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Well 2006 is over, so I was wondering what every one's favorite and most hated movies of the year were.

My list for the best

10:  FEAST - Sick, disgusting, gory, and funny film filled with buckets of blood, slime and monster cum, I have never scene such a bold and wild horror/comedy since from dusk till dawn.  The first 15 minutes introduce the characters in a very clever and funny way, then, for an hour and a half it is wall to wall carnage.  If your into horror with out any boundaries and don't mind seeing a little boy torn into tiny pieces, this one's for you.

9:  LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE - I just saw this last week and I thought this was a great film, Bert was right, Steve Carrol was great and deserves an Oscar nod for his wonderful performance.  I also loved Alan Arkin, I dunno what it is about his voice, but he and Morgan freeman have the coolest voices and no matter what they say I could listen.  This is a must see.

8:  INSIDE MAN - This was a great heist flick.  As the story unfolds it give you hints to what is really going on.  I think Spike Lee did a great job at creating suspense and confusion.  Denzel was great, but Clive Owen owned the film, even though he wears a mask through 75% of it, and as for Jodi Foster, well to quote a character from the film, she was a "magnificent cunt".

7:  WORLD TRADE CENTER - I feard this might have been a leftist piece of liberal propaganda, but in fact it goes in the other direction and as it tuns out, it's actually very good, this was a very emotional film with great performances from the four leads.  I liked this lot more than United 93.  One of my Favorite Stone films.

6:  CASINO ROYAL - This is my favorite Bond film that I have seen, I also think Craig is the best Bond, he shows us another side of him that we haven't seen before, plus the action in the film is top notch, it also has the most painful torture scene I have witnessed(10 times worse than anything in hostel)

5: THE PRESTIGE - The best looking film of the year, and also filled with the most surprises, this is a movie you can watch more than once and get something new from.  Hugh Jackman is terrific, so is Bale, Caine and of course David Bowie.

4:  APOCOLYPTO - The greatest chase movie I have ever seen, made by everyone's favorite anti Semite.  This is one hell of an exciting film and gory as hell to boot, the action never lets up and the cinematography will leave you breathless.  Gibson proves yet again he is a born filmmaker, he is one of my favorites.

3:  HALF NELSON - I was lucky enough to see this movie while I was in Vancouver.  Fellow Canadian Ryan Gosling gives the years best performance, heck, maybe even in this decade, at least in my opinion, and deserves an Oscar win, but I bet he won't even get a nod.  This is an amazing story about a drug addicted teacher and his friendship with one of his students.  I hope all of you check this out when it hits DVD, unless you're lucky enough to live someplace that is actually showing it, if so, get off the computer and go SEE IT!

2:  RUNNING SCARED - I have never seen such a crazy film in all my life, it makes Natural born killers, Domino, and Kill Bill seem like a poetry reading, it also has the most frightening sequence in movie history involving a pair of serial killing pedophiles.  The movie moves at a frantic pace and it never quits, by the end of the film you feel beat.  I have never seen anything like this before, and I probably won't see anything like this again.  Paul Walker is great in this (I never thought I would say that about him)  It also has the best end titles I have seen.  This was one trippy, exciting, frightening and imaginative flick.

1:  THE DEPARTED -
One of Scorsese's best, this was an exciting and thrilling movie with great performances from the entire cast, but for me wahlberg gives my favorite performance.  The acting, writing, direction are all excellent.  The movie is over 2 1/2 hrs, but it moves quickly and gets you involved in the first frame.  Jack is brilliant as Costello and Matt Damon plays Sullivan as such a slimy sleaze ball, it's a joy to watch him squirm. DiCaprio gives his best performance as well, Alec Baldwin and Martin Sheen  also shine.  This is one of the few films to actually make my heart almost jump out of my chest.  This is a classic that will be remembered for a long time, and it will finally win Scorsese his Oscar.

Other good films were:  Monster house, POTC:  DMC, Crank, 16 Blocks, Slither, Miami Vice, MI3, Superman returns, V for Vendetta, and of course Snakes on a plane.



THE WORST


10:  ULTRA VIOLET - I loved this directors last film "equilibrium", but this, I dunno, I didn't get it, I had no idea what was going on, or what even the plot was.  It had one or two good fight scenes, but other than that this was a real dog of a film

9:  STAY ALIVE - Another boring horror film that could have been cool if it went more hard core instead of turning this into some kinda teenie bopper pg-13 rated horror movie.  No good kills, no real scares, I did like Frankie Muniz, he was a little interesting, but other than that the characters were all flat.

8:  JUST MY LUCK - Another horrible movie staring Lindsey Lohan, which is kinda sad cause I liked her a lot in mean girls and the parent trap.  I don't know what she's gonna do to try and pull her career out of the toilet.

7:  WHEN A STRANGER CALLS - This was a very slow and boring horror film. The lead girl was absolutely horrific in this, and there were no frightening moments at all.  This was a real loser.

6: THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA - I watched this movie with my family over Christmas and I was almost pulling my hair out, yes Meryl Streep is good, but God was this ever boring and slow and dull and pointless without any laughs.

5:  AQUMARINE - Oh my was this horrible in every way, this was a Splash wannabe, which isn't that great to begin with.  kinda sad there are four movies worse than this that I have seen this year.

4:  SHE'S THE MAN - I don't hate Mandy Moore, I actually liked her in American Dreamz, but this, dear Lord is it awful, there is no way on God's green earth anyone could mistake her for a guy.

3:  STEP UP -  I don't think I will ever recover from this horrible movie, it's even worse than you got served.  I am not looking forward to Stomp the yard

2:  BASIC INSINCT 2 -   Now even though this is a awful film I think it should be seen.  Everything, from story to acting is bad, but it is never boring, not for a second, not even for half a second, I had reservations of putting it on the list, but I had to, this was just sooooo terrible, but I still recommend you check this out, there are more laughs here than all the comedies put together.  Some movies are so bad they're good, this one is so bad it's Brilliant.

1:  HOSTEL - I hated this movie, I hated it almost as much as I hated North and Patch Adam's.  I think Eli Roth is a bad director and a worse writer.  There are no scares, no laughs, no thrills, nothing exciting, it's just a poorly done T&A flick disguised as a horror film, but ya know what, if you're gonna make a horror film, how about you put some horror in it.  I hated every single character and there was not one interesting scene or kill.  I think the idea is fantastic, and with a better writer and director (which would be anyone else but Eli Roth) it could have been a horror classic, instead we got this piece of crap jerk off film from a immature film maker.

Other stinkers were:  See no evil, Flicka, The Covenant ,Tenacious D: Pick of Destiny, failure to launch, just like heaven
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Clerks II
Lady In The Water
Slither
Rocky Balboa
Jet Li's Fearless
Warrior King (Also known as The Protector) I got the DVD from the UK. IMDB says 05 by in North America it came out in 06.

I don't watch films if I think they will suck so my least favorite films list (Even my all time one) is very short.

Spent a lot of this year buying up old martial arts and other foreign films like lady Vengeance, Banlieue 13, Legend of Drunken Master, lots of Stephen Chow comedies and so on but from what I did see in 06, I enjoyed them.

Hopefully 07 will bring some new blood and charm us with good old blockbusters.


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My favorite of this year (that I saw) is definitely Inside Man. It's a really great film.

Unfortunately, I haven't seen The Departed, The Prestige, or Little Miss Sunshine yet, so I'm sure those will be at the top as well as soon as I get around to them.

Other good ones I've seen are Clerks II, Lady in the Water and Borat.

This was just a terrible year for movies though. They were all just stupid blockbuster popcorn movies, retarded remakes and dumb sequels.

And that's quite a worst list you got there Jordan. Some of them actually made me throw up in my mouth a little. Did you actually watch those movies? Did you lose a few bets? Cuz I have trouble believing someone could actually watch the trailers for Just My Luck, When a Stranger Calls, Step Up, and She's the Man, and think to themself "Hey, that might be pretty good".


"Picture Porky Pig raping Elmer Fudd" - George Carlin
"I have to sign before you shoot me?" - Navin Johnson
"It'll take time to restore chaos" - George W. Bush
"Harry, I love you!" - Ben Affleck
"What are you looking at, sugar t*ts?" - The man without a face
"Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day must be put to death." - Exodus 31:15
"No one ever expects The Spanish Inquisition!" - The Spanish Inquisition
"Matt Damon" - Matt Damon
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Quoted from Steve-Dave

And that's quite a worst list you got there Jordan. Some of them actually made me throw up in my mouth a little. Did you actually watch those movies? Did you lose a few bets? Cuz I have trouble believing someone could actually watch the trailers for Just My Luck, When a Stranger Calls, Step Up, and She's the Man, and think to themself "Hey, that might be pretty good".


Well some of them were my choices, like when a stranger calls and hostel, Ulta Violet, but most of em, well you can kind guess why I had to go see em...LOL


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Well some of them were my choices, like when a stranger calls and hostel, Ulta Violet, but most of em, well you can kind guess why I had to go see em...LOL


yeah I figured. (I was at least hoping anyways) I bet it was fun after the movie was over though.


"Picture Porky Pig raping Elmer Fudd" - George Carlin
"I have to sign before you shoot me?" - Navin Johnson
"It'll take time to restore chaos" - George W. Bush
"Harry, I love you!" - Ben Affleck
"What are you looking at, sugar t*ts?" - The man without a face
"Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day must be put to death." - Exodus 31:15
"No one ever expects The Spanish Inquisition!" - The Spanish Inquisition
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"She's The Man" was Amanda Bynes, not Mandy Moore. Don't ask me how I know that.
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Best:
1. LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
2. THE DEPARTED
3. BORAT
4. MONSTER HOUSE
5. BABEL
6. THE LAST KISS
7. THE DESCENT
8. RUNNING SCARED
9. HARD CANDY
10. BRICK

Worst:
1. THE BLACK DAHLIA
2. LITTLE MAN
3. LADY IN THE WATER
4. AN AMERICAN HAUNTING
5. DA VINCI CODE
6. DATE MOVIE
7. NACHO LIBRE
8. HAVEN
9. THE FOUNTAIN
10. SCHOOL FOR SCOUNDRELS


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Quoted from Steve-Dave
This was just a terrible year for movies though. They were all just stupid blockbuster popcorn movies, retarded remakes and dumb sequels.


Actually, this is said about pretty much every year. You need to look around to find the diamonds in the rough of the films that come out. You always have clunkers, remakes, and sequels every year. But in that same year, you will also have some real gems, some of which go overlooked because they don't get the advertising budget of the popcorn flicks.

To hit a couple of the ones I kind of liked (this is by no means all inclusive):

Cars -- another Pixar gem
Lucky Number Slevin -- Found it to be a solid thriller
Slither -- an unsung gem of the horror movies this year
The Lake House -- screw the continuity hiccups, I liked it.
V For Vendetta -- clever and interesting
The Descent -- much better than I expected
The Tooth Fairy -- ripe with horror cliches, but with a thread of originality to it...hey, the Tooth Fairy is going to kill you! Ok, kind of a guilty pleasure, I admit, but it's better than Friday the 13th.
Monster House -- highly enjoyable non-kid flick with kids in it.

My avoid list:

Ultraviolet -- Waste of a perfectly good idea.
The Hills Have Eyes -- contrived doesn't begin to describe it.
A Scanner Darkly -- Great plot lost in stupid, boring druggie ramblings.
Butterfly Effect 2 -- Another case of characters avoiding the obvious solution to drag the movie on
See No Evil -- What was the point?

On the fence:
Final Destination 3 -- These movies are just fun, though we've seen it all before
Silent Hill -- A lot of it was lost on me, though I can piece it together. Didn't like the ending, but seemed pretty decent.


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Good:

V for Vendetta
Inside Man
Click
Talladaga Nights
Borat


BAD:

Eragon
Ultravoilet
Shadow Man - Steven Seagal REALLY tries, but he just can't act.

I didn't go to the movies much this year, I've been trying to catch up on the previous years...


Shorts:
I Named Him Thor
Footloose, Cut Loose
Tainted Milk
Marshmallows
Confucius & The Quest For Nessie
Wondrous Presentation
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Good:

Superman Returns
Casino Royale
Transamerica (I can't remember if this came out in late 05 and I just saw it on 06, or if it was an 06 movie. Either way, it was brilliant.)
Colour Me Kubrick (Ditto above).
The Omen remake

Just Okay:

X-Men: The Last Stand
Inside Man
The Da Vinci Code

Bad:

Unaccompanied Minors
The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause


I still haven't seen The Departed or Little Miss Sunshine, damnit.


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Quoted from George Willson
Actually, this is said about pretty much every year. You need to look around to find the diamonds in the rough of the films that come out. You always have clunkers, remakes, and sequels every year. But in that same year, you will also have some real gems, some of which go overlooked because they don't get the advertising budget of the popcorn flicks.


True, but I think it's getting worse and worse every year in the remake and sequel field. It seems like, almost  literally EVERY week a new remake comes out. It's getting quite ridiculous. And I think there were a lot better movies in 2005. There were more independent movies in 2006 that I need to see. NOTHING even remotely appealing in Hollywood though.


"Picture Porky Pig raping Elmer Fudd" - George Carlin
"I have to sign before you shoot me?" - Navin Johnson
"It'll take time to restore chaos" - George W. Bush
"Harry, I love you!" - Ben Affleck
"What are you looking at, sugar t*ts?" - The man without a face
"Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day must be put to death." - Exodus 31:15
"No one ever expects The Spanish Inquisition!" - The Spanish Inquisition
"Matt Damon" - Matt Damon
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True, but I think it's getting worse and worse every year in the remake and sequel field. It seems like, almost  literally EVERY week a new remake comes out. It's getting quite ridiculous. And I think there were a lot better movies in 2005. There were more independent movies in 2006 that I need to see. NOTHING even remotely appealing in Hollywood though.


I don't think  it's hollywood's fault, it's the public's, they pay to see them, like me...LOL.  I will see MI4 if it comes out (which it won't)  I will check out the next pirates movie, the next batman movie.  I getta kick out of em...LOL, so it's really people like me who are to blame


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I don't think  it's hollywood's fault, it's the public's, they pay to see them, like me...LOL.  I will see MI4 if it comes out (which it won't)  I will check out the next pirates movie, the next batman movie.  I getta kick out of em...LOL, so it's really people like me who are to blame


That is true. STOP BEING A BAD APPLE JORDAN!!! You're fuckin' it up for the rest of us. No but some sequels are okay, when they're done right. Batman, (even though there's already one showcasing fucking Jack nicholson as the fucking Joker) I'll watch, cuz I like Bale and Nolan. MI3 I would've watched cuz I like Hoffman but I didn't se the other two so what's the point? Plus I heard the second sucked. And I'm looking forward to Spider Man 3. Venom, Yay! But Pirates, yeah, that was just a terrible movie. Didn't even deserve a sequel. But now we're getting into Black Christmas remakes, and now the Hitcher's coming out. Jesus Christ. Are we just gonna regurgitate the same garbage till the end of time? They're not even upping the bar from the originals, they're just fucking up the franchise and depriving the youth of actually watching a good movie that's god forbid a whole 20 years old!!!! Oh My Fucking God, I can't even remember last week, how am I suppose to watch a movie that's 20 years old!!! That's just crazy!!! They didn't even have movies back then did they!!! No one was even alive then!!! We were still swinging from trees!!! And James Bond too??? What are they gonna remake all 95 of those movies now too?


"Picture Porky Pig raping Elmer Fudd" - George Carlin
"I have to sign before you shoot me?" - Navin Johnson
"It'll take time to restore chaos" - George W. Bush
"Harry, I love you!" - Ben Affleck
"What are you looking at, sugar t*ts?" - The man without a face
"Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day must be put to death." - Exodus 31:15
"No one ever expects The Spanish Inquisition!" - The Spanish Inquisition
"Matt Damon" - Matt Damon
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Quoted from Steve-Dave


That is true. STOP BEING A BAD APPLE JORDAN!!! You're fuckin' it up for the rest of us


I'm sorry Steven, if a movie looks cool I'm gonna see it, so if I se cars going really fast and exploding I'm there.  Do you not think I will see live free or die hard the opening night, of course I am  


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I'm sorry Steven, if a movie looks cool I'm gonna see it, so if I se cars going really fast and exploding I'm there.  Do you not think I will see live free or die hard the opening night, of course I am  


Fair enough. I'm sure lots feel the same. Explosions are cool, but to me should not be taken at the expense of the story. But Hollywood should know they can't trust the public to make the right decisions. We don't know what the hell to do with ourselves. Otherwise we'd just watch the first 12 Die Hards to see explosions, instead of waiting for "Die Harder - The Next Generation" to come out.


"Picture Porky Pig raping Elmer Fudd" - George Carlin
"I have to sign before you shoot me?" - Navin Johnson
"It'll take time to restore chaos" - George W. Bush
"Harry, I love you!" - Ben Affleck
"What are you looking at, sugar t*ts?" - The man without a face
"Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day must be put to death." - Exodus 31:15
"No one ever expects The Spanish Inquisition!" - The Spanish Inquisition
"Matt Damon" - Matt Damon
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