2006 Film Journals

[Josh]

We'll keep the 2005 Journal thread stickied for a while yet, but here's where any interested parties can get started on 2006 journals. You know the drill-- keep up with any 2006 films you see, along with running Top 10 lists, links to your reviews, etc.

[Josh]

The Running Top 10:
1. The New World... A+
2. Babel... A
3. The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada... A
4. The Queen... A
5. Pan's Labyrinth... A-
6. Children of Men... A-
7. Little Miss Sunshine... A-
8. Casino Royale... A-
9. Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man's Chest... A
10. The Departed... A-

No Cigar:
L'Enfant (The Child)... A-
Sophie Scholl: The Final Days... A-
For Your Consideration... A-
The Science of Sleep... A-
Don't Come Knocking... B+
Cars... B+
Brick... B+
Marie Antoinette... B+
The Pursuit of Happyness... B+
Tsotsi... B+
Inside Man... B+
Scoop... B
Night at the Museum... B
The Break Up... B
Over the Hedge... B
An Inconvinient Truth... B
The Devil Wears Prada... B
Venus... B-
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby... B-
Snakes on a Plane... B-
My Super Ex-Girlfriend... B-
You, Me, and Dupree... B-
Hoodwinked... B-
Thank You for Smoking... B-
Nanny McPhee... B-
The Proposition... B-
Slither... C+
Prarie Home Companion... C+
Strangers with Candy... C
The Pink Panther... C
Happy Feet... D+
Zoom... D-
The Visitation... F

Last Update: 1/27/07

[Brenden]

Movie Journal

1. The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada - A
2. The Prestige - A
3. Pirates of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest - A-
4. Inside Man - A-
5. The Departed - A-
6.Casino Royale - A-
7. Thank You For Smoking - A-
8. Stranger Than Fiction - A-
9. Superman Returns - B+
10. Borat: Cultural Learnings Of America For Make Benefit Glorious Nation Of Kazakhstan - B+

Deja Vu - B
Talladega Night: The Ballad Of Ricky Bobby - B
Snakes On A Plane - B
The Illusionist - B
Over The Hedge - B
Night At The Museum - B-
You, Me, And Dupree - B-
Silent Hill - B-
V For Vendetta - C+
The Good Shepard - C+
Click - C+
Flyboys - C+
Step Up - C
The Pink Panther - C
Ice Age 2 - C
X-Men: The Last Stand - C
Hoodwinked - C
Glory Road - C-
Pulse - D+
Nacho Libre - D
American Dreamz - D-
Saw 3 - F

[murlough23]

Making the Cut:
1. Cars A
2. Little Miss Sunshine A-
3. End of the Spear A-
4. The Second Chance A-
5. Over the Hedge A-
6. The Queen A-
7. X-Men 3: The Last Stand A-
8. Deja Vu B+
9. Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man's Chest B+
10. Thank You for Smoking B+

It's an Honor Just to Be Nominated:
Monster House B+
Akeelah and the Bee B+
Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing B+
The Da Vinci Code B+
Mission: Impossible 3 B+
The Last Kiss B
Hoodwinked B
The Pursuit of Happyness B
Open Season B
Driving Lessons B
Superman Returns B
The Illusionist B
The New World B

The Cutting Room Floor:
Stranger than Fiction B-
We Are Marshall B-
Man of the Year B-
Failure to Launch B-
Ice Age 2: The Meltdown B-
Charlotte's Web B-
Click B-
My Super Ex-Girlfriend B-
Flushed Away B-
You, Me, and Dupree B-
Eight Below B-
The Ant Bully B-
The Lake House C+
Marie Antoinette C+
Lady in the Water C+
The Sentinel C+
Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World C+
Firewall C+
Tristan & Isolde C+
Last Holiday C+
Bobby C
The Good Shepherd C-
16 Blocks C-
The Devil Wears Prada D+

Last Update: 11/10/07

[bdg13disciple]

No Cigar:
The Visitation... F
 

i gotta admit, when i read your review i thought you were just being harsh...

even watching the movie for the first half i thought that it was simpy just mediocre acting and such, but MAN when i got through the whole thing i was laughing out loud and i have to say that you nailed the review...

what a bad movie...

peace... love... bdg...

[AldaForPresident]

1. The New World, A+
2. Children of Men, A+
3. Little Miss Sunshine, A+
4. Marie Antoinette, A
5. The Departed, A
6. Cars, A
7. The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, A
8. Brick, A-
9. Inside Man, A-
10. Casino Royale, A-
11. An Inconvenient Truth, A-
12. Babel, A-
13. Miami Vice, B+
14. The Prestige, B+
15. The Break-Up, B+
16. Little Children, B+
17. The Pursuit of Happyness, B+
18. The Illusionist, B+
19. Thank You for Smoking, B
20. Something New, B-
21. Scoop, B-
22. We Are Marshall, B-
23. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, B-
24. Stranger Than Fiction, B-
25. The Devil Wears Prada, B-
26. Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, B-
27. Mission: Impossible 3, B-
28. My Super Ex-Girlfriend, B-
29. The Da Vinci Code, C
30. Lady in the Water, C-
31. Poseidon, C-
32. The Lake House, D
33. Keeping Up with the Steins, D
34. You, Me and Dupree, D
35. The Omen, D
36. V for Vendetta, F

Last updated 06/21/07

[bloop]

1  Children of Men (9.5)
2  The New World (9.5)
3  Pan's Labyrinth (9.0)
4  The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (8.5)
5  The Departed (8.5)
6  The Queen (8.5)
7  Little Miss Sunshine (8.5)
8  The Prestige (8.0)
9  Babel (8.0)
10 Superman Returns (8.0)
11 Pirates of the Carribean:  Dead Man's Chest (8.0)
12 The Devil Wears Prada (7.0)
13  V for Vendetta (6.5)
14 X-Men III (6.5)

[dgp11776]

Yeesh...it's April, and I still haven't seen a single movie released in 2006.

[AldaForPresident]

Yeesh...it's April, and I still haven't seen a single movie released in 2006.

My seven-year-old brother has seen like ten '06 releases...and I've seen two. And I regret one of those.

[murlough23]

Yeesh...it's April, and I still haven't seen a single movie released in 2006.

The rate at which I see actual 2006 releases will probably ramp up considerably once some of the stuff I missed in the theater or didn't want to pay for comes out on DVD. Which seems to be happening faster these days (Narnia's out already?!)

Compare to last year, when Christine worked at AMC and we could see this stuff for free, so we'd go see even the middling stuff in the theater, and it's easy to see why I feel like I'm falling behind this time around.

[bloop]

Narnia was released in December of 2005, wasn't it?

[dgp11776]

Narnia was released in December of 2005, wasn't it?

Yep - four months from theater to DVD.  Pretty impressive.

[murlough23]

Yep - four months from theater to DVD.  Pretty impressive.

Exactly. Normal for a not-so-hot movie, but unusual for a blockbuster. Didn't the LotR films take almost a year to come out on DVD?

NP: "Your Glory Endures Forever", Charlie Hall

[Wildcatblue7]

Exactly. Normal for a not-so-hot movie, but unusual for a blockbuster. Didn't the LotR films take almost a year to come out on DVD?

NP: "Your Glory Endures Forever", Charlie Hall

yes, but that was as much editing and adding stuff as it was ramping up interest for the next movie coming out that following winter.

[RedcoatJones]

The Running Top 10:
1. United 93... A-
2. The Devil Wears Prada... A-
3. Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man's Chest...B+
4. Something New...B-
5. Failure to Launch... C+
6. Take the Lead... C+
7. The Break Up... C-
8. She's the Man... C-
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No Cigar:

[Aaron]

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Not worthy of a rank

American Dreamz - One of the worst movies I've ever seen in my life.  Terrible and tacky

[dgp11776]

I have finally started seeing some 2006 films!

1.  Casino Royale  A
2.  Pirates of the Caribbean 2:  Dead Man's Chest  A-
3.  We Are Marshall  A-
4.  Mission Impossible 3  B+
5.  Click  B+
6.  Firewall  B
7.  Failure To Launch  B-
8.  Jackass Two  B-
9.  The Break Up  C
10.  Nacho Libre  C
11.  She's the Man  C-
12.  Just My Luck  C-

Last Updated:  1/8/07

[PopePouri]

My Top 10. So far, there's been lots of mediocre movies:

1. The Departed 9.5
2. The Prestige 9
3. Thank You For Smoking 9
4. Monster House 8.5
5. Inside Man 8.5
6. Over the Hedge 8.5
7. Flags of our Fathers 8.5
8. Cars 8
9. Catch A Fire 8
10. Akeelah and the Bee 8


Superman Returns 8
Snakes on a Plane 7.5
Nanny McPhee 7.5
Nacho Libre 7.5
Ice Age 2 7
V For Vendetta 7
The Guardian 7
Silent Hill 7
The Lake House 7
Eight Below 7
Lucky Number Slevin 7
Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man's Chest 6.5
The New World 6.5
United 93 6.5
HoodWinked 6.5
The Break-up 6.5
Lady in the Water 6.5
Mission Impossible 6.5
The Black Dahlia 6.5
Marie Antoniette 6.5
X-Men: The Last Stand 6
Click 6
The Sentinel 6
The Last Holiday 6
Ant Bully 6
Firewall  6
She's the Man 6
Failure To Launch  5.5
Open Season 5.5
Poseidon 5.5
The Da Vinci Code 5
The Wild 4
Man of The Year 3
The Pink Panther 2
RV 2
Zoom 1