Sam's Thread of Movie Lists and Chit Chat (w/Jake)

[Uncle Sam]

1. Coco ★★★★★
2. Paddington 2 ★★★★
3. The Shape of Water ★★★★
4. Phantom Thread ★★★★
5. Mute ★★★
6. Black Panther ★★★
7. The Cloverfield Paradox ★

I think Paddington 2 is a cheat even by my standards - it was almost certainly released in the UK in 2017 - but it's staying.

Having glanced at the Oscar winners: Guillermo Del Toro deserved it, Jordan Peele deserved it, Frances McDormand deserved it, but lol at Sam Rockwell and Gary Oldman.

[JGlass]

How Ansel Elgort didn't get nominated for Best Actor and win unanimously I may never know.

[Yaz]

How Ansel Elgort didn't get nominated for Best Actor and win unanimously I may never know.

Cause Spacey is gay.

Sam, I'm curious. Cloverfield Paradox got a lot of hype and a lot of people I know have raved about it, but when I ask what its about and why they like it, I just get "Its good, you sooooo have to watch it." Why just a single star?

[Uncle Sam]

But The Fault in Our Stars came out in 2014.

[TheManTheyCalledNorCal]

I watched Kingsman 2 the other day. I didn't care for it.

[Uncle Sam]

1. Lady Bird ★★★★★
2. Coco ★★★★★
3. Paddington 2 ★★★★
4. The Shape of Water ★★★★
5. Phantom Thread ★★★★
6. Mute ★★★
7. Black Panther ★★★
8. The Cloverfield Paradox ★

I regret to inform you that Guillermo Del Toro did not deserve to win the Oscar for best director.

I watched Kingsman 2 the other day. I didn't care for it.

Veeery difficult to have stakes in a movie in which characters can recover from being shot through the eye.

[Uncle Sam]

1. Lady Bird ★★★★★
2. Coco ★★★★★
3. Paddington 2 ★★★★
4. The Shape of Water ★★★★
5. Phantom Thread ★★★★
6. Annihilation ★★★
7. Mute ★★★
8. Black Panther ★★★
9. The Cloverfield Paradox ★

One thoroughly excellent scene and the rest-- there's something about Garland's films that bother me, and I just can't quite put my finger on it. This and Ex Machina feel... insubstantial?

[klunderbunker]

1. Lady Bird ★★★★★
2. Coco ★★★★★
3. Paddington 2 ★★★★
4. The Shape of Water ★★★★
5. Phantom Thread ★★★★
6. Annihilation ★★★
7. Mute ★★★
8. Black Panther ★★★
9. The Cloverfield Paradox ★

One thoroughly excellent scene and the rest-- there's something about Garland's films that bother me, and I just can't quite put my finger on it. This and Ex Machina feel... insubstantial?

I've been meaning to ask you this for a long time: how is this list compiled? I get the stars and how these nine are ranked of course, but are these the nine most recent movies you've seen? Or seen this week? I've never actually known that.

[Uncle Sam]

1. Lady Bird ★★★★★
2. Coco ★★★★★
3. Paddington 2 ★★★★
4. Isle of Dogs ★★★★
5. The Shape of Water ★★★★
6. A Quiet Place ★★★★
7. Phantom Thread ★★★★
8. Annihilation ★★★
9. Mute ★★★
10. Black Panther ★★★
11. The Cloverfield Paradox ★

A quiet place was very Shyamalan-esque. In the nicest possible way.

And I just like Wes Anderson, OK?

That's a perfectly solid top ten. Can I stop now?

[Uncle Sam]

1. Lady Bird ★★★★★
2. Coco ★★★★★
3. Paddington 2 ★★★★
4. Isle of Dogs ★★★★
5. The Shape of Water ★★★★
6. A Quiet Place ★★★★
7. Phantom Thread ★★★★
8. Annihilation ★★★
9. You Were Never Really Here ★★★
10. Mute ★★★
11. Black Panther ★★★
12. The Cloverfield Paradox ★

Thanks for ruining my Sunday, Jake. I was mainly amazed at the sheer amount You Were Never Really Here owed to Taxi Driver.