Best Films Of 2016

2016 is already coming to a close. This is kind of insane, I cannot believe this year has blown by this fast, and it is time once again to talk about my picks for my favourite movies of 2016. A lot of people have referred to 2016 as not the greatest year for film, and I guess that’d be true if all of your hopes and dreams were riding on movies like Independence Day resurgence or Jason Bourne. If your livelihood rests on the success of those movies well then I'm sorry, this year's probably kind of sucky for you. Yes, there were a lot of misfires this year in the big-budget franchise category. We're going to talk about a few of the really good ones in that category, but there were a lot of films I think this year that flew under people's radar, and we're going to talk about a lot of those, and this year I do have a few honourable mentions, some great films that I really wanted to put on this list, but didn't quite make it, and those films are:

Hell Or Highwater

The Hunt For The Wilderpeople

Sing Street

Kubo And The Two Strings

Doctor Strange

Star Trek Beyond

 10 Cloverfield Lane

5. Moonlight

Moonlight; this is a film that I can't see myself re-watching a lot because it is very long and it's very depressing and it's very intense, in its depiction of a boy growing up in a harsh urban environment. But despite the fact that I can't see myself popping this Blu-ray in every once in a while, I couldn't find a single flaw with this movie. This film is directed so masterfully and it told that story with such beautiful, heartfelt emotion, I think if you miss this film in theatres, definitely seek out that Blu-ray when it comes out.

4. Deadpool

Deadpool; this was for me, one of the biggest surprises of 2016. I was excited about this movie; I was careful though. I was like ‘uh, last time Ryan Reynolds portrayed Deadpool in a film, that really went south.’ And all of my worries just went out the door with in the opening credits alone. This is one of the best adaptations of a comic book hero to the big screen, regards to capturing to feel, the tone, and the essence of that character. I loved Deadpool everything a blockbuster movie should be.

3. La La Land

La La Land; I had to see this one again, I saw it a second time, just to make sure where it was on my list. This film got even better the second time. I have only one flaw with La La Land, I think that's a little too long, I think maybe about 15 minutes could be trimmed off the runtime. Other than that, this is one of the best, if not in my opinion, the best musical since the Blues Brothers. Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone are brilliant in this film, there are so many amazing musical numbers and dance sequences, and it is as close to perfectly directed a film like this gets, it feels like you're watching a movie that was made in the nineteen fifties today, in the theatre. La La Land is amazing, if you missed it in theatres, definitely check this one out, because it is starting to expand more, it is one of the best films of the year, and for a musical to be this high on my list, you know it's pretty damn good.

2. Captain America: Civil War

They pulled it off. Captain America: Civil War was a total blast; this was my most anticipated film of the year. I would have liked to have seen it as my favourite film of the year, but in the long run, it's on my list because it actually was that good. Does Spiderman have to be in this movie? Yeah! He's awesome, he's Spiderman, he's one of my favourite superheroes of all time, and even though you can kind of look at that and say maybe they shoehorned him in, I think they found a really great middle-ground of introducing that character. It was a great conflict between our heroes, it wasn't just about battles and action, and I think it all came to a head beautifully. It was exciting, and again, this is everything a blockbuster movie should be.

Well guys, it has come down to this what is my personal pick for my favourite movie of 2016, the Blu-ray that I've watched the most, the movie that I went to the theatre the most times to see, well that film is…

1.The Nice Guys

The Nice Guys is my favourite movie of 2016. This is a film that people just don't make anymore, when's the last time you saw a great detective noir style mystery? These films aren’t on the market anymore, and it's no surprise this film tanked heavily at the box office, nobody saw it, no one's talking about it anymore. Everyone that I've talked to about this film that did actually see it, liked it or loved it, I have not talked to a single person that didn't like The Nice Guys.

I think it is such an original film. Shane Black wrote and directed the shit out of this movie, his script is so incredible, I just re-watched it last night on Blu-ray to make sure this is my favourite movie of the year, and despite having seen it multiple times already, I laughed my ass off the entire time. Gosling gives I think one of the best comedic performances that I have seen in the past five to ten years. Russell Crowe is such a great companion piece for him, they work together so well, the chemistry is amazing. If you watch these two in interviews for The Nice Guys, they are great, this is a movie that has a fight scene with Keith David in it, if you're a fan of the movie; They Live, well then you know that a fight scene with Keith David is a pretty awesome thing to see.

Let's talk about Angourie Rice in this movie: My God, one of the most underrated performances of 2016, her accent in this movie is perfect, she is so great in this movie and so funny, it's no surprise that she's in the new Spiderman film. If you watch the Blu-ray special features of this movie, and go to ‘always bet on black’ special feature you will hear shane black talking about the fact that he wanted to make a sequel to this, he actually says ‘I could make movies like this with these two characters for the rest of my life’, and he goes ‘I'm not saying sequel, but sequel’. And of course, no one saw this movie because you know there's no superheroes in it.

The Nice Guys is the type of movie that people who love film should support. Please go out and buy this movie on Blu-ray, or rent it on Amazon, don't download it don't torrent it, actually support this film. The novelization is really good, I've read it, it's good. The soundtrack is amazing, I bought it on vinyl. The Nice Guys is my favourite movie of the year I think it's incredibly funny, I think the action set pieces are great, I think it has two characters I would love to see more from, and the most underrated screenplay of the year. For me, The Nice Guys is 2016 Edge Of Tomorrow… except Edge Of Tomorrow is actually getting a sequel, supposedly as it made a lot more money.