movies 2006

the oscars ended a little while ago and, as usual, the fact that I had seen most of the nominated movies made my picks losers. crash wasn't the best movie of the year but it had a lot going for it: some great actors, a movie unapologetically about race, and pure entertainment. I liked it. since I'm starting this blog a couple of months into the year, let me catch you up on what I've watched so far in 2006. in the theatres: Memoirs of a Geisha, Match Point, King Kong, Fun with Dick and Jane, Rumor Has It, Glory Road, Casanova, The White Countess, Munich, Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World, Last Holiday, The Matador, Imagine You and Me, The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, Mrs. Henderson Presents, Cache, Something New, Freedomland, Transamerica, Running Scared, The New World. on video: Cronicas (if you look closely you may see me and my cousin walking through a very tense scene in front of the prison), Mysterious Skin, My Summer of Love, Head-On, Eurotrip, Look at Me, Phil the Alien (a very Canadian Canadian movie with Toronto friends in it), The Chumscrubber, Just Like Heaven, Elizabethtown, The Best of Youth Part I, March of the Penguins. also watched and loved Freaks and Geeks and Undeclared.
that brings us to last night, when I saw Dave Chappelle's block party and Why We Fight. these films are a good double feature. block party was incredibly inspiring with great music and some very funny jokes. the feel-good movie of the year so far. why we fight was a great reminder of how far in the wrong direction things have gone since the 50s with some nice little plot twists in the narratives.