Top 10 - movie style

OK, so I did top 10 CDs of 2006. (Which, by the way, needs a correction. Pink is getting kicked out for Edwin's "Better Days" CD. I forgot about him. Somewhat more mainstream and poppy than his previous efforts, but still pretty damn sweet album.) Now it's time for a top 10 movies (that I actually saw, which should be "duh" obvious.)

Note: I fully reserve the right to change this list once I've seen Babel, which by all accounts is excellent. But until then....

10) Clerks 2 - Much funnier than I was expecting. And not to harp on a point, but Mmmmm, Rosario Dawson.

9) The Descent - It's really two movies almost. 1st half is "Ahhh! We're trapped in a cave!" which is plenty scary enough. Then the second half is "AHHHHH! We're trapped in a cave with monsters!!!"

8) V For Vendetta - A timely, meaningful adaptation of an Alan Moore graphic novel. Better yet, a GOOD adaptation of an Alan Moore graphic novel, which are usually hard to translate well to screen.

7) The Proposition - Nothing like a good, brutal, hardcore western.

6) The Prestige - Rival magicians. David Bowie as Nikola Tesla. Scarlett Johanssen. Great movie that's 15 minutes too long, but that(as I described in an earlier blog) is merely a storytelling preference of mine.

5) Casino Royale - The "Batman Begins" of Bond. Bond Begins.

4) The Fountain - I know a movie's good when it can add in a whole section that potentially is only there to enhance the theme and not advance the plot (although to be fair, I'm not entirely sure) and I still like it. Typically I hate that. And not to put too fine a point on it but, Mmmm Rachel Weisz.

3) Borat - Very funny, yes.

2) Night Watch - Sweet Russian vampires (sort of), brah.

1) Children of Men - Sweet near-future sci-fi. Great premise, well thought out. Gritty and "rael" look. Plenty of the good kind of ambiguity. And a battle scene that looks straight out of Saving Prviate Ryan, on what, I'm sure, was a miniscule fraction of the budget. For real, go see this movie. Right now.