With the 2017 movie season coming to a close, and with a fair amount of movies I haven’t reviewed, I thought I would give my final thoughts on how 2017 has been for movies. Being in mind that although I saw a fair amount of films this year, I had also missed quite a few of the more popular ones, so I’m only covering the ones that I had saw, listed below. For the most part, I saw each movie on this list at least twice, unless it didn’t get released on blu-ray yet. Along with each movie listed will be a two to three sentence general review.

Lego Batman Movie: This movie was much better than I had expected. I didn’t bother seeing it in theaters, but it ended up being a lot of fun with tons of easter eggs, DC references/jokes, and a decent story.

Get Out: I was rather underwhelmed by this movie. I didn’t see this one until about a week ago, but it was built up to be one of the best movies of the year. While I did enjoy it, and it had a fairly original plot and good characters, it was definitely way overhyped.

John Wick: Chapter 2: While I still prefer the first one, this one was a decent sequel. There was a good amount of cool action, and a story that is easy enough to get behind. The last act and the set up were some of the better parts of the film in my opinion.

Logan: Probably the best “superhero” film of the year. The reason for the quotes being that it doesn’t feel much like a superhero film, but rather a drama/old western/noir. I’m not a big fan of Wolverine, but I really liked this film.

Kong: Skull Island: This is where the movies started to become disappointing in my opinion. I wasn’t expecting much from this one, but the characters were way too underdeveloped, the story wasn’t that great, the only thing it had going for it was that there was a decent amount of Kong in the movie.

Beauty and the Beast: This movie was good, but nowhere near the Disney animated version. There is some good songs in here, the visuals were very impressive, but overall it wasn’t that great of a live action adaptation. The main low points being some of the singing, changes to the story, and changes to the characters.

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2: This is one of the few summer movies I was not disappointed by. After watching it a few more times, it isn’t as good as the first time, but there is still a ton of enjoyment to be had with this movie. One of Marvels better ones.

Alien: Covenant: This is a movie I was excited for, despite not liking Prometheus at all. While this is a step up, it was fairly boring and not the Alien movie I was hoping for. I hope the next one gets a bit closer to the feel of the older Alien movies.

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales: Continuing on a track of disappointing sequels, this was probably one of the most disappointing of the summer. I don’t have very high expectations for the Pirates films, I just want them to be fun and enjoyable, and I didn’t even completely get that. While it’s by no means terrible, it’s among one of my lowest rated Pirates movies.

Wonder Woman: This was one that had surprised me. With a track of Man of Steel, Batman v. Superman, and Suicide Squad, I was not that excited for this movie. But even after watching it a few times, it is a pretty good movie, not Logan standards, but still one of my favorite films of the year.

The Mummy: This was either my least favorite or second least favorite film of the year. It was slow, boring, didn’t know what to focus on, and does not have me very excited to see where Universals “Dark Universe” is going in the future.

Cars 3: This was a good step up from Cars 2. The story in this movie is what drives it to be one of the better movies of the year. With no real expectations for this movie, and even after seeing it a second time, it surprised me in a good way for a Cars movie.

47 meters down: A fairly good survival/horror movie but has its downsides. I did enjoy seeing this, but after the second time, it’s not as enticing. The Shallows was better.

Transformers: The Last Knight: I’ll go ahead and say this was the worst Transformers movie in the series, and I think that’s saying something. I can’t even get into all that was wrong with this movie. If you’re curious see my full review on this site.

Spider-Man: Homecoming: After a fair amount of bad movies, it was a relief to see this one. This is probably one of my favorite Spider-Man movies to date. While it’s not perfect, it is very enjoyable and a great addition to the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

War for the Planet of the Apes: After “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes” I was very excited to see this movie, but like most sequels this summer, it was a disappointment. It was very underwhelming in terms of story and did not live up to the last two. Although there were some good easter eggs and references, it was my least favorite in the series.

Annabelle: Creation: I didn’t bother seeing this one in theaters because I head the first Annabelle was terrible, but this one did get a better response. This movie was a very good horror movie. Where it lacked it story it made up for in suspense and creepy imagery. This was a good addition to the Conjuring universe.

IT: I got to see this movie the day it came out before all the super hype hit it. While with was probably the best horror movie of the year, in my opinion, it is way over hyped. This is a great movie, with great characters, and is a great adaptation of the story, but don’t go into thinking it’s the greatest horror movie ever made.

Kingsman: The Golden Circle: This movie was not bad, but it did have some elements that dragged it down. There is some cool action and a lot of fun scenes in this movie, but the plot and villain motivation was kind of awful. Not as good as the first one, but still a fun time.

My Little Pony: The Movie: This was not that bad of a movie. The main thing I will say is that it is a movie made for fans of the show, not the average moviegoer. So if you watch and like the show (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic), you will enjoy this much more for what it is, despite some story flaws. The visual 2D animation is also very good.

Thor: Ragnarok: This one was among my favorite movies of the year. This was probably the best Marvel Cinematic Universe film of the year. It was fun, funny, had a ton of good fighting scenes and a great villain. This is definitely in my top three movies of the year.

Justice League: I am not sure why this movie is getting so much negative criticism. Was it perfect, no, but it wasn’t bad. While this movie did not meet my expectation for the first live-action version of the Justice League, it was still pretty good. I left the movie entertained and with not too many gripes.

Star Wars: Episode VIII: The Last Jedi: I think this is the only movie I saw in theaters twice. This was also one of my favorite movies of the year. This was a great addition to the Star Wars franchise. While it seems to be getting a lot of criticisms, I thought it was great. Again, not perfect, but had plenty of twists and went in directions that I did not expect, which in most cases was a good thing.

In summery, the 2017 movie season started out decent, had a fair amount of disappointments, but ended on a fairly strong note. I would say that of the movies I was, I was disappointed more than I saw a good movie. There was a fair amount of good movie this year, and plenty I haven’t seen, but overall, a decent year. Not good, not bad.

P.S.

Movies I had planned to see, but didn’t:

Power Rangers

Ghost in the Shell

Fate of the Furious

Baby Driver

Dunkirk

Jigsaw

Murder on the Orient Express