Movies Review of 2006

As I continue my review of 2006, go read part 1 if you want to find out my thoughts on The best of the Net 2006, I’m turning my attention to movies. Interestingly I think this year has been one of the worst years for movies in a really long time. That isn’t to say that I haven’t enjoyed a good number of movies this year, it’s just that I found less time for movies this year, which I can probably attribute to the lack of quality flicks being shown this year.

Cinema Movies

This is a list of the actual movies I saw in the cinema (that's a pitiful 11 (I forgot that I'd watched Pan's Labyrinth movies, which is completely ridiculous as far as I'm concerned):

  1. The Prestige

  2. Fearless

  3. Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man's Chest

  4. Cars

  5. X-men 3: Last Stand

  6. V for Vendetta

  7. Superman Returns

  8. The Proposition

  9. The Da Vinci Code

  10. Children of Men

  11. Pan's Labyrinth

Aeroplane Movies

while the rest of the new released movies were watched on flights:

  1. Clerks II

  2. You, Me and Dupree

  3. Pink Panther

  4. Last Holiday

Best Movie of 2006

From the above the best movie was without a doubt Christopher Nolan's The Prestige. I've talked about it more extensively on my review of the movie. Funnily enough Kevin Smith's Clerks II is a definite runner up as it definitely gave me a couple of hours of pure entertainment. The whole donkey sequence was one of the funniest things I've seen on screen. So funny I actually had to stop and catch my breath. Comic genius. Cars is up there as well, although it's definitely not as good as either the Incredibles or Finding Nemo.

Most disappointing movie of 2006 for me personally was X-men 3. Seriously they were on auto-pilot for that movie. Another minor disappointment for me was Superman Returns. Not because it was a bad movie, but rather because it wasn’t as great as I actually really wanted it to be.

To be Continued...

Here's a list of movies that were released this year and that I will no doubt try and actually watch sometime in 2007:

  1. Silent Hill

  2. Lady in the Water

  3. Volver

  4. The Departed

  5. Babel

  6. Casino Royale

  7. Mission Impossible III

  8. An Inconvenient Truth

  9. Nacho Libre

However the PRUNE of all prunes surely has to go to Rocky Balboa (and that’s considering some of the stinkers I’ve seen this year, I mean it’s got Last Holiday for fuck’s sake). I mean seriously what the hell were they thinking when they got round and signed all the contracts for this? It’s one of the most ridiculous concepts I’ve ever heard and it’s really strange that Hollywood is so lame that it has to create another sequel. They should have stopped after 2 and called it a night. Hell I might even stomach 4, but seriously Rocky 6? I haven’t even seen this and sure as hell am not going to bother wasting my time with it. What next Die Hard 4? Oh shit yeah they’re going to be making that.