Films of the Year so Far?

pickarooney

I haven't seen a single film released in Europe in 2006 so far. Any suggestions, particularly for comedies?

The Bollox

not a comedy, but The Wind That Shakes The Barley ftw!

Basq

My personal favourite film of the year so far is probably 'United 93'...

... not much else i can think of off the top of my head.. especially comedies.. bad year for comedies so far!

J.R.HARTLEY

again not a comedy but coming out soon on dvd is last years ( but only released over here this year) Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

Pigman II

J.R.HARTLEY wrote:

again not a comedy but coming out soon on dvd is last years ( but only released over here this year) Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

Yep this was an unexpected delight for me.

I'd also reccommend...

The Inside Man
Manderlay
V For Vendetta
Munich
Walk The Line
Jarhead

Kingp35

Brick, which was only released in Irish cinemas this year, was a fantastic film I thought and the best of the year so far.

Running Bing

I havent been to the cinema half as much as Id like this year. Ive only seen the kinda obvious films but of them all I was really impressed with pirates of the caribean. thought it was better than the original which is saying something.

Noelie

Not really a comedy but Thank you for Smoking was good and had some good funny bits in it

The wind that shakes the barley
Walk the line
Munich
The inside man

All very good films.

monkeyfudge

A Cock and Bull Story was very funny. Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon.

It just came out on DVD... I must pick up a copy.

ShiverinEskimo

The two movies I wanted to see the most were Brick and Thank You for Not Smoking but Dundalk's cinema is run by muppets who only get the 'safe' teenage comedies and Blockbusters in. You'd never see anything remotely non-mainstream and it wrecks my ****ing head so much. Its like a cult/independant/foreign language film is totally out of the question for fear that the hordes of teenage hoodies that hang around outside smoking might not come in to see Stupid White Chicks or Big Momma's House 2 or Tokyo Drift.

I hate my local cinema.

/RANT

ixoy

This year I'd go for "United 93" and "Thank You For Smoking" so far. One very powerful and haunting, the other wickedly funny. Other than that there's been a fair few decent but none that really demand a repeat viewing.

gustavo

"Walk the Line"
"Syriana"
"The King"

pickarooney

Nice! Must go toddle on down to the video shop...

adonis

syriana -- very good
tzameti -- very good
brokeback mountain - excellent
capote - good
and also a surprise wa matchstick men which my mate got out of our local video shop...very good movie!
oh and primer, which im still trying to decode...
and a movie called baghdad cafe!

Sabre0001

Excellent movies:
Inside Man
United #93

Only comedy-type film that springs to mind is:
Pirates of the Caribbean 2
/flame shield on...

Thank You for Smoking would be my choice.

Miguel_Sanchez

Baghdad Cafe? Do you mean the 1990 thing with Whoppi Goldberg?

I think the OP was asking for films from this year.

Well I'd say Wind That Shakes the Barley, Syriana and Brick. Yeah not really comedies but pretty good.

Tchocky

ShiverinEskimo wrote:

The two movies I wanted to see the most were Brick and Thank You for Not Smoking but Dundalk's cinema is run by muppets who only get the 'safe' teenage comedies and Blockbusters in. You'd never see anything remotely non-mainstream and it wrecks my ****ing head so much. Its like a cult/independant/foreign language film is totally out of the question for fear that the hordes of teenage hoodies that hang around outside smoking might not come in to see Stupid White Chicks or Big Momma's House 2 or Tokyo Drift.

I hate my local cinema.

/RANT

No, rant NOT over. United 93 gets a few days of decent scheduling, yet Tokyo Drift gets the main screen for weeks. Last time I was in there was for United 93, and the place was still full of scumbags, obviously thought it was some sort of Roland Emmerich disasterpiece. EUrgghhhh

Anyways, flicks of the year - Thank You For Smoking, Munich, United 93

pbsuxok1znja4r

Is Primer from 2006? It's definitely worth a look just for the "what if" value. They did a great job with realism and all that with it.

Munich.
V For Vendetta is pretty good, too.

RAIN

United 93 and brick ...best film and best screenplay rite there !!!

adonis

didnt really think that united 93 was that good really
it was a bit catastrophe by numbers....

RAIN

Sorry lets go back in time and ask them to be killed a diffrent way ...........

Giruilla

Cachè (Hidden) is the best film I've seen all year. It's really tense and will keep you thinking for a long time after. It uses really original filming techniques too.

adonis

yeah cache was a great movie...its a little hard to get though, u kinda have to know what its about to get it..

Rain - just because they died like that doesnt mean it makes a good movie..i dont get your point. i thought it was overrated and in general keeps in-line with the hysteria that still envelops that whole 9/11 incident.

Giruilla

adonis wrote:

yeah cache was a great movie...its a little hard to get though, u kinda have to know what its about to get it..

I thought i was gettin it at the time, then i realised i didn't, then i was completely lost, then i talked about it with people for ages after and realised it was deadly! if that makes sense.....

RAIN

I didnt say that either dude ..you said it was very ''dissaster by numbers '' but surely this is the only time when that can be said because it actually happened that way saying dissaster by number smeans the script wasent good or the same thing happened that has happened in other movies i.e westerns by numbers would have cowboys and indians fighting each other ....i think your confused about what im saying anyway i shouldnt have been sarcastic sorry ..

ixoy

adonis wrote:

yeah cache was a great movie...its a little hard to get though, u kinda have to know what its about to get it..

Whereas I was very disappointed and unimpressed with "Caché", despite all the rave reviews. Even more so given I liked "Funny Games".

Rain - just because they died like that doesnt mean it makes a good movie..i dont get your point. i thought it was overrated and in general keeps in-line with the hysteria that still envelops that whole 9/11 incident.

See I feel I would have found it's claustrophobic terror enthralling even if it were fictional. Very powerful and not solely due its roots.

It's bad however that I'm struggling to recall another flick that I thought was really good this year, as opposed to merely entertaining.

RAIN

I totally agree its was realy well done !! All the action in the plane was so tense and beutifully done !!Its weird since alot a movies i see these days i know whats gna happen from reading god damn movie sites but this movie somehow went above story and the sheer class of the film making was what realy impressed bloody sunday , bourne supremecy and then united 93 ..this guy is the new micheal mann !!

adonis

ixoy, did you "get" cache..its a very smart way of veiling a very important issue in western society! i think it was discussed on the review thread...

i just think that united 93 was a pretty normal catastrophe movie! yeah it was good, it was tense, but it wasnt a masterpiece! despite what kermode might say.

and the borne supremacy wasnt as good as the bourne identity...
u want a real tense film check out tzameti

RAIN

Good movie like good art are open to interpretaion and you take what you can from them theres nothing to ''get''

I though bourne supremecy was a much better film ( apart from the fight scenes ) the story arc was much better as was damon performance but saying that they were both good plus i just love the underdog and at the time damon wasent doing too well and he pulled it STRAIGHT out of the bag ..id watch those two movies rite now if i could !!!

Back to united 93 its a savage movie and like no other catastrophie movie iv ever seen , **** me i didnt think it was gna be as good as it was if theres justice itl get best picture next year although after daniel day lewis missing out for bill the butcher and pheonix missing out to hoffman itl probly be ignored now im rambling GAAAAAAA

adonis

RAIN, have you seen Cache?

there is something to "get"

ixoy

adonis wrote:

ixoy, did you "get" cache..its a very smart way of veiling a very important issue in western society! i think it was discussed on the review thread...

The whole

Algeria

allegory? Sure. Never too fond of a message like that in movies though and it didn't work for me. The only thing I'll take from it is that scene.

RAIN

Ya i saw it and i guess i got it in the way you mean BUT i wasent blown away good movie defo ..unless your a chicken

toomevara

Giruilla wrote:

Cachè (Hidden) is the best film I've seen all year. It's really tense and will keep you thinking for a long time after. It uses really original filming techniques too.

Unquestionably the best so far, frankly can't see it topped, gives you hope for the future of cinema, Auteil is a genius...

Hugh Hefner

Brokeback Mountain
Brick
V For Vendetta
The Squid And The Whale (Black comedy - Drama)

Basq

Yep.. Squid And The Whale was a top top film!

Waiting for the R1 DVD release of Brick next month... been dying to see it!

Watching V For Vendetta tonight

RAIN

Superman returns

wba88

Crash
think it was 2005 actually but its defo worth seeing anyway. not a comedy

film_gonzo

'V for Vendetta'. I was so impressed by it that I went to see it twice. I'm not even sure what I like about it. I just do, y'know.

Comedy wise: I'll probably get shot at for saying this in here but I thought 'Over the Hedge' was very funny. A kids movie, but a funny kids movie.

elekid

film_gonzo wrote:

Comedy wise: I'll probably get shot at for saying this in here but I thought 'Over the Hedge' was very funny. A kids movie, but a funny kids movie.

I totally agree, I was very pleasantly surprised by it. There are a lot of "adult" laughs in it.

Other movies I've seen this year which made me laugh:

Breakfast on Pluto
Slither
Transamerica
The Weatherman
The Squid and the Whale
Thank You for Smoking
Pirates of the Caribbean 2

RAIN

Ya slither defo !!!

pickarooney

I watched Caché last night and have no idea what the hell happened in the last half hour or so. Can anyone spoiler a theory or definitive explanation?

kaimera

Comedy:

Click.

Others:

XMen3.
Pirates 2.

Munich was over rated. The WeatherMan was muck.

abetarrush

Nothin has really tickled my movie clitoris this year

although V for Vendetta was good

Basq

pickarooney wrote:

I watched Caché last night and have no idea what the hell happened in the last half hour or so. Can anyone spoiler a theory or definitive explanation?

Know what you mean.. watched it last week and didn't think much of it but what i read of it online:

Apparently.. we're never supposed to know who sent the tapes!

And it's the viewer who takes the place of the voyeur and the individual sending the tapes... daft, i know but apparently, that's one theory behind it!

flux76

Cache rulz, definitely the best one so far for 2006

mwnger

Yeah, i'd go along with Caché. Also enjoyed V For Vendetta, A Cock & Bull Story and The Proposition.

PokerTony

The Matador

Goodshape

The Proposition. I thought that was great.

kaimera

PokerTony wrote:

The Matador

qft.

Caught me off guard with what is a brilliant movie.

V4Vendetta ++ aswell.

Add Talladega Nights to the list of comedy movies of the year.