Finally, the final list. For now.

FAVE MOVIES OF 2006:

1) Stranger Than Fiction--I did an entire post on this movie so scroll down a bit to get the full recap.

2) Little Miss Sunshine/Hard Candy/Half Nelson--the 3 best indie flicks I saw last year. Sunshine was a virtually perfect dark comedy (the talent part of the pagent at the end had me crying I was laughing so hard). Hard Candy featured a performance by Ellen Page that I think deserves an Oscar (also discussed in a prior post). Half Nelson showcased Ryan Gosling's amazing talent as an actor.

3) The Fountain--Trippy, beautiful, emotional and full of the equally lovely Hugh Jackman and Rachel Weisz (sp).

4) Clerks 2--scroll for the post. Jeff Anderson rocks.

5) Slither/The Descent--scroll again, love the gore and the dark humor and the genre bending approaches of the two movies.

6) Casino Royale--one of the few movies I saw twice this year. You already know what I think about this and its star Daniel Craig.

7) The Prestige--quite smart and twisty turny with solid performances from Christian Bale and (again) Hugh Jackman.

8) The Queen--Major props to Helen Mirren for tackling the icon with such skill. The guy who played Tony Blair was very good as well.

9) Inconvenient Truth--Al Gore spells it out. Be sure and pay attention (as if the 50's we've been having in freakin' Dec. isn't evidence enough).

10) V for Vendetta--this made it mostly because I haven't seen the two movies that would probably push it off the list. Still, I loved getting to see a lot of British and Irish actors that I worship in a compelling story.

PROBABLY GREAT BUT STILL WAITING TO SEE:
Volver--the latest from Pedro Almodovar
Pan's Labyrinth--Guillermo Del Torro (I know I butchered his name)
This Film Is Not Yet Rated--doc on the crappy rating system that we have in this country

There you go...discuss.

Quick note: I started to get the NIN thingie myself till I checked how it was doing and saw that it was going to take 35 DAYS for me to get it completed. So, I've pretty much decided to skip it. Oh well...just have to wait till it's legal.