Best/Worst Movies of 2014

Yeah, we’re not quite done with 2014 yet, but Entertainment Weekly already has their 10 Best and 5 Worst Films of the year:

http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20326356_20879243,00.html

As usual, my interest winds up being just how many of these films I’ve seen…or want to see.

In this year’s case, I have not seen any of their “worst” five.  My wife caught Monuments Men on a long flight and thought it was “ok”, but I never had much of a desire to see it.  For that matter, the other four movies on this list are also films I have very little desire to see and, given the huge amount of stuff I would like to eventually like to get to, doubt I’ll catch those particular films.

As for the 10 Best, I’ve seen a grand total of two, Grand Budapest Hotel and Snowpiercer.  I loved, loved, loved Snowpiercer (#8) and thought it was one of the more ambitious sci-fi films of recent vintage.  Grand Budapest Hotel was fun and often laugh out loud funny, but as much as I liked it I don’t know if it was worth being considered the #3 film of the past year (opinions, as they say, are subjective).

I have Jodorowsky’s Dune (#10) on BluRay waiting for me to see it when I have the time and am interested in seeing Guardians of the Galaxy (#6, missed it when it was making a ton of cash in theaters), Gone Girl (#7), and Birdman (#9).  The remaining films on this list also look interesting but, again, I don’t know if I’ll find the time to see any of them.

Off to look for other “best/worst” of lists!