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#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


 
 

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