I am a sucker to lists of music from the mid 90s. Most every song in Spin’s alternative 88 of ’98 just brings me to nostalgia town. I’m sure several of these are your favorites. Perhaps even several are mine.
https://www.spin.com/featured/best-alternative-rock-songs-1998/
No 5 star movies. Mainly 4 stars. Although, to be honest, Your Name should be five stars. And perhaps Jedi and Spiderman should be demoted to three. Beyond that I think most of these were pretty good. Surprising that there’s a few super hero movies here. Sadly, the state of the industry is such that only super hero movies are being made.
You should check out both Lady Bird and 20th Century Women on a double bill because they deserve to be seen back-to-back.
Blade Runner will again become a beloved classic. Thor: Ragnarok as well.
Here’s my list of the best films I saw in the theatre for the year 2017.
Lady Bird
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Spiderman: Homecoming
Thor: Ragnarok
Blade Runner 2049
Your Name
Get Out
Logan
20th Century Women
Have you thought about the best movies of the 21st century? We’re only 17 years in, but there have been many, many good ones. Run a search for “5 of 5 stars” on BrowserMetrics and you’ll find a few.
CatWoman? How’d that get in here. Never mind. Ignore my 5 star ratings and find some on your own.
Anyhow, they are still making lots of good movies, you have to go out a seek them. Today’s link should help you find a few.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/06/09/movies/the-25-best-films-of-the-21st-century.html
I do this every year because I usually watch a lot of the movies that come out in the theatre. It’s my list of best films watched where I ponied up money to see in a darkened auditorium. Once again, these are based on the 4 or 5 star film review. Now whether those stars hold up, it is left to myself to see sometime in the future. But more often they slip. There are only very few I still admire. Those would be the 5 stars films. I don’t think I have any this year. O, well. Onto the show!
La La Land. 4 stars
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. 4 stars
The Handmaiden. 4 stars
Kubo and the Two Strings . 4 stars
Star Trek Beyond. 4 stars
That’s it.
And if I would say it, The Handmaiden is my favorite. Most likely because of the eroticism in it. But it was really well made and it was a surprise when I saw it.
Here’s the year end list of the best movies I saw live in the theatre for 2015. “Best” means I gave it greater than or equal to 4 stars (4 or 5).
4 stars. Star Wars: The Force Awakens — I can’t wait to find out what happens to Rey. I hope she becomes a real good character if they write her correctly.
4 stars. Perfect Blue — An old anime, but seen for the first time, Satoshi Kon’s first film makes me miss him more.
5 stars. Mad Max: Fury Road — AWESOME!
4 stars. While We’re Young — Kylo Ren is emo.
4 stars. Selma — Should’ve won best picture last year.
These were the films I loved after walking out of the movie theatre. That’s not a lot considering I think I saw at least 20. There are a few I wish I loved more, but they didn’t make the grade. Maybe sometime later they will, but for now these will suffice.
What were your favorites from last year?
It’s the motherlode!
I’ve spent so much time on YouTube the past few weeks watching AKBingo! It’s been good, but it’s been tough to get English subs. Luckily, I found this sight. Hopefully, you’ll catch up with me. Only, be careful I’m not sure if this site is installing malware…
I think that I am the only one watching movies in the theatre. I saw plenty this year. I mostly liked them. Not too many stood out. Here’s my year end review of the last 365 days of movies I saw in theatres. Going over some of the other ones which didn’t make this list, there were a few that could’ve been higher. John Wick and Hercules could’ve been 4 and 3.5 if I think about it now, but I don’t give out half stars, and I don’t know why I couldn’t appreciate the stylized violence of using a gun like a knife. They deserved better. Also, Pompeii isn’t as bad; it’s worth a look at least for the sinking of the ship… er I mean the volcano.
Anywhoo, here’s my best of list. It’s short, because everything else was three stars. And these are the best for real.
5 of 5 stars:
The Wind Rises
4 of 5 stars:
Big Hero 6
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Her
There’s a lot to argue about on this list. Satoshi Kon relegated to the last 50? No where near the top? Please, have you seen Millennium Actress? The Incredibles should be in the top three. They didn’t even rank The Wind Rises, but put Totoro and Spirited Away in the top three. Pinnochio? I’m still steamed about Satoshi Kon’s Millennium Actress…
http://www.timeout.com/newyork/film/the-100-best-animated-movies
Sight and Sound magazine’s latest compilation list of the “greatest films of all time.”
Agree or disagree?
Discuss.
Watching Ozu on a rainy Sunday evening, and I end up looking up the wikipedia entry for Late Spring which leads me to today’s link.
It’s a link to a compilation of lists that add up to the 1000 best pictures of all time.
There’s a lot to digest in a list like this. Did they leave any out? Are there any out of order? Are there any out of place? I’m sure we all have our own biases. Does this list exhibit any?
What’s your take?
Also, Ozu’s Late Spring comes in at 207, but his Tokyo Story is high up there at 11.
