The Best (And Worst) of 2018!
The Best of 2018 isn’t necessarily about the most widely popular movies, television shows, and games, but the ones that left a lasting impression on us as a memorable marker of the past year. There can’t be a best if you don’t have a worst so we included a few of those as well.
Best Movie:
Ballad of Buster Scruggs
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The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs is a breath of fresh creative filmmaking that the Coen’s have become famous for. Every story has its own tempo and theme. The Coens do a wonderful job in making the audience connect with their characters even when dialogue is practically nonexistent. The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs is one of 2018’s best films and one that will go on to be a classic.
Mary Poppins Returns
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Worst:
Venom
Going into Venom with no expectations wasn’t enough to soften the blow as to what a terrible “anti-hero” movie Venom was. The Venom character himself was done really well, which did raise my hopes slightly, but after the special effects gleam wore off all I was left with was bad acting and a terrible storyline. I wanted to like Venom but it was lacking and forced. The violence left too much implied and felt cheap, the action and story would have felt more complete if it had been shown. Venom should have taken a page from Deadpool and done away with it’s PG-13 goals and gone for the Hard R. Hopefully the next time Venom is redone, the lesson would have been taken to heart.
Best Television Show:
The Haunting of Hill House (Netflix)
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Worst:
When it comes to cooking shows I thought it was pretty hard to get it wrong. Show people cooking unique and awesome meals, or in some cases failing to make a meal, have a charming host, show the food, repeat. Cooking on High somehow manages to have all of the elements of a cooking show, but yet, manages not to show any of it. Cooking on High is so big on the conversation between the host, judges, and cooks it could be a podcast it fails so hard at being a cooking show.
Best Video Game
Red Dead Redemption 2
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The acting, modelling, storyline, gameplay, it was all solid. The soundtrack to Red Dead Redemption is one of the best video games of all time and is only getting better with the online mode and future announcements of Downloadable content.
Spider-Man
With big titles like Call of Duty and Red Dead Redemption on the heels of its release, Insomniac games had its work cut out for it in tackling a genre that has notoriously been harsh: the video game based on popular established character or movie franchise genre. The last thing the people wanted was another Superman game. Spiderman gladly delivers a fun highly re-playable action adventure where the player really feels like they are the web-slinger themselves. With Spiderman Into the Spiderverse being a surprise cinematic hit, the video game is said to have several easter eggs and future DLC coming.
Worst:
Fallout 76
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Authored by: Patrick Henry
Produced: B. Caceres