With that being said, the year offered much to appreciate. Mad Max seemingly took everyone by storm
early on and it magically perpetuates as an awards favorite. Sicario was a pulse pounding thriller of
a different ilk as was Phoenix, a post WWII thriller done in a
much more somber key. Spotlight a
powerful newspaper movie with incredible casting. Brooklyn is an old-fashioned romance
with a lovable lead performance. Love
and Mercy, also a romance plus a dual picture of creation and horror. What We Do in the Shadows was a
hilarious vampire mockumentary and Room showed earned uplift in the face of despair. Irrational Man didn’t get a lot a love but was a well-crafted work
from an old hand and It Follows
showed that horror movies are still capable of being scary, even when they are
incredibly stupid. Aside from these “best” pictures, I should mention I had a
lot a fun with other action oriented pictures including Kingsman, Blackhat, Chappie, Black Sea, and The Walk, the
hindmost which is by no means even a decent picture but one with an extraordinary finale I would equate it to waiting in line
for an hour on a hot summer day to ride the Millennium Force at Cedar Point.
Well that about sums it up. Writing this there are still several movies I haven’t
seen, with Joy, The Danish Girl, 45 Years, Son of Saul, and Anomalisa figuring most prominently and I will update as I see them when appropriate.
Here is a gathering of my 2015 favorites in pictures:
Supporting Actress
(tie)
Joan Allen, Room
John Cusack, Love
and Mercy
Michael Fassbender,
Steve Jobs and Macbeth
Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn
George
Miller, Mad Max
