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mynameisraj
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Posted on: 15-01-07 20:37:34

Thought I'll share the following movies from 2006 that we have watched and loved (in that order):

The Illusionist
The Pursuit Of Happyness
Babel
Little Children
The Queen
Half Nelson
Hard Candy
Little Miss Sunshine
Rocky Balboa
Thank You For Smoking
The Road To Guantanamo
Crank
The Black Dahlia
Borat (we were rolling on the floor laughing...but I am not sure this sort of comedy appeals to all)

Pre-2006 (had some catching up to do):
Green Street Hooligans
21 Grams
The Descent

Movies at my disposal yet to be watched:
Blood Diamond
Perfume - The Story Of a Murderer
All The King's Men
Invincible
Shogun Assassin (1980)

JRF
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Posted on: 15-01-07 22:33:47

Thanks for sharing your choices...
Now I've zipped most of 'em and are in my queue...

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investpro
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Posted on: 15-01-07 23:17:44

Casino Royale.

Blood diamond- Excellent! Leonardo has done a good job. But I saw that last week- 2007.

Pirates of the Caribbean-Dead Man's chest.

The Departed.

The Good Shepherd.

Dhoom 2.

Kabul Express.

Maharaj
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Posted on: 17-01-07 10:36:57

My Top 5:
Lage Raho Munnabhai
Rang De Basanti
Omkara
Golmaal
Dor

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alexm
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Posted on: 17-01-07 13:24:37

Perhaps there should be separate entries for good English and Hindi films, as there is a 'slight' different in quality between the two.

chandresh
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Posted on: 17-01-07 13:52:04

Surprising to note that you did not like any Indian movie.

Chandresh

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Originally posted by mynameisraj

Thought I'll share the following movies from 2006 that we have watched and loved (in that order):

The Illusionist
The Pursuit Of Happyness
Babel
Little Children
The Queen
Half Nelson
Hard Candy
Little Miss Sunshine
Rocky Balboa
Thank You For Smoking
The Road To Guantanamo
Crank
The Black Dahlia
Borat (we were rolling on the floor laughing...but I am not sure this sort of comedy appeals to all)

Pre-2006 (had some catching up to do):
Green Street Hooligans
21 Grams
The Descent

Movies at my disposal yet to be watched:
Blood Diamond
Perfume - The Story Of a Murderer
All The King's Men
Invincible
Shogun Assassin (1980)

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alexm
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Posted on: 17-01-07 14:02:20

I watch Hindi movies once in a while and find them mostly to be a waste of time. Case in point, everyone is talking of the new direction Amir Khan is taking with his new movies. People said good things about Rang De Basanti so I thought I'd give it a shot.

Spent two+ hours and found it mediocre at best, with not coherent link between the first and second half of the movie. And the Indian media highlights why it was dropped from consideration for the foreign film Oscar's.

In contrast, I see movies like The Departed (great) and Babel (pretty decent) and the movie going experience is completely different.

A good movie is a good movie, regardless of the language. I don't want to sit through 50 movies to see (maybe) 2 passable movies.

The last movie I liked was Company. I thought it was well done, though I happened to see it because it was on TV and I didn't have anything to do at that time. Again, because of my general experience I'm reluctant to give most Hindi movies a shot.

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