Peter Travers of Rolling Stone has put together his list for the Best and Worst Films of 2006. He's one of the few critics I read (Roger Ebert, Lisa Schwarzbaum, Owen Gleiberman, David Edelstein, A.O. Scott, David Ansen, Richard Corliss and Richard Schickel round out a weekly roll call of film criticism I digest). From Rolling Stone:
"High five! After a box-office slump, movies made money again in 2006. Kill-me-now depression sets in only when I list the big winners ('Pirates of the Carribbean: Dead Man's Chest'; 'X-Men: The Last Stand'; 'The Da Vinci Code'). Luckily, it wasn't just 'Borat' that hit pay dirt without getting slimed by formula pap. Martin Scorsese had his biggest hit with 'The Departed.' And 'Dreamgirls' proved a musical could have grit as well as glitz. And what of terrific movies that barely made a dime? They, too, have pride of place on my list of movies that mattered this year."
Peter Travers' Best of 2006
1. "The Departed"
2. "Dreamgirls"
3. "Letters From Iwo Jima" and "Flags of Our Fathers"
4. "Volver"
5. "Babel"
6. "United 93"
7. "The Queen"
8. "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America to Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan"
9. "Little Miss Sunshine"
10. "A Prairie Home Companion"
Peter Travers' Worst of 2006
1. "Bobby"
2. "The Da Vinci Code"
3. "Snakes on a Plane"
4. "X-Men: The Last Stand"
5. "Basic Instinct 2"
6." The Nativity Story"
7. "Lady in the Water"
8. "Click"
9. "Death of a President"
10. "All The King's Men"
Peter always assembles one of the year's best "Best and Worst" lists, and the one above is no exception. For more of Peter Travers' Best and Worst of 2006, click on over to Rolling Stone.
12/15/06
Peter Travers' Best and Worst of 2006
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I"m definitely with him on X-Men and Lady in the Water .. what the heck happened to M. Night? He used to be so good, but now he just produces such empty, arrogant piffle
True. M Night Shyamalan's ego has got the best of him. "The Sixth Sense," "Unbreakable" and "Signs" were solid, if not excellent thrillers. Then came "The Village" and "Lady in the Water." As for "X-Men: The Last Stand," I was pleasantly surprised at how well executed it was, given that Brett Ratner is one of the worst, most self-serving hired-gun directors in Hollywood.
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