A few words about all the movies I watched in 2016
I've been keeping a list of every movie I watched this year... those I've seen before and those I saw for the first time.For each of them, I wrote a very brief reaction. Some are thoughtful, some are irreverent. All are honest.Here's the list, in sequential order of my viewing:Babel - makes Tokyo and Afghanistan and Mexico seem like another planetRevenant - more movies should be filmed 100% with natural lightWinter on Fire - meanwhile in America the Kardashians what??Big Eyes - the guy in this movie is a huge asshatMoonraker - are they serious? They can't be serious. I love itThe Big Short - Steve Carrell should always play this characterDallas Buyers Club - drugs should be mostly legalThe Princess Bride - I have no good excuse for seeing this for the first time in 2016The Perfect Storm - but I can’t stop wondering if Marky Mark is from Boston or notUnbroken - the book was probably much betterThe Men Who Stare At Goats - I don’t know how this got made but I love itDeadpool - if only they had given Green Lantern this treatmentFinding Vivian Maier - why are the most creative people usually so troubled?Beasts of No Nation - this should be seen by more people than it probably wasTurner & Hooch - I want a sequel with catsEx Machina - the future is going to suck (and kill?)The Agony & The Ecstacy - it really is a nice ceilingBatman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice - Batfleck, you did alrightSpotlight - shame that newspaper stories have to be made into movies for most people to notice themAll Together Now (Beatles/Cirque “Love” Doc) - Vegas is so richCaptain America: Civil War - I wanted to take a nap through most of thisReturn to the 36 Chambers - I’ll never hear Wu-Tang the same way“21" - MIT is so smartYou Only Live Twice - I already forgot literally everything about thisGood, Bad and the Ugly - I have no good excuse for seeing this for the first time in 2016Ghostbusters (original) - somehow it still gets better every time I watch itJurassic World - I wouldn’t complain if this were on at the gym or somethingRock the Kasbah - everything about this was tremendousThe Woman in Gold - cool story but Ryan Reynolds does better with dick jokesFrances Ha - I love when people who like photography decide to make moviesFight Club - still good but doesn't change how I feel about IKEA <3The Dark Knight Rises - still good but still not as good as BanecatThe Peanuts Movie - beautifully drawn NyquilBo Burnham: Make Happy - the funniest musical since ‘what.’Beatles: Help! - for someone who grew up with MTV already established this is a revalationThe Man With the Golden Gun - I already forgot literally everything about thisA View To Kill - I already forgot literally everything about thisChef - the best movie that anyone has ever tweeted inBo Burnham: what. - the funniest musical since South Park: Bigger Longer UncutSuicide Squad - Margot RobbieThe Bourne Supremacy - still good but so hard to hear all the whisper-yellingBest of Enemies: Buckley vs Vidal - this is where all the people yelling at each other on TV started I guessSteve Jobs (Boyle) - Boyle deserves thanks for un-Kutchering this storyFather of the Bride - still good but now anything with early 1990’s fashion is funnyThe Hangover - still good but why couldn’t they just leave it without the sequelsHail, Ceasar! - this basically closes the book on HollywoodElvis / Nixon - oh shit this 10 minute meeting seems like a microcosm of the next four yearsPrefontaine - why does Jared Leto always have to dieThe Lady in the Van - British movies are so much more thoughtfulAllied - what is this like the tenth Brad Pitt movie about WW2Arrival - omg how can she afford that house on an adjunct’s salary