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Hello everyone! In an effort to get things back on track on the blog, here’s a list of 10 personal movie-related things from 2018 to catch you up on. I’ll try to duck in here more often, since I miss blogging, and have been watching a lot of movies this year. Expect an updated 2013 CinSpec Awards ballot soon. I’ve postponed it for ages, but I’m almost ready to post it. I also have a few big updates to 2016 to make, though I’ll just edit the last post I did of them. Anyways, I guess I’m back, so I’ll see you around.
1. Some of my favorite 2018 films so far include First Reformed, Black Panther, Annihilation, BlacKkKlansman, and Mission: Impossible - Fallout.
2. Sicario: Day of the Soldado is better than Sicario. (And I love Emily Blunt.)
3. Alicia Vikander gives an award-worthy performance in Tomb Raider.
4. Solo: A Star Wars Story flopped, but I loved it. Saw it twice in theaters.
5. Tulip Fever is perfectly watchable, even if it isn’t a great film.
6. I have now seen all but 15 of the films ever nominated for the Best Picture Oscar.
10. I rewatched movies like 20th Century Women, Ordinary People, Wonder Boys, and The African Queen - all were better than I remembered.
Good to have you back.
ReplyDeleteThanks!
DeleteOrdinary People is so well acted and the confrontation scene (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_SfD5cdrnwis) is really powerful.
ReplyDeleteI loved Fallout. Hated You Were Never Really Here lol (I'm in the minority I know) which to me is a poor man's Taxi Driver. Part of a worrying trend of rehashing the classics.
Haven't yet seen Solo: A Star Wars Story, what did you love about it?
Anyway, nice to see you back! Look forward to new posts.
Thanks, Chris! Spoiler alert: Ordinary People is now my #1 film of 1980. (I'd still give Scorsese Best Director though.) I forgot how - to use your word - powerful that film is.
DeleteFallout is AWESOME. I've seen You Were Never Really Here once, but I want to revisit it. I keep thinking about it, which is usually a good sign. Taxi Driver is due for a rewatch too, actually.
Solo was a ride. Good cast, great below-the-line work, and just a really fun time. I see why it was dismissed as an unnecessary film, but I would've liked to revisit the characters in two more films, which won't happen now.
You're alive! :)
ReplyDeleteFirst Reformed is getting a lot of buzz, but I really didn't care for that ending.
I am! :)
DeleteThat ending...shocked me. In a good way, I think.
How Sicario 2 is better then 1 I DO NOT understand but it doesn’t matter as long as you’re back! :)
ReplyDeleteHa, my thoughts before I saw it, but it is! Lol
DeleteWelcome back! Day of the Soldado got crapped on so hard the weekend it came out, but I really enjoyed it. And I'm so happy you like You Were Never Really Here. I adored that film and it will absolutely be in my Top 10 of this year.
ReplyDeleteThanks man! I LOVED Day of the Soldado. I think Benicio is even better in the sequel. You Were Never Really Here is terrific. Stoked for your top 10 in a few months.
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