The Year in Movies – Review 2017
I saw 27 movies in the Cinema this year. A few were officially released in 2016, but these I viewed in 2017.
Here they are in the order I saw them…. (with a quick review)
Moana
Singing, dancing adventure in the pacific. Everyone (including me) enjoyed this one
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
After all the hype, I found this rather ordinary
Independence Day: Resurgence
Forgotten already
Hidden Figures
Great story of women serving in NASA
La La Land
What was all the adoration about ?
The Great Wall
Matt Damon helps China defeat CGI monsters
Kong: Skull Island
Tom Hiddleston & Samuel L Jackson take on the great Ape
Lego Batman
Not as good as the first one
Ghost in the Shell
Style over substance
Fast & Furious 8
Dwayne Johnson dominates
Denial
‘Worthy’ story of a Holocaust denier
Alien: Covenant
Massively hyped, but will not be the classic the first two are
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
Guy Ritchie’s story of the King in a dull grey.
Wonder Woman
Gal Gadot reigns supreme
Despicable Me 3
Loved the 1980’s references
War for the Planet of the Apes
Concludes the series
Dunkirk
Loud, long and mainly on a beach
Baby Driver
Music, driving, music, driving, violence (repeat)
Atomic Blonde
Charlize Theron takes back the 1980’s thriller genre.
Valerian
Massive CGI, pity about the story
Blade Runner 2
Long, Long, Long
Geostorm
Gerard Butler defies physics.
Thor Ragnarok
NZ Director makes the best super-hero movie
Murder on the Orient Express
Kenneth Brannagh and his mustache solve a crime
Star Wars – The Last Jedi
Just what we were waiting for
Paddington 2
A good hard stare will solve anything.
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
Dwayne (The Smoldering Rock) Johnson, Jack (I’m a girl) Black, Karen (Dr Who) Gillian and Kevin (Complaining) Hart all get to strut their stuff.
And the winners are…………..
I have grouped the films by my ratings..
First, in the ‘well that was a waste of time’ group.
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
La La Land
Second, the ‘Very Average’ group…
Blade Runner 2
Dunkirk
Fast & Furious 8
Ghost in the Shell
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Independence Day: Resurgence
Lego Batman
The Great Wall
Third, it’s ‘Well Done, but here are a few problems’ group…
Alien: Covenant
Atomic Blonde
Denial
Geostorm
Hidden Figures
Kong: Skull Island
Murder on the Orient Express
Valerian
War for the Planet of the Apes
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
And finally, in the ‘Don’t change a thing’ group.
<drum roll>
Baby Driver
Despicable Me 3
Moana
Paddington 2
Star Wars – The Last Jedi
Thor Ragnarok
Wonder Woman