2017 in Review

  1. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, A, great acting, story, and character development
  2. Marshall, A, strong performances, courtroom drama, and history
  3. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, A-, little plot, but great characters and humor
  4. The Shape of Water, A-, offbeat, but original, with high production values
  5. Wind River, A-, well made procedural in a bleak setting
  6. Thor: Ragnarok, A-, surprisingly funny and entertaining action movie
  7. Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, A-, great concept and cast make for a fun movie
  8. Phantom Thread, A-, beautifully made movie, but kind of odd
  9. Lady Bird, B+, great characters and acting, conventional story
  10. Get Out, B+, a lot more going on than just a horror movie
  11. The Current War, B+, well made, but dry, look at 1890's tech titans
  12. Molly's Game, B+, zippy writing, sharp acting, lackluster story
  13. Star Wars: The Last Jedi, B+, unconventional but still good chapter in the saga
  14. Making the Grade, B+, nice documentary about learning piano in Ireland
  15. Battle of the Sexes, B+, personal story still relevant to today
  16. The Big Sick, B+, funny and cute with some strong characters
  17. Blade Runner 2049, B+, great looking but takes a while to get moving
  18. Dunkirk, B+, slow and confusing but visually impressive
  19. Baby Driver, B+, well-made gangster car chase movie
  20. Wonder Woman, B+, well made origin story of a super woman
  21. Darkest Hour, B+, good look at one month of Winston Churchill
  22. The Greatest Showman, B+, enjoyable musical with a great cast
  23. Coco, B, beautifully drawn with a nice story, but not great
  24. The Post, B, ho hum story about the newspaper business
  25. Beauty and the Beast, B, mostly the same movie, but with more stuff
  26. Murder on the Orient Express, B, great cast, but the mystery is too well known
  27. Spider-Man: Homecoming, B, Avengers integration does more harm than good
  28. I, Tonya, B, hard to make more out of this tabloid story
  29. Downsizing, B, neat concept, explored thoroughly, but falls flat
  30. John Wick: Chapter 2, B-, technically better, but the plot is disappointing
  31. Logan Lucky, B-, redneck caper movie is fun, but flat
  32. Thoroughbreds, C+, dark movie with cute, but unlikeable characters
  33. Alien: Covenant, C+, some neat concepts, some of the same old stuff
  34. Professor Marston and the Wonder Women, C+, weak movie about the creators of a superhero
  35. The Lego Batman Movie, C+, cute, but ultimately just the same Batman
  36. The Florida Project, C+, depressing movie about bad people in a bad life
  37. Cars 3, C, not my favorite series, so so story
  38. Ghost in the Shell, C, somewhat derivative cyberpunk robot cop story
  39. Ingrid Goes West, C-, sad movie about a mentally ill girl
  40. The Breadwinner, C-, brutal and depressing cartoon about Afghanistan

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