Midweek Movie Free Talk

I watched Aftersun and I kept expecting something absolutely horrible... a sort of central trauma... but nothing. It was just a nice little movie that everybody should watch.

So I’ve been looking at my past top 10 lists from when I was a teenager. And decided to update them as I did 2016’s. Instead of doing them all side-by-side I’ll just put in parenthesis what was formerly number 1, what’s new on the list etc.

This starts from 2013 and ends in 2019 when I turned 20.

2013:

1. Inside Llewyn Davis (new #1)
2. The Wolf of Wall Street (couple of spots higher)
3. American Hustle (new entry on re-watch)
4. Blue Jasmine (new entry on re-watch)
5. Her (former #1)
6. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (couple of spots lower)
7. Gravity (couple of spots lower)
8. 12 Years A Slave (new entry on re-watch)
9. Nebraska (new entry on re-watch)
10. Pain and Gain (new entry on re-watch)

Out of the list: Instructions Not Included, Lone Survivor, Prisoners, Bad Grandpa, The World’s End

2014:

1. Gone Girl (same #1)
2. The Grand Budapest Hotel (moved a couple spots up)
3. Whiplash (new entry on re-watch)
4. Birdman (moved a couple spots up)
5. Edge of Tomorrow (one spot down)
6. Begin Again (a couple spots down)
7. Obvious Child (new entry)
8. American Sniper (new entry on re-watch)
9. Foxcatcher (new entry on re-watch)
10. Paddington (new entry)

Out of the list: Guardians of the Galaxy, Godzilla, Selma, Neighbors

2015:

1. The Big Short (new #1 after re-watches)
2. Brooklyn (new entry)
3. What We Do in the Shadows (former #1)
4. Ex Machina (couple of spots up)
5. Mad Max: Fury Road
6. The Revenant
7. Sicario (new entry after re-watch)
8. The Hateful Eight (new entry after re-watch)
9. Carol (new entry)
10. The Man from U.N.C.L.E (new entry after re-watch)

Out of the list: Inside Out, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Kingsman, Tangerine

2017:

1. Ladybird (same #1)
2. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (a couple of spots higher)
3. The Shape of Water (one spot lower)
4. Call Me By Your Name (couple of spots lower)
5. Baby Driver
6. Dunkirk
7. The Meyerowitz Stories (new entry after re-watch)
8. I, Tonya (new entry after re-watch)
9. A Ghost Story
10. Get Out (a couple of spots lower)

Out of the list: Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2,

2018:

1. A Star is Born (new #1 after re-watch)
2. Wildlife (new entry)
3. Vice (new entry)
4. The Favourite (new entry)
5. Roma (former #1)
6. Mission Impossible: Fallout (a couple of spots lower)
7. Eighth Grade (couple of spots lower)
8. Private Life (new entry)
9. A Quiet Place (couple of spots lower)
10. Mary Poppins Returns (new entry after re-watches)

2018 was the year I watched the least amount of movies, primarily because I was the busiest I ever was with school. So that’s why there are so many “new entries.” As I watched a lot of these shortly after (like in the beginning of 2020).

Out of the list: Blockers, Ralph Breaks the Internet, Bumblebee, Black Panther, Annihilation

2019:

1. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (new #1 after re-watches)
2. Marriage Story (former #1)
3. Knives Out
4. 1917
5. Jojo Rabbit (one spot higher)
6. Little Women (one spot lower)
7. Honey Boy (couple of spots higher)
8. The Irishman (new entry after re-watch)
9. Uncut Gems (new entry)
10. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (new entry after re-watch)

Out of the list: Rocketman, Yesterday, Long Shot

M3GAN

Was alright. It’s like a fast food type of movie. 90 minutes or however long, the whole theater was laughing, not very scary but that wasn’t the point.

It’s weird this got the acclaim it got. It has similar critical reception to like Dune, or from this past year The Menu and Nope. So it’s just weird to think about. Like what about this movie do film critics think is so much better than something like Babylon, or comparing it to a similar movie Violent Night.

Also I watched (and re-watched) a couple more movies from 2022 and I wasn’t super happy with my top 10. So here’s the updated one:

1. Banshees
2. Glass Onion
3. Tar
4. Top Gun
5. Babylon
6. Moonage Daydream
7. The Fabelmans
8. Amsterdam
9. Aftersun
10. Ambulance

I was waiting to watch Glass Onion with my wife on a date night, but found out that she had watched it without me, so I caught up on it. I thoroughly enjoyed every aspect of it, but nothing more than the rewards one could have for being observant. The crime is certainly one you can solve via observation, even when you don't know exactly what the crimes even are, which is frequently not true in whodunnits.

I love the cast, enjoyed the twists and turns, and overal give this a solid 9/10. It's probably not for everyone, but it was definitely for me.

I picked up The Complete Jacques Tati Criteron Collection. So far I've watched Jour de fête and Monsieur Hulot's Holiday. I really enjoy how these movies find humor in the mundane. I'm looking forward to Mon Oncle and Playtime.