Rodders Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 (edited) The season of lists is upon us. There's still 10 days to go ish, but time to get your thinking caps on, for best films. IMDB Releases in 2017 is a useful list, albeit a bit extensive. I'll put a few category ideas up if people want to nominate individual people for "VT Awards" or not - just for fun. No points or prizes, but if people do plonk it in list order I'll work out the definitive film of the year based on a simple points system ( 10 for 1st, 1 for 10th etc ) because I have an odd need to play with numbers and be listy. Also, to be clear I'm counting films only released this year, cinema, DVD or netflix etc, preferably in the UK, but if you're a dastardly VT foreigner with different release dates then I'll let you off. The other thread serves older classics you've enjoyed / hated / noted as having been witnessed well enough. Top 10 / 5/ 3 (delete as applicable) Films Worst Film of the Year Best Performance - Male / Female / Robot Best Score / Music / Whatever Attribute you care about etc. Please Quit Acting Bad Performance Award So will it be the annoying dancers in La La Land who get your vote, Casey Affleck suffering miserably in Manchester by the Sea or various incarnations of Lego / Comic Book creations. I have a provisional list of 20 that I'm cutting down to this, subject to edit and any new DVD's obtained over christmas. Also I realised I can't count Your Name as apparently that came out last year. 1. T2: Trainspotting - a surprise entry , but honestly the more I think back on, the more I really enjoyed the focus on Spud as a plot point and enjoyed the re-acquaintance with old friends. 2. Dunkirk - as a cinematic experience it was utterly intense, gripped me the whole way and I was glad of the chance to breathe again when it finished. For me the non-linear approach worked well, the score was gruelling and the experience memorable. 3. Thor - just nails the humour so well - had a tremendous amount of fun, more or less from the start. 4. Manchester by the Sea - bleak, but powerful and Casey Affleck get's a nod from me for best performer here. But as good as the film is, it made me so depressed I cannot put it in a top 3, as re-watchability is one of my personal metrics for these lists. 5. The Death of Stalin - black comedy pitched at just about the right level, makes you understandably feel awkward in times but the comic absurdity is a gem. Buscemi and Isaacs are great but Simon Russell Beale is fantastic. 6. Battle of the Sexes - well made, soaks you in the period, and Emma Stone and Steve Carrell are both terrific. Empathic portrayals of all the characters made it a really pleasant film to watch. 7. Star Wars Last Jedi - it's great fun, and shows some ambition with the character arcs, has it's flaws but I'm not too fussed by them to be honest, it was a terrifically entertaining film. 8. Baby Driver - lower than I thought as on re-watch it seemed to have lost a bit of it's charm - nothing to do with Spacey either, I just think at the time I watched it I was mentally in the right zone to enjoy a pulsating musical ride. 9. Blade Runner 2049 - Sumptuous but did take it's time to get going at times, I was a little impatient at the time watching it, but I think on reflection afterwards I will enjoy re-watching this again and absorbing myself fully into it. Immersive atmosphere and score. Probably a better film than others up the list, but I am part judging on how I enjoyed it on first viewing. 10. Logan - more intensity, and great to see a much darker take with these characters. Just missing out: Atomic Blonde, cold war noirish glam thriller; Wonder Woman - great to see to a well executed female lead superhero film, though CGI was naff, Lego Batman - another giggle fit, and definitely re-watchable. Edited December 22, 2017 by Rodders 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dAVe80 Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 I've only been to the cinema three times this year, so my Top 3 films of 2017 are: The Last Jedi Baby Driver Black Sabbath: The End of The End Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingram85 Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 1. The Meyerowitz Stories 2. John Wick 2 3. Lost City of Z Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted December 22, 2017 Moderator Share Posted December 22, 2017 FIlm I was most disappointed by - Dunkirk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Was a good year for cinema Film of the Year: The Big Sick Worst Film: Suburbicon Best Performance: James Franco Disaster Artist Overhyped Film: Get Out a good movie but massively overrated. Dunkirk and Blade Runner notable mentions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LakotaDakota Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 (edited) Things that stand out off the top of my head : Okja Logan Atomic Blonde Tulip Fever Personal Shopper Good Time Logan Lucky American Made Colossal I can probably think of 50 off the top of my head that were absolute shite or majorly disappointing Edited December 22, 2017 by LakotaDakota Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Top 5 films: 1 - Wonder Woman 2 - Baby Driver 3 - The Big Sick 4 - Spiderman Homecoming 5 - Valerian... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 I’ll stand by my statement at the time and say Paddington 2 is the best film of the year... Death of Stalin gets a commendable second spot biggest disappointment was Dunkirk and guardians 2 to a degree it just lacked the charm of the original thor was a surprise hit for me and despite my misgivings after the first few minutes Baby Driver was also up there... IT deserves a shout I liked the humour in it and not being a huge horror fan I was surprised how much I enjoyed it life I thought was good but predictable and I enjoyed battle of the sexes as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted December 23, 2017 Author Share Posted December 23, 2017 I do agree Guardians 2 was very disappointing for me too. It was like they heard all the praise for the. Humour in the first one and decided to flood the whole of the damn film with it second time round which didn't actually make for a good coherent film, rather a series of skits. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogso Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 (edited) Your Name Baby Driver Paddington 2 Ah. It appears Your Name was back end of 2016 for us. Edited December 23, 2017 by hogso Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 17 hours ago, Ingram85 said: 1. The Meyerowitz Stories 2. John Wick 2 3. Lost City of Z The only movie I've watched in 12 months so it gets my vote too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted December 23, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted December 23, 2017 It's been a great year. A few of the stand outs for me would be: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted December 23, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted December 23, 2017 Best - Bladerunner 2049. Two in a row for Villeneuve. I'm sure he'll be thrilled. Worst - The Last Jedi. In terms of the biggest disappointment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
This Could Be Rotterdam Posted December 24, 2017 Share Posted December 24, 2017 I can't believe Detroit hasn't had a mention yet. Hands down film of the year for me, I couldn't fault it at all. Thor ragnorak was much much better than GOTG2, with spiderman homecoming a close second. Get out was good but I'm not a huge fan of that genre so I probably wouldn't watch it again. Justice league was as awful as expected. I didn't see dunkirk because the reviews made it sound like my worst nightmare. And I didn't see baby driver but definately want to. In fact going through the imdb list makes me a realise how many I wanted to see but never got round to watching. Next year I'll be getting the odeon monthly pass! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCDAN Posted December 24, 2017 Share Posted December 24, 2017 Manchester by the Sea The Big Sick Get Out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted December 24, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted December 24, 2017 Haven’t been to the cinema at all this year, so nothing gets my vote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted December 25, 2017 Share Posted December 25, 2017 I have only seen one new film this year. Murder on the orient express so thats the best and worst. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted December 25, 2017 Share Posted December 25, 2017 This is the best film of the year. Stick with it. It spaces out and has a fascinating soundtrack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted December 25, 2017 Share Posted December 25, 2017 Not been to the cinema so reliant on early releases that have since been shown on Sky To that end... probably T2. Although John Wick 2 is going to get watched later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted December 29, 2017 Author Share Posted December 29, 2017 Well after waiting 6 months to watxh it I can now vote Free Fire as the most disappointing film of the year. Absolute garbage. Dull, unfunny pointless and even at 85 minutes it's too long. Beginning to think Wheatley is a con man. Sightseers aside his work has largely been so boring or weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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