Best movies of 2006?

OMG!!!!111!!!!3.14!!!

yes, best movie evar.

saw it randomly in nottingham on opening weekend.

it's only playing at like 3 theaters in the states, damn them.

In comparison to other Dick film adaptations like Bladerunner (which I love, even if its missing a lot of stuff from the novel), Scanner does stay pretty close to the story of the novel. Hollywood has a history of adapting Dick badly, and in spite of its faults (as good as Keanu was in the film, he was still a terrible choice to play Arctor), Scanner is the most faithful to Phil's original vision. If anyone could do a PKD book justice, Linklater could (for proof of the man's Dick-loving ways, look no further than his own monologue about Philip writing "Flow My Tears The Policeman Said" in "Waking Life").

I can see what you mean by it coming across as a stoner film, though. As much as I like the film, I'll concede that it isn't as dark (and desperate) as the book.

man, i thought that movie was TERRIBLE. to each his own, i suppose

I thought The Descent was about as good as a CHUD movie could be....which is not much of a recommendation, really.

Oh I almost forgot: Stranger than Fiction. Loved it.

agreed. and I am about as far from being a Wil Ferrel fan as you can get.

it's a well written movie. and Ema Thompson was just fantastic.

Well, I've had it suggested to me before; but for myself, at least, I just can't justify the packaging waste and accumulated fuel costs/pollution of mailing lots of little DVDs back and forth. I do appreciate the suggestion, though (and all of the helpful movie ideas from everyone so far, too).

SG reviewers are clearly superior.

Serious Films

1. Children of Men
2. The Departed
3. The Good Shepard
4. Apocalypto
5. Babel
6. SherryBaby
7. The Science of Sleep
8. The Last King of Scotland
9. Half Nelson
10. Letters From Iwo Jima


Guilty Pleasures

1. Borat
2. Casino Royale
3. Idiocracy
4. The Fountain
6. Miami Vice
7. Mission: Impossible III
8. X-Men: The Last Stand
9. Grandma's Boy
10. Marie Antoinette


Honorable Mentions

1. A Scanner Darkly
2. The Bridge
3. Little Children
4. Pan's Labyrinth
5. Old Joy

Children of Men has so far been my favorite movie from last year.

...although I'm ashamed to say that I did miss seeing The Departed and Pan's Labyrinth has yet to be released anywhere near me.

I still have yet to see Children Of Men or Pan's Labyrinth. I heard great reviews from friends about both films.

As far as some of my favorite movies from 2006, i gotta give it up for Beerfest, Grandma's Boy and Snakes On A Plane for all the drunken good times I had in their company.