Toronto Raptors forward Patrick Patterson loves movies. And considering this year gave us a new Star Wars, 007, Jurassic World, the final Hunger Games and plenty more, he has one way of summing up 2015 at the movies: “It was a good year. There were a lot of great movies.”

TheToronto Sunsat down with Patterson before Tuesday night’s game against the Dallas Mavericks to find out what his favourite film of 2015 was, why he wasn’t down with Jurassic World and what surprises he had planned for the premiere of the new Star Wars.

Patrick, we know you watch more movies than any of the other players in the NBA. What was the year’s best?

My favourite movie of 2015 was Sicario. I was a big fan of that film. I love Benicio del Toro in that movie. Him as a hitman just blew my mind. His acting in that film and that scene where he finally gets to where he needs to get to and he’s at the dinner table with the guy and his family, my jaw dropped at the end of that scene. I couldn’t believe what I just saw, so Sicario was a phenomenal movie. I also loved The Martian, with Matt Damon, and the Avengers – the Avengers was a great movie. Black Mass was another one that I enjoyed.

But if I had to pick one, it’s Sicario.

What movie surprised you the most this year?

It’s one that hasn’t been talked about at all. I really liked Man Down with Shia LaBeouf… My mind was everywhere during that movie… I thought Shia did a great job.

The number one movie at the box office this year was Jurassic World, what did you think of it?

I was so disappointed… the graphics were great and the kids did a great job. But they created the “ultimate dinosaur”, yet the dinosaur was taken down by the T-Rex and whatever that water dinosaur was. I couldn’t believe that. This “ultimate dinosaur” was supposed to be the perfect dinosaur in every single way; it’s smarter than everyone, it’s vicious, and then at the end of the movie it gets taken down by those other two? I was like, ‘C’mon.’

It was a letdown.

Furious 7 surprised a lot of people. It was the fourth biggest movie of the year. What did you think of that one?

Those movies – they’re powerhouses with all the actors. It was a great movie. The action was unreal, but there are parts that lose me – take Fast 6 for example – the airplane scene at the end, like what runway lasts 30 minutes for a plane to take off? That was so unrealistic. And then, in Furious 7, they jump out of a plane with cars and parachutes and somehow manoeuvre the cars to land perfectly on this small road on a mountain. How they’d be able to do this in real life? I don’t know. Little things like that made me want to turn away from it, but overall the action was great. I enjoyed it.

Hunger Games came to an end with Mockingjay – Part 2. Did you like the resolution?

I just recently saw that. I’m not big on Hunger Games. I’m not big on Twilight, Harry Potter… none of that stuff. I’m thinking: how is a girl with a bow and arrow is going to take out all these people? How does she not run out of arrows? She can carry around nine arrows, if that, and how does she not run out of arrows? Katniss Everdeen should have been dead a long time ago.

The most anticipated film of the year is Star Wars. Was the Force strong with Patrick Patterson?

I have not seen it yet. I had a plan to go to the premiere in a Kylo Ren costume. Unfortunately our (Raptors) schedule interfered with all the premieres – here in Toronto and in New York and L.A. So I couldn’t do what I wanted to do. I wanted to wear a Kylo Ren costume, put a Go-Pro camera on, not talk, not say anything, until afterwards. At the end, I’d take off my mask and walk around and engage with people. But we had basketball games and we were travelling on the road and I couldn’t go to the premiere. I'm going to see it this week.

What do you think some of the Oscar contenders will be?

I think the Martian is going to be up there. I’m hoping Sicario gets some nominations. I loved Idris Elba in Beasts of No Nation. But I’m hoping Sicario really comes out and surprises some people.

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