Best movies of 2014

[RecoveringJournalist]

I know we have a movies thread, but this is the time of year when some great movies are coming out and I know at least a couple people on here get screeners.

The best movies I've seen so far this year are:

1. Life Itself (Roger Ebert doc)
2. Bad Words
3. Gone Girl


Curious what others people have seen. A lot of good stuff is coming up.

 

[bigpern23]

How to Train Your Dragon 2 was up there for me.

 

[Dyno]

Boyhood
Snowpiercer
Whiplash

 

[User 1019]

Planes Fire and Rescue

 

[JackReacher]

Gone Girl is up there.

Was Chef released this year or last? That's probably the best movie I've seen this year.

 

[dreunc1542]

Birdman
Boyhood
Snowpiercer
Whiplash
Blue Ruin

 

[RecoveringJournalist]

Gone Girl is up there.

Was Chef released this year or last? That's probably the best movie I've seen this year.

Oh, good, there's one to add to the list. I've wanted to see that for awhile.

 

[Buck]

I did not like 'Chef.'

I cannot believe the love for 'Snowpiercer.' Is that sarcastic?

 

[bigpern23]

I haven't seen Snowpiercer, but I've seen at least two or three people in my Facebook feed have a similar reaction.

 

[Brian]

Boyhood in a runaway for me.

 

[RecoveringJournalist]

I've heard people say Boyhood is good, but way too long.

 

[Bradley Guire]

Guardians of the Galaxy
Captain America: Winter Soldier
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
X-Men: Days of Future Past

Haven't seen Interstellar yet. Next week in IMAX. Also curious about Exodus, but I'll watch anything with Christian Bale.

I'm just not as cultured as others, so I'm sticking with the mainstream releases.

 

[mpcincal]

I'm listing Guardians and Winter Soldier on my best also, two movies that were must-see for me and didn't disappoint. Truth is, there just weren't that many movies I was fired up to see this year. I am sorry I didn't see Chef while I had the chance (it is in my Netflix queue, though), and I didn't see the Ebert doc because the nearest art-house type theater that would show it was an hour's drive away.

 

[GidalKaiser]

Guardians of the Galaxy, Grand Budapest Hotel (but I'm a Wes Anderson apologist). Nothing else has really struck me, but I haven't seen Chef or Boyhood yet.

 

[Amy]

Guardians of the Galaxy, Grand Budapest Hotel (but I'm a Wes Anderson apologist). Nothing else has really struck me, but I haven't seen Chef or Boyhood yet.

The movie I enjoyed the most this year was Grand Budapest Hotel and I'm not a Wes Anderson fan.

Whiplash is the best movie I've seen this year.

 

[RecoveringJournalist]

EW's top 10

1. Whiplash
2. Boyhood
3. Grand Budapest Hotel
4. Life Itself
5. Selma
6. Guardians of the Galaxy
7. Gone Girl
8. Snowpiercer
9. Birdman
10. Jodorowsky's Dune

 

[Brian]

Snowpiercer is either genius or the dumbest thing I've ever seen. It's been three weeks and I still can't decide. It feels like the script Ayn Rand would write if you gave her ecstacy. Which...again...I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing.

 

[RecoveringJournalist]

Curious if anyone has seen some of the Christmas Day releases. I was disappointed to hear two bad reviews of The Gambler, which I'm dying to see.

 

[forever_town]

I've heard people say Boyhood is good, but way too long.

It's really long, but in some senses, it wasn't long enough. There wasn't as much development of certain characters as there could have been and there were times when the viewer had to fill in the blanks.

I really liked it, though.

 

[Chef2]

Curious if anyone has seen some of the Christmas Day releases. I was disappointed to hear two bad reviews of The Gambler, which I'm dying to see.

I started a thread on it.
I won't spoil it.
John Goodman is brilliant.
If Wesley Snipes had a twin brother in his previous life, he is in this movie.
3/5 stars.