Eric's 2006 Top Ten Movies

Stranger Than Fiction

Departed

V for Vendetta

Prestige

Apocalypto

Rocky Balboa

United 93

Cars

Children of Men

Lady in the Water

ed: 1-8-07

• added Children of Men
• re-evaluated Prada based on input from Tim
• re-evaluated Prestigue based on current conversations.
• sought reasonable means to take Tim's advice and place M:i:iii in my 2006 Top Ten...but a recount of the number of films I saw this year confirmed that I did see at least 11 films and therefore it's impossible for M:i:iii to be on my Top Ten.
• "Little Miss Sunshine just missed the list...it's number 11.

Ann, on the other hand, has only seen 11 films, so her Top Ten will include two of the following titles: M:i:iii, Pirates, or X3. So, Tim, you may want to start your lobbying against X3 now...that's your best bet.

Gibson Departing

Entertainment weekly just posted their cover story Q&A with Mel Gibson. I haven't read the whole thing...you can be assured that I will once the mag comes out, but the quote below surprised me.

Mel Gibson on exorcising his demons: "Martin Scorsese sent me the script from the last film he did, The Departed. I thought it was fantastic. I was like, ''S---, how come you always give me the good script when I'm about to go into production?''"

Can you imagine Departed with Gibson? Even more fun to speculate is this question: How different would this fall had looked had Gibson done that project instead of going the route of the wreck loose with his own Apocalypto? His whole drunken affair could have been written off as an understandable side effect of prepping for a movie where violence and rage were required. Certainly the studio would have required Scorsese and the other principles in the film to rally around Gibson and defend him. With that type of A-list support in the press, perhaps instead of disqualifying him for the Oscar, Gibson would have been a front-runner like Nicholson currently is. It would have been safe to vote for Gibson as a make-up vote for not supporting the well-made Passion.

Going for the Trifecta

Well, Vendetta was a darn good movie, but based on reviews from Dad and Tim, it looks like I might be on the verge of seeing three movies in a row, each with the potential to be the best movie of the year.

A couple weeks ago I saw The Departed...which was awesome.
On Wednesday Ann and I are going to see the Prestige...a movie currently sitting on top to Tim's Best of 2006 list.
Then two weeks after that I'm going to Borat with Tim (and Erin?)...which as of right now is the best-reviewed movie since Fellowship of the Rings.

Three movies in a row! That's awesome. What movie could I possible see after that run to keep the ball rolling?