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2018 Media Roundup: Film!
Dec. 28th, 2018 06:01 pm This shall be very brief, as I don't get to the movies often and besides, there were only three movies released this year that mattered. (In fairness, I have not yet seen 2.0, which would almost certainly merit inclusion here.) They are as follows:
Black Panther
Hands down the best superhero movie of...ever, I think. It redefined the types of stories a blockbuster Hollywood action flick could tell, it had interesting, multilayered politics, compelling characters, gorgeous Afrofuturist-inspired visuals, and a kick ass soundtrack. You probably already saw it three times like I did.
The Death Of Stalin
Technically this came out in 2017 but didn't hit theatres here until 2018, so it totally counts. It's The Thick Of It but in the Soviet Union (ostensibly; like anything Armando Iannucci does, it's more about British politics than anything else) and it's about as pitch black as a comedy can get. Everyone is fucking terrible but some people are really, really terrible, and some people are merely terrible in ways that are entertaining. Which is, ngl, exactly the kind of humour I find most hilarious because I'm a bad person.
And the best movie of 2018 was...
Sorry To Bother You
Boots Riley's directorial debut is brilliant, funny, and political without ever getting didactic. The story of a black telemarketer who rises up through the corporate ranks owing to a magical ability to sound white on the phone starts out as one type of story, pulls the rug out from under you, and veers in an entirely weirder direction. Its only flaws are 1) I thought the ending was a little too long, and 2) I am really afraid that the Elon Musks and Jeff Bezoses of the world might watch it and get ideas. But it captures the zeitgeist in a way that's simultaneously chilling and hilarious as anything.
Black Panther
Hands down the best superhero movie of...ever, I think. It redefined the types of stories a blockbuster Hollywood action flick could tell, it had interesting, multilayered politics, compelling characters, gorgeous Afrofuturist-inspired visuals, and a kick ass soundtrack. You probably already saw it three times like I did.
The Death Of Stalin
Technically this came out in 2017 but didn't hit theatres here until 2018, so it totally counts. It's The Thick Of It but in the Soviet Union (ostensibly; like anything Armando Iannucci does, it's more about British politics than anything else) and it's about as pitch black as a comedy can get. Everyone is fucking terrible but some people are really, really terrible, and some people are merely terrible in ways that are entertaining. Which is, ngl, exactly the kind of humour I find most hilarious because I'm a bad person.
And the best movie of 2018 was...
Sorry To Bother You
Boots Riley's directorial debut is brilliant, funny, and political without ever getting didactic. The story of a black telemarketer who rises up through the corporate ranks owing to a magical ability to sound white on the phone starts out as one type of story, pulls the rug out from under you, and veers in an entirely weirder direction. Its only flaws are 1) I thought the ending was a little too long, and 2) I am really afraid that the Elon Musks and Jeff Bezoses of the world might watch it and get ideas. But it captures the zeitgeist in a way that's simultaneously chilling and hilarious as anything.
