bernie Mac, Tyrese Gibson
Synopsis: Dueling alien races, the Autobots and the Decepticons, bring their battle to Earth, leaving the future of humankind hanging in the balance.
The Hype: Many of our childhood memories are brightened by the mention of Transformers. And it's now come time for a live action Transformers movie that will spend nearly a year in CGI development to tweak and perfect the transformations and robot elements; on top of being directed by Michael Bay and being released on our nation's day of celebration - July 4th. Another film that may top the list in 2007 - at least in the “totally badass” category.
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Taking into account expectations and the negative correlation with what actually came to be onscreen, the worst 2.5 hours of my life this year.
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although i did spend a minute to re-CAP the titles.
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My favorite movie of this year, by far, was Stranger Than Fiction. The rest of the top ten, in no particular order, are Clerks II, Mission Impossible 3, V for Vendetta, Prairie Home Companion, Casino Royale, The Fountain, Children of Men, PotC: Dead Man's Chest, and The Prestige. These ten only made it by a narrow margin. I could easily have done a top 30 of my own. My bottom ten, in descending order of suck, are Nacho Libre, The Covenant, Let's Go To Prison, Eragon, Zoom, World Trade Center, The Wicker Man, X-men United, Underworld: Evolution, and Silent Hill. Make of this what you will.
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Was the best animated film this year. I loved MONSTER HOUSE but HF is a whole 'nother universe.
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IMHO---I think the best experience I had at the movies this year was undoubtedly seeing James Bond go back to his roots with Casino Royale. Can not wait to see where they take the series for the next 2 editions. Love seeing the Daniel Craig nay-sayers with their faces in the mud....and Superman returns sucked...
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I know I said "no apologies" about my list (and trust me, I will not apologize for what I included or did not), but please rest assured: I SAW EVERY MOVIE THAT CAME OUT IN 2007. I saw more than 450 films in theatres in 2007. I saw THE PRESTIGE and THE FOUNTAIN, make no mistake, and they both would have made a Top 40 list, but not the Top 30. Also, I hold ROCKY BALBOA in a special place this year, but not in my 30 best. And for those of you complaining about listing 30 titles rather than 10, here is a tip: Stop reading at 10. Thank you and good night.
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Don't let those who feel they need to prove something bring you down. Let them fight with their own kind. lol I'm still of the belief, after frequenting this site for many a year, that most of us come here to just geek out and talk about film, agenda free! That being the case, interesting list. I'm still waiting until a great many people have seen Transformers and had their world's rocked before I throw down my hard earned $10. Stardust, SC2 & At World's End are at the top of me personal 2007 list - with Stardust WAAAAAY in the lead due to personal reasons (I'm a gigantoid Gaiman fan).
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Really? I thought that was some of Spacies best work in years. He was genuinely disturbing in a few scenes.
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This was my fave film of 2006 - far and away. But it seems like I am in the minority on this one.
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I'd love to see this flick but I'm guessing it skipped my podunk lil town, or has it even had a formal release yet?
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Go on strike or something man.
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I dont know of anyone who saw it that did not like it-talkbackers excluded. Best superman movie ever IMHO.
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I swear I meant Spacey's. And really, in my opinion, some of y'all need to re-watch Superman Returns. It's not great and I'm not saying it should necessarilly be in anybodies top ten. But it's better than all the shit that's been heaped upon it. And no, I don't think Spacey was sleep walking at all. He kinda freaked me out in a couple scenes. The way he so calmly makes decision that will kill millions, "no, billions", of people is disturbing in a very Kevin Spacey kind of way. He's been overacting for years anyway. His best work is when he's UNDER played the parts.
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See my last post. lol Everything he's done SINCE Se7en and American Beauty has been phoned in and/or overdone. I thought SR was a nice return (no pun intended, really) to form.
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Not that I normally notice the nitty-gritty of edge enhancement and artifacting and all of that stuff (don't have a big facy tv), but why on earth is the picture quality on the SR disc so lousy? I was a bit shocked, considering it's a big release. No matter what you thought of the quality of the film itself, the visual quality sucks!
Future help, I'm not bagging you but I tried to read your post and got about 4 lines in before my eyes went buggy. We have paragraphs now! Use 'em! Your list looks like the biggest run-on sentence of all time! -
...The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada. The thing had the balls and the nerve of an old-school Eastwood Western. Tommy Lee Jones will come to your house personally and pistol-whip you if you didn't like it. Mark my words.
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And why you ain't got no black box, foo?
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My favorite movie I've seen this year, "Bobby," belongs somewhere on the list. I honestly can't wait to see "Children of Men," the movie looks fan-freakin-tastic. It needs a freakin wide release, so far I've heard nothing about it coming anywhere near me tomorrow during it's supposed "wide release." Seeing "The Queen" tomorrow, hope it's good. I also loved "Superman Returns," and it's the movie that got me into Superman in the first place. After watching them all after buying the huge box set, I can safely say that Superman Returns or the Donner Cut of Superman II is the greatest Superman movie, probably Returns.
I thought Routh was EXCELLENT, Spacey was fantastic, Bosworth and everyone else were great, the action/plot/dialogue is all great. It's probably one of my favorite superhero movies, or at least in the top 10. I saw it the night before it opened at a 10:00 pm showing and haven't stopped talking about it since. -
...where geeks attempt to build their "serious film" cred by talking up art house flicks between screenings of "Porky's Revenge." Beautiful.
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Routh is an inspired choice......problem is, you can't see him! Singer chose film noir on a Superman film. Why? I mean, the Fortress of Solitude is darker than the batcave. 'New Krypton'(dumb plot, btw) looked like dirty snow after heavy traffic. Again, why? The costume is from evil Superman III. Is there a pattern here?! Whatever special effects were employed, were covered in a bizzare veil of darkness. Batman Begins cinematography is drenched in color by comparison. Singer's on crack, and don't even get me started on Bosworth. She's gorgeous, but even the Desperate Housewive is a better Lois.
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If it was, it's top 5 for me. I thought it was 2005.
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That's right. Rocky 6 is better than Rocky 1, and Rocky 1 was the Academy Award winner for best picture. So what am I missing over here? Anyways,I have to go back to the subject of my last post. Bear with me.... If I filmed myself wearing an 'S' Superman crest blue tee-shirt while taking a dump, even that would be more compelling and dramatic than hackster Bryan Singer's 270 million dollar debacle. I got his Wrath of Khan right here. Memo to Warners: James Cameron helming equals good Superman movie. Even in his Craptanic, in the bottom of the ocean scenes, the audience sees clearly what the fuck is going on. I mean, even Roland Emmerich's pathetic Godzilla movie had far less dreary rain than Superman Returns..... on half the budget. When a flick costs a quarter billion to produce, having to hide bad cgi is disgraceful, and unacceptable.
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I agree on Bosworth. She's a beautiful woman (except for the hair color in SR... blonde looks better on her) but she was just WRONG. FOR. THE. PART. I know a lot of people will disagree, but I think Parker Posey played the wrong character in that movie... she should have been Lois Lane! Seriously, doesn't anyone agree that going from Margot Kidder to Parker Posey makes 100 times more sense than Kidder to Bosworth?
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Ya gotta love a mockumentary about a guy with a portaloo business. It's fantastic, especially considering we haven't made a decent comedy since The Castle (and I don't even think that one deserved its level of hype). Hope you guys get to see it.
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Including DVDs, I probably saw around 150+ films, but my point was that what is the use of a TOP 30 list. Is it definitive that #17 was a much better film then #18, and almost twice as good as #30? It's pointless to list that many. After the top 10, you're pretty just throwing out films that didn't make the smaller list. I'd rather see a tight list of favorites, and more in-depth article on them. But who am I to judge... you guys would all laugh at my top 5 films.
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You've gotta be shitting me! And what about "Man Push Cart"?
What about "Candy"?
WHAT ABOUT "The Wind That Shakes the Barley"?!
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Should be on everyones list, somewhere!
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Where is Rocky Balboa? Definitely one of the best movies this year.
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It's nice to see this The Proposition getting some credit. This is, if you don't mind me saying, a fucking good film, and probably my favourite of the year.Also, most likely for the last time, I'd like to say that Superman Returns did not suck and was not gay.
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imo this is the best film of the year.
Stuff like united 93, seemed a bit tacky to me and basically an excuse to make money from an harrowing event like September 11th.
A film like The Departed will go down as being one, if not the nest of Scorcese films, and it should be recognised...not once all year have i seen an ending so cool.
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But that aside loved the hell out of The Departed, can't wait till it gets to DVD so I can watch it again.
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is a stinking pile of puke. If you buy the dvd, SHAME on you!
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GAT-DAMN!!
That crushes me, Capone. Seriously. If I see every film I'm going to try to see in the next two weeks, I will maybe -- MAYBE -- crack 250 films for the year.
I am humbled, you fuck pig. And it was good sitting next to you at BNAT. Even if you did grab my dick.
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How do you put the spaces between sentences like Moriarty did above and can future help please do it with his list?
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quite funny, especially if you like your humor dark and satiric. Nice to see it make the cut tho'.
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I couldn't help myself...
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Plus the fact some have even mentioned POTC2 invalidates the entire TB. My girlfriend fell asleep watching that POS!
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Snakes on a plane is easily the worst film of the year. I saw disney's boring and bland copy of Madgasgar called the wild. somebody mentioned film 2006 with JR didnt see it. There seems to be anti-USA thing creeping into the UK's attitude towards films because bafta have contrived a law so ridiculus...all film released in 2006 and subsequently nominated for oscars are deemed to be for bafta illegible untill 2008. rubbish. Didnt see JR last night let me guess Children of men was top of the list. Last year the most successfull film in the Irish box office was meet the fockers. Inireland we take arts films and dump in the IFI for two weeks. interestingly no body has metioned either Hard Candy or Brick. Hard Candy wasnt bad up untill the moment where Ellen Page reveals her monstrous plan for Patrick Wilson and then the movie falls apart as did brick. Brick was your typical final year movie project. intresting but kind of pretentious.I thought it was dull over all.
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when you include EVERYTHING. A "top 10" would make more of an impact than a "top 30". What did you exclude? Why not just say, "everything that I saw in 2006 was the best!"?
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A dumbed down version of a great Hong Kong police flick, throw in some sex, more sex, some raunchy sex, and pretty faces and this is considered not just good, but one of the best of this year? How the hell do I get my hands on foriegn movies so i can dumb them down for a US remake and make tons of cash?
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It's his list of films HE liked with his reasons. Don't say just because he included a film you didn't like that he loses all credibility. These lists are fun because it's a chance to reflect on the great films of the year and it's also good to take note of films that you didn't get to see in theatres and will need to pick up on DVD. Personally, all the great films I've seen have been pretty mainstream, I'd even call Pan's Labyrinth mainstream (although Hidden, which came out this year in the UK where I live, was probably less so). I don't have a definite "favourite film" of 2006, but I loved Superman Returns, Miami Vice, The Departed and Pans as mentioned above. Didn't adore them like, say, Lord of the Rings or Revenge of the Sith (I'm a fanboy, so sue me). The Prestige was great although I need to see it again just to see how well the film stands up, I have a niggle that it won't be as rewatchable as Insomnia or Memento (or even The Following). Although Batman Begins is his lightest film, which still stands tall as the best comic book movie to date. And I have no love for Fantastic Four, but that Silver Surfer trailer was the fucking stuff!!! Not great cinema, but 10 times better than ANYTHING in the first F4 movie.
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Well we dont have to agree, i personally love most of the movies on the list, its all personal preference when it comes to the order they fall on the chart, ie. i'd have Departed as no.1 and Casino Royale no.2, followed by Happy Feet (
As for departed, it was a brialliant movie because for the most part it was a significant improvement on the original.
The setting brings it closer to home. Great plot dynamices, such as Boston Irish gangs and introduction of completely new characters such as Mark Wahlbergs fantastic Bryce Dignam. The directing was some of Scorcese finest, it was smooth and fluid. Soundtrack was superb and fit the movie like a glove. And acting-wise, Jack Nicholson just gave one of his best performanes in years, with great leads Leonardo and Matt Damon.
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Easily one of the worst adaptations of all time and definately one of the worst movies of the year.By the way, once a "My Faves of the List" goes over ten films I stop caring.
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reading this. Not everyone in Ireland Liked the wind that shakes barley. I felt that it was a one sided, biased and nasty peice of work. Loach does get points for his meticoulous attention to detail and cinematography was ver good but overall this was sf/pira propaganda and loach didnt help matters by making an iraq parallel. Bond kicked ass.
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It wasnt necessarilt dumbed down. It was certainly not an exact copy of the original. Certain plot dynamics and additional characters (Mark Wahlbergs Bryce Dignam) really gave the story an edge to it. The setting was great (Boston, Irish Mob), and allows your average westerner to relate more with the characters.
The directing was superb, very fluid and great intermixing with the musical score (which was
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Well it was number one in Ireland for a good while, and most people i know loved it (i'm irish btw, dublin)
I thaught it was quite an accurate description of what that time in our history was like (and i was quite into the old leaving cert irish history a few years back)
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Great film, it just came to where I live last week, but I know its been playing in big American cities since fall and in Spain I think it openned last spring.
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hands down - Jack and Walbergs performance. Matt D. was better then I expected but Jack and Walberg STOLE that movie. And that's why it is one of fav's if not my fav of the year. X Men 3 .... OK for what it was but X2 was so good I was a bit pissed. Superman Returns - saw it openning day at noon and there was LIKE maybe 10 people in the theater. Major let down. Only really dug the plane / shuttle sequence and then it was all down hill from there. Silent Hill COULD have been so much more. I loved Brotherhood of the Wolf so my expectations were high for Gans. Surely, some fucked up imagery but like the reveiws on this site said - it looked great but that was it. I watched The Descent again last night. I swear - I loved that movie - best horror film hands down in a long time. Especailly if you look at like this - the Grudge (shit), Ring II (shit), Pulse (shit), TCSM remakes and prequals (shit), Wickerman (shit). I'm sure I'm leaving a bunch of trash out. This was a fresh twist. Yeah, it could have been better (w/o the kid's birthday flash backs) but damn - that movie rocks.
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Please, I had been suffering from insomnia due to a stressful job in the television industry. SUPERMAN RETURNS, with it's extended pensive stares, melodramatic music sequences, bad dialogue and ridiculous plot, did the trick! Right on, Singer! And Herc, next time you get behind your man at least give him the courtesy of a reach-around.
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I think next year will be the same. Hold on to your hats Transformable lovers...
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My faves this year,(that nobody will read/care about, but I love anal lists) were, The Departed, United 93, The Three Burials of Erik Estrada, The Proposition, History Of Violence(may have came out in December '05 in the UK. I saw it in January, so it makes my list) The Squid & The Whale, Little Miss Sunshine, Superman Returns, MI:3(I enjoyed it, despite myself. Didn't stand up to a second viewing though), 16 Blocks, Stranger Than Fiction, Ricky Bobby, Borat, Clerks 2, Capote, Pans Lab, Scanner Darkly, Brick, Thank you for Smoking, Possibly some others I have forgotten. Still waiting to see a few (Babel,Balboa,Children of Men, Little Children, Children of the Corn part 9: Die, Corn, Die!)that I either missed, or aren't out here in the UK yet. The biggest dissapointments for me, this year, were: Pirates 2, Crash, Walk The Line, Brokeback Mountain & Goodnight & Goodluck. The worst movies (That I actualy saw) were John Tucker Must Die!,Black Christmas, and The Last Kiss! YIKES!!!
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Three Burials was 2005. I'll replace it with The Departed, Casino Royale, Dead Man's Chest, and Little Miss Sunshine. Oh, and Wordplay, the exceptionally nerdy documentary about Will Shortz and the crossword puzzle tournament. Tommy Lee Jones will pistol-whip you if you didn't like that, as well.
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A true Oscar winning effort, if any.
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Where in Dublin are you? I live in Dublin but I was raised in Meath.
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It looks like "The Gay Adventures Of He-Man". Who watches that garbage?
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..accepted it as its own movie. Come on, it had Steve Martin getting chased by goats. That's funny no matter who you are. Lighten up, Singer-Boy.
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WB. They opened the summer with poisedon which bombed and brought out the lady in the water, remember that one. no, ok... then...
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Then I felt the movie deflated after that. Welcome back James.
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considering the divide between my expectations and what i actually saw on screen. not even remotely as fascinating and informative as the book on which it was based. if you consider that most everyone else thought "a scanner darkly" (which i loved) was one of the worst of the year, you could say richard linklater directed two of the worst movies of 2006. how come that doesn't earn him the hate you all reserve for paul anderson and uwe boll?
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I loved Casino Royale, but did anybody else not get the "torture" scene? It looked like he was just smacking him in the nuts with a rope. Blokes in the cinema were crying "Yowwwww!" everytime he snapped the rope. Is that really that painful? Was there a hook or a lemur on the end of the rope that I just didn't see?
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A negative word for Richard Linklater will NEVER be uttered on this site (as least by TPTB)
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yes?
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It's definitely one of the top 3 movies I've seen this year.
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supposed to of course be after your posting chrth...
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I liked it *slightly* better than V, and much better than POTC2.
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I really dug V, especially compared to X3, which was a disappointment. I don't hate it like most everyone here, but compared to the previous one, it was a letdown from a story point of view. Too much stuff going on that could have been spreadout over a couple of movies at least. The Morlocks could have been a movie with the "mutant massacre". And I didn't like how Cyclops' death was handled. I will say one thing, Wolverine in the woods was cool.
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Utter gobshite, but in exactly the same ways as the book. Making it, for my money, the best adaptation of all time.
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It just appealed to me. Was it perfect? Nah. But it was fun to watch. I like fun movies. I'm not a huge comic fanboy (I own 1 X-men comic: Uncanny Annual #10), so all the plot changes, etc., don't bother me. I also liked the plot a lot better over X2 (I never like mind control as a plot device, just a quirk of mine).
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My favourite film of the year, and possibly the last five. Did it not get an American release?
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I think The Departed is an overrated remake of a superior film, but that´s just me.
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since I also thought that was the weakest part of an otherwise very steller movie. I never read the graphic novel, so I'm just going off of the movie. I don't mind plot changes, because after all, they're just adapting source material to a movie, but I just wish they broke out some of the things the introduced into other movies. Basically, I just want more X-men movies. So I take it you haven't seen Supe Returns?
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with most everything you just typed.
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galsnevin (northside) in dublin, goin' to DCU where i seem to spend more time on the interwebs then studying. ;)
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Superman has never been my favorite hero (despite my just reading "The Man from Krypton"), so I didn't make an effort to go see it, especially after all the ambivalent reviews on this site. (I wasn't going to go see X3 due to my dislike of X2 until Moriarty's review of X3 encouraged me to do so -- that and the fact my wife likes the X-men movie series). I do own Superman For All Seasons, and of course Kingdom Come, but that's it for Supes.
Another fractured aspect of my tastes is my belief that Superman III is the best of the Reeves Superman films. And yes, I'm aware that it's a mess of a film. They definitely missed the mark ... but at the same time, I like the mark they were aiming for in 3 over the ones they hit in 1 and 2 (and one of the essays in Man from Krypton does point out problems with the 2nd movie).
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I was born in Castleknock, then moved to navan. My brother was in the same class in St.oliver plunketts co. meath. as the b'auld tommy tiernan.
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I do like the look of S Returns, and Brandon was fine as Supes, but there were problems with it, but still worth a look I think. Superman III did have the whole good vs. evil Supes, which I thought was pretty cool. And while I do find it unnerving that you enjoyed Star Trek V, I quite enjoy my DD extended edition, so to each their own....
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It hit me that one reason I was bored to hell with it was that Supes doesn't commit a single act of vilence in the enitre film (even when Kal Penn is making him his bitch). He just flies around and lifts things.
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I think I have to include A CHRISTMAS STORY & SPIES LIKE US to make a list of 10 movies I watched this year. You lucky geek bastards. Of the NEW ones I saw, I loved THE DESCENT enough to see it twice. It wasn't perfect, too bad it went downhill right after the first monster attack, but I thought it was damn good. Loved THE FOUNTAIN. Thought I might be disappointed to Jackson's-KONG-like levels after the endless wait for it to come out but I the wait was so worth it. Really enjoyed THE DEPARTED even though it definitely wasn't Scorcese's best or even close to the "Return-To-GOODFELLAS-form" so many people made it out to be. Liked V FOR VENDETTA, although it seemed too bright and glossy, lacking the darker grittier texture of the novel. I really loved A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION. A heartwarming, positive, corny film done to perfection. BORAT was a teensy bit more vulgar and negative than I expected and was WAY overhyped. But I still laughed out loud through most of it and enjoyed seeing a bunch of stiffs and ignorant red-staters ridiculed. I'm also going to give a shout out to THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA as well. Just because Meryl Streep's skills alone made a mediocre chick flick work. Of all the crap my wife has dragged me to, this was one I could easily stomach.
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American Dreamz followed rather closely by The Wicker Man.
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1.the departed 2.apocalypto 3.the prestige 4.thank you for smoking 5. united 93 6.the descent 7. clerks 2 8. borat 9.a prarie home companion 10. pirates 2(this one surprised me)....
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Since my wife has The Devil Wears Prada on our netflix list, are you telling me that I will survive it? Is there a glimmer of hope?
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The Black Dahlia (even worse than De Palma's Mission To Mars), and Lady In The Water. I loved Unbreakable and Signs. I even liked The Village. Lady In The Water was a huge fucking mistake. Good cast but a huge fucking mistake of a film.
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Way overrated. Don't you guys remember what a GREAT Scorcese film looks like? Has it really been that long?
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Michael Mann's terrific (and sadly misunderstood) Miami Vice. I'm also surprised that The Prestige is absent from so many year end lists. I'm usually not as impressed with Nolan as some, but was haunted by The Prestige for quite some time.
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That rope had something tied to the end of it...like a big weight or something. Ouch.
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I put together a top 15 list on my blog...but I have been very confused about release dates.
I would have included Children of Men, Pan's Labyrinth, and Why We Fight on that list but I was confused about the release dates. Some of these are being released so close to the new year and in limited cities that I left them off. Why We Fight was listed on IMDB as a 2005 release. For 2005, I would have loved to have included Why We Fight, Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang & King Kong. I think from now on, I will actually only stick to the films I see in the year for which I create my list, because this release date stuff, when considering previews and limited releases, is just too confusing.
Anyway... this past year was so interesting for movies a lot more smaller movies and indy stuff being released creating a more ecclectic mix...kinda something for every taste. I'm really looking forward to seeing the lists at AICN this year because of that. Major releases and blockbuster stuff just didn't cut it for me this past year, even if I did enjoy some of those movies like Superman and Casino Royale. I also wished I had put The Proposition on my list. I LOVED the cinematography in that movie, using visuals to convey very subtle things even within the violence and harshness. Maybe that is why Capone says to NOT eat before, because you really have to look when you don't want to.
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#14 on the second list, it's a pretty good super-low budget indie that is probably the most scathing look at Scientology since the South Park episode (which it references, BTW). It will probably never get a proper release- no big shock, the Scientologists tried to sue the filmmaker. But it can be found in it's entirety on Scientomogy.com (sic). Check it out!
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had a big knot at the end of it, if i remember correctly.
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I was going to take the list seriously, but then I saw Superman Returns. It was then that I realized this list is crap. Beyond Expectation: Casino Royale, Pure disappointment: Superman Returns.
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I would've understood some sex in the flick. Hell, it would've made sense as that's how many americans can relate to that. But jack in a ffm sex scene? The vengence ending that was there just to give people a sense of 'closure'? The ending in the original gave a sense of change, that people can change for the better. A lot better than "OMG YOU'RE THE BAD GUY! I'MA SHOOT YOU AT HOME!"
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I'm rather baffled by the hate this film generates. It's deeply flawed (Lex's incoherent plot) but is also far from being as awful as some silly folk on this site claim. I liked it far more on a second viewing. Here's hoping that Singer learns from his mistakes and makes a more DYNAMIC Superman film next time.
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While I agree with you on Supe Returns, I think the hate is coming from diehard fans who are really bothered by Supe's lack of character in spying on Lois and Cyclops. I personally had a problem with that, the villian/plot, and Supes lifting the rock w/ kryptonite. I definitely don't think it was the worst movie, but perhaps the most overhyped. It was disappointing that Singer didn't do anything new with the material.
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it's been nice and quiet.
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how will you live without yackbacker's attention? what if he just ignores your trolling bait posts like most everyone else does? how long will you keep it up? the irony of making fun of people espousing their opinions about upcoming movies as geeks, when you show up here simply to get attention from them. sad stuff, my friend. I say you make a new handle and start over again. otherwise, where do you go from here?
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again with the pre-posting...
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As a new poster it's not my place to bemoan / Any list by the dear mister Capone / But how can the Good Shepherd be a success? / If even fans describe it as "emotionless."
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It certainly has its flaws, to be sure. It always seems like every year there are 2 or 3 movies that hipsters who think they are cooler and wiser than everybody else love to hate. Last year it was Crash (also a flawed film but by no means a bad one). This year it was Superman Returns. I think SR will grow on people when they get to see it again on DVD or tv.
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I had a great time with those movies, thats why they're on the list, admitedly i haven't seen a few which would probably make the list above those, like Brick, Apocalypto, Blood Diamond etc etc. As of this moment though, thats as it stands !
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To all those who view Superman Returns as a bereavement / Instead you should consider it Singer's great achievement / For he not avoided all the tired superhero cliche /
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Should have been higher on the list, but thanks for including it. Anyone who says it's just a rehash of the Donner films isn't looking beyond the surface.
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Or was this a really weak year at the movies? Best movie I saw this year was the Departed and I dont even think that was Scorseses best. I liked Superman Returns but in any other year is that a top-10 movie, and im sorry but Kate Bosworth was a disaster, oh the humanity disaster. I looked forward to Spiderman 3 and Live Free or Die Hard in 07, and for the other side of my tastes for LITTLE CHILDREN to come to DVD cause it fing never played near me
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I can't wait to see some of these, esp. Children of Men and Pan's Labyrinth. Will have to check out some rentals too. Thanks, Capone!
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Well, if you look beyond the surface you'll see plot holes the size of the Grand Canyon. Not to mention some things that are too fucking stooopid to be belived! Do I really need to list these again? *sigh*Wrong colored crystal was used to form the krypto islands. Not a huge deal, but worth mentioning.THE FUCKING RETARDED BULLET TO THE EYE SHOT! Um, you unload a gawd damned gatling gun on Supes causing no damage (why was the gatling gun even up there???) , yet you expect a handgun would do the job? lol.Superman's suit being able to withstand extreme tempatures, fire, bullets, and whatnot, yet the peeps in the e.r. could rip it without any trouble.Supes being able to lift a island made of kryptonite. In case you didn't read that right, I said...HE LIFTED A ISLAND MADE OF KRYPTONITE.Lame.All of that, plus the fact that it ws a retro ode to Donner's flicks, which was a mistake, becuse they shoehorned Routh and Spacey into doing impressions and kept the franchise from updating. WE NEED A MODERN SUPERMAN FOR FUCK'S SAKE!There was really only three good things about this film once you got over the effects, an they were:1. James Marsden.2. The potential of the kid storyline.3.Spacey's white jacket.The film wasn't a stinker, but it doesn't deserve the praise that a lot of you continually give it.
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"Spacey's White Jacket". Nice
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I would have saved one of my posts from last summer and just copy and pasted it whenever a Superman Returns discussion breaks out.
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My bad.
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i'm seeing pan's & children of men today, very excited. i agree with descent, that movie scared the crap outta me, sorta fearful of revisiting it on dvd. i'd probably rank casino royale higher, and seriously, babel felt like the longest movie i'd ever seen. that movie dragged!
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and the animation is horrible. I'm going to visit the Real genius tb. Discussin' the 80's flicks is a blast.
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Pan's Labyrinth and Children of Men are not playing within 100 miles of me. Instead the theaters here are more worried about playing, hmm lets see, Night at the Museum, Eragon, and the Holiday. Right now I really wish I was back in the Northeast.
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This is, without a doubt, one of the very worst CGI films ever made. I can't seem to find anyone who actually enjoyed this movie. I watched it with a group of about 7-8 friends, and some left before it was even over (lucky them). Superman Returns was actually pretty good, but it had basically no heart compared with the 1978 movie they tried to copy, and brought nothing new to the game. Brandon Routh was a poor clone of Christopher Reeve. Good movie, but shouldn't make anyone's top list of the year IMO. Glad to see that The Descent is getting the recognition it truly deserves. Best suspense/horror movie in many years. Also, I thought Lady In The Water was a great film. It was exactly what it was supposed to be: a slightly dark fairy tale. You have to live in the fairy tale reality when you watch it. Of course there are things that are not explained, wild characters, and dis-believement instances. Check ALL your classic fairy tale stories. Lots of great movies this year though in my opinion.
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That it is the "Singertologists" spouting out childish insults and definites regarding the piece of shit called "Singerman Peeps"? "looking beyond the surface"? No, what you are doing is PROJECTING what you WANT to see, while IGNORING what is REALLY there. And anyone who calls this the "best" Superman ANYTHING has "issues".
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Superman decent movie, nothing more, nothing less than that. KATE BOSWORTH LOOKS LIKE A LOLLIPOP WITH HER GIANT HEAD ON HER EMACIATED BODY PLEASE FOR LOVE OF CHRIST EAT A SAMMMMMMICH
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I think you forgot something. And I think this is the year that some of the documentaries should be seriously considered in top 10 lists. For instance, Jesus Camp, Shut Up and Sing, and This Film Has Not Yet Been Rated were better than most films this year. As for worst, what about Underworld 2, Ultraviolet, and The Black Dahla?
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No, seriously, she really does.
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I'm sure she looks in the mirror and says "Still can't see ALL of my ribs. Looks like I won't be eating THIS year either!".
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I only saw ten flicks this year in theaters, but here's how I'd rank them. Audience participation influenced several of these, those films will be accompanied by a *.Apocalypto- Yeah, I said previously, it was the best film I've seen since Return of the King in theaters, but after going through the stack of stubs in my wallet, I'll retract that and say it was the best film I've seen since Sin City. Mel done good wit dis one. Also, looking back on it, the last three out of four films I've saw has had full-on male nudity. We need more boobs on the silverscreen.X3* (twice)- X-men is my Star Wars. And I compare it to pizza, even when it's bad, it's still pretty good. Yes, there are some lame as hell stuff in there, but even some of the things I was against, like killing off Scott, was well done. The Matrix-y Phoenix shot before Charles kicked the bucket, as well as the Egyptian sounding theme for her was amazing. Enough good shot as well as a lively crowd during both of my viewings got this otherwise disappointing film (in terms of what we were supposed to get) the number 2 slot.Jackass 2- I sure as hell could have done without the mini-toilet scene. Believe it or not, I almost broke my near fifteen year non-vomiting streak watching this film. Not because it was so gross, but for laughing so hard.Mission: Impossible 3- Nowhere near as stylish as the first, and best of the series, but this third installment was the most enjoyable of the trilogy upon a first viewing. The last fifteen minutes were complete shit though. Tom's wife SHOULD HAVE died, and they SHOULDN'T HAVE used the tired mask gimmick and good guy gone bad scenario. If it wasn't for the final moments of this flick, it could have been my top pick.Casino Royale- Daniel Craig definitely owned the role, but just like M:I III, it fell apart at the end. Given the next films supposed summer release date, and the not so great opening, I'd imagine we'll get some gadgets in the next one. The cold hard truth, Royale's Bond does not work with the ever so sought after teenage crowd or video game developers. If they can inject just enough of the Bond escapism into the next one without falling back into a rut of retarded scripts that have plagued this series in the past, then maybe, just maybe we'll have that perfect 007 film.Silent Hill- Great visuals, and a AMAZING soundtrack. But the downfall of this film, it was too much like the game. It was like watching someone else guide the main character through the town, and of course thats no fun. I wasn't crazy on the recap of the origin of the daughter at the end, or most of the cult aspects for that matter, mainly because I'm in the Silent Hill 2 camp. Hopefully, since films that have made less cash than this have gotten greenlights for sequels, they'll be able to adapt the second game into a film. *crosses fingers*Miami Vice- The aerial and boat shots are frickin' insane. That showdown in the trailer park? Hellz Yeah. My main complaint, is that Colin Farrell was just wrong for the part. Sure he's got the looks, but the guys not all that charismatic. I was wishing we got more of Foxx while during those agonizingly long Farrell/Gong (Show) Li scenes. Oh yeah, and god forbid if Foxx should die in the near future, I'd be first in line to have my head transplanted on his body. Damn. Even though I'm a whitey, and my head on his bod would look a bit strange, I highly doubt that would stop the tidal wave of chicks trying to get with the Dawg! :P Borat- Too staged for my tastes, there was some memorable scenes though, especially the rodeo bit, which was filmed in my neck of the woods. They had to have security to escort him away from the arena due to people wanting to kill his ass. lolSuperman Returns- I think you know by now how I feel about this one.Clerks 2- Nowhere, and I mean NOWHERE near as good as the first. Not even close. The dance sequence? *shakes head* A appearance from Pillow Pants herself/himself (was it a boy or girl? I would assume it was a girl) could save this one. Well that's a little harsh, it wasn't bad, just not as enjoyable as the other films I've seen in '06. I will say, that I got a chuckle out of the "porch monkey" copnversation, because I had the same exact one with my father the week before. Well, the only difference is, my father isn't trying to take the term back. :P
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I forgot the * for Jackass.
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I loved that scene. It was like there was electricity in the theater.
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Kate Winslet rocks the nudity in Little Women and I gotta wait for the dvd
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Erm...can anyone on here coherently explain why this WASN'T an enjoyable film? I gotta big kick out of it (and not just 'cause it was set in the early 80s!).
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That film stunned me by how good it was. Some time on this site, artcles will be posted by people who were kicked off a particular film for some reason or because most major film companies dont allow dissent. So people come here and have a kick at a film that they didnt like the design off or something. A good example of this is cars. Some guy came on here ranted about what awful film was going to be. Cars is without doubt Pixars artistic and visual triumph and was made when that idiot Eisner was running Disney. The Script wasnt great by any means. there were scenes in Cars which took my breath breath away. Monster House was a great peice of work. Smart, funny, touching and sad and creepy. Happy feet is still the best animated film of the year. At least after the torrid year they had Warners really did have a happy christmas. Monster House, Happy Feet, Open Season, Over the hedge and Cars. Will be the six animated oscar contenders in Feb. There Were backdrops in Cars which will be one day hung in a Gallery.
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They should've did a tie-n with the film.
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They should've contributed to the soundtrack. SPACE LORD MUTHA MUTHA!
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better than Batman. I think I must be a little messed up. Just to prove it I really like The Hulk.
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Made me laugh so much that a little bit of wee escaped.
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A lot of your choices made my best list too.
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I find it really surprising that everybody reacted SO negatively to this movie. I'm not saying it was the best film I've ever seen, but I certainly enjoyed it. Its been bashed as one of the worst films of the year and all my friends complained endlessly about it. I really just think people are going overboard and piling on the hate because at worst it was just an underwhelming cop movie.
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Bond film ever when you add in worldwide ticket sales.
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children of men is the best of the new released films i saw this year, which weren't that many, sadly.
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There's another to add to your list, buddy.
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Good list. It IS noteworthy that most films on your Best list are not "sequels, prequels or remakes." Could this gladly mean the end of the remake frenzy?
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Come on, I'm dead serious. Wouldn't it have been a smoother transition to go from Margot Kidder to Parker Posey, rather than Kidder to Kate Bosworth?? Sure, if the movie were a franchise startover (ala Batman Begins) then whatever, use Bosworth. But as a "continuation" of the Donner franchise, Posey would have been a more natural choice. By the way, did anyone else have a flashback to Ang Lee's Hulk, when Superman fell from space, with the camera angle following him straight down? And someone please explain why the Clark-Kent-as-a-farmboy flashback was necessary to the story? It could easily have been edited out and tossed into the deleted scene section of the DVD. It served no purpose other than to make SR have even MORE in common with Superman: The Movie... Bryan Singer: "Hey, lets put in a young Clark Kent flashback, where he runs really fast!"
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Are any of those negative?
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how long does it take for AICN to get up the INDY 4 news???
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excellent movie would crack my top 15 for the year.
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Happy Feet? Cars? Give me a break. Animated movies today are completely vapid and uncreative. Each one of them is the same: talking animals or inanimate objects. The art is always the same old boring, safe, plasticcy garbage. Animated movies have no soul. And there's what, 20 of them a year? Maybe 25 wide release animated films? Someone give me a real statistic of how many there were in 2006. Who really cares if this one has dancing penguins or this one has cars or this one has ray romano and ellen degeneres. What does the entire CGI animated genre have to offer? The Incredibles, that's pretty much it. The rest can go in the trash can, I don't care if your kids like it you have to make a stand and break out a copy of Gremlins
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Check the imdb release dates.
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is easily one of the best of 2006. All of you can eat shit.
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Yeah, we can eat it, but apparently you LOVE it.ZING!
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Is because it is a CGI animated film NOT about sarcastically-talking animals. I think it was the only one this year in fact.
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First, people bought into the hype with Borat. Which is cool, that's what hype is supposed to do. But it didn't quite reach the level of funny I was expecting (I'll give him credit for staying in character and plane old bravery, though). Casion Royale, while clearly a fine, fine film, and a very succesful re-boot of the franchise, only worked as well as it did for me, personally, because I had seen Layer Cake. LC isn't perfect, but it's really good. And it prepared me for Daniel Craig as James Bond nicely. Yes, I realize they have nothing in common... other than Daniel Craig. But it made a difference for me. Layer Cake is most definitely recommended if you haven't seen it.
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Oh wait...
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Having just seen Talladega Nights tonight, I am releasing new rankings for 2006:
4) POTC 2
3) Talladega Nights
2) V for Vendetta
1) X-Men 3
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that was the best comedy i saw this year. It was so eerie how closely our world is becoming like the one on the film!! remember, It's What Plant's CRAVE!!!!!
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I hope Hard Candy and Brick get some due recognition though.
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Were your eyes closed during the scene?
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... my enjoyment of movies sometimes. Like Borat, which was funny, but not "funniest movie of all time" funny like the hype would have me believe. I guess if I had never seen Da Ali G show it would've blown my mind, but nothing in that movie was as funny as "In My Country There Is Problem..."
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You mean a paragraph break right ('spaces between the sentences? WTF?! ;))?
You just type . Makes sense. Now if only we could get an edit and italics feature like the rest of the sites in the world, all would be right.
Plantpage, are you a Yank? 'Pants' is well accepted in the rest of the world. God bless the Brits for giving it to us. It caught on years ago. Mainly in mens' magazines though, I'll give ya that.
Ashes, the best comedy you saw this year? The whole problem was exactly that hardly anyone COULD get to see it! -
ahh the mad cork loon himself. :D
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... and Vera's legs looked great in the scene. Too bad there wasn't much more shown. Still a great movie.
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I'm,....SORRY...ass-clown
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funniest movie scene of the year
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The four movies I've listed are the only ones I've seen from 2006. It's kind of a running joke for me at this point (especially in light of the 450 films Capone saw).
Talladega Nights had some funny moments "I'm here with Kenny Rogers". My biggest problem was suspension of disbelief: there were about 10 million NASCAR violations in the film. I couldn't shut my brain off.
It also didn't help that most of the funny scenes had already been in the commercials (Help me Tom Cruise!) -
I succumbed to the hype, and yeah the 'high concept' part is great. The enclosed spaces, scary monsters in the peripheral vision etc. But my God hands down some of the worst most patronising "characterisation" of all time, which is the one thing that would have made the movie great and given it a shelf-life. Horrendously clichéd one-dimensional women with hackneyed direction sidestepping any plot points that might 'get in the way'.
Man I love horror and really wanted to like it due to the great things I'd heard but fucking hell if I was a chick I'd be throwing shit at the screen and forcing the director to sit through a million things like The Holiday where THAT director obviously hasn't got a clue how men talk. Well uh that wouldn't work 'cause Kate Winslet and Cameron Diaz aren't exactly hard on the eyes but maybe three days straight of Felicity or something. Um... You get my drift. -
He and hector are doing a radio show from galway. I hope tiernan is a morning person. you can imagine tiernan arriving blearey-eyed and headachy into the studio at 5.30 in the morning and then Hector the arrives in....
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since apparently this REALLY hurts
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after I caught some of the original Supes on TV last night (after watching Jet Li's Fearless). I hadn't seen it in quite a long time, and it's god damn ridiculous how much Singer ripped off from it. I'm not a hater on the film like most everyone, but for shits and giggles, maybe come up with something original.
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has you from the moment that guy is pulled from the tent and is ripped to shreds and just when his girlfriend thinks the nightmare is all over.......
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has you from the moment that guy is pulled from the tent and is ripped to shreds and just when his girlfriend thinks the nightmare is all over.......
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The book on all the SR hate should be closed. The film has come and gone and is now out on DVD to buy. enough hate already. and anyway hating a film sounds so trivial. Move on.
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coils in my breast!
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It's the best SPAM of 2006, 2007 and probably 2008. Keep up the good work, killer.
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... was for Battlefield Earth. To this day I still haven't seen it, and I'm proud of that. Sometimes its fun to be right. Then again, I saw The Wash in the theaters.... Worst. Comedy. Ever.
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Is that stupid Brandon Coleman film.
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Not a great movie but a good movie and if you didn't know you were getting a silly movie with a cgi animated cartoon cat then perhaps you would be disappointed. Otherwise a good movie.
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Worst of my ass! Seeing Cage drop kick Leelee Sobieski, and punching those women out and running around in a bear costume was hilarious. The film is so bizarre. It's just great entertainment.
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When they do weather on tv and mention the 'wind chill' factor, as in it's 50 degrees out there but with the wind chill, it's going to feel like 5 below.....Movie reviewers should have a rating like that. "Superman Returns gets a 4 out of 10, but because I grew up loving Superman, I'm giving it an 8."
I grew up reading Marvel more than DC, so I am a Spider-Man person more than I ever was a Superman kind of guy. I was slightly disappointed in Spider-Man, thought Spider-Man II was the best Superhero movie ever (just for the trains sequence alone) and have high hopes for numero tres. What I can't fathom is the love for the Superman movies, ANY of them. They are dated, they were dated when they came out, and even if you take out III and IV, you're still left with movies that had bad acting, humorless comedy, and awful plots. IMHO. Wind Chill. BTW, I liked the list, you don't have to agree with every movie on the list to like a list. That's what the FUN is supposed to be. Arguing (good-naturedly) about the choices. -
What "Smallville" got right, that none of the Superman movies did, was that Superman is NOT a fumbling, bumbling dork. He's a boy scout. Big difference.
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Say it loud, say it proud...MELTING OWL & UNSOCIABLE HAMMER!!!
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Woodwork? I thought I was in Cognito.
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Major role too. What I couldn't understand is why the other characters didn't immediately do what she told them to do. Hmmm...
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One of them was little miss sunshine and the second one was.. blech.. superman returns. To be perfectly honest I can't think of a good movie I have seen this year besides Rocky Balboa. At least one that got emotions out of me.
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...with trying to make us believe how cool it was, noir in high school. Too bad they forget to base it in any kind of accessibility (e.g. your noted gripe) or any kind of notion to make us care. It's an extremely well-made debut, but I don't get all the geek semen flowing its way.
And sorry, monster2, but I saw Good Shepherd Thursday and consider it the best film of 2006. There's a lot to say for subjectivity. -
I absolutely without question HATE Superman Returns. With every ounce of my being that I can commit towards hating something on film, I hate that movie. Bryan Singer can go fuck himself for all I care, just stay the hell away from Superman. You jackass.
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I didn't like SR that much either, but with respect your post seems wrong. Superman WASN'T a fumbling, bumbling dork in the movies. Clark Kent/the Kent cover was. There's a big difference, as you say. Supes was still the 'boy scout' in the movies. God I'm sick of that term. Miller used it to great effect with its implicit sarcasm. Fanboys tend to use it as a term implying some sort of emotional ownership of the character through their familiarity/not using the 'public' name. Blehh. Anyway it's obvious you see the films very differently from most of us (and forgive me for doubting your motivations as I don't know how many of us were old enough to be so discerning when we first saw it as little kids. I think you're just doing a comic-book-guy but I could be wrong) here, as you thought 1 and 2 were crappy movies (bad acting, humorless comedy, and awful plots) - and then comment about fun and good-natured argument! Your tone is a bit uneven. I may be completely wrong, but I thought Smallville was about Superboy and his journey TO becoming Superman. You're confusing me. It just comes off like simplistic "I'm too cool for the movies and a Smallville underdog" slagging.
Gotta love Shermy though. He loves his Smallville alright! It's been so long though I've forgotten the second bit of the anagram! -
Were you around for the initial wave of hate? Most like yourself spitting at it for "trying to be so cool with the noir" rather than praising it. Flowing its way? Are you kidding? If there's a better match between highschool with it's insular cliques and insider mannerisms and bizarre exclusive language I have yet to find it. Yeah I'm playing devil's advocate here but personally I thought the metaphor was completely justified. As much as something like Bladerunner which gets a free ride (I love it too don't get me wrong) anyway.
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that were not reserved for me, more for the no doubt many people you've defended the movie against in the past. I also think you might be misreading what I said. I thought the linguistic equality between the world of noir (keep in mind I WRITE noir) and the reclusive and specific lexicon of the film's high school universe (the "bizarre exclusive language) was brilliant. Nowhere in my post did I decry it.
I also never said I disliked it. Quite the contrary. I greatly enjoyed it, and tend to relish a film's insistence on an audience's suspension of disbelief.
What I had a problem with was that it was TOO busy trying to lay on all these factors to actually make audiences care about what was happening. Note I said "trying to make us believe how cool it was," as opposed to just being cool and existing thusly. Noir walks a fine line, and Mr. Rian Johnson (also keep in mind I have two degrees of separation to this man and could probably get a quick phonecall with him any day of the week) jumps across that line a few times.
So please, I know what it's like to stand up for something you truly love, but the "devil's advocate" stuff, at least for me, was premature. -
Since I can't italicize here, caps take its place for emphasis. I just mean that if something is already cool, it doesn't have to constantly try to convince me that it is, in fact, cool. This is my issue with "Kill Bill Vol. 1." (Don't hit me!)
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I get you now. It didn't quite come across to me that way at first. I agree to disagree about the cool thing in as much as I really liked the way the film thrust us straight in without the usual heavyhanded mollycoddling of THIS is the strange world we're in and THIS is how the kooky kids talk etc. I do sort of agree about Kill Bill, but it's almost redundant to criticise it for that really. I still really enjoyed it. However my wife didn't. I didn't realise going in to the 2nd one that there was that 'buried alive' bit. She's claustrophobic. Oops!
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Superman Returns didn't suck but it was a big letdown. Routh and Bosworth= the 2 most BORING people ever born and the plot was... iffy is the only word i can think of.
Spacey and Posey were great, but its just pathetic that the most memorable part of the movie is when we get to see that a dog ate another dog.
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... Capone, you should have black box talkback abilities now.
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to all the Aussies and Kiwis. Who are the only ones posting right now. Sydney harbour fireworks were great! Alky-hole is good. Why am I checking my email? Woooooo. See you other suckers tomorrow.
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I usually save my movie budget for 'event' films, but my favorites this year that I can recall, are the movies that most people on this site hate with a passion: The Fountain and Superman Returns. No other films struck me on an emotional, intellectual and spiritual level like these. I'm comparing these with Dead Man's Chest (entertaining, but empty popcorn tripe), X3 (the most disappointing superhero film EVER), and Pan's Labyrinth (which definitely ranks third after Fountain and SR - not necessarily in film quality but in the amount that I enjoyed it at the time). To be honest, I can't think of what else I saw in the theatre this year - there may be more I've forgotten.
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Michael Rosenbaum
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I respect your comments and find nothing to argue about, but I think you are slightly off about me. I don't love tv over movies. I like the tone of "Smallville", I love the original concept of doing Superman without ever saying "Superman", and I didn't like the Superman movies. Any of them. And I told you I was very positive about the Spider-Man movies, although as a potential 'comic book guy' who grew up reading Spider-Man I could have nitpicked those movies apart a la Harry and X-Men III, I did not, because I enjoyed the movies. I was 12 or so when the first Superman came out, so I won't claim to have been the least bit discerning a movie viewer at the time. I didn't like it. You are right though, it was Kent that was the fumbling, bumbling dork "cover" and not Superman. But I honestly didn't like it, and all due respect to a dead man, I don't think Reeve was that good of an actor until later in his career.
The fun and good natured debate comment was about expressing your opinions, and commenting on Capone's list which started all this, without having to insult anyone because they like something you don't like, or don't like something you do like. -
I thought the movie was slightly less funny than the TV show. Still hilarious but nowhere near the top ten comedies.
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The whole "noy saying his name" thing wasn't in reference to Smallville - I like it there because it's in context. It was as I said the "in-joke"y geek thing. Just sorta flakey. I like Buffy but my God the next time I hear someone say "Big Bad" I'm gonna put a stake through their (italics) heart! On Spidey movies, I reckon if you put the start of the foirst one onto the second one it's be pretty much perfect. I like that there are differences between them and he comic. Organic webshooters really worked for me in the flicks both because of the metaphor and that mechanical ones could be considered slightly redundant by a general audience who already got the nerdy techy thing from Peter's photography stuff on top of his scientific aptitude. In the comic it works brillliantly with a longer format where his knowledge carries through to the practicality of building them and the self-empowerment not just physically but mentally, which is what always gives him the edge over the thugs in the end. Films with their shorter timespan require a different sort of character development. Anyway that's my 2c on why I like 'em both. Not even going near Supes Returns!
Thanks Shermy. I'm no good at word puzzles (though I AM pretty stupid not to get that one) and in my defence the alcohol may have impaired my senses last night. Thank God I don't get hangovers! -
and first not foirst. Jeez!
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I was just trying to find out if Inland Empire qualified for the 2006 list or if it was left off because it was considered a 2007 release. In other words, was it left off because it didn't rise to the level (quality wise) of the other films you listed or because it isn't out in wide release yet? I'm not arguing that it should be included, I haven't even seen it yet. I just wanted to know if this was the year it COULD have made the list or if it'll get the chance next year as a 2007 release...
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that the original Superman movie got it wrong too. As many movies use colour to condition our responses (characters going from white to black outfits or having a signature colour etc) and make visual connections and forewarnings (if that's a word), it didn't make much sense that the main 'control crystal' was green when in the same movie the colour has been set up as a 'warning' colour and we know whenever we see green/kryptonite it's bad news. Why then make the 'good' crystal green? To differentiate it from the others of course but still it's all a bit visually messy. Having said that I love the first film and the rest of he design is genius. Although SR sort of got it right with the clear/pure control crystals that whole subplot with the green kryptonite tube polluting the control crystal WAS a bit convoluted. IMHO.
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