Every January since 2010, Reel Speak compiles lists of the Best and Worst Films of the year that had just wrapped up. This time it’s different, as the year that was 2020 wound up being the worst year in film of all time. The mishandled pandemic shuttered our beloved movie theatres, with some never to return…sending many anticipated films either to home streaming or to a future date in 2021. Despite very few films to see or review, there was still some happenings worth looking back on.
This Blogger saw a grand total of six (6) films in the theatre in 2020. The best of the little bunch was Pixar’s ONWARD, with the horror thriller THE INVISIBLE MAN an easy second. Aaron Sorkin’s historical drama THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7 was also excellent.
The worst part of 2020 wasn’t only disappointing because there were no movies to see, but also because the big-name films we did get fell woefully short of our expectations. Christopher Nolan’s TENET was a boring convoluted mess, while David Fincher’s MANK went off the rails one too many times. And of course, we never can finish a year without another disaster from DC Comics…and this time we had Patty Jenkins’ WONDER WOMAN 1984 taking the honor of the worst film of the year.
And 2020 couldn’t go out the door without taking some of our beloved actors, actresses, and filmmakers with it. The most impactful parting was Chadwick Boseman, whose role in Marvel’s BLACK PANTHER had made such a cultural impact that the news of his passing stopped the world cold.
Other notable departures included Sean Connery, Kirk Douglas, Ian Holm, Max von Sydow, Kenny Rogers, Jerry Stiller, Fred Willard, Joel Schumacher, Carl Reiner, Kelly Preston, John Saxon, Wilford Brimley, Ben Cross, Michael Lonsdale, Bryan Dennehy, Irrfan Khan, James Lipton, and STAR WARS alums David Prowse and Jeremy Bulloch.
2020 had more downs than ups and an absence of normalcy, but that absence should help us appreciate it more when it does return. It was a long intermission, but the curtain will rise again. The best is yet to come.
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