Rank the 2006 Films as you see them...

[nonfiction]

I really haven't watched many 2006 films yet. Odd, because I've seen 55 films from 2005.

1. A Scanner Darkly
2. Clerks II
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Pirates, Running Scared, 16 Blocks.

[ie]

I just wanted to mention:

Hey, everyone that's cynical of new releases, don't be. Sure, there's a lot of crap nowadays, I'll give you that. But there still are good movies being made.

The Departed looks like it could be a good remake of Infernal Affairs. Based off the trailer, at least.

A Scanner Darkley could visually look a lot like Waking Life, well based on what I've seen at least of A Scanner Darkley, but it promises to be a pretty good movie by a pretty good director.

You guys and gals seem to be talking a lot about the Science of Sleep.

And Woody Allen is still around, eh?


Don't be too dismissive of Hollywood releases. Sure, there will always be movies spoiled by Hollywood (X-Men 3 was too Hollywoody to be great, but it still had some very good scenes), but not all movies produced from the Hollywood are bad. Just give it some time, maybe watch a few obscure movies and then find someone you trust that watches newer releases to give you the heads up on certain movies.


That is all.

[captainofbeef]

1. A Prarie Home Companion
2. V for Vendetta
3. Superman Returns
4. Inside Man
5. United 93
6. Mission: Impossible III
7 Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man's Chest
8. Lucky Number Slevin
9. X Men: The Last Stand

[criterionmaster]

1. Marie Antoinette
2. Clerks 2
3. All is Normal
4. Superman Returns
5. Pirates
6. Da Vinci Code

I have probably seen more, but I really don't remember.

[dontdigonswine]

I suppose I will update mine as well:

1. The Departed
2. Little Miss Sunshine
3. Miami Vice
4. V for Vendetta
5. Clerks 2
6. The Prestige
7. Dave Chappelle's Block Party
8. Inside Man
9. United 93
10. Thank You For Smoking
11. Snakes on a Plane
12. Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
13. Superman Returns
14. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
15. Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
16. The Break-Up
17. Click
18. Saw III
19. The Omen

If Brick is considered 2006, I'd put it at #2. But I can't remember if it is or not.

[PTAhole]

Clerks II (10)
Marie Antoinette (9)
Superman Returns (9)
V For Vendetta (9)
The Illusionist (8)
Lady In The Water (8)
Inside Man (8)
World Trade Center (8)
Cars (8)
Mission: Impossible III (7.5)
Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man's Chest (6)
Snakes on a Plane (6 or 10)
Talledega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (5.5)
Lucky Number Slevin (5)
The Sentinel(4)
X-Men: The Last Stand (4)
Hostel (3)
Nacho Libre (3)

[kiddo]

I didn't thought I'd seen that many films this year, and no, I hadn't. But it could have been worse.

Miami Vice ((a weak) ****)
The Departed (***)
V For Vendetta (***)
Inside Man (**)
Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man's Chest (**)
United 93 (**)
Superman Returns (**)
The Da Vinci Code (**)

[revgreg]

"Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan"

Beautiful, horrifying, funny. Been watching him for years... good to see him confusing the hell out of packed theaters across the country. The fact that people are suing the filmmakers proves they did something right...

This and the two "Jackass" movies (love em or hate em) have brought some much needed low-fi, cinematic anarchy back into American mainstream films... thank the gods...

=Rev Greg=

[dontdigonswine]

Finally someone else on the forum that has seen Borat. Glad you liked it. And I too have been watching Cohen for years. I think they should make an Ali G does America movie, rather than Bruno, who is by far the least funny of the 3 characters.

[captainofbeef]

1. A Prarie Home Companion
2. V for Vendetta
3. Superman Returns
4. Inside Man
5. United 93
6. Mission: Impossible III
7. Miami Vice
8. Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man's Chest
9. Lucky Number Slevin
10. X Men: The Last Stand
11. The Breakup
12. She's the Man

[dontdigonswine]

I'm updating mine again, because I've seen 3 new ones the last 2 days. And I decided to include Brick in this...

1. The Departed
2. Brick
3. Little Miss Sunshine
4. Miami Vice
5. Borat
6. V for Vendetta
7. Clerks 2
8. Casino Royale
9. The Prestige
10. Dave Chappelle's Block Party
11. Inside Man
12. Stranger than Fiction
13. United 93
14. Thank You For Smoking
15. Snakes on a Plane
16. Deja Vu
17. World Trade Center
18. Babel
19. Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
20. Superman Returns
21. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
22. Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
23. The Break-Up
24. Click
25. Saw III
26. The Omen

[Nomansvally]

I have only seen these from this year:

1. Volver
2. Babel
3. A Prairie Home Companion
4. The Departed
5. Casino Royale
6. Scoop
7. An Inconvenient Truth
8. Tenacious D - The Pick Of Destiny
9. Jackass Number Two
10. Clerks 2 (SHIT film!)
11. Mission Impossible 3 (SHIT film!)
12. The Davinci Code (SHIT film!)
13. Superman Returns (SHIT film!)

[captainofbeef]

Another update:
1. A Prarie Home Companion
2. V for Vendetta
3. Casino Royale
4. Superman Returns
5. Inside Man
6. Clerks II
7. United 93
8. Thank You for Smoking
9. Mission: Impossible III
10. Scoop
11. Miami Vice
12. The Da Vinci Code
13. Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man's Chest
14. Lucky Number Slevin
15. X Men: The Last Stand
16. Wassup Rockers
17. The Breakup
18. She's the Man

[PTAhole]

Clerks II (10)
The Fountain (10)
Marie Antoinette (9)
Scoop (9)
Superman Returns (9)
V For Vendetta (9)
Casino Royale (9)
The Illusionist (8)
Lady In The Water (8)
Inside Man (8)
World Trade Center (8)
Cars (8)
Mission: Impossible III (7.5)
Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man's Chest (6)
Snakes on a Plane (6 or 10) ;D
Talledega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (5.5)
Lucky Number Slevin (5)
The Sentinel (5)
X-Men: The Last Stand (5)
Hostel (3)
Nacho Libre (3)
Little Man (0)

[ie]

I'm counting Brick and Tom Yum Goong, even if IMDB says they're from 2005. And technically, I could also include FF7: Advent Children, because it was released US side in 2006, although I have this slight feeling that some people might get really bitchy about where I would place it, so I won't. Although I have this slight feeling that people will get really bitchy anyways, so I dunno. Whatever.


edit: My list was bottom-to-top

Brick - 9/10
The Illusionist - 9/10
An Inconvenient Truth - 9/10
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest - 9/10
X-Men 3: the Last Stand - 8/10
Superman Returns - 8/10
Tom Yum Goong or the Protector - 8/10
Jet Li's Fearless or Huo Yuan Jia - 8/10


Snakes on a Plane - 6/10
Elephants Dream - 5/10
Crank - 5/10
Miami Vice - 4/10
The Da Vinci Code - 4/10
The Wicker Man - 4/10
You, Me and Dupree - 2/10


I also need to eventually see: A Prarie Home Companion, Babel, Borat, Casino Royale, Clerks II (more than the first twenty minutes), The Departed, The Fountain, Lady In The Water, Little Miss Sunshine, Lucky Number Slevin (just to see how I (and not you) think of it), Marie Antoinette, The Prestige, Scoop, and Thank You for Smoking. Maybe some others as well.

[PTAhole]

Clerks II (10) ;D
The Fountain (10) ;D
Marie Antoinette (9)
Scoop (9)
Superman Returns (9)
V For Vendetta (9)
Casino Royale (9)
The Illusionist (8)
Lady In The Water (8)
Inside Man (8)
World Trade Center (8)
Cars (8)
Mission: Impossible III (7.5)
Wassup Rockers (7.5)
Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man's Chest (6)
Snakes on a Plane (6 or 10) ;D
Talledega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (5.5)
Lucky Number Slevin (5)
The Sentinel (5)
X-Men: The Last Stand (5)
Hostel (3)
Nacho Libre (3)
Little Man (0)

[misterbalco]

Ok, I will be renting these 10 films from 2006 in this order:
1. A Scanner Darkly
2. Little Miss Sunshine
3. The Road To Guantanimo
4. A Prairie Home Companion
5. Clerks 2
6. American Masters: Andy Warhol
7. Bubble
8. Talledega Nights
9. Wassup Rockers
10. Chappele's Block Party
plus Im gonna see The Nativity Story (ugh), Apocalypto, and Children of Men in theaters, and Ill add movies released this year to my queue when they come out.

Am I missing anything that is on dvd?

[agentknight]

OK...

1. Miami Vice
2. Clerks 2
3. Candy
4. Snakes on a Plane
5. DOA: Dead or Alive
6. Scary Movie 4

[captainofbeef]

1. A Prarie Home Companion
2. V for Vendetta
3. Casino Royale
4. Superman Returns
5. Inside Man
6. Clerks II
7. United 93
8. Thank You for Smoking
9. A Scanner Darkly
10. Mission: Impossible III
11. Scoop
12. Miami Vice
13. The Da Vinci Code
14. Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man's Chest
15. Lucky Number Slevin
16. X Men: The Last Stand
17. Wassup Rockers
18. The Breakup
19. She's the Man

[criterionmaster]

Ugh, you should finish Wassup Greatness before ranking it. I can't believe you disliked it as much as you did, I mean even worse than the Da Vinci Code? You should just see the first half, which Tim gives an 8/10. You may like the movie more because it is a nice set-up for what happens (the parts you saw).

EDIT:

1. Marie Antoinette
2. Clerks II
3. Wassup Rockers
4. Superman Returns
5. Mission: Impossible III
6. The Da Vinci Code
7. Gridiron Gang

[captainofbeef]

There is no way I'm watching any of that garbage again. It was just laughingly bad.

[criterionmaster]

[captainofbeef]

Update time:
1. A Prarie Home Companion
2. V for Vendetta
3. The Illusionist
4. Little Miss Sunshine
5. Casino Royale
6. Superman Returns
7. Inside Man
8. Clerks II
9. United 93
10. Thank You for Smoking
11. A Scanner Darkly
12. Lady in the Water
13. Mission: Impossible III
14. World Trade Center
15. Scoop
16. The Black Dahlia
17. Miami Vice
18. The Da Vinci Code
19. Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man's Chest
20. Lucky Number Slevin
21. X Men: The Last Stand
22. Wassup Rockers
23. The Breakup
24. She's the Man

[The Anti-Snob]

Difficult to remember everything I've seen so far, but here goes; I suppose I can always update it if I forget something.

1. V for Vendetta (10)
2. Superman Returns (10)
3. Clerks II (10)
4. Thank You for Smoking (10)
5. The Illusionist (10)
6. The Fountain (10)
7. Casino Royale (9)
8. Lucky Number Slevin (9)
9. The Prestige (9)
10. World Trade Center (8)
11. X-Men: The Last Stand (7)
12. Talledega Nights: The Legend of Ricky Bobby (7)
13. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (6)
14. The Da Vinci Code (6)
15. She's the Man (6)
16. The Sentinel (6)
17. Snakes on a Plane (5) [Bad, bad movie, but for plain so-bad-it's-good value, it's a ten.]
18. Crank (4)
19. Hostel (1)

Wow. I didn't realize until now how many shitty movies I've seen this year. They already move from good to simply "okay" after number ten, and then rapidly to utter crap.

-Dan

[PTAhole]

Clerks II (10)
The Fountain (10)
Marie Antoinette (9)
Scoop (9)
Superman Returns (9)
V For Vendetta (9)
Rocky Balboa (9)
Casino Royale (9)
The Illusionist (8)
Lady In The Water (8)
Inside Man (8)
World Trade Center (8)
Cars (8)
Mission: Impossible III (7.5)
Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man's Chest (6)
Snakes on a Plane (6 or 10)
Talledega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (5.5)
Lucky Number Slevin (5)
The Sentinel (5)
Wassup Rockers (5)
X-Men: The Last Stand (4)
Hostel (3)
Nacho Libre (3)
Little Man (0)

[The Anti-Snob]

1. V for Vendetta (10)
2. Superman Returns (10)
3. Clerks II (10)
4. Thank You for Smoking (10)
5. The Illusionist (10)
6. The Fountain (10)
7. Rocky Balboa (9)
8. Casino Royale (9)
9. Lucky Number Slevin (9)
10. The Prestige (9)
11. Snakes on a Plane (5) [What was I thinking? This deserves a much higher spot!]
12. World Trade Center (8)
13. X-Men: The Last Stand (7)
14. Talledega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (6)
15. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (6)
16. The Da Vinci Code (6)
17. She's the Man (5)
18. The Sentinel (5)
19. Crank (3)
20. Hostel (1)

Forgot Rocky, changed my mind about some scores and rankings.

[kiddo]

Updated:

Miami Vice ((a weak) ****)
Over the Hedge (a wak) ****) /
The Departed (***)
V For Vendetta (***)
Deja vu (***)
Inside Man (**)
Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man's Chest (**)
United 93 (**)
Superman Returns (**)
The Da Vinci Code (**)

[PTAhole]

I'll leave this open untill the oscars, then close it. Ranking films from the previous year just becomes irrelevant at that point.

[PTAhole]

Clerks II (10)
The Fountain (10)
Brick (10)
A Scanner Darkly (10)
Idiocracy (10)
Marie Antoinette (9)
Scoop (9)
Superman Returns (9)
The Illusionist (9)
V For Vendetta (9)
Slither (9)
Rocky Balboa (9)
Casino Royale (9)
Lady In The Water (8)
Inside Man (8)
World Trade Center (8)
Cars (8)
Mission: Impossible III (7.5)
Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man's Chest (6)
Snakes on a Plane (6 or 10)
Talledega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (5.5)
Lucky Number Slevin (5)
The Sentinel (5)
Wassup Rockers (5)
X-Men: The Last Stand (4)
Hostel (3)
Nacho Libre (3)
Little Man (0)

[dontdigonswine]

I added a few things, and changed some things around.

1. The Departed
2. Brick
3. Children of Men
4. Little Miss Sunshine
5. Miami Vice
6. Borat
7. V for Vendetta
8. Clerks 2
9. A Scanner Darkly
10. Casino Royale
11. Dreamgirls
12. Apocalypto
13. Dave Chappelle's Block Party
14. Inside Man
15. Stranger than Fiction
16. United 93
17. Thank You For Smoking
18. Babel
19. The Prestige
20. Snakes on a Plane
21. Rocky Balboa
22. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
23. Deja Vu
24. World Trade Center
25. Pursuit of Happyness
26. Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
27. Blood Diamond
28. Happy Feet
29. Superman Returns
30. The Holiday
31. Black Christmas
32. Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
33. The Break-Up
34. Night at the Museum
35. Click
36. Saw III
37. The Omen