best of 2018

[Vic Sage]

I see fewer and fewer new films every year, so my top 10 is pretty meager.



my top 10, alphabetically:

Annihilation

Aquaman

Black Panther

Death of Stalin

Herditary

ISle of Dogs

A Quiet Place

Sorry to Bother You

Spiderverse

Vice



honorable mentions: Avengers:IW, Mary Poppins Returns,They'll Love Me When I'm Dead



I also saw:

Alpha

Antman & Wasp

Bird Box

Christopher Robin

Crazy Rich Asians

Deadpool2

First Man

Incredibles2

Juliet, Naked

Oceans 8

Other Side of the Wind

Outlaw King

Pacific Rim Uprising

The Predator

RBG

Rampage

Ready Player One

Red Sparrow

Solo

Tag

Tomb Raider

Venom

Won't You Be My Neighbor?



still planning to see:

Anna & the Apocalypse

Ballad of Buster Scruggs

Bohemian Rhapsody

Bumblebee

Creed II

Halloween

Mission Impossible: Fallout

Ralph Breaks Internet

Sisters Brothers

Stan & Ollie

A Star is Born

Widows



other movies getting "best of" buzz:

At eternity's gate

Beautiful Boy

Ben is Back

Blackkklansman

Blindspotting

Boy Erased

Can you ever forgive me

8th grade

The Favourite

First Reformed

Green Book

If Beale St could talk

Leave No Trace

Mary Queen of Scots

Roma

Shoplifters

The Wife

You Were Never Really Here

Edited January 2, 2019 by Guest

[cal sharpie]

ROMA was easily the best movie I've seen this year. Most other years as well.



I'm probably forgetting a few but others I've liked:



SHOPLIFTERS

THE DEATH OF STALIN

ISLE OF DOGS



Others that I've seen that once I see more 2018 movies surely won't make any top ten of mine:



THE BALLAD OF BUSTER SCRUGGS

BLACKKKLANSMAN

MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS

[Frayed Knot]

Looks like I checked in with a whopping total of seven this year (it's possible I'm missing a couple) so I've decided to make my list a Top-Seven

In rough order of good-ness



DEATH OF STALIN

A QUIET PLACE

JULIET, NAKED

READY PLAYER ONE

FIRST MAN

LEAVE NO TRACE

CHAPPAQUIDDICK

[Edgy MD]

Apparently, I only get out to the theatre for first-run entertainment for kidz fare for grownups.



"

2. Black Panther


4. Ant-Man and the Wasp


6. Avengers: Infinity War


8. Incredibles 2


10. Mission: Impossible – Fallout

[LWFS]

If it's kidz fare ye seek, ye want to check out Into the Spider Verse. Wonderfully human, delightfully animated, and maybe the best superhero movie I've ever seen.



Isle of Dogs, Black Kkklansman, Sorry to Bother You, Black Panther, and Death of Stalin were also on my shortlist.

[Willets Point]

I don't get to the movies much these days. My children don't like watching movies for some reason so I don't even get to see the kid-friendly movies. Looking through my list of movie reviews, here are the 2018 releases I saw ranked roughly from best to worst:





Eighth Grade

Won't You Be My Neighbor

Black Panther

Avengers: Infinity War

Ant Man & Wasp

The Incredibles 2

Pandas - IMAX movie at the aquarium

Zombies - Disney Channel Original Movie, comically bad

[Edgy MD]

The thing is that it was supposedly a great year for films, but between what I've seen in the theatres, and what my download services have been offering me, I ain't quite seeing it.

[seawolf17]

I think this is all I saw this year, also in rough best to worst order:



Avengers: Infinity War

Black Panther

Ralph Breaks the Internet

Smallfoot

Solo: A Star Wars Story

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald

Incredibles 2

[Centerfield]

Edgy MD wrote: Apparently, I only get out to the theatre for first-run entertainment for kidz fare for grownups. " Black Panther Ant-Man and the Wasp Avengers: Infinity War Incredibles 2 Mission: Impossible – Fallout

Me too. My list. No particular order.



Black Panther

Ant-Man and the Wasp

Incredibles 2

Avengers: Infinity War

Show Dogs (yes, Show Dogs, and you know, it's not quite as bad as you would think. But not by any means, good)

Solo



I am maybe the only Asian who hasn't watched Crazy Rich Asians, but I did get it for Christmas, so I should get my Asian card back soon.

[Willets Point]

Maybe you're sane and have a modest income?

[LWFS]

=Centerfield post_id=448 time=1546544007 user_id=65]
I am maybe the only Asian who hasn't watched Crazy Rich Asians, but I did get it for Christmas, so I should get my Asian card back soon.

[Frayed Knot]

Not that I'm even the smallest bit Asian ... but I've long had an aversion to plots where the (usually related) characters are mostly loud, obnoxious, and generally just people you wouldn't want to

spend 10 minutes with much less your life or even a holiday.

But the movie is then passed off with the reasoning that because these characters are all [insert ethnicity here] that all these obnoxious traits become quite charming and humorous.

Ummm, no they don't.





Not sure how closely CRA follows this trend, but I'm not all that anxious to find out.

Just my two Yen.

[Guest 41Forever]

I don't get to go to the movies much. Almost always with my daughter. So this year we saw:



Avengers: Infinity War

Solo

Spiderverse

Incredibles 2

Black Panther

Christopher Robin

Rampage (My wife picked this one.)

Won't You Be My Neighbor (Which was available on a Delta flight!)

[Frayed Knot]

Edgy MD wrote: The thing is that it was supposedly a great year for films, but between what I've seen in the theatres, and what my download services have been offering me, I ain't quite seeing it.

Nor did there seem to be the same bevy of Oscar bait flicks in December as there usually is.

[MFS62]

Lady Gaga didn't win the best actress Golden Globe.

I guess the voters thought her performance was too sha-sha-shallow.



Later

[Vic Sage]

SORRY TO BOTHER YOU, DEATH OF STALIN and A QUIET PLACE got screwed by the Oscar nominators this year.