{"id":27560,"date":"2020-01-10T21:15:24","date_gmt":"2020-01-11T02:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/?p=27560"},"modified":"2020-01-11T10:16:09","modified_gmt":"2020-01-11T15:16:09","slug":"top-twenty-films-of-2019-part-2-20-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/entertainment\/2020\/01\/10\/top-twenty-films-of-2019-part-2-20-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Twenty Films of 2019: Part 2, 20-11"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph\">In a year that birthed arguably some of the most anticipated finales to some of the longest running series in film history, both in terms of the amount of films in a series (Avengers: Endgame) and years since the series&#8217; first installment (Toy Story 4, whose first film released in 1995) 2019 was a year crammed pack full of great films.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So, with that in mind, here is the second installment in a list that has already included a plethora of films that were amazing, despite not being among the top 20 of the year&#8217;s releases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Related Articles<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/entertainment\/films\/2020\/01\/07\/top-twenty-films-of-2019-part-1-honorable-mentions-and-missed-films\/\">Top Twenty Films of 2019: Part 1, Honorable Mentions and Missed Films<\/a><br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/world\/2019\/11\/13\/jojo-rabbit-finds-empathy-in-hate\/\">Jojo Rabbit Finds Empathy in Hate<br><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/entertainment\/2019\/07\/19\/countdown-to-halloween-the-horror-of-breakups\/\">Countdown to Halloween: The Horror of Breakups<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\t<strong>20. Spider-Man: Far From Home<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/P-mT2D6iM5k?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><figcaption>(Source: YouTube\/Movieclips)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph\">\tAlthough not as gargantuan a triumph as the previous Marvel film released this past summer, \u201cSpider-Man: Far From Home\u201d still manages to be one of the more enjoyable films of the summer; one that I ended up seeing twice, due to fellow co-workers wanting to see it after I\u2019d already seen it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the fact that I didn\u2019t rebuff the opportunity to see the film a second time, and it being placed on a top twenty list of one of the better years for film in recent memory, stands, I think, to show just how enjoyable it is. Like most of the best films in the MCU cannon, it focuses heavily on the characters and their troubles, rather than the big spectacular set-pieces, albeit those are quite great, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\t<strong>19. Doctor Sleep<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BOzFZxB-8cw?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;start=11&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><figcaption>(Source: YouTube:Warner Bros.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Making a sequel to arguably one of the most popular horror films\/books some nearly forty years later seems like it\u2019d be destined to fail. For some, it probably did, because that\u2019s how expectations work. Don\u2019t believe me, go ask Star Wars fans. But for me, \u201cDoctor Sleep\u201d felt like a surprising, albeit unnecessary sequel that satisfied my expectations, for the most part.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\tI\u2019ll hand most of the credit for that to Mike Flanngan, the film\u2019s director, who\u2019s had a career of re-inventing both Stephen King\u2019s work, as well as other famous horror writers. For fans of Stephen King\u2019s work, I feel Flannagan is arguably the best choice for all of his future film adaptations though, as he gets the one thing that most people forget about King&#8230;he\u2019s a little sentimental and he genuinely cares about his characters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\t<strong>18. Joker<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uFnt_58FAUQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><figcaption>(Source: YouTube\/IGN)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\tUpon seeing \u201cJoker,\u201d a movie that puzzled me from the very start of its inception, I found that I wasn\u2019t sure how to feel about it once it was all said and done. It seemed like such a weird idea, making a solo film about an oversaturated comic book villain, helmed by the director of \u201cThe Hangover\u201d and \u201cOld School.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\tThen, seeing it, this \u201cTaxi Driver\u201d meets \u201cKing of Comedy\u201d film that appeared to be nothing like it in its respective genre, it was shocking. Which in itself is a bit shocking, seeing that it was intended to be taken serious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pile on top of that the uncomfortable things it had to say about mental illness and violence in our times, it just doesn\u2019t seem like the type of movie a company as large as Warner Bros. would release in this day and age.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\tAt the time of its release, a lot of people thought it was irresponsible. I thought that perhaps it was, upon seeing it. But perhaps it was so affecting because it felt uncomfortable and because this was a major brand releasing a film about their character with all of the freewheeling danger of the height of \u201870s film-making. Millions of people were going to see it, perhaps millions of people needed to be shocked?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\t<strong>17. It: Chapter Two<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xhJ5P7Up3jA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><figcaption>(Source: YouTube\/Warner Bros. Pictures)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\tWhen the first film was released it blew up, either surprisingly or unsurprisingly, depending on how you look at it. It also garnered some critical acclaim, which it partly deserved, and partly didn\u2019t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first film felt fast and tight, a little too tight; the scares coming in early, one after another, with as much originality as a bad TV show. But what stuck were the characters and the story, originally penned by horror staple Stephen King, obviously, the film kept close to the original story&#8230;as much as could be done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\tThat being said, despite mixed reviews and less-than stellar reception, I think that It: Chapter 2 is both more stylistically close to King\u2019s coke-fueled horror pantheon behemoth of a book and more narratively close. A lot of people forget just how off the rails King\u2019s 80s fare was, and It: Chapter 2 seems to get that FAR MORE than its predecessor. And for that, it gains more of my respect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\t<strong>16. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ELeMaP8EPAA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><figcaption>(Source: YouTube\/Sony Pictures Entertainment)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\tI have a love and hate relationship with Quentin Tarantino. He\u2019s endlessly talented and has an encyclopedic knowledge of film and film technique that only the truly great directors have, and he\u2019s often a clever, albeit limited writer. That being said, he is totally aware of his talent and never passes an opportunity to wave it in your face. Add to that the fact that he writes movies that seem aimed at 15-year-old boys who don\u2019t give a damn about any of that and he\u2019s more than a little frustrating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\t\u201cOnce Upon a Time in Hollywood\u201d is much the same. It\u2019s brilliant and filled with kinetic energy but it kinda comes apart once the bang-bang enters into the picture. That being said, as a film buff, and with how much of this film reeks of Paul Thomas Anderson\u2019s early \u201cvalley era films\u201d and considering that I find true crime to be infinitely interesting, I had to put this film up there among the best of the year, despite its Tarantino-esque faults.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\t<strong>15. The Farewell<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RofpAjqwMa8?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><figcaption>(Source: YouTube\/A24)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\tMy only knowledge of Awkwafina, prior to seeing this film was my slight aversion to her name; I just don\u2019t understand why you would take up a moniker that\u2019s also a brand of water, with some letters changed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\tThat being said, I was super excited about the movie, which takes its plot from a difference between two cultures and the way they process grief in the form of&nbsp; Awkwafina\u2019s character\u2019s childhood in China, versus her adolescence in the U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\t\u201cFarewell\u201d is funny by way of mining grief, and it\u2019s sad by way of mining joy. It gets that in order to make an audience cry you must first make an audience genuinely care and want to spend time around the characters on the screen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\t<strong>14. The Peanut Butter Falcon<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HQjDyxqKDbw?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><figcaption>(Source: YouTube\/MovieMnemo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\tFeaturing one of Bruce Dern\u2019s last performances, and a stellar performance by Shia Labeouf, who\u2019s had himself of heck of a year (more on that later), \u201cThe Peanut Butter Falcon\u201d could\u2019ve turned into the schlocky stuff of the Hallmark channel\u2019s shallow, \u201cdisability porn.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Instead, the film fuses honesty with a true underdog spirit to form something that doesn\u2019t just make you bawl, it earns your tears in ways that \u201cfeel-good\u201d stories like this rarely do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\t\u201cThe Peanut Butter Falcon\u201d is about a man named Zak, played brilliantly by Zack Gottsagen, who has down-syndrome and who wants more than anything to be a wrestler, like his hero \u201cThe Salt Water Redneck,\u201d played by Thomas Haden Church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the end, the thing that separates this film from other movies of its kind is that it treats everybody like real people with hopes and dreams and not as tokens for inspiration. It\u2019s a film about people NOT anecdotes to make us feel better and \u201cinspire us\u201d in spite of their disabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\t<strong>13. Honey Boy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RG9a4xO0Inc?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><figcaption>(Source: YouTube\/Amazon Studios)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\tYears ago, when I first heard about \u201cHoney Boy\u2019s\u201d production; a movie in which Shia LaBeouf plays his own father, as it was described to me by my roommate; I thought, with a laugh, well, that sounds about right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\tLaBeouf has had a career filled with near-brilliance and unfortunate, mind-boggling mis-steps, and \u201cHoney Boy\u201d seemed like the inevitable path for an actor who became the next big film star, only to throw it all away by losing his collective sanity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\tHaving seen \u201cHoney Boy,\u201d which is an often uncompromising, at times painfully embarrassing look at LaBeouf\u2019s life, I can see now why I was initially wrong about my earlier assumptions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s an uncompromising look at pain and mental illness and the battle back from that; who can say that\u2019s not something worth having printed to celluloid (even though nothing is on celluloid anymore)?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\t<strong>12. The Lighthouse<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Hyag7lR8CPA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><figcaption>(Source: YouTube\/A24)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\tI remember walking out of a showing of \u201cThe Witch,\u201d standing in a parking lot with friends, before we all went our separate ways, being really, really frustrated that my friends kept saying things like, \u201cit wasn\u2019t even scary,\u201d despite \u201cThe Witch,\u201d Robert Eggers\u2019 debut film, being filled from start to finish with the kind of dred that rarely makes its way into horror films these days&#8230;that is until the most recent wave of indie horror.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\t\u201cThe Lighthouse,\u201d Eggars\u2019 second film, is much the same. Except, weirdly enough, it is also incredibly funny. Normally I despise when people laugh at horror films, especially in theaters, because they\u2019re reacting to tension with laughter because it feels unfamiliar, or occasionally is genuinely laughable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\tThat being said, \u201cThe Lighthouse\u201d is genuinely, incredibly funny at parts. Watching it is like finally reading a classic novel, like \u201cMoby Dick,\u201d only to find out that it is REALLY weird and REALLY funny, despite your preconceived notions that it was this self-serious, important entity to rest on a shelf, never read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\tI would go into further detail, but part of the film\u2019s fun is unraveling the Lynchian labyrinth that\u2019s waiting there in the rarely used 4:3 aspect ratio format, formally known as academy standard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\t<strong>11. Booksmart<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ncoeHX_zUSo?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><figcaption>(Source: YouTube\/Annapurna Pictures)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\tOn initially seeing \u201cBooksmart\u201d it became one of my top three favorite films of the year. It was just so utterly exuberant and filled with an energy that hasn\u2019t reared its head in comedy films for awhile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Upon some reflection, its ranking fell a bit. Not because I realized it wasn\u2019t as good as I initially thought, quite the contrary. In fact, having watched it a second time, months later, I realized again why it was so utterly enjoyable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\t\u201cBooksmart\u201d is hilarious, and filled with honest, affecting performances, and maybe more than anything, it\u2019s filled with a certain filmic energy that hasn\u2019t even been attempted, at least not to this level, in a long, long while.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> It\u2019s like a more exuberant \u201cSuperbad.\u201d Though, to be fair, to compare it to another comedy movie would do it a disservice. 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