Favourite Films of 2014

[Demoncrat]

The Raid 2 (OUCH!)
Under The Skin (OOOOH!)
Grand Budapest Hotel (AWWWW!)
Noah (HMMMM...)
What We Do In The Shadows (TEEHEEHEE!!)


That's about it for this year. Though I certainly will watch a film called I Am A Knife With Legs!!!

[trebor8273]

in no order

the nightcrawler
guardians of the galaxy
interstellar
the Lego movie

[sjconstable]

1) Interstellar
2) X-Men: Days of Future Past
3) Her
4) Why Don't You Play in Hell?
5) The Wolf of Wall Street
6) American Hustle
7) Captain America: The Winter Soldier
8) The Strange Colour of Your Body's Tears
9) Nightcrawler
10) Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
11) Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
12) The Grand Budapest Hotel
13) Snowpiercer
14) Enemy
15) Edge of Tomorrow
16) The Zero Theorem
17) Inside Llewyn Davis
18) Venus in Fur
19) The Congress
20) Automata

Disappointments of the year:

1) Nymphomaniac
2) Guardians of the Galaxy
3) Transcendence
4) The Raid 2
5) Mood Indigo

[Rik]

No particular order:
Wolf of Wall Street
Lego Movie
Guardians of the Galaxy
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Non Stop

Gonna say The Hobbit (even though I haven't seen it yet, but I know I'll enjoy it when I do next week)

[PaulD]

The Strange Colour of Your Body's Tears is film of the year for me.

[TheOncomingStorm]

Tbh i really enjoyed Godzilla. even though it had its faults i thought overall it was a good, fun action flick

[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

I've now seen a staggering six films from 2014... {}

My high-light so far is definitely 'The Guest'. After being less than blown away by Wingard's previous film 'You're Next', I was expecting more of the same tripe with this one, but was left mightily impressed and entertained. Adored the '80s soundtrack too.

I also had a 2014 double-feature last night in the form of Leigh Janiak's debut feature 'Honeymoon'. It reminded me quite a bit of 'Lovely Molly', however this is a bit of a different animal (literally). I loved the use of sound design to establish mood and atmosphere in this and is one I'd certainly recommend that people check out.

The second entry of my double-feature consisted of 'Dead Snow 2: Red Vs. Dead'. Disliking the original quite a bit, I went in cynical smile at the ready, but ended up enjoying it quite a bit more than I expected - I certainly found it to be an improvement over the first film. The comedy seemed more fluid with the horror/action sequences (it actually provided a few laugh out loud moments - the best of which was the CPR scene during the hospital escape) and the plot and characters were much more engaging for me in comparison with the first - no (or very little) CGI blood this time too. There were still parts that grated on me, but overall it was quite an enjoyable watch.

[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

Perhaps this thread is 'old news' for some, but I generally don't get caught up in the hype of a new release where I 'must' see it immediately, or treat new films like I need to complete a set and watch them over everything else. Therefore, I'm still very much plodding along watching the odd 2014 film here and there, meaning that my post above has been updated slightly to now having watched 28 films from this particular year.

My Top 10 films thus far:

1. The Duke of Burgundy
2. Gone Girl
3. The Guest
4. Nightcrawler
5. Birdman
6. Der Samurai
7. Gun Woman
8. Lost River
9. The Raid 2
10. X-Men: Days of Future Past

[Paul@TheOverlook]

LOST RIVER is so underrated!

[Frankenhooker]

Originally Posted by Paul@TheOverlook

LOST RIVER is so underrated!

That it is. I liked it the first time, loved it the second.