Best/Worst Films of 2017

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.

Best and Worst of 2016...so far

Since the year is halfway over I figure I mine as well tally up the 5 best and worst movies of 2016 thus far.  Since I haven't seen enough movies yet this year, this most likely will change:

Best:
1.  Clown
2.  The Shallows
3.  The Conjuring 2
4.  The Neon Demon
5.  Green Room

Worst:
1.  Cabin Fever
2.  They Found Hell
3.  The Girl in the Photographs
4.  Home Invasion
5.  The Darkness

---Sean O.

*This blog was originally published on 7/1/2016 in my other blog, I Like Moobies, before this blog was created and I couldn't transfer it over so I just copy and pasted into this blog*

Best/Worst Films of 2017....thus far

Since the year is halfway over, I'll pick my favorite and least favorite films of the year so far.  This list is highly expected to change...at least I hope so.

Best of 2017 (so far):

1)      The Belko Experiment

2)      The Devil’s Candy

3)      47 Meters Down

4)      Raw

5)      The Void

Honorable mentions:  Kong: Skull Island; Split; My Life as a Zucchini

Worst of 2017 (so far):

1)      The Crooked Man

2)      Beaches

3)      100 Streets

4)      Tall Men

5)      Ghost of New Orleans

Dishonorable mentions:  Easter Sunday; Eloise

---Sean O.

Best/Worst of 2016

2016 YEAR IN REVIEW

Best of 2016:

1.         Clown

2.         Kubo and the Two Strings

3.         The Monster

4.         The Conjuring 2

5.         The Shallows

6.         The Neon Demon

7.         Green Room

8.         Kicks

9.         Holidays

10.       Ouija: Origin of Evil

Honorable Mentions:  Hardcore Henry; Siren; The Land; Take Me to the River; Fender Bender; Southbound; Storks; Monsterland.

Worst of 2016:

1.         High Rise

2.         Independence Day: Resurgence

3.         Cabin Fever

4.         They Found Hell

5.         Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice

6.         The Mermaid

7.         Broken Vows

8.         Come and Find Me

9.         The Disappointments Room

10.       The Girl in the Photographs

Dishonorable Mentions: Andron; The Darkness; Careful What You Wish For; Restoration; Home Invasion; The Bride; Yoga Hosers; Midnight Special; The Offering.

Other Superlatives:

Coolest Title:  The Devil’s Dolls

Good-but-not-as-much-as-the-hype:  The Witch; Don’t Breathe

Not-as-bad-as-they-said (still not necessarily good):  Suicide Squad; Shut In

Biggest Disappointment:  Rob Zombie’s 31

Most Unnecessary Sequels:  Independence Day: Resurgence; Kindergarten Cop 2

Most Unnecessary Remakes:  Cabin Fever; The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Most Overrated:  Deadpool; Lights Out; The Girl on the Train

Best Comeback:  Phantasm: Ravager

Needs a Comeback:  Kevin Smith

Commentary:  Like the year itself, 2016 didn’t seem to be a very good year for movies.  Come to think of it, the last couple years weren’t.  I’m thinking about just making lists for movies I watched during that year no matter how many times I’ve seen them or when they came out.  Realistically, Clown wouldn’t be best picture of the year; I haven’t seen a really good evil clown movie in a while, that’s why I gave it the honor.  Kubo and The Monster are probably tied for second.  Holidays actually was a worthy anthology film so I included it in the top ten.  Ouija: Origin of Evil making it on the list goes to show there weren’t many movies to choose from; I thought it was much better than the first so I snuck it on the end.  Southbound and Monsterland were decent anthology films so I included them in the honorable mentions.  Storks was much better than I thought it would be so I gave it some recognition.  Cabin Fever was probably the worst remake I’ve seen in recent memory and was the worst movie of the year for a while.  However, at least I was able to follow it unlike High Rise which wins for being worst of the worst.  I lost interest in Independence Day: Resurgence long before it was over, that’s why Cabin Fever shockingly wasn’t at the top.  I’m getting picky with modern movies.  I need a new hobby!  Or should just stick to movies I know are good beforehand.  2/5/2017

---Sean O.

Best/Worst of 2015

2015 YEAR IN REVIEW

Best of 2015:

1.         Hellions

2.         Jurassic World

3.         It Follows

4.         Inside Out

5.         Krampus (minus the gingerbread men)

6.         The Hateful Eight

7.         The Green Inferno

8.         The Visit

9.         Sinister 2

10.       Zombeavers

Honorable Mentions:  Wild Tales; We Are Still Here; Tales of Halloween; A Girl Like Her; Crimson Peak; Straight Outta Compton; WolfCop; Digging Up the Marrow

Worst of 2015:

1.         The Anomaly

2.         Coven

3.         The Perfect Guy

4.         Devil May Call

5.         The Redwood Massacre

6.         Jurassic City

7.         Air

8.         Re-Kill

9.         Krampus: The Reckoning

10.       Pan

Dishonorable Mentions:  Mad Max: Fury Road (how the eff did this movie get so many Oscar nominations?); Hot Tub Time Machine 2; Mutant World; The Intruders; Evangeline; Black Box; The Blood Lands

---Sean O.

Best/Worst of 2014

2014 YEAR IN REVIEW

Best of 2014:

1.         Found

2.         The Lego Movie (really don’t know how this wasn’t included in the best animated feature                   category)

3.         Almost Human

4.         Honeymoon

5.         Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones

6.         Coherence

7.         Beneath

8.         Willow Creek (one of the better recent found footage flicks)

9.         Borgman

10.       The Guest

Honorable Mentions:  Ping Pong Summer; Free Fall; Stranger by the Lake (had to include two gay movies that were actually good); Under the Skin (better upon each viewing); Wrinkles; The Purge: Anarchy; The Battery; Proxy

Worst of 2014:

1.         Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

2.         The Forbidden Girl

3.         Sleeping Beauty (some stupid live-action one)

4.         Devil’s Due

5.         Locke

6.         A Field in England

7.         Christmas Bounty

8.         Mas Negro Que La Noche (Darker than Night)

9.         The Hunted

10.       No Good Deed

Other Suckers:  Fields of the Dead; Vampire Academy; In Fear; Ouija; Child of God; See No Evil 2; Parts Per Billion

---Sean O.

Best/Worst of 2013

2013 YEAR IN REVIEW

Best of 2013:

1.         V/H/S 2 (prob the best horror anthology film I’ve seen in a long long time and every single short was good)

2.         Prisoners (really more of a tie with V/H/S 2, it really comes close and should’ve been nominated for lots of Oscars)

3.         Blackfish

4.         Stoker (I didn’t even know Wentworth Miller wrote this until after the fact, the fact that I                     liked it so much and that he wrote it is awsum)

5.         The Way Way Back

6.         Stitches (had to put an evil clown flick on here, just had to)

7.         The Place Beyond the Pines

8.         Aftershock

9.         The Kings of Summer

10.       Insidious: Chapter 2 (as far as sequels go, this nailed it and yes I slightly enjoyed this more                 than The Conjuring)

Honorable Mentions:  Spring Breakers (dared to be different and succeeded); Nothing Left to Fear; Curse of Chucky; Dark Skies; This is the End; Resolution; Hello Herman; Monsters University; The Conjuring.

Worst of 2013:

1.         30 Nights of Paranormal Activity With the Devil Inside the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (parodies are dead)

2.         Heebie Jeebies

3.         Upstream Color

4.         Antiviral

5.         Scary Movie V (did I mention that parodies are dead?)

6.         Escapee

7.         Berberian Sound Studio

8.         Apartment 1303

9.         Shiver

10.       Daddy, I’m a Zombie

Dishonorable Mentions:  Mischief Night; A Haunting at Silver Falls; The Dinosaur

Project; The Mooring; Love Me; Crush; The Wicked; Home Sweet Home; Unlucky

Charms; A Resurrection; Magic Magic.

Commentary:  These bad movies really are forgettable.  Most of the dishonorable mentions are drawing a blank after just 3 years!  I did like The Conjuring better after another viewing.  1/30/2017

---Sean O.