Top 5 and bottom 5 films of this year

shoestring25shoestring25 Posts: 4,715
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top 5
8/10 world war z
very Marmite film some people like it other hate it i like it

8/10 star trek into darkness
almost but not quite as good as the first one

7/10 pacific rim
utter dross but the battles were so awesome had me amazed like a kid again

7/10 thor dark world it was not as good as the first one for me but i did enjoy it

7/10 wolverine
i wasnt expecting much but it was better than origins so was pleasantly surprised


bottom 5

4/10 white house down
who writes this rubbish

4/10 gravity
its like most oscar films if critics like it generally i dont

4/10 iron man 3 some people loved it thought the i didnt like the humour in it the changes from the comics

4/10 this is the end
i like all the actors in it but didnt find this funny they overplayed all the supposed jokes

1/10 man of steel
i hated it with a passion lots of special effects too much and just didnt like what they did with it and the way they did it
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  • Callum_BrownCallum_Brown Posts: 745
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    Are you 10 years old?
  • TakaeTakae Posts: 13,555
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    ^What a ridiculous question.

    I'm holding off mine until next month. In my film-nerd world, list-making for this type of thread is a Very Serious Business. :D
  • Trsvis_BickleTrsvis_Bickle Posts: 9,202
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    Are you 10 years old?

    Ridiculous, isn't it? Does the OP only watch children's films?
  • JasonJason Posts: 76,557
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    Takae wrote: »
    ^What a ridiculous question.

    I'm holding off mine until next month. In my film-nerd world, list-making for this type of thread is a Very Serious Business. :D

    I'm with you there, but I'm quite willing to do a "so far" list, so here goes, in no particular order, to be trimmed and edited when done "properly" :D

    TOP
    Django Unchained
    The Impossible
    Wreck it Ralph
    I Give It A Year
    Olympus Has Fallen
    Place Beyond The Pines
    World War Z
    Despicable Me 2
    This Is The End
    The World's End
    Ender's Game
    Gravity

    Honourable Mentions
    Star Trek: Into Darkness, Man Of Steel, The Wolverine, Grown Ups 2, We're The Millers, Kick-Ass 2, Oblivion, The Incredible Burt Wonderstone

    BOTTOM
    Movie 43
    Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
    Iron Man 3
    Texas Chainsaw 3D
    The Purge
    Pacific Rim
    Now You See Me
    Scary Movie 5
    Man of Tai Chi
    White House Down
    About Time

    Honourable Mentions

    Lovelace
  • Trsvis_BickleTrsvis_Bickle Posts: 9,202
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    Best:
    Wadjda
    Before Midnight
    Dans la Maison
    Mud
    Filth

    Also Late Quartet, Frances Ha, Shell, Le Week-end and Ain't Them Bodies Saints.

    Worst:
    World War Z
    Zero Dark Thirty
    The Great Gatsby
    Gravity
    Prince Avalanche

    Also Captain Phillips and Apres Mai.
  • Callum_BrownCallum_Brown Posts: 745
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    If you're going to start a thread, at least make sure the first post isn't incomprehensible to read and uses punctuation.

    How can you describe your third favourite film of the year as utter dross?! And I think we all know what marmite is, it's a cliché that's been used enough. :rolleyes:
  • finklyfinkly Posts: 669
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    Best:
    The Great Gatsby
    Before Midnight
    Upstream Colour
    Spring Breakers
    As I Lay Dying

    Worst:
    Pain and Gain
    The Bling Ring
    The Dyatlov Pass Incident
    V/H/S 2
    Now You See Me
  • shoestring25shoestring25 Posts: 4,715
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    nice people on here
  • treefr0gtreefr0g Posts: 23,595
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    nice people on here

    Ignore him. You always get one person that has absolutely nothing to contribute.

    Personally I think this is a good thread. Since I haven't been to see any movies at the cinema this year it will give me an idea of which films to look out for in the future and which to avoid.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 2,017
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    My list so far:

    Yay list (in no particular order)
    Django Unchained
    Star Trek Into Darkness
    Dispicable Me 2
    Monsters University
    The Lone Ranger
    Wolverine
    Riddick
    The Hobbit - part 2 - I'm sure it will go on the list come December! :D

    Disappointed with:
    After Earth
    Elysium
    World War Z
    Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters

    I knew I wouldn't like it and I didn't (but end up half watching it due to my partner):
    Iron Man 3
  • Trsvis_BickleTrsvis_Bickle Posts: 9,202
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    finkly wrote: »
    Best:
    The Great Gatsby
    Before Midnight
    Upstream Colour
    Spring Breakers
    As I Lay Dying

    Worst:
    Pain and Gain
    The Bling Ring
    The Dyatlov Pass Incident
    V/H/S 2
    Now You See Me

    I had no idea that a version of the novel had been made recently. Thanks for the heads-up.
  • Flash525Flash525 Posts: 8,862
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    From the original (OP) lineup, I would agree with all (the positives) except World War Z (which I thought was mediocre at best) and Wolverine (which I didn't watch). As per the negatives, I haven't seen the first two, but the other three I did enjoy, though would agree that Iron Man 3 wasn't the best of the trilogy.

    Additions to the positives:
    * Fast & Furious 6
    * The Lone Ranger
    * Riddick

    Additions to the meh movies (films I somewhat enjoyed, though they were nothing to shout about):
    * Pain and Gain
    * Now You See Me

    Additions to the negatives:
    * Oblivion
    * After Earth
    * Elysium

    A few mentions of Django Unchained here too. You guys are aware that's a 2012 film, right? :p
  • ImOnlyWeeImOnlyWee Posts: 11,554
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    Best:
    Les Mis
    Gravity
    The Great Gatsby
    Despicable Me 2
    Monsters University

    Worst:
    Too many....
  • JasonJason Posts: 76,557
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    Flash525 wrote: »
    A few mentions of Django Unchained here too. You guys are aware that's a 2012 film, right? :p

    The UK release date was the 18th of January 2013, so it certainly counts for this year.
  • paulsh1paulsh1 Posts: 2,245
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    Best:
    World War Z
    Escape Plan
    The Call
    Prisoners
    We're The Millers

    Also like Alan Partridge,The Way Way Back and Behind The Candelabra

    Worst:
    This is the End
    Elysium
    Smurfs2
    RIPD
    Sunshine on Leith
  • shoestring25shoestring25 Posts: 4,715
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    there were alot of films i liked that were quite watchable in between the best and worst lists
  • Froggie72Froggie72 Posts: 5,733
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    There are still too many I haven't seen (Blue Jasmine, Captain Phillips, Gravity, Philomena ...) to make a representative list but my highlights among those I did get to see were:

    Behind the Candelabra
    Rush
    The Great Gatsby (3D)
    Frances Ha

    I Liked The Place Beyond the Pines and Les Mis, but found Dans la Maison, Lincoln and Argo disappointing.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 2,017
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    Froggie72 wrote: »
    There are still too many I haven't seen (Blue Jasmine, Captain Phillips, Gravity, Philomena ...) to make a representative list but my highlights among those I did get to see were:

    Behind the Candelabra
    Rush
    The Great Gatsby (3D)
    Frances Ha

    I Liked The Place Beyond the Pines and Les Mis, but found Dans la Maison, Lincoln and Argo disappointing.

    Ahh, that reminds me.

    Lincoln can go on my really didn't like it list and I was disappointed with Argo (it's an OK film but I personally found the historic inaccuracies really annoying).
  • Fowl FaxFowl Fax Posts: 3,968
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    Top

    The Lone Ranger
    Now You See Me
    Monsters University
    Pacific Rim
    R.I.P.D.

    Bottom

    Scary Movie 5
    A Good Day to Die Hard
    Iron Man 3
    G.I. Joe Retaliation
    After Earth
  • Ancient IDTVAncient IDTV Posts: 10,122
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    Read through the posts on here and realised that I've only seen one new film this year (White House Down, which I didn't like much). My interest in new movies and the cinema (haven't been this year) really has plummeted of late, and I don't see anything to revive that interest.

    It's all so :(.
  • Trsvis_BickleTrsvis_Bickle Posts: 9,202
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    Froggie72 wrote: »
    There are still too many I haven't seen (Blue Jasmine, Captain Phillips, Gravity, Philomena ...) to make a representative list but my highlights among those I did get to see were:

    Behind the Candelabra
    Rush
    The Great Gatsby (3D)
    Frances Ha

    I Liked The Place Beyond the Pines and Les Mis, but found Dans la Maison, Lincoln and Argo disappointing.

    :eek::eek::eek::eek:
  • JasonJason Posts: 76,557
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    How could i forget about the Die Hard film ?

    I'll have to add that :)
  • TakaeTakae Posts: 13,555
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    I'm with you there, but I'm quite willing to do a "so far" list, so here goes, in no particular order, to be trimmed and edited when done "properly" :D

    Oh, all right then. You've twisted my arm. So easily, too. :D Here are my draft lists:

    Definitely on my Top 5 list:

    New World (SK)
    Gangs of Wasseypur

    Still deciding which to pick (as in, somewhat flawed but highly enjoyable):

    Intruders (SK)
    The Act of Killing (documentary)
    I Will Be Murdered (documentary)
    Rush
    Side Effects
    Mud
    Warm Bodies
    The Broken Circle Breakdown
    The Great Passage
    We Are What We Are
    The Lunchbox
    Fruitvale Station
    An Ethics Lesson (director Myung-Rang Park is a name to watch)
    Frances Ha
    Ilo Ilo
    Europa Report
    Hide and Seek (director Huh Jung is another name to watch)
    -- this list is not done yet. :o

    I expect Oldboy to go on that list because it resembles Old Boy (comic) a little more than Park's Oldboy ever did. Note: I dislike Park's adaptation because it doesn't resemble the comic much. So I'll be happy if Lee's Oldboy does somehow resemble the comic, even if it contains new takes on some scenes from Park's Oldboy.

    Most disappointing:

    The World's End
    Pacific Rim (My fault, though. I shouldn't have let friends' raves raise my expectations)
    Star Trek Into Darkness (ditto)
    Running Man
    Only God Forgives
    Real
    Blind Detective
    Secretly Greatly
    Man of Tai Chi
    It's a Beautiful Day
    As the Light Goes Out (director Derek Kwok, you promised a dark tale of fire fighters fighting for their lives during one intense night. And what did we get? A recycled version of Lifeline, you lying arse.)
  • tombigbeetombigbee Posts: 4,639
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    5 Best:

    The Place Beyond The Pines
    Prisoners
    Side Effects
    Byzantium
    The Conjuring

    5 Average:

    The Purge
    Trance
    World War Z
    The World's End
    VHS 2

    5 Worst:

    Mama
    This Is The End
    Now You See Me
    Man of Steel
    Star Trek Into Darkness

    Still films from this year that could make the list that I haven't seen like Alpha Papa, Insidious 2, In Fear and Anchorman 2.
  • Captain DallasCaptain Dallas Posts: 1,882
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    Best

    1 Gravity (Out and out winner!!)
    2 Filth
    3 The Impossible
    4 Cloud Atlas
    5 Blue Jasmine

    Also rans for the Best

    Cloud Atlas, Byzantium, Flight, How I Live Now, Stoker

    Worst

    1 A Good Day To Die Hard (Out and out winner!!)
    2 Hansel & Gretel : Witch Hunters
    3 The Conjuring
    4 RIPD
    5 The Last Stand

    Dishonourable mentions to

    Diana, The Croods, Jack the Giant Slayer, The Incredible Burt Wonderstone,
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