for those of you that care, here’s my top picks for movies in 2015!
- Ex Machina – what a concept! great acting all around plus great visuals
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens – JJ does it again with a solid all around movie, but he better watch out for duplicating past plots too much (i.e. Star Wars Into Darkness and Wrath of Kahn)
- Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation – i love the MI franchise and Tom Cruise doesn’t disappoint. i hope the addition of Ferguson in the next installment doesn’t ruin the dynamic.
- Mad Max: Fury Road – that guitar guy sealed the deal for me
- Everest – speaking to the adventurist in me, i enjoyed the grittiness and true story aspect
- The Martian – fun humor with a fun cast
- Furious 7 – the action is so ridic you have to respect that
- The Gift – a surprisingly dark movie that has perhaps ruined Jason Bateman for me
- Kingsman: The Secret Service – a breakout role for the male lead and i enjoyed all those British actors in one place
- Southpaw – i’m a sucker for boxing movies
biggest disappointments for me this year have been:
- Spectre – weak plot and action sequences that made no sense
- Ant-Man – despite Paul Rudd and an excellent entourage, perhaps i was expecting too much but this was way too predictable and that romance doesn’t feel organic
- The Avengers: Age of Ultron – i hear it’s better upon second viewing but it got too convoluted for me
good, but perhaps overhyped:
- Sicario
made more enjoyable because the friends i was with:
- Straight Outta Compton
movies i haven’t seen yet that may make it on this list:
- Macbeth
- Creed
- Revenant
- The Big Short
- The Walk