2006's Oscar Nominees

This set of nominees has to be the worst-aged of the decade.

2003 and 2004 both give it a run.

Had Dreamgirls taken the Iwo Jima slot, as expected, then we'd really be talking.

and what would we say?

"And I am telling you ..."

I've only seen one of these movies and it was bad

The movies competing at Cannes that year, fwiw...

Babel by Alejandro González Iñárritu
The Caiman by Nanni Moretti
Charlie Says by Nicole Garcia
Chronicle of an Escape by Israel Adrián Caetano
Climates by Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Colossal Youth by Pedro Costa
Days of Glory by Rachid Bouchareb
The Family Friend by Paolo Sorrentino
Fast Food Nation by Richard Linklater
Flanders by Bruno Dumont
Lights in the Dusk by Aki Kaurismäki
Marie Antoinette by Sofia Coppola
Pan's Labyrinth by Guillermo del Toro
Red Road by Andrea Arnold
The Right of the Weakest by Lucas Belvaux
Southland Tales by Richard Kelly
Summer Palace by Lou Ye
Volver by Pedro Almodóvar
When I Was a Singer by Xavier Giannoli
The Wind That Shakes the Barley by Ken Loach

that's a long list of movies a lot better than babel. also, babel.

Haven't seen Iwo Jima but would take the last shot of the departed over any of the rest

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I almost always find something to vote for in these things, but I only saw #2 and #4, and while #2 was better, not enough enthusiasm to actually vote for it.

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