Normally when we decide whether a movie is “good” we use arbitrary qualifications like “does it say anything meaningful” or “does it make sense.” But I’m not into that. I’m into whether a movie makes me feel things in my gut. I’m into experiences. I’m into having a great time. I’m into guilty pleasures and trash. And these are the best of 2017.
20. “The Mummy” — This is the strange case of a movie that feels as though it was shot as a comedy but then during editing it was reworked as a straight dramatic flick. “The Mummy” gives off its own unique version of a so-bad-it’s-good vibe as a result.