EWB's Top 27 Movies of 2014

[TheSqauredCircleMessiah]

It garnered more points in voting. That's a quite simple explanation, really.

[Your Mom]

Godzilla is the only one I've seen in that list and I didn't really care for it.

[TheSqauredCircleMessiah]

I liked Godzilla but the way it was marketed with who was actually the star I think pissed a lot of people off

[livid]

Like I said in my ballot I haven't seen a lot of the Oscar contenders yet so I've only seen a couple of these.

Edge of Tomorrow was great and may be one of the worst marketed movies ever. Tom Cruise's average sci-fi movies wouldn't have been an issue had they not marketed Edge of Tomorrow like one (which it isn't).

As Benkid pointed out, The Raid 2 is fucking awesome. It's a little (okay another hour is a lot) longer than the first and the plot can get a little muddled and nonsensical in parts but the action is just as, if not more, intense.

I liked Gozilla. I understand some of the complaints about it but the sense of atmosphere that Edwards built into the world just made everything work for me.

[GoGo Yubari]

I am slooooooowly emerging out of my post-con hangover. Doing non-"show up at your jobs" things I was supposed to do! Regaining focus! Hello! How are you.

15. John Wick (26 points, appeared on four ballots)

14. The Guest (31 points, appeared on five ballots)

13. Big Hero 6 (33 points, appeared on five ballots

12. Boyhood (48 points, appeared on six ballots)

11. Interstellar (48 points, appeared on seven ballots)

Next time on EWB's Top 27 Movies of 2014: You see, there are still faint glimmers of civilization left in this barbaric slaughterhouse that was once known as humanity. Indeed, that's what we provide in our own modest, humble, insignificant... oh, fuck it.

[Benjamin]

All 5 great movies.

John Wick is probably the second best action movie of 2014, behind the Raid 2. The fight scenes were absolutely batshit crazy, but then so was the plot, but both were crazy in a super good way. The final fight was totally unnecessary, though, just rolled my eyes at that whole thing.

The Guest gave me my most satisfying WTF movie experience of 2014, I believe. Another silly, crazy plot, but so much fun.

Big Hero 6 was heartwarming and charming in every single way. So much creativity and fun shit all over this one. And the after-credits scene was fucking glorious.

Boyhood was plain and simple the best movie of 2014. Just about perfect. In no way should it be this low, should undoubtedly be number one, it is simply fucking magnificent.

Interstellar was absolutely fucking jaw-dropping. Absolute embodiment of what cinema should be, a feast for the eyes and the ears.

That was the best group of 5 yet.

[Roster Depth Sicko No. 2]

John Wick isn't out here yet I've wanted to see it for ages!

I missed both The Guest and Big Hero 6, after having planned to see them.

Boyhood looked like one big gimmick and I never cared to watch it.

Interstellar was a fantastic spectacle, even if I thought the ending got a little weird. It all made sense though, to a degree, which is the important thing in films like this.

[Jimmy]

Two Days, One Night is definitely worth people's times. I love the way that The Dardenne's make films, and Cotillard is out of this world in the lead role. I was re-watching parts of it the other week for inspiration, it's just so well made.

Absolutely loved The Guest as well. A wonderful surprise, and probably the most fun film I watched all year.

Big Hero 6 is awesome, and Boyhood is fantastic!

Missed Interstellar, should catch it in a cinema at some point next month, hopefully. Feels like a cinema film to me.

[Roster Depth Sicko No. 2]

Interstellar is definitely a cinema film. IMAX it if you can.

[GoGo Yubari]

What's this updates two days in a row WHAT IS HAPPENING

10. 22 Jump Street (48 points, appeared on nine ballots)

9. The Grand Budapest Hotel (56 points, appeared on nine ballots)

8. Gone Girl (57 points, appeared on eleven ballots)

7. X-Men: Days of Future Past (62 points, appeared on eleven ballots)

Next Time, on EWB's Top 27 Movies of 2014: On your left.

[Benjamin]

Holy shit, that Spiderman movie didn't make top 6, right? Right?!

Did it even come out last year?

[HC]

It did.....no idea how that would crack top 6 though unless Srar got 8 ballots.

[Ruki]

22 Jump Street was so good

[Benjamin]

Off the top of my head, there's the two MCU movies, Birdman and Whiplash, the LEGO Movie, and something else. I can't quite place what that is (this could be due to me getting 2013 and 2014 mixed up quite a bit). I think it's either Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Muppets Most Wanted or Under the Skin.

Or the Spiderman movie.

[Roster Depth Sicko No. 2]

I thought Jump Street was overrated, preferred the first one.

Haven't gotten around to seeing GBH yet. Gone Girl and DoFP were both excellent.

[Monkey D. Lars]

Nightcrawler will hopefully crack the top 3!

[Benjamin]

Oh yeah, Nightcrawler. I guess that's the other one.

[Roster Depth Sicko No. 2]

Yeah, when I was loosely following the count before, I'm pretty sure it was Guardians, Whiplash, Birdman, Lego Movie, Nightcrawler, and I wanna say Winter Soldier was the other Marvel one? I missed it whatever it was. Can't remember the order, but given the number of 1st place votes it had, anything other than Guardians coming first will surprise me.

[Benjamin]

If I remember correctly, it was Birdman and GotG that were vying it out for first place. Then GotG burst ahead. That's what my loose count a few weeks ago produced, if I recall. And yeah, Winter Soldier is the other one.

This year is going to be even more fun, actually. Besides Age of Ultron winning, it's going to be interesting to see how much the other franchise movies can keep up. I'm predicting that Spectre and Jurassic World will be near the top, though.

[Roster Depth Sicko No. 2]

Kingsman better get Top 10 for 2015, I will not see one bad word said about it.