Top ten's hard for me this year, I think. There were a few movies I really dug, but most of the movies I saw this year I just...didn't care about that much. I still haven't seen Arrival or Rogue One, but if I had to make a top 10 it's probably...well, I hope I like them, I've seen more than 10 movies but I don't want to put some of them on a list like this, so it's a top 8 now
8) Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
7) ...Civil War?
6) Star Trek: Beyond
5) Ghostbusters
4) Zootopia
3) Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
2) Moana
1) 10 Cloverfield Lane
I saw Doctor Strange and it was fine but I don't like it enough to put it on here. I barely liked Civil War enough to put it on here. Magnificent 7 was also fine, but I had completely forgotten that it existed and it's not the first time that's happened since I saw it. Jason Bourne was completely superfluous and kind of bad, honestly. Worst movie I saw this year was Independence Day: Resurgence, which managed to fuck up everything that made the original movie good and pile on a bunch of extra awful shit whenever it could. It's kind of remarkable how bad that movie turned out to be.
I thought Deadpool was kind of shitty and all of its jokes were bad and I'm mad they shoved Colossus into a movie that was completely up its own ass. I saw one scene of Batman v Superman and it was when Batman finds out Superman's mom's name is ALSO Martha and it was somehow WAY WORSE than advertised, which I didn't think was possible
It was very definitely based on a science fiction short story, in the best way possible
Some odd editing in there and it could easily have had a couple more scenes of direct exposition without giving too much away or killing the pacing but overall it was very definitely solid. And god damn is having properly alien aliens refreshing.
Relistening to some of my favorite Moana tracks on Spotify, I'm remembering that "Shiny" is an extremely Flight of the Conchords song. Jermaine is basically doing his Bowie impression for, like, a third of it. That was a fantastic casting decision right there.
It's implied that humans have adapted to the toxic forest so much that they can no longer survive in an actually clean environment. So once the forest finishes purifying the land humanity will die.
I think it runs completely counter to Nausicaa's whole mission and the rest of the story. Plus, it's just a fucking bummer of an ending and I don't like those.
Nausicaa implied there was still a chance. People adapted to survive where they were, and were learning ways to deal with the world as it came. She chose to bank on that rather than accept that the architects of the world's demise deserved power. And even if she was wrong, it was better than letting tyrants and monsters have their way.
It's not a certainty, but if it was certain, they wouldn't call it hope.
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I still can't get over the decision to film Crouching Tiger 2 entirely in English.
I also get the impression that a lot of you - on those "strongly disagree, mildly disagree, neutral, mildly agree, strongly agree" tests - are the sort to fill in the strongly disagree and strongly agree bubbles as often as possible, based on movie opinions.
I still can't get over the decision to film Crouching Tiger 2 entirely in English.
I also get the impression that a lot of you - on those "strongly disagree, mildly disagree, neutral, mildly agree, strongly agree" tests - are the sort to fill in the strongly disagree and strongly agree bubbles as often as possible, based on movie opinions.
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It's not literally present, but it's the nature of the internet. Like how youtube used to have a star system but people only ever gave videos 1 or 5 star ratings. So they swapped it out for the thumbs up/thumbs down system they have now. Everything is either good or bad.
i saw all of arrival's emotionally manipulative tricks (not a condemnation -- they are tricks) coming from a mile away, so i sat there and waited for something to surprise me
it was pretty, it told a decent story, all the performances and effects were good, but it just didn't do enough different to really move me
meanwhile, i bawled my eyes out an episode of boy meets world i've seen a million times and watched later that night so you know
maybe it is me that is the broken one
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Kubo and Arrival both got me to cry in theaters.
The only other thing to do that in like 5-10 years was the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary.
Oh yeah, the ways Arrival tries to tug at your heartstrings are extremely blatant. And normally that doesn't work well with me, but it hit me really hard for some reason this time.
I can't say there's a clear number one and hell if I'm gonna rank 'em, but I remember a lot of movies being really good. I mean, within the last ten days, I've seen Arrival, Hell or High Water and Hunt for the Wilderpeople and these are all fantastic.
I still haven't seen Green Room though. I should really get around to that.
10 Cloverfield Lane was the biggest surprise for me this year, mostly because they kind of hid that it existed until like, a month before it was released, and then it was SUPER good. I could guess that I'd love Moana or Popstar going in, and a lot of the other movies I was really looking forward to didn't end up living up to expectations, so it was really nice to have something hit like that for me.
I really hope they turn Cloverfield into a weird anthology series where they don't even let anyone know they're making one until it's almost out.
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The only other thing to do that in like 5-10 years was the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary.
Tom Baker man.
The first TV show that ever made me cry was the finale of Babylon 5 where they do a controlled demolition of the space station.
The first book to make me cry was an Animorphs prequel novel.
So what I think I'm starting to realize is that sci-fi is more likely to open my tear ducts.
A lot of it for me is how fundamental that silly and quite often terrible show is for me. Somehow a copy of the Doctor Who Monster Book (Doctors 1-4) ended up in the library of my super rural town. And I when I was in kindergarten I would check it out incessantly and draw the monsters from it. No one else ever knew what I was ever on about so it felt like my own little hidden mythology.
As I grew up it ended up leading me into a lot of stuff a love. Hitchhiker's Guide off the top of my head. So it's got this super emotional connection for me.
Even if I'm the first to admit 90% of it is rubbish.
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i'm well aware
but my friends and I have drawn so much ironic enjoyment from it that I can't call it any less than a success (for me, personally)
although I'm actually surprised it came out this year it feels like so long ago
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8) Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
7) ...Civil War?
6) Star Trek: Beyond
5) Ghostbusters
4) Zootopia
3) Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
2) Moana
1) 10 Cloverfield Lane
I saw Doctor Strange and it was fine but I don't like it enough to put it on here. I barely liked Civil War enough to put it on here. Magnificent 7 was also fine, but I had completely forgotten that it existed and it's not the first time that's happened since I saw it. Jason Bourne was completely superfluous and kind of bad, honestly. Worst movie I saw this year was Independence Day: Resurgence, which managed to fuck up everything that made the original movie good and pile on a bunch of extra awful shit whenever it could. It's kind of remarkable how bad that movie turned out to be.
I thought Deadpool was kind of shitty and all of its jokes were bad and I'm mad they shoved Colossus into a movie that was completely up its own ass. I saw one scene of Batman v Superman and it was when Batman finds out Superman's mom's name is ALSO Martha and it was somehow WAY WORSE than advertised, which I didn't think was possible
Managed to squeeze enough onto the list to bump off both Batman vs Superman and Zoolander 2, even.
It was very definitely based on a science fiction short story, in the best way possible
Would you like to see the ruins my friend?
I recall liking The Arrival, but that line is literally the only thing I remember from it now.
Yeah, Jermaine's normal voice has a splash of Curry in it. And that tends to get pronounced when he's performing.
Going to treat myself to some cinema tomorrow.
Think maybe I'll just see two movies.
Probably Moana and Arrival?
I wan't to catch up on all the other marvel movies at some point and will probably just rent Dr Strange when it's available for that.
It's not a certainty, but if it was certain, they wouldn't call it hope.
Why I fear the ocean.
I also get the impression that a lot of you - on those "strongly disagree, mildly disagree, neutral, mildly agree, strongly agree" tests - are the sort to fill in the strongly disagree and strongly agree bubbles as often as possible, based on movie opinions.
legit offended rn
I honestly don't think I've seen that in the last few pages at all.
I've seen it on literally every post on the last few pages.
it's literally making me mad
Arrival is the only one I feel really strongly about?
And that's largely because it made me sob like a baby in the theater, so it kinda earned that.
And then do The Room and Room.
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I don't really know what that means
I've never seen either. So this is precisely how I'm going to see these for the first time.
I wouldn't call Arrival a children's film...
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it honestly doesn't really seem like my kind of thing
it was pretty, it told a decent story, all the performances and effects were good, but it just didn't do enough different to really move me
meanwhile, i bawled my eyes out an episode of boy meets world i've seen a million times and watched later that night so you know
maybe it is me that is the broken one
The only other thing to do that in like 5-10 years was the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary.
Tom Baker man.
But I think Moana might be at the top?
Not like the best movie, but probably my favorite. Just loved that movie.
Also TMNT 2 but I'm pretty sure that's a just me thing
I can't even really explain why it did.
The first TV show that ever made me cry was the finale of Babylon 5 where they do a controlled demolition of the space station.
The first book to make me cry was an Animorphs prequel novel.
So what I think I'm starting to realize is that sci-fi is more likely to open my tear ducts.
I can't say there's a clear number one and hell if I'm gonna rank 'em, but I remember a lot of movies being really good. I mean, within the last ten days, I've seen Arrival, Hell or High Water and Hunt for the Wilderpeople and these are all fantastic.
I still haven't seen Green Room though. I should really get around to that.
I really hope they turn Cloverfield into a weird anthology series where they don't even let anyone know they're making one until it's almost out.
A lot of it for me is how fundamental that silly and quite often terrible show is for me. Somehow a copy of the Doctor Who Monster Book (Doctors 1-4) ended up in the library of my super rural town. And I when I was in kindergarten I would check it out incessantly and draw the monsters from it. No one else ever knew what I was ever on about so it felt like my own little hidden mythology.
As I grew up it ended up leading me into a lot of stuff a love. Hitchhiker's Guide off the top of my head. So it's got this super emotional connection for me.
Even if I'm the first to admit 90% of it is rubbish.