It's that time again, partners! What were your faves?

Here are my top eleven lists from films I saw last year.

New Releases

1. Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
2. The Bridge
3. The Best of Youth
4. The Queen
5. Brokeback Mountain
6. Wide Awake
7. How Little We Know of Our Neighbors
8. Shut Up and Sing
9. Eden
10. Iraq in Fragments
11. Little Children

Classics and New Releases

1. The Conformist
2. Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
3. Short films by Guy Maddin
4. The Life of Oharu
5. The Decalogue
6. The Bridge
7. The Best of Youth
8. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
9. Paisan
10. Wide Awake
11. The Earrings of Madame de...

Classics Only

1. The Conformist
2. Short Films by Guy Maddin
3. The Life of Oharu
4. The Decalogue
5. The Earrings of Madame de...
6. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
7. Paisan
8. Une Affaire des Femmes
9. Rocco and His Brothers
10. Violette Noziere
11. Metropolis

Pirates of the Caribbean 2
The Devil Wears Prada
Maeda's Family Renuion

SHORTBUS Hands down winner for me.

The Libertine
Pirates 2
Casino Royale
Miami Vice
Mission Impossible:3
The Prestige-This Is Coming To Dvd Feb.20th.
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volver
shortbus

heartbeatocean said:

hot damn i've been meaning to watch it for years.

I only saw two great movies released in 2006:

Martin Scorcese's "The Departed"
Robert De Niro's "The Good Shepherd"

I like Little Miss Sunshine, and Walk the Line.

I though Wedding Crasher's was pretty sucky.

I don't go to that many movies, but 2 that I loved in 2006: Devil Wears Prada and Dreamgirls.

Brokeback Mountain
X-Men 3
The Devil Wears Prada
Casino Royale


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madartista said:

I think I only saw five of them but I love the way Kieslowski introduces and builds a story. He just throws you in the middle and lets you figure out what's going on as it happens.
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Hmmm.....what movies did I even SEE this year? I have pretty much given up on contemporary movies

I remember The Devil Wears Prada, which I saw for Meryl Streep's fabulous performance. Certainly not for the rote bullshit girl-in-the-city plotline . In terms of commercial Hollywood films, I also enjoyed The Lake House, mostly for its slightly melancholy tone, nice filming and Sandra Bullock.

My favorite movie of the year was A Prairie Home Companion, Robert Altman's final great film.

I saw Borat, and it was nice while it lasted, but I forgot about it the moment I left the theater. It was what it was. It's too bad he didn't use more wit and less scatology.
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Clerks 2
The Devil Wears Prada

gosh so many votes for The Devil Wears Prada. I didn't see it.

heartbeatocean said:

The whole movie is Meryl, who deserves an Oscar nomination. I mean that's the reason you go see it. Meryl and Emily Blunt in a great supporting role. Without those two it would have been every other damn movie.

Talk about great actors elevating a cliche script to something good.
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VoicesCarry said:

I had an opportunity to see it with Altman and the stars in attendance but I didn't go. It didn't get good reviews...I'm a huge Garrison Keillor fan, but thought it might not live up to the original...

heartbeatocean said:

Look like good reviews to me

The thing is, the movie plays like they used to make 'em. Dialogue and acting and small moments and it's just a pleasure to watch. A lot of people may not like that style of film, but it's fabulous if you do. His composition and color use are also stunning.
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VoicesCarry said:

VoicesCarry said:

I don't know why I had built up such a disinterest... I like altman and I LOVE prarie home companion...

Babel. I felt like I was eavesdropping on the whole film. Theres plenty of raw emotion here. Very well made.

The Departed. All I have to say is: JACK NICHOLSON!

awww man...i totally have to abstain from voting because the only films ive seen this year were:

The Dissent & Happy Feet

campaign work was a bitch this year and took me away from the pleasures of my favorite pasttime. but, never fear...i am back and ready to take on watching all the major oscar nominated films...and then i shall return.

sosgemini said:

That's a pretty unusual combination

heartbeatocean said:

oh wait, i also saw Tenacious D. I let the kids in my family pick each film...I was at their will.

sosgemini said:

What did u think of it?

VoicesCarry said:

i think i would have loved it if i smoke pot. but i dont and i found the film to be...well, ummm....STUPID!!!

in a kindhearted way.

Happy Feet!

There are still a few movies I need to see that may end up on my year-end list. Of those I've seen these are definitely toward the top:

The Queen
A Prairie Home Companion
The Departed
United 93

One of those is surely my favorite, but I can't decide which.

VoicesCarry said:

Glad to see somebody mention this one. Movies that recall the 1950s heyday of Hollywood melodramas are rare, so I'm always glad to see them when they make it into theatres. In this case, it was also a bit of really light sci-fi. What a nice surprise this movie was.

The Departed
Babel
The Pursuit of Happyness