IMDb’s Top 10 Movies of 2017

joylitt

In one of our Romanian cinema related sites https://www.cinemagia.ro/filme/annihilation-1182355/ Annihilation is stated to be released on the 23rd. Weirdly no release date is provided on Imdb for us, but many European countries are listed with release dates. Where did you find that news?

I hope there will be no shenanigans with Netflix distribution, because What happened to Monday is still not on it and it was not launched in the cinemas, so to watch i would have had to cross the border to Hungary and watch it dubbed... Idiocy! 

red0guy There are many news articles listed on IMDB. It's really heartbreaking news to see a producer sabotaging his own movie like this. 

http://www.denofgeek.com/uk/movies/annihilation/54137/annihilation-alex-garland-on-the-battle-between-producers

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2798920/news?ref_=tt_nwr_1#ni61832067

joylitt

Great.... I hope at least Netflix will distribute it in my country. And this David Ellison is an @$$-hole for thinking we are stupid.

red0guy What I find a little bit confusing is what they say about the summer test screenings. I went to a test screening in November, which is Autumn, and the audience applauded at the end, including myself.  The ending was just dazzling, and I am sure Alex Garland hired Natalie Portman because of her performance in "Black Swan".

joylitt

Lucky one you are!

red0guy Yeah I consider myself very lucky I was able to attend to that test screening. And twice as lucky that I will be able to see it again on the big screen. I hope Netflix releases it in Romania on the big screen... sometimes they do that. Probably if the movie has a good box office in the US. The traileres have been trending at #1 on youtube if that is indication of anything.

joylitt

Look I would like to have a way to see it, unlike What happened to Monday....

In (my) reality, I think AC should land higher on their list given the fact there are kid-focused films in the mix.  Low expectation films where each ticket sale is accompanied by an adult/chauffeur ticket sale.  Example being, if child ratings were considered, McDonalds would be rated the best resturant in the world.

Spearfish This is not what this list is about. The list is about user's traffic on the website's movie page. So the presence in the chart is in itself a recognition to the fans, not to the film. The movie pretty much flopped at the box office and its imdb score is on par with Alien 3. Also, the most "liked" comments from users (or fans) are negative.

I guess I was inferring that page traffic was parents checking if there was cussing and if it was age appropriate for [enter your own kid names].  Maybe I read this one wrong.

LMAO! AC hardly deserves to be at a top ten list over the best movies of the year, it was a disappointment. I accept that people enjoy different kinds (action, comedy, for example) but it is far from a top ten because if it is then it more like indicates what a shitty year it has been for movies and no I have not watched a lot of them this year.

I really could’nt care less about who wants to be vocal in expressing a like or dislike about AC.

@joylitt, thanks for sharing the list.

I would like to share with you all one of my more recent movie viewing niggles. This also has a lot to do with marketing and I think relates to where we see AC in the list provided.

A couple of months ago I was viewing some trailers on YouTube, and to my surprise I came across a trailer for John Wick 2. I really enjoyed the first movie, and was a bit pissed that I had not been aware that a second movie had been released. If I had known this I would have loved to have seen it on a big screen. In my search to find out more I went on IMDb’s site, thus adding my latent query to their data analytics.

My latent query was ultimately brought about through bad marketing of John Wick2 imo. You might be of the opinion that the John Wick ongoing saga with another movie on the horizon, is subject to something developing a cult status through latent viewing interest.

Now I am going to turn to AC, which I think suffered from poor marketing, and like myself looking for John Wick 2 and going on IMDb to find out more, how many others missed the boat when AC was released and have taken exactly the same route as myself to find out more about AC. I think it is fair to say that AC fell short in a variety of expectations for many who have seen it, but I will point the finger at marketing being at the root of poor turn out at movie houses.

 Cinema can have the popcorn filled explosion-fests, Im happy enough kicking back at home with a nice scotch watching some quality filming lol

Agree. The time, travel and crowds can ruin a solitary experience. As Sartre said, "Hell is other people".

Happy Holidays folks!!