Since I'm still going to movies mostly in family mode, Jumanji has been the best movie we've seen in awhile.
Favorite Movies of 2017
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Finally caught Get Out tonight. Wow. I didn’t know what to expect, but that wouldn’t have been it if I did. Very original
Excellent first half, but after a particular character exits the film, I think it loses momentum and focus. Much of the happenstance of the plot in the second half relies on improbable coincidences (the guy at the bar with Sam Rockwell) or people doing insane things and nothing bad happening to them (who else would have burned the police station down than the mom? nobody even tried to investigate her even with the flimsy alibi? did she really just kick a couple of teenagers in the crotch and nobody did anything about it? really?) that kind of made me lose touch with the rawness of the emotions a little bit. Still a good movie, though. Love me some Woody.
Most movies rely on the highly improbable though, so I typically am willing to suspend disbelief (as Stephen King would say).
I do not disagree with you. You have to turn off your brain a little bit.
But that was after the other ones happened. I felt like the second half was just not written as well. Actions needed to be seen with reasonable consequences.
Well, once I started sensing a Coen vibe (which I love), I started letting things go.
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi
- Guardians of the Galaxy: Volume 2
- Atomic Blonde
- Baby Driver
- Thor: Ragnarok
- Wonder Woman
- Pixar's Cars 3
- Kingsman: The Golden Circle
- Power Rangers
- The Fate of the Furious
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
- Baywatch
Interesting. Love seeing the opinion. Last Jedi for me is definitely not as high, but I get that movie is pretty divisive and some people really love it. As for Atomic Blonde, I really did NOT like that movie.
Saw The Post last night. While not the greatest movie in the world, I found it had that Spielberg entertainment quality that I always love and can identify with. The acting was great like usual from Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks, Spielberg played up the suspense really well, and I walked away enjoying the movie. Can't ask for much more. However, there are definitely a TON of other Spielberg movies I'd rank higher than it.
After powering through some of the Oscar films as of lately, man, I've got to admit that it was not endearing in the slightest to the Oscars and its voters. If they are trying to shed their image at all of being an elitist clique of rich, old, West-Coasters that only care about small artsy indie movies, they aren't helping their cause in the slightest. In fact, I'd argue they've drifted so much off the mark in the past few years, its almost hard to remember that movies like Braveheart, Titanic, Lord of the Rings, Rocky.... etc. ever won Oscars. Shoot, movies like those wouldn't and don't even get nominated anymore.
What I watched lately was The Shape of Water, Three Billboards, I, Tonya, and The Post, and I had already seen movies like Get Out, Dunkirk and Coco. The Shape of Water was good, worthy of a nomination, but not even Del Toros best work (Pan's Labyrinth is best). Three Billboards was totally overrated in my mind. It had good performances (albeit, typical over-the-top ones Hollywood eats up), but this is the cliche movie Hollywood loves to pat themselves on the back for, not to mention the movie has some glaring flaws to it. Get Out was good, but overrated and propped up more than it should be due to its social contexts. Dunkirk was arguably my least-favorite Nolan movie and doesn't even belong in the same category as a movie like The Dark Knight (Nolan movie that never got nominated) or Saving Private Ryan. I was actually bored during it. Coco was great and deserved all its accolades. I, Tonya was purely good performances (again, over-the-top) and that was it. I actually thought the movie was just bad. Lastly, the Post was a great modern-day Spielberg movie, but doesn't even deserve to make his top-ten list of greatest movies he has ever directed.
So, now looking back on what I've seen so far, even though I will, I'd hardly say I'm super motivated to catch up with a bunch of the other Oscar nominated movies like Lady Bird, Call Me By Your Name, The Darkest Hour or Phantom Thread, as I somewhat can guess what I'm going to get at this point. When looking at the overall list simply for best picture, you still can't tell me that all those movies are better than movies like Logan, Baby Driver, Molly's Game, War for the Planet of the Apes, Wonder Woman, IT, Beauty and the Beast, The Greatest Showman... etc.. Not a single one of these most liked movies by the public of 2017 made the list. No, what they chose just fit their elitist indie mold better. Shoot, it seems illegal for movies to even have fun anymore. So, when I keep seeing stories of ratings drops for Oscar award shows, I'm sorry, but I don't feel the least bit sorry for you. You guys are making your own bed and need only look at your own history to see the the problems.
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What I watched lately was The Shape of Water, Three Billboards, I, Tonya, and The Post, and I had already seen movies like Get Out, Dunkirk and Coco. The Shape of Water was good, worthy of a nomination, but not even Del Toros best work (Pan's Labyrinth is best). Three Billboards was totally overrated in my mind. It had good performances (albeit, typical over-the-top ones Hollywood eats up), but this is the cliche movie Hollywood loves to pat themselves on the back for, not to mention the movie has some glaring flaws to it. Get Out was good, but overrated and propped up more than it should be due to its social contexts. Dunkirk was arguably my least-favorite Nolan movie and doesn't even belong in the same category as a movie like The Dark Knight (Nolan movie that never got nominated) or Saving Private Ryan. I was actually bored during it. Coco was great and deserved all its accolades. I, Tonya was purely good performances (again, over-the-top) and that was it. I actually thought the movie was just bad. Lastly, the Post was a great modern-day Spielberg movie, but doesn't even deserve to make his top-ten list of greatest movies he has ever directed.
So, now looking back on what I've seen so far, even though I will, I'd hardly say I'm super motivated to catch up with a bunch of the other Oscar nominated movies like Lady Bird, Call Me By Your Name, The Darkest Hour or Phantom Thread, as I somewhat can guess what I'm going to get at this point. When looking at the overall list simply for best picture, you still can't tell me that all those movies are better than movies like Logan, Baby Driver, Molly's Game, War for the Planet of the Apes, Wonder Woman, IT, Beauty and the Beast, The Greatest Showman... etc.. Not a single one of these most liked movies by the public of 2017 made the list. No, what they chose just fit their elitist indie mold better. Shoot, it seems illegal for movies to even have fun anymore. So, when I keep seeing stories of ratings drops for Oscar award shows, I'm sorry, but I don't feel the least bit sorry for you. You guys are making your own bed and need only look at your own history to see the the problems.
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I got the BluRay of Blade Runner 2049 and have watched it once.
It, and the original, should have been named Tedious and Tedious 2.
The look of the movie was, I thought, fantastic.
Maybe it's my old addled brain but having zero idea WTF was going on is a huge drawback.
The Oscars are totally irrelevant at this point to wide swaths of America.
That said, I really, really want to see Ladybird. For somebody my age it's probably right in my wheelhouse.
I thought I would absolutely love Baby Driver, but I honestly found it to be kind of a bummer.
My 2017 film rankings. Disclaimer: can only rank the ones I've seen. (Second disclaimer: I don't get out to see very many films.)
Loved
Molly's Game
Beauty and the Beast
Logan
Wonder Woman
Thor: Ragnarok
Baby Driver
Good
I, Tonya
Meh
Justice League
Spider Man: Homecoming
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Terrible
Star Wars The Last Jedi
Walked Out/Quit Watching Before It Ended
Dunkirk
Haven't Seen Yet, But Will Be Watching Soon:
Atomic Blonde
It
Get Out
The Greatest Showman
Jumanji
Loved
Molly's Game
Beauty and the Beast
Logan
Wonder Woman
Thor: Ragnarok
Baby Driver
Good
I, Tonya
Meh
Justice League
Spider Man: Homecoming
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Terrible
Star Wars The Last Jedi
Walked Out/Quit Watching Before It Ended
Dunkirk
Haven't Seen Yet, But Will Be Watching Soon:
Atomic Blonde
It
Get Out
The Greatest Showman
Jumanji