2017
Near end of the year "Top 10"movie list. I saw 97 “new movies” (feature length movies seen this year that have come out in the past 18 months), but I am still in the process of watching a ton of movies. Prestige/award show time of the year.
Favorite Feature Films of 2017 (that I have seen thus far):
1. Dunkirk - 8+/10
2. The Big Sick - 8+/9-/10
3. Lady Bird - 8/10
4. Raw - 8/10
5. Blade Runner 2049 - 7+/8-/10
6. A Ghost Story - 7+/8-/10
7. The Florida Project - 7+/8-/10
8. Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing, MO - 7+/8-/10
9. Personal Shopper 7+/10
10. The Square - 7-/10
Honorable Mentions:
It Comes At Night – 7+/10
The Beguiled – 7/10
Baby Driver – 7-/10
"Not sure if it counts for this year or last year" special pick:
I, Daniel Blake - 8-/10
Worst of the Year:
The Great Wall - 2+/10
Baywatch - 2+/10
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets - 2+/3-3/10
xXx: Return of Xander Cage - 3-/10
Movies that didn’t work for me but everyone else loved:
Get Out - upon 2nd viewing, I liked it more, but I still don’t think it is quite the cat’s pajamas
Star Wars Last Jedi - I am happy that so many loved it. I did not. I am not a troll or angry fanboy. I just thought it was a sloppy misstep and didn't function well as a film. Oh well.
Superhero Films Ranking:
*Did not see Lego Batman yet*
A sampling of ones I couldn’t/didn’t get to yet that might have what it takes. This is what happens when you aren't a professional critic and don't live on one of the coasts. :
The Post, Shape of Water, Call Me By Your Name, Phantom Thread, I, Tonya, among many many others…