baumer Posted January 4, 2015 Author Share Posted January 4, 2015 Go Ethan. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethan Hunt Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 OK I'm doing my top ten but I have 5 honorable mentions. They are: If I Stay The Lego Movie 3 Days to Kill Godzilla The Amazing Spiderman 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethan Hunt Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 10. How To Train Your Dragon 2 Well it's pretty well know that I dislike How to train Your Dragon. I find it to be an incredibly generic antimation. THat is not the case at all with this film. This one follows the characters several years later. I dug the relationship with Toothless and Hiccup. The whole thing with finding his mom and all is great and works at bringing up emotions in the characters and the viewers. The scope of this movie is massive. THat first battle sequence is ridiculous and really the highpoint of the movie. I heard that there was some emotional stuff in this movie, as I said I was skeptical of the film having not liked the first one but it all worked for me (minus the song) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethan Hunt Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 9. Edge of Tomorrow Let's get this out of the way; I'm a massive Tom Cruise fan. The dude has great charisma and always seems to pick good movies. I'd been excited for this one for a while (in fact it was my most anticapated film of the year.) I wasn't let down. The film follows Lt. Bill Cage who is thrown into war. He obtains the ability to relive the day over and over. The opening scene is witty and incredibly entertaing. This leads into the first battle scene. Let me talk about the battle scenes in this movie; They're incredible, Very ADHD in nature, with a large scale. Now the character of Cage manages to be very witty as he relives the day with the way he says and does things. Emily Blunt also plays a big role in this movie. She is great in the role, really badass. So this film functions as a verry witty yet intense sci-fi/action flick with strong performances from it's leads 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dementeleus Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 I'll get to mine soon, I promise. In the meantime, a random piece of trivia: the total budget for my current top 10 is $408m (aided massively by one movie). 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Empire Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 I'll get to mine soon, I promise. In the meantime, a random piece of trivia: the total budget for my current top 10 is $408m (aided massively by one movie). It's Godzilla, isn't it? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dementeleus Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 It's Godzilla, isn't it? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avatree Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 I'll get to mine soon, I promise. In the meantime, a random piece of trivia: the total budget for my current top 10 is $408m (aided massively by one movie). $1.3B here. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Panda Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 10. How To Train Your Dragon 2 Well it's pretty well know that I dislike How to train Your Dragon. I find it to be an incredibly generic antimation. THat is not the case at all with this film. This one follows the characters several years later. I dug the relationship with Toothless and Hiccup. The whole thing with finding his mom and all is great and works at bringing up emotions in the characters and the viewers. The scope of this movie is massive. THat first battle sequence is ridiculous and really the highpoint of the movie. I heard that there was some emotional stuff in this movie, as I said I was skeptical of the film having not liked the first one but it all worked for me (minus the song) Minus the song? Wut. I mean you're young, you might not get it, but that song is literally what made httyd2 great. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethan Hunt Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 Minus the song? Wut. I mean you're young, you might not get it, but that song is literally what made httyd2 great. As a singer, I can't stand bad singing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Panda Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 (edited) As a singer, I can't stand bad singing. As a music major working towards a PhD in Music Therapy, I can say the two of them were effective, engaging, and stylistically correct. A viking singing a personal folk song when caught up in a recent storm of emotions isn't going sound like Bing Crosby, but it doesn't make it bad. Edited January 5, 2015 by The Panda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dementeleus Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 Don't forget: Ethan doesn't much like Bob Dylan for the same reason. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Panda Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 (edited) Don't forget: Ethan doesn't much like Bob Dylan for the same reason. I guess Ethan should just stay far away from folk music then. (Or real folk music, and not the hipster rock bands like Mumford and Sons that think they're folk) Edited January 5, 2015 by The Panda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethan Hunt Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 Don't forget: Ethan doesn't much like Bob Dylan for the same reason. I've never listened to Bob Dylan so I don't know what you're talking about Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dementeleus Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 I've never listened to Bob Dylan so I don't know what you're talking about Who was it then? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethan Hunt Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 Who was it then? The Beatles are the only ones I remember bashing on here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozymandias Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 I'll do a top 10 around the end of this month, there are still a few movies I really want to see. I only see on average about 20 movies a year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 (edited) The Beatles are the only ones I remember bashing on here. Nononononononononono Edited January 5, 2015 by Alpha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasmmi Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 I'll add myself to here but not before Jan 22nd ish when I believe Korea finally gets Big Hero 6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avatree Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 The Beatles are the only ones I remember bashing on here. I'll defend you, Ethan. I can't stand the Beatles. Though the song in HTTYD2 is fantastic... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...