wow what a difference just a few months and a few movies can make because as
you're about to see my list the best movies of 2018 has changed dramatically
since just June and it's not just the simple fact that more movies came out
and I needed to make room for them but some of the movies that came out made me
feel differently about the movies that I just recently seen but before we get to
my list I want to hear your list if not just the best movies of 2018 but also
which ones you feel are the worst and you can do that not only by commenting
down below but by voting and beyond the trailers annual poll the link is down
below in the video description and I'm giving you till January 4th to vote so
that you can do your best to see all the movies in the snowstorm that we've
gotten this year and then of course you can stay tuned right here to beyond the
trailer to see the results all right so again my top 10 movies of 2018 number 10
Avengers infinity war hey at least it made the list I'm sure many of you are
devastated that this is number 10 but look let me explain I had a great time
watching Avengers infinity war in fact it's an experience I shall never forget
the gasps when Captain America showed up the gasps again when Tony Stark was run
through by Thanos and I respect the hell out of it by the way from a business
perspective it's one of the most successful movies of all time it's very
well made again from a business perspective but as a movie creatively
let's be honest it has problems from a fridge in Gomorrah
to no character arcs to a cliffhanger ending absolutely nobody believes I'm
still super excited by the way for Avengers endgame I think it's gonna be
just as fun a time and probably even more successful and if anyone actually
stays dead though because even Loki is coming back or at least in purgatory on
the streaming service well if anyone again actually legit stays dead in
Avengers end game well I promise that it will end up higher up on my 2019 list it
might even end up higher because it'll be a better movie or I'll have seen the
whole story at that point but right now the first half is
10 all right number 9 green book higher than Avengers infinity war well first
off I'm sure many of you will be saying the Batman about every single movie on
this list because they're all higher than Avengers infinity war but I also
would like to ask have you seen green book and I'm sure most of you will say
no because the things are real clunker from a business perspective not it you
know it's interesting you know you know if you want to get both things right and
here you have two movies that I think missed the mark on on one side each but
anyway Green Book is an absolutely fabulous film as you can see it's a
number 9 on my list I just recently saw it again because not a lot of momentum
it I think it's a movie a lot of people are going to discover as they should but
some people who have seen green book and you might be writing this down below
right now or reading this comment for someone else
they've criticized it for being too light you know not dark enough not real
enough interestingly some of the same criticism that love Simon gotten love
Simon unfortunately didn't make my list because I don't think it's as
well-crafted a film as exciting and a film as the other these fine these final
choices but anyway this is you know Green Book is a feel-good movie but
that's the kind of feel-good movie that actually reaches the people particularly
in the middle of the country here in the United States that need to be reached by
this sort of movie not only does green book deal with race issues and many of
those many of the scenes in the film are tragically still relevant today in fact
the third act confrontation in Alabama I don't want to give too much away but it
definitely brought Colin Kaepernick to mind but the movie also depicts how some
individuals here mashallah Ali's done Shirley might be impressively unique but
that also means they don't really fit in anywhere the loneliness of the artist
and they're all different types of artists by the way it's not just like
the traditional arts but anyone who's an entrepreneur anyone who thinks
differently and you know very bravely walking a path alone finds himself in
this situation I'm sure many of you could relate to the movie in this regard
now Green Book also points out that everyone should try to be their best but
also it's important to be part of the group really liked it alright number
eight vice I don't think I enjoyed this movie in the way that Adam McKay
intended but that's okay because Adam McKay is my biggest problem with this
movie you know how actors who play villains say that they can't hate their
character they have to find the motivation and the viewpoint well I
think director writers should have the same rule because Adam McKay most
certainly does not he hates Dick Cheney and I think it
undercuts the film it's just a little bit too personal in some ways but
speaking of actors Christian Bale found a way to understand
Dick Cheney and as a result it's one of the defining performances of his career
if not the defining performance of his career and it allows him to finally
achieve Meryl Streep status I can't wait for this movie hopefully for it's gained
some momentum you also have an amazing cast here
that's at the top of their own game backing on Christian Bale up plus an
unusually frank look and how people at the highest levels operate behind closed
doors now if it weren't for McKay getting in his own way this couldn't
been another patent but still even with McKay's you know personal baggage it
comes awfully close to the greatness of Patton have you not seen Patton go watch
Patton alright number seven upgrade it still
made it well Green Book is tragically underperforming at the box office
upgrade was flat-out ignored which is a total travesty as it's a brilliant
sci-fi caper as noteworthy for its storytelling as it's low-budget
filmmaking I mean what Leigh Whannell in his directorial debut by the way I can
do with under five million dollars is amazing and it's so nice he and James
Wan of course came and Tolly came to Hollywood together with SAW and they're
both on my list I think that's great now here Leigh Whannell star Logan
Marshall green also delivers doing a lot of them the effects himself with his own
body after studying with Cirque de Soleil
too bad that Marshall Green and this movie looks so much like mega-hit venom
otherwise this would have been the star turn that he and why now deserved number
six a quiet place but this movie was definitely a star turn not only for
Emily Blunt giving her a much-needed box-office win in a pretty bleak
box-office resume but a star turned for John Krasinski allowing him to finally
make the very difficult jump from small screen success to big screen success
at a time when more and more people are content to be entertained at home a
quiet place created an experience not to be missed in theatres can a movie really
be silent for almost its entire run you know the entire story and also can
everyone in the theatre be silent it was almost a challenge but a quiet place is
more than a gimmick it has a clever script thrilling direction and a tense
score this is definitely a leader in the new prestige horror movement number five
Bohemian Rhapsody and I'm sure stars born fans are like so whereas a star is
born unfortunately it's not on my list
because well I really enjoyed the performances in the stars morn and I
think some very talented individuals are showing off their craft there I'm trying
to be really careful I can't say that I thought the film itself was great
especially the second half I thought it had too many problems for me to put it
on this list for the age you know is one of those must ours born one of those
films this 2018 version one of the films that I feel everyone should see at some
point no but I think it's important in the careers of Lady Gaga and Bradley
Cooper and in Hollywood history so I gave it a little bit of a shout-out
anyway but Bohemian Rhapsody is the complete
package where Annie Malik is not only able to capture Freddie Mercury's magic
but still shine through himself as an actor he doesn't disappear into
the role sure the directing is a bit pedestrian and this film was of course
plagued by horrible behind-the-scenes drama Bryan Singer being fired fired /
quit you know they can't agree on that hitman Fox but you know it was a real
problem and Bryan Singer of course has it brings his own baggage to the
situation but I think that Bohemian Rhapsody Rises all above that and the
heart of the soul heart and soul of the movie makes up for everything with the
highlight besides Malick being it's amazing music performances capped off by
a perfect perfect directory recreation of Queens iconic Live Aid performance
argued by many to be the greatest live musical performance of all time and I
think after you see Bohemian Rhapsody you understand why a generation of Queen
fans looked backed font looked back fondly while a new generation was also
born the number four into the spider-verse
I love this movie I continue to love it even though I think
um it's it's financial success isn't quite materializing but since he made
his Comics debut many accused Miles Morales of being a token character a
Peter Parker ripoff which annoyed all of us who are Miles Morales fans so it's
very rewarding as a Miles Morales fan to see him finally get his do kind of again
those box office numbers are weaker than I would like but spider-verse is more
than just a debut for Miles Morales it's not only the best spider-man movie ever
made and those who are seeing it you know emphasis on those who are seeing it
but they all agree highest score ever for the franchise but also it's an
animated movie because animation in the West has managed to get adult fans on
the small screen but it hasn't been able to do that on the big screen animation
is still viewed as family fan but that is changing hopefully with spider-verse
and that's very exciting number three though Aquaman
because while Spider versus revolutionary Aquaman is simply
operating in a whole other level James Wan has been a Hollywood staple for a
while now first changing the course of the horror genre he is the one who paved
the way for that new prestige set of horror films like a quiet place and get
out but one now seems after you know forever changing horror setting it on a
new course he now seems to have set his eyes on comic book movies oh boy Aquaman
is a modern filmmaking masterpiece as I said in my review of visual and audio
Symphony and the most beautiful film ever made move all over Pandora and this
is actually a movie but most people can get behind although of course you can't
or you can't say that about Pandora I mean avatar it made so much freakin
money but Aquaman shows that in the right hands VFX can be used just as
artistically as any other tool in a director's arsenal I mean obviously the
VFX and avatar were also very good they didn't have the artistic flourish that
Aquaman's do now if people might be reluctant to admit the brilliance of
Aquaman because it's a DC movie for shame but it's definitely a game changer
and I think it's time passes and more people just can't fight that mist this
tidal wave of a movie hopefully that'll be recognized because I think Aquaman
raises bar yet again for what a superhero movie
can be number two Mission Impossible fallout so after everything I just said
about Aquaman how can another movie top it well mission impossible fallout has
everything that Aquaman does but also elegance and legacy because if maybe if
one had actors the level of Tom Cruise he is you know Aquaman might have come
in ahead of Mission Impossible followed on my list but cruise and Christopher
McQuarrie are at the top of their game just as one is and there's also
something to be said about old-fashioned filmmaking there's just a pull to it a
nostalgia pull that's what the industry has been for so long because Cruz is
doing his own that you know his own stunts the best stunts of his career
even broke his ankle for the movie but I can't I can't factor that in too much
into them you know to the final film I think the film is more than that it
doesn't need that that's just an interesting little you know trivia piece
about it but Mission Impossible fallout is an old-fashioned spy caper that shows
an old TV show an old franchise and older star and also again old-fashioned
filmmaking can still be competitive in today's spandex marketplace that's
really really important and impressive that they were Christopher McQuarrie and
Tom Cruise were able to do that I mean they borrow from comic movies a little
bit like The Dark Knight they have video game elements like the halo jump but
there's they make them seem organic and again this very old fashioned piece of
filmmaking I also add to that all add to all of that a deliciously dark turn by
Superman himself and globe-trotting locales and while James wants filmmaking
a sharp Christopher McQuarrie ziz even sharper then the number one film of the
year is black panther it is still my favorite film of 2018 even though I
would agree that it has similar third-act problems to Wonder Woman and
you know problems that Aquaman in Mission Possible full up do not have
however because just like Wonder Woman a big part of Black Panther is
representation this is so important here not just in representation not just for
the black community but for the continent of Africa see the thing is for
too long the black conversation has been focused on slavery having to overcome
constant obstacles discrimination and that's a very important discussion to be
sure that's represented in black panther by the character if
kill longer an incredibly popular character I think because of what he
taps into that that rage that anger that the unjustness of it but at the same
time Black Panther it's looked very much like
a transition movie because Black Panther also puts the focus of the black
discussion to the future you know what Conda is that same shining
city on a hill that America was founded to be now of course Wakanda is a
fictional country but as an idea it is very very real and as I said when the
movie opened and I reviewed it this is the most important black piece of
entertainment since roots and is enjoying the same critical and financial
success and I think his place in history success it's it's really you're
experiencing a moment it's fat it's it's it's amazing
it's it's that's why it's Best Picture material plus it's also good it's a
thrilling movie because for those of you who are like well I mean awards are
nothing but political to be honest with you but I think Black Panther holds up
it was a piece of entertainment as well it's got a thriller it's a thrilling
story it has a superhero with a Jane with James Bond style not to mention
diplomatic immunity and then it's got a production design costume design score
and hair and makeup that all celebrate Africa again are you starting to
understand the Best Picture argument a little bit better now all right so
that's my list of the best the top ten movies of 2018 I can't wait to hear your
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