Friday, January 23, 2015

The Top Ten Movies in 2014 (10-6)

I am not like the boring Academy where I think a movie has to be a dramatic biopic that doesn't really challenge anyone to be considered one of the year's best. I actually include action movies and comedies in my top ten because they can have just as much of a lasting effect on a person as sappy dramas can. While this year was universally considered to be an overall down year for movies, I had a hard time narrowing down my list to ten. So I will start with the ten that made honorable mention:
The Congress
http://onlyfreshness.blogspot.com/2014/09/the-congress.html
X-Men
http://onlyfreshness.blogspot.com/2014/05/x-men-days-of-future-past.html
Equalizer
http://onlyfreshness.blogspot.com/2014/09/the-equalizer.html
Snowpiercer
http://onlyfreshness.blogspot.com/2014/07/snowpiercer.html
Gone Girl
http://onlyfreshness.blogspot.com/2014/10/gone-girl.html
Obvious Child
http://onlyfreshness.blogspot.com/2014/06/obvious-child.html
Cheap Thrills
http://onlyfreshness.blogspot.com/2014/03/cheap-thrills.html
Nightcrawler
http://onlyfreshness.blogspot.com/2014/11/nightcrawler.html
Selma
http://onlyfreshness.blogspot.com/2015/01/selma.html
American Sniper
http://onlyfreshness.blogspot.com/2015/01/american-sniper.html

It was tough leaving some of these out but I take into account rewatchability too; I loved Sniper and Selma but man, I never want to go through those experiences again. So here are the first five of my top ten of the year.

10. Captain America: The Winter Soldier
There's no denying the entertainment value of this movie; the action was top notch as it has some of the more memorable chase scenes in recent memory and it let everyone know that Robert Redford is still alive.
http://onlyfreshness.blogspot.com/2014/04/captain-america-winter-soldier.html

9. The Guest
This is the best 80's horror movie that has come out since the 80's and it nails everything that was so great about that decade and it's over the top movies, including the wonderful music. I just wish they could have included a naked CGI Kelly Lebrock; I never got to see those wonderful perkies but Steven Segal and Gene Wilder did. Bastards!
http://onlyfreshness.blogspot.com/2014/10/the-guest.html

8. Interstellar
Although this movie has been ruined a bit for me because my buddy pointed out that literally every scene has someone crying in it, I love sci-fi and this movie brings to life a few things I thought I'd only see in my head; including a black astronaut. "If you going to the moon, then dammit we're going to the moon' Cedric the Entertainer
http://onlyfreshness.blogspot.com/2014/11/interstellar.html

7. Mood Indigo
A funny and depressing French love story that looks like someone's bad angel dust trip. It also reminded me why I'm still single. "Slow down essay, it's angel dust holmes" Hector to Smokey
http://onlyfreshness.blogspot.com/2014/09/mood-indigo.html

6. Fury
The power of the mustache and conversation can work wonders. David Ayer (future director of Suicide Squad) delivers again as he is able to give you yet another interesting angle of war and what it does to humanity. It somehow overcomes the douchieness of Shia LaDouche which earns it a top ten spot all by its self.
http://onlyfreshness.blogspot.com/2014/10/fury.html

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