Top 5 films of 06

After reading my uni buddy Tom’s blog, I have been inspired to come up with my Top 5 films of the year! It has been surprisingly hard to do so! I have been able to easily get it down to a Top 7 but Top 7 doesn’t really sound as good as a Top 5!

So here is my Top 5 Films of 2006!

In no particular order…

1. Casino Royale

Leading up to it’s release I was worried that this would be rubbish, I always had confidence in Daniel Craig being Bond but was kinda worried that it would be as bad as ‘Die Another Day‘. Luckily, it was brilliant! The free running bit was amazing and inspired me and Phil Brown to do even more free running attempting than usual! It showed me why Bond was Bond and although I could see the plot twist coming, it didn’t really stop me from caring about the plot twist. I’m looking forward to more Hardcore Bond in the future!

2. Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan

I can’t be bothered to write it all again but in shorter form so read my blog about the great and brilliant movie! Click here to read it

3. The Departed

This movie was one that I was kinda hoping for a lot from, it is meant to be Martin Scorsese’s last gangster film and it is based upon a series of films that Tom had hyped heavily (Infernal Affairs) and I personally wasn’t disappointed…if I was really pushed to actually say one film of the year then this would probably be it. The twists and turns kept me hooked and Mark Wahlberg (formerly ‘Marky Mark’ and brother of a New Kid on the Block) was actually really good in it!

4. Miami Vice

When this came out, I wanted to go and see it but I wasn’t really desperate to see it. It looked alright but I was expecting it to be a bit of a popcorn buddy-cop movie. But it shocked me at how good it was. I advise you all to watch it.

5. Lucky Number Slevin

When this film came out, I didn’t want to go and see it. Any movie with Josh Hartnett in it (except ‘The Faculty‘) is and should be a complete no no! (we all know how bad ‘Pearl Harbour‘ is!) but one time when me and Kev went to the cinema, there was nothing of worth on and so we went to see this. It was really good! If you don’t watch to the end then you won’t understand what the flip is going on but at the end of the movie you get it! It was one of my best 21st Birthday presents from Rach too!

and here are the two added on films who whilst just miss out on the Top 5 they do deserve special attention…

Crank

Crank was a film that was hyped up after Phil Brown saw it but I am never fully convinced when things are considered AMAZING by Phil, come on, he thinks the pc game Minesweeper is INCREDIBLE! But he dragged me to see it and it was really fun! It was very high paced and quite hilarious at times! Jason Statham is quite good at playing himself and getting away with it!

The Ringer

Man, I am not going to say much about this film except watch it! I absolutely laughed my head off watching this! So much so it hurt! Just wait for the bit “When did we get ice cream?”

Friday, December 22nd, 2006 Uncategorized