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VANFLAMESFAN · 12-28-2013, 10:29 PM

I'm having trouble giving any of the movies of 2013 any kind of number one status. There's been plenty that I liked, and liked a lot, but nothing to the point where I would definitively say "that's hands down my favorite of the year."

Top 10 Favs

10. Rush
9. Star Trek Into Darkness
8. Captain Phillips
7. Prisoners
6. The Conjuring
5-1 are interchangeable in my eyes
Gravity
Place Beyond the Pines
Wolf of Wall Street
American Hustle
12 Years a Slave

Worst Movies

Begins and ends with The Purge

Disappointing Movies-These movies aren't the worst, but I had relatively high hopes and they didn't come close to meeting them.

10. Iron Man 3-The Mandarin twist was just awful.

9. Hangover 3-actually had no hopes for this and it delivered. Awful.

8. Man of Steel-Far from terrible, but I walked out with a big meh reaction

7. Pacific Rim-Some fun parts for sure, but on the whole, was letdown

6. We're the Millers-heard plenty of good things, but didn't do it for me

5. This is The End-Heard SO MANY good things, but man, I could barely get thru it

4. 42-If you've seen a baseball movie or a movie about overcoming racism, you've seen this movie, just so bloody generic.

3. A Good Day to Die Hard-Can put this on the worst list for sure. Didnt have high hopes, but at least the 4th was fun. This was just generic action garbage and was pretty boring and lacked any semblance of a decent villain.

2. Carrie-was looking forward to this one as I felt the timing for this remake was good. The Depalma version doesn't hold up anymore the way other horror classic like Psycho and The Shining do. Go back and watch it, it's pretty lame. I though Chloe Grace Moretz was great casting and she more than held her own, but again, a big "meh" from me when walking out. Wouldn't call it horrible, but far from good and very disappointing.

1. Easily the most disappointing movie for me this year was Elysium. Neil Blomkamp's name alone had me very excited, then I read the premise and thought it was pretty cool. But man, this turned into a very ordinary sci fi action movie. It was all very predictable nad ordinary. Like with most on this list, far from horrible, but extremely disappointing.

Wow, I saw all these in the theatres this year and there's plenty more. I think I go to the theatres too much.

12-28-2013, 10:29 PM	#23
VANFLAMESFAN Franchise Player Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Maple Ridge, BC Exp:	I'm having trouble giving any of the movies of 2013 any kind of number one status. There's been plenty that I liked, and liked a lot, but nothing to the point where I would definitively say "that's hands down my favorite of the year." Top 10 Favs 10. Rush 9. Star Trek Into Darkness 8. Captain Phillips 7. Prisoners 6. The Conjuring 5-1 are interchangeable in my eyes Gravity Place Beyond the Pines Wolf of Wall Street American Hustle 12 Years a Slave Worst Movies Begins and ends with The Purge Disappointing Movies-These movies aren't the worst, but I had relatively high hopes and they didn't come close to meeting them. 10. Iron Man 3-The Mandarin twist was just awful. 9. Hangover 3-actually had no hopes for this and it delivered. Awful. 8. Man of Steel-Far from terrible, but I walked out with a big meh reaction 7. Pacific Rim-Some fun parts for sure, but on the whole, was letdown 6. We're the Millers-heard plenty of good things, but didn't do it for me 5. This is The End-Heard SO MANY good things, but man, I could barely get thru it 4. 42-If you've seen a baseball movie or a movie about overcoming racism, you've seen this movie, just so bloody generic. 3. A Good Day to Die Hard-Can put this on the worst list for sure. Didnt have high hopes, but at least the 4th was fun. This was just generic action garbage and was pretty boring and lacked any semblance of a decent villain. 2. Carrie-was looking forward to this one as I felt the timing for this remake was good. The Depalma version doesn't hold up anymore the way other horror classic like Psycho and The Shining do. Go back and watch it, it's pretty lame. I though Chloe Grace Moretz was great casting and she more than held her own, but again, a big "meh" from me when walking out. Wouldn't call it horrible, but far from good and very disappointing. 1. Easily the most disappointing movie for me this year was Elysium. Neil Blomkamp's name alone had me very excited, then I read the premise and thought it was pretty cool. But man, this turned into a very ordinary sci fi action movie. It was all very predictable nad ordinary. Like with most on this list, far from horrible, but extremely disappointing. Wow, I saw all these in the theatres this year and there's plenty more. I think I go to the theatres too much.