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Top 5 Best and Worst Movies of 2015
2015 was a pretty good year for movies, so much so I’m making a fucking list about it. I haven’t actually seen that many movies this year so I’m only doing 5 on each side, and some of the “worst’ movies aren’t that bad, but I needed kindling.
Honorable Mentions
Ex Machina, The Martian, Ant-Man, Kingsmen, Avengers Age Of Ultron, and Anomalisa
#5 Best: Inside out
I’ve said before, we’re in a golden age of animation, and stuff like inside out is why. Smart, funny, heartfelt and really deep in a lot of ways, Inside Out was proof that you don’t be live action to have a real affect on people.
#5 Worst: The Hateful 8
“W-what? You didn’t like this movie?” Yeah, I really didn’t. Technically, this movie was top notch. Fantastic score, great cinematography, but aside from that? God, all the characters were disgusting, I it was way to long, and it just felt like an endurance test on dealing with horrible people. I can’t really fault the movie for having horrible people as its main focus considering it was called the Hateful 8, and If you like it, I totally get it, but it just wasn’t for me.
#4 Best: Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Really, what needs being said about this movie. Technically a love letter the old genre sci-fi films of old, filled to the brim with physical affects and puppets. It had a fantastic cast, with Harrison Ford giving his best performance in years, and newcomers like John Boyega and Daisy Ridley holding their own with veterans of the industry. Overall just a great ride, and tons of fun.
#4 Worst: Jurassic World
I honestly can barely remember this film, which is the worst thing you can say about a dinosaur movie. With an over abundance of CGI, bland characters, and a really dumb plot, there’s very little to say about it.
#3 Best: Mad Max: Fury Road
This movie is fucking awesome. Next.
#3 Worst: Boy And The World
Chances are, you haven’t heard of this one. It was a small Brazilian animated film with no dialog and a minimalist style. Not 5 paragraphs ago I said we’re in a golden age of animation, but shit like this gives that statement doubt. It’s so fucking boring I almost fell asleep multiple times. It takes forever for the main plot to start, and even then I felt no sense of narrative progression. It kept almost starting and almost having stuff happen, but then it just didn’t. Add on to that the fact that for a film with no dialog it only has 1 song on it’s score that’s any good, and it’s the one they put in the damn trailer. And to end it all it just goes into a captain planet PSA about protecting the earth, and art is important, and all this crap, but it’s all so hollow when all this provides is boring shlock. It’s sad, because visually this film is beautiful, but otherwise, crap.
#2 Best: Creed
Confession time: I’m not a Rocky fan. I know, I know, but It just never really grabbed me. I thought the first one was ok, but otherwise, just not interested. That is, not until Creed. Holy shit was this movie fantastic. A film that really explores it’s characters, their motivations and what they really want. On top of that, it’s incredibly made, with one sequence where you’ll wonder how on earth they even managed to shoot it, and just a real thing of beauty in a whole. It was really close between this and my number 1, so absolutely go see this if you haven’t.
#2 Worst: Fant4stic
When I was leaving this movie, people were literally handing out free tickets to see other films. They were literally saying “Hey, sorry about that. Here, go see something else, on the house!” If that doesn’t say it all I don’t know what will. I reviewed this a bit ago, but at this point, this movie just makes me sad. I want these characters to be loved the way I do. plagued with pacing issues, unfinished CGI, baffling decisions that no one in their right mind would ever think is a good idea, and just no idea what it actually wants to be, Fant4stic is fant4shit.
#1 Best: Me, Earl, And The Dying Girl
Sometimes movies hit people at the perfect time in their lives. Sometimes the subject matter is affective in a way that can only really get to someone at that certain time in their lives. Me, Earl, and the Dying Girl was like that for me. I spent this past summer at a film program, learning about shot compositions, showing character relationships through shot design, and just how to be a better film maker. This was a film that showed just how effective all these skills can be, and it stayed with me more then anything else this year. Fantastic cinematography, great script, and an amazing cast, Me Earl, and the Dying Girl was my favorite movie of 2015.
#1 Worst: Spy
You know how some movies just leave nothing with you? This was like that x10. Tired humor, unfunny actors, nothing interesting to say, nothing interesting to show, and just nothing interesting about it in any way. At least fant4stic was just a bizarre train wreck to watch, with Spy, it was so paint by numbers that I can barely remember the plot. I will always appreciate films that try something new. As bad as all these movies above were, this didn’t do anything new. It was nothing. It was such a waist of time and space I not only want my money back, I want my time back. Spy is the worst movie of 2015 by far.
So that was my best movies of 2015 list. I’ll probably piss some people off with having hateful 8 on the list, but hey, if you think that pisses people off, just wait till I watch batman v superman! happy 2016
Top 5 Best and Worst Movies of 2015
2015 was a pretty good year for movies, so much so I’m making a fucking list about it. I haven’t actually seen that many movies this year so I’m only doing 5 on each side, and some of the “worst’ movies aren’t that bad, but I needed kindling.
Honorable Mentions
Ex Machina, The Martian, Ant-Man, Kingsmen, Avengers Age Of Ultron, and Anomalisa
#5 Best: Inside out
I’ve said before, we’re in a golden age of animation, and stuff like inside out is why. Smart, funny, heartfelt and really deep in a lot of ways, Inside Out was proof that you don’t be live action to have a real affect on people.
#5 Worst: The Hateful 8
“W-what? You didn’t like this movie?” Yeah, I really didn’t. Technically, this movie was top notch. Fantastic score, great cinematography, but aside from that? God, all the characters were disgusting, I it was way to long, and it just felt like an endurance test on dealing with horrible people. I can’t really fault the movie for having horrible people as its main focus considering it was called the Hateful 8, and If you like it, I totally get it, but it just wasn’t for me.
#4 Best: Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Really, what needs being said about this movie. Technically a love letter the old genre sci-fi films of old, filled to the brim with physical affects and puppets. It had a fantastic cast, with Harrison Ford giving his best performance in years, and newcomers like John Boyega and Daisy Ridley holding their own with veterans of the industry. Overall just a great ride, and tons of fun.
#4 Worst: Jurassic World
I honestly can barely remember this film, which is the worst thing you can say about a dinosaur movie. With an over abundance of CGI, bland characters, and a really dumb plot, there’s very little to say about it.
#3 Best: Mad Max: Fury Road
This movie is fucking awesome. Next.
#3 Worst: Boy And The World
Chances are, you haven’t heard of this one. It was a small Brazilian animated film with no dialog and a minimalist style. Not 5 paragraphs ago I said we’re in a golden age of animation, but shit like this gives that statement doubt. It’s so fucking boring I almost fell asleep multiple times. It takes forever for the main plot to start, and even then I felt no sense of narrative progression. It kept almost starting and almost having stuff happen, but then it just didn’t. Add on to that the fact that for a film with no dialog it only has 1 song on it’s score that’s any good, and it’s the one they put in the damn trailer. And to end it all it just goes into a captain planet PSA about protecting the earth, and art is important, and all this crap, but it’s all so hollow when all this provides is boring shlock. It’s sad, because visually this film is beautiful, but otherwise, crap.
#2 Best: Creed
Confession time: I’m not a Rocky fan. I know, I know, but It just never really grabbed me. I thought the first one was ok, but otherwise, just not interested. That is, not until Creed. Holy shit was this movie fantastic. A film that really explores it’s characters, their motivations and what they really want. On top of that, it’s incredibly made, with one sequence where you’ll wonder how on earth they even managed to shoot it, and just a real thing of beauty in a whole. It was really close between this and my number 1, so absolutely go see this if you haven’t.
#2 Worst: Fant4stic
When I was leaving this movie, people were literally handing out free tickets to see other films. They were literally saying “Hey, sorry about that. Here, go see something else, on the house!” If that doesn’t say it all I don’t know what will. I reviewed this a bit ago, but at this point, this movie just makes me sad. I want these characters to be loved the way I do. plagued with pacing issues, unfinished CGI, baffling decisions that no one in their right mind would ever think is a good idea, and just no idea what it actually wants to be, Fant4stic is fant4shit.
#1 Best: Me, Earl, And The Dying Girl
Sometimes movies hit people at the perfect time in their lives. Sometimes the subject matter is affective in a way that can only really get to someone at that certain time in their lives. Me, Earl, and the Dying Girl was like that for me. I spent this past summer at a film program, learning about shot compositions, showing character relationships through shot design, and just how to be a better film maker. This was a film that showed just how effective all these skills can be, and it stayed with me more then anything else this year. Fantastic cinematography, great script, and an amazing cast, Me Earl, and the Dying Girl was my favorite movie of 2015.
#1 Worst: Spy
You know how some movies just leave nothing with you? This was like that x10. Tired humor, unfunny actors, nothing interesting to say, nothing interesting to show, and just nothing interesting about it in any way. At least fant4stic was just a bizarre train wreck to watch, with Spy, it was so paint by numbers that I can barely remember the plot. I will always appreciate films that try something new. As bad as all these movies above were, this didn’t do anything new. It was nothing. It was such a waist of time and space I not only want my money back, I want my time back. Spy is the worst movie of 2015 by far.
So that was my best movies of 2015 list. I’ll probably piss some people off with having hateful 8 on the list, but hey, if you think that pisses people off, just wait till I watch batman v superman! happy 2016