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1. American Beauty
2. Chicago
3. Clerks
4. Fantasia
5. Field of Dreams
6. Chariots of Fire
7. Good Will Hunting
8. Forrest Gump
9. Jules and Jim
10. A Beautiful Mind
11. Monster’s Ball
12. Moonstruck
13. Mystic River
14. Nashville
15. The Wizard of Oz
16. An American in Paris
17. Easy Rider
18. The Red Shoes
19. 2001: A Space Odyssey
20. Gone with the Wind

Most of the 11 on the list that I’ve seen, it’s been so long that I can’t really objectively evaluate them without being affected by nostalgia. Field of Dreams, Forrest Gump, and Chariots of Fire I remember being decent but I really don’t have much desire to watch them again so that may be a sign that I’m just nostalgic about them. Good Will Hunting is the one that I’d flat out disagree with. 2001 and American Beauty are the two I’d agree with the most. In particular, I don’t think I’ve ever met anyone that’s really passionate about 2001. Seems like a movie that people are only inclined to like because Roger Ebert said it was good. It has to be one of the most boring sci-fi movies ever made.

So what movies would you add to this list? And, what are some underrated movies to you?

Here’s some additional overrated ones for me:

• David Lynch Movies: Weird does not equal good. I don’t think movies should be painful to watch.
• Gladiator: Best picture? It was an all right action movie, but was it really that much better than, say, Troy?
• Godfather II: If it didn’t happen to be the sequel to what’s widely regarded as the best movie of all-time, there’s no way it would have been nominated for best picture, let alone win it. Pretty average movie that would have been a forgotten 70s movie.
• Rebel Without a Cause: Completely unbelievable. Click here for my detailed review.
• Rocky: There might be a good scene or two, but overall this movie is slow and pretty unbelievable. One of those movies that I remembered being good as a kid, but when I watched it again several years ago it was boring and not that great of a plot.
• Shrek 2: The original Shrek was pretty good and should have been the beginning and end of the series. Instead, they pretty much rehashed the plot of the original and repackaged in a much less entertaining movie. Only thing I remember being funny about this movie was when a Starbucks got destroyed and a bunch of people ran out only to cross the street right back into another Starbucks.
• Star Wars: This may seem like blasphemy, but I think the amount of fanfare and recognition the series gets is totally out of line with how good the actual plot is.
• Titanic: Top grossing movie of all-time? Is it really anywhere near the greatest love story of all-time? How many people do you know that have watched it in, say, the last five years?

Some of my underrated movies:

• Adaptation: Original, but weird, plot that I found fantastic.
• Before Sunrise and Before Sunset: Two of the best romance movies that most people have never seen.
• Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind: One of the more original love stories you’ll ever watch.
• A Few Good Men: I watched this a couple of years ago and it was even better than I remembered it. Has to be one of the best courtroom movies ever.
• Hero: The Jet Li movie from a few years ago has a great plot and just a fantastic ending.
• Kung-Fu Hustle: Another kung-fu movie that does an absolutely marvelous job of mixing in comedy.
• L.A. Confidential:Great film noir plot.
• Minority Report: Solid sci-fi movie that’s in the same league with the original Matrix (sans the fight scenes).
• Shakespeare in Love: The best romantic comedy ever.

1. Little Miss Sunshine (2006): Funny, touching, original, has Steve Carrell. What more can you ask for? My favorite movie that I saw this year. I don’t want to overhype it too much because you could be let down, but it’s an entertaining movie.
2. Thank You for Smoking (2006): Tongue-in-cheek movie about a tobacco lobbyist whose knack in life is convincing the world that cigarettes are good. Pretty funny.
3. United 93 (2006): Best imaginable movie about what happened on 9/11. Very factual and apolitical. Very emotional, but you’ll probably make it through without crying.
4. The Grizzly Man (2005): If you’ve ever watched the Discovery Channel, you’ve probably seen David Treadwell who lived among the grizzlies and was eventually killed by them. This documentary chronicles his life and death.
5. Devil Wears Prada (2006): Surprisingly good story about an intern that goes to work for the “boss-from-hell” in the fashion industry. Entertaining, original story that touches on the balance between work and life and the choices we make in this domain.
6. Inside Man (2006): Just a well-done heist thriller by Spike Lee. Keeps you entertained and guessing what’s happening.
7. Cars (2006): Pretty good as far as animated movies go.
8. Serenity (2005): A good sci-fi sequel to the cancelled Firefly TV series.
9. Being John Malkovich (1999): If you like Charlie Kaufman movies (e.g., Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind, Adaptation) then you’ll like this. Otherwise, you’ll feel that you just wasted a couple hours of your life.
10. Red Eye (2005): A well-done thriller involving a daughter taken hostage on a plane in order to get to her father. Not excessively violent; more suspenseful.

My least favorite movies I saw in 2006:

1. Broken Flowers (2005): One of those movies where you keep saying, “I know it’s not going to end like that” and then it ends like that with no closure whatsoever.
2. The Whale and the Squid (2005): If you’re just too happy one day and want to experience the emotional trauma of your parents cheating on each other and going through a divorce, then watch this.
3. Deliverance (1972): If you’re just too happy one day and want a disturbing image of backwood hillbillies attacking some unfortunate dude, then watch this.
4. The Stand (1994): Based on the Stephen King book that is supposed to be an apocalyptic battle between good and evil after a plague strikes earth. Comes across as boring, long, and contrived in this adaptation.
5. Ned Kelly (2003): We rented this one because we’d always talk about Ned Kelly when we went to eat at the restaurant in Urbana by the same name. Pretty boring and predictable look at the life of the Australian outlaw.
6. Proof (2005): Kind of like a Beautiful Mind except not that good.
7. X-Men 3 (2006): Just not as good as the previous two movies and gets really weird with the whole Jean Grey as the ultimate mutant thing.

My favorite TV shows on DVD that I saw in 2006:

1. Entourage (Seasons 1 and 2) (2004-05): What would happen if one of your best friends made it big an Hollywood and brought you and several others in his entourage along to enjoy. Great comedy/drama series from HBO. Jeremy Piven as the agent is the most entertaining of all the characters. (Very much R-rated)
2. Firefly (Season 1) (2002): Probably the best sci-fi series of the decade and was, unfortunately, cancelled by FOX after only one season.
3. Weeds (Season 1 and 2) (2005-06): Dark comedy from Showtime about a mother who decides to start dealing weed in suburban California to maintain her family’s standard of living when her husband unexpectedly dies. (Very much R-rated)
4. The 4400 (Seasons 1 and 2) (2004-05): Pretty good sci-fi series from USA about a group of 4400 that we abducted over a 50 year period and then suddenly returned one day without any aging and an eclectic mix of special powers.
5. Curb Your Enthusiasm (Season 1-5) (2000-05): Kind of a R-rated version of Seinfeld from HBO. It stars Larry David, the co-creator of Seinfeld, as himself. Pretty entertaining, though it’s rarely laugh-out-loud funny and sometimes gets completely ridiculous.

Other movies that I saw in 2006 (most were pretty decent): 8 Mile (2002), Animal House (1978), Cache (2005), Capote (2005), Casino Royale (2006), The Chronicles of Narnia (2005), The Conversation (1974), Curious George (2006), Dave Chappelle’s Block Party (2006), Empire Falls (2005), Fever Pitch (2005), Glengarry Glen Ross (1992), I Heart Huckabees (2004), Ice Age (2002), March of the Penguins (2005), Mr. and Mrs. Smith (2005), Murderball (2005), A Prairie Home Companion (2006), Superman Returns (2006), Syriana (2005), Talladega Nights (2006), Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride (2005), V is for Vendetta (2006), Wallace and Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005), Wedding Crashers (2005), Wordplay (2006).

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