The Highs and Lows of ‘06

A couple of days into ‘07 and I’m sick with a cold. Taking my chance I’ve taken a look back at 2006…

The Best Films

• Munich
• Cars
• Brick
• Casino Royale
• Hustle & Flow

The OK Films

• Jarhead
• V for Vendetta
• MI: III
• The Break-up
• Superman Returns
• POTC2
• Monster House
• The Devil Wears Prada
• World Trade Center
• Inside Man
• Charlotte’s Web
• Eragon
• Happy Feet
• The Last Holiday
• Just Like Heaven

The downright lousy films

• Ice Age 2: The Meltdown
• The Da Vinci Code
• X-Men III: The Last Stand
  
• Over the Hedge
• Yours, Mine & Ours
• She’s the Man

The Best things in 2006

• Apple’s new intel-based Macbooks
• Nintendo Wii – so what if it ain’t as grunty in the graphics department – it’s damn fun to play!! And who would’ve thought my parents would be playing a console!
• The rise of Youtube and Digg – kept me entertained and informed throughout the year
• King Kong winning the best VFX oscar – Weta’s 4^th, my 1^st
• The Commonwealth Games – only because Fox 8 put on The Simpsons 24/7
• The World Baseball Classic – the Aussies crashed out (expectedly) and so did the US dream team!
• The Maroons come from behind victory to win the State of Origin for the first time in three years
• The Kangaroos extra-time win in the Tri-Nations final
• Australia regaining the Ashes. Sure the 3^rd test clinched it, but it was practically in our grasp after that amazing 5^th day win in Adelaide
• My grandma’s 90^th birthday and family reunion

Worst Moments

• Grey’s Anatomy
• Big Brother – need I say more?
• Channel 10’s NYE coverage (just sneaks in)
• Channel 9 dusting off Bert Newton and hoisting him back on air
• The Commonwealth games – who cares anymore?
• Barry Bonds passing Babe Ruth’s 714 home run mark – cheat! How this guy gets a pass from bay area fans and A-Rod gets jeered is beyond me
• The Cardinals winning the World Series – not that I’m a Tiger’s fan; I just hate the Cardinals
• Brokeback Mountain winning the oscar for Best Score. WTF?!? That repetitive guitar riff…?
• watching Australia score a world record 434 runs in a one-day international against South Africa at Wanderers in Johannesburg. How’s that disappointing? Staying up ‘til 3.30am to watch South Africa score 435 with one ball to go!
• World Cup 2006. The Socceroos played their hearts out and made the 2^nd round only to fall to some dodgy theatrics from those Italian thespians. That, and the fact that I worked all the way through it!
• Getting a job at ILM on POTC3 only to fall 2 years short of necessary work experience for the e-3 visa!