Critic Consensus Top Ten Films of 2006

The 2008 Critic Consensus List is still tallying top tens, so, since I did the 2006 version anyway, and I'm still tired and sore after cutting my fingers THRICE while assembling child, and evidently, adult-proof toys for my son Luke, here is the...

...Critic Consensus Top Ten Films of 2006.

10. Little Miss Sunshine (92)
9. Babel (109)
8. Children of Men (123)
7. Army of Shadows (124)
6. Borat (158)
5. The Queen (163)
4. Letters From Iwo Jima (188)
3. Pan's Labyrinth (198)
2. The Departed (224)
1. United 93 (270)

I'm going to do a little wrinkle this week.

Academy Award Best Picture Nominations for 2007.

-Winner: "The Departed" (2, 224)
-"Letters From Iwo Jima" (4, 188)
-"The Queen" (5, 163)
-"Babel" (9, 109)
-"Little Miss Sunshine" (10, 92)

Looking back now, we see that "United 93" was robbed big-time.

In my opinion, the noms should've been:

-"The Departed", "Letters From Iwo Jima", "The Queen", "Children of Men", & "United 93".

"Babel" is not better than "Amores Perros" and "Little Miss Sunshine" was a terrible, terrible mess of a movie.

This is fun, let's look back at the Critic Consensus Top Ten Films of 2007 and compare them to the Academy Award Nominations of 2008.

-Winner: "No Country For Old Men" (1, 300)
-"There Will Be Blood" (3, 194)
-"Atonement" (4, 124)
-"Michael Clayton" (11, 84)
-"Juno" (15, 77)

Again, solely my opinion here, but if I was doing the Noms...

-"No Country For Old Men" (even though, upon second viewing, the film is completely boring and the book is much, much better), "There Will Be Blood" (a masterpiece and probably my favorite film of ALL-TIME), "The Diving Bell and Butterfly" (another masterpiece), "The Lives of Others" (masterpiece theater), & finally "Juno" (which I loved).