The '06 Movie Hierarchy

  1. A
  2. Jackass Number Two (3)
  3. Duck Season (2)
  4. Children of Men

  5. A-
  6. A Prairie Home Companion
  7. The Departed
  8. Bubble (2)
  9. Down in the Valley
  10. Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
  11. Yaji and Kita: The Midnight Pilgrims
  12. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

  13. B+
  14. Tideland
  15. American Hardcore
  16. Pan's Labyrinth
  17. An Inconvenient Truth
  18. The Child
  19. The Descent
  20. Casino Royale
  21. Mountain Patrol: Kekexili
  22. Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story
  23. Inside Man
  24. Slither (2)
  25. Dave Chappelle's Block Party
  26. Crank (2)
  27. A Scanner Darkly
  28. Gabrielle
  29. This Film Is Not Yet Rated
  30. Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (2)
  31. Mission: Impossible III
  32. Beerfest

  33. B
  34. Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
  35. The Devil and Daniel Johnston
  36. Neil Young: Heart of Gold
  37. A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
  38. 13 Tzameti
  39. I Am a Sex Addict
  40. Scoop
  41. The Proposition
  42. Inland Empire
  43. Breaking News
  44. Psychopathia Sexualis
  45. Drawing Restraint 9
  46. Sleeping Dogs Lie
  47. Wordplay
  48. Manderlay
  49. The Wild Blue Yonder (2)
  50. The Prestige
  51. Stranger than Fiction
  52. Clerks II
  53. loudQUIETloud: A Film About the Pixies
  54. Cowboy del Amor
  55. Who Killed the Electric Car?
  56. Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny
  57. The Wicker Man
  58. Shadow: Dead Riot

  59. B-
  60. Edmond
  61. Old Joy
  62. United 93
  63. Idiocracy
  64. The Death of Mr. Lazarescu
  65. The Great Yokai War
  66. Half Nelson
  67. District B13
  68. Flags of Our Fathers
  69. The Queen
  70. Toi et Moi
  71. Kill Your Idols
  72. The Science of Sleep
  73. The Black Dahlia
  74. Calvaire
  75. The Neighbor No. 13
  76. Let's Go to Prison

  77. C+
  78. Sheitan
  79. Altered
  80. The Last King of Scotland
  81. Clean
  82. Battle in Heaven
  83. Snakes on a Plane
  84. La Moustache
  85. The Hills Have Eyes
  86. Container
  87. Lady in the Water
  88. The Fountain
  89. F**k
  90. Deja Vu
  91. The Notorious Bettie Page
  92. Iron Island
  93. Dead Man's Shoes
  94. Shadowboxer (2)
  95. X-Men: The Last Stand
  96. Lurking in Suburbia
  97. Mardi Gras: Made in China
  98. Cavite
  99. Bloody Reunion
  100. Hostel

  101. C
  102. 4
  103. Feast
  104. The Illusionist
  105. Brick
  106. Linda Linda Linda
  107. Pulse
  108. The Good German
  109. Nacho Libre
  110. Volver
  111. The Good Shepherd
  112. Lunacy
  113. Keeping Mum
  114. Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World
  115. Superman Returns
  116. The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things
  117. Thank You for Smoking
  118. Look Both Ways
  119. The Gravedancers
  120. Turistas
  121. Arang
  122. Satellite
  123. V for Vendetta
  124. Final Destination 3

  125. C-
  126. Black Christmas
  127. Live Freaky! Die Freaky!
  128. Cars
  129. Babel
  130. The Covenant
  131. Freedomland
  132. Headspace

  133. D+
  134. Subject Two
  135. Silent Hill
  136. Quinceañera
  137. BloodRayne
  138. Little Miss Sunshine
  139. Running with Scissors

  140. D
  141. Hard Candy
  142. The Omen
  143. Stay Alive

  144. D-
  145. The Return
  146. Lucky Number Slevin
  147. When a Stranger Calls
  148. The Butcher
  149. Lady Vengeance
  150. Alice in Wasteland

  151. F
  152. Tamara
  153. Date Movie
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Go! Go, man! Live the dream!

"I am just living the dream." What movie is that from, anyhow? My memory sucks which is why I write so many reviews - just so I can actually remember what I thought of a movie. :)

Live Freaky die freaky?, what the hell is that?

It's stupid, that's what it is.

you have any interest in seeing 16 blocks, i recommend it, its my fave of this year so far.

I'll probably end up watching it, if only because I like Bruce Willis and Mos Def.

And obviously because you see everything. ;)

That too. :-)

Whoa. Of the movies I've seen on this list, there are only two that I liked less that Asia's ode to child abuse.

Well, I gotta give Asia credit -- she inherited her father's directorial eye. I think the look of "Heart" is sumptuous. Shame that it's gotta be wasted on such pointless material.

When I first saw the ads for "The Descent" I was skeptical - best thriller since "Aliens" blah blah blah - but I guess they're right ... right?

I thought it was damn good -- this Marshall guy knows how to construct some awesome creepy ambiance, and he also creates the best jump scenes in the biz. (There's nothing quite as amazing as the falling cow from his debut "Dog Soldiers," but there's some great jolts.) Your mileage, of course, may vary -- f'rinstance, I do wonder how you'll respond to the chaos-over-coherence approach of much of the film's second half. I think it makes logical and thematic sense, but even I'll admit it's a bit overdone...

Jackass Number Two? Really?

I'm assuming that if you hate anything Jackass and refused to watch the first movie--like me--you'd hate it, right?

I don't watch Jackass, but i saw the first movie and liked it a lot, can't wait for the second one.

Well... yeah, probably. I'm not saying it's for everyone, but what they're doing is pretty amazing IMO.

I'm going to make a vow here and now that next year, I will see (approximately) as many movies as you do. 2006 has been an utterly wasted year for me and this madness must cease.

Heh... I think there's a bit of irony in the fact that you're aspiring to my totals for this year, seeing as how I've been secretly chastising myself for falling off last year's pace... :-)

Well, I saw two this weekend, so there's a jump start. Jackass extremely good, especially since the first film's "gay subtext" has basically shed the "subtext" part. The Black Dahlia an obvious disappointment and basically to be filed with some of De Palma's other (good) hackwork like M:I, but I wasn't hostile towards like The Untouchables.

I'm struggling a bit with my reaction to Dahlia; I think it has enough good bits to make it worthwhile, but I'm having trouble expressing which bits. Confounded? Maybe.

Meanwhile, yay for The Departed not being bad. D'Angelo's strong approval had me worried there for a second.

I kinda figured its awesomeness was a foregone conclusion, but I'm still surprised that it turned out a lot better than Infernal Affairs.

D'Angelo's strong approval had me worried there for a second.

I cringed when I saw that, too. I still think the guy's a fantastic writer, but taste ... ahhh ... no comment. :-(

nice to see jackass 2 get A, can't wait to see that

It's... it's.... amazing.

I was wondering about Headspace. Guess I won't bother with it now.

Yeah, I wouldn't recommend that there Spaces of the Head. Killer premise barely even touched upon; instead, we get a bunch of lame monster-movie nonsense.

Speaking of monster-type movies, have you heard of Altered, the red-necks-versus-aliens straight-to-video flick that was directed by The Blair Witch's Eduardo Sánchez?

I have -- saw it in the new Fango. I'm... apprehensive.

I watched the first 30 minutes and it wasn't too bad. Not good, but better than average s-t-v fare.

Yeah, Volver was sort of a disappointment, wasn't it? Probably the only reason I was generous with it is because I saw it the same day I suffered through Dreamgirls.

It was just so... flat -- an airy, weightless thing. What the hell is everyone thinking in my opinion, etc.

Wow, I wish I had the time to watch this many movies

And I wish I had time to listen to as many albums as you do. It's a trade-off... :-)

I wish I didn't listen to that many albums. It takes away from my movie-time :P