Okay here it is with much pain and agony I present my top
ten movies of 2014. I do this because I feel movie dates are still the best
type of dates to go on. That said 2014
by volume may have been the best year for movie dates because there were just
so many good movies to see. On my list I
have my top 10 but my honorable mentions are just as good as my top ten. However, there were a lot of good movies
2014 didn’t many GREAT movies. Many my
top 4 are great but that is a low great.
And my 5-10 where low okay. 2014
had more repeated brands than I ever remembering one year having. There were remakes and sequels hardly any
room for an original film story. Don’t
get me wrong remakes and sequels can be great films. I think of the Fugitive as a great remake or
the Rise of the Planet of the Apes, which followed a bad remake. I think the Lords of the Rings was an
excellent series. Each of the sequels was
just as good as the original. I think
the Terminator had good sequels. So, I’m
not knocking a movie because it’s a sequel or a remake. I do feel that sequels and remakes have to
have their own stories and fresh ideas.
I think that’s why some of 2014’s remakes and sequels didn’t hit the
ball out of the park. That said it does
look like it’s a trend because 2015 has almost as many remakes and reboots of
successful brands as 2014 did. That’s
starting with the reboot of Star Wars.
Anyway, here is my list with some explanation.
2.
The
Equalizer. I had to give Denzel this
spot. He had been crushing movies since
Training Day. This movie he goes back to
his Man on Fire roots. I hope that do a
sequel.
3.
The Edge
of Tomorrow. I never liked Tom
Cruise in a movie before but seeing him get his butt beat and killed over and
over again was fun. I love the
story. The ending was medium but didn’t
ruin it.
4.
Guardians
of the Galaxy. Marvel had to go
here. So many super heroes are not from
Earth that this allows them to include them.
Sure it’s all about Earth but now we get to see another take on a
populated Universe besides Star Wars version.
5.
Interstellar. This is many people’s number one movie but to
me it was to focused on the scientific fantasy of the story and not the
entertainment aspect. I don’t think
having a few monsters or alien life forms would have messed up the
science. But so what if it did save the
true scientific discussion for the documentary.
Writers are liars anyway so find a way to make it happen.
6.
The
Hunger Games Mocking Jay PT 1. I
like Katness so much that I can tolerate all of the extra loves elements added
to the story. I love the additions to expand the sci-fi of the story. I think it is what Hunger Games was meant to
be.
7.
X-Men
Days of Future Past. Well, I ain’t
going to lie it took me a minute to get over the shape shifting sentinels I was
able to enjoy the film. I was
disappointed that the story didn’t focus on the X Men battling the
Sentinels. However, I enjoyed seeing
Biship on the big screen.
8.
The
Hobbit the Battle of the Five Armies.
Now, this film sums up what was missing in the films of 2014. How I explained this movies’s short comings
is image a boxing match with a Dragon and when you go to the fight the Dragon
goes down in the first round.
9.
The Maze
Runner. I enjoyed this film. I took a lot from The Lord of the Rings and
while I don’t agree with the concept of man’s savage nature the question of how
will human children behave if left to construct their own society is a
interesting question. I also liked how
they answered the question in this story.
10.
The Giver. This was the first book to have children
killings. This was the book that
influenced the Hunger Games and Maze Runner.
It wasn’t as action packed but it also didn’t have big boring love
element.
Honorable mentions.
These are all films that are just as good as the films 5-10 but the part
that messed them up was a little bigger or more prominent. I will just list what messed up the film for
me.
1.
Sin City,
A Dame to Kill for. Nothing really
stood out but the was less smart or diverse plot wise. The first Sin City had many different stories
but this one just had one. Really I don’t
know what this story missed I just didn’t think it was great. Maybe I have to see it again which I will.
2.
RoboCop.
New and fresh reboot but less racial diverse and the story was the same. They should have stole from all of the
headlines about Police and civilian relations and wrote a new RoboCop story
like JJ Abrams did with Star Trek and they did with Planet of the Apes.
3.
Purge 2. This is the only movie on this list which I
didn’t see in the theater. I enjoyed
this sequel better than I did the first part.
4.
Dracula
Untold. The special effects were great but the story wasn’t fresh
enough. Underworld changed the
game. This was a low budget story. It needed more fighting and more story. Something.
But good none the less. I don’t
even think I liked the ending. The
reboot of the Wolfman was better.
5.
300 Rise
of an Empire. Again you go to see a
Mike Tyson fight and when you get there he’s not there. I wanted to see King Xerxes get his big ass
fight on but no it’s a story about a crazy woman. Not bad but I can count the films I liked
where the main character was somebody I wasn’t supposed to like.
6.
Tyler
Perry Single Mom’s Club. Hot
film. No complaints. The only problems is that it’s a comedy and
comedies have to be Rush Hour to contend with Sci-fi for me.
7.
Teenage
Mutant Ninja Turtles. Good reboot got me interested in a story I don’t
like. This time the turtles didn’t seem
like white boys acting like black kids as much.
Maybe because white kids act cooler now and the contrast isn’t as big as
it was before.
8.
Pompeii. For a movie were everyone knew what was going
to happen it did a good job of writing a background story. The ending was a little weak also.
9.
Captain
America Winter Soldier. Man there’s
no way if you would have told me this movie would not have made my top ten in
2013 I would have not believed you.
However it didn’t make my top ten.
I only became a fan of Captain America after his 2011 movie. Now the magic has worn off maybe. Or maybe it was just the weak story. No matter what this movie was medium.
10.
Godzilla. This is another movie that could have been so
much more. I should have put it in my
top ten just because it was so much better than the 1998 remake. I felt jept because again I wanted to
Godzilla fight more. But what could I
complain ALL of the old Godzilla movies are told the same way. I think that Pacific Rim was a game changer
for all of these large monster films.
11.
Transformers
Age of Extinction. I have never put
a Transformer film in my top ten but this came the closest. I think Mark Wahlberg was the big
factor. I also think that it wasn’t too
slap stick. Who knows I doubt I will
ever watch it again.
Horrible I only feel two movies got me for my money last
year. These two movies missed there
trailers mark.
I Frankenstein. I
don’t know what happened to my man Kevin Greviox but this was far from
Underworld. It was like a bad knock off
of Underworld.
Divergent. This was
bad all the way around. I was a bad book
and a even worse movie. I thought they
would allow the film production process to work out all of the correctable
parts.
What’s or the forefront. 2015 looks to be another good year
of film. I’m looking forward to bunch of
films. Road Warrior, Star Wars,
Avengers Age of Ultron and Jurassic Park
As always I include my wife’s top ten and my son’s.
My wife
1.
The Equalizer
2. Guardians of the Galaxy
3. The Giver
4. Maze Runner
5. The Hobbit Desolation of Smoug
6. Planet of the Apes
7. Captain America Winter Soldier
8. Malificent
9. Pampeii
10. X Men Days of Future Past.
2. Guardians of the Galaxy
3. The Giver
4. Maze Runner
5. The Hobbit Desolation of Smoug
6. Planet of the Apes
7. Captain America Winter Soldier
8. Malificent
9. Pampeii
10. X Men Days of Future Past.
My son
1.
Interstellar
2.
Guardians of the Galaxy
3.
The Giver
4.
X Men Days of Future Past
5.
Maze Runner
6.
The Hunger Games Mocking Jay PT 1
7.
RoboCop
8.
Dawn of Planet of the Apes
9.
Purge 2
10. Ninja
Turtles
