My top 20 films of 2017 (based on premiere dates, not theatrical) 1. The Day After (Hong Sang-soo) 2. Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc (Bruno Dumont) 3. Maison du Bonheur (Sofia Bohdanowicz) 4. Caniba (Véréna Paravel, Lucien Castaing-Taylor) 5. Scary Mother (Ana Urushadze) 6. The Florida Project (Sean Baker) 7. Wonderstruck (Todd Haynes) 8. Western (Valeska Grisebach) 9. Person to Person (Dustin Guy Defa) 10. Claire's Camera (Hong Sang-soo) 11. Song to Song (Terrence Malick) 12. BPM (Robin Campillo) 13. Winter Brothers (Hlynur Palmason) 14. You Were Never Really Here (Lynne Ramsay) 15. On The Beach at Night Alone (Hong Sang-soo) 16. Faces Places (Agnes Varda and JR) 17. The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) [Noah Baumbach] 18. Hannah (Andrea Pallaoro) 19. Gregoire (Cody Brown) 20. Lady Bird (Greta Gerwig)
Hard to sumarise the plot, because there isn't really one. But I guess it's sort of an exploration of relationships and repetition, like most of the director's works. It's a really light and warm film, filmed in Cannes during the festival in 2016. This is the synopsis from the distributor's website though: In Claire's Camera, a philandering film director is again a major plot point and Kim Minhee, again the star. But this time the mood is light and airy as a summer breeze, thanks in large part to a lively performance from Isabelle Huppert (The Piano Teacher, Elle). Huppert plays Claire, a school teacher with a camera that might be magical on her first visit to Cannes. She happens upon a film sales assistant, Manhee (Kim), recently fired from her job and also meets So Wansoo (Jung Jinyoung), a film director whose one-night stand with Manhee was the reason for her firing. Beneath the humor and charm on the surface of Claire's Camera, Hong explores the power of images to transform us. “The only way to change things,” says Claire, “is to look at them again very slowly.”
Films 1. Logan 2. La La Land 3. Blade Runner 2049 4. The Killing of a Sacred Deer 5. Star Wars: The Last Jedi 6. mother! 7. War for the Planet of the Apes 8. Get Out 9. Thor: Ragnarok 10. Baby Driver 11. Brawl in Cell Block 99 12. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 13. The Big Sick 14. Raw 15. It TV 1. Girls 2. You're the Worst 3. The Handmaid's Tale 4. Twin Peaks 5. Black Mirror 6. The Marvelous Mrs Maisel 7. Rick and Morty 8. 13 Reasons Why 9. Legion 10. Glow 11. Master of None 12. Nathan for You 13. Orange is the New Black 14. The Leftovers 15. Better Call Saul My favs. Still a fair amount of stuff I've yet to see though.
Reverse Shot 11 Offenses. Haven't read yet, but surprised to see Rat Film on here. Nothing else out of the ordinary for them though. 11 Offenses of 2017
Disclaimer that I didnt see much from early on in the year. Only just found a love for movies/going to the theater. Top 15. 1. The Last Jedi 2. Blade Runner 2049 3. Logan 4. Lady Bird 5. Coco 6. Thor Ragnarok 7. IT 8. Wonder 9. Shape Of Water 10. Spiderman: Homecoming 11. War for the Planet of the Apes 12. Guardians of the Galaxy 2 13. Wonder Woman 14. Baby Driver 15. Wind River HM: The Disaster Artist Darkest Hour The Big Sick I Tonya Most Disappointed Kingsman: The Golden Circle Ingrid Goes West Good Time (was good, just didnt do much for me) Justice League
Almost all the films I avoided are on the Reverse Shot list. I did not hate Baby Driver, though, although it had its problems.
My top 20 movies: 20) The Fate of the Furious (dir. F. Gary Gray) 19) Spielberg (dir. Susan Lacy) 18) T2 Trainspotting (dir. Danny Boyle) 17) Five Came Back (dir. Laurent Bouzereau) 16) The Big Sick (dir. Michael Showalter) 15) Star Wars: The Last Jedi (dir. Rian Johnson) 14) Jane (dir. Brett Morgen) 13) mother! (dir. Darren Aronofsky) 12) The Disaster Artist (dir. James Franco) 11) It Comes at Night (dir. Trey Edward Shults) 10) Dunkirk (dir. Christopher Nolan) 9) War for the Planet of the Apes (dir. Matt Reeves) 8) Personal Shopper (dir. Olivier Assayas) 7) Logan Lucky (dir. Steven Soderbergh) 6) Kong: Skull Island (dir. Jordan Vogt-Roberts) 5) A Ghost Story (dir. David Lowery) 4) Wind River (dir. Taylor Sheridan) 3) Split (dir. M. Night Shyamalan) 2) Get Out (dir. Jordan Peele) 1) Blade Runner 2049 (dir. Denis Villeneuve)
Hey guys, I did a bunch of write-ups on my blog for my best of the year if anyone wants to check them out: Supporting Performances Lead Performances 20-11 10-1
Seeing it appear on so many people's lists, I can't wait for Blade Runner 2049 to release on Tuesday. One of my absolute favorites of the year and I really want to watch it again.
Hopefully getting to Call Me By Your Name tonight. Maybe a double feature with I Tonya or Three Billboards
Of the predicted BP noms that I've seen: 1. The Florida Project 2. Call Me By Your Name 3. Lady Bird 4. Get Out 5. The Big Sick (maybe?) 6. Three Billboards Hope to see I Tonya and Phantom Thread within the week. Will eventually watch Dunkirk, Mudbound, Shape of Water and The Post
My bets are The Florida Project Call Me By Your Name Lady Bird Dunkirk The Shape of Water The Post Three Billboards Darkest Hour And then the only other ones I see with a real shot are either or both of: I, Tonya The Disaster Artist I don't think the new Franco allegations definitively prevent that film from getting in, unfortunately. I also don't think Phantom Thread will get in because it released so late in the year and I'm betting a ton of voters didn't see it (much like what happened to Silence last year). But hey, I've been wrong before. Other than Three Billboards and The Disaster Artist, though, that's not a bad crop of films.
I'm not so sure, genre films can have a tough time of it. I wouldn't call it a lock but it does have a shot.
Get Out is absolutely one of my favourites movies of the year, but I’ll be shocked if it gets a BP nom
I’ll do this: BP locks: Lady bird Dunkirk Three billboards Shape of water Get out CMBYN Everything else is up for grabs.
i have a feeling they’re going to choose one of get out and ladybird and snub the other. calling them both locks st this point is (unfortunately) foolish
Why would the split be between those two? Drastically different films/audiences/messages (if we're all on the same page that the winner of best picture is more a statement than what actually was the best film of the year)
sean fennessy and wesley morris explained it better than i’m going to be able to reiterate, but essentially that the academy (which they mentioned has changed their voter base in the last two years so maybe, hopefully it won’t occur) will consider both as “non-serious films” and pick one of the two. it’s bullshit, but it’s the case they laid out and it definitely seems possible
Fair. I'd consider Lady Bird certainly a lock, and while I have high hopes for Get Out (or any genre film) getting nominated I think that one is a bit more of a stretch.
Yeah Black Swan was the last horror that was nominated and pretty sure Silence of the Lambs was the last to win