What movies did you see in 2006?

LSPoorEeyorick · 12-13-2006, 08:23 AM

It seems like blogland is filling up with the annual movie meme. Of all of the 2006 releases, what ones did you see? Any thoughts on your favorites, or your not-so-favorite, or the year at large? Anything you still want to see?

A comprehensive list can be found here.

(And, sure, I suppose that we could just read back into the earlier pages of the misc. movies thread, but sometimes a meme is just... fun.)

innerSpaceman · 12-13-2006, 08:58 AM

Hmm, I don't think that list is comprehensive, but here goes:

Munich - Pretty darn good;
The New World - beautiful but unbelievably bad;
The Libertine -worst movie of the year, worst Depp film ever;
End of the Spear - yawn;
Underworld Evolution - sequel yawn;
Tristam & Shandy - not as funny as I was led to believe;
Eight Below - cute, yet meh;
16 Blocks - tight actioner;
V for Vendetta - yawn;
Thank You for Smoking - clever and enjoyable;
Brick - brilliant modern noir;
United 93 - riveting and excellent;
Mission Impossible III - surprisingly decent episode;
Poseidon - big is not more;
The Da Vinci Code - disappointingly dull;
X-Men Last Stand - choppy, but fun;
Cars - beautiful and cute, but a lesser Pixar work;
A Prairie Home Companion - charming yet pointless;
The Lake House - sickly sweet gak;
Superman Returns - utterly charming;
Pirates Dead Man's Chest - horrible sequel;
Lady in the Water - worst M. Knight ever;
Little Miss Sunshine - adorable and winning;
World Trade Center - completely meh;
The Queen - fascinating;
The Departed - ok, screener in hand, not watched yet;
Marie Antoinette - suprisingly not awful;
Casino Royale - best Bond in decades;
Happy Feet - entertaining;
The Fountain - yeah, screener in hand, not watched yet;
Apocalypto - so-so;
Pan's Labyrinth - gorgeous, but not my tea

And so many more from the last quarter of the year are on my Netflix list ... but I'm waiting to see what additional screeners I get. I've only seen about a quarter of the above films at the movies.

Ghoulish Delight · 12-13-2006, 09:45 AM

Sigh. Our always paltry theater-going was cut into even more with the home purchase, so most of what we've seen this year isn't on the list as we do most of our movie watching via Netflix. But here goes.

Chapelle's Block Party - Exactly what you'd expect and want. Chapelle pulled off one hell of an event, and cracked me up the whole way through
Mission Impossible III - Surprisingly good. I was entertained
X-Men the Last Stand - Ugh. How they made a massive battle of a thousand mutants boring, I'll never know. But they did
Cars - Loved it. Not my favorite Pixar entry but a firm middle-of-the-packer
Superman Returns (3D-IMAX) - With Christoclone Reeve, this movie delivers. Picked up the spirit of the original perfectly
PotC: DMC - Yawn
Clerks II - Smith has been redeemed after JaSBSB. It'll never match the first (or Mallrats), but it was damned funny
Little Miss Sunshine - Fabulous. Simply fabulous, with a killer payoff in the end

Wow, that actually was a longer list than I expected. Maybe next year, being around the corner from a $1.75 second run movie theater, the list will grow.

Alex · 12-13-2006, 10:34 AM

Movies released in 2006 that I have seen (in chronological order, no less). Bold means good. Red means bad. Unbold black is so-so

Glory Road
The Matador
Underworld: Evolution
Eight Below
Freedomland
Firewall
16 Blocks
Ultraviolet
V for Vendetta
The Hills Have Eyes
Inside Man
Thank You For Smoking
Slither
Lucky Number Slevin
The Wild
Stick It
United 93
Keeping Up with the Steins
Mission: Impossible III
Poseidon
The Sentinal
The Da Vinci Code
X-Men: The Last Stand
Cars
Click
Once in a Lifetime
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
The Devil Wears Prada
Who Killed the Electric Car?
Word Play
Nacho Libre
Lady in the Water
The Night Listener
Clerks II
Superman Returns
Little Miss Sunshine
An Inconvenient Truth
Step Up
Scoop
Miami Vice
Invincible
Snakes on a Plane
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
The Illusionist
Crank
The Guardian
Huo Yuan Jia (aka Jet Li's Fearless)
Renaissance
The Departed
The Prestige
Borat
Casino Royale
Happy Feet
Volver
Apocolypto

Strangler Lewis · 12-13-2006, 11:04 AM

Munich
Nanny McPhee
Thank You For Smoking (fell asleep)
Ice Age: The Meltdown
United 93
Cars
A Prairie Home Companion (fell asleep)
Monster House (ten minutes before kids wanted out when the house ate the boyfriend)
Borat

Some observations:

I know he wrote the novel, not the screenplay, but "Thank You For Smoking" confirmed my belief that the worst example of undeserving legacy success walking around today is not W; it's Christopher Buckley.

We went to Monster House to beat the 108 degree heat on a weekend when our air conditioning was broken. Should have gone to Clerks II; the kids would have kept their heads in their popcorn and, hopefully, not understood a word.

Finally, to stir the pot: I thought "Cars" was one of the worst movies I've seen in I don't know how long. It was dull, repetitive, contrived and confused. The fact that it was also a huge valentine to red state gas guzzling NASCAR sensibilities does not make it a good or bad movie, but certainly added to the skin crawling effect.

Gemini Cricket · 12-13-2006, 11:12 AM

Munich -

Stay for the last shot of the film. It's worth it.
New World, The -

Bleh! Horrible editing choices.
Matador, The - Meh - Original is better.
Why We Fight -

Dave Chappelle's Block Party -

V for Vendetta -

Thank You For Smoking -

Made me want to have a cigarette.
Inside Man -

Jodie Foster - what a mean beeyatch.
United 93 -

- Possibly the best of the bunch.
Poseidon -

- Forced to watch it on a plane... Bleh!
Da Vinci Code, The - Meh
Inconvenient Truth, An -

- Important film, watch it today.
X-Men: The Last Stand -

Cars - Meh
Prairie Home Companion, A - Meh
Lake House, The -

- Another plane film... where were those exits again?
Superman Returns - Meh
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest - Meh - Too long.
Queen, The -

- Best actrees = Mirren
Departed, The -

- Best Director = Scorcese? Best Film?
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan -

- LOVED it.
Flushed Away -

Casino Royale -

- Yummy!
Happy Feet -

- Movie about green gay penguin. Nice.

Overall, I didn't see many films year. Not much to choose from imho.

Not Afraid · 12-13-2006, 11:27 AM

We didn't see much.

The Departed - good film, but not something I'd see again
Casino Royal - saw it twice and loved it

We DVD's a lot, but never enough to keep up - Capote, Accident, Modisty Blaise, Cars, The Libertine (UGH!), The Third Man, Junebug. And we went to the Egyptian on occasion, but we're lacking in the film department.

There's a whole lot out there at the moment I want to see, however. Primarilay Volver and The Queen, but I'd give Maria Antoinette and Running with Scissors a chance.

Alex · 12-13-2006, 11:35 AM

Hmm...somehow Running with Scissors is missing from my list. It is a black unbolded movie.

innerSpaceman · 12-13-2006, 08:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Alex Stroup

Hmm...somehow Running with Scissors is missing from my list. It is a black unbolded movie.

And somehow Inside Man is missing from mine. On the Alex scale, it would be an unbold black. I liked the performances, but ho-hum on the story and it's mildly entertaining twist.

Alex · 12-13-2006, 09:32 PM

Yes, inside man shouldn't have been bolded on mine either. The story was reasonably tight and I'd pretend I might go gay for Clive Owen but the Jodie Foster character was unneeded and the whole thing was a bit flat.

It did show, though, that if he wanted to Spike Lee could go mainstream.

12-13-2006, 08:23 AM	#1
LSPoorEeyorick scribblin' Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: in the moment Posts: 3,872	What movies did you see in 2006? It seems like blogland is filling up with the annual movie meme. Of all of the 2006 releases, what ones did you see? Any thoughts on your favorites, or your not-so-favorite, or the year at large? Anything you still want to see? A comprehensive list can be found here. (And, sure, I suppose that we could just read back into the earlier pages of the misc. movies thread, but sometimes a meme is just... fun.)
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12-13-2006, 08:58 AM	#2
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Hmm, I don't think that list is comprehensive, but here goes: Munich - Pretty darn good; The New World - beautiful but unbelievably bad; The Libertine -worst movie of the year, worst Depp film ever; End of the Spear - yawn; Underworld Evolution - sequel yawn; Tristam & Shandy - not as funny as I was led to believe; Eight Below - cute, yet meh; 16 Blocks - tight actioner; V for Vendetta - yawn; Thank You for Smoking - clever and enjoyable; Brick - brilliant modern noir; United 93 - riveting and excellent; Mission Impossible III - surprisingly decent episode; Poseidon - big is not more; The Da Vinci Code - disappointingly dull; X-Men Last Stand - choppy, but fun; Cars - beautiful and cute, but a lesser Pixar work; A Prairie Home Companion - charming yet pointless; The Lake House - sickly sweet gak; Superman Returns - utterly charming; Pirates Dead Man's Chest - horrible sequel; Lady in the Water - worst M. Knight ever; Little Miss Sunshine - adorable and winning; World Trade Center - completely meh; The Queen - fascinating; The Departed - ok, screener in hand, not watched yet; Marie Antoinette - suprisingly not awful; Casino Royale - best Bond in decades; Happy Feet - entertaining; The Fountain - yeah, screener in hand, not watched yet; Apocalypto - so-so; Pan's Labyrinth - gorgeous, but not my tea And so many more from the last quarter of the year are on my Netflix list ... but I'm waiting to see what additional screeners I get. I've only seen about a quarter of the above films at the movies.
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12-13-2006, 09:45 AM	#3
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	Sigh. Our always paltry theater-going was cut into even more with the home purchase, so most of what we've seen this year isn't on the list as we do most of our movie watching via Netflix. But here goes. Chapelle's Block Party - Exactly what you'd expect and want. Chapelle pulled off one hell of an event, and cracked me up the whole way through Mission Impossible III - Surprisingly good. I was entertained X-Men the Last Stand - Ugh. How they made a massive battle of a thousand mutants boring, I'll never know. But they did Cars - Loved it. Not my favorite Pixar entry but a firm middle-of-the-packer Superman Returns (3D-IMAX) - With Christoclone Reeve, this movie delivers. Picked up the spirit of the original perfectly PotC: DMC - Yawn Clerks II - Smith has been redeemed after JaSBSB. It'll never match the first (or Mallrats), but it was damned funny Little Miss Sunshine - Fabulous. Simply fabulous, with a killer payoff in the end Wow, that actually was a longer list than I expected. Maybe next year, being around the corner from a $1.75 second run movie theater, the list will grow. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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12-13-2006, 10:34 AM	#4
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Movies released in 2006 that I have seen (in chronological order, no less). Bold means good. Red means bad. Unbold black is so-so Glory Road The Matador Underworld: Evolution Eight Below Freedomland Firewall 16 Blocks Ultraviolet V for Vendetta The Hills Have Eyes Inside Man Thank You For Smoking Slither Lucky Number Slevin The Wild Stick It United 93 Keeping Up with the Steins Mission: Impossible III Poseidon The Sentinal The Da Vinci Code X-Men: The Last Stand Cars Click Once in a Lifetime Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest The Devil Wears Prada Who Killed the Electric Car? Word Play Nacho Libre Lady in the Water The Night Listener Clerks II Superman Returns Little Miss Sunshine An Inconvenient Truth Step Up Scoop Miami Vice Invincible Snakes on a Plane Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby The Illusionist Crank The Guardian Huo Yuan Jia (aka Jet Li's Fearless) Renaissance The Departed The Prestige Borat Casino Royale Happy Feet Volver Apocolypto
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Strangler Lewis Doing The Job Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: In a state Posts: 3,956	Munich Nanny McPhee Thank You For Smoking (fell asleep) Ice Age: The Meltdown United 93 Cars A Prairie Home Companion (fell asleep) Monster House (ten minutes before kids wanted out when the house ate the boyfriend) Borat Some observations: I know he wrote the novel, not the screenplay, but "Thank You For Smoking" confirmed my belief that the worst example of undeserving legacy success walking around today is not W; it's Christopher Buckley. We went to Monster House to beat the 108 degree heat on a weekend when our air conditioning was broken. Should have gone to Clerks II; the kids would have kept their heads in their popcorn and, hopefully, not understood a word. Finally, to stir the pot: I thought "Cars" was one of the worst movies I've seen in I don't know how long. It was dull, repetitive, contrived and confused. The fact that it was also a huge valentine to red state gas guzzling NASCAR sensibilities does not make it a good or bad movie, but certainly added to the skin crawling effect. __________________ Live now-pay later. Diner's Club!
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12-13-2006, 11:12 AM	#6
Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	Munich - Stay for the last shot of the film. It's worth it. New World, The - Bleh! Horrible editing choices. Matador, The - Meh - Original is better. Why We Fight - Dave Chappelle's Block Party - V for Vendetta - Thank You For Smoking - Made me want to have a cigarette. Inside Man - Jodie Foster - what a mean beeyatch. United 93 - - Possibly the best of the bunch. Poseidon - - Forced to watch it on a plane... Bleh! Da Vinci Code, The - Meh Inconvenient Truth, An - - Important film, watch it today. X-Men: The Last Stand - Cars - Meh Prairie Home Companion, A - Meh Lake House, The - - Another plane film... where were those exits again? Superman Returns - Meh Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest - Meh - Too long. Queen, The - - Best actrees = Mirren Departed, The - - Best Director = Scorcese? Best Film? Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan - - LOVED it. Flushed Away - Casino Royale - - Yummy! Happy Feet - - Movie about green gay penguin. Nice. Overall, I didn't see many films year. Not much to choose from imho.
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12-13-2006, 11:27 AM	#7
Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	We didn't see much. The Departed - good film, but not something I'd see again Casino Royal - saw it twice and loved it We DVD's a lot, but never enough to keep up - Capote, Accident, Modisty Blaise, Cars, The Libertine (UGH!), The Third Man, Junebug. And we went to the Egyptian on occasion, but we're lacking in the film department. There's a whole lot out there at the moment I want to see, however. Primarilay Volver and The Queen, but I'd give Maria Antoinette and Running with Scissors a chance.
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12-13-2006, 11:35 AM	#8
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Hmm...somehow Running with Scissors is missing from my list. It is a black unbolded movie.
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12-13-2006, 09:32 PM	#10
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Yes, inside man shouldn't have been bolded on mine either. The story was reasonably tight and I'd pretend I might go gay for Clive Owen but the Jodie Foster character was unneeded and the whole thing was a bit flat. It did show, though, that if he wanted to Spike Lee could go mainstream.
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