2006, a bad year for film?

Heisenberg.

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I wouldn't include Casino Royale in that list personally.. Mine would be

Children of Men, Wind That Shakes the Barley, Pan's Labyrinth, the Departed (definately film of the year)

monkeyfudge

Children of Men, The Prestige, Stranger Than Fiction, Pan's Labyrinth have all been very good films.

I think it's actually been a fairly good year for film.

luckat

Little Miss Sunshine, Pan's Labyrinth. Haven't actually gone to many films this year, though.

monkeyfudge

luckat wrote:

Little Miss Sunshine, Pan's Labyrinth. Haven't actually gone to many films this year, though.

A yes. Little Miss Sunshine was great too... I'm probably missing a few others as well.

mike65

Bad year for the big-budget studio product, pretty good year for the rest.

Mike.

Pugsley

Was Batman Begins not this year aswell? it was superb.

aidan_walsh

Pugsley wrote:

Was Batman Begins not this year aswell? it was superb.

No, that was last year.

quickbeam

To be honest, I think it's a good year if you can name five outstanding films. Look back at other years and you'll see that there wouldn't be many that would produce that many.

I didn't see a lot, but my favourites of this year would be:

Children Of Men
The Prestige
Stranger Than Fiction

qwertplaywert

5 outstanding?
-Stranger than Fiction
-Borat
-Casino Royale
-Little Miss Sunshine
it would be 5 if i counted Snakes on a Plane.................so bad it was fantasic

the pretise would make it 6,only for the fact ithough christian bale was awful in it

~Rebel~

Everyone seems to be forgetting "V For Vendetta"... definitely up there in my view anyway..

lodgepole

The Prestige, Children of Men, Pan's Labyrinth and The Fountain are four films that really impressed me this year. It's been a great year for directors. The Departed and Munich were also excellent, and most of what I saw has very rarely been below average.

Steve01

It definitely wasn't a good year for remakes. The Wicker Man anyone? It was the most intentionally hilarious movie I've seen all year. The part where Nicholas Cage punches that manlike woman in the face and then dropkicks Leelee Sobieski had me on the floor laughing.

Crucifix

Don't forget Snakes on a plane.
I think it's been a good year, I enjoyed many of the previously mentioned films, and there's still a few flicks out at the moment I want to see.

Steve01 wrote:

It definitely wasn't a good year for remakes. The Wicker Man anyone? It was the most intentionally hilarious movie I've seen all year. The part where Nicholas Cage punches that manlike woman in the face and then dropkicks Leelee Sobieski had me on the floor laughing.

I agree, that film was hilarious.

Stealing the bike? Taking off the bear suit but leaving the bear feet on?

Necronomicon

I think it's been decent enough. V For Vendetta, Children of Men, The Departed (although I wasn't as amazed by that as others) Little Miss Sunshine and Snakes On A Plane for the pure enjoyment factor. Some of the films I missed and plan on catching up on when they hit dvd are The Prestige, Pan's Labryinth and Borat.

emeraldstar

Borat=quality....nah. It was funny enough, but not something I'd ever have any desire to watch again.

bluto63

I don't think it was a great year. I enjoyed Borat but I don't know if it would be as good a second time around. Little Miss Sunshine was good too. I didn't really like the Departed, I didn't see what was so great about it

qwertplaywert

was V for vendetta this year?i tought it was last.........so i do HAVE 5 without snakes on................

Dont be at yourself

Excellent year, I thought.

My favs:
The Departed
The Prestige
Pan's Labrynth
Children of Men
Wind That Shakes The Barley
Casino Royale
Nacho Libre

Average-Ro

How are people listing The Departed?? I thought it was completely over hyped!! NO desire to see that film again, went on for to long aswel. I think people are allowing themselves to be influenced by critics and the fact that it's a Scorsesse flick.

Little Miss Sunshine and The Prestige were the best I've seen this year IMO, though I didn't see Children of Men (gonna catch that as soon as possible).

PS- I though that Christian Bale was amazing in The Prestige. So much intensity! Hugh Jackman was kinda bland but still got the job done.

MisterAnarchy

I thought it was a dreadful year for film releases.
I watched a few hundred new films and most of them were very poor.
Far too many slasher/teen horror films,animal based cgi films and gross out comedies.
Hardly any decent thrillers to speak of and many of the critically acclaimed films,like Children of Men and The Departed were very average .

TinnnA

You gotta be kidding... 2006 is one of a better film years in a long time...


I also have a 'small' list of those films that are not so bad..


LITTLE CHILDREN (2006)
VOLVER (2006)
BABEL (2006)
BREAKING AND ENTERING (2006)
PAN'S LABYRINTH (EL LABERINTO DEL FAUNO) (2006)
DREAMGIRLS (2006)
FUR (2006)
BOBBY (2006)
FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION (2006)
THE PRESTIGE (2006)
THE GOOD GERMAN (2006)
INLAND EMPIRE (2006)
INFAMOUS (2006)
NOTES ON A SCANDAL (2006)
RUNNING WITH SCISSORS (2006)
THE GOOD SHEPHERD (2006)
THE FOUNTAIN (2006)
FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS (2006)
MARIE-ANTOINETTE (2006)
THE HOLIDAY (2006)
THE CHILDREN OF MEN (2006)
STRANGER THAN FICTION (2006)
MISS POTTER (2006)
FACTORY GIRL (2006)
THE SCIENCE OF SLEEP (2006)
SCOOP (2006)
A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION (2006)
VENUS (2006)
HOLLYWOODLAND (2006)
BLOOD DIAMOND (2006)
THE HISTORY BOYS (2006)
WORLD TRADE CENTER (2006)
THE PAINTED VEIL (2006)
A SCANNER DARKLY (2006)
SPINNING INTO BUTTER (2006)
THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND (2006)
SNOW CAKE (2006)
GWOEMUL (THE HOST) (2006)
DAS LEBEN DER ANDEREN (THE LIVES OF OTHERS) (2006)
THE YACOUBIAN BUILDING (2006)
PERFUME:THE STORY OF A MURDERER (2006)
CURSE OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER (2006)
THE BANQUET (YE YAN) (2006)
EN LA CAMA (THE BED) (2006)
BORAT (2006)
BELLA (2006)
THE DESCENT (2006)
CARS (2006)
HAPPY FEET (2006)
FLUSHED AWAY (2006)
LONELY HEARTS (2006)
CATCH A FIRE (2006)
THE ILLUSIONIST (2006)
BONNEVILLE (2006)
ALL THE KING'S MEN (2006)
FAST FOOD NATION (2006)
FAUTUEILS D'ORCHESTRE (AVENUE MONTAIGNE) (2006)
SOMEONE ELSE'S HAPPINESS (EEN ANDER ZIJN GELUK) (2006)
AFTER THE WEDDING (EFTER BRYLLUPPET) (2006)
CHILDREN (2006)
THE BLOSSOMING OF MAXIMO OLIVEROS (ANG PAGDADALAGA NI MAXIMO OLIVEROS) (2006)
THE KING AND THE CLOWN (WANG-UI NAMJA) (2006)
NUOVOMUNDO (GOLDEN DOOR) (2006)
FALKENBERG FAREWELL (2006)
VITUS (2006)
THIEVES AND LIARS (2006)
MONKEYS IN WINTER (2006)
WHITE PALMS (2006)
LIGHTS IN THE DUSK (2006)
HOW I SPENT THE END OF THE WORLD (2006)
CAFE TRANSIT (BORDER CAFE) (2006)
ZWARTBOEK (BLACKBOOK) (2006)
ALICE (2006)
KONTAKT (2006)
GRBAVICA (2006)
HULA GIRLS (2006)
FAMILY LAW (DERECHO DE FAMILIA) (2006)
RANG DE BASANTI (2006)
LOVE FOR SHARE (2006)
AS YOU LIKE IT (2006)
A GOOD YEAR (2006) 10.11.
TONIGHT AT NOON (2006)
OPAL DREAM (2006) 22.11.
TEN CANOES (2006)
THE NOTORIOUS BETTIE PAGE (2006)
SUPERMAN RETURNS (2006)
COPYING BEETHOVEN (2006)
CHARLOTTE'S WEB (2006)
THE NATIVITY STORY (2006)
DRIVING LESSONS (2006)
THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS (2006) 15.12.
GRACE (2006)
SHERRYBABY (2006)
HALF NELSON (2006)
MAN OF THE YEAR (2006)
THANK YOU FOR SMOKING (2006)
SNOW ANGELS (2006)
APOCALYPTO (2006)
ASK THE DUST (2006)

MisterAnarchy

TinnnA wrote:

You gotta be kidding... 2006 is one of a better film years in a long time...


I also have a 'small' list of those films that are not so bad..


LITTLE CHILDREN (2006)
VOLVER (2006)
BABEL (2006)
BREAKING AND ENTERING (2006)
PAN'S LABYRINTH (EL LABERINTO DEL FAUNO) (2006)
DREAMGIRLS (2006)
FUR (2006)
BOBBY (2006)
FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION (2006)
THE PRESTIGE (2006)
THE GOOD GERMAN (2006)
INLAND EMPIRE (2006)
INFAMOUS (2006)
NOTES ON A SCANDAL (2006)
RUNNING WITH SCISSORS (2006)
THE GOOD SHEPHERD (2006)
THE FOUNTAIN (2006)
FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS (2006)
MARIE-ANTOINETTE (2006)
THE HOLIDAY (2006)
THE CHILDREN OF MEN (2006)
STRANGER THAN FICTION (2006)
MISS POTTER (2006)
FACTORY GIRL (2006)
THE SCIENCE OF SLEEP (2006)
SCOOP (2006)
A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION (2006)
VENUS (2006)
HOLLYWOODLAND (2006)
BLOOD DIAMOND (2006)
THE HISTORY BOYS (2006)
WORLD TRADE CENTER (2006)
THE PAINTED VEIL (2006)
A SCANNER DARKLY (2006)
SPINNING INTO BUTTER (2006)
THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND (2006)
SNOW CAKE (2006)
GWOEMUL (THE HOST) (2006)
DAS LEBEN DER ANDEREN (THE LIVES OF OTHERS) (2006)
THE YACOUBIAN BUILDING (2006)
PERFUME:THE STORY OF A MURDERER (2006)
CURSE OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER (2006)
THE BANQUET (YE YAN) (2006)
EN LA CAMA (THE BED) (2006)
BORAT (2006)
BELLA (2006)
THE DESCENT (2006)
CARS (2006)
HAPPY FEET (2006)
FLUSHED AWAY (2006)
LONELY HEARTS (2006)
CATCH A FIRE (2006)
THE ILLUSIONIST (2006)
BONNEVILLE (2006)
ALL THE KING'S MEN (2006)
FAST FOOD NATION (2006)
FAUTUEILS D'ORCHESTRE (AVENUE MONTAIGNE) (2006)
SOMEONE ELSE'S HAPPINESS (EEN ANDER ZIJN GELUK) (2006)
AFTER THE WEDDING (EFTER BRYLLUPPET) (2006)
CHILDREN (2006)
THE BLOSSOMING OF MAXIMO OLIVEROS (ANG PAGDADALAGA NI MAXIMO OLIVEROS) (2006)
THE KING AND THE CLOWN (WANG-UI NAMJA) (2006)
NUOVOMUNDO (GOLDEN DOOR) (2006)
FALKENBERG FAREWELL (2006)
VITUS (2006)
THIEVES AND LIARS (2006)
MONKEYS IN WINTER (2006)
WHITE PALMS (2006)
LIGHTS IN THE DUSK (2006)
HOW I SPENT THE END OF THE WORLD (2006)
CAFE TRANSIT (BORDER CAFE) (2006)
ZWARTBOEK (BLACKBOOK) (2006)
ALICE (2006)
KONTAKT (2006)
GRBAVICA (2006)
HULA GIRLS (2006)
FAMILY LAW (DERECHO DE FAMILIA) (2006)
RANG DE BASANTI (2006)
LOVE FOR SHARE (2006)
AS YOU LIKE IT (2006)
A GOOD YEAR (2006) 10.11.
TONIGHT AT NOON (2006)
OPAL DREAM (2006) 22.11.
TEN CANOES (2006)
THE NOTORIOUS BETTIE PAGE (2006)
SUPERMAN RETURNS (2006)
COPYING BEETHOVEN (2006)
CHARLOTTE'S WEB (2006)
THE NATIVITY STORY (2006)
DRIVING LESSONS (2006)
THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS (2006) 15.12.
GRACE (2006)
SHERRYBABY (2006)
HALF NELSON (2006)
MAN OF THE YEAR (2006)
THANK YOU FOR SMOKING (2006)
SNOW ANGELS (2006)
APOCALYPTO (2006)
ASK THE DUST (2006)

About half those films were released in the Us in December.
Thats one month out of 12.
Watched Blood Diamond and the Pursuit of Happyness today.
2 pretty good films ,very entertaining .

randomchild

Alot of great "under the radar" films like:

pierpointe
lucky number slevin
the squid and the whale
you, me and everyone we know
joyeux nole
C.S.A
fearless
warrior king
brick

all brill films that many people havent seen.

ixoy

Certainly don't think it's any worse than the last few years. Number of titles that I enjoyed this year:
'United 93', 'Children of Men', 'Little Miss Sunshine', 'Thank You For Smoking', 'Borat', 'The Prestige', 'The Departed', 'The History Boys'...

MisterAnarchy - releasing "quality" films in the US in December is nothing new. It happens every single year in a race to qualify for the Oscars and stick in the heads of Oscar voters. It's annoying in the sense of having everything bunched together and then a longer "dry" spell but it's something we get used to (least we get it somewhat more staggered over the next couple of weeks).

Dont be at yourself

Forgot about A Scanner Darkly, also very good!

qwertplaywert

the departed.............wanted to see it.......was never released in dundalk

as neither was tenatious d

in the dundlak democrat[one of dundalks 2 newspapers] iy said ,in a review of the departed,that it would not be shoing in dundalk due to on going rows between the progucder or something and the cinema chain

are the departed and tenatious d on the same promator/profuction company?

Pepe LeFrits

Only saw about a dozen films this year, so any comments on the year as a whole would be a bit rich. However, of the films I've seen, I really liked:

V for Vendetta
Borat
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Flags of Our Fathers

While I enjoyed the following:
The Departed
United 93
Munich
Children of Men
X-Men III

The only films I really disliked were Pirates II, Casino Royale and Mission Impossible III. The first two especially are SO overrated.

So all in all an OK year in the cinema for me.

// Almost forgot, I saw that horror flick where they die the same way in real life as they do in a computer game. That was pretty dire, but it made me laugh.

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lifesgood

the wind that shakes the barley is the best film i have ever seen nd i would strongly reccomend it

Petey2006

The second half of 2006 was a very good time for films. Some fantastic films were released. Pan's Labyrinth, Children of Men, The Departed and The Prestige were all in my top 5 of last year and they were all released in the autumn/winter season. It was a far far better year than 2007 is shaping up to be.

ixoy

Petey2006 wrote:

The second half of 2006 was a very good time for films. Some fantastic films were released. Pan's Labyrinth, Children of Men, The Departed and The Prestige were all in my top 5 of last year and they were all released in the autumn/winter season. It was a far far better year than 2007 is shaping up to be.

But as you've said, it was in the last part of the year, which we have yet to reach. I'm still quite hopeful, and I've already had some good flicks from directors who I haven't seen in years - "Zodiac", "Inland Empire" and (for me) "Sunshine". Looking forward to getting my hands on "The Fountain" as well.

MisterAnarchy

ixoy wrote:

Looking forward to getting my hands on "The Fountain" as well.

Steer well clear of that film,its atrocious,absolutely awful pretentious stuff.

Pigman II

You can add "Harsh Times" to that list as well.

Harsh Times > Training Day!