With today being the last day of 2018 and tomorrow being a holiday, my wife and I have been catching up on a bunch of movies released this year. I have been checking Top 20 or Top 50 lists to get ideas for which movies to try next.
Personal favorite movies (not best, just movies that I enjoyed) that I've watched over and over again this year were:
Here are a few acclaimed movies that I did not enjoy this year or didn't feel lived up to the hype:
The movies I have on queue to watch tonight/tomorrow are:
Rotten Tomatoes: https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/guide/best-movies-of-2018/
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/list/ls021105452/
So what were your favorites? Which did you like/dislike? Any you'd recommend adding to my queue of films released in 2018?
Personal favorite movies (not best, just movies that I enjoyed) that I've watched over and over again this year were:
- Game Night: This one was just really well directed/filmed comedy. This is a movie I have easily watched 20 times (at least in part) this year, mostly due to it being on HBO A LOT this year. Hilarious and love the casting as well.
- Ready Player One: Really fun, great special effects, loved the nostalgia. I read the complaints about the film, they didn't bother me. I'm a gamer and fan of pop culture of 80s/90s, so it was of particular interest to me.
- Isle of Dogs: I think I like the stop-motion animation films from Wes Anderson better than his live action stuff. The Fantastic Mr. Fox is one of my favorites and Isle of Dogs did not disappoint. This one is no where near as light-hearted as TFMF, but it does have that signature quirkiness that Wes Anderson is known for. Not as good as TFMF, but good on its own merits.
- Searching: Watched this one on a flight and it was tripping me out. Some aspects were a little hard to believe, but it was a creative and innovative approach to story telling. Certainly not what I expected. If story was a bit tighter, I'd have liked it more.
- The Avengers - Infinity War: This was the only movie I watched in the theater this year (First movie I've watched in theater in 4 years). First time through, I didn't love it. I did watch it again this weekend and liked it much more this time through.
Here are a few acclaimed movies that I did not enjoy this year or didn't feel lived up to the hype:
- Hereditary: Watched this one yesterday because it was on a lot of "best of" lists. Just a really hard film to watch, I didn't enjoy the ending and the story didn't make a lot of sense even after reading some explanations online.
- A Star is Born: Movie started out ok, felt very cliche. The singing was good, but overall the story was a miss for me.
- Mission: Impossible - Fallout: Watched this one last night, story felt like mostly retread. I was surprised how many lists had this one in the top 20 for 2018. Good, not great. Certainly didn't think it was #2, as is shown on IMDB.com.
The movies I have on queue to watch tonight/tomorrow are:
- Bad Times at the El Royale
- Roma
- The Sisters Brothers
- Tully
Rotten Tomatoes: https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/guide/best-movies-of-2018/
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/list/ls021105452/
So what were your favorites? Which did you like/dislike? Any you'd recommend adding to my queue of films released in 2018?
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