As is tradition with all critics of entertainment, there comes a time when we must take all of our in depth analysis and well thought out arguments, and then condense it all down into a list that leaves no room for ambiguity because everyone loves things crystal clear for everyone to pick apart! Well okay, it’s actually TWO lists and people tend to prefer the bad one, but we’re gonna save that for next time. For now, it’s the best movies of 2015! Before we get started however, just a few caveats.
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I DIDN’T SEE EVERYTHING THIS YEAR
In fact, I barely saw anything for the first half and when I thought of going back and trying to watch some of those that I missed, I learned that both Amazon and Netflix are absolutely DREADFUL when it comes to recent releases. Neither services has more than maybe three or four movies that came out this year and the most mainstream among those was probably that Sean Penn action movie you’ve already forgotten about. Needless to say that catching up would have cost a small fortune (on top of what I’m already spending at the theater) so I decided against it. Also, the theaters I have access to rarely have anything outside of a mainstream release. Hell, Dope is probably the most indie movie that my nearby theater had all year. So the fact that I’ve missed almost everything before the summer and that my theaters don’t have as much variety as I’d like means that this is going to be a blockbuster heavy list. It sucks that I couldn’t see more interesting stuff that’s making waves like The Danish Girl, Spotlight, or even Carol, but that’s how it shook out this year. Hey, once I become one of those PROFESSIONAL film critics and join one of those associations, I’m sure the studios will be sending movies to ME instead of making me pay to watch them!
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MAKING LISTS IS HARD
Now I did take some time to consider the order for this list and overall I am very happy about it, but when it comes to the top three it’s really REALLY close. I’m happy with the order I chose for them but think of it as pretty much a three way tie as all of them are fantastic in their own ways.
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We good? Okay, ON WITH THE ARBITRARY RANKING!!!!
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