That One Girl Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 *Golden Globe nominee Ansel Elgort 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aabattery Posted December 31, 2017 Author Share Posted December 31, 2017 Director ~ James Gunn Trailer IMDB RT ~ 83% BO ~ 863.6M I'm a sucker for some Marvel movies. But I thought this one was properly good. It's got a really strong emotional backbone, especially for this kind of blockbuster, and it's funny! Not perfect by any means but it really did feel like James Gunn's movie, and it's always nice to see that creative vision come through in films this big. Kurt Russell is fantastic; I am not opposed to throwing Kurt Russell into every single one of these things. I liked the first one quite a bit, but GOTG 2 is probably my favourite of the two. This is how sequels should be done. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aabattery Posted December 31, 2017 Author Share Posted December 31, 2017 Director ~ William Oldroyd Trailer IMDB RT ~ 89% BO ~ 3.9M Florence Pugh is a revelation. She is so damn good in this. The whole thing is great, but Florence Pugh elevates it all to the next level. Watching her characters moral descent over the course of the film is deeply engrossing and gives you that juicy, slightly uncomfortable feeling you get from watching bad people do bad things on screen. The film looks fab as well. Great costume design and what-not. Real solid stuff. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That One Girl Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 ayy Lady Macbeth appears 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aabattery Posted December 31, 2017 Author Share Posted December 31, 2017 Director ~ James Gray Trailer IMDB RT ~ 87% BO ~ 17.2M Explorers out explorin'. I've always loved this sort of thing. All the politics and the journeys make for a good-ass film in my eyes. Charlie Hunnam actually does a decent job. He doesn't sound like a simulation of how normal humans speak in this one. Pattinson is fine (better in Good Time though). And man does this movie look nice. One of the prettiest movies of the year. The fact that they made such a gorgeous film with such beautiful locations for only 30M is super impressive. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aabattery Posted December 31, 2017 Author Share Posted December 31, 2017 Director ~ James Franco Trailer IMDB RT ~ 92% BO ~ 18.6M James Franco and co made themselves a good movie about a bad movie. James Franco does a fantastic job of becoming Tommy Wiseau and Dave Franco does a bad job of growing a real beard. The film is, as expected, very funny but surprisingly touching. Tugs on the heartstrings a lot more than I expected, anyway. The cherry on top is Zac Efron, who's performance will stay with us for the ages to come. He's very good in this. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aabattery Posted December 31, 2017 Author Share Posted December 31, 2017 Director ~ Chad Stahelski Trailer IMDB RT ~ 89% BO ~ 171.5M Fuck eOne. This movie is dope. I like it when Keanu Reeves is a badass doing badass things. There's not much more to it than that. Cool movie is cool and I like it. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aabattery Posted December 31, 2017 Author Share Posted December 31, 2017 Director ~ Bong Joon-ho Trailer IMDB RT ~ 86% BO ~ Zilch Gonna stand on my soapbox to declare that everyone who thinks Jake Gyllenhaal is bad in this is "dumb" and "wrong." Dude rules. He's so good. I only wish there was more of him in the movie. The movie itself is great. Gotta hand it to Netflix for handing over the cash to make a movie like this. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That One Girl Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 Netflix, Bong Joon-Ho, and Jake Gyllenhaal when Okja gets on the list: 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aabattery Posted December 31, 2017 Author Share Posted December 31, 2017 Director ~ Dee Rees Trailer IMDB RT ~ 97% BO ~ Nada Two Netflix movies in a row. Studio's gonna have to start paying me soon. Anywho, Mudbound is really, really good. It's all done so beautifully and it's got an incredibly powerful story. Throw on some masterclass performances from pretty much everyone in the cast, and you've got yourself a film that really sticks with you. If you haven't checked this out yet, you have no excuse unless you don't have Netflix in which case get Netflix and watch this. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aabattery Posted December 31, 2017 Author Share Posted December 31, 2017 Director ~ Denis Villeneuve Trailer IMDB RT ~ 87% BO ~ not enough : ( A worthy sequel to the original Blade Runner, Denis knocks it out of the park. Deakins is firing on all cylinders for this one and the movie looks really, really good because of it. So much care and love went into every aspect of this movie, and you can see it all on screen. It's a shame it bombed because you don't get 150M+ films that are this thoughtful and cerebral very often, but at least this film got made. Really good stuff. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aabattery Posted January 1, 2018 Author Share Posted January 1, 2018 Director ~ Tom King Trailer IMDB RT ~ 100% BO ~ 95.44M These movies are way better than they have any right to be. They're so nice and endearing and everything is just so damn likeable. This one is even better than they already very good first movie but everything just works. It looks so damn good. It's one of the best looking family films I've ever seen. Hugh Grant shows McAvoy how multiple characters are done; he's absolutely hysterical in this. He even has a musical number! It's so good. Hail Tom King. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That One Girl Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 First you and now The Panda giving Blade Runner a lower spot than #1. Very bad. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4815162342 Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 11 minutes ago, That One Guy said: First you and now The Panda giving Blade Runner a lower spot than #1. Very bad. The odds of Blade Runner 2049 being #1 on every list were never in your favor 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That One Girl Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 Just now, 4815162342 said: The odds of Blade Runner 2049 being #1 on every list were never in your favor Never tell me the odds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4815162342 Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 3 minutes ago, That One Guy said: Never tell me the odds. Didn't work out well for the last guy Spoiler 2 4 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WrathOfHan Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 19 minutes ago, aabattery said: Hugh Grant shows McAvoy how multiple characters are done Oh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPink Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 3 minutes ago, 4815162342 said: Didn't work out well for the last guy Hide contents Thank you. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aabattery Posted January 1, 2018 Author Share Posted January 1, 2018 6 minutes ago, WrathOfHan said: Oh? He's so much better and it's not even close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Panda Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 30 minutes ago, That One Guy said: First you and now The Panda giving Blade Runner a lower spot than #1. Very bad. I at least put it at #2! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
