Every year, we come across films that completely surprise us — either because they were worse than expected or (rarely) because they we...
Every year, we come across films that completely surprise us — either because they were worse than expected or (rarely) because they were better than expected. Obviously, based on the director or the actors attached, our mind sub-consciously attaches a certain level of expectations with the film. So, for instance, ‘Dunkirk’ is a film that met our very high expectations. The same is true for ‘The Shape of Water’. While, a film like ‘The Book of Henry’ turned out to be much worse than expected. This article is about the films that was way better than expected. Here’s the list of 10 surprisingly good movies of 2017.
Note: The order is not related to the rankings.
Beauty and the Beast” creates an air of enchantment from its first moments, one that lingers and builds and takes on qualities of warmth and generosity as it goes along. It’s a beautiful movie, both in look and spirit, one of the joys of 2017.A live-action version of the 1991 Disney animation, it places at its center Emma Watson as Belle, who gets one of the finest introductions a movie could devise. She walks through an idyllic yet workaday French farming town, circa 1700, reading a book, a young woman of intellectual aspiration, and hence a
local rarity. In this world, she stands out and yet blends in, perfectly at home and yet comfortable being apart. Watson lends Belle an ease of self too natural to be called self-assurance. It’s more like contented being.
2. Atomic Blonde
Set in the late ’80s, Atomic Blonde opens with iconic footage of President Ronald Reagan calling for the demolition of the Berlin Wall. The opening title cards briefly explain the wall and the era’s political turmoil before informing us, via punk-ish graffiti sprayed across the screen, “This is not that story.”
In one of the most striking cinematic introductions in recent memory, we meet Theron’s Lorraine Broughton, covered in bruises and soaking in an ice bath. She sits on the edge of the tub and plunks ice cubes from her bath into a glass, filling it with Stoli and gulping it down without the slightest wince. If you’ve been waiting for a female 007, she’s here — and she might be even cooler than Bond with all his ridiculous gadgets.
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