Top 5 Movies of 2014 that I have seen obviously
1. The Imitation Game- This movie was great. I usually
don't like "talking" movies but this movie, was fantastic. Benedict
Cumberbatch was great as Alan Turing, you could see Turing's struggles to first
break the enigma code and then deal with his sexuality being discovered and the
problems that stemmed from that.It was also very interesting, to find out why
the machine was called Christopher, stemming from his childhood crush. Cumberbatch was not the only good actor in
this movie. I thought that his "wife" Joan Clarke, played by Keira
Knightly also put in a great performance, she was sympathetic with him when he
was discovered as being gay, she did not abandon him in that hard time. The
crossword puzzle scene with Keira Knigthly is one of the best scenes of the
year. I don't know who the child actor was who played Alan Turing as a kid but
he was also great, you could see and sort of relate to the struggle of him
being different and falling in love with his friend Christopher who was the
only one who was nice to him. Alan Leech the actor that played John Carincross,
hid the fact that he was a spy so well for the entire movie, you would think he
could actually be a spy in real life, if he quit acting.
2. Guardians of the Galaxy- Marvel Can’t Fail. This
movie had characters that I did not know much about but are household names
now. Prior to the movie I was interested to see how Vin Diesel would take 3
words, “I am Groot” to mean the billions of words in the English language to
put into a sentence. Bradley Cooper also did a phenomenal job tip toeing the
line for Rocket. Rocket is a type of character that if Bradley Cooper screwed
it up and made Rocket too much of a cheesy cartoon character, the movie would
have tremendously suffered, but Bradley Cooper made Rocket, funny but also a
deeper character than just laughs. I don’t watch Parks and Rec, so I did not
know about Chris Pratt, before this role. Chris Pratt was awesome as, Peter
Quill/Starlord. Pratt made this role his own; he got into great shape and
brought humor that tremendously helped the movie. Zoe Saldana is better green
than blue, fact. She brought a level of female badassness (just made up a word,
I don’t care) that the movie needed, in a world really full of men dominating
the movie. Dave Bautista is a wrestler that’s all I knew him from prior to this
movie. I knew since he was a WWE Superstar, he would be fine in the action
scenes because that’s his job to act fighting in the WWE. However, like the
rest of his cast mates he can act and was funny. He can act, unlike some other
WWE superstars in the past, and he seems like a smart, good guy. The soundtrack
is one of the best in the last decade of movies. I constantly listen to it. The
after credits scene is not the coolest but it is far and away the most
entertaining after credits scene Marvel has ever done. Peter Serafinowicz’s
line, “What a bunch of a-holes” is easily one of the best lines of 2014, for
the pure delivery of it and the humor behind it. Dancing Baby Groot is also really awesome!! I must have seen this movie 4 or 5 times after it came out in theaters.
3.
22 Jump Street- I loved the first one, 21 Jump
Street, and everybody knows comedy sequels are hard to get right, well Jonah
Hill, Channing Tatum and the rest of the cast got this one right. This movie
was hilarious, the plot was completely different than 21 Jump Street, which
some comedy sequels struggle with. The dynamic that Channing Tatum and Jonah
Hill have with each other, is part of why these movies are so great. The movie
is just a laugh fest from start to finish. They stay current with the current
trends, in the clothing, something most movies don’t, wearing a Odd Future
sweatshirt at one point. Ice Cube is also pretty funny in this movie, his
office being shaped like an ice cube, was pretty funny. The “My name Jeff” line
starts the movie off on the right foot, that it keeps walking on until the end.
4. Captain America: The Winter Soldier- Marvel
again hits the right notes throughout this movie. This movie differed
tremendously from Guardians of the Galaxy, which was great, because it was
funny but also had good action. This was an action movie more than a comedy
with action. Chris Pine, as he was in the previous Captain America film was great.
The entire cast was great. Since I was little kid, I loved Falcon as a
character, so to see him being brought to the big screen made me ecstatic,
especially when Anthony Mackie did a great job with the character. Sebastian
Stan also did a great job, as The Winter Soldier. Marvel can do political
thrillers as well as action movies that’s what this movie showed. As Marvel
always does, with everything being connected the events of this movie happen in
the same universe as every other movie/tv show in the Marvel universe to create
one big fantastic universe. Robert Redford was really evil but played the
character of Alexander Pierce, fantastically. I enjoyed seeing GSP or George
St.Pierre one of the best UFC fighters ever, play Batroc the Leaper. The scene
on the boat with GSP and Chris Pine was a great fight scene that I’m sure they
practiced a lot. Hailey Atwell was great as Sharon Carter, which even builds
the excitement towards Agent Carter the upcoming tv show on ABC about Sharon
Carter. Frank Grillo was really cool then he was really bad and in the future
as the bad guy Cross Bones, he will be really deadly and slightly scary, which
I can’t wait for. Standard Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury, Fury was a great
character in this movie.
5.
Million Dollar Arm- I liked this movie, because
the two pitchers were relatable, thanks to good acting. Jon Hamm was pretty
good, relatable as a man that is struggling with his business, and finds a
solution in a foreign land. It is a sports movie, which I love. I liked Lake Bell’s
performance as Jon Hamm’s neighbor and friend. The fact that it was a true
story was very interesting and made me search for their stories, with the
person I saw the movie with after the movie.
Top 4 Worst Movies of 2014
1.
The Theory of Everything- This movie really
sucked. It was insanely boring. The acting was not laughable but it was not as
good as some other movies this year. The plot was boring. Why make a movie
about Stephen Hawking? I can summarize the entire movie in one sentence, Steven
Hawking is a really smart college kid, he goes to a lecture that changes life,
he gets ALS, he marries his girlfriend, he does a lot of research, makes
scientific breakthroughs, he writes a famous book, his wife cheats on him with
a church choir director, he gets married to his nurse, and finally he makes a big
speech. I just saved you 2 and a half hours of your life you won’t ever get
back, in 30 seconds.
2.
A Million Ways to Die in the West- I had very
high hopes for this movie before going to see it. However, the movie did not
deliver, Seth McFarlane is awesome but he missed the mark on this movie. The
funniest parts of this movie were in the trailer. The funniest part in the
movie not in the trailer, when Jamie Foxx has a cameo as his character Django.
3.
The Lego Movie- This movie was okay, not the
worst but not the best either. That song is really annoying, and this movie is
decent.
4.
Lucy- The concept of this movie was stupid, you
need a “magic drug” to use 100% of your brain, that is not true, humans already
use 100% of their brain with no magic drug. The action was decent but the entire
movie got lost in the inaccuracy of the major plot.
