The Year in Movies: 2006

 2006

Number of Movies I've Seen: 80

Number of Movies from my original top 365:  22!

Oscar Winner:
The Departed -  Probably the most entertaining Scorcese in my opinion. This is a really fun crime story. I always meant to get around to watching the original Hong Kong Infernal Affairs, but, alas, I still haven't seen it.

Box Office Winner:
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest - Why, oh why, didn't they just stop with one....?

My Top Ten:
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2. The Astronaut Farmer - Quite possibly the sweetest, most hopeful movie you've never seen.

3. Shortbus - Whenever I talk about this movie I worry about someone stumbling across it and then, "tYeR! yOu MaDe Me WaTcH pOrN!" I just checked the internet and it isn't available to stream, so I guess the only way to watch it is by borrowing my DVD. So I guess I'm safe.  ;)

4. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer - On the other hand... this movie is on Amazon Prime. It is about a young man in 18th Century Paris who "uses" beautiful women in quest to develop the perfect fragrance. It is a trip.

5. Little Miss Sunshine - (PICTURED ABOVE) Easily could have been my favorite of the year. It includes my most impactful scene of the 00's ("colorblind"), but it just falls apart in the last act for me.

6. Stranger than Fiction - Probably the best Will Ferrell movie. Genuinely wish he would focus more on good movies rather than Anchorman 6.

7.  Amazing Grace  - I get so tired of "Christian" movies. The ones made by southern megachurches and sold at Hobby Lobby. I'm sure they begin with the best of intentions, but they come off as white privilege cash grabs. THIS is what I wish "Christian" movies looked like: heartfelt studies that exhibit the fault in humanity and the grace of the Lord.

8. Clerks II - This movie is nearly 15 years old. For perspective, Clerks was only 12 years old when this movie came out.... Man... I am old....

9. The Departed

10. Southland Tales - This movie is far from perfect. What it is is a strange, meandering study on what the near future/end of the world could look like. It doesn't quite predict the dawn of facebook or Trumpism, but it is still a pretty interesting ride.