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Old 01-04-14, 01:33 PM
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Re: Your Official Top Ten of 2013

Originally Posted by Hokeyboy
Top 10 NON-2013 Movies I Saw For The First Time in 2013

1. Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
2. Cloud Atlas (2012)
3. The Court Jester (1956)
4. 3:10 To Yuma (1957)
5. Melody Time (1948)
6. Dredd (2012)
7. Colossus: The Corbin Project (1970)
8. Wild At Heart (1990)
9. Argo (2012)
10. Seconds (1966)
Oooo-weee! Lemme join on that too! (Thanks to my Letterboxd)

1. A Separation (2011)
2. Los Olvidados (1950)
3. Penny Serenade (1941)
4. Maria Full of Grace (2004)
5. Virgins of the Seven Seas (1974) (My #1 winner of DVDTALK's cult challenge)
6. Summer with Monika (1953) (My #1 winner of DVDTALK's criterion challenge)
7. The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)
8. In The Bedroom (2001)
9. Dogfight (1991)
10. The Tall Target (1951) (Never knew a movie involving Abraham Lincoln could be so damn thrilling!)
Old 01-04-14, 02:01 PM
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1 Gravity
2 Pacific Rim
3 American Hustle
4 Star Trek Into Darkness
5 This is the End
6 The Conjuring
7 Metallica Through the Never
8 The Iceman
9 Man of Steel
10 Thor: The Dark World
Old 01-04-14, 02:28 PM
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Re: Your Official Top Ten of 2013

I used to see multiple movies almost every weekend. 2013 marks the first year where I did not step into a theater. #marriagesuckssometimes
Old 01-04-14, 03:43 PM
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Re: Your Official Top Ten of 2013

1. Blue Jasmine
2. Lords of Salem
3. Gravity
4. Inside Llewyn Davis
5. Upstream Color
6. Spring Breakers
7. The Act of Killing
8. The World's End
9. Enough Said
10. Dallas Buyers Club

Honorables: Mud; American Hustle; Only God Forgives; This is the End
Old 01-04-14, 03:59 PM
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Re: Your Official Top Ten of 2013

I just plain don't get out to the movies, anymore.

I only saw seven films in the theater (haven't made any rentals, yet) so here's how I rank them:
1. Gravity | Engrossed at every single moment.
2. Star Trek Into Darkness* | I thought this was loads of fun.
3. G.I. Joe: Retaliation* | Not an excellent movie, but I'm a big G.I. Joe fan and it's better than the first one.
4. The Great Gatsby | Some great acting. That scene of everyone confronting each other in the city was superb.
5. Iron Man 3 | Good, not great. Ending seemed forced, given that I doubt he's truly hanging up the armor.
6. Pacific Rim* | Fights? Awesome. Concepts? Excellent. Script? Not so much.
7. World War Z | I swear I didn't see a single person get bit, just overtaken.
8. Despicable Me 2 | Our 2-year-old loved this at the drive-in!

* Good enough that we bought it on blu-ray.

I'm sure there are a lot of movies I've never even heard of (Mud, Her, etc.) but of what I heard about and interests me, I still haven't seen:
Monsters University
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Ender's Game
Don Jon
Thor: The Dark World
V/H/S 2
Nebraska
This Is the End
Blue Is the Warmest Color
American Hustle
Only God Forgives
Captain Phillips
12 Years a Slave
Dallas Buyers Club
Pacific Rim A (watched 01.04.2014)
Kick-Ass 2
Evil Dead remake
Machete Kills
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
The Wolverine
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
The World's End
The Wolves of Wall Street
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
The Bling Ring
The Butler

Work. School. Kid. Pregnancy. Budget. Looks like I'll have to make Redbox our best friend in 2014.

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Old 01-04-14, 04:17 PM
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Re: Your Official Top Ten of 2013

Still have quite a bit I haven't seen (my local theater kind of sucks at times) but from what I've seen.

(No particular order other than alphabetized)

12 Years a Slave
The Escape Plan
Man of Steel
Mud
Only God Forgives
Out of the Furnace
Prisoners
Sound City
The Wolf of Wall Street
The Wolverine

Honorable Mentions:
The Conjuring
Don Jon (good but far from perfect, my opinion could change on it with future viewings though)
This is the End
Thor: The Dark World

Biggest Disappointments:

Pacific Rim (it was cool to watch but the story left a lot to be desired)
Star Trek: Into Darkness

Some I Still Want to See:
American Hustle
Dallas Buyer's Club
Her
Inside Llewyn Davis
Nebraska

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Re: Your Official Top Ten of 2013

In fairness I was surprised at how few of these I"ve seen. In no particular order:

Star Trek ID
2 Guns
Monster University
Olympus Has Fallen
The Heat
We're the Millers
Thor
this Is The End
The World Is Ending
Iron Man 3
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Haven't been able to see everything yet, but my top 2 are easily

1. The Wolf of Wall Street
2. Captain Phillips

I also enjoyed Anchorman 2, Man of Steel, World War Z, Star Trek: Into Darkness, Prisoners, The Wolverine, Side Effects.

Disappointed with American Hustle and Gravity.
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Re: Your Official Top Ten of 2013

1. Gravity
2. Mud
3. The Wolf of Wall Street
4. Her
5. Dallas Buyers Club
6. Nebraska
7. American Hustle
8. 12 Years A Slave
9. Inside Llewyn Davis
10. Prisoners

Honorable Mentions to: Captain Phillips, The Place Beyond The Pines, Stoker, and Lone Survivor.

Spring Breakers takes my "worst of 2013" award.

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Old 01-10-14, 06:12 PM
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so far... (i still need to see 'Her', 'Berberian Sound Studio', 'Inside Llewyn Davis', 'Philomena', and 'Nebraska' before i finalize my list)

1. Short Term 12
2. Mud
3. Gravity
4. Before Midnight
5. American Hustle
6. The Wolf of Wall Street
7. 12 Years A Slave
8. The Way Way Back
9. A Band Called Death
10. The Past (Le Passe)

honorables: The Wolverine, Spring Breakers, We Are What We Are, The Act of Killing, Fruitvale Station, This is the End, Upstream Color, Prisoners
Old 01-10-14, 07:03 PM
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Re: Your Official Top Ten of 2013

Top non 2013 Films:

1.The Conjuring
2.Drive
3.Intruder
4.Dark Knight Rises
5.Chopper
6.Timecrimes
7.Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas
8.Street Law
9.Lawless
10.Wolverine
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Re: Your Official Top Ten of 2013

Originally Posted by floyd2006
Top non 2013 Films:

1.The Conjuring
2.Drive
3.Intruder
4.Dark Knight Rises
5.Chopper
6.Timecrimes
7.Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas
8.Street Law
9.Lawless
10.Wolverine

Those two are from 2013.
Old 01-11-14, 04:22 AM
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Re: Your Official Top Ten of 2013

In no particular order:

The Wolf of Wall Street
Her
This Is The End
Frances Ha
American Hustle
Before Midnight
12 Years A Slave
Mud
The Way Way Back
We're the Millers

still haven't seen: Gravity, Fruitvale Station, Inside Llewyn Davis, Nebraska, Dallas Buyers Club
Old 01-11-14, 07:19 AM
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i'm pretty appalled that neither Short Term 12 nor Mud made it to hardly any of the critics' 'Best of' lists of 2013. Mud's been turning up on a lot of the lists on this thread - glad it's getting some appreciation.
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as a liberal-ish white guy, I felt like Short Term 12 and Fruitvale Station were both a little too far into their liberal white guilt to be truly good movies (even though Fruitvale was made by an African American). Brie Larrson was really good though - it's a shame her performance is getting ignored mostly.
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i'm pretty appalled that neither Short Term 12 nor Mud made it to hardly any of the critics' 'Best of' lists of 2013. Mud's been turning up on a lot of the lists on this thread - glad it's getting some appreciation.
Mud came out in Cannes in 2012 and everywhere else in 2013. Cannes can go fuck itself.
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The Worst 5 of 2013


5.Only God Forgives



4. Iron Man 3



3. The Incredible Burt Wonderstone



2. Identity Thief


1. G.I Joe Retaliation





Honourable Mentions of the Best:








My Top Ten Best of 2013




10. Metallica: Through The Never





9. Stoker



8. The Wolf of Wall Street





7. The Act of Killing


6. Before Midnight


5. Blue Is The Warmest Color



4. Passion


3. 20 Feet From Stardom



2. Frances Ha




1.MUD

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A little late to the game (wanted to catch up on more titles), but here's my top ten of 2013 - expanded thoughts in the video:

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10) Fruitvale Station
9) The Fast and Furious 6
8) The Conjuring
7) The Way Way Back
6) The Best Man Holiday
5) The Place Beyond The Pines
4) Lone Survivor
3) Disconnect
2) Captain Phillips
1) The Wolf of Wall Street

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It's Lone Survivor, there's no "The"
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Re: Your Official Top Ten of 2013

No particular order other than alphabetical.

'12 Years a Slave'
'Blue is the Warmest Color'
'Gravity'
'Her'
'The Hunt'
'Inside Llewyn Davis'
'The Place Beyond the Pines'
'Upstream Color'
'The Wind Rises'
'The World's End'
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Originally Posted by Osiris3657
It's Lone Survivor, there's no "The"
Whoops! Good catch. Thanks.
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Old 02-14-14, 07:44 PM
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I've finally seen almost everything at this point. Here's my top 10 modified from my previous post. Followed by my favorites 11-20 (all in order).

1) "12 Years a Slave"
2) "Mud"
3) "Inside Llewyn Davis"
4) "Blue Jasmine"
5) "Captain Phillips"
6) "Rush"
7) "Gravity"
8) "The Place Beyond the Pines"
9) "Her"
10) "Fruitvale Station"

11) "Saving Mr. Banks"
12) "The Hunt"
13) "Lone Survivor"
14) "Prisoners"
15) "Side Effects"
16) "Enough Said"
17) "The World's End"
18) "Oblivion"
19) "All is Lost"
20) "Dead Man Down"
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Re: Your Official Top Ten of 2013

Originally Posted by GoldenJCJ
1. Gravity
2. Mud
3. Oblivion
4. A Place Beyond the Pines
5. The Wolverine
6. The Conjuring
7. Hungar Games: Catching Fire
8. The World's End
9. Iron Man 3
10. Now You See Me
I've been able to catch up on some of the films I've wanted to see over the last month or so so I'll update my top 10 list.

1. Gravity
2. Captain Phillips
3. Mud
4. Wolf of Wall Street
5. Oblivion
6. American Hustle
7. A Place Beyond the Pines
8. The Conjuring
9. Hunger Games: Catching Fire
10. Prince Avalanche

The only other film I've wanted to see before I finished my top 10 of 2013 is 12 Years a Slave but I'll end up renting that at some point in the future.
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Originally Posted by johnnysd
Not sure I can do a Top 10 despite probably seeing 20 or more films this year. There are four movies that I saw that i think merit particular praise and are movies that still resonate with me and movies I remember.

1. Before Midnight - I love all three films and I really really want to catch up on them again in 9 years. Such a perfect movie for two of the deepest and most real characters ever put on film, with a snapshot of their lives that seems not to be a story but a chronicle of real life.

2. Blue Jasmine - I am not a big Woody Allen fan, but I think that this is one of his very very best films with an insanely great performance from Cate Blanchett. Another movie that feels shockingly real.

3. Only God Forgives - Kind of on the other end of the spectrum, a movie that seems like nothing in the real world but I found it to be completely engrossing and mesmerizing. The police captain to me is one of the more memorable and intriguing characters in a film I have seen, somewhat similar to the Chigurh character in NCFOM, but a more compelling and believable version of the unstoppable force that people felt associated with Chigurh

4. Prisoners A great film, that took a TV movie subject and setup and elevated to an incredibly high level. Terrifically acted and compelling it is only brought down a little bit by the way too predictable Hollywood twist at the end.
Saw Gravity in the theater yesterday. Still kinda wondering how much it cost to film a movie in space A rare movie that somehow lives up to it's hype. A truly unique and amazing film experience, though SB had some really bad dialogue. Not sure it would be my #1 movie, but a movie experience I will always remember. But 5 movies on my list now.


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