Top 9 of 2006 - Con't...

#8: Flags of Our Fathers

Who would've thought good 'ol Clint Eastwood could pull off a bitchin' war movie? I have not however seen it's sister companion, 'Letters from Iwo Jima.' But I probably will at some point. This film is based on the famous photograph that was taken of the 6 men who raised the American flag at the battle of Iwo Jima. Our story basically begins after the war, where the 6 men are dealing with the apparent rise to fame from being shot in an iconic picture on a mountain top in Iwo Jima. However, the film does refer back many times to events that took place during the war. I'm not usually a big fan of war movies...but I do like a few. Mel Gibson's 'We Were Soldiers' ranks up pretty high on my list. As well as 'Black Hawk Down', 'Platoon' and 'Courage Under Fire.'

Jeez, is Spring here yet??

It would seem that these winters are never-ending. Cold. Blistery. Man, I'm ready for Spring. I have been drawing some lately. Here. There. The drawing I'm currently working on is actually a re-do of an older drawing I started that went sour from too many eraser efforts. It's of Princess Leia and her mother, Padme. I'll post it up once it's done.

In the meantime, I thought I'd share some movie opinions with you. Every year I used to send out a top ten list of my favorite movies of the previous year. Well, I'm too lazy to do that, so I'll post them here for all to see. As a result from kind of a ho-hum year in movies, I'm only doing my top 9 for 2006. Let's face it, aside from Superman Returns, the year was just very blah for me.

So, without further delay...

#9: Lucky Number Slevin

That's right. This is one of those you killed someone I loved a long time ago...now I'm going to make you pay for it kind of movies. In a really, really twisted way. This movie also comes with a popular cast including, Bruce Willis, Josh Hartnett, Lucy Liu and Morgan Freeman. It's original and keeps you guessing throughout. Definitely a sleeper film.