YEAR-END WRAP-UP 2006! (Updated: 2/21/07)
Yes people, it is that time again. It's the once a year time when I just bust out in all my geeky glory, throwing all caution to the wind. Here's a shit-load of lists that you may or may not find interesting regarding movies, music, and comics that I have enjoyed (and not enjoyed) over the past year. If you see anything you're interested in/want a review of/want clarification of, feel free to drop me a comment or what have you. Without further adieu...
TOP 10 MOVIES OF 2006!!!
1. Clerks 2
2. Children of Men
3. Stranger Than Fiction
4. V for Vendetta
5. The Departed
6. Little Children
7. The Last Kiss
8. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
9. The Prestige
10. Hard Candy
AND THE REST…
11. Blood Diamond
12. Cars
13. Marie-Antoinette
14. Lucky Number Slevin
15. Mission: Impossible III
16. Little Miss Sunshine
17. The Fountain
18. Thank You for Smoking
19. Superman Returns
20. Casino Royale
21. World Trade Center
22. Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
23. The Painted Veil
24. Borat
25. The Pursuit of Happyness
26. Babel
27. The Good Shepherd
28. X-Men: The Last Stand
29. Hollywoodland
30. Lady in the Water
31. The Devil Wears Prada
32. Bobby
33. The Da Vinci Code
34. Miami Vice
35. The Holiday
36. American Dreamz
37. The Illusionist
38. You, Me, and Dupree
39. Running with Scissors
40. Accepted
41. Inside Man
42. Eragon
43. A Scanner Darkly
44. Ultraviolet
45. The Break-Up
AWARD PICKS (which the Academy will probably ignore… :-P)
Top 5 Directors of 2006:
2. Alfonso Cuaron (Children of Men)
1. Martin Scorsese (The Departed)
2. James McTeigue (V for Vendetta)
3. Christopher Nolan (The Prestige)
5. Sofia Coppola (Marie-Antoinette)
Honorable Mentions:
Edward Zwick (Blood Diamond)
David Slade (Hard Candy)
Darren Aronofsky (The Fountain)
Bryan Singer (Superman Returns)
J.J. Abrams (Mission: Impossible III)
Top 5 Screenplays of 2006:
1. Kevin Smith (Clerks 2)
2. Zach Helm (Stranger Than Fiction)
3. Todd Field and Tom Perrotta (Little Children)
3. William Monahan (The Departed)
4. Paul Haggis (The Last Kiss)
Honorable Mentions:
Michael Arndt (Little Miss Sunshine)
Brian Nelson (Hard Candy)
Jonathan and Christopher Nolan (The Prestige)
Sofia Coppola (Marie-Antoinette)
Darren Aronofsky (The Fountain)
Top 5 Actors of 2006:
1. Leonardo DiCaprio (The Departed, Blood Diamond)
2. Patrick Wilson (Little Children, Hard Candy)
3. Will Ferrell (Stranger Than Fiction, Talladega Nights)
4. Hugh Jackman (The Fountain, The Prestige, X-Men: The Last Stand)
5. Matt Damon (The Departed, The Good Shepherd)
Honorable Mentions:
Jeff Anderson (Clerks 2)
Will Smith (The Pursuit of Happyness)
Clive Owen (Children of Men)
Steve Carell (Little Miss Sunshine, The Office)
Ben Affleck (Hollywoodland)
Top 5 Actresses of 2006:
1. Maggie Gyllenhaal (World Trade Center, Stranger Than Fiction, Sherrybaby)
2. Kate Winslet (Little Children, The Holiday)
3. Ellen Page (Hard Candy, X-Men: The Last Stand)
4. Naomi Watts (The Painted Veil)
5. Kirsten Dunst (Marie-Antoinette)
Honorable Mentions:
Jennifer Connelly (Blood Diamond, Little Children)
Bryce Dallas Howard (Lady in the Water)
Meryl Streep (The Devil Wears Prada)
Natalie Portman (V for Vendetta)
Top 5 Cinematographers of 2006:
1. Matthew Libatique (The Fountain)
2. Emmanuel Lubezki (Children of Men)
3. Lance Acord (Marie-Antoinette)
4. Wally Pfister (The Prestige)
5. Adrian Biddle (V for Vendetta)
Honorable Mentions:
Christopher Doyle (Lady in the Water)
Dion Beebe (Miami Vice)
Jo Willems (Hard Candy)
Dave Klein (Clerks 2)
Newton Thomas Sigel (Superman Returns)
Top 5 Scores/Soundtracks or 2006:
1. The Last Kiss (assorted artists)
2. Hans Zimmer (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest)
3. Alexandre Desplat (The Painted Veil)
4. Thomas Newman (Little Children)
4. Howard Shore/assorted artists (The Departed)
Honorable Mentions:
Clerks 2 (assorted artists)
Marie-Antoinette (assorted artists)
John Ottman (Superman Returns)
TOP 10 CDs OF 2006!!!
1. Evanescence: The Open Door
2. My Chemical Romance: The Black Parade
3. Regina Spektor: Begin to Hope
4. Muse: Black Holes and Revelations
5. Christina Aguilera: Back to Basics
6. Tool: 10,000 Days
7. Incubus: Light Grenades
8. The Last Kiss: Soundtrack
9. Guster: Ganging Up On the Sun
10. OSI: Free
AND THE REST…
11. Stream of Passion: Live in the Real World
12. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest Score
13. Peeping Tom
14. The Devin Townsend Band: Synchestra
15. Clerks 2: Soundtrack
16. Barenaked Ladies Are Me
17. Outkast: Idlewild
18. The Flower Kings: Paradox Hotel
19. Queensryche: Operation Mindcrime 2
20. Lacuna Coil: KarmaCode
P.S. I just bought the latest Spock's Beard which I will be adding to this list shortly (gotta listen to it first).
Top 10 Comics of 2006!!!
1. Ultimate Spider-man
2. Astonishing X-Men
3. Civil War
4. Amazing Spider-man
5. Daredevil
6. 52
7. Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter
8. Gen 13
9. Supergirl
10. Birds of Prey
Honorable Mentions:
New Avengers
Action Comics/Superman
Batman/Detective Comics
Nightwing (once Wolfman took over)
Ultimates
Ultimate X-Men
TOP 20 FILMS I’M LOOKING FORWARD TO IN 2007!!!
1. Spider-man 3
2. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
3. His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass
4. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
5. Southland Tales
6. Knocked Up
7. Evan Almighty
8. 300
9. Ratatouille
10. Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
11. Enchanted
12. Blades of Glory
13. Zodiac
14. Transformers
15. Grind House
16. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
17. Charlie Wilson’s War
18. Black Snake Moan
19. 3:10 to Yuma
20. Fred Claus
TOP 15 CD’S I’M LOOKING FORWARD TO IN 2007!!!
1. Pain of Salvation: Scarsick
2. Symphony X: tba
3. Dream Theater: tba
4. Missy Higgins: tba
5. Coheed & Cambria: tba
6. Mandy Moore: Wild Hope
7. Neal Morse: Sola Scriptura
8. Kelly Clarkson: tba
9. Porcupine Tree: Fear of a Blank Planet
10. Avril Lavigne: tba
11. Megadeth: tba
12. Jason Mraz tba acoustic album (I think)
13. The Shins: Wincing the Night Away
14. Coldplay: tba
15. Radiohead: tba
And there you have it! My annual Oscar post will be happening in the not-too-distant future, but there's still a couple more films I'd like to see first. However, rest assured that it will be posted before the actual ceremony! ;-)
TOP 10 MOVIES OF 2006!!!
1. Clerks 2
2. Children of Men
3. Stranger Than Fiction
4. V for Vendetta
5. The Departed
6. Little Children
7. The Last Kiss
8. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
9. The Prestige
10. Hard Candy
AND THE REST…
11. Blood Diamond
12. Cars
13. Marie-Antoinette
14. Lucky Number Slevin
15. Mission: Impossible III
16. Little Miss Sunshine
17. The Fountain
18. Thank You for Smoking
19. Superman Returns
20. Casino Royale
21. World Trade Center
22. Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
23. The Painted Veil
24. Borat
25. The Pursuit of Happyness
26. Babel
27. The Good Shepherd
28. X-Men: The Last Stand
29. Hollywoodland
30. Lady in the Water
31. The Devil Wears Prada
32. Bobby
33. The Da Vinci Code
34. Miami Vice
35. The Holiday
36. American Dreamz
37. The Illusionist
38. You, Me, and Dupree
39. Running with Scissors
40. Accepted
41. Inside Man
42. Eragon
43. A Scanner Darkly
44. Ultraviolet
45. The Break-Up
AWARD PICKS (which the Academy will probably ignore… :-P)
Top 5 Directors of 2006:
2. Alfonso Cuaron (Children of Men)
1. Martin Scorsese (The Departed)
2. James McTeigue (V for Vendetta)
3. Christopher Nolan (The Prestige)
5. Sofia Coppola (Marie-Antoinette)
Honorable Mentions:
Edward Zwick (Blood Diamond)
David Slade (Hard Candy)
Darren Aronofsky (The Fountain)
Bryan Singer (Superman Returns)
J.J. Abrams (Mission: Impossible III)
Top 5 Screenplays of 2006:
1. Kevin Smith (Clerks 2)
2. Zach Helm (Stranger Than Fiction)
3. Todd Field and Tom Perrotta (Little Children)
3. William Monahan (The Departed)
4. Paul Haggis (The Last Kiss)
Honorable Mentions:
Michael Arndt (Little Miss Sunshine)
Brian Nelson (Hard Candy)
Jonathan and Christopher Nolan (The Prestige)
Sofia Coppola (Marie-Antoinette)
Darren Aronofsky (The Fountain)
Top 5 Actors of 2006:
1. Leonardo DiCaprio (The Departed, Blood Diamond)
2. Patrick Wilson (Little Children, Hard Candy)
3. Will Ferrell (Stranger Than Fiction, Talladega Nights)
4. Hugh Jackman (The Fountain, The Prestige, X-Men: The Last Stand)
5. Matt Damon (The Departed, The Good Shepherd)
Honorable Mentions:
Jeff Anderson (Clerks 2)
Will Smith (The Pursuit of Happyness)
Clive Owen (Children of Men)
Steve Carell (Little Miss Sunshine, The Office)
Ben Affleck (Hollywoodland)
Top 5 Actresses of 2006:
1. Maggie Gyllenhaal (World Trade Center, Stranger Than Fiction, Sherrybaby)
2. Kate Winslet (Little Children, The Holiday)
3. Ellen Page (Hard Candy, X-Men: The Last Stand)
4. Naomi Watts (The Painted Veil)
5. Kirsten Dunst (Marie-Antoinette)
Honorable Mentions:
Jennifer Connelly (Blood Diamond, Little Children)
Bryce Dallas Howard (Lady in the Water)
Meryl Streep (The Devil Wears Prada)
Natalie Portman (V for Vendetta)
Top 5 Cinematographers of 2006:
1. Matthew Libatique (The Fountain)
2. Emmanuel Lubezki (Children of Men)
3. Lance Acord (Marie-Antoinette)
4. Wally Pfister (The Prestige)
5. Adrian Biddle (V for Vendetta)
Honorable Mentions:
Christopher Doyle (Lady in the Water)
Dion Beebe (Miami Vice)
Jo Willems (Hard Candy)
Dave Klein (Clerks 2)
Newton Thomas Sigel (Superman Returns)
Top 5 Scores/Soundtracks or 2006:
1. The Last Kiss (assorted artists)
2. Hans Zimmer (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest)
3. Alexandre Desplat (The Painted Veil)
4. Thomas Newman (Little Children)
4. Howard Shore/assorted artists (The Departed)
Honorable Mentions:
Clerks 2 (assorted artists)
Marie-Antoinette (assorted artists)
John Ottman (Superman Returns)
TOP 10 CDs OF 2006!!!
1. Evanescence: The Open Door
2. My Chemical Romance: The Black Parade
3. Regina Spektor: Begin to Hope
4. Muse: Black Holes and Revelations
5. Christina Aguilera: Back to Basics
6. Tool: 10,000 Days
7. Incubus: Light Grenades
8. The Last Kiss: Soundtrack
9. Guster: Ganging Up On the Sun
10. OSI: Free
AND THE REST…
11. Stream of Passion: Live in the Real World
12. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest Score
13. Peeping Tom
14. The Devin Townsend Band: Synchestra
15. Clerks 2: Soundtrack
16. Barenaked Ladies Are Me
17. Outkast: Idlewild
18. The Flower Kings: Paradox Hotel
19. Queensryche: Operation Mindcrime 2
20. Lacuna Coil: KarmaCode
P.S. I just bought the latest Spock's Beard which I will be adding to this list shortly (gotta listen to it first).
Top 10 Comics of 2006!!!
1. Ultimate Spider-man
2. Astonishing X-Men
3. Civil War
4. Amazing Spider-man
5. Daredevil
6. 52
7. Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter
8. Gen 13
9. Supergirl
10. Birds of Prey
Honorable Mentions:
New Avengers
Action Comics/Superman
Batman/Detective Comics
Nightwing (once Wolfman took over)
Ultimates
Ultimate X-Men
TOP 20 FILMS I’M LOOKING FORWARD TO IN 2007!!!
1. Spider-man 3
2. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
3. His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass
4. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
5. Southland Tales
6. Knocked Up
7. Evan Almighty
8. 300
9. Ratatouille
10. Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
11. Enchanted
12. Blades of Glory
13. Zodiac
14. Transformers
15. Grind House
16. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
17. Charlie Wilson’s War
18. Black Snake Moan
19. 3:10 to Yuma
20. Fred Claus
TOP 15 CD’S I’M LOOKING FORWARD TO IN 2007!!!
1. Pain of Salvation: Scarsick
2. Symphony X: tba
3. Dream Theater: tba
4. Missy Higgins: tba
5. Coheed & Cambria: tba
6. Mandy Moore: Wild Hope
7. Neal Morse: Sola Scriptura
8. Kelly Clarkson: tba
9. Porcupine Tree: Fear of a Blank Planet
10. Avril Lavigne: tba
11. Megadeth: tba
12. Jason Mraz tba acoustic album (I think)
13. The Shins: Wincing the Night Away
14. Coldplay: tba
15. Radiohead: tba
And there you have it! My annual Oscar post will be happening in the not-too-distant future, but there's still a couple more films I'd like to see first. However, rest assured that it will be posted before the actual ceremony! ;-)