Top 10 Movies of 2014
Good evening and welcome to the first official
post, and movie list, of the ENTERTAINMENT AWAKENED Movie Blogger. We are three months into 2015, a year full of
highly anticipated movies, but the previous year had some pretty movies to
offer and here are my thoughts/personal opinion of what I think was the best
cinematic experiences of 2014.
So sit back, relax, and enjoy my personal
favourite movies to be released in 2014…
10)
22 JUMP STREET
Without a doubt my favourite comedy of the
year! This movie was a typical sequel,
but the first of its kind to break the forth wall and say “hang on … We’ve done
this before!” It was great fun to watch,
with some tear worthy laughter scenes, and the chemistry between the actors was
pitch perfect. A really ‘good-time’
movie and worth a watch!
9)
INTERSTELLAR
A sci-fi epic directed by Christopher
Nolan, something I‘ve wanted to see for a while, and it didn’t disappoint! This movie was gloriously directed, with
stunning visual effects, and outstanding performances from the entire ensemble
cast. Although confusing, and a rather ‘head
scratcher’ at times, it is a brilliant and intelligent sci-fi flick. Admittedly not quite as good as Nolan’s other
masterpiece, ‘Inception’, it is still in my opinion an amazing movie.
8)
EDGE OF TOMORROW
Typically we live a golden age of cinema,
where franchises are rebooted, sequels are constantly made, or spin-offs, etc.
nothing new and original from Hollywood recently. That is until ‘Edge of Tomorrow’ came
along. Not going to lie, when this movie
started, I said to myself “this film had too much hype”, but ten minutes later
I was proven wrong. This movie had an
amazing premise and I loved the way it went with its twists and turns. Plus I rarely think this of a movie, but the
ending was perfect, I didn’t want it to go on, I wasn’t screaming at the
screen, I was happy that something original had come back to cinema
entertainment.
7)
THE LEGO MOVIE
Of all the toys and games in the world, my
personal favourite, which I had from a very young age (and still have today) is
‘Lego’. In all that time I always wanted
to see a full-length movie of ‘Lego’, and this movie did just that. Not only was this movie cool to look at, and
made my inner-child happy, but there was heart and soul, put into the making and
writing of this movie. Plus it was very
funny and it gave us another annoyingly catchy song that’ll be stuck in your
head forever: “Everything is Awesome!” (Admit it you sang that line just
there.) Children will, and do, love this
movie and adults may chuckle and enjoy this movie too, definitely worth a
watch.
6)
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY
I cannot lie; I am a huge fan of ‘Marvel’,
so when they announced they were doing a movie about the ‘Guardians of the
Galaxy’, I and pretty much everyone else was like “… Who?” It was a huge gamble for them, and it paid
off vastly. It was like a combo of ‘Star
Wars’, ‘Star Trek’, ‘Firefly’, and (ironically) ‘The Avengers’. It had great action, great acting, great
comedy, and (best of all) a kick-ass soundtrack. I love this movie, its great fun and you’ll
love it too, if by some chance you haven’t seen it already … That would be weird
if you haven’t. Ironically, again, no
one knew who the guardians were at the beginning, but now their equally as
iconic and memorable as the avenging counterparts. Go watch it, it’s amazing! “I am Groot.”
5)
THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES
This is a franchise that I, and some
members of my family, have loved for a while and for it to suddenly end with a
bang, “hell yeah” is it an amazing movie.
This movie was epic in the battle scale.
It had really emotion and depth, as the (possible) concluding movie to
the ‘Tolkien Middle Earth Cinematic Saga’.
Brilliant performances, and all round entertaining movie. While, honestly (as a big ‘Hobbit’ fan) not
the best in the trilogy, but a perfect conclusion to an epic journey.
4)
GODZILLA
This may come to a surprise to some. This was a difficult one, having misleading trailers,
and a response that has people loving or hating this movie. I personally liked the movie. Truthfully I was expecting more, but what we
got was epic. I loved the way the movie
was directed, as it gave a sense of realism and maturity to a rather ‘goofy’
franchise. Plus I saw the movie in IMAX
3-D, holy cow was that outstanding. I
seriously recommend it, sure it’s not going to appeal to everyone, but it’s a good
time and you may, you may not, enjoy it.
I did and that’s why it’s on my list.
3)
X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST
In the golden age of ‘superhero’ movies, the
first and most mature franchise the ‘X-Men’ is resurrected with this
masterpiece. ‘Days of Future Past’ was
unbelievably amazing. From beginning to
end I was hooked. I loved the direction
and development of the movie. Plus it
made the ‘X-Men’ great again. Among all
these phenomenal ‘superhero’ movies, the first ones rise up and prove themselves
uncanny (pun intended) as well. Please
see this franchise and this movie and be engaged to some of the best ‘superhero’
movies around.
2)
CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER
I have to be honest again, when the
trailers for this movie came out, I wasn’t that interested. ‘Captain America’s’ first movie wasn’t the
best, and he was the avenger that impressed me the least in ‘Marvel’s Avengers
Assemble’. Except if this movie prove
one thing, is that ‘Captain America’ is bad-ass. Seriously the performances and directing
really made ‘Cap’ come out of his shell and become a ‘superhero’ that everyone
loves now. To be honest this movie didn’t
feel like a ‘superhero’ movie, it felt like a ‘spy thriller’ and was not a bad
thing. It was brilliantly executed and
engaging throughout. ‘Captain America:
The Winter Soldier’ is definitely worth a watch.
HONOURABLE
MENTIONS
(These
had hype in 2014 and I either missed them, or have heard hype and positive reviews about them…)
‘The Imitation Game’
‘The Theory of Everything’
‘Whiplash’
‘Boyhood’
‘Birdman’
DISHONOURABLE
MENTIONS
‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2’ – A really disappointing flick.
‘As Above So Below’ – A stupid and laughable horror flick.
‘Transformers: Age of Extinction’ – I hate this movie! Enough said!
1)
DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES
I loved this
movie. The sequel to ‘Rise of the Planet
of the Apes’, ‘Dawn’ takes the franchise to a new level that was vastly entertaining
and ingenious. This movie had perfect
pacing, brilliant directing, more than a few epic moments. But best of all the performances … Phenomenal! You really feel for each character and they
bring the world and plot to life. Plus I
really, really, loved the movies villain.
Sure we have the occasional good one in a good movie, but this villain
had the perfect excuse to be the antagonist and you are sometimes on his
side. But all in all the perfect movie and
Andy Serkis proves to be one of the most outstanding performers of our
time. A truly amazing motion picture,
something I highly recommend, and something I love to bits. ‘Dawn of the Planet of the Apes’ check it
out.
Thank you for reading my movie list, of my
favourite movies of 2014. What do you
think? Do you like these movies? Am I right?
Am I out of my mind? What was
your favourite movie of 2014? Please
comment your answers below, and keep a watchful eye as more posts will come
soon. Thank you for reading and see you
in the next blog.
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