a tribute to the bad movies i've slept through

My 2006 in Movies

The Oscars are near, but for those too impatient to wait until the big night, I will provide a brief summary of the award recipients.

Babel – Hollywood meets the world and the result is quite good. My pick for best movie, and I have the Amores Perros (also directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu and written by Guillermo Arriaga) DVD from Netflix on my coffee table, which I am looking forward to seeing.
The Departed – I would personally not give this movie an award but I will give away the ending for you. The bad guy who works with the good guy, one of whom is a cop and the other one is a cop in disguise and both have the mafia on their speed dials, sends hit men to that other corrupt non-cop because he worked with the police while working for the mafia and then there is a close up of them blowing up his head. By the way, another very fine acting job from Leonardo DiCaprio.
Little Miss Sunshine – Of course I loved Little Miss Sunshine. I liked it so much that I have been looking for a way to make it exclusively mine, as in me being one of the special few who discovered this film. I realize it is somewhat late for that but nonetheless I am willing to be selfish and rule out any awards. To keep the secret.
Scoop – Best Film to Show on an Airplane
Tristan + Isolde – Best “It’s Okay If You’ve Never Heard of It” film. Not everyone is as cool/cultured as me.
Semen, una historia de amor – This movie is what every movie should be. It does not promise much and in that sense delivers everything you expected from it and more. I also agree that “cute” should be used sparingly when describing cinematography, but this is the adjective that works best in this case. A good non-Almodóvar Spanish film, has the word “semen” in the title and is not even R-rated. It was made in 2005 but I saw it in 2007, so the math comes out right.
Borat – Best bonus scenes that did not make it into the movie
On that note, out of Talladega Nights, Beerfest, The Break-Up, Superman Returns, Snakes on a Plane and Jackass 2, I must select Beerfest for Best bonus scenes that did not make it into the commercials. I didn’t even see the last two movies but I am confident about this one. For all of us short on attention span, the 2-minute total movie giveaway has arrived in the form of month-long excruciating television advertising (and Snakes on a Plane really took it to a new level by incorporating the whole story in the title).
Thank You for Smoking – Best documentary. Not a real documentary and a year too old, but funny and different, so I had to mention it.
Crank – The movie is quite unremarkable but Jason Statham finally has to win an Oscar for Best Actor on behalf of being badass.
The Devil Wears Prada, The Da Vinci Code and Running with Scissors – If I had to choose Best Movie Based on a Book, I would probably have to go with Running with Scissors, although I didn’t read the book for the first one and didn’t see the movie for the last one.
Deck the Halls – Don’t even want to talk about it
American Dreamz – Second-Best Film to Show on an Airplane

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