Here’s my basic AF top five (as of posting):
1. Blade Runner 2049
2. Get Out
3. Phantom Thread
4. The Shape of Water
5. Dunkirk
BR2049 is actually kind of remarkable for me as one of the fastest rising films I’ve seen, estimation wise. I really thought it was disappointment upon first viewing. It’s truly haunting. I can’t remember the last time that happened to me. The Master, maybe.
Aside from being a wonderful genre piece and a rare contemporary film that instantly enters the popular canon, Get Out has been one of my favorite experiences in an audience, ever. I really hadn’t felt the room that in sync since, maybe, Django Unchained, interestingly enough.
I was very surprised to find out just what, exactly, Phantom Thread was. It’s fun, I just didn’t expect that for some reason. Gourmet popcorn film? Great closing line, btw. Score is to die for.
Shape of Water had me in actual tears at one moment. (Black and white. If you’ve seen it, y’know the one I’m talking about).
What Dunkirk signals for the future of Nolan’s career is fascinating to me. It’s the bare bones of a film and it totally works, it’s potent. I don’t know where he goes from here. I ventured as far as speculating that it was Nolan acknowledging his own peak.
1. Blade Runner 2049
2. Get Out
3. Phantom Thread
4. The Shape of Water
5. Dunkirk
BR2049 is actually kind of remarkable for me as one of the fastest rising films I’ve seen, estimation wise. I really thought it was disappointment upon first viewing. It’s truly haunting. I can’t remember the last time that happened to me. The Master, maybe.
Aside from being a wonderful genre piece and a rare contemporary film that instantly enters the popular canon, Get Out has been one of my favorite experiences in an audience, ever. I really hadn’t felt the room that in sync since, maybe, Django Unchained, interestingly enough.
I was very surprised to find out just what, exactly, Phantom Thread was. It’s fun, I just didn’t expect that for some reason. Gourmet popcorn film? Great closing line, btw. Score is to die for.
Shape of Water had me in actual tears at one moment. (Black and white. If you’ve seen it, y’know the one I’m talking about).
What Dunkirk signals for the future of Nolan’s career is fascinating to me. It’s the bare bones of a film and it totally works, it’s potent. I don’t know where he goes from here. I ventured as far as speculating that it was Nolan acknowledging his own peak.
Last edited by Saunch; 02-12-18 at 09:17 PM.