When I went back and looked at a listing of all the movies released in 2006, I realized exactly how few of them I’d actually seen. There are a lot of them on my Netflix queue, but it’ll be a long time before I see all the ones I’ve requested. I might even be a decade older by then. 
Anyway, here are my top movies for the year, in no particular order:
Last Holiday (Queen Latifah is, in turns, funny and touching)
Underworld: Evolution (What can I say? I love vampire movies. I own this movie.)
Munich (powerful, plus the added bonus of Eric Bana)
V for Vendetta (really liked this; makes you think while being entertaining)
The Promise (not as good as some of the other Chinese movies I’ve seen but still beautiful)
X-Men 3 (LOVE superhero movies, particularly the X-Men)
The Lake House (really like Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves together)
Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man’s Chest (I had an issue or two with this installment, but it’s still great fun.)
The Covenant (helped inspire my latest YA manuscript)
Two movies I saw which were released in previous years but which I still really enjoyed were Batman Begins and Ella Enchanted.
What about you all? What were your favorite movies of the year? Anyone there? Echoooooo!
December 30th, 2006 at 7:52 am
Hey, Trish! (Waving across the vast holiday chasm). I didn’t see a lot of movies this year, but I really really loved The Queen. Saw it twice, in fact - once with the husband and once with my oldest son. It was a fascinating look at events we thought we knew, but from a very different perspective. And face it - any movie that can make Prince Charles seem like a sympathetic character is definitely a winner!
Also, I recently saw Shut Up and Sing, the documentary about the Dixie Chicks. Another winner, both in the way it examined what happened to them and in the way it wove together their professional and private lives with their music. Most certainly worth seeing.
December 30th, 2006 at 9:24 am
I rarely watch movies… I get all twitchy sitting there on my fanny when I could be working:) And Eric Bana is amazing!
Teri
December 31st, 2006 at 1:25 am
The Queen is on my queue. The trailer looked really good, and I’ve heard Helen Mirren is wonderful in the role.
And yes, Eric Bana is great.
December 31st, 2006 at 11:12 am
You and I both got into watching series instead of movies, so our movie list was short. I am TRYING to make up for it now
Must go put The Queen in my queue. If ATHENA, who never WATCHES movies saw it TWICE, it’s gotta be good.