2017 YEAR IN REVIEW
Best of 2017:
1. The Belko Experiment
2. Mother!
3. Super Dark Times
4. The Devil’s Candy
5. The Transfiguration
6. The Killing of a Sacred Deer
7. 47 Meters Down
8. Gerald’s Game
9. Better Watch Out
10. Raw
Honorable mentions: Annabelle: Creation; Red Christmas; The Void;
Cult of Chucky; A Ghost Story; The Babysitter; My Life as a Zucchini
Worst of 2017:
1. Spark: A Space Tail
2. Clawed
3. The Crooked Man
4. Absolutely Anything
5. Beaches
6. The Doll Master
7. Snatched
8. The Dinner
9. King Arthur: Legend of
the Sword
10. The Ghost in the Shell
Dishonorable mentions: Unforgettable; Inconceivable; The Dark Tower;
Easter Sunday; Woodshock; A Dark Song; The Sound; Little Evil; Baywatch;
American Satan; Eloise; Temple
Other Superlatives:
Coolest Title(s): American Satan; The Devil’s Candy
Good-but-not-as-much-as-the-hype: IT; Get Out
Not-as-bad-as-they-said: The Emoji Movie
Biggest Disappointment(s): Easter Sunday; American Satan; A Dark Song
Most Unnecessary Sequels: Stake Land II; Jigsaw; Amityville: The
Awakening
Most Unnecessary Remakes: Beaches; The Beguiled; Beauty and the Beast
Actually Worthy Sequels: Cult of Chucky; Annabelle: Creation
Most Overrated: IT; Wonder Woman; pretty much every
Oscar-nominated movie (that I’ve seen)
Best Comeback: Evil clown movies (they all may not necessarily
have been good, but their resurgence is always welcome)
Needs a Comeback: Good movies in general
Commentary: As evidenced,
2017 wasn’t a very good year for movies…again!
Movies seem to go downhill each year.
There weren’t too many candidates for good films this year, but countless
ones for the worst (and there probably always will be). Who would’ve thought an animated movie about
monkeys would end up being the worst film of 2017 for me, let alone worst movie
I’ve ever seen? I picked The Belko Experiment for best of the
year because it’s been a while since I’ve seen a horror film that was bloody
and nasty the way they should be, but also well-made and entertaining. I liked Mother!
a lot too but apparently mainstream critics were divided with it and the film
was nominated for some Razzies?!! I
liked it because it was different from what I’ve been seeing lately and still
managed to entertain me. According to
the Oscar nominations, people must prefer the same recycled material like Lady Bird and The Shape of Water, both of which I wasn’t crazy about. I didn’t like Dunkirk at all. Get Out was good but not that good. Apparently I’m not meant to review movies on
the same level as the Academy. I didn’t
see any of the other nominated movies yet, but I tend to disagree more than
agree with the Oscars. Like I always
tell people, everyone is their own critic.
I never expect anyone to agree with me but I do like sharing my likes
and dislikes with people that care to listen.
Here’s to 2018 being a better year for movies. I don’t think positive nor expect anything,
but it would be nice to have good movies outweigh bad movies for once…2/6/2018
---Sean O.
