2018 was an amazing year; full of ups and downs, surprises, "told ya so's," "OH MY GOD's," "AWWW YISS's" and "What the he**'s?" After reading President Obama's "best of 2018" list, I decided that it would be fun to write out one of my own. DISCLAIMER: This list is based on films, music, and literature that I have watched, listened to, and read, so it is definitely opinion based! I'd love to hear your feedback! Do you agree or disagree? Let's get a conversation started y'all! Here's to 2018 and all that it brought us! Sending love and prayers for a wonderful 2019! God bless you all!
THE BEST AND WORST OF 2018 IN FILM/TV, LITERATURE, AND MUSIC:
BEST FILMS
2018 was a year filled with absolutely STUNNING movies! These films create movements, showed raw emotional acting, cinematic prowess, stunning visuals, and just plain good directing. My personal top 5 are 1. Black Panther, 2. Ready Player One, 3. Avengers: Infinity War, 4. Sicario: Day of the Soledad, and 5. A Quiet Place. See my full list below!
Black Panther
Avengers Infinity War
Ready Player One
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Deadpool 2
Mission Impossible: Fallout
Equalizer 2
Sicario: Day of the Soledad
A Quiet Place
Foreigner
Fantastic Beasts 2: The Crimes of Grindelwald
Birth of A Nation
Detroit
WORST FILMS
What can I say? These films were just...bad. Superfly...just...no. I don't have words to describe how bad this movie was. Venom could have been an AWESOME movie! However, for some reason, the director decided to pull a "Thor: Ragnarok" and make Venom a comedy. Stan Lee is writhing with frustration right now. We desperately need Christopher Nolan to redeem the Venom franchise. Sorry to Bother You...all I can say is "WHAT JUST HAPPENED?!?"
Venom
Superfly
Sorry to Bother You
STILL HAVE TO WATCH:
2018's almost over, but I'm definitely going to catch up and check out these films in the new year!
Creed II
Bohemian Rhapsody
The Hate U Give
Halloween
Red Sparrow
Crazy Rich Asians
Christopher Robin
First Man
BlacKKKlansman
Green Book
A Star Is Born
BEST SERIES:
Netflix? Hulu? Amazon Prime? Whatever. Just TV and chill...
Ozark (Netflix)Jack Ryan (Amazon Prime)Altered Carbon (Netflix)Game of Thrones (don't judge me, I'm a late bloomer...but it's AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!)
MUSIC
BEST SONGS:
“Smile (Living My Best Life)”-Snoop Dog and Lil Duval
“Lucid Dreams”- Juice WRLD
“Sicko Mode”-Travis Scott and Drake
“Don’t Matter To Me”-Drake and Michael Jackson
“In My Feelings”-Drake
“Ring”-Cardi B and Kehlani
“I Like It”-Cardi B
“Motorsport”-Migos, Cardi B, and Nicki Minaj
“God is a Woman”-Arianna Grande“Thank U, Next”-Arianna Grande
“Taste”-Tyga
"No Limit"-G-Eazy
"All The Stars"-Kendrick Lamar & SZA
"Rockstar"-Post Malone
WORST SONGS (but they’re so doggone catchy!)
“Mo Bamba”-Shek Wes
“Never Be The Same”-Camilla Cabello
"Jackie Chan"-Tiësto & Dzeko (feat. Preme & Post Malone)
"Leave Me Alone"-Flipp Dinero
BEST ALBUMS:
DAMN-Kendrick Lamar (PULITZER PRIZE WINNER!!!!;!! I still think that “To Pimp A Butterfly” Should have won over DAMN, but I’ll take what I can get!)
Invasion of Privacy-Cardi B
Scorpion-Drake
PTX: Top Pop, Vol I-Pentatonix
beerbongs & bentleys-Post Malone
Astroworld-Travis Scott
Culture II-Migos
BEST SOUNDTRACKS:
Black Panther The Album Music From And Inspired By-Kendrick Lamar
Black Panther (Original Score)-Ludwig Göransson
Avengers: Infinity War-Alan Silvestri
Fantastic Beasts 2: The Crimes of Grindewald-James Newton Howard
BREAKOUT ARTISTS OF 2018:
Khalid
Ella Mai
Juice WRLD
Halsey
SZA
BEST COMEBACK ARTISTS OF 2018:
Jennifer Lopez-"Dinero" (geat DJ Khaled & Cardi B)
Mariah Carey-"The Distance" (feat Ty Dolla $ign)
Michael Jackson-"Don't Matter To Me" (Drake & Michael Jackson)
LITERATURE
BEST BOOKS (that I’ve read in 2018, not necessarily published in 2018)
The Shining-Stephen King
Disintegration: The Splintering of Black America-Eugene Robinson
The Hate U Give-Angie THomas
Milk and Honey-Rupi Kaur
The Sun and Her Flowers-Rupi Kaur
BOOKS TO READ:
Becoming-Michelle Obama
IT-Stephen King