Viewing Journal: 12/31/2017

899) THE GREATEST SHOWMAN
(2017 dir. Michael Gracey) Date Seen: December 31 2017

**THINGS I WATCHED BUT FORGOT TO LOG IN 2017**

I'm trying to be better about remembering to notate the short films & music videos I see. I still slack off in this department.

• FISH STORY (dir. Charlie Lyne Shackleton) ****1/2
• BJORK: THE GATE (dir. Andrew Thomas Huang) ****
• FEAR US WOMEN (dir. David Darg) ****
• TAYLOR SWIFT: READY FOR IT? (dir. Joseph Kahn) ****
• TWIZTID: DEAD & GONE (UNH-STOP) (dir. JaimeR) ****1/2
• JAY-Z: THE STORY OF O.J. (dir. Jay-Z/Romanek) ****
• AFTER ALL (dir. Michael Cusack) ****

Viewing Journal: 12/30/2017

898) 

FATHER FIGURES [BASTARDS]
(2017 dir. Lawrence Sher) Date Seen: December 30 2017

Viewing Journal: 12/29/2017

897) PITCH PERFECT 3
(2017 dir. Trish Sie) Date Seen: December 29 2017

896) WORLD OF TOMORROW - EPISODE TWO: THE BURDEN OF OTHER PEOPLE'S THOUGHTS
(2017 dir. Don Hertzfeldt) Date Seen: December 29 2017

Viewing Journal: 12/28/2017

895) JUMANJI:
     WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE
(2017 dir. Jake Kasdan) Date Seen: December 28 2017

894) SPACEBALLS
(1987 dir. Mel Brooks) 4th Viewing: December 28 2017

Viewing Journal: 12/27/2017

893) 

ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD
(2017 dir. Ridley Scott) Date Seen: December 27 2017

↓my current ranking of Sir Ridley↓

1. BLADE RUNNER director's cut (1982) *****

2. ALIEN (1979) *****

3. LEGEND theatrical cut (1986) ****1/2

4. THE DUELLISTS (1977) ****

5. THE COUNSELOR 

                    unrated extended cut (2013) ****

6. THE LAST DUEL (2021) ***1/2

7. 1984 [Apple commercial] (1983) ****

6. PROMETHEUS (2012) ***1/2

7. THELMA & LOUISE (1991) ***1/2

8. KINGDOM OF HEAVEN 

                extended director's cut (2005) ***1/2

9. BOY AND BICYCLE (1965) ***1/2

10. ALIEN: COVENANT (2017) ***

11. GLADIATOR (2000) ***

12. THE MARTIAN (2015) ***

13. SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME (1987) ***

14. ROXY MUSIC: AVALON (1982) ***

15. NAPOLEON (2023) ***

16. JONATHAN 

[ALL THE INVISIBLE CHILDREN segment] (2005) ***

17. L'INVITATION AU RÊVE/LE JARDIN

                     [Chanel #5 commercial] (1982) ***

18. HOUSE OF GUCCI (2021) ***

19. BLACK RAIN (1989) **1/2

20. BLACK HAWK DOWN (2001) **1/2

21. MATCHSTICK MEN (2003) **1/2

22. WHITE SQUALL (1996) **1/2

23. SWIMMING POOL 

                     [Chanel #5 commercial] (1979) **1/2 

24. ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD (2017) **1/2

25. G.I. JANE (1997) **1/2

26. THE SEVEN WORLDS

               [Hennessy XO commercial] (2019) **1/2

27. AMERICAN GANGSTER (2007) **

28. BEHOLD [Galaxy s23 commercial] (2023) **

29. BODY OF LIES (2008) **

30. EXODUS: GODS AND KINGS (2014) *1/2

31. HANNIBAL (2001) *1/2

32. ROBIN HOOD (2010) *1/2

33. 1492: CONQUEST OF PARADISE (1992) *1/2

34. THE JOURNEY 

               [Turkish Airlines commercial] (2019) *1/2

35. A GOOD YEAR (2006) *

[updated 11/30/23]

Viewing Journal: 12/26/2017

892) POTTERSVILLE
(2017 dir. Seth Henrikson) Date seen: December 26 2017

Viewing Journal: 12/25/2017

891) 8 WOMEN
(2002 dir. Francois Ozon) 2nd Viewing: December 25 2017

Viewing Journal: 12/24/2017

890) 

   MICKEY'S CHRISTMAS CAROL

(1983 dir. Burny Mattinson) Date Seen: December 24 2017

Viewing Journal: 12/23/2017

889) BRIGHT
(2017 dir. David Ayer) Date Seen: December 23 2017

Me 5 minutes into BRIGHT on Netflix pic.twitter.com/rmUh1B11XP

— Toby Ximenez (@tobiasximenez) December 22, 2017

+ Ayer continuing to be awkward at balancing realism & fantasy elements

Viewing Journal: 12/22/2017

888) DOWNSIZING
(2017 dir. Alexander Payne) Date Seen: December 22 2017

I wish this starred a tiny Ted Danson instead

Viewing Journal: 12/21/2017

887) SCROOGE

         [A CHRISTMAS CAROL]
(1935 dir. Henry Edwards) Date Seen: December 21 2017

Viewing Journal: 12/20/2017

886) FERDINAND
(2017 dir. Carlos Saldanha) Date Seen: December 20 2017

885) THE CHRISTMAS
                   THAT ALMOST WASN'T
(1966 dir. Rossano Brazzi) Date Seen: December 20 2017

Viewing Journal: 12/19/2017

884) BLACK CHRISTMAS
(2006 dir. Glen Morgan) Date Seen: December 19 2017

883) 

   SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT

(1984 dir. Charles E. Sellier Jr.) 2nd Viewing: December 19 2017

2017 YEAR-END BALLOT

the point of this exercise isn't merely to stand in contrast to industry awards shows but to shine light on other works/achievements/performances that might've not gotten enough consideration during their initial releases 

Past ballots at The Wandering Image:
 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988,

 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 

1998, 1999, 2000,  2001,2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006,

 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015,

 2016

To view my Top 30 films of 2017, visit the Final Cinema.




Note: As usual, Oscar winner predictions will be added towards the end of January beneath my *top pick in each category.

**Actual AMPAS nominees added 1/23/2018**
**Oscar winner predictions added 2/10/2018 below actual AMPAS nominees** 




2017

*PHANTOM THREAD
OKJA

THE FLORIDA PROJECT

SONG TO SONG

A QUIET PASSION

THE LOST CITY OF Z

GOOD TIME

GET OUT

NOCTURAMA

PERSONAL SHOPPER

120 BEATS PER MINUTE

FOXTROT

THE LURE

HANAGATAMI

THE BREADWINNER

WONDERSTRUCK

BAD GENIUS

THE DEVIL'S CANDY

MUDBOUND

AFTER THE STORM 

actual best picture oscar nominees:
CALL ME BY YOUR NAME
DARKEST HOUR
DUNKIRK
GET OUT
LADY BIRD
PHANTOM THREAD
THE POST
THE SHAPE OF WATER (won)
3 BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI

prediction:
THE SHAPE OF WATER


actual foreign language oscar nominees:
A FANTASTIC WOMAN (won)
THE INSULT
LOVELESS
ON BODY AND SOUL
THE SQUARE

prediction:
A FANTASTIC WOMAN

2017

*Paul Thomas Anderson
                for PHANTOM THREAD
the Safdie brothers for GOOD TIME
James Gray for THE LOST CITY OF Z

Bong Joon-ho for OKJA 

Agnieszka Smoczynska for THE LURE

actual oscar nominees:
Christopher Nolan for DUNKIRK
Jordan Peele for GET OUT
Greta Gerwig for LADY BIRD
Paul Thomas Anderson for PHANTOM THREAD
Guillermo del Toro for THE SHAPE OF WATER (won)

prediction:
Greta Gerwig for LADY BIRD











2017

*Cynthia Nixon
                    in A QUIET PASSION
Sally Hawkins in MAUDIE
Margot Robbie in I, TONYA
Saoirse Ronan in LADY BIRD
Meryl Streep in THE POST

actual oscar nominees:
Sally Hawkins in THE SHAPE OF WATER
Frances McDormand in 3 BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING MISSOURI (won)
Margot Robbie in I TONYA
Saoirse Ronan in LADY BIRD
Meryl Streep in THE POST

prediction:
Sally Hawkins in THE SHAPE OF WATER

2017

*Daniel Day-Lewis
             in PHANTOM THREAD
Daniel Kaluuya in GET OUT
Sam Elliott in THE HERO
Robert Pattinson in GOOD TIME
Timothée Chalamet in CALL ME BY YOUR NAME

actual oscar nominees:
Timothée Chalamet in CALL ME BY YOUR NAME
Daniel Day-Lewis in PHANTOM THREAD
Daniel Kaluuya in GET OUT
Gary Oldman in DARKEST HOUR (won)
Denzel Washington in ROMAN J. ISRAEL, ESQ

prediction:
Gary Oldman in DARKEST HOUR











2017

*Tiffany Haddish in GIRLS TRIP
Vicky Krieps in PHANTOM THREAD

Laurie Metcalf in LADY BIRD
Lois Smith in MARJORIE PRIME
Allison Janney in I, TONYA

actual oscar nominees:
Mary J. Blige in MUDBOUND
Allison Janney in I TONYA (won)
Lesley Manville in PHANTOM THREAD
Laurie Metcalf in LADY BIRD
Octavia Spencer in THE SHAPE OF WATER

prediction:
Allison Janney in I TONYA











2017

*Garrett Hedlund in MUDBOUND
Willem Dafoe in THE FLORIDA PROJECT
Benny Safdie in GOOD TIME
Bill Nighy in THEIR FINEST
Daniel Craig in LOGAN LUCKY

actual oscar nominees:
Willem Dafoe in THE FLORIDA PROJECT
Woody Harrelson in 3 BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING MISSOURI
Richard Jenkins in THE SHAPE OF WATER
Christopher Plummer in ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD
Sam Rockwell in 3 BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING MISSOURI (won)

prediction:
Sam Rockwell in 3 BILLBOARDS











2017

*GET OUT - Jordan Peele
LADY BIRD - Greta Gerwig
PHANTOM THREAD - Paul Thomas Anderson

THE POST - Liz Hannah, Josh Singer
COCO - Unkrich, Katz, Matthew Aldrich, Adrian Molina

actual oscar nominees:
THE BIG SICK
GET OUT (won)
LADY BIRD
THE SHAPE OF WATER
3 BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING MISSOURI

prediction:
THE SHAPE OF WATER








2017

*THE LOST CITY OF Z 

                          - James Gray
MUDBOUND - Virgil Willaims, Dee Rees
MARJORIE PRIME - Michael Almereyda, Jordan Harrison
THEIR FINEST - Gabby Chiappe

CALL ME BY YOUR NAME - James Ivory

actual oscar nominees:
CALL ME BY YOUR NAME (won)
THE DISASTER ARTIST
LOGAN
MOLLY'S GAME
MUDBOUND

prediction:
MOLLY'S GAME







2017

*BEHEMOTH
DAWSON CITY: FROZEN TIME
LOOK & SEE: PORTRAIT OF WENDELL BERRY
TEMPESTAD
EX LIBIRS: THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY
FACES PLACES
THE QUEST
IN TRANSIT
RAT FILM
STRONG ISLAND

actual oscar nominees:
ABACUS: SMALL ENOUGH TO JAIL
FACES PLACES
ICARUS (won)
LAST MEN IN ALEPPO
STRONG ISLAND

prediction:
FACES PLACES










2017

*THE BREADWINNER
MY ENTIRE HIGH SCHOOL SINKING INTO THE SEA
COCO

IN THIS CORNER OF THE WORLD
LOVING VINCENT
YOUR NAME.
CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS: THE FIRST EPIC MOVIE

actual oscar nominees:
THE BOSS BABY
THE BREADWINNER
COCO (won)
FERDINAND
LOVING VINCENT

prediction:
COCO

2017

*THE SHAPE OF WATER
                - Alexandre Desplat >
GOOD TIME - Oneohtrix Point Never >
PHANTOM THREAD - Jonny Greenwood >
SPLIT - West Dylan Thordson >
BLADE RUNNER 2049 - Ben Wallfisch & Hans Zimmer >
THE MEYEROWITZ STORIES - Randy Newman >
THE POST - John Williams >
A GHOST STORY - Daniel Hart >
MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS - Patrick Doyle >

actual oscar nominees:
DUNKIRK
PHANTOM THREAD
THE SHAPE OF WATER (won)
STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI
3 BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING MISSOURI

prediction:
THE SHAPE OF WATER

2017

*FISH STORY 

                by Charlie Lyne Shackleton
DEKALB ELEMENTARY
WATU WOTE [ALL OF US]
THE BOX by Jovanka Vuckovic [XX segment]
BJORK: THE GATE
FEAR US WOMEN
TRAFFIC STOP
TOUR DE PHARMACY
HEROINE(E) 

Rodney Ascher's PRIMAL SCREEN

Neill Blomkamp's ZYGOTE

TAYLOR SWIFT: READY FOR IT?

actual oscar nominees live-action short:
DEKALB ELEMENTARY
THE ELEVEN O'CLOCK
MY NEPHEW EMMETT
THE SILENT CHILD (won)
WATU WOTE / ALL OF US

prediction live-action short:
THE ELEVEN O'CLOCK

actual oscar nominees documentary short:
EDITH+EDDIE
HEAVEN IS A TRAFFIC JAM ON THE 405 (won)
HEROIN(E)
KNIFE SKILLS
TRAFFIC STOP

prediction documentary short:
HEAVEN IS A TRAFFIC JAM ON THE 405

2017

*WORLD OF TOMORROW - EPISODE 2: THE BURDEN OF OTHER PEOPLE'S THOUGHTS
TWIZTID: DEAD & GONE (UNH-STOP)

JAY-Z: THE STORY OF O.J.
NEGATIVE SPACE
AFTER ALL by Michael Cusack
LOU
REVOLTING RHYMES

[O] by Mario Radev and Chiara Sgatti

actual oscar nominees:
DEAR BASKETBALL (won)
GARDEN PARTY
LOU
NEGATIVE SPACE
REVOLTING RHYMES

prediction:
REVOLTING RHYMES

categories below this point are

↓for you technical craft lovers↓

2017

*BLADE RUNNER 2049
          - Roger Deakins, ASC, BSC
THE LOST CITY OF Z - Darius Khondji, ASC
DUNKIRK - Hoyte Van Hoytema, FSF, ASC
THE SHAPE OF WATER - Dan Laustsen, DFF
WONDERSTRUCK - Edard Lachman, ASC

actual oscar nominees:
BLADE RUNNER 2049 (won)
DARKEST HOUR
DUNKIRK
MUDBOUND
THE SHAPE OF WATER

prediction:
THE SHAPE OF WATER

2017

*PHANTOM THREAD - Dylan Tichenor
BABY DRIVER - Jonathan Amos, Paul Machliss
DAWSON CITY: FROZEN TIME - Bill Morrison
DUNKIRK - Lee Smith
SONG TO SONG - R. Nizar Ali, Hank Corwin, K. Fraase
NOCTURAMA - Fabrice Rouaud

actual oscar nominees:
BABY DRIVER
DUNKIRK (won)
I TONYA
THE SHAPE OF WATER
3 BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING MISSOURI

prediction:
DUNKIRK











2017

*BLADE RUNNER 2049 - Dennis Gassner

DARKEST HOUR - Sarah Greenwood
THE SHAPE OF WATER - Paul D. Austerberry
PHANTOM THREAD - Mark Tildesley
A CURE FOR WELLNESS - Eve Stewart

actual oscar nominees:
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
BLADE RUNNER 2049
DARKEST HOUR
DUNKIRK
THE SHAPE OF WATER (won)

prediction:
THE SHAPE OF WATER










2017

*PHANTOM THREAD - Mark Bridges

THE GREAT WALL - Mayes C. Rubeo
MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS - Alexandra Byrne
HOSTILES - Jenny Eagan
THE LOST CITY OF Z - Sonia Grande
THE SHAPE OF WATER - Luis Sequeira
THE BEGUILED - Stacey Battat

VICTORIA & ABDUL - Consolata Boyle

actual oscar nominees:
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
DARKEST HOUR
PHANTOM THREAD (won)
THE SHAPE OF WATER
VICTORIA & ABDUL

prediction:
THE SHAPE OF WATER











2017

*GUARDIANS 

         OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2
THE SHAPE OF WATER
DARKEST HOUR
IT
MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS

actual oscar nominees:
DARKEST HOUR (won)
VICTORIA & ABDUL
WONDER

prediction:
DARKEST HOUR








2017

*PHANTOM THREAD
A GHOST STORY
BLADE RUNNER 2049
MONSTER TRUCKS
BABY DRIVER
STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI

actual oscar nominees:
BABY DRIVER
BLADE RUNNER 2049
DUNKIRK (won)
THE SHAPE OF WATER
STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI

prediction:
DUNKIRK










2017

*BLADE RUNNER 2049
DUNKIRK
BABY DRIVER
STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI
WONDER WOMAN

actual oscar nominees:
BABY DRIVER
BLADE RUNNER 2049
DUNKIRK (won)
THE SHAPE OF WATER
STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI

prediction:
DUNKIRK








2017

*WAR FOR THE
         PLANET OF THE APES
BLADE RUNNER 2049
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL.2
OKJA
THE SHAPE OF WATER

STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI

WHAT HAPPENED TO MONDAY

actual oscar nominees:
BLADE RUNNER 2049 (won)
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL.2
KONG: SKULL ISLAND
STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI
WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES

prediction:
WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES

↓muriel awards categories:

2017

*1) "The sunken place"
              first revealed - GET OUT 
2) Tunnel escape & mall chase sequence - OKJA
3) "The Beast" smashing light bulbs - SPLIT
4) The surprise dinner argument (Asparagus) 

---------------------------------- PHANTOM THREAD

5) Running at DisneyWorld. iPhone footage @ close 

----------------------------- THE FLORIDA PROJECT
6) Farrier's Spitfire is out of gas. Ending sequence 

--------------------------------------------- DUNKIRK
7) Miguel first sings "Un Poco Loco" on stage- COCO
8) Lip synching "My Way" in department store 

---------------------------------------- NOCTURAMA

9) Final 9 mins. Oil derrick, Enchanted Rock, Patti, etc.  

--------------------------------------- SONG TO SONG
10) Sook-hee's attack on city bus - THE VILLAINESS
11) Fight with red Praetorian Guards 

------------------------- STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI
12) Freakish event at the ballet - THELMA

13) Baby xenomorph stretches arms out for David 

----------------------------------- ALIEN: COVENANT

14) Christine's voicemail to mom - LADY BIRD
15) first attack on German stronghold town

------------------------------------- WONDER WOMAN
-tie- X-23's attack on Pierce & his militia - LOGAN
16) Toy pop gun + hiding on the bunkbed 

--------------------------------------- ANNABELLE: CREATION
17) Father's monologue/words of encouragement @ close 

------------------------------------ CALL ME BY YOUR NAME

18) attack at Junkyard & landing - BLADE RUNNER 2049
19) Holdup at the mansion goes wrong 

- I DON'T FEEL AT HOME IN THIS WORLD ANYMORE

20) Laundromat date - BABY DRIVER

also this incredible moment from TV courtesy of David Lynch. Sure TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN may not be a feature film, but it does function as a type of cinema. If it had been released as an epic 17hr beast, this part might rival everything on this list;

2017

*MUDBOUND
THE POST
THE LOST CITY OF Z
LADY BIRD
MARJORIE PRIME
THEIR FINEST
SONG TO SONG
GIRLS TRIP
DETROIT

Other year-end ballots posted at The Wandering Image:  

 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 

1991,1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 

2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 

2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016,