Independence day... coz they saved the whole planet

I cant believe I have to choose! There have been som mnay great doco's over the last few years, trying to pick a favourite is difficult. SpellBound - this is about an Amercian Spelling Bee competition and is rather entertaining for what some people would deem is boring. I love watching topics and situations that are very foreign to NZer's and making them seem to connect to us (and other cultures around the world). Although spelling isnt foreign to NZer's, the whole US culture of Spelling Bee's and making everything into a competition is. A great bunch of people's journeys that interwind together into one last act. Others of mention I reckon; Grizzly Man, Deep Water, Cocaine Cowboys... I think you should give me the prize - I grabbed the festival guide the other day and there will be plenty I will go to...so one for free would be nice ha!

The Kid Stays in the Picture is such a great, innovative doco..How could one resist the story of a man who is part Casanova/part Don Quixote responsible for some of the greatest cinema in history..The doco is part Hollywood fantasy, part nightmare. It's the quintessential example that fact, at times can be stranger than fiction..Robert Evans is a hallucinatory and vivid American survivor, voracious, kind, eccentric, charming, isolated, alternately at the center and then at the fringes, both mogul and artist, tortured and determined to matter." and is best mates with Jack Nicholson..How cool is that..

My favourite documentary series (not a movie I know! That would probably be Young @ Heart) would have to be Planet Earth. There's nothing better than a Planet Earth day... surround sound, big TV and the most amazing pictures flitting across the screen in front of you. You cannot help but be constantly surprised and flabbergasted whilst watching it!

I watched Food Inc and thought it was wonderfully eye opening and informative.

I like to watch Doco's not because they are entertaining in a story telling way as films are but in a way to be entertained in a educational way.

Oldie but a goodie - When we were kings. Watching the build up to the Rumble in the Jungle is still fascinating

Oh I'm loving doco's at the moment, especially the quirky ones. Young @ Heart was brilliant, as was King of Kong - how they managed to get such a battle of good vs evil into an hour and a half about Donkey Kong was increadible. But my favourite all time doco was "My Date with Drew", one man's pursuit of a date with Drew Barrymore within 30 days - funny, sad, heart warming, edge-of-your-seat stuff - it was a little gem hiding at the bottom of the DVD shelf.

I love documentaries. I love ones that teach without appropriating the story of another voice. My least favourite documentary is definitely the Last Supper. It's about a fascinating concept, the ritual of giving a final meal to inmates on death row, and the various forms of this around the world. However, it seems to have been made by a bunch of art students and has whole scenes where the camera focuses on a candle in a piece of bread. Going round, and round, and round.

My favourite documentary, I do love Michael Moore because he's so polarising, and he takes such cheap shots. I loved the bit in Sicko where he valiantly donated money to save one of the anti Michael Moore squad from cancer. Anonymously? Maybe he missed the definition of anonymous.

Best documentary though is my penis and i. It was interesting, if a bit patriarchal and so well told. Check it out!

Young@heart wins for me hands down - it's inspirational regardless of your age. Unlikely travellers would come in a close second for the same reason.

Super High Me .. Fantastic!

And .. Bowling for Columbine