The best Films in 2017
I am happily surprised,that even this year seems to provide good NEW Films..I thought I would have just to count on old Trash or Cult Films,which I normally watch..And this kind of Films is out of Concurence..but now..seems to work it's way with new Films..List is,of course,in progress until 31.12.
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- DirectorColm McCarthyStarsSennia NanuaFisayo AkinadeDominique TipperA scientist and a teacher living in a dystopian future embark on a journey of survival with a special young girl named Melanie.First of all slowly beginning..slowly rising Information and Tension..THEN containing fitting and true,political messages..and in the end?Just extraordinary and in the first line..STUNNING!!
- DirectorJ.A. BayonaStarsLewis MacDougallSigourney WeaverFelicity JonesConor, a twelve-year-old boy, encounters an ancient tree monster who proceeds to help him cope with his mother's terminal illness and being bullied in school.A sad and tender jewel.First I thought too much tears and perhaps a little bit too pushing in direction Kitsch-Corner..but every viewer,who is able to put the emotional level of the film in connection with his/her personal experiences as a child,will understand this piece of art.All in all perhaps still too sad and teary to reach my gold to bronze positions this year,but definitely one to keep in mind.
- DirectorTom FordStarsAmy AdamsJake GyllenhaalMichael ShannonA wealthy art gallery owner is haunted by her ex-husband's novel, a violent thriller she interprets as a symbolic revenge tale.Deeply depressing and sad,but a true view on the inner core of violence.Great actors..
- DirectorAlberto RodríguezStarsJavier GutiérrezRaúl ArévaloMaría VarodTwo cops lost in the deep south of Spain. One serial killer to catch. A lot of secrets and lies to disclose.just contains everything i like
- DirectorMartin KoolhovenStarsGuy PearceDakota FanningEmilia JonesFrom the moment the new Reverend climbs the pulpit, Liz knows that she and her family are in great danger.Leaves you somehow speechless..biblical,Western-clad reminiscence of Dante Aligheri's Inferno (just to name one of the many symbols of biblical or anti-biblical optical quotations,contained in this film)..heavyweighting stuff,opulent and sad and VERY graphic..and dark dark dark..stunning acting performances by Fanning and Pearce(God,I never would have taken THIS villain-role!!)..Definetely one candidate to Gold at the End of the cinematic year..
- DirectorStefano SollimaStarsPierfrancesco FavinoElio GermanoClaudio AmendolaA gangster known as "Samurai" wants to turn the waterfront of Rome into a new Las Vegas. All the local mob bosses have agreed to work for this common goal. But peace is not to last long.It's epic..it's pure fate...it's empathic..it's deep-gripping...it's slow...it contains the Mafia...it is simply EVERYTHING I like :)
- DirectorJohannes NaberStarsFrederick LauHenriette ConfuriusDavid SchütterGerman tale about a man who sells his heart to a forest-dwelling warlock for money and power.God,I love this one..deeply diving into old-times German myths and mixing it up with a little modernized,fancy optics..but all the time not overweight or annoying..a dark fairytale with historical and a bit of fantastic elements..this is old Europe,these are the quiet and shadowy corners of the woods,here are the centuries old trees,remaining in silence..this is the home of goblins,werewolves,gnomes and witches..this is the black forest ..
- DirectorErik PoppeStarsJesper ChristensenAnders BaasmoKarl MarkovicsApril 1940. Norway has been invaded by Germany and the royal family and government have fled into the interior. The German envoy to Norway tries to negotiate a peace. Ultimately, the decision on Norway's future will rest with the king.This is great..European History..all you Kim Kardashian and Kendall Jennner Followers..you are stupid..dumb and unworthy...this is real,best-inscened History..your Future means nothing..but the real past means ALL...
- DirectorJohn TurturroStarsJohn TurturroWoody AllenSharon StoneFioravante decides to become a professional Don Juan as a way of making money to help his cash-strapped friend, Murray. With Murray acting as his "manager", the duo quickly finds themselves caught up in the crosscurrents of love and money.Tender and poetic,Spanish Drama embedded in modern day life in Brooklyn..great!
- DirectorBabak AnvariStarsNarges RashidiAvin ManshadiBobby NaderiAs a mother and daughter struggle to cope with the terrors of the post-revolution, war-torn Tehran of the 1980s, a mysterious evil begins to haunt their home.Deeply creeping Stuff..Whoa,when I say frightening or scary,I mean THIS!!!
- DirectorJordan Vogt-RobertsStarsTom HiddlestonSamuel L. JacksonBrie LarsonAfter the Vietnam war, a team of scientists explores an uncharted island in the Pacific, venturing into the domain of the mighty Kong and must fight to escape a primal Eden.LACKS:
-Intelligence
-Depth
-Emotionality
-Intellectualism
BUT CONTAINS:
-PERFECT Action
-Speed
-Tension
-SUPERBE SFX
Perhaps no Candidate to Gold,Silver or Bronze,but definetely a great great Action-Hammer,probably the best Actionflick of the year. - DirectorSean ByrneStarsEthan EmbryShiri ApplebyPruitt Taylor VinceA struggling painter's possessed by dark forces after he and his young family move into their dream home in rural Texas, in this creepy haunted-house tale.Deeply disturbing,unexpectedly mental gruesome and..and that's the biggest brazen fact..all in all some kind of funny..great and disgusting.
- DirectorJordan PeeleStarsDaniel KaluuyaAllison WilliamsBradley WhitfordA young African-American visits his white girlfriend's parents for the weekend, where his simmering uneasiness about their reception of him eventually reaches a boiling point.If you like:
Rosemary's Baby,The Witch,Martyrs..then you'll LOVE this one..
Great Elements of Sect/Cult-Thriller..I love it.. - DirectorAngelina JolieStarsBrad PittAngelina JolieMélanie LaurentA couple tries to repair their marriage while staying at a hotel in France.Deeply diving into Rememberance and Childhood..nobody likes this one..Everybody says,that this is just atmosphere,but nothing more..okay..screw you all..this ONLY atmosphere is so pure,that it is enough to me for a good,intense Movie-Night..
- DirectorDaniel EspinosaStarsJake GyllenhaalRebecca FergusonRyan ReynoldsA team of scientists aboard the International Space Station discover a rapidly evolving life form that caused extinction on Mars and now threatens all life on Earth.First of all: I really don't like Science Fiction..No matter,if adventorous,epic or scary..If a plot is set after our times and in Space,normally it doesn't interest me..But THIS one!!!!!!What shall I say??Okay,it starts gripping and epic..but this lasts only for perhaps half an hour..and then? Honestly I really don't know,if I EVER watched something SO nailbiting,so *beep* PULSATING!!!This Film is,if you watch it as an entertaining,scaring Space-Horror,perhaps in the same league,as Alien and Aliens..GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!WATCH IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- DirectorGavin O'ConnorStarsBen AffleckAnna KendrickJ.K. SimmonsAs a math savant uncooks the books for a new client, the Treasury Department closes in on his activities, and the body count starts to rise.This is a strange but great Mixture between Thriller/Taxation-Crime/Mafia-Film and Rain Man..it's a pity that it sinks a little lower in the last 50 Minutes..That kept me from rating 9 of 10
- DirectorDenis VilleneuveStarsAmy AdamsJeremy RennerForest WhitakerA linguist works with the military to communicate with alien lifeforms after twelve mysterious spacecraft appear around the world.Sad..what a calm,quiet teardrop..
- DirectorPatty JenkinsStarsGal GadotChris PineRobin WrightWhen a pilot crashes and tells of conflict in the outside world, Diana, an Amazonian warrior in training, leaves home to fight a war, discovering her full powers and true destiny.Okay,a problem to me:Normally I don't like Superheroes or Movies about them..I'm annoyed with all X-Men or Avengers or Logan-Stuff or what else...But if a Film entertains me PERFECTLY,contains PERFECT Action,is not boring;not a SINGLE second boring,grips me,triggers my Emotions deeply,casts a superbe Cast("perfect Actors" would lead into wrong Direction,but everybody FITS perfectly to his role),if a Film brings me to nailbite,yell happily and cry with the Characters,then WHY shouldn't I rate even a Superhero-Stuff to the bests of the year?Sure,it lacks Depth,it lacks Intellectuality,it lacks Realism and it glorifies Violence in an unbloody way,but first of all it is one thing..
the Dramatisation an Realization of a COMIC!!
And it would be too low to call it a perfect Action-Movie,but in the End JUST an Action Movie..It is a Fairytale mixed with History and Legends of Heroes..
GREAT!!!!!! - DirectorChristopher NolanStarsFionn WhiteheadBarry KeoghanMark RylanceAllied soldiers from Belgium, the British Commonwealth and Empire, and France are surrounded by the German Army and evacuated during a fierce battle in World War II.In 1999,I watched Saving Private Ryan with low Expectations.."Just another War-Movie,additionally by the annoying,blockbusting Steven Spielberg*Eyesroll*"..but then it SCREWED me and my Perceiption of the film-loving Watcher of War-Movies..it really changed my Life...it changed it positively;it changed my Habit of dealing with gruesome Images in my Head,referring to War..perhaps it sensitized me a bit to Reality..
Now Dunkirk..
it was very very similar..while SPR shows the whole mess in an overviewingly bombastical Way,Dunkirk FOLLOWS the Horror by few,single Characters..and again,I am deeply touched and this genially inscened Work crosses every personal Border of Images,you WON'T watch..but in the End,AS SPR did,it sinks into few,but adhesive Pathos and Patriotism,I wondered,why this was necessary in SUCH a dark-realistic-honest Masterpiece...
and THIS,I am sorry,prevents me from 9 of 10 Points. - DirectorBernard RoseStarsXavier SamuelCarrie-Anne MossDanny HustonA married couple of scientists create a modern-day monster.a deeply gripping,slightly theatrical modernization of the old fairytale..partially very sad and tender crafted..great..
- DirectorSofia CoppolaStarsNicole KidmanKirsten DunstElle FanningThe unexpected arrival of a wounded Union soldier at a girls school in Virginia during the American Civil War leads to jealousy and betrayal.How greatly this Masterpiece is woven;how superbe the Atmosphere works,how perfect costumes,light ands first of all:unspeekingly extraordinary actresses and ,last but not least,Colin Farrell.Mostly I find Elle Fanning completely overestimated but HERE,she delievers a superbe sample of her skills in acting.
- DirectorDavid LoweryStarsCasey AffleckRooney MaraMcColm Cephas Jr.In this singular exploration of legacy, love, loss, and the enormity of existence, a recently deceased, white-sheeted ghost returns to his suburban home to try to reconnect with his bereft wife.The most intellectual and..how do I say..somehow enchanting way to create a Ghost Movie..a bit fairytale,a bit Relation-Drama,a bit just quiet, wonderful Pictures,a bit sad and a bit like a birth to a spirit..absolutely worth watching.
- DirectorColin TrevorrowStarsNaomi WattsJaeden MartellJacob TremblayWith instructions from her genius son's carefully crafted notebook, a single mother sets out to rescue a young girl from the hands of her abusive stepfather.It is long ago,since I saw such a GRIPPING Drama for the last time..just watch and love it..
- DirectorRon HowardStarsTom HanksFelicity JonesIrrfan KhanWhen Robert Langdon wakes up in an Italian hospital with amnesia, he teams up with Dr. Sienna Brooks and they race across Europe together against the clock to foil a deadly global plot.Just a very good Thriller..and MUUUUUUUUUCH better than the first two Dan Brown/Robert Langdon-Films..
- DirectorJonathan TeplitzkyStarsBrian CoxMiranda RichardsonJohn SlatteryNinety-six hours before the World War II invasion of Normandy, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill struggles with his severe reservations with Operation Overlord and his increasingly marginalized role in the war effort.I was very surprised..in it's Category,the merely Dialogue-oriented History Film,more a theater piece with old men,than a film,in it's boundaries it is absolutely brilliant..it is gripping and intense..watch it!
- DirectorBen YoungStarsEmma BoothAshleigh CummingsStephen CurryVicki Maloney is randomly abducted from a suburban street by a disturbed couple. As she observes the dynamic between her captors she quickly realises she must drive a wedge between them if she is to survive.great and disgusting
- DirectorZak HilditchStarsThomas JaneMolly ParkerDylan SchmidA simple yet proud farmer in the year 1922 conspires to murder his wife for financial gain, convincing his teenage son to assist. But their actions have unintended consequences.God...what a marvelous Abyss!..what an extraordinary Score..surprising jewel..GREAT!!! depressing,sadness,fate,terrifying Moments..