Well the Oscars are upon us again, and I'm not going to blab on about who I think should or will win. I'm not too good at predicting. But what I am going to do is show you if this were my Academy awards. Now granted I didn't see everything this year gave us, but I did see my fair share of great movies. I regret not seeing "Whiplash" since everyone I came across told me I should see it and J.K. Simmons is awesome in anything. For the record the other nominated movies I didn't see were "The Theory of Everything", and "The Imitation Game", I'm sure they have their merits but their trailers didn't appeal to me. Call that judging the book by its cover or whatever, but that's just how I felt. Other films I guess I should've seen but didn't were "Nightcrawler", I guess Jake Gyllanhall was supposed to be good in that. I also didn't see "Locke" and I guess Tom Hardy was supposed to be good in that too. Also missed "Mr. Turner" which is by England's national treasure Mike Leigh, and "Force Majeure" which is a foreign dark comedy, and of course I love me some foreign dark comedy. Despite these omissions and others, I think I have a pretty good top ten list of movies I've seen this year, so without further adieu, here it is.
Top Ten of 2014
1. Under the Skin
2. Calvary
3. Only Lovers Left Alive
4. A Most Wanted Man
5. Snowpiercer
6. Ida
7. Grand Budapest Hotel
8. Gone Girl
9. Lucy
10. American Sniper
Best Director
Jonathan Glazer: Under the Skin
Jim Jarmusch: Only Lovers Left Alive
Anton Corbijn: A Most Wanted Man
Bong Joon-Ho: Snowpiercer
Wes Anderson: Grand Budapest Hotel
Best Actor
Brendan Gleeson: Calvary
Phillip Seymour Hoffman: A Most Wanted Man
Ralph Feinnes: Grand Budapest Hotel
David Oyelowo: Selma
Michael Keaton: Birdman
Best Actress
Tilda Swinton: Only Lovers Left Alive
Scarlett Johannson: Under the Skin
Rosamind Pike: Gone Girl
Agata Trzebuchowska: Ida
Jennifer Lawrence: Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
Best Screenplay
Calvary
Grand Budapest Hotel
Only Lovers Left Alive
A Most Wanted Man
Ida
Movies I have to see a 2nd time because I haven't made my mind up about them
Boyhood: So many parts are compelling, but after awhile I felt the years melded into eachother and it became repetitive.
Inherent Vice: Grabbed me at the very beginning, but then meanders where I couldn't keep track of who was who. Maybe I'll appreciate it more the 2nd time since I kinda know who everyone is.
Interstellar Space has rarely looked this great, but it ends abruptly and tries to explore way too many themes.
And because I never announced it last year, and I know you people were just DYING to know, here were my favorite films from 2013
1.Inside Llewyn Davis
2.Gravity
3.Springbreakers
4.Before Midnight
5.The Wolf of Wall Street
6.Stories We Tell
7.The Great Gatsby
8.Something In the Air
9.Mud
10.The Wind Rises
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