tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7857882.post2024075592295031368..comments2023-11-17T11:08:31.857-06:00Comments on Michael May: 14 Really Good Movies from 2016Michael Mayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12514945570212261283noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7857882.post-82538814913490324292017-01-24T14:03:49.177-06:002017-01-24T14:03:49.177-06:00The Finest Hours: I was disappointed as the film f...The Finest Hours: I was disappointed as the film failed to remove abstract nature of the problems and solutions shown. The editing was even counter productive at times. I liked the characters and story strands, but it didn't really gel for me and had some rather glaringly obvious green screen shots.<br /><br />TMNT/Suicide Squad: Surprised you find them "really good", but haven't seen them, so I can't really comment.<br /><br />Keanu: Didn't know Key and Peele before this so it was a complete (and positive) surprise! Loved it. With George Michaels' passing, it takes on a more nostalgic, melancholy feel now.<br /><br />Jungle Book: Beautiful, with only one wrong note being the musical number in the middle which is just jarring, tonally, because it isn't justified.<br /><br />Kubo: I wanted so much out of this, and my whole gang was bawling its eyes out. But I'm a little cold to it. I think a second viewing will help it though.<br /><br />Zootopia: A frontrunner for best animated flick this year, at least until I saw Moana which resonated with me more emotionally. Still a smart, fun movie, and cool world building.<br /><br />The Nice Guys: Until La La Land, The Nice Guys was set to be my favorite movie of 2016. Ryan Gosling can do no wrong at this point, and I would watch this duo in more films if I could.<br /><br />Finding Dory: I wasn't a huge fan of Nemo (I mean, it was okay), so I wasn't that keen on Dory either. I get what they were trying to do with all the disabled sea life, but I find the main character rather annoying anyway. Some great bits, but no wish to revisit.<br /><br />10 Cloverfield Lane: Loved it. A really interesting way to do a sequel, and it's a great little bottle show of a thriller.<br /><br />The Shallows: Higher on your list than it would be on mine, though I did enjoy it for what it was. The whole thing works well as an emotional journey mirroring what the character is going through internally, but at times looked like it was shot like a soda commercial, which made it feel cheap and crass to me.<br /><br />Oooh top 10 next!Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7857882.post-70899166482516325172017-01-24T08:53:57.805-06:002017-01-24T08:53:57.805-06:00TMNT: out of the shadows - I quite enjoyed the fir...TMNT: out of the shadows - I quite enjoyed the first TMNT movie for what it was. It was fun and entertaining. I'm glad to hear the sequel is good as well since I've heard very mixed reviews on it.<br /><br />Suicide Squad - Liked it, didn't love it. I see lots of potential, though. I need to watch it again, I've only seen it the one time.<br /><br />The Nice Guys - GREAT. Loved it. Yes the villains and plan were ridiculous, which I think they were supposed to be. The whole world the movie exists in is sort of hyper real and over the top. The whole point of the movie for me seems to be the relationship between Crowe and Gosling and the movie lives on that alone and I don't take off marks for the "villains".<br /><br />The Shallows - That poster is Photoshop crap-tacular. I think this movie looks good. I want to see it even though I don't particularly like Blake Lively.<br /><br />Zootopia - Really good. Mostly entertaining. I agree that they really hit you over the head with the message while at the same time using that same message as a punchline, but it's still wildly entertaining.<br /><br />Finding Dory - Much better than it had any right to be.Paxtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04883124901219059661noreply@blogger.com