Before we go any further, can I just point out in my defence that
a) I spent a lot of time on planes last year, and when on planes, I watch crap
b) I spent a lot of time being stressed last year, and when stressed I tend towards mindless pap on DVD, a cat on my knee and a nice cup of tea
c) I spent a lot of time last year craving big comfy cinema seat, total blackness, popcorn and an immersive bigscreen experience. Sometimes I’ll go and see things at the cinema just because they’re on.
d) My DVD rental service is a little….erratic. I have a nasty habit of going on to the site once in a while (possibvly while intoxicated) and adding all sorts of random things to the rental queue. Also, I’m sure they send me surprise things which I never ordered….
My rating system, as you’ll notice, is on the five Meg scale, with one Meg being dire and five Megs being something I really enjoyed, would definitely see again and would probably recommend.
| Children of Men |  |
| Brokeback mountain | |
| Mad Hot Ballroom | |
| Bewitched | |
| Da Vinci Code | |
| Bobby | |
| The Last King of Scotland | |
| The History Boys | |
| The Devil Wears Prada | |
| Little Miss Sunshine | |
| Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man’s Chest | |
| School of Rock | |
| Breaking All The Rules | |
| Playing By Heart | |
| Nacho Libre | |
| Superman Returns | |
| Casino Royale | |
| Confetti | |
| Deck the Halls | |
| Welcome to the Dollhouse | |
| Mission Impossible 3 | |
| Wah Wah | |
| Thirteen Blocks | |
| Assault on Precinct Sixteen | |
| Serendipity | |
| Alex & Emma | |
| The Prince and Me | |
| A Cinderella Story | |
| Elf | |
| The Girl Next Door | |
| A Home At the End of the World | |
| The Ladykillers | |
| Spanglish | |
| Million Dollar Baby | |
| Anchorman | |
| Raising Helen | |
| Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants | |
| Rumour Has It | |
| Spartan | |
| Paperback Hero | |
| Bad Santa | |
| Beauty Shop | |
| Being Julia | |
| Cellular | |
| Christmas with the Kranks | |
| Coach Carter | |
| De-Lovely | |
| Finding Neverland | |
| Flight of the Phoenix | |
| Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | |
| In Her Shoes | |
| The Island | |
| The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou | |
| Meet the Fockers | |
| Nanny McPhee | |
| The Notebook | |
| Palindromes | |
| Shall We Dance? | |
| Surviving Christmas | |
| Pride and Prejudice | |
| Uptown Girls | |
| Wedding Crashers | |
| The Wedding Date | |
I had this theory that I was going to write about the films I saw. As you can see, I’ve watched so much dross in the last twelve months that I don’t think it’s worth the RSI, to be honest. However, since i’ll undoubtedly continue to watch films both good and bad, at some point in the future I might even get around to writing about any new ones…
Lif Aquatic is a real divider. Personally I can watch it again and again.
Only one Meg for Nacho Libre? I’m more partial to fart gags in bad Mexican accents than you then. (Unless the fact we watched it on concrete in pouring rain - very far from your comfy chair craving - affected you?)
It might have got two stars if I’d stayed for the whole thing - but I think that the environment may well have been the problem: by the time Nacho Libre came on, I was tired, a bit drunk, rather soggy and had a numb bumb.
For me, Bad Santa is a 3-star movie that gets an extra two stars for being one of only two movies I find bearable to watch at Christmas time. The other being “The Ref” with Denis Leary. I’ve heard it was called something else in its UK release.
I loved little miss sunshine!