Top 10 movies of 2006

Firstly, let me say Happy New Year and Happy Birthday to my Mom, she would have been 67 this year.

Top 10 movie releases of 2006

I see about 30 movies a year, and I've wittled it down to a top ten where the top 5-6 deserve to be there, but the next few can be moved up and down within the top 15.

10. Babel

I still prefer Crash, but this is a good flick in the same vein, too bad Brad Pitt shows his somewhat limited acting abilities as lead.

9. Children of men

We're talking about a very dark story involving the worst time in the possible future along with the brightest.

8. The Descent

Scary, claustrophobic, and original, but don't blame me if you say "is that Gollum"?

7. Little Miss Sunshine

A strange ensemble movie that'll have you laughing at the strangest family of the year.

6.V for Vendetta

Great movie based on a true story, well acted and shot, just long enough, and Natalie Portman is always worth seeing.

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

This guy takes a stab at every religious-economic-cultural doctrine that the people of the U.S. hold dear(and some they don't) ....it's hilarious!

4. Pan's Labyrinth

Didn't expect a war story as much as a fantasy, but I ending up loving it anyways.

3. Blood Diamond

Leonardo DiCaprio in his best acting roll so far in the top 10(hint hint) is the lead in this flick about diamond mining in South Africa, but the real star is Djimon Hounsou at a father looking to reunite his family. Jennifer Connolly is also quite strong in this flick, and hasn't looked better in the last 10 years.

2. The Departed

Now this was tough, I had some real problems with the excessive violence but move it near the top because there isn't a bad actor in this whole movie, and the story is compelling. Too bad the end isn't quite perfect, but I digress. I will say that Jack Nicholson still remains the actor people love that I just don't get. WHY? who knows.

1. Casino Royale

I never thought this would be my #1, but I have been looking for Bond to return to "the good old days" where Bond was more about Jmaes Bond and not the gadgets, and I finally got that. I really wish they left Pierce Brosnan as Bond though ....too late now I guess.

The rest of my top 18(!) includeThe Lakehouse, Clerks 2, Rocky, Lucky Number Slevin, Stranger Than Fiction, Nanny McPhee,Slither(YEP!), and Silent Hill(more for promise than for execution).

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