Wednesday 12 December 2018

My Top 5 Cinema Movies of 2018

No (major) spoilers! I promise.

If you're in need of movie suggestions for the cold nights of December, you're in the right place.

You know, when I was making this list, I realised I had watched my fair choice of big screen movies this year. Some I half-watched, switching off out of boredom, incomprehensibilty, sometimes even nausea. So, here are a list of my top 5 cinema movies this year (so far anyway; as you will see later there's still a number of movies I'm looking forward to seeing before the year runs out, hopefully).

And, also, a caveat... remember how I said this was MY top 5? Emphasis is on MY. These are my choices, people. They may not be yours, and I totally get that. The movies I didn't like as well are MY unliked movies, you might love them... I don't judge your taste in movies, don't come for mine :)

And, just to give you context, I will present (briefly) a list of movies I watched this year. I didn't watch everything, obviously. It's not like I am paid to do these reviews, you know. So, I've grouped the rest of the movies I've watched into 'Okay', 'Meh' and 'Blurgh'.

Okay 👍

1. Sierra Burgess Is a Loser. Okay, but the end is too simplistic and cheesy. And, this is coming from someone who allows cheese sometimes.

2. Uncle Drew. Okay, but the acting of some of the actors and makeup/costumes was something else (sigh).

3. Step Sisters. Okay, stuff we've seen before a la the Bring It Ons.

4. To all the Boys I've Loved Before. Okay, doesn't stand out to me.

5. Nappily Ever After. Okay. Not outstanding though.

Meh 🤷

1. Come Sunday. Really don't have anything to say about this. It was bland at best (Sorry Chiwetel)

2. The Week of. Kinda boring. The same Adam Sandler Schtick.

Blurgh 🙈

Didn't finish any of the below because of in some cases a. incomprehensibility b. boredom  c. nausea (I will not match the options with the movie, I'll leave that a mystery)

1. Like Father. The first 5 minutes and it was so cliche and boring, I switched off.

2. Set It Up. Urgh, too boring to finish.

3. A Star Is Born. I really don't get the hype for this. The storyline is overdone and I don't want tomatoes thrown, but Lady Gaga's acting left a lot to be desired.

4. Night School. Really wanted to like this, but....

Okay, that's enough preamble, without further ado I present you my top 5 Cinema Movies of 2018, in no particular order (drum roll and cymbal clashing):

1. Incredibles 2. I watched Incredible 1 last year and loved it. Don't really like sequels as I think many are substandard, but this was great! I loved that (spoiler alert) the baby came into his own, and I am actually looking forward to an Incredibles 3. This kept my attention throughout, even though I had an inkling about how things would turn out.

2. Crazy Rich Asians. I find that romance comedies are too cliche for my liking sometimes, but this was great. Acting was top shape! The exotic location and culture infusion helped a lot. Overall, loved it.

3. Black Panther. Okay, so this was great! I'm not really one for action movies, but this kept me planted on my seat. And, like Crazy Rich Asians, the culture infusion was marvelous. The characters popped. It was great.

4. A Simple Favour. So this is more my style. I am more of a thriller-with-a-twist girl (see here and here), but this was the first with humour; so comedic thriller, I guess, thanks to Anna Kendrick. The twists were good.

5. I Feel Pretty. I know, right, this had cliche, cliche, cliche written all over it, but I really liked it (shrug). To me, it is always good to see someone learning to love themselves the way they were. This was just the right level of funny and motivational.

Okay, done! There are some movies out now that I am hoping to watch hopefully before the year runs out. The trailers have left my appetite whetted:

1. Second Act

2. Aquaman

3. Venom

4. Ralph Breaks the Internet 

Who knows? I might yet update my top 5 movies of 2018.

I'll have to see if these live up to the hype.