The Phil's 2017
It's that time of year where you get those annual look backs, whether they be at music, filums or world events. I'm not really one for nostalgia - you could say it's not what it used to be, but I've given it a go and so as below I've rounded up my favourite filums of the year (along with a few of my scribbles)
and scored them using my name by way of a rating system - the more Phils given the more I liked the filum.
In no particular order then....
Thor: Ragnarok
Buckle your seat belts we're in for a bumpy ride, as Thor off of all of the Avengers filums (just by chance) meets The Hulk also off of all of the Avengers filums in the gladiatorial arena on a distant planet.
But wait there's more, Marvel cameos, Hollywood cameos and the now obligatory Stan Lee cameo, PLUS Jeff Goldblum being Jeff Goldblum and more family tension and strife than you can shake a big Mjonir shaped stick at.
It all moves on at quite a pace and probably requires multiple viewings, in a nutshell a superhero movie for those who don't like superhero movies, just think sci-fi comedy
4.5 Phils out of 5
The most unanticipated Harrison Ford movie since Kingdom of The Crystal Skulls doesn't share the same fate as the woeful Indiana Jones sequel thankfully, but we all collectively held our breath and hoped for the best nevertheless when it was first announced that Blade Runner would get a follow on filum some thirty odd years after the original.
Blade Runner 2049
The most unanticipated Harrison Ford movie since Kingdom of The Crystal Skulls doesn't share the same fate as the woeful Indiana Jones sequel thankfully, but we all collectively held our breath and hoped for the best nevertheless when it was first announced that Blade Runner would get a follow on filum some thirty odd years after the original.
A grizzled and creaking Harrison Ford is the last thing I wanted to see after his tragic turn in the Star Wars rehash but unlike that his age is part of the story, with the bloke off of La La Land as a new Blade Runner on a mission to find him in the very orangery wastes of west coast America.
To say much more would spoil the story, but it's a different movie from the first with torrential rain giving way to dust and crowded cityscapes being replaced with loneliness and isolation. And while it lacks the characters and vision of the first, this sequel shows less successful franchise attempts how it should be done.
4.5 Phils out of 5
To say much more would spoil the story, but it's a different movie from the first with torrential rain giving way to dust and crowded cityscapes being replaced with loneliness and isolation. And while it lacks the characters and vision of the first, this sequel shows less successful franchise attempts how it should be done.
4.5 Phils out of 5
Dunkirk
Ever wanted to experience the evacuation of the beaches at Dunkirk first hand? Yes, well you're in luck, and there's no need with those new fangled VR Headsets as Christopher Nolan puts us slap bang in the middle of the action. But while there's not much in the way of fighting going on on the beaches there's plenty of getting the hell out of dodge and in a couple of cases getting to the beach to get others out.
The star studded cast; Thomas Shelby off of Peaky Blinders, Alfie Solomons off of Peaky Blinders, Thomas Cromwell off of Wolf Hall, Gilderoy Lockhart out of Harry Potter and erm...Harry Styles are mere dressing and characters take second place to filum technique but it's very well made and you'll be asking for some money back on your seat price after only sitting on the edge of it the whole way through.
3.5 Phils out of 5
Logan
The future and Wolverine off of all the X-Men filums is in hiding, along with Jean Luc Picard from Star Trek and the other bloke who wrote The Office that isn't Ricky Gervais.
Things have moved on since we last saw these Mutants though, for one they're the only ones left and all superhero shenanigans has gone for a burton, Professor X is on his last legs and old mutton chops is working as a chauffeur.
With grey hair, creaking joints and an authentic stick on beard it's clear that time has caught up with Logan and when a new arrival appears it leads to a chase cross country that inevitably can only end one way.
Finally a decent Wolverine stand alone movie.
4 Phils out of 5
Things have moved on since we last saw these Mutants though, for one they're the only ones left and all superhero shenanigans has gone for a burton, Professor X is on his last legs and old mutton chops is working as a chauffeur.
With grey hair, creaking joints and an authentic stick on beard it's clear that time has caught up with Logan and when a new arrival appears it leads to a chase cross country that inevitably can only end one way.
Finally a decent Wolverine stand alone movie.
4 Phils out of 5
Bubbling under
I could have added more to the above list, but time, motivation and a bad memory got the better of me, still the below are other filums I enjoyed during 2017
The Handmaiden, Wonder Woman, Baby Driver, The Big Sick, La La Land, Logan Logan, Spider-Man Homecoming, The Death of Stalin, War For The Planet of The Apes, Free Fire, The Lego Batman Movie, Get Out, Manchester By The Sea, A Ghost Story, Colossal, Jim and Andy:The Great Beyond, Prevenge, Guardians of The Galaxy Vol 2, Mother! Trainspotting 2, Mindhorn, Brigsby Bear
Slipped through the net
There were some filums I just didn't get round to seeing but will hopefully catch in some shape or form
Raw, Loving Vincent, Paddington 2, IT, Split, Battle of the Sexes, Wind River, The Killing of a Sacred Deer, Lady Macbeth, The Florida Project, It Comes At Night, The Lost City of Z
To watch in 2018
And with January a few days away there's a whole new batch of stuff good I'm looking forward to seeing in the New Year, amongst them;
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri, Downsizing, The Darkest Hour, Ready Player One, Black Panther, Isle of Dogs, The Shape of Water, Deadpool 2, Avengers: Infinity War, Early Man, The Post
