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Post by justfran on Dec 19, 2019 21:54:53 GMT
Since it’s a time for reflecting on what we’ve enjoyed this year, thought I would ask which new films at the cinema everyone would rank as their top 5 in 2019?
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Post by Jonnyboy on Dec 19, 2019 22:03:39 GMT
Good topic!
Will have to look back through my cinema tickets but number one is easily Midsommar.
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Post by juicy_but_terribly_drab on Dec 19, 2019 22:58:10 GMT
Looking at my Letterboxd it seems it's:
1. Marriage Story
2. Ordinary Love (literally watched this today so may be different when the dust settles)
3. Knives Out
4. The Irishman
5. The Nightingale
Midsommar and The Farewell just missed out and I imagine I'll like Little Women so that might have a place on the list by the very end of the year. Also a few films like Parasite, Portrait of a Lady on Fire and The Lighthouse which I imagine I'll love but just haven't got a wide release yet so I haven't been able to catch them.
Edit: Just saw Little Women and it might take my top spot now.
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Post by Marwood on Dec 19, 2019 23:56:51 GMT
1.Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
2. Jojo Rabbit
3. Avengers: Endgame
4. Motherless Brooklyn
5. The Irishman
Honourable mentions to Ad Astra and The Mule.
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Post by intoanewlife on Dec 20, 2019 2:47:00 GMT
I haven't seen any of the Awards Season stuff yet..but It's been yet another pretty average year for movies.
From the ones I've seen so far I'd rate -
1. Parasite
2. Midsommar
3. Joker
4. Glass
5. Doctor Sleep
Popcorners
6: Hustlers
7: Avengers : Endgame
8: Captain Marvel
9: Crawl
10: Godzilla : King of the Monsters
I need watch The Irishmen and Marriage Story, but I can't bring myself to actually do it.
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Post by peggysue on Dec 20, 2019 13:21:12 GMT
1. Avengers: Endgame
2. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
3. Rocket Man
4. Can You Ever Forgive Me
5. Knives Out
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Post by greeny11 on Dec 20, 2019 16:18:42 GMT
1. Rocketman
2. Avengers Endgame
3. Shazam
4. Le Mans 66
5. Jumanji: Next Level
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Post by alicesprings on Dec 21, 2019 21:41:47 GMT
In no particular order;
Captain marvel
Avengers Endgame
Rocketman
Spider-Man far from home
Le Mans ‘66
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Post by missbabs on Dec 21, 2019 23:23:02 GMT
In no particular order:
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
The Favourite
Eighth Grade
Rocketman
Booksmart
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Post by Nicholas on Dec 24, 2019 13:31:40 GMT
1. Rocketman
2. Rocketman
3. Rocketman
4. Rocketman
5. Bros: After the Screaming Stops.
I bloody loved Rocketman, but that’s unfair.
The film that actually moved, surprised, excited and delighted me most this year was, of all things, Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse. Especially after having just seen a franchise say “Nope, belief and hope aren’t enough to be a hero, you need a good bloodline”, to end a blockbuster with the line “Anyone can wear the mask” is an inspiring, inspiring message, and one that’s told through honestly one of the most beautiful and adventurous-looking movies I’ve seen since Kubrick and one of the most fun movies since I was a kid.
Sorry We Missed You was every bit as brilliant as I Daniel Blake. There were little moments – Goodnight Irene, the key scene with the daughter – that just broke me, individual moments of humanity. Other moments – crowds at bus stops, in hospitals – showed how universal this story was. I never found it hyperbolic or melodramatic – I found it profoundly accurate. I was appalled and heartbroken by that end.
I also found myself bizarrely crying throughout pretty much the entire last half hour of Blinded by the Light. At first I thought it was too twee and I’d hate it, but a) THAT MUSIC, and b) actually, the handling of the National Front, the message of inspiration, a family letting go – I hadn’t realised how invested I was until, I sh*t you not, I cried at every new scene from the National Front march onwards. I’ve seen indisputably better films this year, but I got such an emotional kick from it that I’d include it.
Judy wasn’t great but the Andy Nyman scene was, so I’m nominating that as a short movie.
And actually on the subject of short movies, I’m not a huge Radiohead fan but am a Paul Thomas Anderson fan and found Anima – Tati-esque, Gilliam-esque, balletic – strangely delightful.
That said, the more I think about Rocketman’s glitz and glory, the more it makes me grin, and the more I think about its heart the more it makes me cry. It’s AMAZING.
But best film of the year, best film of the all time, come on… 
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Post by justfran on Jan 1, 2020 17:49:22 GMT
Avengers Endgame
Knives Out
Marriage Story
Star Wars - The Rise of Skywalker
Mary Poppins Returns
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Post by Rory on Jan 1, 2020 20:51:45 GMT
I adore country house murder mysteries but I thought Knives Out was a bit meh. I think that's largely down to Daniel Craig who I thought had zero comic chops and nearly torpedoed the entire thing with quite a terrible performance.
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Post by juicy_but_terribly_drab on Dec 18, 2020 19:10:46 GMT
Wasn't sure whether to make a new thread or just revive this one for discussion of this year's films. I managed to go to the cinema a decent amount while we were allowed so honestly I probably saw more new films there than through streaming but I imagine that won't be the case for most. Also I guess I watched some stuff like Parasite or Portrait of a Lady on Fire this year which would almost certainly take the top spots but I won't include them since they feel much more like 2019 films since they released overseas so much earlier and all the discourse around them happened last year. The top 5 for me (although I'm now realising that maybe one of these should actually be in my theatre top 5...) were:
5. Palm Springs
4. I'm Thinking of Ending Things
3. Never Rarely Sometimes Always
2. Soul
1. David Byrne's American Utopia
I watched a lot of incredible films for the first time this year like Citizen Kane, La Haine, Eraserhead, Yi Yi, the Before Trilogy, Chinatown and Being John Malkovich but unfortunately not many great ones that actually released this year (of my top 5 I'd say I only really loved the top 3). It's sad to have such a lackluster year after such an incredible year for film in 2019 but that's the pandemic for you I guess.
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Post by Dave B on Dec 18, 2020 23:31:00 GMT
Parasite
Portrait Of A Lady on Fire
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Clemency
The Lighthouse
(Okay, some are technically 2019 but was 2020 before they had proper releases here so I'm counting 'em as 2020)
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Post by juicy_but_terribly_drab on Dec 18, 2020 23:36:38 GMT
Parasite Portrait Of A Lady on Fire I'm Thinking of Ending Things Clemency The Lighthouse (Okay, some are technically 2019 but was 2020 before they had proper releases here so I'm counting 'em as 2020) Yeah I'd definitely include Parasite and Portrait on my list and maybe even The Lighthouse but they just don't feel like 2020 films to me even though I could only see them for the first time in 2020. |
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Post by Marwood on Dec 30, 2020 23:02:14 GMT
Mank
David Byrne's American Utopia
Mogul Mowgli
Uncut Gems
An American Pickle
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Post by Being Alive on Dec 30, 2020 23:45:37 GMT
Love these lists! Mine is a bit complicated as I get to go to exhibitor screenings so I see stuff v early (saw Judy 5 months before release, and Wild Rose almost a year before it came out).
Of the release this year I'd go with:
1917
Parasite
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
The Personal History of David Copperfield
The Prom
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