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James McClung
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Holding off on posting my own list until I catch up on a few flicks (Uncut Gems, The Irishman, etc), but figured I'd get the ball rolling here. Please post your very biased and subjective lists for this year. The bad ones too! Looking forward to see what made the cut.



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A lacklustre year imho, and so far a small list.

Who You Think I Am - Juliette Binoche - lots of twists and turns. Loved it!
Dragged Across Concrete -  great performances, riveting viewing. Zahler impresses again.
Once Upon A Time In Hollywood - surprised myself liking this. Tarantino recreated the 60s perfectly.
Crawl - pure unadulterated popcorn movie which ain't gonna win any awards but who cares, not moi!
The Nightingale - bit of a departure from The Babadook.
The King - fell a little short, but still good.

A Marriage Story gets points for writing and acting even though it was not what I'd hoped story wise.

Yet to see a few... including the much hyped Uncut Gems, Parasite, The Good Liar, Pain And Glory, The Lighthouse etc.

Disappointments:
Midsommar
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Dismal year, IMO.

Linda Ronstandt - The Sound of My Voice may be the best thing I saw.


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These are my favourites of the year ranked:

1. Under the Silver Lake
2. Dragged Across Concrete
3. The Beach Bum
4. Parasite
5. El Camino
6. Godzilla: King of the Monsters
7. The Death & Life of John F. Donovan
8. The King
9. Glass
10. Midsommar
11. Us
12. Paddleton
13. Velvet Buzzsaw

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I had such a wonderful movie-watching year I'm doing a top fifteen (in no order):

Burning
Never Goin' Back
Vox Lux
Monos
Birds of Passage
High Life
Ad Astra
The Souvenir
A Vigilante
Teen Spirit
Gloria Bell
The Farewell
Parasite
The Day Shall Come
A Bread Factory Parts One and Two

And a special shout-out to an incredible year for horror:

In Fabric
Harpoon
Braid
Hagazussa: A Heathen's Curse
Bliss
The Lighthouse
Extra Ordinary
Freaks
One Cut of the Dead
Knuckleball
Climax
Girl on the Third Floor
Depraved
Luz
Piercing

The worst things that happened this year (in no order):

Midsommar
Unplanned
Captain Marvel
Aladdin/The Lion King
Dark Phoenix

The best Nicolas Cage: Primal
The worst Nicolas Cage: A Score to Settle
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These are all great suggestions but undeniably the best movie to come out in 2019 is Tremors: A Cold Day in Hell.


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I'll probably come back to edit this, but the standouts off the top of my head:

- Doctor Sleep
- Hotel Mumbai
- For Sama
- The Brink

The one I really want to see but haven't is Parasite. Suspect that'll be right down my street.


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In before it gets too late:

Top 10 (alphabetical except #1):

1. The Lighthouse
2. The Beach Bum
3. Climax
4. El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
5. High Life
6. Midsommar
7. The Nightingale
8. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
9. Parasite
10. Uncut Gems

Honorable mention: The Irishman

Worst Film: Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile

Dishonorable Mention: Family, It: Chapter 2

Biggest Surprise: Lords of Chaos

Biggest Disappointment: The Dead Don't Die

Best TV: Mr. Robot (S4)

Worst TV: Game of Thrones (S8 )

Special Award: Too Old to Die Young - Moments of brilliance, genuine self-parody, genuine stupidity, and abject unwatchability all rolled into one, occasionally all at once. Can't believe I made it through eight whole (feature-length) episodes of this mindfuck. I have no regrets. And yet...

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Definitely not my favorite year for films. I enjoyed all the films in my top 10, but the vast majority of them contained flaws near impossible to overlook. Midsommar was among my favorites and it was easily the most flawed of the bunch. There's another universe where it would've easily taken my biggest disappointment. Even El Camino, which was solid, I couldn't help but feel it wasn't necessary and perhaps there was something about that particular loose end in Breaking Bad that had some artistic merit in and of itself. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood grew on me, though, and has ended up as one of my higher ranking picks.

Still, flaws are part of film. Sometimes they're the best part. Gotta take chances. Plenty of films don't. So always gotta tip my hat to those who aim for the stars, even if they stumble.

Fingers crossed for some proper showstoppers in 2020.



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I was going to start a Golden Globes thread but figured it could be discussed here as well:
- Best Motion Picture Drama: 1917 - Too soon to tell. Doesn't come out until this Friday here in the States.
- Best Motion Picture Musical or Comedy: Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (best screenplay too) - This was on the top of my list for both but comedy or musical? Whatever.
- Best Actor: Joaquin Phoenix/Joker - Never a doubt in my mind.
- Best Actress: Renee Zellweger/Judy - Hmmm...didn't see it but need to. Dave said it was good!

So many friggin' categories in the GG. I was surprised that The Lighthouse wasn't anywhere to be found as the acting was stellar.

I also support Andrew with Doctor Sleep. Read the book if you get the chance. One of King's best.
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Quoted from JEStaats
I was going to start a Golden Globes thread but figured it could be discussed here as well:
- Best Motion Picture Drama: 1917 - Too soon to tell. Doesn't come out until this Friday here in the States.
- Best Motion Picture Musical or Comedy: Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (best screenplay too) - This was on the top of my list for both but comedy or musical? Whatever.
- Best Actor: Joaquin Phoenix/Joker - Never a doubt in my mind.
- Best Actress: Renee Zellweger/Judy - Hmmm...didn't see it but need to. Dave said it was good!

So many friggin' categories in the GG. I was surprised that The Lighthouse wasn't anywhere to be found as the acting was stellar.

I also support Andrew with Doctor Sleep. Read the book if you get the chance. One of King's best.


Judy was okay. Rene was outstanding


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Worst of the year...

1)  Us

2)  Midsommar

3)  Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
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Worst of the year...

1)  Us

2)  Midsommar

3)  Once Upon a Time in Hollywood


You mean to tell me 3 From Hell was better than all three of these?


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Quoted from James McClung
Biggest Disappointment: The Dead Don't Die

Yeah I was pumped for this one. What a drag.

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Midsommar was among my favorites and it was easily the most flawed of the bunch. There's another universe where it would've easily taken my biggest disappointment.

Interested to hear what would have been different in that other universe. I thought Midsommar was truly, astoundingly boring and pointless. I've always wondered since then if it might have caught me differently on a different day. But I'm not gonna watch Florence Pugh do nothing for two and a half hours again to find out.
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You mean to tell me 3 From Hell was better than all three of these?


No, not even close, but 3 From Hell was a cheapass DTV release.  I was merely going with big budget, or at least high profile wide screen releases...that I saw...and assumed would be at least good.

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