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| Neek's 2018 Q1: Films
Movies I've seen in theaters since the start of the year | | 1 |  | Drake
More Life
Cloverfield Paradox: 2/5
Messy storytelling and a generic approach to the premise undercut whatever fascinating mysteries and inherently horrifying circumstances our dull characters find themselves in. | | 2 |  | Royal Blood
Out of the Black
Black Panther: 4/5
A massively important step in the evolution of the genre (and mainstream films in general), Black Panther is the kind of film with the power to change minds. And that more than makes up for a disappointing lack of originality in terms of action and plot. | | 3 |  | Paramore
Brand New Eyes
Annihilation: 5/5
When someone asks me what a 5-star rating means, I usually say, "No matter its faults, it's constantly arresting and engaging throughout its entire runtime." I think this did that with flying colors. | | 4 |  | Raizel
The Lady of Heaven
Midnight Sun: 2/5
Switching between insipidly written scenes that check off cliches at an alarming pace and moments of surprising emotional potency, Midnight Sun's biggest fault is still that it has no shred of uniqueness to call its own. At times it feels like the most expensive commercial ever made. Did meet Bella Thorne at an early screening of this though, that was cool. | | 5 |  | Alanis Morissette
Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie
Thoroughbreds: 4.5/5
A fascinating meditation on morality and empathy, and also just a kick-ass movie with beautiful visuals and a cool atmosphere. | | 6 |  | Led Zeppelin
In Through the Out Door
Death of Stalin: 4/5
While the bigger picture might get lost in the feverish antics and general hilarity, Death of Stalin is a great comedy with some serious things to ponder. | | 7 |  | Sufjan Stevens
Enjoy Your Rabbit
Tomb Raider: 2.5/5
While there’s certainly some fun to be had, an inactive and uninteresting protagonist where there should be one empowered and exciting brings an already bland story tumbling down. | | 8 |  | Jack White
Lazaretto
Game Night: 4/5
Apparently you can still make comedies that are both low-brow and mainstream, yet cinematically competent and just goddamn funny. This movie managed to up both the stakes and the jokes from scene to scene with strange finesse. | | 9 |  | New Order
Power, Corruption and Lies
Ready Player One: 3/5
There’s a large amount of excitement to be had here, massive action scenes and gorgeous scenery to behold; it’s just purely up to the viewer whether it’s worth trudging through a dreadful script and climax after climax of an overstuffed runtime. | | 10 |  | Lady Gaga
Artpop
Pacific Rim Uprising: 2.5/5
There’s about 20 minutes of inspired badassery that should’ve made this sequel work, unfortunately the rest is just bland and poorly shot. They take their best ideas and use them up early on, leaving only the ugly and boring for the end. | |
neekafat
04.01.18 | I saw 60% of these in the last week or so, I have a problem | bgillesp
04.01.18 | Haha, I haven't seen a movie all year yet. Gonna see isle of dogs soon though | neekafat
04.01.18 | Gotta see that too! Not playing in a lot of theaters round here tho, surprised it's limited | bgillesp
04.01.18 | Yeah, if I got advertised it wouldn't have trouble making money | neekafat
04.01.18 | Why does no one love me | neekafat
04.01.18 | [2] | Papa Universe
04.01.18 | no one? | Papa Universe
04.01.18 | also, regarding the films on the list:
Cloverfield Paradox: 2.5
Black Panther: 2.5
Annihilation: 5 (fooooken el, mate)
Midnight Sun: haven't seen
Thoroughbreds: haven't seen
Death of Stalin: 4.5
Tomb Raider: 3.5
Game Night: 4
Ready Player One: haven't seen
Pacific Rim Uprising: 3
other films I've seen this year:
The Commuter: 3
Insidious The Last Key: 3.5
Earl Man: 4
Red Sparrow: 3
Dovlatov: 4
Isle of Dogs: 4.5
Mute: 2.5
A Futile and Stupid Gesture: 3
Den of Thieves: 3.5
Empire Builders: 4 (this definitely won't ring a bell to you, it's a Czech documentary, but still a great watch, if you can find it in English)
| SlightlyEpic
04.01.18 | Only films on here I've seen are Annihilation and The Death of Stalin but I wasn't huge on either. You don't use letterboxd by any chance, do you? | neekafat
04.01.18 | "Tomb Raider: 3.5"
how
I've gotta see Isle of Dogs soon, and I have a creeping desire to see Mute
I do actually, pretty recently. But most of my ratings are still on Rotten Tomatoes | neekafat
04.01.18 | Glad to see you're not as crotchety with your films as you are with music Uni | Papa Universe
04.01.18 | maybe it's because I have absolutely zero knowledge of the game Tomb Raider was based on and I haven't seen the Jolie ones, but this was a fun and serviceable action adventure | Papa Universe
04.01.18 | "Glad to see you're not as crotchety with your films as you are with music Uni"
https://media1.tenor.com/images/f10183a87bfd79102f73a5448c73f0ad/tenor.gif?itemid=4296167 | neekafat
04.01.18 | I've only played the first reboot game (which is amazing) and I've never seen the Jolie ones either |
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