Jackass: Number Two humor wins approval
Best of the Year List
10. Idiocracy and My
Super Ex-Girlfriend - Two brilliant comedies that were probably
too smart for America. Mike Judge's film didn't even get properly released,
although a foreign language film is always a hard sell. Yes, he created
a language of the future, but man, if you get it, it is an amazing and sadly
true commentary. Super-Ex is a perfect spoof of romantic
comedies. It's so smart and well-informed, and how could people not want
to see Uma Thurman in skirts and boots? I blame Luke Wilson.
9. Snakes on a Plane
- Get those motherf***in' snakes on my motherf***in' top 10 list. We need
movies like Snakes on a Plane. It was outrageous and committed
to itself. Film is fantasy and we need these high concepts. If only the
studio had expanded the hype from an internet phenomenon into a multimedia
phenomenon, the whole world could have enjoyed this ride. I will keep repeating
the motherf***in' snakes line as long as I live.
8. Children of Men
- This is the kind of film that makes you excited about movies. Alfonso
Cuaron used a clichéd trick (long single takes) and made one of the
most exciting action movies of the year. The story is flawed but only mildly.
7. Final Destination 3
- And pretty close to the perfect horror movie, we have Final Destination
3. This franchise has always been tops, and the second one was
also on that year's top 10 list. They've got a brilliant premise with infinite
possibilities and they keep milking them with masterful audience manipulation.
6. Click - I haven't
loved an Adam Sandler movie, probably since Billy Madison
(not counting Spanglish or Punch Drunk,
those weren't his.) His humor got really watered down and it's not the laughs
that made me love this, but the profound philosophical statement.
5. X-Men: The Last Stand
- Comic book fans and Singer-lovers be damned. This is one of my favorite
comic book movies ever. It just rocked. The X-Men worked together as a unit,
not as a Wolverine vehicle, and the political metaphors were explored just
as fully.
4. Dreamgirls
- I really hate to go along with all the hype, but this movie is really
great. The music rocks, the gradual inclusion of full on musical numbers
is powerful and all the period details of the music industry are flawless.
3. Casino Royale
- This is really everything I want in a movie. The action kicked ass, it
built up one of my favorite characters in the most intriguing way and I
cared about the story. It's long, but I wouldn't lose a frame. I've seen
it twice and even the second time, as soon as it ended, I just wanted to
start it back up again. I hope they can keep this up with Daniel Craig.
2. Shut Up and Sing
- This is the most important movie of the year. I still run into people
who hate the Dixie Chicks for what they said, and they have no idea of even
the context. You can still hate them after you see this film, but at least
you'll have been exposed to the real injustice of uninformed hysteria.
1. Jackass: Number Two
- When I first saw Jackass: Number Two, I just thought
it was a really funny movie. But it stuck with me like nothing else this
year. Now that it's on DVD, I've reconfirmed that it is indeed a comic masterpiece.
They assembled the best stunts, not a dud in the bunch. They paced it in
a skillful way, with complex building setups interspersed with quickies.
The use of music is genius and the boys play to the cameras expertly.
So wraps 2006!
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