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Yes! Finally a writing assignment that lets me unite my obsessive love of lists with my slightly less obsessive dedication to Netflix. Before I dive right into the top ten, however, I’d like to offer the following side notes:
- You will not find "The Departed" anywhere on my top ten list. This does not mean that "The Departed" is not one of the best movies of the year- it probably is, and a lot of other top ten lists seem to back this point- but I haven’t seen it. So, the exclusion is in the name of honesty, and has nothing to do with my unrelenting dislike of one Mr. DiCaprio. The omission of "Blood Diamond", however, completely does.
- For that matter, you won’t find anything that was created by Al Gore or that has deep cultural messages to impart. It’s possible that I should have made time to sit through "Flags of our Fathers", but I’m a girl, and "Ugly Betty" was on.
So, with full warnings in place, I give you my Top Ten Movies of 2006 (and some ones that kind of blew too).
10)“Thank You For Smoking”
I may hate Katie Holmes from a scary, deep down place, but even she couldn’t override the twisted wit of this fast-paced flick.
9)“Ice Age: The Meltdown”
For all of us who have a little kid inside. Or, for all of us who have to stay inside to babysit a little kid who needs to come down off her sugar rush and be in bed by nine. God bless cartoons. God bless Ray Romano’s lethargic, hypnotic, tranquilizer-like voice.
8)“Click”
I decided to be a little controversial with this choice. But I stand behind Adam Sandler on this one- the movie can range from the truly stupid to the truly touching, in a way that no movie has since, maybe, Fletch. It takes you on a roller coaster ride of bodily-expressed emotions, from eye-rolling to gagging and, finally, to tears. That’s just good cinema.
7)“The Last Kiss”
It isn’t just because I have a thing for Zach Braff. Okay, maybe it is. But the music is good too.
6)“Imagine Me & You”
It’s your classic romantic comedy- with a twist. At the end of her dream wedding, Piper Perabo ends up with…the female florist? Holy successful lesbian drama Batman, isn’t that one of the signs of the apocalypse!? No, but seriously, this is one of the sweetest romantic comedies I’ve seen in awhile, with a strong cast and a great finishing scene that brings back a once-and-forever-great hit from The Turtles.
5)“V For Vendetta”
Scary, but goose-bump inducing in the best sort of way. I had nightmares of the guy in the mask for a week, just like after I saw Scream. But instead of stalking and killing annoying 27-year-olds posing as high school students, V was killing for justice, which is creepy but kind of inspiring. But I’d like to have a word with Natalie Portman’s accent coach.
4)“The Devil Wears Prada”
For the little geek-turned-fashionista in all of us. Well, in me anyways. Plus, I think this might be the role that actually wins that Meryl Streep person another Oscar.
3)“Brick”
It’s a high school story. But it’s a film noir. It’s a High Noir, and it’s the first and best of its kind.
2)“Little Miss Sunshine”
> Go see this movie. Seriously. See it when you’re happy, see it when you’re sad. See it when you’re alone or with a group of friends. You probably shouldn’t see it on a first date, though, unless your potential someone to see what you look like laughing so hard that you start coughing up an appealing mix of Junior Mints and Dr. Pepper.
1)“Stranger Than Fiction”
Best movie of the year, in my book. Not just because Will Ferrell played a Wreckless Eric guitar solo, or because Queen Latifah made an appearance. But because it was the most imaginative, witty and entertaining movie I’ve seen in a while. It’s just good storytelling.
Okay, now some movies from 2006 that sucked a little::
3)“Art School Confidential”
Ugh. The first twenty minutes were okay, even kind of quirky and interesting, and then it just got worse, and worse, and worse…It was the only movie I’ve seen all year that I literally couldn’t finish, even though I don’t have a remote control on my TV and I hate having to get up off the couch to turn it off. This movie made me prematurely rise from the couch- it was that bad.
2)“Material Girls”
Hilary, Haylie- why are you still alive?
1)“Date Movie”
I did actually finish this one, although I kind of regret it. It’s definitely uncomfortable to watch 48 jokes tank in a row. It makes you feel all crawly and dirty after. Like you need to shower, but the shame and awkwardness will never, never wash off.
Here’s to 2007, to the rise to even better comedy, and to the untimely demise of anyone named “Duff.” (With the exception, of course, of The Simpsons’ Duff Man.) Cheers.
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