Best / Worst 2018 Movies

restive

My list

Best

Searching
A Quiet Place
Infinity War
First Man
A Star Is Born
Black 47
Overlord
Ant-Man and the Wasp
Outlaw King
Game Night
Halloween

Worst

Tomb Raider reboot
The Meg
Blockers
Blackkklansman
Aquaman
Skyscraper
Crazy Rich Asians

yerwanthere123

Best:
Searching (My favourite of the year)
Love, Simon
A Star Is Born
Tully
Hearts Beat Loud
To All the Boys I've Loved Before
Unsane
A Quiet Place
Hereditary
Black 47

Worst:
Game Night

Smertrius

best is bumblebee its best transformers live action movie ever

gmisk

Best

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A quiet place
Free solo
Avengers
Spider-man into the spiderverse
Mission impossible Fallout
Leave no trace
Widows
Tully
A star is born
Searching
Three billboards
Love, simon
Annihilation (bar the ending)
Bohemian rhapsody (really swept me along, rami Malek fantastic)

Worst

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Venom
The predator
The nun
Cloverfield paradox
The hurricane heist
Michael inside
Black 47 (not terrible but disappointing)

Biggest disappointment for me was jurassic world, with a really excellent director I was hopeful for a lot better, but it was poor.

One I really enjoyed that people seemed to hate red sparrow.

Oh and to all the boys I've loved before was a really lovely little rom com have to agree there.

Smertrius

Aquaman belongs in the best section because Aquaman is officially the highest grossing DCEU movie

speedboatchase

I didn't see much but here goes:

Best:
A Star is Born
Blockers
Black Panther
Mission Impossible: Fallout
A Quiet Place
Bohemian Rhapsody
Paddington 2

Worst:
Deadpool 2
Crazy Rich Asians
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lawred2

yerwanthere123 wrote: »

Best:
Searching (My favourite of the year)
Love, Simon
A Star Is Born
Tully
Hearts Beat Loud
To All the Boys I've Loved Before
Unsane
A Quiet Place
Hereditary
Black 47

Worst:
Game Night

Game Night was grand - I'd think it harsh to classify it as the worst movie of 2018. But shure we're all different

I can't remember any standout movies for goodness or badness in 2018. All a bit humdrum and derivative if you ask me.

Ciaran_B

Best
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Sorry To Bother You
Leave No Trace
The Endless
Annihilation
Phantom Thread
Blackkklansman
Lady Bird
Mandy
Cold War
Kissing Candice
Daphne
Thoroughbreds
Never Goin' Back
Cameron Post
Hereditary

yerwanthere123

lawred2 wrote: »

Game Night was grand - I'd think it harsh to classify it as the worst movie of 2018. But shure we're all different

I can't remember any standout movies for goodness or badness in 2018. All a bit humdrum and derivative if you ask me.

I don't believe it to be the worst movie of 2018, but it's probably the worst I've seen. I don't think it was terrible, but I'd give it 5/10 at the very most.

I'd also add Green Book to my list of best movies above.

johnny_ultimate

There's rarely any year that's a proper write-off in cinema, but even going by that 2018 felt like a pretty special one. A pretty steady stream of interesting, challenging and fun films where we even got a couple of exceptional Hollywood franchise films.

Top ten (not in any particular order beyond the first two or three)
Burning - Lee Chang-dong's Murakami adaptation is a perfect hybrid of the two men's styles. A mysterious but exhilarating film, impeccably crafted by the South Korean master.
Roma - The best film Alfonso Cuaron has made, and that's saying something. A feast of pure cinema.
Dawson City: Frozen Time - The surprise of the year, and a highlight from DIFF. Stunning use of archive footage - some mesmerisingly damaged - to capture a town's history and reflect on the fragility of the cinematic image. Dat soundtrack too.
Isle of Dogs - I don't know how Wes Anderson manages to keep refining and evolving his trademark style. But he does, and Isle of Dogs is therefore magnificent.
Lady Bird - Greta Gerwig's film has this odd, casual brilliance. It's easy to overlook that in such a low-key, understated piece of work... but this is a special film, and can't wait to see what Gerwig does next.
Phantom Thread - Paul Thomas Anderson's best in years. More accessible than his recent work without losing the formal or storytelling rigour. Deliciously dark, eccentric stuff.
Zama - Lucrecia Martel's beautiful fever dream of a film. Puts you right in there in the oppressive jungle humidity in a way I haven't seen since classic Herzog - although to suggest this is anything but its own beast would be to do it a disservice.
Minding the Gap - A devastatingly honest, personal documentary in which young Bing Liu tackles challenging subject matter (directly involving himself and his friends) with the grace of a master.
One Cut of the Dead - The most purely enjoyable film of the year, and I can't say why without spoiling the fun. Suffice to say, it has some delightful surprises up its sleeve and the last act is a straight-up, crowdpleasing triumph.
The Image Book - I’m all in for late Godard.

Ten more (i.e. ones that are in basically just as good as the ones above)
Madeline's Madeline
Shoplifters
Cold War
On The Beach Alone At Night
Mission Impossible Fallout / Spider-Man - Into The Spider-Verse (OK, that's two for the price of one, but they're both delightful in their own way)
Support the Girls
Shirkers
Climax
The Image You Missed (the best Irish film I saw in 2018)
Die Tomorrow

Decuc500

My favourite films from 2018 in no particular order

First Reformed A 'Late Period Masterpiece' from Paul Schrader

Lean On Pete Exceptional adaptation of the Willy Vlautin novel full of great performances

Mission: Impossible - Fallout Best Hollywood action blockbuster in a long time

Thoroughbreds Wickedly black comedy

All The Money in the World Nice to see Ridley Scott still producing great films

Unsane Nice to see Steven Soderbergh ditch the retirement plan

Red Sparrow Very engrossing old fashioned espionage drama

Three Billboards... Uncompromising film, very angry and startling

Free Solo Not a fan of documentaries but this was amazing. Completely gripping and sweaty palm inducing

Outlaw King The opening 8 minute tracking shot was incredible

Blackkklansman I saw this in London's BFI which added to the experience.

Ipso

yerwanthere123 wrote: »

I don't believe it to be the worst movie of 2018, but it's probably the worst I've seen. I don't think it was terrible, but I'd give it 5/10 at the very most.

I'd also add Green Book to my list of best movies above.

Yeah, if you think Game Night was the worse film of last year you obviously haven't had your wife make you watch Hallmark films!

Keatsian

My favorites: A Quiet Place, Leave No Trace, Annihilation.

Hated: The Predator

Overrated: You Were Never Really Here

Not seen yet: Roma

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Best:
Murdair Mhám Trasna - Excellent TG4 Feature Length DocuFilm, more people need to see it. I believe it did pretty well at the Festivals though, so that's good.
Spiderman: Into The Spiderverse - Greatest Superhero Movie Ever? Just might be! And the Animation was fantastic.
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri - Well written, beautifully paced, perfect casting, especially Frances McDormand and Sam Rockwell
A Quiet Place - Solid Concept, Well Executed, Can't Fault It, a Genuinely Thrilling Thriller
Black Panther - A Great Villain tends to make or break a Superhero Movie and Michael B. Jordan's Killmonger is one of the best villains we've had so far.
Bohemian Rhapsody - Rami Malek couldn't have done much of a better job in his portrayal of Freddie Mercury. Outstanding performances from everyone though.
Avengers: Infinity War - In terms of pure spectacle it hit all the right notes.
To All The Boys I've Loved Before - Did not expect to enjoy this one as much as I did; one of the best film surprises of the year.
Love, Simon - Shut up, I wasn't crying in the cinema, there was just something in my eye...
The First Purge - I love all The Purge films, but this was easily my favourite one so far.
The Miseducation of Cameron Post - This one probably flew under a lot of people's radar's, but its worth checking out, and Chloë Grace Moretz needs to be getting more roles like this.

Really Good, but not quite up there with the "Best":
A Simple Favor - Sometimes it didn't feel like Paul Feig knew if he wanted it to be a Comedy or a Melodrama, but I enjoyed the hell out of it all the same.
Bumblebee - I swore I'd never go see another Transformers movie years ago because they were so bad and there was no hope for the franchise, but I'm glad to be proven wrong.
Deadpool 2 - It was never going to be as good as the first one, but still pretty solid.
Game Night - An unexpected delight. Not the greatest comedy of all-time, but very good all the same.
Blockers - Two words; John Cena!

Overrated, but watchable:
Ant-Man & The Wasp - Superhero fatigue was beginning to set in by the time this one came around and while it was good, it was very anti-climactic after the Trifecta of Epic that was Thor: Ragnarok, Black Panther, and Avengers: Infinity War
Lady Bird - It was probably hyped up a little too much and just didn't live up to my expectations.
Crazy Rich Asians - Look it was good, but not as amazing as people were making it out to be, although I do love all the cast and thought many of them had been criminally underrated for years, so glad to see them finally getting the recognition.
The Hate U Give - It was just missing something and didn't seem to cater to its audience as well as other films of its ilk, but for what it was, it was grand.
Cam - Madeleine Brewer's performance makes it worth the watch, but the overall story is a bit meh.
Dublin Oldschool - Don't think it translated as well from Stage to Screen as they thought it would, but still decent enough.

Worst:
Ready Player One - Ugh, the book is good, but the film is just a complete mess, and just because Steven Spielberg directed it doesn't mean we need to fawn over it like some masterpiece, because it's awful and only marginally more bearable than Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (which, for the record, is the cinematic manifestation of Satan's Taint).

Wedwood

Solo: A Star Wars Story
The movie that can make the case for being in both the best and worst camps at the same time.

Best:
The cast were very good, Ehrenreich did for Solo what Pine did for Kirk.
The movie soundtrack was an excellent collaboration between John Williams and John Powell.
The story was what it needed to be, a light hearted caper movie that hit all the expected origin story pieces.
Was everything Last Jedi wasn't.

Worst:
The cast were terrible. Clarke plays herself in every role. Not to mention the robot with PMT.
The movie soundtrack was a rehash of original trilogy themes thrown in to disguise a bad movie.
The story was everything it didn't need to be, a light hearted caper movie with all too predictable origin story pieces.
Was nothing like Last Jedi.

gmisk

Wedwood wrote: »

Solo: A Star Wars Story
The movie that can make the case for being in both the best and worst camps at the same time.

Best:
The cast were very good, Ehrenreich did for Solo what Pine did for Kirk.
The movie soundtrack was an excellent collaboration between John Williams and John Powell.
The story was what it needed to be, a light hearted caper movie that hit all the expected origin story pieces.
Was everything Last Jedi wasn't.

Worst:
The cast were terrible. Clarke plays herself in every role. Not to mention the robot with PMT.
The movie soundtrack was a rehash of original trilogy themes thrown in to disguise a bad movie.
The story was everything it didn't need to be, a light hearted caper movie with all too predictable origin story pieces.
Was nothing like Last Jedi.

You kind of wonder what the Lord and Miller version of this film would have been like...i doubt it could have been worse.

j.thornton

Spiderman: Into The Spiderverse is probably the best movie i've seen in my life! Great animation and soundtracks, plot and characters revealed exactly to the perfect point
Not a fan of a big screen, but would probably see it for a thousand more times

gmisk

j.thornton wrote: »

Spiderman: Into The Spiderverse is probably the best movie i've seen in my life! Great animation and soundtracks, plot and characters revealed exactly to the perfect point
Not a fan of a big screen, but would probably see it for a thousand more times

It is a triumph!
Wasnt expecting it to be as good as it was.
The animation styles used were terrific as well.

fryup

Best: Three Billboards

Worst: Deadpool 2

Outlaw Pete

Dark River / Black 47 my two favourite films of the year.

I Feel Pretty / Robin Hood the two worst.

lawred2

Has there even been a decent Robin Hood?

Outlaw Pete

The Costner / Elizabeth Mastrenstroneooeo one was good from a chick flick perspective (although was loved up at the time myself and so that may have clouded my judgement). People weren't sick of that Bryan Adams song yet either so that may have helped too.

razorblunt

lawred2 wrote: »

Has there even been a decent Robin Hood?

Of course there has.
Men in Tights!

Sad Professor

lawred2 wrote: »

Has there even been a decent Robin Hood?

Yes, the Errol Flynn film from the '30s. It's easily the best and the main source for nearly all the others.

lawred2

razorblunt wrote: »

Of course there has.
Men in Tights!

of course