2015 Film Discussions & Rankings Thread

[jvince]

½ Kingsman: The Secret Service

Far from the Madding Crowd

½ Just Before I Go

Danny Collins

½ Mojave

????? The Lazarus Effect

[LegacyCosts]

Not to sound negative but nothing has caught my eye for 2015 outside of kingsman. What are some solid indie titles coming out for this year? I'm so burnt out on Marvel, I think I'll take a pass for 2015, though Guardians was killer.

[Comicman494]

2015 | Out of 5 | New title in bold | 2 films

Selma (included here as it went wide this year)

½ Taken 3

[Darth Marcus]

2015 Films:

½ Blackhat

[Astro Zombie]

Ooh, not good. I'm kinda on the fence about it anyway, but now...

[Darth Marcus]

Originally Posted by Astro Zombie

Ooh, not good. I'm kinda on the fence about it anyway, but now...

You might like it. My biggest gripe is that it didn't feel anywhere close to being finished, especially in terms of editing and scripting. The ending is kinda badass though.

[Astro Zombie]

Originally Posted by Darth Marcus

You might like it. My biggest gripe is that it didn't feel anywhere close to being finished, especially in terms of editing and scripting. The ending is kinda badass though.

Maybe if I can catch a matinee I'll check it out.

[Kevin Holly]

11/30
Blackhat

[DanTheMan]

2015 Films Watched (Out of 5):

The Revenant
Mad Max: Fury Road
Inside Out
Cinderella

½ Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens
½ Spotlight
½ Brooklyn
½ Room
½ The Stanford Prison Experiment
½ It Follows
½ White God
½ Ex Machina
½ Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
½ Spectre
½ Creed
½ Steve Jobs
½ The Martian
½ Dope
½ Wild Tales
½ Spring
½ The Intern
½ Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
½ Paddington

The Hateful Eight
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
Sicario
Black Mass
Trumbo
Queen of Earth
Ant-Man
The Peanuts Movie
Joy
The Good Dinosaur
Southpaw
Avengers: Age of Ultron
The Walk
Ted 2
The Divergent Series: Insurgent
Tomorrowland
San Andreas
Jurassic World
Furious 7
Trainwreck
Still Alice
The Age of Adaline
Spare Parts
Max
12 Rounds 3: Lockdown
Bone Tomahawk

½ Hotel Transylvania 2
½ Kingsman: The Secret Service
½ Carol
½ Focus
½ The Voices
½ Burnt
½ Run All Night
½ Paper Towns
½ Z for Zachariah
½ What We Do In The Shadows
½ Terminator Genisys
½ The Gunman
½ Mr. Holmes
½ The End of the Tour
½ The Big Short
½ Dark Places
½ I'll See You in My Dreams
½ Chappie
½ Barely Lethal
½ The DUFF
½ Son of a Gun
½ The Cobbler
½ The Loft
½ Danny Collins

Maps to the Stars
Predestination
The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
The Gift
Goosebumps
Pixels
True Story
Slow West
Minions
Blindsided
Get Hard
The Marine 4: Moving Target

½ The Spongebob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
½ Fantastic Four
½ Love & Mercy
½ Serena
½ Mortdecai
½ Taken 3
½ Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!
½ Jupiter Ascending
½ Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2
½ Out of the Dark

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Song One
Survivor
Fifty Shades of Grey
Lost River
Wild Card
Irrational Man
Vice
Project Almanac
Hot Tub Time Machine 2

½ Mistress America
½ Buzzard
½ WolfCop
The Boy Next Door
Let's Kill Ward's Wife
Vacation
Spy

½ Clouds of Sils Maria
½ Outcast
½ Unfinished Business

[Show spoiler]

[Hullabaloo]

Haven't seen any 2015 movies yet (it's only January 24!), but...

Here are some 2015 movies I'm looking forward to:

Tomorrowland
The Hateful Eight
Star Wars: Episode VII
Jurassic World
The Revenant
Crimson Peak
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Spectre
Jupiter Ascending
Mad Max: Fury Road
Terminator: Genisys
Queen of the Desert
Knight of Cups
Untitled Terrence Malick Project

[PopcornBandit]

Hot Tub Time Machine 2
½ Everly

[Xenia]

Oh boy, here we go again:

- Blackhat
- Predestination

Since I try to only watch films I think I'll like.. so far so good. These are both excellent. Fingers crossed for the rest of the year.

[AaronJ]

Of the big blockbusters, I'm only interested in Avengers and Mockingjay Part 2.

As to the others, so far these ones have grabbed my interest, to one degree or another:

Child 44 -- Looks like it could be interesting, and has a cast that I like.

Pitch Perfect 2 -- It's probably not that good, but I love the cast.

Tomorrowland -- Probably not really my thing, but love Britt Robertson and Clooney. I'm willing to maybe give this a chance. We'll see.

Untitled Cameron Crowe Project -- Whatever it ends up being called, it's Crowe, and has Bradley Cooper, Emma Stone, Rachel McAdams, Alec Baldwin, Bill Murray and more!

Love & Mercy -- Brian Wilson bio-pic and, more importantly, Elizabeth Banks.

Selfless -- Excellent cast and pretty cool premise; I definitely will see how this is received.

Rick and the Flash -- Demme, Diablo, Meryl ... I basically HAVE TO see this.

Regression -- Amenábar, Emma Watson, Ethan Hawke ... could be interesting. I have no idea what it's about, though.

Triple Nine -- A movie about Herman Caine?! No WAY!! Oh, wait, it's a heist flick. This cast is truly unreal. God I hope it's good.

Everest -- Could be really interesting ... or not. But it's got Keira.

Crimson Peak -- del Toro can be hit or miss, but I definitely want to see how this is reviewed.

The Martian -- Sir Ridley, Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Kate Mara ... yeah I'm there.

Joy -- David O. Russell? Jennifer Lawrence? Bradley Cooper? A movie about a woman who invents a mop? Where do I sign up!?

Revenant -- Could be interesting. I like the people involved.

Knight of Cups -- This is the one I'm MOST interested in. Can't wait for this.

EDIT: Oh, and Mistress America, for sure. I absolutely LOVED Frances Ha, the last collaboration between Noah Baumbach and Greta Gerwig. So, I can't imagine being let down here.

[Xenia]

Yeah I really didn't like TO THE WONDER so I'm not jumping for joy about Malick's newest. I'll still see it. But with reservations.

I'm not ashamed to admit most of my most anticipated films of the year are big studio blockbusters.

[AaronJ]

Originally Posted by Xenia

Yeah I really didn't like TO THE WONDER so I'm not jumping for joy about Malick's newest. I'll still see it. But with reservations.

I'm not ashamed to admit most of my most anticipated films of the year are big studio blockbusters.

Well, I very much liked To The Wonder. But this looks completely different anyhow. But I'm a total, unapologetic Malick fanboy, so ....

[Xenia]

Nothing wrong with that. He's damn good at those painterly images.

[Foggy]

1) Mommy - 9/10
2) Kingsmen: The Secret Service - 8/10
3) 71' - 7/10
4) Ex Machina - 7/10
5) The Riot Club - 7/10
6) Maps to the Stars - 6/10
7) Hardkor Disko - 5/10
8) A Little Chaos - 4/10
9) Mrs Brown's Boys D' Movie - 1/10
10) Taken 3 - 1/10

UK Cinema Releases of 2014 films in 2015

Foxcatcher - 10/10
Birdman - 9/10
Inherent Vice - 9/10
A Most Violent Year - 9/10
Whiplash - 9/10
Selma - 8/10
Big Hero 6 - 8/10
Wild - 7/10
The Theory of Everything - 7/10
American Sniper - 6/10

That was genuinely appalling, I don't think I've seen a car chase so pants in years. Seriously what the fvck was up with that shipping carriage on the lorry. And Liam Neeson inexplicable walking away from stuff that would obviously kill him. At least Die Hard 5 had the decency to fail with stupid grace rather than simply being full on dull and uninspired.

EDIT: Ex Machina will probably turn up on a lot of peoples most Underrated film of the year, I really liked it. It's everything a director should aim to be, stripped back and focused with ideas spiralling out of your work. It's sort of like everything Transcendence failed to be, while that film bloated with it's idea to fizzle out and say nothing, Ex Machina pulls inwards unveiling stuff while keeping the tension concentrated. My only problem is that the film is too sterile and clinical for me to really embrace it, despite Oscar Issacs wonderfully charismatic turn in the film injecting much needed life, and the ending just doesn't know when to cut to credits.

EDIT 2: Kingsmen, takes a good part of an hour to finally find it's footing, holding off on the real maniac fun until the later parts of the film means it's not quite as anarchic or as steadily handled as Kick-Ass, but when it finally plays it's hand, my god is it glorious. Easily one of the most satisfying flicks of the year.

[AaronJ]

Originally Posted by Foggy

1) Mommy - 9/10

I REALLY want to see this.

Of course it opening here would be of some help.

[lukemo22]

1. Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens
2. Creed

½
3. The Hateful Eight
4. The Revenant
5. Sicario
6. Mad Max: Fury Road
7. The Martian
8. Straight Outta Compton
9. Beasts of No Nation
10. Me and Earl and the Dying Girl


11. Ex Machina
12. The Big Short
13. The End of the Tour
14. Bridge of Spies
15. Mistress America
16. Inside Out
17. Dope
18. Kingsman: The Secret Service
19. 99 Homes
20. Joy
21. It Follows
22. The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
23. Love & Mercy
24. Man Up
25. Tangerine
26. Macbeth
27. The Lobster
28. Slow West
29. Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation

½
30. Trainwreck
31. Cinderella
32. Ant-Man
33. While We're Young
34. Southpaw
35. 45 Years
36. Staten Island Summer
37. Legend
38. Queen of Earth
39. Results
40. Spy
41. Spectre
42. The Overnight
43. Jurassic World
44. The Voices
45. Paper Towns
46. Shaun the Sheep Movie
47. Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
48. Digging for Fire
49. 7 Days in Hell
50. Furious 7
51. Entourage
52. People, Places, Things
53. Cobain: Montage of Heck
54. Avengers: Age of Ultron
55. Ted 2
56. The Final Girls


57. Focus
58. Justice League: Gods and Monsters
59. Unexpected
60. What Happened, Miss Simone?
61. Batman vs. Robin
62. Justice League: Throne of Atlantis
63. Chappie
64. Lost River
65. Pitch Perfect 2
66. The DUFF

½
67. Fantastic Four
68. The Atticus Institute
69. LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League vs. Bizarro League



½



½
70. The Ridiculous 6

Films Seen: 70
Average Rating: 3.6/5

[Deathbymonkeys]

Originally Posted by Darth Marcus

You might like it. My biggest gripe is that it didn't feel anywhere close to being finished, especially in terms of editing and scripting. The ending is kinda badass though.

That's how I felt. Like someone cared enough to make it then decided meh I have better things to do here's what I have release that.