Movies Are Work

I can procastrinate no longer. I've reached the limit. I'm down to the last few minutes.

Procastrination is such hard work. I know there's something that I should do but I realize that I have some time before what I "should" do becomes what i "have to do". In the meantime, whatever it is I am trying to ignore keeps tapping me on the shoulder and I have to make an effort to feign indifference....to "incubate" to "defer judgement" to "wool gather" all of which devour ergs and ergs of potential energy.

Therefore, writers, procastrination is work.

Thank God

This is the night of the Oscars which means that according to my inner clock, this is the last day that I can submit my top movie list without the contamination of Academy validation. Most of these pictures have already been involved in my personal procrastimation as only five or six of them have I taken the time to review and analyze.

If I'm going to legitmately list "watching movies" as actual work, I have to get this list done right now so I can enjoy the Oscars with the feeling of a job well done.

So here's my list which includes only the films that I remember seeing this year. If I saw it, it ends up in my top 25 movies of the year even if it's one of Matt Damon's flops.

1. The Post. I didn't want to see this flick. I prejudged it badly. I figured "oh yeah, Hanks and Streep in an acting contest and Speilberg blowing everybody away. Instead I got a straightforward portrayal of the drama surrounding the Pentagon Papers which led to everything else that followed them up to and including this minute.

2. Baby Driver.....Action from beginning to end. Jon Hamm's best role outside of Mad Men and serpentine performance by Kevin Spacey. I'm not big on car chases but Baby Driver took them to another level.

3. Shape of Water.....about time somebody put together the Creature From the Black Lagoon...The Thing....and Beauty and the Beast. Beautiful...really.

4. Get Out.....Horror comedy at it's best

5. Disaster Artist.....all about friendship, mystery determination and art. Both Francos are fantastic.

6. Lady Bird......coming of age

7. 3 Billboards.......too many gaps

8. Novitiate.....Catholic thing

9. Greatest Showman.....Gotta sing, gotta dance

10. Guardians of the Galaxy.....not as good as original but good

11. Hostiles.... John Ford without celebrating genocide

12. Wonder Woman.......elegant

13. Phantom Thread.....so long Dan

14.Jumanji......entertaining and the Rock

15. Thor....smoove

16. Mother.....love it hate it

17. Planet of the Apes....love the franchise but this is not as good as the first two

18. Darkest Hour.....couldn't understand Oldman

19. Star Wars......less than the sum of its parts

20 Annihilation.....ambiguous horror science fiction

21. Game Night......fun

22. Winchester.......meh

23. Suburbicon.....went off the rails

* I didn't see I, Tonya but my wife and brother did and they said it was good so probably in the 1op 10.

& didn' see Dunkirk but pretty sure it's worth seeing according to my wife but not top 15.

Probably leaving something out but I'm exhausted now