My 2017 Movies
Lol I really dk what to title this piece but MOVIEEEEEEESSSSS!!!!!
Tl;dr: movies are awesome, scroll down to see my favourites in the past year with a list of all the movies I watched at the bottom, and a list of movies I’m looking forward to at the very bottom.
I’ve always enjoyed watching movies. I’m sure most of us do, right?
Since secondary school days (10 years ago omg), I started watching movies on a pretty regular basis. I’m still collecting ticket stubs each time I catch a movie in the theatre as a keepsake; as a piece of memory for the trip to the movie and the movie itself. I organized my collection into a book few years back, while the ones that accumulated in the past few years were just kept in a drawer for now. Few years back was also when I stopped watching movies as much though.
Halfway through 2017 however, I became more and more interested in watching movies. I managed to catch movies screened during the Singapore Chinese Film Festival, A Design Film Festival, as well as the Singapore International Film Festival. Later on in the year, I began keeping track on the list of movies I’ve caught throughout the year, be it in the theatres or not.
Among the 32 movies I watched this year (14 in the cinema), there are several which stood out from the rest, in one way or another. Such movies can be seen in the various awards each year, being recognized for their efforts, be it in the storyline, the cinematography, the sound, or other aspects.
That was when I thought to myself, instead of simply keeping a list of movies I’ve watched, why not have my very own movie awards where I can evaluate which film does best in each area? Because we are all entitled to our own opinions and the Internet allows us to express them, so like, why not right?
Below will be a list of awards and the winning movies, with a list of runners-up for the ones that proved to be a difficult decision for me. Each movie can only be the winner in one category, but can be runners-up to any number of categories. New movies will be featured more, while I will only include older movies if they really mean that much to me.
Best Superhero Movie
Simply the best even if I don’t consider the fact that this is the last time we will see Hugh Jackman as my favourite superhero.
Most WTF Movie
Starring Suki Waterhouse, Jason Momoa, Keanu Reeves, and Jim Carrey may intrigue you a little, but any show categorized as a romantic drama horror-thriller film on Wikipedia certainly deserves a watch. Or two. In case you can’t wrap your head around it the first time. Or you just want to go WTF for a second time.
Runners-up: The Killing of a Sacred Deer, 報告老師！怪怪怪怪物！
Coolest Movie
There’s definitely cooler scenes to show for a film that’s named the Coolest Movie of 2017, but at the same time this scene shows just exactly how cool this movie is.
Best Soundtrack
Lol I just really like the choices of the songs, and how they come together with the show. The movie is just pretty awesome too if you overlook the flaws.
Runners-up: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, 52Hz 我爱你, Baby Driver
Best Visuals
Well Christopher Nolan has to be here somewhere, right?
Runners-up: 摆渡人, The Bad Batch, 大佛普拉斯
Most Interesting Premise
An unemployed young write struggling with alcoholism played by Anne Hathaway is causing a giant monster to wreck havoc halfway across the world? Also a film that really explores more themes than it seems. Yet another director to watch out for.
Runners-up: The Killing of a Sacred Deer, The Bad Batch
Best Biographical Film
Because I feel that JIM CARREY and Andy Kaufman both deserve a mention.
Runner-up: Snowden
The Movie I’ll Watch Again
If I have to pick one out of everything I’ve watched.
A movie that is funny, sad, and everything in between about life; and that’s in black and white.
Movies Watched in 2017
Kong: Skull Island
Logan
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
52Hz 我爱你
一念无明
Wonder Woman
Spider-Man: Homecoming
Dunkirk
報告老師！怪怪怪怪物！
Baby Driver
Free Lunch Society
Justice League
大佛普拉斯
The Killing of a Sacred Deer
Masterminds (2016)
Snowden (2016)
Colossal (2017)
Get A Job (2016)
摆渡人 (2016)
一路顺风 (2016)
从你的全世界路过 (2016)
健忘村 (2017)
中国合伙人 (2013)
總舖師 (2013)
乘风破浪 (2017)
Central Intelligence (2016)
Man on the Moon (1999)
The Truman Show (1998)
后会无期 (2014)
The Bad Batch (2017)
Be Kind Rewind (2008)
Logan Lucky (2017)
I realized my list isn’t that long and how many good movies I actually missed in 2017. Hopefully I’l catch them someday. I’ll just make a list of movies I’m looking forward to in this year for now so that I can prepare myself ahead.
Movies to Look Forward to in 2018
January
The Square (Ruben Östlund)
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (Martin McDonagh)
April
Lady Bird (Greta Gerwig)
May
Isle of Dogs (Wes Anderson)
Avengers: Infinity War Part 1 (Russo brothers)
October
First Man (Damian Chazelle)
November
X-Men: Dark Phoenix (Simon Kinberg)
Hope they come to sg this year
The Disaster Artist (James Franco)
The Favourite (Yorgos Lanthimos)
Mute (Duncan Jones)
Mid-90s (Jonah Hill)
Radegund (Terrence Malick)
Please jio me to watch movies… ^^
Also do let me know if there’s any other good ones coming up
