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Post by Post-Lupin on Dec 5, 2015 10:10:56 GMT -5
Noting that I didn't see nearly enough films this year...
Best Film - Mad Max: Fury Road
Runners-up;
Predestination
The Martian
Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation - the Modesty Blaise reboot we’ve always needed, stuck in a MI flick.
Chappie
Spy
Best film hardly anyone else liked - Tomorrowland
Best obscure low-budget flick - Infini
Best film ruined by shit ending - It Follows (and yes, I’m still gonna fight you on this)
Worst Film - Terminator Genisys
Worst film that still entertained the shit out of me, mostly - Jupiter Ascending
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Post by MrsLangdonAlger on Dec 5, 2015 13:48:22 GMT -5
Best Film - Brooklyn
Runners up - Max Max: Fury Road, Room, Spotlight, Inside Out, It Follows,
Best film hardly anyone else liked: Predestination
Best obscure film, fucked if I know the budget - Saw is this year, not from this year: Comet
Best film ruined by shit ending - The Circle, but this stretches the definition of "best".
Worst film - Goodnight Mommy. I don't care if it's a critical darling: it sucked.
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Post by The Prighlofone on Dec 5, 2015 14:12:21 GMT -5
Best Film - Brooklyn Runners up - Max Max: Fury Road, Room, Spotlight, Inside Out, It Follows, Best film hardly anyone else liked: Predestination Best obscure film, fucked if I know the budget - Saw is this year, not from this year: Comet Best film ruined by shit ending - The Circle, but this stretches the definition of "best". Worst film - Goodnight Mommy. I don't care if it's a critical darling: it sucked. "The Circle"? The Eggers adaptation? I thought that wasn't coming out until next year. And I thought "Predestination" got reasonably good reviews. One of the only things I like about winter is getting to catch up on the previous year's movies that I missed in theaters, I've only seen like 7 or 8 movies from this year so far. I enjoyed every movie I saw in theaters this year, but "Inside Out" would probably be my favorite. Shout out to (the assuredly Oscar-nomination-bound) Michael Fassbender and (the sadly less assuredly) Jason Segel for their own performances in the Steve Jobs and DFW biopics. |
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Post by Invisible Goat on Dec 5, 2015 14:17:10 GMT -5
This is happening. I tinker with it every time I see a new one, but this is the current version.
1. Room
2. Inside Out
3. Mad Max: Fury Road
4. Ex Machina
5. Spotlight
6. Sicario
7. The Martian
8. Mistress America
9. Bridge of Spies
10. Everest
11. It Follows
12. Dope
13. Brooklyn
14. Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
15. Furious 7
16. The Walk
17. The Night Before
18. Steve Jobs
19. What We Do In the Shadows
20. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2
21. Spectre
22. The Diary of A Teenage Girl
23. Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
24. The Gift
25. The Overnight
26. Crimson Peak
27. The Visit
28. Trainwreck
29. While We’re Young
30. The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
31. American Ultra
32. Jupiter Ascending
33. People Places Things
34. Jurassic World
35. Avengers: Age of Ultron
36. Kingsman: The Secret Service
37. San Andreas
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Post by MrsLangdonAlger on Dec 5, 2015 14:26:41 GMT -5
Best Film - Brooklyn Runners up - Max Max: Fury Road, Room, Spotlight, Inside Out, It Follows, Best film hardly anyone else saw: Predestination Best obscure film, fucked if I know the budget - Saw is this year, not from this year: Comet Best film ruined by shit ending - The Circle, but this stretches the definition of "best". Worst film - Goodnight Mommy. I don't care if it's a critical darling: it sucked. "The Circle"? The Eggers adaptation? I thought that wasn't coming out until next year. And I thought "Predestination" got reasonably good reviews. One of the only things I like about winter is getting to catch up on the previous year's movies that I missed in theaters, I've only seen like 7 or 8 movies from this year so far. I enjoyed every movie I saw in theaters this year, but "Inside Out" would probably be my favorite. Shout out to (the assuredly Oscar-nomination-bound) Michael Fassbender and (the sadly less assuredly) Jason Segel for their own performances in the Steve Jobs and DFW biopics. Different movie. This one is a bunch of people who are made to stand in a circle and choose who is killed one by one by a mysterious force/entity. And Predestination got good reviews but no one saw it! |
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Post by Ice Cream Planet on Dec 5, 2015 15:38:17 GMT -5
Given there are still a handful of films I need to see, here is my top-five list in progress (edited):
1. Carol
2. Amy
3. It Follows
4. Ex Machina
5. 45 Years
Runner-ups: Inside Out, Mad Max: Fury Road, About Elly, Macbeth
Films I still need to see: The Hateful Eight, Brooklyn, Crimson Peak, Anomalisa
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Post by King Charles’s Butterfly on Dec 5, 2015 16:24:30 GMT -5
I’ve only seen eight new films this year, which is fairly reflective of how busy I’ve been. Top five (of eight) would be:
1. Mad Max: Fury Road for excitement and imagination
2. Timbuktu for relevance and scenery (a 2015 release in the Netherlands)
3. A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night for being so cool (a 2015 release in the Netherlands)
4. Best of Enemies for accents, historical importance, relevance and sheer Brahmanic bitchery (even if it wasn’t necessarily an impressive or innovative piece of filmmaking on a technical level)
5. The Martian for fun and imagination under constraint
While I didn’t dislike any films this year, something about The Salt of the Earth just didn’t sit well with me. I thought it was fascinating, but Salgado’s photography’s just a bit too slick for my taste.
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Post by Post-Lupin on Dec 5, 2015 16:25:18 GMT -5
Best Film - Brooklyn Runners up - Max Max: Fury Road, Room, Spotlight, Inside Out, It Follows, Best film hardly anyone else liked: Predestination Best obscure film, fucked if I know the budget - Saw is this year, not from this year: Comet Best film ruined by shit ending - The Circle, but this stretches the definition of "best". Worst film - Goodnight Mommy. I don't care if it's a critical darling: it sucked. How the fuck did I forget Predestination?? Superb film, and I hope Sarah Snook becomes a HUGE star. |
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Post by MrsLangdonAlger on Dec 5, 2015 16:30:45 GMT -5
Best Film - Brooklyn Runners up - Max Max: Fury Road, Room, Spotlight, Inside Out, It Follows, Best film hardly anyone else liked: Predestination Best obscure film, fucked if I know the budget - Saw is this year, not from this year: Comet Best film ruined by shit ending - The Circle, but this stretches the definition of "best". Worst film - Goodnight Mommy. I don't care if it's a critical darling: it sucked. How the fuck did I forget Predestination?? Superb film, and I hope Sarah Snook becomes a HUGE star. Agreed on Snook. While the movie itself is not good, she's good in Jessabelle. And her small part in These Final Hours, which is a movie I quite liked, was good too. |
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Post by Post-Lupin on Dec 5, 2015 16:34:43 GMT -5
How the fuck did I forget Predestination?? Superb film, and I hope Sarah Snook becomes a HUGE star. Agreed on Snook. While the movie itself is not good, she's good in Jessabelle. And her small part in These Final Hours, which is a movie I quite liked, was good too. I liked it: it's the best Heinlein adaptation to date (beating The Puppet Masters with Donald Sutherland to second place.) |
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Post by Dellarigg on Dec 5, 2015 17:40:10 GMT -5
Haven't seen many new films this year, but ...
1. It Follows (un-great ending and all)
2. Macbeth
3. Ex Machina
4. Mad Max
Honourable mention to Love & Mercy, which is the most frustrating film I've seen this year: stunningly brilliant when dealing with Brian Wilson's creativity, a little pedestrian everywhere else.
Best 'new to me' films, and indeed my two favourites of the year: The Child, by the Dardenne brothers, and Ida. Both of these are now permanently lodged in my mental furniture.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 6, 2015 3:50:08 GMT -5
1. The Martian
2. Sicario
3. Mad Max: Fury Road
4. Creed
5. Steve Jobs
6. The Walk
7. MI: 5
8. Furious 7
9. The Gift
10. Straight Outta Compton
11. Jurassic World
12. Dragonball Z: Resurrection of F
13. Ant-Man
14. Avengers Age of Ultron
My top 4 are so close together that on any given day I might say one or the other was the best film of the year. I ended up liking the walk a lot more than most. There are also a few films from this year that I have not seen but will change this list a good bit probably, EX machina, Force Awakens, Mockingjay, Predestination, man from UNCLE(I love me some guy ritchie), and Hateful eight.
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Post by Ron Howard Voice on Dec 6, 2015 9:22:01 GMT -5
Current list:
1. Mad Max: Fury Road
2. Spotlight
3. Inside Out
4. Bridge of Spies
5. Straight Outta Compton
6. Love & Mercy
7. Spy
8. The Night Before
9. The Martian
10. Trainwreck
11. Phoenix
12. In the Name of My Daughter
Still have yet to see these: Brooklyn, Chi-Raq, Carol, Sicario, Revenant, Hateful Eight, Heart of the Sea, Macbeth, Anomalisa, Room
To be clear, I really liked "In the Name of My Daughter". Overall, this film year has not been as good as 2014, in terms of producing really great stuff, but either 2015 hasn't produced much outright bad stuff, or I did a really good job avoiding seeing it. (More likely the latter...hello, Mortdecai.) May my streak of not seeing anything bad continue!
EDIT for history:
Mad Max: Fury Road
Spotlight
The Big Short
Youth
Inside Out
Bridge of Spies
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Spy
The Revenant
Brooklyn
Straight Outta Compton
Love & Mercy
The Martian
The Night Before
Carol
Phoenix
Tangerine
Trainwreck
In the Name of My Daughter
In the Heart of the Sea
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Post by pairesta on Dec 6, 2015 14:25:06 GMT -5
Top Five, because I'm not even sure I've seen ten 2015 films yet:
1. Sicario
2. Inside Out
3. Mad Max: Fury Road
4. The Martian
5. Bridge of Spies
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Post by Ron Howard Voice on Dec 6, 2015 19:10:46 GMT -5
Just watched "Brooklyn". Please see the following graph, charting the changes in my opinion of "Brooklyn" over time.  EDIT to explain: at first I thought it was slow and plain, and indeed the directing style remained extremely plain/unstylish throughout, but I am a great big sentimental sucker crybaby, and actor Emory Cohen (Tony) has the electric charisma and charm of James-Franco-on-Freaks-and-Geeks. That is to say, he's the very best thing about the movie. So when she comes back at the end (not really a spoiler, no sane person will be surprised by the plot in the least), I was a big stupid blubbering mess. But after the movie ended and the glow started to fade, it started to sink in that the "immigrant story" in "Brooklyn" is really very sentimental and schlocky, a Norman Rockwell idealization. Everything goes perfectly for Saoirse Ronan and her life is perfect. Big drama there. And the dilemma-ish choice she faces at the end, well...she doesn't even get to make the darn choice, it's made for her. And anyway, isn't this movie just a big young-love romance, and aren't I as a jaded loveless cynic supposed to not believe in that stuff? I do still like it, and am a big softie for it against logic. But for a moment I was thinking it was my #1 movie of the year, and now...not as much. |
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Post by Douay-Rheims-Challoner on Dec 7, 2015 13:35:15 GMT -5
While I didn’t dislike any films this year, something about The Salt of the Earth just didn’t sit well with me. I thought it was fascinating, but Salgado’s photography’s just a bit too slick for my taste. I liked it, but I'm kind of a sucker for Wim Wenders documentaries (Tokyo-Ga, about the late Yasujiro Ozu and also contemporary 1980s Tokyo, was an instant favourite.) |
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Post by NerdInTheBasement on Dec 7, 2015 13:47:34 GMT -5
Man, I can't believe people are already doing these. I live out in the boondocks of Texas, so I haven't even seen Room, let alone major 2015 releases like The Revenant, Anomalisa and The Hateful Eight, yet!
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Post by King Charles’s Butterfly on Dec 7, 2015 14:18:54 GMT -5
Ron Howard Voice I would not make Ted Cruz’s sex tape as the bottom of the chart—it would, at least satisfy my curiosity about how weird the inside of his house is.
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Post by LazBro on Dec 7, 2015 14:44:17 GMT -5
Here we go, the three movies of 2015 I actually saw in 2015, ranked from best to worst:
Mad Max: Fury Road
Inside Out
Pitch Perfect 2
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Post by The Prighlofone on Dec 7, 2015 14:53:48 GMT -5
Ron Howard Voice I would not make Ted Cruz’s sex tape as the bottom of the chart—it would, at least satisfy my curiosity about how weird the inside of his house is. And it would destroy his candidacy - a small but valuable perk. |
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Post by Ben Grimm on Dec 7, 2015 15:47:08 GMT -5
Ron Howard Voice I would not make Ted Cruz’s sex tape as the bottom of the chart—it would, at least satisfy my curiosity about how weird the inside of his house is. And it would destroy his candidacy - a small but valuable perk. I don't know that it would. Sex scandals usually only get Democrats in trouble. Vitter and Sanford got away with theirs. Craig probably would have if he hadn't resigned. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2015 18:01:45 GMT -5
1. The Martian 2. Sicario 3. Mad Max: Fury Road 4. Creed 5. Steve Jobs 6. The Walk 7. MI: 5 8. Furious 7 9. The Gift 10. Straight Outta Compton 11. Jurassic World 12. Dragonball Z: Resurrection of F 13. Ant-Man 14. Avengers Age of Ultron My top 4 are so close together that on any given day I might say one or the other was the best film of the year. I ended up liking the walk a lot more than most. There are also a few films from this year that I have not seen but will change this list a good bit probably, EX machina, Force Awakens, Mockingjay, Predestination, man from UNCLE(I love me some guy ritchie), and Hateful eight. I somehow completely forgot to put in Black Mass...... whoops. Guess that shows how much I cared for it in the end. 1. The Martian 2. Sicario 3. Mad Max: Fury Road 4. Creed 5. Steve Jobs 6. The Walk 7. MI: 5 8. Furious 7 9. The Gift 10. Straight Outta Compton 11. Jurassic World 12. Black Mass 13. Dragonball Z: Resurrection of F 14. Ant-Man 15. Avengers Age of Ultron |
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Post by Baron von Costume on Dec 9, 2015 14:51:59 GMT -5
Didn't get to see many films in theatres this year so I'm a bit behind on things that haven't made it to home release.
Best Film - Mad Max: Fury Road
Other Faves:
The Martian
Inside Out
Sicario
Not Bad:
Tomorrowland (I liked this more than most people it seems)
Hyena Road
Ant-Man
Ex Machina
Meh:
Jupiter Ascending
Chappie
Black Mass
Kingsman:The Secret Service
Avengers 2: Electric Boogaloo
Mistress America
Worst Film: Fantastic Four, I watched it with beyond low expectations and even full on mst3k snarking it it was a total slog.
Honourable Mentions:
Terminator Genisys
Vacation
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Post by rimjobflashmob on Dec 9, 2015 23:27:08 GMT -5
Didn't see enough cinema to make a definitive list, but here's the gist of it.
Top 5:
1. It Follows
2. Ex Machina
3. What We Do In The Shadows
4. Mad Max: Fury Road
5. Predestination
Awards:
Prettiest Picture With The Least Personality: The Martian
Most Batshit Insane Hilarious Adventure: Jupiter Ascending
No Reason To Exist Except For The Dog: 7 Chinese Brothers
Most Pointless Sequel: Jurassic World
Worst Waste Of Beautiful Set Design: Crimson Peak
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Post by Meth Lab Shenanigans on Dec 9, 2015 23:32:48 GMT -5
Worst film - Goodnight Mommy. I don't care if it's a critical darling: it sucked. I read the spoiler space and immediately decided that it would not be going on my to-watch list. |
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Post by Sanziana on Dec 10, 2015 8:33:05 GMT -5
I haven't seen anything this year on account that my city doesn't have a theatre (we have the so called "Romanian New Wave" movies winning countless awards, but only the major cities have cinemas; eh, the paradoxes of this country), but I can't stress enough for best film: Mad Max Fury Road, Mad Max Fury Road, Mad Max Fury Road.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 18, 2015 15:30:18 GMT -5
I somehow completely forgot to put in Black Mass...... whoops. Guess that shows how much I cared for it in the end. 1. The Martian 2. Sicario 3. Mad Max: Fury Road 4. Creed 5. Steve Jobs 6. The Walk 7. MI: 5 8. Furious 7 9. The Gift 10. Straight Outta Compton 11. Jurassic World 12. Black Mass 13. Dragonball Z: Resurrection of F 14. Ant-Man 15. Avengers Age of Ultron Updating the list again with the addition of Force Awakens. 1. The Martian 2. Sicario 3. Mad Max: Fury Road 4. Creed 5. Star Wars: The Force Awakens 6. Steve Jobs 7. The Walk 8. MI: 5 9. Furious 7 10. The Gift 11. Straight Outta Compton 12. Jurassic World 13. Black Mass 14. Dragonball Z: Resurrection of F 15. Ant-Man 16. Avengers Age of Ultron |
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Post by Post-Lupin on Dec 19, 2015 14:41:40 GMT -5
New Category: Best Actor In A Shit Role
Christoph Waltz as John Harrison Ernst Stavro Blofeld
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Post by slanketfart on Jan 3, 2016 19:05:19 GMT -5
Top 5
45 years
Fury Road
Carol
Whiplash (released here in 2015)
Listen up Philip (favourite ending of the year)
Honourable mention: Spy.
Hated
It Follows
Crimson Peak
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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2016 3:47:11 GMT -5
Updating the list again with the addition of Force Awakens. 1. The Martian 2. Sicario 3. Mad Max: Fury Road 4. Creed 5. Star Wars: The Force Awakens 6. Steve Jobs 7. The Walk 8. MI: 5 9. Furious 7 10. The Gift 11. Straight Outta Compton 12. Jurassic World 13. Black Mass 14. Dragonball Z: Resurrection of F 15. Ant-Man 16. Avengers Age of Ultron Time to update again. I've seen some new films and some films on this list twice since the last update. Reexamining feelings and getting more settled into what will be the final list for me. I only have two films left that I REALLY want to see from this year that I haven't. Look of Silence and Predestination. There are others I haven't seen, but don't have a particularly strong desire for. Anyway, the list. 1. Hateful Eight 2. The Martian 3. Sicario 4. Mad Max: Fury Road 5. Creed 6. The Big Short 7. The Walk 8. MI: 5 9. Star Wars: Force Awakens 10. Ex Machina(I didn't really like this one, but I'm not going to deny the fact that it is good) 11. Steve Jobs 12. Man from U.N.C.L.E. 13. Furious 7 14. The Gift 15. Inside Out 16. Straight Outta Compton 17. Jurassic World 18. Dragonball Z: Resurrection of F 19. Ant-Man 20. Black Mass 21. Age of Ultron Some reasons for the changes in rankings of previous films. I really love The Walk, anytime I think back on it is always very positive. It is a flawed film for sure, but that final third act was masterful. And that is why it jumps both jobs and TFA. As far as why MI: 5 does, because the action in it is really good, like really really good. As a fun action film, MI: 5 is better than TFA. The oprea house sequence in 5 is just so awesome. And why steve jobs dropped, great oscar worthy performances, but I don't know if I will really want to rewatch this one much, the first segment in it iis great but the next two aren't as good. Force Awakens was still one of the best times I've ever had in theaters(if not for the 70mm showing of Hateful Eight, it would be the best time I've ever had not just for 2015), but it is starting to settle for me as good not great. It is still a very fun movie and will be a favorite of mine, but isn't a truly spectacular film. My opinion of Black Mass only gets lower, other than depp it is so thoroughly average. Ask me again in sixth months and I might like it less than Ultron, at least there was multiple things I liked in that instead of the just the one thing for black mass. |
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