2017: Boon Awards

No. I didn't see all the films. So here's a list of the contenders:

Monster Trucks (Can you believe I've seen this twice?)
The Lego Batman Movie
Beauty and the Beast
Power Rangers
Boss Baby (to be fair, I didn't see all of it)
The Circle (okay, I only saw 10 minutes of the middle)
Guardians of the Galaxy 2
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Wonder Woman
Cars 3
Despicable Me 3
Spider-Man: Homecoming
The Emoji Movie
Thor: Ragnarok
Murder on the Orient Express
Coco
Star Wars: The Last Jedi

So, let me get rid of some of these so-called "contenders" right now.

Monster Trucks
The Lego Batman Movie
Beauty and the Beast
Power Rangers
Boss Baby
The Circle
Guardians of the Galaxy 2
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Wonder Woman
Cars 3
Despicable Me 3
Spider-Man: Homecoming
The Emoji Movie
Thor: Ragnarok
Murder on the Orient Express
Coco
Star Wars: The Last Jedi

And, just like that, we're left with 11 pretty darn good movies. Good job, 2017.

So, the Boon Awards. Here we go.
THE AWARD FOR BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
The nominees are
Lego Batman
Cars 3
Coco

And the winner is... LEGO BATMAN! Cars 3 wasn't REALLY in the running, and Coco was good, but was it Lego Batman good? Alas, nope.

BEST SUPER HERO MOVIE
The nominees are
Lego Batman
Guardians 2
Wonder Woman
Spider-Man
Thor

And the winner is... GUARDIANS
That's a tough category. Sorry. I loved all the nominees. Like, I LOVED them. But these are the Boon Awards not the "Elite Film Awards of Correctness."

BEST MOVIE OF 2017
The contenders would have to be
Guardians OTG2
Star Wars: TLJ
Murder on the OE
Wonder W

And, wow. I'm sorry. I think I'm gonna have to go with Murder on the Polar Orient Express. If we take into account ALL elements of film, and if we prize a film's aesthetics, and mind-blowing abilities, and if we care at all about outstanding and superb acting, and writing, I think we have to award this movie for it's excellence. Oh wow that's a self-serving load of BS. I liked the movie, okay? Okay. Good. Let's move on.

What are you looking forward to seeing in 2018? Me? I can hardly wait to see me some Crimes of Grindelwald! Anyone else dying over Dumbledore's corduroy coat? What was it Kingsley said? "You may not like him, Minister, but you can't deny... Dumbledore has got style."