2016 Movie Awards

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Dan. Hello. Hi. Underrated movie. So obviously

we took a little hiatus as we... counted down

our top 100 animated characters over the holiday

season, but we're back with a set of records

that I always look forward to a ton as we kind

of reflect back on the year. That has been and

look ahead at the year that will be so this is

the first of that series I guess you could call

it. So we're going to be doing our 2016 movie

awards today We're going to follow that up next

time next episode by doing our top 10 films of

2016 and that's going to be kind of how we somewhat

close the book on 2016 even though there's a

little crossover I guess with our episode after

that where we look back at the box office of

2016 and then look ahead and make our overall

yearly box office predictions for 2017 that's

always a fun record see how incredibly off we

are or Nostradamus like we are and then I guess

the last in the series if you want to call it

is when we do our most anticipated films of 2017

so it's all about celebrating the year that has

been and then looking ahead to 2017 I always

find it enjoyable I don't know Amanda you've

had one go at it what do you think about this

set of episodes it's coming up I think it's always

fun, but super hard because I'm like, that was

this year? It seems so long ago. Like Deadpool,

that was this year? I feel like that was two

years ago now. I don't know. Maybe it's just

because we see so many movies, it's hard to lump

them all together. rationalize that this was

one year of your life spent in all these movies.

That being said, even though we have seen a whole

bunch of movies, the other hard part about closing

the year out is all the movies that you haven't

seen. And I know it's always a game of trying

to play catch -up for not just us, but all the

movie fans out there, especially those that are

podcasting and putting together year -end lists.

What has that journey been like? Danny, has you

been trying to catch up with 2016 these last

couple weeks? It's like taking, you know, it's

like putting yourself in a hole and trying to

dig yourself out of it and how that doesn't necessarily

work. because it's like, oh, I can watch this

movie now, or go see this movie, and then other

lists start to be released, and other movies

start coming out. It's impossible. I know for

me, I try to see what I can, or specifically

seek out ones I feel people aren't talking about

that are getting a little bit of praise, because

some big ones that I've missed are like Moonlight,

Arrival. Manchester by the Sea, La La Land, which

are like four of the most recognized and appreciated

films this year. So people might be like, why

aren't these on your list? It's because unfortunately

I have not seen them. But I think on the flip

side of that, it does allow me to maybe talk

about some other movies outside of those that

aren't necessarily getting that recognition.

So it's like, you know, what is that phrase?

Two in one hand, a dozen in the other, whatever.

So yeah, it's challenging because I was looking

at 2015 movies and realizing there's still a

lot I haven't caught up with in a year later.

So it's like, it's never -ending. It is hard.

It's like if you don't especially when you're

talking about going like back to the year before

like if you don't catch them in January or February

then it's all of a sudden you're in the swing

for the next year and it's like no looking back

unless you have some dead spots here and there.

I just wanted real quick to mention some of the

ones that we haven't seen as well. Although Amanda

has seen more films than I have because she has

all of the horror films that she can check off

her list that I have not seen. But we haven't

seen Birth of a Nation. We haven't seen The Accountant,

Neon Demon, Handmaiden, Moonlight. Edge of 17

Jackie, Certain Women, Nocturnal Animals, and

of course the ones that haven't been released

for most people yet, Silence, When a Monster

Calls, and The Founder. Obviously most of us

have not seen those films yet. We get to get

into the debate like we did last year with a

couple films on what year they qualify for because

I think like specifically The founder was released

in like what one theater in Los Angeles in December

so that it would be eligible for Oscars and and

that was it so So it's kind of it's kind of tricky

when they hold those wide releases Especially

to the first couple weeks of January, but we've

seen a good deal though So hopefully we can highlight

a few of those films in our movie awards this

year and if you guys haven't Heard one of these

episodes before basically what we do is we come

up with our own categories We try to be creative.

We try to be fun We try to include some of the

standards I guess along the way and we each just

had independently came up with our own categories

our own winners most of the time Or some of the

time it'll only be one film or one winner and

then sometimes we'll have know, some runners

-up or some honorable mentions or top threes

or things like that. So it should be fun. We

don't know what to expect from each other's lists.

The only thing that we've gone over prior to

the record is our individual categories, what

they are, just so we knew how much crossover

there would be. And there actually was only one

category that all three of us decided to include.

So we're going to start with that. It's also

a good way, as Dan said, off air to kind of start

with the negatives so we can get that out of

the way right from the beginning. So I think

we're going to start off by going over our biggest

letdowns or biggest disappointments when it came

to film in 2016 and I know that seems like we're

maybe picking at the low -hanging fruit here

because according to a lot of people 2016 was

full of disappointments but we'll highlight the

ones we were most disappointed in. Amanda, ladies

first, what was your letdown or your winner I

guess for this award? Can I do my top three?

Sure. Biggest letdowns. Let's do number three

first. That was Midnight Special. Seeing the

previews and seeing who was going to be a part

of that really had me stoked and I was... Bout

it, bout it, you guys. But when we saw it, it

was just not there. Not a good time for me. Number

two, Assassin's Creed, kind of a recent watch

for us. I was also stoked for this because of

the people who were gonna be in it, the subject

matter, but definitely skeptical because video

game series, it's not always a good thing to

bring video games to the big screen, and that

definitely followed Sook here. My number one

biggest disappointment, reading the books, trying

to get them all read so I could go watch this

movie and like super appreciate all the details

and like have a ton of fun and be a little weirded

out at the same time. I love the vibe and that

was Mrs. Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

and that just it fell super flat and I was crazy

disappointed and I didn't even finish the last

book because I was just so mad. All right some

big disappointments there for you a couple of

those were on your most anticipated list I think

when we go back to look at that for 2016, so

that's obviously part of it You know when it

comes to an award like this I think it's easy

to to pick out bad movies necessarily But I don't

know if that would qualify for me as being disappointed

in them because I mean of course Teenage Mutant

Ninja Turtles 2 is a bad movie But I expected

it to be bad so that wouldn't a movie like that

or films like that wouldn't really qualify for

me on this list These are more so films that

I actually did get my hopes up for Or was anticipating

excited about etc. So for my I only have really

two I think that probably go to the top of that

list and for me number two would be Jason Bourne

I I like that series a lot. I was excited that

Matt Damon was coming back and Definitely had

my hopes up for that one and I'm not I don't

know how bad of a movie I would call it, but

it was nowhere near what I was hoping would we

would get out of that film. So Jason Bourne for

me is one of them. And then I'm going to agree

with Amanda. I was so convinced, so convinced

that Assassin's Creed was going to be the video

game film that bucked the trend and that showed

us that it could be done right. You have great

actors behind it. It's just the type of video

game that has such a rich story to pick from.

And they bungled that beyond belief. I mean,

that is I keep telling people to me that is equivalent

to Lara Croft Tomb Raider for me like it Yeah,

it's like where we're gonna we're gonna choose

to have some of the weapons and some of the objects

and some of the costuming from the video game

But outside of that, it's just another video

game film that doesn't do anything I mean and

it's sad because Assassin Creed has a lot to

pick from it I don't quite understand why they

chose to go there out. They did so Assassin's

Creed By far a big disappointment, Dan, where

the video game occurs, in my opinion, lives on,

I guess. Have you seen Warcraft? Yes. Also super

shitty. That's so shitty it's not even on the

radar because it's not like we were hoping for

it. It was just like, we know this is going to

be shit. I was just curious. I know there were

some people who did like that movie. Better or

worse, Assassin's Creed or Warcraft? Oh, man.

Overall, I would say Warcraft just because there

was way more cool shit going on. And you could

understand. You'd say Warcraft was better? Yeah,

because you could understand what the hell was

going on, too. And yeah, yeah. I mean, Assassin's

Creed, I don't know who was in charge in the,

like. the pitching area or, you know, coming

up with a storyline. But you ask anybody that

plays those video games and the coolest part

of Assassin's Creed is going back in time, is

going back into these different historical time

periods and exploring that with these assassins.

And the movie literally spends probably 80 %

of its time in present day. So it was just a

big misstep. So at least Warcraft, I didn't expect

anything. So I guess it was less of... Less hard

to take for me. What about you? What's your biggest

letdown of the year? So I have six unfortunately

some of them have been already brought up But

so I'll go through this quickly, but starting

at number six for me is actually an animated

film Directed DVD animated film, but still I

have a lot of faith in DC animated films Usually

I do enjoy them and when especially when they're

in adapting a specific property But this year

and they adapted one of the most iconic Batman

stories ever with Batman the Killing Joke But

it just ended up being a huge misfire, mostly

due to the prologue that they put in place. There's

this additional piece that got a lot of controversy.

And my biggest issue was that it wasn't very

good. And it just felt like an unnecessary movie

at the end of the day that didn't need to be

made. So that was, again, not bad, but it just

was a little bit of a letdown compared to what

I thought it could be. Dan, would you say then

that that was the wrong choice for me to be the

first DC directed DVD movie that I've ever seen?

Probably, definitely. I liked a few of the voice

performances, but I was asking Amanda all kinds

of questions because I was very confused as to

what was going on and some different things.

I was like, are all of them like this? Yeah,

I think a good one. I'm trying to think of what

would Batman year one, because it legitimately

is year one. Under the Red Hood is also. To me

so one of the best ones and there's also you

know dark knight returns But that that is best

served when you kind of have a better understanding

of batman as a whole, right? Yeah, number five

for me is I guess maybe it was my fault for thinking

it could possibly be good but it was it was so

Much worse than I could have ever imagined and

that was Independence Day resurgence This it

was you know, I don't go to the theater that

much anymore and this was one movie We actually

went to the theater to see with my wife and it

was it was just so so bad You know just the the

athlete actors and that were just you made you

realize how much you would miss Will Smith It

was it was It was so awful number four is completely

on the different spectrum and it's from a director

I really like in a movie that's actually getting

up a lot of praise And it's certain women by

Kelly what Reichhardt and she's I love Kelly

right character movies. I love me cut off I really

love night moves, but this just did not work

for me I'll say the final act of this kind of

split up into three separate stories And oddly

for the first time in my life, Kristen Stewart

nearly saved a movie for me. She was one of the

best parts of this movie, or her story at least.

Like that was actually quite good. But I just

was completely disengaged by this entire film.

I felt overly meandering and especially the second

act, the second story with Michelle Williams

to me just seemed aimless at times. So it was

a huge letdown overall. So I know that was getting

a lot of plays, but it just, it did not. work

for me and like I said I'm coming this is coming

from someone who's liked your other movies a

lot just didn't have it number three is a movie

that's all even talked about and that's midnight

special and again I love Jeff Nichols I love

mud I love take shelter there's other movies

that Jeff Nichols made this year that I was huge

fan of Midnight special it's a movie. I would

still qualify as a good movie overall It was

I was just left cold by it and it was not up

to what I hoped for I thought it could be you

know top ten contender top 25 and it's nowhere

near that It's just okay in my mind. There are

elements of it that are really good But as a

whole it just let me let me empty and I think

that's one that ends up on and I would probably

have put that one in the running too I think

that one's One that ends up on these lists, not

because it's necessarily a bad film, but just

because of the expectations that a lot of people

had, us included, going into that one. And it

just wasn't, it wasn't that it was bad, it just

wasn't... I don't know. It just wasn't special.

It wasn't special. It lacked that something something

special that yeah, I can totally agree with both

of you when when at the end like there's meant

to be this like overwhelming motion a moment

of motion emotion and like this triumphant moment

I was just it was just like I was I was left

whelmed, you know, it's just like Well, not even

under underwhelmed Right, but there's like I

said, there's a lot of there's a lot in that

movie to like there's a lot of scenes in that

that I didn't enjoy but It was not what I hoped.

Number two is a movie I recently caught up with,

and I think way back when we were doing one of

our preview episodes, I'm like, oh, this is gonna

be the first time we get a Best Picture Oscar

contender, and I was way off, and it's The Birth

of a Nation. Again, a movie that I just... It's...

Like I was watching it and like I'm like this

movie should be good It just wasn't like it just

it like there was nothing compelling about it

and I I can't try not to but it kept going back

to like 12 years of slave and how how just powerful

that movie was and the birth of a nation just

was There was just nothing to it. Unfortunately

some track director choices that were kind of

odd and it just Was oddly paced and it just seemed

like it didn't do enough to build that story

up to what it could have been So that what I

find interesting about that one is there was

so much praise early on But there was little

to no praise when it actually went to like a

wider audiences Yeah, so I don't understand where

I mean, I haven't seen the film yet, but I'm

curious to see where the all the praise came

from the beginning because it seems like most

people are saying that it's not Living up to

that see this is kind of why I try not to take

I have a reward when it comes to reviews coming

out of movies from festivals and not taking them

seriously for a variety of reasons, you know,

they're coming from Critics who've been watching

like eight movies a day trying to review and

I don't think it's the best setting and also

I think at times Especially with Sundance. There's

this kind of desire to be the first one to see

the next great movie And that tends to lead things

to get overblown at times. You know, sometimes

it's legitimate, like, you know, trying to think

of the movie with the drumming. Oh, Whiplash.

Whiplash, for example, came out of Sundance was

huge, successful, huge hit. And I love that movie.

This came out of Sundance with a lot of praise.

But I think it was unearned. I think it. There's

a lot of other factors. I think went into it

and you know, I think there's a good movie in

there Maybe if it had a stronger director it

could have been really good cuz in that story

itself is a very like amazing and compelling

story, but the movie itself wasn't and Last for

me was actually my most anticipated film of 2016

and again when that's already been mentioned.

It's Jason Bourne Not a bad movie. It was just

you know, it's okay, you know born all -time.

It was one of my all -time favorite action films

And Jason Bourne wasn't like in my top five action

films for this year I don't know. I don't know

what it was. It just it just didn't it seemed

like You know, it was that quarterback that stays

one year too long. He just doesn't have it like

they're trying to recreate something that Like

it was at a special time and a special place

and trying to go back and do it again and just

the magic isn't there. And I think that's what

happened to it. Like, you know, again, I don't

think it's an awful movie. It just considering

I love that franchise, it like, I honestly think,

you know, it's, it's, I can't say it's worse

than boring and legacy, but it's, it's not nearly

as better as I hoped it would be. So. Yeah, sorry

that was long -winded, but yeah, that's all my

disappointments. No, I like it I'm in agreement

with them with most of those that I've seen as

well And yeah, it's just some independence dates.

We avoided that one as far as the theater goes,

but we did watch it on Blu -ray when it came

out and I think that's another one where we Yeah,

and that's something I think that was another

one where we kind of got tricked into the thought

process You know that it was gonna be another

one of those remakes that just somehow catches

lightning in a bottle and is actually you know

blows people away and it obviously did not do

that. Amanda, where do you want to go next? What

kind of fun category do you have for us? Let's

take it into the positive a little bit. Okay.

I'm going to do my biggest surprises. I got three.

Okay. Number three is Bad Moms. This was like

a last minute True Romance wanted to be on their

show for it so I went to the theater at like

10 o 'clock at night by myself to watch this

fucking thing and I was like, I'm not a mom,

I don't know if I'm gonna get it, like, I like

Mila Kunis, and what's her name? For the record,

I had no excuse not to go to the theater with

her to see this. She literally got asked to guess

on True Bromance, and I'm like, okay, cool, like,

what show? And she's like, Bad Moms. I'm like,

what? I could not convince myself to go to see

that. I told him I wouldn't put him through it.

That's how little hope I had for this, and then

she comes home raving about it. Yeah, I was like

sitting in the back of the theater with my freaking

popcorn and my slushy and my notepad, dying,

fucking laughing. It was hilarious. I had a lot

of fun with it. On like a re -watch, some of

it was still pretty funny, but I think a few

things kind of lost the sparkle. But definitely

still a funny flick. Number two was Deepwater

Horizon. I did not think that I was really going

to like this. I thought it was going to be boring.

kind of tragic but it really like it put me through

something very emotional and like it not even

like a took me on a journey or anything but like

i felt like worn out when i got out of there

because i felt like i was like going through

this situation with them and like it it just

did a really awesome job of like putting you

in the shit that they were in and i felt Like

I've I felt like I climbed Everest with them

or something like it was crazy that you know

the emotional intensity that you went through

with this and My number one is hunt for the Wilder

people I had very little hope that I would like

this but it was just a fun quirky offbeat Thing

I had a lot of heart behind it and I had a lot

of fun with it It was it was kind of long at

some point, but I still Felt myself Compelled

to keep watching the story unfold like it was

it was just awesome and I'm surprised you weren't

more game for that after What we do the show

we did in the shadows. Yeah, I mean that's probably

why I liked it But it was it was definitely a

pleasant surprise for me. All right Excellent

choices there for surprising I'm gonna I'm gonna

skip past my surprising moments because I don't

want to Reveal my hand too much when it comes

to next week's episode. So I'm gonna pick something

completely different I'm gonna go with the best

villain best movie villain of the year. I think

it's a fun kind of category to think about especially

with the number of comic book films and they

oftentimes kind of get critiqued for not helens

so not just comic book films but to see what

else we had to offer throughout the year. the

two of the best villains that I saw this year

came out early on and I don't know if it's a

factor of just the actor that was portraying

these individuals and well with our movie awards

but I still am stuck on these two guys' performances

as being part of the reason why these movies

resonated so much for me so I'm gonna they're

not the winners but I'll give a Shout out to

John Goodman in 10 Cloverfield Lane. I think

his performance was amazing in that film and

Patrick Stewart in Green Room. I think both of

them made for some interesting casting as far

as a bad guy goes, and I think they really worked

well in those films. When it comes to comic book

films, I'd also like to give a quick shout out

to Mads Mikkelsen and Dr. Strange. Not saying

I'm in love with that film at all. I think there

are some issues there for sure But I did like

Mads Mikkelsen as a villain. I think he had a

cool look I think he did a good job with what

he had to work with So I enjoyed him in the realm

of comic book villains, but come on. Can I have

any other winner? We've been waiting a long time

to see some more Darth Vader in an actual big

screen in full form So I got to give Darth Vader

the villain of the year Also has one of the best

scenes of the year when it comes to action or

just plain old badassery So darth vader would

win for my villain of the year Dan Interesting.

Yeah, I was actually when you said that i'm thinking

back to other movies with villains, but there

weren't, oh, huge to choose from, but you did

have good choices there. So I'm also gonna go

in a different direction completely by talking

about documentaries, some of my favorite documentaries,

and I'll try to be quick with this. Just someone

to mention, again, I'll have six here, and starting

with six, I have Man vs. Snake. And when we talked

about our favorite films of all time, I talked

about how much I love King of Kongs. And this

is kind of like the poor man's version of that.

It's kind of a similar story. It actually has

a lot of the same people that were in King of

Kongs show up here. And it's basically about

this guy, this guy trying to reset or set again

the world record for Nibbler. And it's just,

you know, this... Dirty some schlubbing guy who

you know did it once when he was a teenager and

it hasn't really done much then so it's not as

good as King Kong's but it's it's a little bit

fascinating and it's if you enjoyed that I think

you would enjoy this it's a very similar set

set up to that film it's just this guy and his

love of it especially if you're a fan of like

arcade games of the 80s and it's currently streaming

on Netflix the next one is number five is wiener

the documentary about Anthony wiener the You

know, disgraced politician who seems to be disgraced

every other month again for some other reason.

And this documentary kind of covers his attempt

to get elected for New York mayor. And it's kind

of an insane documentary just by the access it

has. And at the front of it, like as a character

for a film, Wiener is pretty fascinating as a

person. pretty awful, but it makes for a very

hard to watch at times documentary, but one that's

really compelling, and if you're at all into

the political system, it's fun. Number four is,

again, kind of New York related, The Witness,

again, streaming on Netflix, about the story

that took place in the 1960s of a woman who was

apparently killed, and all these people witnessed

it happen, but no one said anything, and years,

decades later, Her now brother is trying to kind

of figure out what happened. And it's kind of

this fascinating story about how things are told

and how misconceptions are things. It's really

quite good. Number three is 13th. Again, currently

streaming on Netflix about a very important film.

Maybe not a greatly made movie, but about kind

of race relations in the United States throughout

the history of it. Very powerful documentary

number two to me is like a bucket full of tears.

It's a Gleeson about a former Saints player Gleeson

who is comes down with ALS and Right after he

gets ALS or diagnosed with ALS he has a son or

his wife becomes pregnant and it's kind of his

journey and as a father and the difficulties

of it and what's great about Gleason is how it's

yeah, it's very motivational but it also really

shows just how challenging and impossible that

situation was especially for like his wife who

was going through a lot. So it was very like

honest I was actually surprised and how you know

at times they don't look like the best people

and I think that's true. I think that's what

made it really feel like more than just kind

of a fluff piece. It was a really kind of hard

to watch, but in a good way documentary. My wife

was very angry that we watched it on New Year's

Day. She's like, I don't want to start my New

Year off crying every five minutes because there's

always a reason to kind of cry. But it's a very

good documentary. And number one, it could be

kind of a cheat because it's technically a TV

miniseries, but it's being released or being...

going to be in the running for Oscar for best

documentary. So if it's good enough for Oscars,

it's good enough for me. And it's OJ made in

America. And I didn't think why would we need

a seven hour thing on OJ, but it's so much more

than that and legitimately maybe one of the most

important films of the year. and just how it

kind of takes that case as a microcosm for pretty

much everything that happened before and is happening

today. And that's actually currently streaming

on Hulu. So I would highly recommend watching

that. And I watch all my movies now in pieces.

So for me, it was just a normal process. So those

were my documentary of the year. Thanks. Yeah,

a lot of those getting some love around the different

shows and stuff. Heard a bunch of those names

drops on it. I'm definitely intrigued to check

out the the OJ one I'm just trying to decide

when and how I had that time to Go for that.

So alright Amanda. That means we're gonna go

back to you. What fun category do you have for

us next? Might be one of the funnest categories

ever this is so WTF am I watching award like

it and I'm gonna give it to, there's a number

one and number two here. There's a runner -up.

Number one is gonna go to Swiss Army Man, because

there were so many moments that it was like what

the fuck, am I watching? It was amazing. I'm

not even watching it, I'm still saying. Wtf did

I watch I still have no idea what I saw but there

was so much that was super cool and Also disturbing

and gross and weird and cool at the same time

My rubber is gonna be sausage party not as positive

on that one. I think there's Oh, you know the

food or G scene in particular I I was just like

I can't unsee this and it's horrific and it's

not even It was just so over -the -top like it

wasn't even funny to me So it was a WTF am I

watching in a good way and then a WTF am I watching

in a bad way? Yes All right, I like it. We should

let you create all the categories that we try

to do then from the future. All right, so Dan,

just the documentaries. We had Amanda with her

WTF once. That means I have to come up with something

creative. I'm gonna go in a completely different

direction and I'm gonna put the light and shed

some love for voiceovers. So let's talk a little

bit about best voice performances. This could

be in an animated movie, although there was a

couple. epic voice performances and non -animated

movies as well that might be in the conversation.

For me, just kind of some honorable mentions,

I guess, that won't be my winner. I'd give Bill

Murray in Jungle Book, I think he made the perfect

Baloo, whether it was talking, singing, or whatever,

I just think that was perfect. I guess you could

mention Idris Elba in Jungle Book as well for

Shere Khan, but then you could also mention him

in Finding Dory and Zootopia, so a good year

for Idris Elba. I think Mark Rylance in BFG did

a pretty good job, even if I didn't. totally

loved the movie. I would have told you if you

would have asked me though early on which one

I was looking forward to the most. It was definitely

looking forward to James Earl Jones finally voicing

Darth Vader again. That was a lot of fun to see

him do that after so many years and that he kind

of came out of retirement so to speak to to do

that but If I had to award somebody for best

vocal performance of the year, it's actually

not gonna go to any of the vocal performances

from an animated film. Instead, I would give

it to Liam Neeson for A Monster Calls, because

I think Liam Neeson did amazing. It's fun to

watch him do things when it's more of a serious,

more of a dramatic take than just a, not that

he's not a good action star, et cetera, but.

He does a lot with his voice in this film. So

my best vocal performance of the year would be

Liam Neeson for A Monster Calls. You can tell

that it was Liam Neeson, but it still was enough

change to his voice that you could. It wasn't

like you're watching Taken, but as like with

a tree. Definitely morphed his voice into something

new that we haven't heard before even and reminded

the closest it came to me was reminded me of

his voice work for the Narnia series as Aslan

that was probably the closest that I've seen

him do to that voice So Dan, what do you have

up next next? I'm gonna have a category where

I call movies that are better than they should

be basically things that work even though for

certain factors They shouldn't um, so looking

and looking at some of them that that I have

nominated One being Sully, which was directed

by Clint Eastwood. I just wasn't sure how this

could be made into a movie. I mean, it was a

great, you know, true life story, but was there

much here? And I haven't been the hugest fan

of a lot of his recent stuff by Clint Eastwood.

I thought, you know, this was gonna be kind of

just run -of -the -mill, but it ended up being

pretty well directed and while not amazing, I

thought, you know, Tom Hanks did... performed

pretty well and I just thought that the the editing

of how they Performed the sequence and how they

went through it a few times was it's pretty good

and even the climax which was legitimately people

watching a flight simulator Somehow worked more

than it should Also bad moms I have on here.

I thought this was gonna be awful actually weirdly

I I did a survey thing in the mall one day because

I'm you know I'm that loser and I had to watch

some trailers and one was bad moms and I just

comment on how awful it looked but it ended up

being a lot funnier I think the they had basically

I think got helped out by the fact that has really

talented comedians and They took what was not

that great material and made it much better than

it was But I think oh and also Eddie the Eagle

Kind of a schmaltzy sports film about a downhill

skier, but it's just so charming that it works

It's so well aware of what it is. It doesn't

hide it But I think of all the film was the movie

that worked that much was much better than it

should be with the finest hours It was a Disney

film based on a true story coming out in January.

It had everything going against it, but It's

really well directed. The action sequences of

them going through the storm are done well. I

would think it's, looking at something like Perfect

Storm, it's actually much better than that. Casey

Affleck is great. Chris Pine is... does a great

job, too, of this being the sheepest hero, and

it has a little bit of a cheesy moments here

and there. It does get Disney -fied, but overall,

it just reminds me of a really good family film

designed for adults, the type of movie that you

would get in the 60s or so, but you don't really

get now. So that was, of all the movies, much

better than it should have been, and it's now

streaming on Netflix, so I would definitely recommend

it. It's a easy watch that I think you'll enjoy.

Yeah, I think we're in agreement with a lot of

those films Amanda a big fan of bad moms and

We were both big fans of Eddie the Eagle. So

it definitely something that we weren't expecting

to be as good as it turned out Amanda you hit

us with some WTF moments last time. What are

you hitting with us this time? I'm gonna take

it real sad. All right, so prepare yourself My

top -tier jerker films of the year I've got four

of them. Nope, I've got five of them. Scratch

that, five. I'll start building the more films

you see. I know. I'll start from the bottom.

Number five is Me Before You. I think that I

didn't really expect much of this going into

it. Not a big romance movie kind of girl, but

I think that the hard choices that were made

in this and how their lives were changed, how

they came together. It wasn't too cheesy and

I think that it really worked for me and definitely

had a cry a little bit in this and was not the

ending that I thought it was gonna be by any

means. Number four, I've got Pete's Dragon. I

bawled my freaking eyes out this entire movie.

Oh my gosh. I felt so bad for Elliot and I felt

super bad for Pete and I think that I don't think

that I even knew what to expect going into this.

I didn't expect it to be as heartbreaking as

it was and I kept like... picturing my pets as

Elliot and like his expression and everything

works so well. I mean he doesn't talk but you

feel so much of what he's feeling and Pete you

just the struggle that this kid goes through

is unbelievable and I was not expecting to to

be a snotty mess this entire thing but I was.

Most the other ones you went in knowing you're

gonna be a snotty mess that one you were not

prepared. Yes super unexpected. I did not prepare

myself enough for that, but number three, I've

got allied. I didn't expect to cry as much in

this one as I did. I thought it was gonna be

more of like a thriller kind of thing, but the

love that they have and the love that they build

and the family that they have. and the decisions

that they're forced to make and the suspense

throughout not knowing, you know, nothing was

really black and white in this. There wasn't

like a clear -cut good guy and a bad guy, even

though you kind of knew, you know, where people

stood. For the most part, there were some twists

and things that you didn't really see coming.

And the decisions that they had to make were

really heartbreaking. And the fact that if it

hadn't been wartime, all of this would have been

different for them is really, it really tugs

on your heart. And I knew that there was gonna

be some level of tragedy in it, but nothing like

what we got there. So I felt for them and their

story. Number two, I've got the light between

oceans. This is another movie where You know

the decisions that these characters make weigh

heavily on their lives and it really weighs heavy

on your emotion because you're going through

all this stuff with them it feels like and The

choices that you have to make for family for

what you love to keep what's important to you

and to protect things That you you might need

to do some bad stuff to protect is they're all

super hard decisions Just like allied and I felt

for everybody, you know, there's there's so many

so many aspects character wise for for you to

be pulled in all these directions and feel what

they're you know, these people are feeling and

and try to Decide if you would make that same

kind of decision -making it's like nearly impossible

To figure out where you stand in some of these

situations. So that was another one. They just

Oh my god, I knew that was gonna be sad, but

I - I - I bawled. But, uh, number one definitely

was not prepared for the level of tragedy that

was in this movie. I - I really would think I

was gonna like it going into it, um, to be honest,

from just seeing the trailers. There was nothing

super standout -ish to me, but I was down to

go see it, and, uh, you know, my - my preconceived

notions were - were pretty quickly blown out

of the water, because... you see Casey Affleck's

transformation in this based on things that happened

to him in his life and you see him one way in

the beginning and I was totally confused because

you kind of learn about his story and flashback

things you know flashback scenes and I was like

you know I didn't understand at first why you're

seeing him in such a different you know, personality

and he was just a completely different person

in the beginning. And then as you learn more

and more, it all really makes sense. And I, oh

my God, I couldn't even imagine. I think the

last time we were talking about this, I was like

bawling just talking about it. So I'm gonna have

to keep my composure this time, but it's hard

to think about it. It's one of those movies that

have stayed with me. Since and it's been weeks

since we've seen this movie and I'll still catch

myself thinking about it and I'll I'll will start

crying I'll be like sitting in my car by myself

thinking about this movie and I'll start crying

like it's something that really sticks with you

and it's The level of tragedy like I said was

completely unexpected and it It broke me down

in a lot of pieces and I'm still trying to pick

them back up after after seeing that Definitely

a lot of emotional films this year, especially

the latter half Of the year. I think we've seen

three theaters visits in a row where there's

been tissues needed So and the last one I made

a mistake of we didn't have like popcorn or anything.

And so there was no napkins So I was just like

like my sleeve was just what I had to use It

was nasty, but I I had to pick two All right,

dan, what category do you have next for your

movie awards? I'm just gonna go with a one -off

here and uh, i'm calling it the movie the the

The movie I'd love to see a TV show of and mostly

because I feel like it has one of the best dads

I've seen in movies in a long time and that's

Morris from America and in large part due to

the performance of Craig Robinson I'm a huge

Craig Robinson fans and you know, I loved him

in the office I enjoy some of like he's kind

of had a little bit stand up here and there and

I love when he showed up in films But I think

this is by far like shows his range Uh, a great

deal because he has some more, you know, he has

his comedic moments, but I think some more dramatic

moments as well. But I just love his relationship

with his son in this. And, uh, one of the key

scenes is when he's like going over her son's

rap and you know, it's, it's has, it's filthy.

It has language and everything like that. And

you can care less about that. He's more upset

by the fact that it's not true and it's not based

upon his real life. And he's trying to give all

these lessons through that. And, uh, so like

he like he he uh rides the line of being kind

of a like You know, he doesn't, you know, he's

not necessarily like a screw up dad, which we

see a lot. Like, I think he could have easily

been that, but I think he's more so, he is trusting

of his son and he has some really strong language

too. And I just love their dynamic. I would love

to see a TV, like just see more of that, because

I think there's a lot of potential there. And

it does kind of have a sitcom set up of the fish

out of water situation scenario. Not that it

feels like a TV show, it's still cinematic and

it's a good movie. but I really enjoyed what

it had and I would love to see more of it. Yeah,

I think you're right too. It presents a dad that's

not necessarily, like you said, just a screw

up dad. He's not necessarily a dumb dad like

we get in some. It's just maybe a little bit

absent in some situations, but it's not playing

to one of the typical tropes. So I think that

would be fun as well. I agree with that one.

He's flawed without being awful. Right. Right.

For my next one, just because I guess you made

me think of it while you're talking, I'm going

to throw one in that I didn't have planned. I'll

do the best child performances that I saw this

year, because I think there was quite a few good

performances from children. Haven't seen all

the movies, obviously, but from the ones that

I saw, I would give the following nominations.

I would give Oakes Fegley from Pete's Dragon.

I thought he did a real good job selling what

that character was supposed to be, you know,

not knowing much about society, etc. Even though

I was disappointed with the film overall, I think

you got to throw Jaden Lieber, her, I'm probably

saying his name wrong, the kid from Midnight

Special. Even though he's been eligible for that

category before, I think he was the same kid

that was in Saint Vincent. I think you got to

give a little bit of credit to, I'm going to

say all these names terribly. Ali Cravalho, the

voice artist for Moana in a debut role. I think

that was pretty good work. Julian Dennison from

Hunt for the Wilder people, I think was pretty

fantastic. Then like, Dan, you were talking about

Morris from America. I think Markey's Christmas

from Morris from America did a great work there.

But I'll be a broken record. My winner would

go to Louis McDougal for Monster Calls. I just

think he has a wide range of emotions that he

has to kind of go through and display in that

film. And he doesn't come across Prost as Lacking

any authenticity. So those would be my best children

performances from the year Amanda. What do you

have next? The topic of performances, I'll kill

two Birds with one stone here I'm gonna go best

male performance and that's going to Casey Affleck

from Manchester by the sea for previously Mentioned

reasons, but I just think he did such an amazing

job at at In just portraying this broken man

and showing us these emotions in only the way

that his character really knew how. It was such

an emotional performance and it totally blew

me away. And I definitely see him at a completely

different light as an actor now. My best female

performance is gonna go to Emily Blunt for Girl

on the Train. I think that was also another one

that she did an amazing job taking us on this.

you know, emotional ride with her and through

all of her confusion and her struggles and I

totally invested in the character as well. Alright,

good stuff on the performance level there, continuing

that string. Dan, what do you have next for your

next movie award? Well, I'll kind of tie on to

performances, but more so, not necessarily performances,

but ties into that and my award for best ensemble

cast for best use of character, characters, and

that goes to Don't Think Twice, a Michael Bigliaz

movie from this past year. I just don't think

there's a movie that had more complete, there's,

you know, eight, seven, eight characters in this,

all of which feel rather, you know, complete,

and all have their moments, all have... progression

throughout the film some more than others but

For this being Michael Buiglia's second film,

I was impressed just by how much he stepped up

his game as the director, being able to handle

all this. And it's hard to even say who is the

lead actor or actress. It's just really well

balanced. And I think that's a really hard thing

to kind of nail down when you have this many

moving pieces. So I think it's overall, I thought

Don't Think Twice was going to be this kind of

screwball comedy type of thing, but it was much

more than that. And I think it's one of 2016's

most endearing films. Nice. I like that we haven't

seen that one yet. We gotta add that to the list

of stuff to see, because I've heard that come

up quite a few times in some of these year -end

shows, especially when it came to ensembles and

dialogue, writing, that type of stuff. Definitely

a good choice there for my next pick. I'm gonna

go to something a little bit fun here another

preview of Some of the movie blogs that will

be out on the site something that you'll see

there with our series of kind of 2016 wrap -up

one of my blogs on the site will be kind of miscellaneous

movie awards and this is the type of stuff I'm

talking about here with best couple or relationship

between characters a lot of times you can see

some romantic couples being put on here this

year I seem to side more with just Relationships

between the two on more of a friendship level,

I think was kind of the theme here and some dynamics

between them. So I have, I guess we've been mentioning

this movie a lot, but Pete and Elliot from Pete's

Dragon. I think that's an endearing relationship

that is why that movie worked and why it was

making people like Amanda sob a little bit. Not

getting much love, I guess, outside of a few

people I've heard here and there, but Pete's

Dragon definitely a movie that ended up being

better than I thought it was gonna be. How about,

I'm gonna say these names wrong as well, even

though I'm a huge Star Wars fan, but Chirid Emwe

and Baez Malbus from Rogue One, Star Wars story.

I thought they were an interesting dynamic there

at how much they had each other's back. And I

think it kind of has some emotional resonance

too, towards the end of the film. Uncle Heck

and Ricky from Hunt for the Wilder people. I

thought that was a fun relationship between an

older mentor type. I guess grumpy old man and

the young kid. Good night, Robichaud and Billy

Rocks from Magnificent Seven, I guess in the

same way that the Star Wars pair there, two guys

that kind of really had some history together,

had each other's back, and it made for some fun

moments in that film too, and a little bit more

emotional resonance here too. From Sully, Chesley

Sullenberger and Jeff Skiles, the pilot and the

co -pilot. I thought that was a fun dynamic between

the two. Again, I guess a lot of these about

having each other's back was, oh. kind of prevailing

theme across movies in 2016, because it's going

to fit with this next group as well. I think

this group makes it on here for some of the comedic

moments as well. But I'm going to give Marcus

Hamilton and Alberto Parker from Heller Highwater,

the two police officers, Jeff Bridges. And I

can't remember who's playing Alberto Parker,

the name of him off the top of my head. But I

thought they had a fun relationship that was

both comedic and dramatic at the same time. But

my winner would be Jackson Healy and Holland

March. from nice guys, Ryan Gosling and Russell

Crowe, because even for people that didn't like

that film, I don't think you could deny the dynamic

that those two individuals had. And it was fun

to see them carry that dynamic on in all of their

publicity appearances, late night appearances

as well, because they definitely stayed in character

for a lot of that. So I thought that was a fun

relationship as well. Amanda, what's your next

category? I'm gonna dedicate this one to Barry,

for the sheer romance. That's my biggest LOL

moment of the year. That means literally laughing

out loud, you guys. That's what that means? No,

I'm talking about just not like a text LOL, like

I was... Yeah, I was and let me tell you guys

when she starts laughing in public watch out

it can cause a scene it's awful And it just I

can't control it but said the opening scene of

the boss Melissa McCarthy flying in a frickin

gilded Phoenix with flames T -Pain singing, backup

dancers. I lost my ever -loving mind in that

theater. Normally I try not to laugh in the theater

because it's so freaking awful, but I could not

help it. I was sitting in the back row, just

losing my shit back there. I just, I couldn't

help it. It was like right out of the gate. Wasn't

expecting something like that. She's dancing

around the stage and I was just loving every

minute of it. We're at this theater scene of

Melissa McCarthy film and Amanda's laughing before

the movie even starts. Oh man. I wasn't laughing

before it started, but as it started, I definitely

got into it. Before the title came up, you were

already laughing. No, I wasn't. All right, was

that the only one? My biggest LOL moment. Okay,

biggest LOL moment. All right, Dan, what do you

got? Well, you know, we're in a world where movies

are released in a lot of different ways, not

just in theaters, so I wanted to kind of... put

an award for best release on VOD or Netflix or

what have you, a movie that was not kind of released

wide first. And I'm gonna go with The Little

Prince, the animated film that came out on Netflix.

I waited way too long to watch this and I finally

sat down and saw it and I was just, I was majorly

impressed by first the animation. I think the

poster, because I didn't watch the trailer, the

poster had me thinking it was all stop motion

animation. Not that I disliked that, but there's

a great blending of different styles with this.

The imagination is amazing. I thought this was

like a Roald Dahl book. It is based on a book,

but it felt like the best Roald Dahl movie adaptation

ever made, though it's from another author. And

the voice work is really stellar as well, so

I think it's really being underappreciated, similar

to Beast of No Nation. Probably won't be nominated

for Best Animated Oscar because of that, which

I think is a shame because I felt like, in a

year of really strong animated films, it was

one of the best. I think Amanda and I both had

this as our number two animated film on the year

and I wish it would have got a bigger release

or some more fanfare because I was just thinking

the same thing as you were talking and then you

said the words, I think this is criminally underappreciated.

I think the Little Prince was an excellent watch

and if you have not seen that yet and you're

a movie fan or an animation fan, you need to

go check it out because I think it would quickly...

fly to the tops of your rankings along with the

likes of maybe one or two other films that came

out that you probably already know about because

they have big releases but I like that one a

lot. Little Prince deserves more attention. Let

me go with something that's fairly obvious but

let's just highlight the I know we did a lot

of negative and disappointing films at the beginning,

but I think one reason why 2016 is getting such

a bad rap is because of the blockbusters. And

I think a lot of the blockbusters these days

tend to be sequels. So let me just real quick

give out the worst sequel award. All right. And

there's a few nominees that could be in the running

for this, depending on how you would line it

up. So worst sequel. All right, we're not talking

about just remakes reboots. It had to be a sequel.

So we're going to go with Inferno. As far as

the Da Vinci Code series, we got Blair Witch,

the sequel to the original Blair Witch. I thought

that film was bad overall. The others are Blair

Witch 2, too, right? Yeah, but this is... Also

a sequel. It's a sequel to those, because it's

carrying on from those characters. Jason Bourne,

which we already talked about. How about Huntsman,

The Winter's War? Not a good sequel there. Alice

Through the Looking Glass? Pretty terrible. I'm

sorry, Amanda. Batman versus Superman. I don't

like it either. Justice. Shut up. Not a, what,

Batman versus Superman? Alice I know I was moving

on to Batman versus Superman before I can even

comment You can't bring me into something and

then move on before I can say something. I don't

want to upset you Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

out of the shadows Terrible you do a bad movie

and had even a worst sequel to me Allegiant the

divergent series of agent film that series can

just stop before it finishes, but I think the

worst sequel Easily, I know we all brought it

up in disappointing films probably but the worst

sequel of the year for me is Independence Day

Resurgence That did not deserve to be as bad

as it was. So Amanda. What do you got next? I'm

gonna do best horror films of the year top three

here Number three. I'm gonna go with the Blair

Witch did not think this was gonna be good But

I was freaking scared and I'm really glad that

they showed some more of what you actually see

the freaking witch this time and you you get

to Learn a little bit more about what happens

in the woods, you know when you're there and

I think it just ties in a lot and it adds a lot

to What the first one was did you even see the

first one Kevin? No, I didn't know you're even

like a horse or whatever I don't care. Okay.

I don't care. I was scared I screamed I jumped

it was legit Number two, I've got The Boy. I

did not expect much from this, but the twist

in this got me. Like, normally in horror movies,

it's really easy to see the twist. You can see

it coming a mile away. But this one, you go through

the whole movie thinking, thinking the creepy

stuff is just that, it's... That kind of creepy

stuff, but then the twist happens and then you

find out that that creepy stuff Isn't exactly

the creepy you thought it was it's a different

kind of creepy and it creeps you out even more

Creeping going on. Yeah creep creep give my TLC

on but it definitely Definitely did the job there

and number one. I've got ten clover field lane

the suspense the craziness that happens, the

anticipation of something awful happening, about

to happen. You know it's gonna happen. And it's

that dread feeling that sticks with you the whole

movie, I think, did an awesome job. Alright,

so horror takes there. You were one of the few

that did not like The Witch. I did not see it,

but a lot of people... have the witch very high.

The cool shit didn't even happen until the end

and as soon as the stuff started happening then

it just cut off and if it would have just kept

going a little bit more and showed me some of

the actual cool stuff I would have been on board

but I don't know. I'll have to see that eventually

to see what the hubbub is about it because a

lot of people praising it. But interesting picks

there from the horror films. Alright Dan, what

else do you got on your list? What else we got

I'm gonna go with Not necessarily best script

because I feel like if I say best script I'm

be lying because I'm not actually reading the

script, but I am hearing dialogue So I'm gonna

go with my movie with them that I thought had

some of the best dialogue and I love great dialogue

like Big reason I love Aaron Sorkin because he

has such amazing back and forth and I think the

closest thing that came to that this year was

a movie Indian nation which stars Logan Lerman

as during the Vietnam or sorry Korean War and

he goes off to college basically and he's this

atheist living in a Very Christian world and

he's a Jewish atheist Jewish atheist Jewish atheist

and the big reason why for the dialogue is that

he has these meetings with the Dean of the college

and they have these kind of long diatribes basically

go back and forth about different issues and

I just loved it and it was the movie itself has

maybe some problems but those moments we really

worked for me in large part because of the writing

and because of Logan Lerman who I think is really

growing into a great actor he's been in a lot

of really good things and this was Maybe his

best performance. So because of that I had I

gave it my best dialogue award That would not

be Alright another blog that we'll be putting

out on the website is best of movie moments So

to give you an example of what kind of stuff

we're talking about there One thing I have from

that blog that I'll reveal here is our most ridiculous

movie moment So there is a few of these so I

will I will Let you guys know that there's more

than a couple here. We're gonna take some time

and go through the ridiculousness of 2016 the

first one that I have is the complete ending

slash CGI climax to suicide squad with the enchantress

and her brother I just thought that that was

laughable and Did not those two characters did

a lot to hurt that film overall I think the film

could have been better overall if they would

have found something different to do with those

two characters Even though I love 10 Cloverfield

Lane I think the Molotov cocktail that she concocts

at the end to combat what's going on is borderline

ridiculous as far as her ability to pull that

move off. Again, another film that I like, Magnificent

Seven, and I'm not saying it's ridiculous in

a bad way, but I would still title it ridiculous,

and that is the entrance for Vincent D 'Onofrio's

character. I lost my mind when he came on screen.

I was not prepared for his voice or his actions,

and I think it... Worked for me, but it still

would be deemed ridiculous Hacksaw Ridge movie

that was good, but definitely had some problems

and one of the main problems is when the lead

character there pulls off the combination of

not only using another body as a human shield

as he Makes his way through the battlefield,

but then he does like a roundhouse kick, and

then he slaps a grenade out of midair with his

hand and diverse it into another direction. And

that was laughable as well. Amanda, you mentioned

Swiss Army Man being a WTF movie. WTF moment

from that movie was when the Swiss Army Man becomes

a human compass. And one body part is directing

them into where they need to go. So I thought

that was something I was not prepared for during

that movie. How could you be prepared for that?

You can't. How about Don't Breathe? Let's just

say the title and let's say Turkey Baster and

let's move on because that's something you can't

unsee. We also had the food orgy. Sausage pie

was not necessary at all. I did not like that

movie and I did not need to see the food orgy.

Brothers Grimsby will say the term elephant vagina

and how ridiculous it was to see how that was

incorporated into that film. But the winner?

There can be no other. The most ridiculous film

moment of 2016, we'll just call it the Martha

moment from Batman versus Superman. So those

were my most ridiculous movie moments from 2016.

Amanda, what do you have next? Well, since you've

knocked off my next awesome category, most cringe

-worthy. What did you have for most cringe -worthy?

The scene from Don't Breathe. It is a bad one.

Did you have anything else? No, that is one award.

It is cringe -worthy, that is for sure. I guess

I'll go with my favorite character of the year,

and that's Holton, as played by Kate McKinnon

from Ghostbusters. She is my spirit animal, pretty

sure. I want to be best friends with her. I want

to go invent some stuff and eat some Pringles

and blow crap up in an alley. Like, I just feel

like we need to be bus buds forever. Highlight

of that film for sure. Yeah. Dan do you have

any movie awards that you have not given out

yet? Yeah, I have basically what I would call

hidden gems of 2016 movies that I feel like Are

not getting a lot of attention or definitely

not getting awards attention One the first is

one that was also I think it had some festival

releases But did not actually get a wide release

was released to Netflix and I think is on their

Netflix original Property banner. It's the fundamentals

of caring and starring Paul Rudd and it's it's

cliche It's basically he plays this in -home

nurse for a person with disabilities and that

has a lot of the things you expect But also as

part of Paul Rudd, it's very endearing I do love

their relationship and you talked about really

great backs and floors and that they had one

of my favorites for from last year band of robbers,

which is Like a modernized version of Huck Finn

and Tom Sawyer where you have individuals basically

trying to rob a bank. It's enjoyable. It's not

all that amazing, but it has some really good

moments. Kill your friends, mainly due to the

performance of... Sorry, I forgot his name Nicholas

hold cheese. Yeah, Nicholas hold who's been killing

it lately. He's doing yellow He's had some of

the best my which is some of the big films like

Mad Max last year and I thought he was great

and kill your friends it's kind of like a music

version of Leaning on out of Caprio and Wolf

of Wall Street And another movie called Dark

Horse, The Dark Horse, which I guess technically

was released in New Zealand into 2014 and 2015,

but didn't really come around here to 2016. Again,

has some cliche moments. It's about a guy played

by Cliff Curtis, who's bipolar, but also a chess

genius who teams up with this chess team that

is working in the inner city to kind of get them.

into competitions and things like that, but I

just thought the performance of Cliff Curtis

was phenomenal and a big part of that movie and

I watched it I think at a good time where I just

needed something to feel good, but I also have

two other films that would rank into this and

those are gonna be in my top 10 so if you want

to see what those two are you can listen next

week when we give our actual top 10 list. I like

it, the plug for next week's episode. Amanda,

let's go right back to you, though, because I

know you had a few more categories on your list,

and I'm almost tapped out with the movie awards

I want to reveal at this point. So what else

do you have? I'd probably wrap it up with the

most upset I didn't catch. OK, biggest regrets.

Don't judge me. Jack Reacher never go back. I

still think with a pretty dope and a lot of action

that I want to see I don't know if you want to

watch that though from what I've heard I don't

I don't agree with that because I'm gonna see

it and I'm gonna love it and you guys can shove

it and then my next Selection for the most upset

I didn't catch and that's Ouija origin The first

one was super creepy and Kind of a crap movie,

but it was it was okay. Okay. I mean if we're

talking about war And you can't be too picky,

all right? And Ouija Origin of Evil, I think

will look even scarier. Nice, nice. Another blog

that is already out on the website is the...

of genre awards that we do every year. And what

we do there is we grab different genres and give

an award to each film that we think was the best

representation of that genre. So if that sounds

like something interesting, please go to the

website and you can see all the different ones

there. I'll give you one example out of those.

For example, one of the categories is the best

biopic that we've done a couple different times.

And this year I gave that to Sully, the movie

about Chesley Sullenberger. And I think that

was the best example. out of biopics. A lot of

times biopics fall into some certain traps and

have some common missteps. But I think that one

was one of the best ones we got this year. So

if you want to see the other genres included

and what films were awarded for things like Best

Western, Best Science Fiction, Best Fantasy,

then definitely go to the website and check out

which movies as well as the honorable mentions.

And it also gives the history of other films

in previous years that have won those awards.

Dan, anything left that you'd like to highlight

or give out for this year? I'll just say my favorite

soundtrack of the year, which is a movie. I think

it's getting a lot of talk throughout but from

a lot of lifts Deservingly, so one movie I really

felt bad and that didn't make my top ten But

I do love its music and even though I'm not a

big fan of that type of music in Sing Street

it's just such a feel -good movie and a lot of

that is due to the music and it's just great

you drive it like you stole it and The other

songs that like again, I don't like that type

of music typically, but it works really well

in the movie. So It's catchy yeah, a lot of fun

musical moments throughout 2016 whether it was

a musical or even some of the big blockbuster

type films whether you talk about the trailer

for Suicide Squad or Star Trek Beyond or in some

of the animated movies there's a lot of good

music moments in 2016 that you could highlight

but a lot of people point to Sing Street as one

of the brightest of those highlights so that

will probably do it for our movie awards for

2016 a lot of fun stuff there like I said if

those are things that interest you we'll have

a series of blogs that will kind of go along

with that with our genre awards our movie moments

and our miscellaneous movie awards but the big

deal is what's coming next week when we reveal

our top 10 films of 2016 so we've been watching

films all year long to finally get to our top

10 and that will be revealed we'll see how much

crossover it is and which film reigns supreme

at the top of our list for Amanda, Dan, and myself.

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