Movie of the Year 2015 edition

I really loved Me and Earl and the Dying Girl. Probably my favorite of the year.

What about cinematography? Haven't seen the Revenant, but I wonder if Chivo will take it home a third year in a row. Fury Road is a tough contender though.

Haven't seen Carol or H8 yet to see if they change anything, but at the moment:

Best of the year goes to Fury Road hands down, followed closely by Inherent Vice. I know not everyone liked the latter, but I could have spent another four hours in the theatre watching it. Absolutely beautiful to look at, and full of the deftest combination of hilarity and paranoia I've seen in a movie--watching it was akin to getting high oneself. And the performances were all knockouts, with Katherine Waterston making a huge first impression and Joaquin Phoenix proving yet again to be my favorite actor working today.

Worst goes to Terminator Genysis . That fucking movie.

VFX definitely goes to Fury Road in my book. Star Wars was gorgeous, but as said above there was nothing new there.

Best Newcomer goes to Daisy Ridley--in a cast full of fantastic performances she stood out as just phenomenal. Most Versatile to Oscar Isaac--between A Most Violent Year, Ex Machina and Star Wars he played three completely different roles to perfection.

Most Forgettable goes to The Martian --in compiling the list of movies I'd seen this year in order to rank and review them I completely forgot that I had seen it.

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Oh yeah, The Martian was ace.

The real disappointment of the year was the cessation (suspension?) of FIYH. No more WAYDM podcasts to look forward to. 

Of the 26 2015 films I've seen, Fury Road leads followed by Sicario. I really hope Deakins gets a cinematography win, Sicario is so downplayed in a way, but he does so much with so little. The shot of the soldiers at sunset descending below the horizon as the camera lands perfectly on the cloud formation in the distance... Beauty. I've yet to see The Revenant however.

Worst big film goes to Genisys, followed closely by the Poltergeist remake.

Still need to see The Revenant and Anomalisa, either of which I could see stealing the top spot.

Those notwithstanding, it's easily Fury Road, with Mission Impossible as a really solid #2.
Creed, Ex Machina, and Inside Out are my other standouts.

Sicario is over-rated, cinematography not-withstanding.

Hateful Eight I literally have no idea how I feel about, and will have to see it again.
It could be Tarantino's worst, could grow to be one of his best.

I only saw 7 movies at the cinema this year. (Though there's another half-dozen I still want to see, eventually).

But, two of those I saw twice. Fury Road (obviously), and The Hateful Eight. So my vote is for those two.

I feel sadly confident saying that how you feel about The Hateful Eight will be greatly impacted by the audience you see it with. It's kind of a crapshoot. But it's a very intelligent/deliberate film (but not heavy-handed, 'cause fuck me that first audience missed the point). Maybe in a few years we'll look back and recognize that Inglourious Basterds, Django Unchained, and The Hateful Eight were a turning point for QT and we'll take those seriously and not just on the surface. Probably not though.

Oh, and honourable mention to a German film called Victoria. Don't watch a trailer, don't look up info on it, but go find a copy and watch it. A pleasant treat. Whether you like it or not, it's certainly a unique experience.

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What We Do in the Shadows
Mad Max: Fury Road
It Follows
Ex Machina
Room
The Martian

As is the annual tradition, there are about a dozen films I meant to see, but still haven't made time for yet.