top 50 films for the half decade; Kalo's list begins! (pg. 45)

[Ethan Hunt]

First Class is excellent, and I obviously approve of Ghost Protocol and The Fault in Our Stars

[Kalo]

35) The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug - 2013

 

 

The Best of the Hobbit films, best paced, best action, best dragon scene.

 

 

 

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[Kalo]

34) Django Unchained - 2012

 

 

Quentin Tarantino is at it again with Django Unchained this time, which is brutal, raw, funny and a pretty sweet film. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Kalo]

33) The Hunger Games - 2012

 

 

Jennifer Lawrence breaths life into Katniss completely owning the character, the world of Panem fully realized here, and it harsh and beautiful, if it weren't for the horrible "Mutation" letdown in third act, Hunger Games would be a near perfect film. 

 

 

 

 

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=do1smOv8rf4

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[Kalo]

32) The Impossible - 2012 

 

 

Naomi Watts and Ewan McGregor, are fantastic, in this fight for survival film about family and love, an excellent film. also if you want too see what the new Spider-Man is like, Tom Holland might put some of your fears to rest.  

 

 

 

[Kalo]

31) The Help - 2011

 

 

A stacked cast, leading a film about prejudice civil rights persecucion, love.. and pies.      

 

 

 

[Kalo]

30) Fruitvale Station - 2013

 

 

One of the last films to watch before creating this list, boy was I glad I did, not gonna lie it made me cry.. a lot.

 

 

 

[Kalo]

29) Mud - 2013

 

 

An incredible southern coming of age drama, with masterful filmmaking and performances.

 

 

[Kalo]

28) Wreck-It Ralph - 2012

 

 

Disney really returned to form in the 10s, in my opinion toppling the quality of most recent Pixar films , Wreck-it Ralph is unique, funny imaginative and heartfelt, a modern disney classic. and "I'm Gonna Wreck it!"

 

 

 

[Kalo]

27) How To Train Your Dragon 2 - 2014

 

 

How To Train Your Dragon 2, is a darker more mature sequel to a fantastic film, if How To Train Your Dragon 3 can keep the pace of the first to, it could be my favorite animated trilogy ever.

 

 

 

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asjzZ0-Zk8Y  

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[Kalo]

26) Captain America: The First Avenger - 2011

 

 

I know some consider this a weaker MCU film, I don't, it's an excellent period piece. Chris Evans knocks it out of the park as Captain America, as well as a great supporting cast. it's climax may be a bit o a letdown, but for some reason almost all of marvel's "Final action scenes" seem to be that way. 

 

 

 

[The Futurist]

When Hiccup becomes the Alpha, I was literally screaming at the screen : "Hell Fucking Yeah !"

 

Jlaw s perfomance in Hunger Games is Oscar worthy. She s the only reason I got invested in the movie, character, franchise.

My first Hunger Games screening I will never forget.

I was like : " Who s that girl that made me feel 100 emotions for two hours, that made me see/feel the world of the Hunger Games through Katniss' eyes ( just like the book was written in the first person). She s so good and talented".

Then, Youtube & Tumblr.

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[Kalo]

When Hiccup becomes the Alpha, I was literally screaming at the screen : "Hell Fucking Yeah !"

 

Jlaw s perfomance in Hunger Games is Oscar worthy. She s the only reason I got invested in the movie, character, franchise.

My first Hunger Games screening I will never forget.

I was like : " Who s that girl that made me feel 100 emotions for two hours, that made me see the world of the Hunger Games through Katniss' eyes ( just like the book was written in the first person). She s so good and talented".

Then, Youtube & Tumblr.

 

Imo Jennifer Lawrence deserved an Oscar nomination for Catching fire at the least. 

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[The Futurist]

Imo Jennifer Lawrence deserved an Oscar nomination for Catching fire at the least. 

 

You had me at Jennifer.

 

[Ethan Hunt]

So far 10 films in common with my list; not bad

[Kalo]

25) Thor - 2011

 

 

Yet another underrated marvel film, Chris Hemsworth pretty knocked Thor out of the park imo, I find Thor a very well balanced film just the right touch of fantasy, drama humor and action, for the light-hearted kind of film it is at least, love the family dynamic it has too. Thor is very close with First Avenger for me, so close they flip flop placements for me sometimes, but Thor has a pretty solid third act so it gets the edge. Heres hoping Ragnarok is better than The Dark World. 

 

 

 

[Kalo]

24) The Way Way Back - 2013

 

 

Yet another late watch to my list, this movie just really hit a chord with me, I found Duncan extremely relatable especially when I think back to that age in my life, it's also nice to see a movie about a young teen who isn't completely unkillable, anyways it's fantastic see it if you haven't!

 

 

 

[Kalo]

23) Locke - 2014

 

 

The Best Hardy performance I've seen, and considering he's my favorite actor of course a movie where he is the only on screen character would make my top 50 silly! not to worry 3 more Hardy movies still to come.

 

 

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[Kalo]

22) The Muppets - 2011

 

 

Fantastic film! hilarious, and Amy Adams and Jason Segel add a perfect touch to bring the muppets back to their former glory.  

 

 

 

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9_zKm2Ewaw  

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[Kalo]

21) How To Train Your Dragon - 2010

 

 

​A Masterpiece, beautiful coming of age story, with a breathtaking score, and gorgeous animation one of the best animated films to date.

 

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CJ96LGGP6w