#145: 2006 Blowout
Discoveries/breakthroughs
Sam
1. Ryan Gosling, HALF NELSON
2. David Jacobson, DOWN IN THE VALLEY
3. James Marsh, THE KING
4. Shia LeBeouf, BOBBY/GUIDE TO RECOGNIZING YOUR SAINTS
5. Jonah Hill, ACCEPTED
ADAM
1. Guillermo Del Toro, PAN’S LABYRINTH
2. Kevin MacDonald, LAST KING OF SCOTLAND
3. Ryan Gosling, HALF NELSON
4. Neil Burger, THE ILLUSIONIST
5. Anthony Mackie, HALF NELSON/WE ARE MARSHALL
Overrated
SAM
1. The Queen
2. Borat
3. The Departed
4. Little Miss Sunshine
5. Casino Royale
ADAM
1. An Inconvenient Truth
2. Flags of Our Fathers
3. Borat
4. Babel
5. Dreamgirls
Underrated
SAM
1. American Dreamz
2. The King
3. Idiocracy
4. The Notorious Bettie Page
5. The Pursuit of Happyness
ADAM
1. Bobby
2. Accepted
3. The Lake House
4. The Fountain
5. The Break-Up
Surprises
SAM
1. Jennifer Aniston, THE BREAK-UP
2. Rosario Dawson, CLERKS 2
3. Keri Russell, M:I:3
4. The Pursuit of Happyness
5. Will Ferrell, STRANGER THAN FICTION
ADAM
1. Kirsten Dunst, MARIE ANTOINETTE
2. Jennifer Aniston, THE BREAK-UP
3. Penélope Cruz, VOLVER
4. The Lake House
5. Casino Royale
Disappointments
SAM
1. All the King’s Men
2. A Scanner Darkly
3. Jackass Number Two
4. Art School Confidential
5. Talladega Nights
6. Tristram Shandy
ADAM
1. Mark Wahlberg, INVINCIBLE
2. Jodie Foster, INSIDE MAN
3. Julianne Moore, CHILDREN OF MEN
4. Babel
5. Borat
6. Superman Returns
Owes Apology to (according to other host)
SAM
1. Kevin MacDonald, LAST KING OF SCOTLAND
2. Jack Nicholson, THE DEPARTED
ADAM
1. Ed Norton, David Jacobson, DOWN IN THE VALLEY
2. Chris Weitz, AMERICAN DREAMZ
Memorable Scenes
SAM
1. Stefane admits love in dream, SCIENCE OF SLEEP
2. Urban battle & birth, CHILDREN OF MEN
3. Star-spangled threeway, SHORTBUS
4. ‘Trilogy’ talk, CLERKS 2
5. Any scene with Woody Harrelson and John C. Reilly, PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION
ADAM
1. Urban battle, CHILDREN OF MEN
2. Star-spangled threeway, SHORTBUS
3. Confronting drug dealer, HALF NELSON
4. Recruiting Costigan, THE DEPARTED
5. Dying with honor, LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA
Truly Moving Moments
SAM
1. Final scene, PAN’S LABYRINTH
2. Goodbye to families, UNITED 93
3. Final scene, PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS
4. Kid wearing Vince’s jersey, INVINCIBLE
ADAM
1. Rescue, WORLD TRADE CENTER
2. Meeting, THE LAKE HOUSE
3. Final scene, PAN’S LABYRINTH
4. Gardner gets the job, PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS
5. Talking to baby before war, LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA
Best endings
SAM
1. A Prairie Home Companion
2. Children of Men
3. Pan’s Labyrinth
4. The Pursuit of Happyness
5. The Science of Sleep
ADAM
1. Inside Man
2. The Prestige
3. Little Miss Sunshine
4. A Prairie Home Companion
5. Pan’s Labyrinth
Villians
SAM
1. Ramirez Amilcar, APOCALYPTO
2. Philip Seymour Hoffman, M:I:3
ADAM
1. George W. Bush, SHUT UP AND SING
2. J. Earle Hailey, LITTLE CHILDREN
3. Philip Seymour Hoffman, M:I:3
4. Sergio Lopez, PAN’S LABYRINTH
5. Christian Bale/Hugh Jackman, THE PRESTIGE