Best/Worst movies of 2006

[Cowperson]

Originally Posted by Jayems

Nacho Libre had to be the worst of the year. Everyone said it was good, but i tried watching it twice, and each time I had to turn the garbage off, and I am a huge Jack Black fan.

Total waste of time. Funny thing is, I got the DVD for christmas.

I too got the DVD for Christmas . . . . but only because I demanded it!!!

You see, Nacho Libre is very familiar to me . . . .

Across the back alley, when I was a boy, was another young guy who idolized professional wrestling.

First, when he was young, he would come out of his house with pillows tied to his belly and fall all over the ground, grappling like mad.

Then he got bigger pillows tied to his belly and jumped off the fence onto the ground.

Then, as he got older - for this carried on for many, many years - he built a quasi-ring in one corner of his yard and would bound back and forth off the rings or jump off the fence with pillows tied to both his belly AND his back.

Then, as he got older, he would take on his growing audience of neighbourhood kids, throwing them onto his new mat in his ring without mercy!!

THEN, he got a costume, with a cape mind you, and a mask - very much like Nacho Libre's actually - and would jump off the fence and bound off the rings and beat up the neighbour kids in the ring.

This continued well into his teenage years. There was no such thing as embarrassment for this guy.

Finally, one day, CKRD television in Red Deer showed up and did a feature on him for the evening news.

So, I have to say, earlier this year when I rented Nacho Libre I was HOWLING laughing through the entire movie because, you see, I grew up with NACHO LIBRE!!!!

Jack Black and this guy even looked like each other. They acted like each other too, a certain perverse nobility to each. My neighbour would even stand as you see Nacho Libre in the picture below.

And, I must add, this man, now in his 40's, still lives across the back alley and, when my father was in physical difficulty prior to his death a few years ago, this real life Nacho Libre would come over and cut the grass and do other assorted chores without being asked.

Yes, he is noble too!!

And that is why I demanded Nacho Libre for Christmas!!!



Cowperson

[Prototype]

Originally Posted by housejunk

Godfather II? Empire Stries back?

Scream III?

[Flames_Gimp]

superman returns was definately one of the worst..

[Frank the Tank]

Originally Posted by Flames_Gimp

superman returns was definately one of the worst..

I couldn't even finish that abomination. Just terrible. I think I watched about 75% of it and just shut 'er down and went to bed. I haven't done that in a loooooong time.

[Flames_Gimp]

Originally Posted by Frank the Tank

I couldn't even finish that abomination. Just terrible. I think I watched about 75% of it and just shut 'er down and went to bed. I haven't done that in a loooooong time.

yup..I didnt see the end as well..what a crap movie...

[Frank the Tank]

Originally Posted by Flames_Gimp

yup..I didnt see the end as well..what a crap movie...

Funny thing as well, if you asked me why I hated it so much, I probably couldn't come up with a difinitive answer. Strange.

[JiriHrdina]

I actually just watched Superman Returns the other day and really enjoyed it. It fits in perfectly after Superman II in terms of continuity. And I enjoyed the whole "Does the world need/not need Superman" part interesting.]


And one of the best decisions they made was not making the husband of Lois Lane a jerk. Most of the time in these types of plots "the other guy" is built so you hate him. But this is a decent guy in his own right, making the typical boy-girl-boy subplot more interesting.

[VANFLAMESFAN]

Wanted to add one to my worst and best list.

Worst, Basic Instinct 2

Best, Hostel.....Don't judge me, I loved this movie.

[BlAcKNoVa]

Best: Apocalypto
Worst: Meh, don't have a worst one really.

[Phanuthier]

Best: Prestiege. It's actually one of the best well-done films I've ever seen. Amazing acting by Jackman and Bale, just everything about it was excellent, and a ending I didn't predict, which is rare. It was a different film from the usual. I liked most movies, X3, da Vinci Code, Casino Royale, V ect

Worst: One of my friends coaxed me into watching Silent Hill. At the very least, I ruined the movie for her by laughing every 5 minutes about something that was supposed to be scary, but was actually pretty cheezy. It was a good thing we were the only 2 in the theator, I was cracking jokes all movie long while she would hide her face in fear. Kind of funny that she brought me to a "horror" movie, but would cover her ears at every anticipated scary scene.

Other then that, I didn't like The Departed, just personal perference.

[604flames]

I definitely have a candidate for most gruesome movie of 2006: Saw III. To anyone who's seen it... the rib thing? Disgusting.

[Dion]

Originally Posted by 604flames

I definitely have a candidate for most gruesome movie of 2006: Saw III. To anyone who's seen it... the rib thing? Disgusting.

I walked out of Saw 11. Another disgusting one was Hostel.

[metallicat]

I am going to add The Black Dahlia to my worst list. What a craptacular movie.

[VANFLAMESFAN]

Originally Posted by Dion

I walked out of Saw 11. Another disgusting one was Hostel.

Come on, its a movie, its fantasy, suck it up a little.

[Flames_Gimp]

haha come on..I liked Hostel!!

Originally Posted by Dion

I walked out of Saw 11. Another disgusting one was Hostel.

[Flames_Gimp]

Originally Posted by VANFLAMESFAN

Hostel.....Don't judge me, I loved this movie.

me too, man!