Top 10 Films Seen for the First Time in 2015

[transmogrifier]

Never to early to start. I'll update the list with anything I view over 70/100.

1. Harakiri (1962) - 77
2. What We Do in the Shadows (2014) - 76
3. The Wind Rises (2013) - 75
4. Survive Style 5+ (2004) - 73
5. Come and See (1985) - 72
6. Decision at Sundown (1957) - 72
7. Blue Ruin (2014) - 72

[Ivan Drago]

1. Foxcatcher (Bennett Miller, 2014)
2. Selma (Ava DuVernay, 2014)
3. Inherent Vice (Anderson, 2014)
4. The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (Takahata, 2014)

[Dead & Messed Up]

1. Big Hero 6

[Spun Lepton]

--10
--9
--8
--7
--6
Jeepers Creepers 2
--5
Star Trek: Into Darkness
--4
--3
--2
--1

[Scar]

I certainly hope Jeepers Creepers 2 falls quick, unless you're just rating the opening.

[Scar]

Let's try this again this year.

1. American Sniper
2. The Babadook
3. Annabelle

[transmogrifier]

New additions in bold:

1. The We and the I (2012) - 81
2. Harakiri (1962) - 77
3. What We Do in the Shadows (2014) - 76
4. The Wind Rises (2013) - 75
5. Survive Style 5+ (2004) - 73
6. The Day of the Outlaw (1959) - 73
7. Come and See (1985) - 72
8. Decision at Sundown (1957) - 72
9. Blue Ruin (2014) - 72
10. The One I Love (2014) - 70

[Ivan Drago]

1. Foxcatcher (Bennett Miller, 2014)
2. Selma (Ava DuVernay, 2014)
3. Inherent Vice (Anderson, 2014)
4. The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (Takahata, 2014)

1. The Guest (Adam Wingard, 2014)
2. Foxcatcher (Bennett Miller, 2014)
3. Made (Jon Favreau, 2001)
4. All Or Nothing (Mike Leigh, 2002)
5. Wild (Jean-Marc Valleé, 2014)
6. Selma (Ava DuVernay, 2014)
7. Inherent Vice (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2014)
8. Big Eyes (Tim Burton, 2014)
9. The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (Isao Takahata, 2014)
10. American Sniper (Clint Eastwood, 2014)

I really hope The Guest stays in my top 10 this year.

[baby doll]

• A Page of Madness (Teinosuke Kinugasa, 1926)
• Earth (Alexander Dovzhenko, 1930)
• Rich and Strange (Alfred Hitchcock, 1932)
• Act of Violence (Fred Zinnemann, 1948)
• Sudden Rain (Mikio Naruse, 1956)
• The Inheritance (Masaki Kobayashi, 1962)
• Seconds (John Frankenheimer, 1966)
• Duel (Steven Spielberg, 1971)
• Nuits rouges (Georges Franju, 1974)
• Adieu au langage (Jean-Luc Godard, 2014)

[Lazlo]

1. Inherent Vice
2. Force Majeure
3. Calvary
4. Selma
5. Foxcatcher
6. The Trip to Italy
7. The Great Escape
8. Last Days in Vietnam
9. Maleficent
10. Top Five

[Spun Lepton]

I certainly hope Jeepers Creepers 2 falls quick, unless you're just rating the opening.

My review:

I enjoyed the first film quite a bit. I remember when it came out a lot of people were put off by the monster having wings. Personally, I thought that was when the film got interesting. Either way, when this landed on Netflix, I queued it right away. The sequel provides a whole busload of shirtless teenage boys to be killed and eaten. The monster has graduated from something shadowy and unknown to a flying pedophile who taunts his young male victims with lip-licking and bedroom eyes. I'm not even exaggerating. The film starts out as a typical horror film, but changes into an action film near the end, when a vengeful farmer with a spear gun comes into play. Admittedly, these are some of the better scenes in the movie, mostly because the horror end of the film isn't scary at all. Much of the horror is played for laughs, sometimes even veering into "cartoon-y." Overall, not a bad continuation of the story, but nothing to keep me (or other audiences, apparently) coming back for more.

[MadMan]

https://madman731.wordpress.com/2015...5-viewing-log/ for the total list.

1. Interstellar (2014)
2. The Guest (2014)
3. Man On Wire (2008)
4. From Elway To Marino (2013)
5. Snowpiercer (2014)
6. Boyhood (2014)
7. Following (1998)
8. Veronica Mars (2014)
9. Pee-Wee's Big Adventure (1985)
10. The Guy...Who Was In That Thing (2012)

[transmogrifier]

New additions in bold:

1. The We and the I (2012) - 81
2. Harakiri (1962) - 77
3. What We Do in the Shadows (2014) - 76
4. The Wind Rises (2013) - 75
5. My Darling Clementine (1946) - 74
6. Survive Style 5+ (2004) - 73
7. The Day of the Outlaw (1959) - 73
8. Come and See (1985) - 72
9. Decision at Sundown (1957) - 72
10. Blue Ruin (2014) - 72
11. The One I Love (2014) - 70

[Spun Lepton]

--10
--9
--8
--7
--6
The Interview
Jeepers Creepers 2
--5
Star Trek: Into Darkness
--4
--3
--2
--1

[Spun Lepton]

--10
--9
--8
--7
The Producers (1967)
--6
The Interview (2014)
Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003)
--5
Star Trek: Into Darkness (2013)
--4
--3
--2
--1

[Dukefrukem]

--10
--9
--8
--7
The Producers (1967)
--6
The Interview (2014)
Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003)
--5
Star Trek: Into Darkness (2013)
--4
--3
--2
--1

What's going on with this format?

[Spun Lepton]

What's going on with this format?

It's my 10/10 scale for ratings. So, I gave The Producers 7/10. Once I get 11 films on the list, I'll list anything below the Top 10 behind a spoiler.

[Yxklyx]

1. Les Cousins (1959, Claude Chabrol)
2. Two Days, One Night (2014, Jean-Pierre Dardenne & Luc Dardenne)
...
Z. Sweet Movie (1974, Dusan Makavejev)

Yeah, The We and the I is a very good film - glad you liked it Trans.

[transmogrifier]

New additions in bold:

1. The We and the I (2012) - 81
2. Harakiri (1962) - 77
3. What We Do in the Shadows (2014) - 76
4. A Touch of Sin (2013) - 75
5. The Wind Rises (2013) - 75
6. My Darling Clementine (1946) - 74
7. Survive Style 5+ (2004) - 73
8. The Day of the Outlaw (1959) - 73
9. Come and See (1985) - 72
10. Decision at Sundown (1957) - 72
11. Blue Ruin (2014) - 72
12. The One I Love (2014) - 70

Yeah, The We and the I is a very good film - glad you liked it Trans.

It is indeed. As a high school teacher, I can see how spending two hours with these kids may have grated on some, but I found it compassionate and honest.

[Dead & Messed Up]

1. Jackie Chan's Project A
2. The Grand Budapest Hotel
3. Big Hero 6
4. Stretch

[transmogrifier]

New additions in bold:

1. High and Low (1963) - 85
2. The We and the I (2012) - 81
3. Harakiri (1962) - 77
4. What We Do in the Shadows (2014) - 76
5. A Touch of Sin (2013) - 75
6. The Wind Rises (2013) - 75
7. My Darling Clementine (1946) - 74
8. The Exterminating Angel (1962) - 73
9. Survive Style 5+ (2004) - 73
10. The Day of the Outlaw (1959) - 73
11. Viridiana (1961) - 72
12. Come and See (1985) - 72
13. Decision at Sundown (1957) - 72
14. Blue Ruin (2014) - 72
15. Diary of a Chambermaid (1964) - 70
16. The One I Love (2014) - 70

[Spun Lepton]

--7/10
The Producers (1967)
--6/10
The Interview (2014)
Dead Snow: Red vs. Dead (2014)
Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003)
--5/10
Star Trek: Into Darkness (2013)

[Dukefrukem]

Oh man. Thanks for reminding me about Dead Snow: Red vs. Dead Spun.

[Lazlo]

1. Mommy
2. Inherent Vice
3. Force Majeure
4. Calvary
5. Selma
6. Bound
7. Foxcatcher
8. The Trip to Italy
9. The Great Escape
10. Finding Vivian Maier

[Spun Lepton]

--7/10
The Producers (1967)
--6/10
Quest for Fire (1981)
The Interview (2014)
Dead Snow: Red vs. Dead (2014)
Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003)
--5/10
Star Trek: Into Darkness (2013)