Big Mike’s 2 Cents: 10 Awesomest Movies So Far in 2017
I’ve seen so much fantastic stuff this year, I just had to share some of my favorites. If you enjoy False Positive, these shows might be right up your alley.
A few of these date back to last year, but I didn’t catch them until more recently. Most of these are available to watch at home.
In no particular order, the 10 Awesomest Movies I’ve Seen So Far in 2017:
1. The Blackcoat’s Daughter
Dark forces slowly encroach on a prep school with awesomely unnerving results.
2. A Dark Song
Harrowing magic rituals with escalating costs.
3. Wonder Woman
Not only did Wonder Woman finally get her own movie, it’s pretty awesome.
4. Get Out
Horror served up awesomely with a heap of racial satire.
5. John Wick: Chapter 2
More awesome kinetic violence with Mr. Wick.
6. Tale of Tales
Awesomely quirky and bloody fairy tales.
7. The Wailing
An awesome horror slow burner with ghosts and demons.
8. Logan
The Wolverine from my headcanon finally on the big screen is all kinds of awesome.
9. Train to Busan
Zombies on a train awesomeness.
10. Zygote
Awesome horror + science fiction. This is my favorite Oats Studios short film streaming over on the YouTube.
What have I missed? Seen anything awesome this year?
Ha, awesome that Train to Busan made the list this time!
Honestly… that Blomkamp YT short didn’t really wow me. The first half is clunky exposition about a fictional setting that sounds like he wants to fill in the details with a feature film (that may never be greenlit), and the second half is literally just “girl gets chased by monster.” Sure, it’s a neat monster, a successful mix of well-made CG and practical effects, but still. He has always been good at finding people who make awesome props and FX, and he knows how to shoot frenetic action that’s still visually understandable. When it comes to scripting, though, Blomkamp should get a few more co-writers and script doctors. He strikes me as a kind of nerd writer, similar to Ernest Cline, in that he wants to include everything that interests him (space stations, AI, nanotech, or here radical tissue engineering) but can’t mold it into a coherent whole.
And that concludes my nerd essay!
I’m glad to see the Blomkamp film Zygote on your list. Honestly, I’d call it the second best thing I’ve seen this year after Alien:Covenant. Honestly, pretty much every pice I’ve seen at Oats has been quite good, especially Firebase and Rakka, along with Zygote, as well as the piece that dropped today, Adam:The Mirror. Concerning that last one, it’s actually a Blomkamp-directed Oats project that is a continuation of a story line that was started by someone else. The link to the first episode is on the Mirror YouTube page and you’ll enjoy both more if you watch the first one first. As always thanks for the magnificent graphic stories you’ve given us Mr. Walton.