Awards season is about to start its big push. We still have Steven Spielberg’s historical drama, The Post, and Paul Thomas Anderson’s Phantom Thread – which just so happens to be Daniel Day-Lewis’s last movie as well – on the horizon. But there’s been plenty to enjoy so far in 2017, a year of big movies and small movies and some tremendous movie moments in both. You may have forgotten about some of these – stuff moves pretty fast these days – so this Turkey Day, here’s 12 movie moments to be thankful for in 2017…
8The Reveal in SPLIT
M. Night Shyamalan’s slow-burning comeback reached a fever pitch this past January, when Split absolutely demolished the box office and won over critics en masse. James McAvoy is next level Raising Cain Lithgow here as Kevin, a man with dozens of personalities battling it out inside his brain. As it turns out one of those personalities, The Beast, has superior strength, speed, and agility. But that’s not the big reveal.
Shyamalan sneaked a super-villain origin story in his horror movie, as it’s revealed this is in the same Philadelphia universe as David Dunn (Bruce Willis), the hero of Shyamalan’s Unbreakable. Now, a sequel to Split called Glass will unite both McAvoy, Willis, and Samuel L. Jackson, back as Mr. Glass. It was a get out of your chair fist-pump moment for Unbreakable fans, like yours truly.
