6 January 2019
This article is a look at the worst films of 2018. |
I saw 571 films in 2018. So let us begin.
Part one of my review of 2018 commences with the most dreadful offerings. (To skip ahead to part two, my favourite movies of 2018, click here; and the awards for best films, click here.)
The bile out of the way first…
Part one of my review of 2018 commences with the most dreadful offerings. (To skip ahead to part two, my favourite movies of 2018, click here; and the awards for best films, click here.)
The bile out of the way first…
THE TOP 20 WORST FILMS OF 2018
20. JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM
19. SUSPIRIA
18. THE GIRL IN THE SPIDER'S WEB
17. FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE CRIMES OF GRINDELWALD
16. VENOM
15. ROBIN HOOD
14. SKYSCRAPER
What an uninspired, hokey action movie! Has elements of Die Hard, The Towering Inferno, Taken, Jurassic Park, Mission Impossible, Enter the Dragon, to dire effect.
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13. GODZILLA: CITY ON THE EDGE OF BATTLE
The second Netflix animated movie continues the bombast, annoying hysteria, and woeful dialogue of predecessor.
I've now seen six Godzilla movies: GODZILLA: PLANET OF THE MONSTERS (2017) SHIN GODZILLA (2016) GODZILLA (2014) GODZILLA (1998) GODZILLA (1954) They are all a bit naff. |
12. THE DOMESTICS
11. FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST
10. THE TITAN
9. EVA
8. FOREBODING
7. TAU
6. ESCAPE PLAN II
5. ISMAEL’S GHOSTS
4. MY BROTHER’S NAME IS ROBERT AND HE IS AN IDIOT
They are both tedious idiots. A pretty interminable 174-minute sibling drama. Unending cod-philosophy that even makes recent Terrence Malick movies seem vaguely profound.
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3. NEXT GEN
2. TOUCH ME NOT
1. SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY
Each instalment since RETURN OF THE JEDI, bar ROGUE ONE, has damaged the Star Wars legacy. SOLO is a disaster. Most prequels remove the mystery and magic. This is especially true here. SOLO is a low point in modern blockbuster filmmaking. It gets everything wrong, from casting of the lead, to dialogue, direction and storytelling, etc.
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