- Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (w: Sacha Baron Cohen & Anthony Hinds & Peter Baynham & Dan Mazer; s: Cohen & Baynham & Hinds & Todd Phillips; d: Larry Charles)
**QUICK SIDEBAR: If you're in L.A., and in the Valley, be sure to stop by The Dip sandwich shop, which is owned by Ken "Azamat" Davitian... you might see him there**
- The Devil Wears Prada (w: Aline Brosh McKenna, based on the novel by Lauren Weisberger; d: David Frankel)
- Dreamgirls (w/d: Bill Condon; based on the musical by Tom Eyen and Henry Krieger)
- Half Nelson (w: Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck; d: Ryan Fleck)
- Happy Feet (w: Warren Coleman and John Collee and George Miller and Judy Morris; d: George Miller)
- Inside Man (w: Russell Gewirtz; d: Spike Lee)
- Letters from Iwo Jima (w: Iris Yamashita; s: Iris Yamashita and Paul Haggis; d: Clint Eastwood)
- Little Miss Sunshine (w: Michael Arndt; d: Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris)
- United 93 (w/d: Paul Greengrass)
Letters from Iwo Jima is gaining a lot of momentum... _______________________________________________________________________ "Would you get your face out of that computer? Life is happening all around you, and you're watching the commentary." - Danny (Bradley Whitford), Studio 60 (yep!)
3. "My guess is that it was on the list but got bumped off by Letters" In response to Reply # 2
>I didn't see many movies this year. lotta catching up to do.
Joe, I've been od'ing on movies... I'm seeing 6 (maybe 7) this week... ______________________________________________________________________ "Would you get your face out of that computer? Life is happening all around you, and you're watching the commentary." - Danny (Bradley Whitford), Studio 60 (yep!)
8. "That seems a little extreme" In response to Reply # 6
It's not like PHC was so good to leave it off means they hate him. I love Altman and thought it was a total bore.
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10. "I said to a friend recently" In response to Reply # 8
"what a shame that PHC was his last film" and she said "I don't know, in some ways it's appropriate. It kind of encapsulates his movies." I love a lot of Altman, but definitely not all. And I think my friend was right, it's like up down up down up down, so I'm feeling better about PHC being his last one, lol.
JungleSouljah Member since Sep 24th 2002 14987 posts
Mon Dec-11-06 07:15 PM
7. "I haven't seen either but my understanding is" In response to Reply # 4
Flag of Our Fathers is the Pacific Theater of WWII from the American perspective and Letters from Iwo Jima is from the Japenese perspective (and in Japanese with subtitles no less). And I don't believe there's much if any overlap character-wise. So other than being put together by the same director, cinematographer, editor, etc... I don't think there's all too much in common.
5. "RE: AFI's Top Ten (American) Films of 2006/Post up yours" In response to Reply # 0
1. Inside Man 2. The Prestige 3. Casino Royale 4. The Departed 5. Little Miss Sunshine 6. Borat 7. United 93 8. Dave Chappelle's Block Party 9. Jackass Part 2 10. Running Scared
___________________________ OL' DIRTY BASTARD on himself: "I may curse, I may have a bad mouth, whatever whatever. I'm not that bad, yaknow'mean. Bad to y'all, I dunno how y'all... I don't give a fuck. Um, I'm a good person at heart, for real and shit.
Cache Street Fight (It was 2005, but it didn't get to SF until 2006 and if I had seen it in 05, it would have been on my top ten then) Brick Favela Rising Adam's Apples State of Fear Little Miss Sunshine Old Joy The Bridge 51 Birch Street
11. "Cache is an American movie?" In response to Reply # 9
___________________________ OL' DIRTY BASTARD on himself: "I may curse, I may have a bad mouth, whatever whatever. I'm not that bad, yaknow'mean. Bad to y'all, I dunno how y'all... I don't give a fuck. Um, I'm a good person at heart, for real and shit.
15. "Janey's correct, sorry CMac, I should have made that clear" In response to Reply # 12 Mon Dec-11-06 08:11 PM by ZooTown74
So there's no further confusion with anyone else, just list your top 10 of the year, regardless of country of origin.
I was going to put up a "Gimme Your Top 10" post, but I saw the AFI list and figured I'd kill two birds with one stone... _______________________________________________________________________ "Would you get your face out of that computer? Life is happening all around you, and you're watching the commentary." - Danny (Bradley Whitford), Studio 60 (yep!)
17. "isn't it a little early?" In response to Reply # 0
I usually don't get to see 5 or so of my top 10 until December or January, so this list will be heavily revised in a couple months. But of 2006 so far:
1. Cache (technically 2005) 2. The Queen 3. Three Times (technically 2005) 4. United 93 5. Happy Feet 6. Departed 7. Borat 8. The Puffy Chair 9. The Matador (technically 2005) 10. Last King of Scotland
Unseen films of 2006 in order of likelihood to crack the top 10:
1. Flanders 2. Letters from Iwo Jima 3. The Wind That Shakes the Barley 4. Children of Men
18. "Don't trip, we can always do another one next month" In response to Reply # 17
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JungleSouljah Member since Sep 24th 2002 14987 posts
Tue Dec-12-06 12:33 PM
19. "Am I the only one who disliked Cache?" In response to Reply # 0
I watched that mess twice. The pacing bothered me greatly. I really, really wanted to like it after I had heard so many good things, but I wasn't impressed. Pieces of the story were compelling but other aspects seemed haphazard and thrown together.
I always have issues doing top 10s of the year because I never remember what the hell it is that I've seen. In any case, I thought this was a rather weak year for movies. Some of my favorites:
Little Miss Sunshine Brick The Prestige Block Party Inside Man Monster House Prairie Home Companion The Departed
(I refuse to name more than these 8 and even some of these are ehhh)
Guilty Pleasure: Accepted (movie was fun as hell)
There are several I haven't seen yet: Borat, Blood Diamond, The Good Shepard, Flags of our Fathers, Letters from Iwo Jima, Half Nelson, Volver, Sympathy for Lady Vengeance and pretty much every foreign film you can name. I think there are a few others I'd like to see but haven't.
Just from what I've heard about them I think the movies listed above that I haven't seen would have a good shot at getting on my top 10 list.
20. "That's Haneke, though" In response to Reply # 19
Very slow pace and a lot of unanswered questions and an unconventional narrative. That sometimes can't even be called a narrative, really. And one thing that characterizes him is that when his films end, you're likely to go, "HEY, is that ALL? That didn't end, it just STOPPED," but given time to think, you usually can see that it did end, just not the way most directors would have ended it.
It's okay not to like Haneke -- he's idiosyncratic, and not for everyone -- but personally, I worship him.
JungleSouljah Member since Sep 24th 2002 14987 posts
Tue Dec-12-06 10:19 PM
22. "Well I'd like to see more of his work given the post below" In response to Reply # 20
But I stick to my guns. It just didn't sit well with me for some reason. Which is strange, because I can usually find something to enjoy in just about any film.
1.Children of Men 2.Half Nelson 3.The Departed 4.Babel 5.Puffy Chair 6.Inside Man 7.United 93 8.The Wind That Shakes The Barley 9.The Science of Sleep 10.April Snow
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30. "Don't really have 10 yet" In response to Reply # 0
Especially if we're restricting it to American movies (though then does Babel get it for having Brad Pitt in it, or what? That movie was mostly not in English, and has a Mexican writer/director team behind it). So I think this'll be a catch-all for me.
Anyway, in approximate order
The Departed/ 49 Up (tie) Little Miss Sunshine Brick Inside Man Borat Street Fight, with Janey's rationale Curse of the Golden Flower
still wanna see Casino Royale, Half Nelson, Children of Men, Pan's Labyrinth, The Queen, The Prestige, The Illusionist.
32. "RE: Don't really have 10 yet" In response to Reply # 30
>Especially if we're restricting it to American movies (though >then does Babel get it for having Brad Pitt in it, or what? >That movie was mostly not in English, and has a Mexican >writer/director team behind it). So I think this'll be a >catch-all for me.
I lurked some on winter break, and today I was doing my best to slack on Property reading. So yeah, we'll see how long it lasts, but thanks for noticing.
1. The Departed 2. Pan's Labryinth 3. Children of Men 4. Borat 5. Inside Man 6. When The Levees Broke 7. Little Miss Sunshine 8. Monster House 9. V For Vendetta 10. Snakes On A Plane
Yup. And nah, I didn't mistype for #10. It was one of the best times I had in YEARS at the theater.
42. "RE: AFI's Top Ten (American) Films of 2006/Post up yours" In response to Reply # 0
1-Pan's Labyrinth 2-Children Of Men 3-The Departed 4-Borat 5-Letters From Iwo Jima 6-Little Miss Sunshine 7-A Scanner Darkly 8-Thank You For Smoking 9-Apocalypto 10-Inside Man
-Fearless, Blood Diamond, Volver and Casino Royale were all close with Inside Man for the 10th spot
I didnt get a chance to see Half Nelson, The Proposition or The Prestige so once I do they could change my list.
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