Royce’s Top 10/Worst 10
2015
1- The Martian- Lots of good
movies. Read the book first then saw the
movie. Loved both! I thought Matt Damon
was great as was the rest of the cast.
2-Trainwreck- I rarely laugh
out loud at movies. Having an entire
theater and my Hottie laughing along with me made it even better. Amy Schumer
is VERY funny. Story lags in the middle
due to a first time movie script by Schumer, but funniest movie I have seen in
a while.
3- Spotlight- A very well
made and acted movie on a tough subject.
Definitely worth watching . I see
several Oscar nominations in the future.
I’m sure it will get a Best Picture nod.
4- Creed- Much better movie
than I thought it would be. We will be
seeing Creed II, Creed III, ect. Michael
B. Jordan holds his own. One of the
better acting jobs for Sylvester Stallone.
Good movie.
5- The Big Short- Takes a
complicated subject of the housing crisis of 2007 and not only makes it
understandable but also entertaining. A
good cast. I would see this one again.
6- Steve Jobs- Best movie so
far about a complicated man. Highlights
three periods in his life and the complicated relationship with his
daughter. Michael Fassbender will surely
get an Oscar Nomination from this one.
7- The 33- Almost no one saw
this underrated movie about the 33 Chilean miners trapped underground in
2010. Antonio Banderas’s best work to
date. I really enjoyed this movie. Make sure to bring your tissues. Good rental.
8- Kingsman: The Secret
Service- A sleeper hit about an English Secret Service group. Colin Firth is great and newcomer Taron
Egerton is starting what will most likely be a long successful career. Good movie.
9- Star Wars- Okay, it was a
near carbon copy of the first Star wars and there are plenty of plot
holes. Maybe my little stamp of approval
here will help the poor guys with some box office support? While it did aggravate me I felt it deserved
a spot on the list.
10-The Intern- This movie came out last January and many
will have forgotten it. Out now on dvd
and worth a rental. Not a unique story
line. Young/hot clothing designer has a
business that is taking off yet unorganized.
In a publicity stunt they hire several retired people as interns. Anne Hathaway is very good and I think this
is some of Robert DeNiro’s best work. He
leaves the squinty eyed mafia guy that he has played a million times behind and
is very likable.
Honorable Mention
1-Man from U.N.C.L.E
2- Ant-Man
3- The Duff
4- El Machina
5- Whiplash
Worst Ten
1- Jupiter Ascending- This
movie is bad on so many levels. Mila
Kunis tries. Channing Tatum has such a
ridicules outfit and make up he could never recover. Save your $1.29 on RedBox and don’t waste a
couple hours of your life.
2- Magic Mike XXL- Wow,
Channing Tatum holds down my top two on my Worst list. I hope his career can recover from this. : >
When the female audience this was clearly aimed at walk out you know
something is bad wrong. MM-I was
bad. This was ten times worse.
3- A Walk in the Woods- I
know Robert Redford is getting up in years and has become a little more picky
on his roles yet he choses this dog?
Nick Nolte looked such poor health I worried he might pass for real
before the movie was over. This is a bad movie.
4- Taken 3- Liam Neeson is
hot or cold. He either makes very good
movies or very bad movies. This one
falls in the second category. I hope he
got a good paycheck for this one. He is
a likable guy and good actor. Wish he
would pick better movies.
5- The Gunman- Sean Penn must
have been hoping for a come back as a tough guy. He clearly worked for months on his abs and
biceps. Sadly they worked minutes on the
script.
6- Fifty Shades of Gray- Oh
good lord.
7- Minions- I LOVE the two Despicable
Me movies. Own both dvds. I was never one of those that laughed
hysterically at the goofy little yellow guys with no necks. This movie was like scratch on a chalkboard
for me.
8- The Good Dinosaur- Not a
good year for animated movies. Some did
well at the box office because parents will sit thru anything to keep their
little ones quiet and entertained for a couple hours. This movie was too brutal in parts for little
ones and too boring for adults.
9- Our Brand is Crisis- This
movie couldn’t make up it’s mind if it wanted to be a funny political satire or
a do-good tree hugger save the world film.
Ended up being neither. This
movie had lowest opening weekend for any Sandra Bullock movie and went downhill
from there.
10- Point Break- The X-Game scenes were indeed
breathtaking. The problem is most of
those fit in the two minute movie trailer.
Then they had to fill in that time between. Sorry.
Should have been better
1- The Hunger Games
2- Tomorrowland
3- Mad Max
4- SELF/LESS
5- Spy
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