2017 Films League Table!

[Stomski]

On a tiny screen you won't be able to appreciate how ugly the sets are.

[browny87]

maybe not but ill get the jist of it I guess

[Grand Moff Muffin]

1. Dunkirk
2. The Death of Stalin
3. Spider-Man: Homecoming
4. Thor: Ragnarok
5. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
6. Logan
7. Kingsman: The Golden Circle
8. Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
9. Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar's Revenge
10. The Lego Batman Movie
11. Star Wars: The Last Jedi (not an ESB remake, but nonetheless lacked the magic of Rogue One and the original trilogy - dead centre in my league table of cinema enjoyment for 2017)
12. War for the Planet of the Apes
13. Transformers: The Last Knight
14. The Mummy
15. Wonder Woman
16. American Made
17. Kong: Skull Island
18. Justice League
19. Ghost in the Shell
20. Fast and Furious 8
21. Assassin's Creed

Martin

[Benn]

I've only seen one film at the cinema this year. Wow.

[Jim]

1. Star Wars: The Last Jedi
2. Love and Friendship
3. La-La Land
4. Cars 3
5. Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2
6. Spider-Man: Homecoming
7. Thor: Ragnorok
8. My Little Pony

I need to digest a bit more, but provisionally I am putting it in at number 1. I'm thinking of rejigging the whole list anyway having had time to reflect and also see some of them again.

[Benn]

Okay, so I spoke in haste, it seems. I've now seen THREE films at the cinema. Woo!

1. Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol.2
2. Shin Gojira
3. Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle - This was a lot better than it had any right to be. I hadn't realised it was a sequel and it is a very good, enjoyable fun romp.

So three films, and not a dud amongst them. I'll take that.

[Grand Moff Muffin]

1. Dunkirk
2. The Death of Stalin
3. Spider-Man: Homecoming
4. Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (an unexpected late high point in the cinematic year)
5. Thor: Ragnarok
6. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
7. Logan
8. Kingsman: The Golden Circle
9. Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
10. Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar's Revenge
11. The Lego Batman Movie
12. Star Wars: The Last Jedi
13. War for the Planet of the Apes
14. Transformers: The Last Knight
15. The Mummy
16. Wonder Woman
17. American Made
18. Kong: Skull Island
19. Justice League
20. Ghost in the Shell
21. Fast and Furious 8
22. Assassin's Creed

Martin

[The Doctor]

Oh no. I have yet to see it and want it to be good.

-Ralph

[Bogatan]

Brief catch up

Pixars Coco. Even by Pixar standards this is a bloody tear jerker. I'm pretty sure there were at least 3 people sobbing by the end of our screening. Utterly gorgeous film though and funny.

Disaster Artist - I only recently discovered the film The Room thanks to an Everything Wrong with.. video. I have yet to see it in full and I kind of wish I had first. Not because The Disaster Artist is bad, quite the opposite, its weirdly brilliant, but I bet I would have enjoyed it even more if I was better aquainted with The Room.

I dont think I have ever been in a cinema with an audience that laughed as long, as hard and from so early as this one did. Almost all of it because of James Franko' either oscar worthy or truly terrible performance, given the person hes playing theres probably no difference.

Star Wars TLJ - Consider me Pro Last Jedi. Loved it. I wont deny there were some odd choices going on, but this is what happens when you break out of the mould a bit with these characters and this story. Everyone already has their own ideas about how things panned out after Return and when a filmaker makes choices that are unexpected its going to piss off a lot of fans. Thats why I wasnt overly surprised or upset that Abrams did episode VII almost as a remake, it allowed people to be slowly shuffled in to new territory witout making them feel uncomfortable.

[Bogatan]

Oh and finally caught Blade Runner 2049. I was a bit shattered when I watched it meaning the long and frequent (but beautiful) shots with no dialogue kept nudging me towards dreamland. Only let down by what felt like an underwhelming ending. Ive since read it is/was planned to launch potential sequels which went some way to explaining it.

[Fortmax2020]

Hoping to see Jumanji in the New Year if it still around. Looking forward to the Greatest Showman sometime between now and then.

I'm still scratching my head over the Last Jedi. No problem with SW trying something new. I just thought it was a badly constructed film with some unhelpful leaks of logic required to make it work with characters who went from smart and sensible at the start to complete numpties for the remaining 75% of it.

[The Doctor]

I agree re TLJ. I don't think it was a bad film despite my many problems with the storytelling. It does require characters to have been dropped on their heads to make the story work but was still jolly enough to pass the time. I just didn't see this masterpiece of critical acclaim I have since read about.

I am now aware there are idiotic online wars about it in The SW Fandom. Grow up. Like or dislike it but don't scream at other people if their opinion differs.

Jumanji was released on 20/12 and has a big marketing push so should be round for a while.

-Ralph

[Jim]

1. Star Wars: The Last Jedi
2. Love and Friendship
3. La-La Land
4. Cars 3
5. Coco
6. Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2
7. Spider-Man: Homecoming
8. Thor: Ragnorok
9. My Little Pony

As already said above, Coco is a real tear-jerker by the end! It's lovely, quite funny, and visually beautiful, though a bit predictable.

It might seem ridiculous that I'm giving Cars 3 the edge, but my expectations were lower and it did something a bit different. Coco is far more technically accomplished in almost every way, but you can see the twist coming a mile off and it hits every beat you expect.

[Andy Turnbull]

Been quite tardy with my list.


1. Thor: Ragnarok
2. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
3. Logan
4. Star Wars: The Last Jedi
5. Justice League
6. Transformers: The Last Knight
7. Assassin's Creed

Not too many cinema trips in 2017 it would seem. One scheduled for Friday night.

Andy

[Grand Moff Muffin]

1. Dunkirk
2. The Death of Stalin
3. Spider-Man: Homecoming
4. Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
5. Thor: Ragnarok
6. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
7. Logan
8. Kingsman: The Golden Circle
9. Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
10. Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar's Revenge
11. The Lego Batman Movie
12. The Greatest Showman (had its moments - the first song in the bar was particularly well choreographed)
13. Star Wars: The Last Jedi
14. War for the Planet of the Apes
15. Transformers: The Last Knight
16. The Mummy
17. Wonder Woman
18. American Made
19. Kong: Skull Island
20. Justice League
21. Ghost in the Shell
22. Fast and Furious 8
23. Assassin's Creed

So... 2017. Martin still likes today's Marvel movies and still doesn't care for today's DC movies. The ordering above accurately reflects my enjoyment on a first viewing, but having re-watched them, Valerian and Lego Batman deserve to go higher.

Martin

[browny87]

martin wats showman like overall, my missus wants me to take her so was just wondering

[Grand Moff Muffin]

Dec 28, 2017 20:53:43 GMT browny87 said:

martin wats showman like overall, my missus wants me to take her so was just wondering

Just like the trailer, really, only spread over an hour and a half. Hugh Jackman invents the circus, and opinion is divided over whether or not it's a good thing, but the show must and does go on.

*flips top hat with cane*

Martin

[Fortmax2020]

*slides across arena*

It was alright. I thought there were some interesting choices on the direction and production side especially the audio. Good use of it (or not using it as the case may be), but I also felt the sound balance was a bit... off during some of the songs. Not sure I would have made all the songs quite so modern. Felt like an attempt to grab a younger audience which somehow misses the mark by being a bit too obviously 'trendy upped'

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particularly the world famous opera star not singing opera

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Lots of energy though and the cast do very well. Hugh Jackman is clearly having a great time and some superb choreography on show.

Definitely puts a sunnier and happier gloss onto Barnham.

[Andy Turnbull]

1. Batman Returns - not a surprise - my favourite Batman film, and such a delight to see it again on the big screen (25 years since I saw it last)
2. Thor: Ragnarok
3. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
4. Logan
5. Star Wars: The Last Jedi
6. Justice League
7. Transformers: The Last Knight
8. Assassin's Creed

[Grand Moff Muffin]

Dec 28, 2017 20:53:43 GMT browny87 said:

martin wats showman like overall, my missus wants me to take her so was just wondering

The logical plot holes in this film have been preying on my mind. Why is the 'unusual person' most deserving of the audience's sympathies and pity made out to be the bearded singing lady? Is she really that unfortunate in the first place? When we are introduced to her, she has a full beard, but the film doesn't establish anywhere that it grows any more quickly than a man's beard, e.g. like Evan Almighty, so presumably she has the beard by choice. Couldn't she shave once or twice a day if the beard bothered her? In the background we catch sight of Siamese twins, but we never learn anything about them (are they supposed to be real?). At any rate, the man stuck in the body of a boy is certainly in a different league of misfortune from a woman with a beard.

But the thing that bothers me most is this... The circus has yet to be invented, right? And Hugh Jackman is cobbling his show together from various curious people, such as the bearded lady, the dwarf, the all-over-body-hair man, the tattooed man, etc. And then a brother and sister are next in the line. "What's your unusual thing?" "We're trapeze artists." "OK."

What luck! Accomplished trapeze artists with nothing to do, just waiting for someone to invent the circus! Reminds me of a Goon Show episode where the man who had just invented the first aeroplane had the good fortune to meet the man who had just invented the first aerodrome. ("What a bit of luck! Now I'll have somewhere to put it!") It's like Bach writing a violin concerto and wishing someone would hurry up and invent the orchestra.

Oh well!

Martin

[Fortmax2020]

Yes... it was a bit odd. I kept asking Mrs M what was 'different' about the trapeze pair other than being athletic and working class.

The stage musical about Barnum I saw a couple years back seemed a much more thought out presentation of his life. If with less pizazz.

[The Doctor]

I am not planning on seeing the film as the trailer was awful and annoyed me every time it played.

-Ralph

[Fortmax2020]

You will not be down and hip like Martin and I then.

[The Doctor]

I will survive.

-Ralph

[Fortmax2020]

I would like to see Hugh Jackman play Berko.

[blueshift]

Jan 1, 2018 14:25:16 GMT Fortmax2020 said:

I would like to see Hugh Jackman play Berko.

Berko is clearly Richard O'Brien!

[Fortmax2020]

I prefer to think of him being Hi Q's long lost brother.