AFI Best of 2006 List

The AFI has voted and the list of the top 10 movies of 2006 are up. They are...

*Babel
*Borat
The Devil Wears Prada
Dreamgirls
*Half Nelson
*Happy Feet
*Inside Man
Letters From Iwo Jima
*Little Miss Sunshine
*United 93

( * movies I have seen )

I've seen seven of the movies. Well, I saw half of The Devil Wears. I didn't walk out because I didn't like it, I was only watching it to take up time before screening Clerks II. From what I saw of The Devil Wear's Prada, I felt little need to return and watch the end. I do want to see Dreamgirls. At first I wasn't sure, but it's getting a lot of good buzz. Yes, and it has the personal recommendation of my friend Nora, who'd shove it in my face if she heard me say I want to see it (I told her at one point that I didn't really care about it).

As for the part of the list that I have seen, I'm not sure. I agree with a lot of the obvious ones (Little Miss Sunshine, at least), but some I'm different on. I don't have my top 10 list yet. I still have a large handful of films to see before I'll even think about making one. But I'm not sure what I think about Happy Feet being in the top 10. I was only mildly amused by the film. And even Borat seems odd for me. It was pretty funny, but wasn't that great of a movie. And even movies like Babel or Inside Man seem like they weren't fantastic enough for a Top 10 list. But who knows, maybe I haven't surveyed things out enough yet.

I didn't find Half Nelson to be as great as a lot of the critics said. It was a good movie, but I wasn't overly impressed with it. Just satisfied. I don't think that'll be making it to my list.

I'm also very glad that United 93 made it on the list and World Trade Center did not. WTC was a bad movie. I very much disliked it. But United 93 was much better.

The worst part of the list is the injustice. Where the hell is The Departed, most likely the best movie of the year? There's no reason for so many so-so movies to be featured (especially Happy Feet) and The Departed to be nowhere in sight! And where's Little Children? To me, Babel was a lesser version of what Little Children was. Little Children was a much more affective and emotion-filled movie.

Not a bad list, but hardly perfect. I guess this year wasn't too full of hands down wonderful movies, so there's much room for debate. I'll have to see how my list turns out in the next month or so. Who knows, I might end up eating my words...

AFI 2006 Awards

Eragon

In an age where Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings are supreme box office titans, a movie like Eragon can just come along and... well, be unnoticed. Really, the movie is quite forgettable. Even fans of the book feel so (as I've heard). It's fun for kids, even for adults at times. I enjoyed parts of it, I admit. I didn't hate it too much, to be honest. It was just plain. It was generic. And when it was done, no one cared. That sums it up pretty well. The best thing it has going for it is that it's not over 2 hours like most other crazy fantasy movies. So it's only an hour and a half of your life wasted.

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IMDB information on ERAGON