tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13799403.post116638651967206353..comments2023-10-19T13:01:39.731+01:00Comments on Confessions of a Film Critic: The Best and Worst of 2006John Maguirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06580990308415894733noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13799403.post-1167661561782832922007-01-01T14:26:00.000+00:002007-01-01T14:26:00.000+00:00Hi JohnCompletely agree er: Pan's Labyrinth. Long ...Hi John<BR/><BR/>Completely agree er: Pan's Labyrinth. Long time since I say through an entire moviw with my mouth open! I reckon you should've found room for Eragon on your "worst" lisr - but perhaps you were spared that particluar occasion of pain. All the best for '07.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13799403.post-1166822688781079152006-12-22T21:24:00.000+00:002006-12-22T21:24:00.000+00:00I like your list!First off, I'm glad to see someon...I like your list!<BR/><BR/>First off, I'm glad to see someone else who really liked <I>Crank</I>. It was quite brilliant, in its own little ways. The "subtitles that existed in the film world" moment was something else!<BR/><BR/>And I think you sum up <I>Children of Men</I> incredibly well, too: it didn't quite work as a film, to my tastes, but, damn, if there weren't some fine moments.<BR/><BR/>By the way, have you seen (and, if you have, what do you think of) Michael Mann's <I>Miami Vice</I>? I tend to dislike both television and Michael Mann, but my mind is wrestling with the idea of putting <I>Vice</I> near the top of my 2006 list. To steal a phrase from another critic, it just oozees an existential malaise.<BR/><BR/>PS: <I>A Life in Darkness and Light</I> is also one of the film books I red in the past year or so. Being more familiar with Hitchcock's American films than his British ones, it was fascinating to read all about his early career.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13799403.post-1166730846406445272006-12-21T19:54:00.000+00:002006-12-21T19:54:00.000+00:00Very interesting lists indeed...I disagree pretty ...Very interesting lists indeed...<BR/><BR/>I disagree pretty strongly with many of your choices (The Departed, most notably) but I loved reading the run-down nonetheless.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com