2. Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
It's one of the funniest films in the year of Wedding Crashers and The 40-Year-Old-Virgin. It's one of the smartest films in the year of Syriana and Capote. It's one of the most progressive films in the year of Brokeback Mountain and Transamerica. Bottom line, it's a righteous skewering of one of my favorite genres, and it's done well and with love. How could I not like it? Full review of the welcome return of Shane Black here.
1. Munich
I've already gone on at length about the controversy surrounding the film and my affinity for the questions it raises. I've also talked about my emotional response and the ways in which this is really Spielberg's Godfather. So what's left to say? That Spielberg finally remembered how to end a film for the first time since Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, for one. And if this is what he can do in five months, maybe we should be working him harder.
Honorable mentions: Kung Fu Hustle, Mysterious Skin, Hustle and Flow, The Squid and the Whale, In Her Shoes.
Article comments
1 - Aaman
Top Ten what? Films?
Nice list, thanks
2 - Triniman
Munich and Brokeback Mountain haven't opened in my area yet, but I look forward to seeing them.
I skipped Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang, but I will rent it now that a few people have listed it among the year's best.
3 - Triniman
I also missed Good Night, and Good Luck, so that's another renter. Kudos for picking Old Boy. I bet a lot of folks missed it. I have to recommend The Best of Youth, Bad Education, Me & You And Everyone We Know. All showed in a local indie theatre and are superb, IMHO.
4 - MCH
Cinderella Man
The Greatest Game Ever Played
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5 - reggie von woic
Great list...but though disappointed crash isn't there, i'd like to think that it's # 11 in that list.