[L.A.Justice]

I hope this list would help people with their viewing choices...

Borat is on the 10 Best List...It's still playing in some theaters.

I saw Mel G's film. It was very good.

I will definitely see DEPARTED and LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA. THE QUEEN...Maybe. Helen Mirren is an excellent actress indeed. I have seen her in other films.

UNITED 93 is indeed good. I will get the used DVD from Blockbuster Videos soon...

LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE as the number one best movie? I saw the film, listening to Medved's recommendation. It was good. But, I am not sure that it should be considered as the number one best film of 2006. The LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE DVD is out already.

I would include CASINO ROYALE in my best 10 list for 2006.

[rwfromkansas]

The Last King of Scotland....what was that about?

I forgot to go see The Pursuit of Happyness...shucks.

[woofie]

Just saw Blood Diamond ...good film

[pcottraux]

He didn't like Jackass Number 2?

</fake shock and surpise>

[Retief]

Ping for later reference.

[beaversmom]

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Cultural Crusader ping. Anyone want on or off the Michael Medved ping list, please send me an FR mail.

[Porterville]

#1 Saddam's Hanging

[Theo]

When I started reading and saw "Borat" I thought he was starting with the 10 worst movies. From what I've heard, it's a despicable, repugnant, base, terrible, polluting, vulgar movie.

[Darkwolf377]

I generally disagree with conservative's choices about movies and novels, and Medved is no exception. Of the movies he chooses, I'd say The Departed is my favorite movie of the year, though it's not even in the same universe as Mean Streets. It's Scorsese in entertainment mode, as opposed to Masterpiece mode, and is the most sheerly entertaining movie I've seen this year. I wouldn't pay two cents to see things like Larry the Cable Guy, but I wouldn't pay to see Little Miss Sunshine--I saw a doc on child beauty pageants and the whole concept is nauseating to me (even though the movie satirizes them).

[bray]

Superman was a mess. Trying to equate Superman to Christ was a disaster.

Pray for W and Our Troops

[fat city]

I know a lot of people on FR will disagree but, I thought World Trade Center was one of the worst movies I've ever seen. Completely devoid of heart, Stone takes NYPD cops, turns them into firemen, and the movie into a "mining disaster" flick (yeah, I know, based on a true story). Totally pandering to a conservative audience to raise money and credibility for another American-hatchet job down the road.

[Screamname]

The hanging of Saddam will is my favorite movie of the year.

[psjones]

I agree with LIttle Miss Sunshine being one of the best movies, don't agree with Borat being in the top, and I didn't even see the movie. I did, however, see enough of it in the news to disgust me. Just saw a clip of it in on 20/20 where he's pretending he doesn't know about wiping his butt, what's so funny about that, yuck.
I would have included Happy Feet in that list of best movies.

[onyx]

BUMP and placemark

[fr_freak]

Little Miss Sunshine was predictable. It tried too hard to be cute and quirky. I would advise people not to waste their money renting it. However, it still may be the best movie of 2006, if for no other reason than that most movies nowadays suck.

I thought "Flag of Our Fathers" was boring.

[staytrue]

I live near a dollar theater multiplex.

I used to go there a lot because only the popular (usually good) movies play there (very much later than the release).

I have not seen a single movie there or in a regular theater all year. This is the first time I've done that in about 30 years.

I think the movies this year were really lame, so much so, that I would not even spend a dollar to see one.

[WestVirginiaRebel]

What about "Cars?"

Speaking of movies, has anybody seen "The Good Shepherd" (about the history of the CIA as seen through the eyes of one of its spooks)?

[TeddyCon]

You wanna talk torture? I had to sit through that uber-turd The Good Sheperd last night!

[Jack Hammer]

Haven't seen any of these except Helen Mirren's Elizabeth, which I thought was absolutely excellent. I'm wondering a little about Clint Eastwood's handling of Flags of Our Fathers/Letters From Iwo Jima; he seems to have gone a bit PC in his old age, and I'm very much hoping he hasn't used the films as an occasion to bash the US - especially the utterly magnificent Marines of WWII's Pacific theater - and ennoble the Japanese in some sort of multi-culti New Age revisionist turnaround.

[Tanniker Smith]

I don't even remember the year in movies. Most movies seem to run together after a while. Did I see it this year or last year?

Well, I let the IMDB help me out here. I found nearly 10,000 "movies" released in 2006 after excluding tv and direct to video. When I added the criteria to show only movies that received 500+ votes (whatever that is), the number dropped to 261, which I'm scanning. I don't think I saw anything that nobody would vote on, so I should be good. According to that list, I've seen:

Cars
Ice Age 2: the Meltdown (seems a lot longer ago)
The Illusionist
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
World Trade Center

We're hoping to see Happy Feet today.
Soooooo still more kids movies that adult ones, but that's okay, because I like kiddie movies (usually). And all of these were in the theaters, not on TV.

I couldn't tell you what I haven't seen that I would like to.

As for ranking them: sorry, but World Trade Center is in a class of its own and I won't make comparisons. Let's put that one on the side.

That leaves:

1. Cars: I wasn't expecting much and got a lot.
2. Pirates: Was expecting more and was a little disappointed, but still a good movie, just not as good as the first.
3. The Illusionist: would've enjoyed it even if I had paid to see it, although I probably wouldn't have thought about seeing it. (Brother had free tix.)
4. Ice Age 2: guaranteed that this movie will slide down after seeing Happy Feet. It would probably slide down after seeing "The Good German"! (okay, maybe not). It couldn't make the Top Five unless I only saw five movies. Oh, wait....

TS

[Verloona Ti]

If someone wanted to do a "farewell" to Robert Altman (I am assuming a tribute to him), then maybe they could have taken steps to get some of his films out on DVD. Films that were released once on VHS and are long since out of print. Films like The Wedding....After rewatching it it did drag a bit and it wasn't as good as I remembered from so long ago, but it's still better than so much of the dreck that gets a nice enhanced DVD release.