What were some of your favorite films of 2013

[elgerber]

I am usually behind waiting for movies to come on my premium cable channels.

So far I enjoyed

Oblivion
John Dies At The End
Beautiful Creatures
Jack the Giant Slayer
Stoker
Oz the Great and Powerful
Star Trek Into the Darkness (saw at the movies)

I am considering going to see Hunger Games Catching Fire since I just watched the first one on Netflix.

I have to say I really enjoyed Jennifer Lawrence so much in "Silver Linings Playbook" which just hit premium cable, so I had to watch "Hunger Games". I have a theater near me which still has "Catching Fire".

You should go see Catching Fire, it's even more impressive on the big screen!

 

[rustyanchor]

Saving Mr. Banks
Frozen
The Great Gatsby
This Is the End
Monsters University
The World's End
Gravity
The Conjuring
Blackfish
Stoker
Clear History (HBO)

Most Excited About for 2014:
Maleficent
Gone Girl
Muppets Most Wanted
Dumb & Dumber To
The Giver
Into the Woods
Dark Places

 

[KristaTX]

I posted earlier in the thread, but today I saw 12 Years a Slave and am posting again to add it to my list of Oscar nominees that I've seen.

That was brutal. I don't need to see it again. It's good, I suppose, although it's hard to use the word "good" to describe it. Rough movie to watch, as you'd expect.

Philomena is still my favorite as far as how much I enjoyed it, but it won't win Best Picture.

 

[Viva Las Disney]

2013 was a good movie year and I saw a lot of movies last year.

My favorites were: Saving Mr Banks, Captain Phillips, Gravity, and Frozen.

Really good: Iron Man 3, Despicable Me 2, Monsters U, Star Trek ID, The Hobbit DOS, Thor DW, and the Lone Ranger (It got terrible reviews but I really enjoyed it.)

Good: OZ G&P, Planes, Turbo, The Heat, Wolverine, and This is the End.

OK: Pacific Rim and Oblivion.

Disappointing (want my money back): Anchorman 2, Pacific Rim, and Olympus has Fallen.

Still want to see: Hunger Games CF and Last Vegas

 

[of the seas]

Mine also in no particular order

The Place Beyond the Pines
Now You See me
The Way Way Back
Prisoners
Gravity
Captain Phillips
American Hustle
The Heat
Dallas Buyers Club

 

[Planogirl]

Thor The Dark World
Despicable Me 2
The Conjuring
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Star Trek Into Darkness
Mud
World War Z
The World's End

I still have several to see included the Place Beyond the Pines, Gravity and Frozen. I really want to see Philomena too.

 

[CaliBear]

Thanks for the link, KristaTX. I'll take a stab at this.

Favorites aka 5 stars:
Prisoners
American Hustle
Frozen
Jack the Giant Slayer

4 stars, great:
Despicable Me 2
Catching Fire
Iron Man 3
Now You See Me
Captain Phillips
Monsters University
The Lone Ranger
12 Years a Slave

3 stars, good:
Desolation of Smaug
Stoker
Oz
The Croods
42
The Great Gatsby
The Wolverine

2 stars, ok:
The Butler
Star Trek Into Darkness
Percy Jackson Sea of Monsters

1 star, Worst Movie Ever, no I'm not kidding:
Man of Steel

I think that's the most movies I've ever seen in one year.

 

[Gary M]

I saw several movies in 2013 and so far this year. I went by KristaTX's site that list the 2013 movies.

No certain order:

Broken City
Mud
The Family
Gravity
Captain Phillips
Escape Plan
Last Vegas
Nebraska
Out Of The Furnace
American Hustle
The Wolf Of Wall Street

I saw other movies, but these were the ones that I enjoyed the most. We're retired and go the $5 afternoon movies often.

 

[lisaviolet]

Adding Enough Said. Loved. I just love quiet movies. And found myself sighing seeing James Gandolfini on screen. It's a shame.

And really enjoyed that it was the man who saw the lack of integrity and the lack of protection in a woman.

 

[richmond282]

1st place- My new favorite movie is Despicable Me 2.
2nd place- I also really really liked Frozen.
honorable mentions- Captain Phillips, The Butler

 

[KristaTX]

I just love quiet movies.

You should go see "The Invisible Woman". My friend couldn't eat her nachos because she was afraid she was being too munchy! QUIET movie.

 

[lisaviolet]

You should go see "The Invisible Woman". My friend couldn't eat her nachos because she was afraid she was being too munchy! QUIET movie.

Hmm - The Way Way Back was a quiet movie to me. I mean quietly beautiful - subtle. Doesn't have to have drama to get to the audience. In A World, quiet. But both were lively.

Too munchy. Cute.

Is it a period piece? Sometimes I'm not too good with them - A Room With A View bored me to tears. Just an example, I've seen many.

Hey wait, is that Ralph Fiennes?

I'll go google.

 

[Geoff_M]

Saving Mr. Banks
Rush
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

 

[lisaviolet]

Krista, what did you think?

 

[KristaTX]

Of The Invisible Woman? It was okay, but kind of a downer. It made me want to call Charles Dickens "Charles Dickhead" instead.

It is very much a period piece. You will probably find it boring . I'm not a huge Ralph Fiennes fan, but you might like it if you are. I think he directed it, too. I can only see him as Voldemort anymore. But I'll have to get used to him as the new Q in the James Bond movies!

 

[tajz90]

I have to say, Wolf of Wall Street was my favorite. Loved it. The nudity, foul language & drug use fit the movie so it didn't put me out which normally would be the case. I am hoping Leo sees an Oscar finally. He was great. I really thought he may have a stroke in a few scenes because of the intensity.

We liked American Hustle a lot and I was thrilled with Jennifer Lawrence's nominations until I saw Julia Roberts in August Osage County. She & Meryl were great! Wow.

Captain Philips was good too. I actually got seasick during the movie which was odd considering I was in a movie theater!

Loved
The Way Way Back
Man of Steel
Safe Haven
42
This Is The End
Red 2
Saving Mr Banks

 

[lisaviolet]

Of The Invisible Woman? It was okay, but kind of a downer. It made me want to call Charles Dickens "Charles Dickhead" instead.

It is very much a period piece. You will probably find it boring . I'm not a huge Ralph Fiennes fan, but you might like it if you are. I think he directed it, too. I can only see him as Voldemort anymore. But I'll have to get used to him as the new Q in the James Bond movies!

Thank you. I am not a huge Ralph Fiennes fan. Barely got through The English Patient.

He was pretty good in The Constant Gardener though. I just adored Rachel Weisz in that movie and the book. Had no clue on the bold, interesting.

(His brother is a little more interesting to me. )

 

[KristaTX]

I mean Ralph Fiennes will be M, not Q. Ben Whishaw has taken over as Q. I just got my letters mixed up in my haste.

If you haven't watched Skyfall, it's worth a viewing. But I'm a big James Bond fan. Skyfall is one of my favorites, but it's the only one with Daniel Craig that I've liked. And it was the first one in a couple of decades that I liked the song from.

 

[lisaviolet]

I mean Ralph Fiennes will be M, not Q. Ben Whishaw has taken over as Q. I just got my letters mixed up in my haste.

If you haven't watched Skyfall, it's worth a viewing. But I'm a big James Bond fan. Skyfall is one of my favorites, but it's the only one with Daniel Craig that I've liked. And it was the first one in a couple of decades that I liked the song from.

No I haven't seen it, Krista. I should. I was very close minded about seeing Daniel Craig as Bond and was surprised when I had no issue with the changeover.

 

[KristaTX]

I've already talked about 12 Years a Slave, but I'm going to again.

I didn't cry during the movie; I think I sat there more in shock. But I cried tonight at dinner in a restaurant just telling my husband about it. Then he cried. That one is going to stick with me, and probably deserves the win - at least out of the movies I've seen so far.

Not many movies make me cry days later as I'm just telling someone about it. The only one I can think of that could have was "Life is Beautiful".