Films in 2016: Rated
New films I saw this year, in reverse order of how much I enjoyed them (basically, the last film in this list was amazeface) as kept track of throughout the year on Letterboxd.
- Dad’s Army - This was terrible. The only good part was Mrs Mainwaring.
- Anthropoid - I can barely remember this film. I imagine it must have much like any other film based on events from WW2. I think there…was a romance? I wasn’t very interested in it if there was.
- The Girl on the Train - I’d not read the book before I saw this ( and I’ve still not seen it) but it was entertaining enough, if fairly predictable.
- Voyage of Time: Life’s Journey - It was nice. I had a terrible cold during LFF so it was quite handy that I didn’t have to think too much when watching this.
- Interchange - I didn’t entirely know what I expected when I decided that I would see a film that involved vampirism in Malaysia - certainly not anything to do with indigenous Malay tribal people. I did like that the characters switched between languages - which of course is common in Malaysia, but I don’t usually get to see it on-screen.
- Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice - I enjoyed it. Unsure about Lex Luthor, but I’m quite interested in seeing the next film.
- Dancer - When this film was being made, no one involved in the film had any idea how it would turn out - as they were just following the life of Sergei Polunin. I’m glad I wasn’t making the film or, for that matter, pursued ballet beyond the age of five.
- Jason Bourne - My Mum really loves Jason Bourne and Matt Damon to the extent that we joke that he is her new boyfriend.
- Chi-raq - I will watch nearly anything based on ancient Greek plays so of course I was going to see this.
- White Colour Black - Interesting look at being part of two distinct cultures, although I’m not sure thaat I could relate much to the main character Leke even though I’m mixed-race too but that’s mostly because I’m not a hedonistic, sought-after photographer.
- Ghostbusters - Fun and very much in the same spirit as the previous Ghostbuster films. lol.
- The Secret Scripture - Mum and I went to see this and Dancer on the same day as this year she was interested in going to see some LFF films (although she still thinks going to see as many as I do is a bit out there) and this was the film she was most interested in. As we got towards the end of the film, you could kind of see what was coming but that was more a nice rounding off rather than being boringly predictable.
- Star Trek Beyond - I love Star Trek with all my heart and this film was a relief after the film that we do not talk about. Fun, lots of exciting action and Karl Urban is the greatest of us.
- Deadpool - I also love Deadpool, but not as much as I love Star Trek and this film was still slightly more enjoyable than Star Trek Beyond though probably because of the incredible amounts of violence.
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story - I have too many feelings about this film. It’s a solid war movie.
- Captain America: Civil War - Probably not as good as Winter Soldier, but still super enjoyable. I still don’t like spending time with Tony Stark but RDJ continues to play him well. I will never understand how Chris Evans fit in that tiny car. Bucky Barnes and Sam Wilson are forever a delight together.
- Arrival - This film was astounding when I saw it back in October, was still astounding when I saw it again in November and remains so as I think about it now. I think this year really needed this film. V satisfying.
Mirrored from half girl, half robot.