Movies Seen In 2013

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Spoiler: Movies Seen in January through July

Playback - Netflix Instant
Parenthood (1989) - DVD
Young Adult - Netflix Instant
Django (1966) - free admission
Django Unchained (2012) - free admission
Housesitter - DVD
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) - YouTube
The Sting - free admission
This is 40 - free admission
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 3D/HFR - free admission/free admission
Parental Guidance - free admission
The Sting II - Netflix Instant
Abduction - Netflix Instant
Dial M for Murder 3D - free admission
Gangster Squad - free admission
Zero Dark Thirty - free admission
Treasure Planet - Netflix Instant
The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption - Netflix Instant
Commando - Netflix Instant
Battle Royale II - Netflix Instant
The Invisible War - Netflix Instant
Texas Chainsaw 3D - free admission
Lawrence of Arabia - free admission
Ron White: A Little Unprofessional - DVD
Valkyrie - DVD
Our Man Flint - DVD
Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap - Netflix Instant
Margin Call - Netflix Instant
In Like Flint - DVD
Purple Rain - free admission
Mama - free admission
The High and the Mighty - DVD
Dave Chappelle's Block Party - DVD
Black X-Mas (2006) - DVD
Bad Teacher - DVD
They Live - free admission
Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters 3D/2D - free admission/free admission
Inglourious Basterds - DVD
The Last Stand - free admission
The Night of the Hunter - free admission
Warm Bodies - free admission
P.S. I Love You - DVD
The Lake House - DVD
Alonzo Bodden: Who's Paying Attention? - Netflix Instant
Everything or Nothing: The Untold Story of 007 - Netflix Instant
Side by Side - free admission
Pennies from Heaven - free admission
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid- DVD
The Lonely Guy - DVD
Batman: The Dark Knigth Returns, Part Two - DVD
Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt - DVD
Side Effects - free admission
Funny Girl - free admission
Christopher Titus: Neverlution - YouTube
Ralphie May: Just Correct - YouTube
Top Gun 3D - IMAX
Fourplay: Tales of Sexual Intimacy - free admission
'Salem's Lot(2004) - DVD
Body of Lies - DVD
2013 Oscar-Nominated Shorts, Animated - free admission
2013 Oscar-Nominated Shorts, Live Action - free admission
A Good Day to Die Hard - free admission
Last Chance Harvey - DVD
Paul Williams Still Alive - free admission
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre - DVD
Invasion of the Blood Farmers - free admission
Safety Not Guaranteed - Netflix Instant
One Life - free admission
Identity Thief - free admission
The Switch - Netflix Instant
John Dies at the End - free admission
Singin' in the Rain - free admission
Benny & Joon - free admission
Louis C.K.: Live at the Beacon Theater - Netflix Instant
I'm No Dummy - Netflix Instant
The Adventures of Tintin - Netflix Instant
Beautiful Creatures - free admission
Snitch - free admission
Dark Skies - free admission
The Queen - USA Network
A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III - free admission
Safe - DVD
The Mechanic - DVD
Jack the Giand Slayer 3D - free admission
Happy People: A Year in the Taiga - free admission
The Wiz - free admission
Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome - Unrated Exteded Edition - DVD
Jay and Silent Bob Go Down Under - Netflix Instant
Lewis Black: In God We Rust - Netflix Instant
Jackass: The Movie - Unrated - Netflix Instant
Mardi Gras Massacre - free admission
Battle Beyond the Stars - Netflix Instant
Oz the Great and Powerful 3D - free admission
Nashville - free admission
Fat Man Little Boy - Netflix Instant
Craig Ferguson: I'm Here to Help - Netflix Instant
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia - free admission
Josie and the Pussycats - free admission
Millennium - Netflix Instant
Trek Nation - Netflix Instant
Indecent Proposal - Netflix Instant
This Film is Not Yet Rated - Netflix Instant
The People vs George Lucas - Netflix Instant
Everybody's Fine - Netflix Instant
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone - free admission
The Call- free admission
Spring Breakers - employee screening
Mad Dog and Glory - Netflix Instant
The Wild Bunch - free admission
Trekkies - Netflix Instant
Bad Teacher - Unrated - DVD
Salt - Unrated Director's Cut - DVD
30 Minutes or Less - DVD
Burn After Reading - DVD
Straw Dogs(2011) - DVD
The Croods 3D - free admission
The ABC's of Death - free admission
G.I. Joe: Retaliation 3D/2D - free admission/free admission
Admission - free admission
Come Out and Play - free admission
The Host - free admission
The Buddy Holly Story - free admission
Trekkies 2 - Netflix Instant
Machete Maidens Unleashed! - Netflix Instant
Aisha Tyler is Lit: Live at the Fillmore - Netflix Instant
Wrong - free admission
Winnebago Man - Netflix Instant
Kevin Nealon: Now Hear Me Out - Netflix Instant
Pocahontas - Netflix Instant
Barbarella - Netflix Instant
Girls Gone Dead - Netflix Instant
Starship Troopers 3: Marauder - Netflix Instant
Bill Burr: Let It Go - Netflix Instant
Jim Gaffigan: Mr Universe - Netflix Instant
Stolen- Netflix Instant
Jurassic Park 3D - free admission
Faire: An American Renaissance - free admission
Bobcat Goldthwait: You Don't Look the Same Either - Netflix Instant
The Comedians of Comedy: The Movie - Netflix Instant
Doctor Detroit - Netflix Instant
C.H.U.D. - Netflix Instant
Evil Dead (2013) - free admission
Bully - Netflix Instant
Trance - free admission
Bye Bye Birdie - free admission
Rise of the Zombies - Netflix Instant
In Time - DVD
The Place Beyond the Pines - free admission
42 - free admission
Leviathan (1989) - Netflix Instant
The Conversation - Netflix Instant
London's West End: Great Expectations - free admission
Oblivion - free admission
Upstream Color - free admission
Cars 2 - Starz on Demand
Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best of Both Worlds - Fathom Events
Anonymous - Starz on Demand
Year of the Dragon - free admission
Heaven's Gate - free admission
Mud - free admission
To the Wonder - free admission
Graceland - free admission
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy - HBO on Demand
Pain & Gain - free admission
Iron Man Three 2D/3D - free admission/free admission
On the Town - free admission
Public Enemies - DVD
New York, I Love You - DVD
The World Before Her - free admission
The Legend of Billy John - free admission
Star Trek Into Darkness IMAX/3D/2D - free screening/free admission/free admission
The Great Gatsby 3D (2013) - free admission
Iron Man: Rise of Technovore - DVD
Cabaret - free admission
The Source Family - free admission
Detention (2011) - free admission
Turkish Star Trek (1973) - free admission
Pieta - free admission
Superman Unbound - DVD
Behind the Candelabra - HBO
Inhumans - DVD
The Hangover Part III - free admission
Enter the Dragon - free admission
Nightmares in a Damaged Brain - free admission
Epic 2D - free admission
The Jensen Project - DVD
Risky Business - free admission
Screwballs - free admission
Stay Tuned - free admission
12 Angry Men - DVD
Fast & Furious 6 - free admission
Now You See Me - free admission
After Earth - free admission
The Last Unicorn - blu ray
The Internship - free admission
The Purge - free admission
The Deadly Spawn - free admission
Before Midnight - free admission
Wargames - free admission
Man of Steel 2D/3D - employee screening/free admission
Les Miserables (1998) - DVD
Letters from Iwo Jima - DVD
Sexy Beast - DVD
Jaws 3-D - free admission
King Arthur: Extended Unrated Director's Cut - DVD
Joysticks - free admission
The Keep - free admission
Mortuary - free admission
White House Down - free admission
The Heat - free admission
Finding Neverland - free admission
A Band Called Death - free admission
Godzilla vs the Smog Monster - free admission
Valley Girl - free admission
Scarface - free admission
Downloaded - free admission
This is the End - free admission
Much Ado About Nothing (2013) - free admission
The Lone Ranger (2013) - free admission
Despicable Me 2 3D - free admission
The Man Who Wasn't There - matinee
Super - Netflix Instant
Dead Like Me: Life After Death - Netflix Instant
Johnny Carson: King of Late Night - NEtflix Instant
Yankee Doodle Dandy - free admission
Playing for Keeps - Netflix Instant
Monsters University 2D - free admission
World War Z 2D/3D - free admission/free admission
Tower Heist - DVD
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days - HBO on Demand
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic - Showtime on Demand
Puss in Boots - HBO on Demand
Crazy on the Outside - Netflix Instant
Pacific Rim 2D/3D - free admission/free admission
Grown Ups 2 - free admission
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) - Netflix Instant
Mulan - Netflix Instant
Hercules (1997) - Netflix Instant
The Conjuring - free admission
R.I.P.D. 3D - free admission
Red 2 - free admission
Drive - Netflix Instant
Only God Forgives - free admission
Evangelion 1.11: You Are (Not) Alone - free admission
The Wolverine2D/3D - free admission/free admission
The Iron Lady - Showtime on Demand
Judge Dredd (1995) - Showtime on Demand
Fruitvale Station - free admission
Cheap Thrills - employee screenin'

Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox - DVD
Before Sunrise - Encore on Demand
The Way, Way Back - free admission
Turbo 2D - free admission
The Smurfs 2 3D - free admission
The Sitter - HBO on Demand
Mean Girls - Showtime on Demand
Carnage - Starz on Demand
Ghost Story of Yotsuya- free admission
Ghost Cat of Otama Pond- free admission
Trainspotting - free admission
Charlie Bartlett - Netflix Instant
Pitch Black: Unrated Director's Cut - bluray
The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury - DVD
The Chronicles of Riddick - bluray
The Canyons - free admission
The Chronicles of Riddick: Unrated Director's Cut - bluray
The Act of Killing - free admission
Flesh Pier - free admission
The Horizon Glitters - free admission
Adjust Your Tracking - free admission
Planes 2D - free admission
2 Guns - free admission
Elysium - free admission
Kick-Ass 2 - free admission

I was able to get into the first showin' of Kick-Ass 2 earlier tonight with my buddy Christopher.

Pretty good movie with an interestin' continuation of what started in the first movie, especially Jim Carrey's "Colonel Stars & Stripes," a born-again Christian hero who used to be a mob enforcer. The fight sequences were well staged and easy to follow. Dark, twisted humor. And the shadow of Nicolas Cage's "Big Daddy" was used throughout the film.

If ya go see it, stay through the end credits for a bonus scene!

 

[Lonemagpie]

A rare visit to the cinema last night to see The World's End, which was great! Simon Pegg seems to have stolen Jim Swallow's beard and my wardrobe, and Martin Freeman is ever more obviously playing Martin Freeman in everything - seriously, the guy is a bit like Roger Moore that way - and the story could have been a Dr Who episode with swearing, but that latter especially is a good thing, and overall we loved it!

 

[Agent Richard07]

DF was a little better in that it was a lot shorter, and the animation wasn't too bad. Even though its only thirty-five minutes long, I'm countin' it, since it got its own DVD release, and was included in the set as a separate disc, not a bonus feature.

I still have to watch that.

Watched both the theatrical & extended versions of the sequel. Both are CGI messes of movies, and I think maybe the effects had been toned down, the story wouldn't have suffered. And I do think its funny that the extended cut introduces a character that wasn't even in the theatrical version, but helps out quite a bit with the Riddick character development.

I wouldn't mind checking out the extended version and I didn't mind the fx. I liked the world-building and the lavish look it gave us.

 

[Agent Richard07]

Spoiler: The rest of my list.

January

1. You Again (✩✩½) - Live TV
2. Vanishing Point (✩✩✩½) - DVD
3. Cyrus (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
4. The Thing (✩✩✩) - Blu-ray
5. Zero Dark Thirty (✩✩✩✩) - Theatre
6. Django Unchained (✩✩✩½) - Theatre
7. Inglourious Basterds (✩✩✩) - Live TV
8. American Splendor (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
9. Soul Surfer (✩✩✩) - DVD
10. 30 Minutes or Less (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
11. To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
12. Moby Dick (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
13. Just Go With It (✩✩✩) - Live TV
14. Battle Los Angeles (✩) - Download
15. Mama (✩✩✩✩) - Theatre
16. Gangster Squad (✩✩✩½) - Theatre

February

17. The Lucky Ones (✩✩✩) - Live TV
18. The Tourist (✩✩½) - Live TV
19. Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! (✩✩) - Live TV
20. The Watcher (✩✩✩) - Live TV
21. After Sex (✩✩✩) - Download
22. Sex and Breakfast (✩✩✩) - Download
23. Textuality (✩✩✩½) - Download
24. I Am Number Four (✩✩½) - DVD
25. Waiting for "Superman" (✩✩✩✩) - Blu-ray
26. A Good Day to Die Hard (✩✩✩) - Theatre
27. Dorian Gray (✩✩✩) - DVD
28. Cougars Inc. (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
29. Tasmanian Devils (✩) - Live TV
30. Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome (✩✩✩½) - Blu-ray
31. The Promotion (✩✩) - DVD
32. Barney's Version (✩✩✩½) - DVD
33. The Best and the Brightest (✩✩½) - Download
34. Upside Down (✩✩✩✩) - Download

March

35. Seven Psychopaths (✩✩½) - Download
36. Gokaiger Goseiger Super Sentai 199 Hero Great Battle (✩✩✩½) - YouTube
37. Oz the Great and Powerful (✩✩✩✩) - Theatre
38. And Soon the Darkness (2010) (✩✩½) - DVD
39. And Soon The Darkness (1970) (✩✩✩✩) - Download
40. Jack (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
41. Please Give (✩✩✩½) - Blu-ray
42. Compliance (✩✩✩) - Download
43. Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part I (✩✩✩) - Download
44. Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part II (✩✩✩) - Download
45. Midnight in Paris (✩✩✩✩) - Blu-ray
46. Happy Accidents (✩✩✩½) - DVD
47. All Good Things (✩✩✩) - Live TV
48. This Is 40 (✩✩✩) - Download
49. The Good Guy (✩✩✩) - Download
50. Running Scared (✩✩✩) - DVD
51. G.I. Joe: Retaliation (✩✩✩) - Theatre

April

52. Everything Must Go (✩✩✩✩) - Download
53. My Awkward Sexual Adventure (✩✩✩✩) - Download
54. The Oh in Ohio (✩✩) - DVD
55. Surviving My Mother (✩✩✩✩½) - DVD
56. Oblivion (✩✩✩✩) - Theatre
57. Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam (✩✩✩) - Download
58. Premium Rush (✩✩✩½) - Download
59. The Pill (✩✩✩✩) - Download
60. The Grey (✩✩✩) - Blu-ray
61. Robot & Frank (✩✩✩✩) - Download
62. The Last House on the Left (✩✩✩) - DVD
63. Womb (✩✩✩✩) - Download
64. Life Happens (✩✩½) - Download
65. Smashed (✩✩✩✩) - Download
66. Step Up Revolution (✩✩✩) - Download
67. Trust (✩✩✩) - Download

May

68. The Oranges (✩✩✩½) - Download
69. Iron Man 3 (✩✩✩✩✩) - Theatre
70. The High Cost of Living (✩✩✩✩) - Download
71. The Mechanic (✩✩✩) - Live TV
72. Vanishing on 7th Street (✩✩✩½) - DVD
73. Uncertainty (✩✩✩½) - Download
74. 10 Years (✩✩) - Download
75. The Darkest Hour (✩✩✩) - Download
76. The First Time (✩✩✩½) - Download
77. Your Sister's Sister (✩✩✩) - Download
78. The Bouquet (✩½) - Live TV
79. Blue Valentine (✩✩✩) - DVD
80. Star Trek Into Darkness (✩✩✩½) - Theatre
81. Cosmopolis (✩✩) - Download
82. Margaret (✩✩✩½) - Download
83. The Fast and the Furious (✩✩✩) - Download
84. Turbo-Charged Prelude (to 2 Fast 2 Furious) (✩✩✩✩) - YouTube
85. 2 Fast 2 Furious (✩✩) - Download
86. Los Bandoleros (✩✩✩) - Download
87. Fast & Furious (✩✩✩½) - Download
88. Fast Five (✩✩✩✩) - Download
89. Furious 6 (✩✩✩½) - Theatre
90. The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (✩✩✩½) - Download
91. The Hangover Part III (✩✩✩) - Theatre
92. Starflight One (✩✩✩✩) - Download
93. Floored (✩✩✩½) - YouTube
94. Side Effects (✩✩✩✩½) - Download
95. Parker (✩✩✩½) - Download
96. I Am a Sex Addict (✩✩✩) - Download
97. Snitch (✩✩✩✩) - Download
98. Now is Good (✩✩✩½) - Download

June

99. Now You See Me (✩✩✩✩½) - Theatre
100. After Earth (✩✩✩½) - Theatre
101. Bride of Frankenstein (✩✩✩) - Live TV
102. Creature from the Black Lagoon (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
103. Predators (✩✩✩✩) - Blu-ray
104. Starter for 10 (✩✩✩) - DVD
105. This Is the End (✩✩✩✩) - Theatre
106. Super (✩✩✩✩) - Download
107. Superman: Unbound (✩✩✩½) - Download
108. Man of Steel (✩✩✩✩✩) - Theatre
109. 4:44 Last Day on Earth (✩✩) - Download
110. Identity Thief (✩✩½) - Download
111. Bad Teacher (✩✩✩) - Download
112. World War Z (✩✩✩½) - Theatre
113. Death Defying Acts (✩✩) - Download

July

114. Inside Job (✩✩✩) - DVD
115. The Kids Are All Right (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
116. Cashback (✩✩✩) - Netflix
117. The Lone Ranger (✩✩✩½) - Theatre
118. Superman (The Expanded Edition) (✩✩✩✩) - Blu-ray
119. Superman II (The Donner Cut) (✩✩½) - Blu-ray
120. The Host (✩✩✩✩) - Download
121. Pacific Rim (✩✩✩✩½) - Theatre
122. Doomsday Prophecy (✩) - Live TV
123. The Sessions (✩✩✩✩) - Netflix
124. Spring Breakers (✩✩✩✩) - Download
125. Hesher (✩✩✩✩½) - Download
126. Tiny Furniture (✩✩✩) - Netflix
127. The Wolverine (✩✩✩) - Theatre
128. Upstream Color (✩✩✩) - Download
129. 13 (✩✩✩½) - Download
130. Jack Reacher (✩✩✩✩½) - Download

August

131. Twilight (✩✩✩) - Download
132. New Moon (✩✩½) - Download
133. Eclipse (✩✩½) - Download
134. Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (✩✩✩✩) - Download
135. Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (✩✩✩✩) - Download
136. The Apparition (✩✩✩½) - Download
137. The Surrogacy Trap (✩✩✩) - Download
138. Elysium (✩✩✩✩½) - Theatre

139. Limitless (Unrated Extended Cut) (✩✩✩✩½) - Blu-ray - I saw this movie in the theatre, but I'm reviewing it now because I have the unrated extended cut on blu-ray. I'm told that there are several additions here and there, but the only thing that stood out was an extra sex scene that I don't believe was in the theatrical cut. There was also an alternate ending. Anyway, as someone who's always been fascinated with the development of the mind, I loved this movie. And what I especially loved was that it's not a cliched story about the pitfalls of gaining power. If you haven't seen it, do so.

140. Charly (✩✩✩✩½) - Download - A 1968 movie based on the novel Flowers for Algernon about a mentally and emotionally arrested man who volunteers to undergo an experimental treatment that makes him smarter. Stars Cliff Robertson. After watching the movie, I read that Robertson got an academy award for best actor for this part and I think he deserved it. His progression from slow child-like man to genius was well performed. Another thing I liked about the movie was how it presented sexuality. With a lead actress (Claire Bloom) who was attractive, the right shots and some creative montage work, it got its point across in a wink-wink, nudge, nidge manner quite well. Apparently Robertson wrote a sequel, but that never got made. As for the title, I wonder if it's supposed to be a misspelling of "Charlie". The character's name in the credits does read "Charly", but I still wonder.

141. Flowers for Algernon (✩✩✩½) - Download - A 2000 TV movie remake of Charly starring Matthew Modine. A great job by Modine, but as a TV movie, it's pretty sentimental and sanitized. Still, it's a nice compliment to Charly. If you're wondering who Algernon is, it's the experimental mouse that became Charlie's friend.

What did I learn from these three movies? That getting smarter also gets you laid.

Also, here's a fun fact… Matthew Modine and Cliff Robertson were in a movie together called Wind.

142. Wind (✩✩✩½) - Netflix - The epic 1992 Matthew Modine vehicle about sailing. Also starred Jennifer Grey. It tried to be grand and intense and it showed. Not great, but not bad either. I don't have much else to say about it, I just felt like watching it after Charly and Flowers for Algernon.

143. Kick-Ass 2 (✩✩✩½) - Theatre - My review is here. Chloe Moretz stole the show and Christopher Mintz-Plasse was fantastic. Those two are reasons to watch the movie.

Theatre: 22
Blu-ray: 10
DVD: 21
Netflix: 4
Live TV: 17
Download: 66
YouTube: 3

 

[CaptainCanada]

Spoiler: The rest of my list...

1. Jack Reacher (C+)
2. The Help (B+)
3. The Silver Linings Playbook (A-)
4. Kramer vs. Kramer (A-)
5. Super 8 (B+)
6. Hugo (B+)
7. Zero Dark Thirty (A)
8. Miss Bala (A-)
9. Monsieur Lazhar (A)
10. Trainspotting (B+)
11. True Grit (A)
12. Casino Royale (A-)
13. Le Mepris (D)
14. On the Road (B)
15. Barbara (B+)
16. Side Effects (B+)
17. Tom Jones (B+)
18. Les Miserables: Part 1: Tempest in a Skull (A-)
19. Les Miserables: Part 2: The Thenardiers (A-)
20. Les Miserables: Part 3: Liberty, Sweet Liberty (A)
21. Rust and Bone (B)
22. GoldenEye (A+)
23. Argo (A)
24. Cool Hand Luke (B+)
25. The Wild Bunch (A)
26. Quantum of Solace (B-)
27. Contact (B+)
28. Wooden Crosses (A-)
29. American Graffiti (A-)
30. The Silence of the Lambs (A)
31. Gone Baby, Gone (A)
32. A Royal Affair (A-)
33. Exotica (B+)
34. Peter Pan (B)
35. Amour (A-)
36. Moulin Rouge (B)
37. The Artist (A-)
38. Les Miserables (A+)
39. A Serious Man (A)
40. Slumdog Millionaire (A)
41. Mulan (A-)
42. Pitch Perfect (B)
43. Schindler's List (A+)
44. Iron Man 3 (B+)
45. Man of Steel (B+)
46. Lincoln (A-)
47. Beautiful Creatures (C-)
48. Pacific Rim (B+)
49. Apocalypse Now (B)
50. Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (A-)
51. The Sapphires (B)
52. The Wolverine (B+)
53. Much Ado About Nothing (B+)
54. Elysium (C+)

55. Kick-Ass 2 (B)

This has gotten pilloried on Rotten Tomatoes, but this is a rare instance where I disagree. It does have tonal issues, and Aaron Taylor-Johnson is really not charismatic enough to be a film lead, but it's highly watchable, and Chloe Moretz is terrific (reprising the part that first brought her notice).

Cinema: 17 (+1)
Home Video: 34
Computer: 4

 

[Captain Craig]

Spoiler: 2010 viewed movies

I didn't start in the thread till August that year, partial list

1. Piranha 3D: C+
2. Book of Eli: B
3. Lethal Weapon: A
4. Lethal Weapon 2: A-
5. Lethal Weapon 3: B
6. Lethal Weapon 4: C+
7. The Crow: A
8. Clash of the Titans: B+
9. Prince of Persia: B
10. The Fountain: D
11. Resident Evil: A-
12. Resident Evil: Apocalypse: B
13. Resident Evil: Extinction: B-
14. Resident Evil: Afterlife: B
15. Resident Evil: Degeneration(animated): B
16. Bad Boys: B+
17. Zombieland: B
18. The Evil Dead: B-
19. R.E.D.: B
20. 30 Days of Night: Dark Days: B+
21. Conviction: A-
22. Crazies(2010): A-
23. Paranormal Activity: A+
24. Paranormal Activity 2: A
25. Shutter Island: B-
26. Gamer: F
27. Last House on the Left(orig): D+
28. Thirst(asian film): C-
29. The Hills Have Eyes: B
30. When In Rome: B-
31. Dr.Horrible Sing-A-Long: A
32. Expelled No Intelligence Allowed(doc): B
33. Zombie Strippers: D
34. Mammoth: D+
35. Everyone Else: D
36. Dark Ages(doc): A
37. Batman vs Dracula(anim): A-
38. Independence Day: A
39. Robin Hood(2010-Crowe): B
40. Taken: A
41. Only You: B-
42. Momma Mia: C
43. High Plains Drifter: C
44. Joe Kid: A-
45. Tron Legacy: B
46. Voyage of the DawnTreader: B+
47. Tourist: B
48. Duchess: B
49. Blade Runner: B+
50. Men In Black: A
51. Jumper: B-
52. Interview with the Vampire: A-
53. Brideshead Revisted: B
54. Wizard of Oz: A
55. Gone With the Wind: A
56. True Grit: A

Spoiler: 2011 viewed movies

1. The Fighter: B-
2. Batman(90's saga): A-,B-,C-,D
3. Star Wars OT-Special Edition: B+, A, B
4. The Green Hornet: B
5. True Grit(1969): C+
6. Lord of the Rings saga: (A,A,A)
7. The Machinist: A-
8. Season of the Witch: B
9. Frozen: A-
10. Due Date: B+
11. Planet of the Apes(2001): B-
12. Faster: C
13. Romance: D (French film, subtitled)
14. YPF: C- (YPF=Young People F*&^ing)
15. The Beautiful Truth: B-
16. Strictly Sexual: C+
17. DOOM: C
18. Brothers: B+
19. Men In Black II: B-
20. The Crow: Wicked Prayer: C-
21. The Soloist: C
22. Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love: C+
23. I Now Pronounce you Chuck & Larry: B-
24. Battle in Heaven: C+ (Mexican film, subtitled)
25. Legion: B-
26. Battle: LA: B+
27. Righteous Kill: B
28. Dracula II: Ascension: B-
29. Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li: D
30. You Don't Mess With the Zohan: C+
31. Finding Bliss: C
32. Dracula III: Legacy: B-
33. Tangled: B+
34. Paul Blart Mall Cop: C-
35. Chloe: B
36. Kung Fu Panda: B-
37. Centurion: B
38. The People I've Slept With: C
39. Grown Ups: B-
40. The Conspirator: A-
41. XXX: State of the Union: C+
42. Fast Five: B+
43. THOR: A-
44. Priest: D+
45. The Fourth Kind: B+
46. POTC: On Stranger Tides: B-
47. Turtles Forever: A-
48. Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story: B+
49. Easy A: A
50. Inception: B
51. #1 Cheerleader Camp: D
52. Freakanomics: C+
53. Green Lantern: C
54. The American: C-
55. Super 8: A
56. Green Lantern: First Flight: B
57. Transformers: Dark of the Moon: B-
58. 9 Songs: F
59. Kings Speech: A-
60. Whiteout: C+
61. Passion Play: D+
62. Captain America: The First Avenger: A-
63. Marley & Me: A
64. Date Night: C+
65. Frantic: B+
66. Presumed Innocent: A
67. Invictus: A
68. Rocky: A
69. Hurt Locker: A+
70. Rocky II: C+
71. Rocky III: B+
72. Rocky IV: A
73. Cowboys & Aliens: B
74. Wonder Woman (DC Animated): B+
75. Rocky V: B-
76. Conan The Barbarian('11): B-
77. Dinner for Schmucks: D
78. Nothing But the Truth: B
79. Snow Angels: B+
80. Everybody's Fine: C-
81. Rise of the Planet of the Apes: A+
82. Fragments: C+
83. Fright Night ('11): A-
84. Cold Comfort Farm: D
85. Machete: C-
86. The Queen: A
87. Public Enemies: B+
88. Drive Angry: D
89. Red Riding Hood: C+
90. Fright Night ('85): B
91. Love & Other Drugs: B
92. X-Files: I Want to Believe - B+
93. Source Code: A-
94. Paranormal Activity 3: A
95. Rachel Getting Married: C
96. Love Guru: F
97. Funny People: C-
98. Win Win: B+
99. Everything Must Go: B
100. Scott Pilgrim vs The World: D+
101. American Ninja: D
102. Revenge of the Ninja: D
103. Lonesome Dove: A
104. Black Swan: B
105. Westworld: B
106. Fireproof: A-
107. Mission Impossible(4):Ghost Protocol: A
108. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: A
109. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows: A-
110. Belly: D-
111. Despicable Me: B+

Spoiler: 2012 viewed movies

Kicking off my 2012 list:

1. Edge of Darkness: A
2. Star Trek: The Motion Picture: B+
3. Repo Men: B-
4. Star Trek V: The Final Frontier: B-
5. Underworld: Awakening: B
6. Lost City Raiders: C+
7. Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist: B+
8. Contraband: B+
9. Kick-Ass: B+
10. Hereafter: A-
11. Ghost Rider Spirit of Vengeance: B
12. Act of Valor: C+
13. John Carter: B
14. Hunger Games: B+
15. Wrath of the Titans: C
16. Cabin In the Woods: B+
17. The Rum Diary: C
18. The Eagle: C+
19. The Avengers: A+
20. The Adjustment Bureau: A
21. Sucker Punch: B-
22. Knight & Day: C+
23. Mechanic: B
24. Devil: A
25. Dark Shadows: C+
26. Men In Black 3: B-
27. Columbiana: B
28. Haywire: C
29. Snow White and the Huntsman: B-
30. Meet the Parents: A-
31. Meet the Fockers: B
32. Prometheus: B
33. Chernobyl Dairies: B-
34. Little Fockers: B-
35. Halloween III: Season of the Witch: B+
36. Winters Bone: B+
37. Battleship: A-
38. Much Ado About Nothing: B+
39. Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs: B
40. Beauty & the Beast: A+
41. Bambi: A-
42. Sex & the City 2: D+
43. Top Gun: B
44. Abraham Lincoln-Vampire Hunter: B-
45. Brave: B+
46. Kill Bill vol.1: A-
47. Kill Bill vol.2: B
48. The Amazing Spider-man: B-
49. Virgin Territory: C-
50. 21 Jump Street: B+
51. The Dark Knight Rises: A-
52. Sicko: C
53. Capitalism A Love Story: C
54. Seven Pounds: B
55. Hot Fuzz: B
56. Total Recall (2012): A-
57. Total Recall (1990): B+
58. Hardware: D+
59. The Bourne Legacy: A-
60. Once Upon A Time in the West: B-
61. Expendables 2: B+
62. Hangover 2: C
63. Moneyball: A-
64. Adventures of Tin Tin: B-
65. 2016 Obama's America: A-
66. Unknown: B
67. No Strings Attached: B+
68. Megamind: A-
69. Superman/Batman: Public Enemies: A-
70. Halloween 4:Return of Michael Myers: A-
71. Halloween 5:Revenge of Michael Myers: B+
72. Halloween The Curse of Michael Myers: B
73. Halloween H2O: A
74. Halloween Resurrection: C+
75. The Day the Earth Stood Still(2008): B
76. Looper: A-
77. Smart People: C-
78. Atlas Shrugged-Part One: B
79. Dredd: A-
80. Bridesmaids: C-
81. Taken 2: B
82. Atlas Shrugged-Part Two: C+
83. Alex Cross: A-
84. RockNRolla: B-
85. Paranormal Activity 4: B
86. Argo: A+
87. Skyline: F
88. Cop Out: D
89. Skyfall: A
90. Red Dawn (2012): B-
91. Dracula (1979): B
92. Dracula (2009): C+
93. Slither: B-
94. Your Highness: F
95. Goldeneye: A
96. Whistleblower: B+
97. The Town: A+
98. Ted: A
99. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy: B+
100. Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: A
101. Jack Reacher: A-
102. Django Unchained: B+

Spoiler: Movies viewed first time in 2013

The 2013 list:
1. A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas: C-
2. Les Miserables(2012): B
3. Lincoln: A+
4. Parental Guidance: C+
5. Warm Bodies: B
6. Waiting for Superman: B
7. Grindhouse: Planet Terror: B-
8. Grindhouse: Death Proof: C+
9. Zero Dark Thirty: A
10. Last Stand: B
11. Red Tails: A-
12. Hansel & Gretel-Witch Hunters: C-
13. Parker: B-
14. Bullet to the Head: B+
15. Judge Dredd(1995): C
16. The Mist: B+
17. A Good Day to Die Hard: B-
18. Fired Up: C+
19. Fling: C
20. Ask the Dust: D+
21. Mulan: A-
22. The Lovely Bones: B
23. The Initiation of Sarah: D
24. Jack the Giant Slayer: C+
25. Oz the Great and Powerful: B+
26. Olympus Has Fallen: A-
27. The Lives of Others: B+ (German film)
28. The Croods: B+
29. Jennifers Body: D+
30. Evil Dead (2013 remake): B+
31. G.I. Joe: Retaliation: B
32. The Dark Knight Returns pt.1: A+
33. The Dark Knight Returns pt.2: A+
34. Batman: Gotham Knight: B
35. Superman/Shazam: Return of Black Adam: A-
36. Batman: Year One: B
37. Batman/Superman: Apocalypse: A+
38. Superman vs The Elite: B+
39. Justice League: Doom: A
40. Green Lantern First Flight: A
41. Oblivion: B+
42. Iron Man 3: B-
43. Planet Hulk: A-
44. Welcome to the Jungle: F
45. The Time Travelers Wife: B+
46. Star Trek into Darkness: A-
47. The Lost Tomb of Jesus: B
48. The Heat: C+
49. Fast and Furious 6: A-
50. Hangover III: C-
51. Now You See Me: A
52. Boot Camp: B-
53. Green Zone: C
54. Ninja Assassin: B
55. Mr&Mrs. Smith: A-
56. Silver Linings Playbook: A-
57. Man of Steel: B+
58. Doubt: A
59. Godfather: A
60. World War Z: B
61. Much Ado About Nothing: A-
62. The Lone Ranger: C+
63. Godfather pt.II: A+
64. Godfather pt.III: B
65. Beyond Sherwood Forest: D
66. R.E.D. 2: B-
67. The Wolverine: B+
68. R.I.P.D.: C+

69. Proof of Life: B-
70. The Conjuring: B
71. Pacific Rim: B-
72. Alone in the Dark: D
73. Apocalypto: A

I found this to be well told, with some nice cinematography and I barely noticed it was subtitled. The emotional resonance of all actors involved conveyed with the addition of facial and body language a well paced and tense story about the closing days of the Mayan civilization, outlying tribes and introduction of European explorers. Glad I stuck with this cause the first time Netflix delivered it the disc was unplayable. Mel Gibson may have shown his ass the last few years but professionally he still delivered a well done movie here.

Next up: The two Stargate SG-1 tele films to wrap up my viewing of the saga.

 

[Konata Izumi]

✩Legion [2010]
✩Hypnotisören

✩✩Predator 2
✩✩The Mummy [1999]
✩✩Manderlay
✩✩The Hills Have Eyes 2
✩✩Revolution [2009]
✩✩Resident Evil: Afterlife
✩✩The Last Stand [2013]
✩✩A Good Day to Die Hard
✩✩8-pallo
✩✩Olympus Has Fallen
✩✩Iron Man 3
✩✩Fast & Furious 6
✩✩The Hangover Part III
✩✩Man of Steel
✩✩The Wolverine

✩✩✩The Beast of Yucca Flats
✩✩✩Epidemic
✩✩✩Robocop 3
✩✩✩Idioterne
✩✩✩Direktøren for det hele
✩✩✩Shrink
✩✩✩Valhalla Rising
✩✩✩Melancholia
✩✩✩Vuosaari
✩✩✩Jagten
✩✩✩Cloud Atlas
✩✩✩Life of Pi
✩✩✩To the Wonder
✩✩✩G.I. Joe: Retaliation
✩✩✩Oblivion [2013]
✩✩✩Star Trek Into Darkness
✩✩✩The Lone Ranger
✩✩✩Pain & Gain

✩✩✩✩Dogville
✩✩✩✩Evangelion: 3.33 You Can (Not) Redo
✩✩✩✩Django Unchained
✩✩✩✩Pacific Rim
✩✩✩✩Elysium

✩✩✩✩✩Freddy Got Fingered
✩✩✩✩✩Reflections of Evil [shorter cut]
✩✩✩✩✩Love Exposure
✩✩✩✩✩Antichrist
✩✩✩✩✩A Serbian Film
✩✩✩✩✩Only God Forgives

dunno
Shadow of a Doubt
Rope
Vertigo
Winter Kills
Alien
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
Men Behind the Sun
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
Europa
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Lost Highway
Love & Pop
The Prestige
Beasts of the Southern Wild
The Master [2012]

 

[Starbreaker]

Ben Hur (1959) ★★★★ - One of my top 10 favorite movies now. Just an outstanding masterpiece

The Island ★★ - Too long, too Michael Bayish

Death on the Diamond ★★★ - Corny, but still enjoyable. It's about a Cardinals pitcher who tries to solve a series of murders (and still get the girl)

 

[Danny99]

1) This Is 40 - C+
2) Easy A - A-
3) The Bounty Hunter - B+
4) Crazy, Stupid, Love. - B-
5) What To Expect When You're Expecting - B+
6) Contagion - C
7) Identity Thief - A
8) We Bought A Zoo - A-
9) The Ides of March - B+
10) Top Gun - C+
11) It Could Happen To You - B+
12) Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close - A+
13) Mirror, Mirror - A
14) Seeking A Friend For The End Of The World - A
15) Inglorious Basterds - B+
16) Independence Day - B+
17) Star Trek – Into Darkness - B+
18) Kick-Ass - B
19) The Heat - B-
20) Monsters Inc. - B+
21) White House Down - B+
22) Saving Private Ryan - A
23) Air Force One - A-
24) MASH - B+
25) Airplane! - B+
26) The Island - B

It had a decent idea, who doesn't love a good dystopia?

But it falls flat on it's face by not exploring the idea of what Sean Bean is doing? There's no talk about how someone could be unique or how the clone could be a person in itself (Yes, the clones do ask that, but they think they are supposed to be alive from conception) Instead we get a bunch of action scenes where McGregor and Johansson magically escape every single time they should be dead (like falling one hundred stories off the face of a building). And why exactly does she follow him out in the first place? Add in some jittery camera shooting and you've taken an idea that could say something profound about the human existence and turned it into an action plot.

The actors do well with what they are given. McGregor and Johannson do well as the clones that somehow figure it all out. I have only seen Djimon Hounsou in Blood Diamond, so I kept waiting for him to start shouting "Where Is The Diamond!" at any moment. Ethan Phillips shows up, basically playing Neelix without make-up.

This one only gets a B, because spending the action sequences wishing I was getting a more intellectual movie was exhausting.

 

[Davros]

Kick Ass 2

 

[Tom Hendricks]

Oblivion - on Demand - Going into the movie I was aware of the major spoiler, I wanted to see how it played out. They decided to go fully Duncan Idaho Ghola on us. I liked the movie but it was like eating rice puffs, it fills you up but doesn't satisfy. There is a disconnect somewhere with Joseph Kosinski direction. Both with Tron Legacy and Oblivion, they were pretty to watch, have amazing world building, good actors, yet the final product lacks any heart. I think he is an incredibly talented director, that has made two good (average) movies.

Sand Pebbles - AMC - What an incredible movie, so rich and textured. The color and framing of shots, just majestic. I have seen bits and pieces of this before but this was the first time I got to see it as a whole. The movie was riveting from beginning to end. Excellent performances from Richard Crenna as the Captain slipping into madness, Steve McQueen as the anxious ships engineer and Richard Attenborough as love lorn Frenchy.

Disney Planes - Movie Theater - Was able to take my two boys, 4 & 3 year olds to see Disney's latest from the world of Cars. For my younger son, this was his first trip to a movie theater. Seeing how my older sons first trip to a movie theater was with Cars 2, very nice symmetry going on. My boys are unabashed Cars lovers, they have almost every toy. Even before going to see Planes, they already had several of the characters toys already. So for them, this was a hit. They were talking about it after for hours, they played with their Planes toys and everything was right with the world for them. For me, not so much. While I talked about there being no heart in Oblivion, it goes double for Planes. This is a mash up of Cars 1 & 2, it was like they didn't even try. These are paint by number characters, that have no real depth. There is no real point to the story and no real character development beyond some lip service. I love Cars, I have watched or half watched it with my boys hundred of times. I love the simple take on the true nature of friendship and finding yourself. It teaches a good life lesson without banging you of the head with it. I don't enjoy Cars 2 as much as Cars 1 because I thought it was a lost opportunity, with the passing of Paul Newman. They could have really explored the meaning of loss and being lost and finding yourself again done in the same sweet way as Cars 1. In Cars 2 we got a makeshift environmental trope that didn't go anywhere and a ham-handed fish out of water story, oh and the nature of friendship. Overall Planes was mediocre at best, probably should have stayed a Direct to DVD offering. I know I will be watching this a lot once it hits Blu-Ray, so I have that to look forward to...not.

 

[od0_ital]

Spoiler: Movies Seen in January through July

Playback - Netflix Instant
Parenthood (1989) - DVD
Young Adult - Netflix Instant
Django (1966) - free admission
Django Unchained (2012) - free admission
Housesitter - DVD
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) - YouTube
The Sting - free admission
This is 40 - free admission
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 3D/HFR - free admission/free admission
Parental Guidance - free admission
The Sting II - Netflix Instant
Abduction - Netflix Instant
Dial M for Murder 3D - free admission
Gangster Squad - free admission
Zero Dark Thirty - free admission
Treasure Planet - Netflix Instant
The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption - Netflix Instant
Commando - Netflix Instant
Battle Royale II - Netflix Instant
The Invisible War - Netflix Instant
Texas Chainsaw 3D - free admission
Lawrence of Arabia - free admission
Ron White: A Little Unprofessional - DVD
Valkyrie - DVD
Our Man Flint - DVD
Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap - Netflix Instant
Margin Call - Netflix Instant
In Like Flint - DVD
Purple Rain - free admission
Mama - free admission
The High and the Mighty - DVD
Dave Chappelle's Block Party - DVD
Black X-Mas (2006) - DVD
Bad Teacher - DVD
They Live - free admission
Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters 3D/2D - free admission/free admission
Inglourious Basterds - DVD
The Last Stand - free admission
The Night of the Hunter - free admission
Warm Bodies - free admission
P.S. I Love You - DVD
The Lake House - DVD
Alonzo Bodden: Who's Paying Attention? - Netflix Instant
Everything or Nothing: The Untold Story of 007 - Netflix Instant
Side by Side - free admission
Pennies from Heaven - free admission
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid- DVD
The Lonely Guy - DVD
Batman: The Dark Knigth Returns, Part Two - DVD
Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt - DVD
Side Effects - free admission
Funny Girl - free admission
Christopher Titus: Neverlution - YouTube
Ralphie May: Just Correct - YouTube
Top Gun 3D - IMAX
Fourplay: Tales of Sexual Intimacy - free admission
'Salem's Lot(2004) - DVD
Body of Lies - DVD
2013 Oscar-Nominated Shorts, Animated - free admission
2013 Oscar-Nominated Shorts, Live Action - free admission
A Good Day to Die Hard - free admission
Last Chance Harvey - DVD
Paul Williams Still Alive - free admission
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre - DVD
Invasion of the Blood Farmers - free admission
Safety Not Guaranteed - Netflix Instant
One Life - free admission
Identity Thief - free admission
The Switch - Netflix Instant
John Dies at the End - free admission
Singin' in the Rain - free admission
Benny & Joon - free admission
Louis C.K.: Live at the Beacon Theater - Netflix Instant
I'm No Dummy - Netflix Instant
The Adventures of Tintin - Netflix Instant
Beautiful Creatures - free admission
Snitch - free admission
Dark Skies - free admission
The Queen - USA Network
A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III - free admission
Safe - DVD
The Mechanic - DVD
Jack the Giand Slayer 3D - free admission
Happy People: A Year in the Taiga - free admission
The Wiz - free admission
Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome - Unrated Exteded Edition - DVD
Jay and Silent Bob Go Down Under - Netflix Instant
Lewis Black: In God We Rust - Netflix Instant
Jackass: The Movie - Unrated - Netflix Instant
Mardi Gras Massacre - free admission
Battle Beyond the Stars - Netflix Instant
Oz the Great and Powerful 3D - free admission
Nashville - free admission
Fat Man Little Boy - Netflix Instant
Craig Ferguson: I'm Here to Help - Netflix Instant
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia - free admission
Josie and the Pussycats - free admission
Millennium - Netflix Instant
Trek Nation - Netflix Instant
Indecent Proposal - Netflix Instant
This Film is Not Yet Rated - Netflix Instant
The People vs George Lucas - Netflix Instant
Everybody's Fine - Netflix Instant
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone - free admission
The Call- free admission
Spring Breakers - employee screening
Mad Dog and Glory - Netflix Instant
The Wild Bunch - free admission
Trekkies - Netflix Instant
Bad Teacher - Unrated - DVD
Salt - Unrated Director's Cut - DVD
30 Minutes or Less - DVD
Burn After Reading - DVD
Straw Dogs(2011) - DVD
The Croods 3D - free admission
The ABC's of Death - free admission
G.I. Joe: Retaliation 3D/2D - free admission/free admission
Admission - free admission
Come Out and Play - free admission
The Host - free admission
The Buddy Holly Story - free admission
Trekkies 2 - Netflix Instant
Machete Maidens Unleashed! - Netflix Instant
Aisha Tyler is Lit: Live at the Fillmore - Netflix Instant
Wrong - free admission
Winnebago Man - Netflix Instant
Kevin Nealon: Now Hear Me Out - Netflix Instant
Pocahontas - Netflix Instant
Barbarella - Netflix Instant
Girls Gone Dead - Netflix Instant
Starship Troopers 3: Marauder - Netflix Instant
Bill Burr: Let It Go - Netflix Instant
Jim Gaffigan: Mr Universe - Netflix Instant
Stolen- Netflix Instant
Jurassic Park 3D - free admission
Faire: An American Renaissance - free admission
Bobcat Goldthwait: You Don't Look the Same Either - Netflix Instant
The Comedians of Comedy: The Movie - Netflix Instant
Doctor Detroit - Netflix Instant
C.H.U.D. - Netflix Instant
Evil Dead (2013) - free admission
Bully - Netflix Instant
Trance - free admission
Bye Bye Birdie - free admission
Rise of the Zombies - Netflix Instant
In Time - DVD
The Place Beyond the Pines - free admission
42 - free admission
Leviathan (1989) - Netflix Instant
The Conversation - Netflix Instant
London's West End: Great Expectations - free admission
Oblivion - free admission
Upstream Color - free admission
Cars 2 - Starz on Demand
Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best of Both Worlds - Fathom Events
Anonymous - Starz on Demand
Year of the Dragon - free admission
Heaven's Gate - free admission
Mud - free admission
To the Wonder - free admission
Graceland - free admission
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy - HBO on Demand
Pain & Gain - free admission
Iron Man Three 2D/3D - free admission/free admission
On the Town - free admission
Public Enemies - DVD
New York, I Love You - DVD
The World Before Her - free admission
The Legend of Billy John - free admission
Star Trek Into Darkness IMAX/3D/2D - free screening/free admission/free admission
The Great Gatsby 3D (2013) - free admission
Iron Man: Rise of Technovore - DVD
Cabaret - free admission
The Source Family - free admission
Detention (2011) - free admission
Turkish Star Trek (1973) - free admission
Pieta - free admission
Superman Unbound - DVD
Behind the Candelabra - HBO
Inhumans - DVD
The Hangover Part III - free admission
Enter the Dragon - free admission
Nightmares in a Damaged Brain - free admission
Epic 2D - free admission
The Jensen Project - DVD
Risky Business - free admission
Screwballs - free admission
Stay Tuned - free admission
12 Angry Men - DVD
Fast & Furious 6 - free admission
Now You See Me - free admission
After Earth - free admission
The Last Unicorn - blu ray
The Internship - free admission
The Purge - free admission
The Deadly Spawn - free admission
Before Midnight - free admission
Wargames - free admission
Man of Steel 2D/3D - employee screening/free admission
Les Miserables (1998) - DVD
Letters from Iwo Jima - DVD
Sexy Beast - DVD
Jaws 3-D - free admission
King Arthur: Extended Unrated Director's Cut - DVD
Joysticks - free admission
The Keep - free admission
Mortuary - free admission
White House Down - free admission
The Heat - free admission
Finding Neverland - free admission
A Band Called Death - free admission
Godzilla vs the Smog Monster - free admission
Valley Girl - free admission
Scarface - free admission
Downloaded - free admission
This is the End - free admission
Much Ado About Nothing (2013) - free admission
The Lone Ranger (2013) - free admission
Despicable Me 2 3D - free admission
The Man Who Wasn't There - matinee
Super - Netflix Instant
Dead Like Me: Life After Death - Netflix Instant
Johnny Carson: King of Late Night - NEtflix Instant
Yankee Doodle Dandy - free admission
Playing for Keeps - Netflix Instant
Monsters University 2D - free admission
World War Z 2D/3D - free admission/free admission
Tower Heist - DVD
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days - HBO on Demand
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic - Showtime on Demand
Puss in Boots - HBO on Demand
Crazy on the Outside - Netflix Instant
Pacific Rim 2D/3D - free admission/free admission
Grown Ups 2 - free admission
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) - Netflix Instant
Mulan - Netflix Instant
Hercules (1997) - Netflix Instant
The Conjuring - free admission
R.I.P.D. 3D - free admission
Red 2 - free admission
Drive - Netflix Instant
Only God Forgives - free admission
Evangelion 1.11: You Are (Not) Alone - free admission
The Wolverine2D/3D - free admission/free admission
The Iron Lady - Showtime on Demand
Judge Dredd (1995) - Showtime on Demand
Fruitvale Station - free admission
Cheap Thrills - employee screenin'

Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox - DVD
Before Sunrise - Encore on Demand
The Way, Way Back - free admission
Turbo 2D - free admission
The Smurfs 2 3D - free admission
The Sitter - HBO on Demand
Mean Girls - Showtime on Demand
Carnage - Starz on Demand
Ghost Story of Yotsuya- free admission
Ghost Cat of Otama Pond- free admission
Trainspotting - free admission
Charlie Bartlett - Netflix Instant
Pitch Black: Unrated Director's Cut - bluray
The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury - DVD
The Chronicles of Riddick - bluray
The Canyons - free admission
The Chronicles of Riddick: Unrated Director's Cut - bluray
The Act of Killing - free admission
Flesh Pier - free admission
The Horizon Glitters - free admission
Adjust Your Tracking - free admission
Planes 2D - free admission
2 Guns - free admission
Elysium - free admission
Kick-Ass 2 - free admission
Five Easy Pieces - free admission
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters 2D - free admission
Jobs - free admission
Paranoia - free admission
Lee Daniels' The Butler - free admission
We're the Millers - free admission
Blue Jasmine - free admission

I went over to the Ritz Sunday with a plan to see four movies, but wound up sittin' through just the first one. FEP was the Karen Black memorial screenin', and the movie was just so damn slow, I couldn't stay awake for it.

When it ended, my whole mood was kinda ruined, so I turned in my three other tickets so they could be sold to payin' customers, and left.

Did a four-movie marathon at the new Lakeline location yesterday.

The Percy Jackson sequel (the 275th "new to me" movie of the year) was alright, not great. Nathan Fillion's role is almost completely in the trailer, which kinda sucked, and Anthony Stewart Head takes over for Pierce Brosnan. Stanley Tucci got a couple of good lines...and while I imagine a couple of the sequences would look pretty cool in 3D, I'm glad the Drafthouse didn't have it as an option, since the bulk of the climax takes place at night, or in a cave, which would be really, really dark with the glasses on.

Ashton Kutcher did a really good job as Steve Jobs in the biopic that focusses on the foundin' of Apple Computers in the late '70s/early '80s. And while it tells you a lot about the business, there seems to be very little about the man.

I still can't figure out how ya such a great roster of genre actors in a movie and it still be duller than dirty dishwater...Paranoia sucked all kinds of ass.

And the last one of the night was the "based on a true story" The Butler. Oscar bait, obviously, and it completely glossed over service durin' the Ford & Carter administrations, since there didn't seem to be a way to tie it in with the civil rights movement/actions of the butler's oldest son, who went from pacifist to Black Panther in just over a decade. Forest Whitaker carries the movie through the decades, and the supportin' cast was really good, too, though aside from John Cusack's Nixon & James Marsden's JFK, seems to me that most every other president was a cameo.

Still gotta see We're the Millers & Blue Jasmine in the next couple of days, before this weekend's big releases open on Thursday night.

- edit, to add -

Came into work early to see a couple of movies this afternoon.

WtM was actually pretty funny, enjoyed it quite a bit. And the bloopers at the end were good, too.

BJ wasn't as good, but still an interestin' look at a woman who changes the details of her life to suit what she wants it to be instead of what it actually is....yeah. Good movie, but the stoner-ish comedy was better.

 

[zakkrusz]

Spoiler: Full 2013 List

009 Re;Cyborg (10)
After Earth (8)
Asura (4)
Batman: The Mystery of the Batwoman (7)
Beck-Mongolian Chop Squad (2010) (10)
Berserk: The Golden Age I: The Egg of the King (7)
Berserk: The Golden Age II: Battle for Doldrey (7)
Berserk: The Golden Age III: Decent (7)
Bleach Movie 4: Hell Verse (9)
Blood-C: The Last Dark (6)
Blue Exorcist: The Movie (8)
Broken City (7)
Bullet to the Head (7)
Children Who Chase Lost Voices (7)
Dead Man Down (8)
Dragon Lord (6)
Elysium (8)
Evangelion 3.33: You Can [Not] Redo (9)
Fafner: Heaven and Earth (8)
Fairy Tail: Priestess of the Pheonix (8)
Fast and Furious 6 (9)
Gangster Squad (8)
GI Joe: Retaliation (8)
A Good Day to Die Hard (7)
The Grey (8)
Hoshizora Kiseki (7)
The Illusionist (10)
Initial D: 3rd Stage (9)
Iron Man 3 (9)
Jack Reacher (8)
K-ON: The Movie (8)
The Last Stand (8)
Library War: Wings of Revolution (9)
The Lone Ranger (6)
Lyrical Nanoha The Movie 2nd A's (9)
Man of Steel (9)
The Man With the Iron Fists (6)
Mardock Scramble: The Second Combustion-Theatrical version (9)
Metal Skin Panic: Madox 01 (6)
Nerawareta Gakuen (Psychic School Wars) (10)
Niji-iro Hotaru (Rainbow Fireflies) (9)
Now You See Me (9)
Oblivion (8)
Olympus Has Fallen (8)
Operation Condor (7)
Operation Condor 2: Armour of God (5)
Pacific Rim (8)
Parker (8)
Puela Magi Madoka Magica I: Beginnings (9)
Puela Magi Madoka Magica II: Eternal (9)
RED 2 (10)
Rurouni Kenshin (2012) (8)
Star Trek: Into Darkness (10)
Tripping the Rift: The Movie (6)
Tucker and Dale VS Evil (6)
Twin Dragons (7)
Why Worry? (1923) (8)
The Wolverine (8)

Updates:
Initial D: Drift Racer (7)
Phantom (2013) (8)

Current Total: 60

 

[CaptainCanada]

Spoiler: The rest of my list...

1. Jack Reacher (C+)
2. The Help (B+)
3. The Silver Linings Playbook (A-)
4. Kramer vs. Kramer (A-)
5. Super 8 (B+)
6. Hugo (B+)
7. Zero Dark Thirty (A)
8. Miss Bala (A-)
9. Monsieur Lazhar (A)
10. Trainspotting (B+)
11. True Grit (A)
12. Casino Royale (A-)
13. Le Mepris (D)
14. On the Road (B)
15. Barbara (B+)
16. Side Effects (B+)
17. Tom Jones (B+)
18. Les Miserables: Part 1: Tempest in a Skull (A-)
19. Les Miserables: Part 2: The Thenardiers (A-)
20. Les Miserables: Part 3: Liberty, Sweet Liberty (A)
21. Rust and Bone (B)
22. GoldenEye (A+)
23. Argo (A)
24. Cool Hand Luke (B+)
25. The Wild Bunch (A)
26. Quantum of Solace (B-)
27. Contact (B+)
28. Wooden Crosses (A-)
29. American Graffiti (A-)
30. The Silence of the Lambs (A)
31. Gone Baby, Gone (A)
32. A Royal Affair (A-)
33. Exotica (B+)
34. Peter Pan (B)
35. Amour (A-)
36. Moulin Rouge (B)
37. The Artist (A-)
38. Les Miserables (A+)
39. A Serious Man (A)
40. Slumdog Millionaire (A)
41. Mulan (A-)
42. Pitch Perfect (B)
43. Schindler's List (A+)
44. Iron Man 3 (B+)
45. Man of Steel (B+)
46. Lincoln (A-)
47. Beautiful Creatures (C-)
48. Pacific Rim (B+)
49. Apocalypse Now (B)
50. Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (A-)
51. The Sapphires (B)
52. The Wolverine (B+)
53. Much Ado About Nothing (B+)
54. Elysium (C+)
55. Kick-Ass 2 (B)

56. Before Midnight (A+)

I've seen some entertaining movies this year, but in truth, 2013 pales in comparison to 2012 so far. Before Midnight is the first great film of the year. Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke return to the characters they know so intimately, and deliver what feels like the perfectly logical followup to the relationship we saw in the previous two movies. They vary things up a bit here: the film doesn't have a ticking clock, and features a reasonable amount of Jesse and Celine interacting with other characters, which never happened in the first two.

Cinema: 18 (+1)
Home Video: 34
Computer: 4

 

[od0_ital]

Spoiler: Movies Seen in January through July

Playback - Netflix Instant
Parenthood (1989) - DVD
Young Adult - Netflix Instant
Django (1966) - free admission
Django Unchained (2012) - free admission
Housesitter - DVD
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) - YouTube
The Sting - free admission
This is 40 - free admission
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 3D/HFR - free admission/free admission
Parental Guidance - free admission
The Sting II - Netflix Instant
Abduction - Netflix Instant
Dial M for Murder 3D - free admission
Gangster Squad - free admission
Zero Dark Thirty - free admission
Treasure Planet - Netflix Instant
The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption - Netflix Instant
Commando - Netflix Instant
Battle Royale II - Netflix Instant
The Invisible War - Netflix Instant
Texas Chainsaw 3D - free admission
Lawrence of Arabia - free admission
Ron White: A Little Unprofessional - DVD
Valkyrie - DVD
Our Man Flint - DVD
Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap - Netflix Instant
Margin Call - Netflix Instant
In Like Flint - DVD
Purple Rain - free admission
Mama - free admission
The High and the Mighty - DVD
Dave Chappelle's Block Party - DVD
Black X-Mas (2006) - DVD
Bad Teacher - DVD
They Live - free admission
Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters 3D/2D - free admission/free admission
Inglourious Basterds - DVD
The Last Stand - free admission
The Night of the Hunter - free admission
Warm Bodies - free admission
P.S. I Love You - DVD
The Lake House - DVD
Alonzo Bodden: Who's Paying Attention? - Netflix Instant
Everything or Nothing: The Untold Story of 007 - Netflix Instant
Side by Side - free admission
Pennies from Heaven - free admission
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid- DVD
The Lonely Guy - DVD
Batman: The Dark Knigth Returns, Part Two - DVD
Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt - DVD
Side Effects - free admission
Funny Girl - free admission
Christopher Titus: Neverlution - YouTube
Ralphie May: Just Correct - YouTube
Top Gun 3D - IMAX
Fourplay: Tales of Sexual Intimacy - free admission
'Salem's Lot(2004) - DVD
Body of Lies - DVD
2013 Oscar-Nominated Shorts, Animated - free admission
2013 Oscar-Nominated Shorts, Live Action - free admission
A Good Day to Die Hard - free admission
Last Chance Harvey - DVD
Paul Williams Still Alive - free admission
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre - DVD
Invasion of the Blood Farmers - free admission
Safety Not Guaranteed - Netflix Instant
One Life - free admission
Identity Thief - free admission
The Switch - Netflix Instant
John Dies at the End - free admission
Singin' in the Rain - free admission
Benny & Joon - free admission
Louis C.K.: Live at the Beacon Theater - Netflix Instant
I'm No Dummy - Netflix Instant
The Adventures of Tintin - Netflix Instant
Beautiful Creatures - free admission
Snitch - free admission
Dark Skies - free admission
The Queen - USA Network
A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III - free admission
Safe - DVD
The Mechanic - DVD
Jack the Giand Slayer 3D - free admission
Happy People: A Year in the Taiga - free admission
The Wiz - free admission
Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome - Unrated Exteded Edition - DVD
Jay and Silent Bob Go Down Under - Netflix Instant
Lewis Black: In God We Rust - Netflix Instant
Jackass: The Movie - Unrated - Netflix Instant
Mardi Gras Massacre - free admission
Battle Beyond the Stars - Netflix Instant
Oz the Great and Powerful 3D - free admission
Nashville - free admission
Fat Man Little Boy - Netflix Instant
Craig Ferguson: I'm Here to Help - Netflix Instant
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia - free admission
Josie and the Pussycats - free admission
Millennium - Netflix Instant
Trek Nation - Netflix Instant
Indecent Proposal - Netflix Instant
This Film is Not Yet Rated - Netflix Instant
The People vs George Lucas - Netflix Instant
Everybody's Fine - Netflix Instant
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone - free admission
The Call- free admission
Spring Breakers - employee screening
Mad Dog and Glory - Netflix Instant
The Wild Bunch - free admission
Trekkies - Netflix Instant
Bad Teacher - Unrated - DVD
Salt - Unrated Director's Cut - DVD
30 Minutes or Less - DVD
Burn After Reading - DVD
Straw Dogs(2011) - DVD
The Croods 3D - free admission
The ABC's of Death - free admission
G.I. Joe: Retaliation 3D/2D - free admission/free admission
Admission - free admission
Come Out and Play - free admission
The Host - free admission
The Buddy Holly Story - free admission
Trekkies 2 - Netflix Instant
Machete Maidens Unleashed! - Netflix Instant
Aisha Tyler is Lit: Live at the Fillmore - Netflix Instant
Wrong - free admission
Winnebago Man - Netflix Instant
Kevin Nealon: Now Hear Me Out - Netflix Instant
Pocahontas - Netflix Instant
Barbarella - Netflix Instant
Girls Gone Dead - Netflix Instant
Starship Troopers 3: Marauder - Netflix Instant
Bill Burr: Let It Go - Netflix Instant
Jim Gaffigan: Mr Universe - Netflix Instant
Stolen- Netflix Instant
Jurassic Park 3D - free admission
Faire: An American Renaissance - free admission
Bobcat Goldthwait: You Don't Look the Same Either - Netflix Instant
The Comedians of Comedy: The Movie - Netflix Instant
Doctor Detroit - Netflix Instant
C.H.U.D. - Netflix Instant
Evil Dead (2013) - free admission
Bully - Netflix Instant
Trance - free admission
Bye Bye Birdie - free admission
Rise of the Zombies - Netflix Instant
In Time - DVD
The Place Beyond the Pines - free admission
42 - free admission
Leviathan (1989) - Netflix Instant
The Conversation - Netflix Instant
London's West End: Great Expectations - free admission
Oblivion - free admission
Upstream Color - free admission
Cars 2 - Starz on Demand
Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best of Both Worlds - Fathom Events
Anonymous - Starz on Demand
Year of the Dragon - free admission
Heaven's Gate - free admission
Mud - free admission
To the Wonder - free admission
Graceland - free admission
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy - HBO on Demand
Pain & Gain - free admission
Iron Man Three 2D/3D - free admission/free admission
On the Town - free admission
Public Enemies - DVD
New York, I Love You - DVD
The World Before Her - free admission
The Legend of Billy John - free admission
Star Trek Into Darkness IMAX/3D/2D - free screening/free admission/free admission
The Great Gatsby 3D (2013) - free admission
Iron Man: Rise of Technovore - DVD
Cabaret - free admission
The Source Family - free admission
Detention (2011) - free admission
Turkish Star Trek (1973) - free admission
Pieta - free admission
Superman Unbound - DVD
Behind the Candelabra - HBO
Inhumans - DVD
The Hangover Part III - free admission
Enter the Dragon - free admission
Nightmares in a Damaged Brain - free admission
Epic 2D - free admission
The Jensen Project - DVD
Risky Business - free admission
Screwballs - free admission
Stay Tuned - free admission
12 Angry Men - DVD
Fast & Furious 6 - free admission
Now You See Me - free admission
After Earth - free admission
The Last Unicorn - blu ray
The Internship - free admission
The Purge - free admission
The Deadly Spawn - free admission
Before Midnight - free admission
Wargames - free admission
Man of Steel 2D/3D - employee screening/free admission
Les Miserables (1998) - DVD
Letters from Iwo Jima - DVD
Sexy Beast - DVD
Jaws 3-D - free admission
King Arthur: Extended Unrated Director's Cut - DVD
Joysticks - free admission
The Keep - free admission
Mortuary - free admission
White House Down - free admission
The Heat - free admission
Finding Neverland - free admission
A Band Called Death - free admission
Godzilla vs the Smog Monster - free admission
Valley Girl - free admission
Scarface - free admission
Downloaded - free admission
This is the End - free admission
Much Ado About Nothing (2013) - free admission
The Lone Ranger (2013) - free admission
Despicable Me 2 3D - free admission
The Man Who Wasn't There - matinee
Super - Netflix Instant
Dead Like Me: Life After Death - Netflix Instant
Johnny Carson: King of Late Night - NEtflix Instant
Yankee Doodle Dandy - free admission
Playing for Keeps - Netflix Instant
Monsters University 2D - free admission
World War Z 2D/3D - free admission/free admission
Tower Heist - DVD
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days - HBO on Demand
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic - Showtime on Demand
Puss in Boots - HBO on Demand
Crazy on the Outside - Netflix Instant
Pacific Rim 2D/3D - free admission/free admission
Grown Ups 2 - free admission
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) - Netflix Instant
Mulan - Netflix Instant
Hercules (1997) - Netflix Instant
The Conjuring - free admission
R.I.P.D. 3D - free admission
Red 2 - free admission
Drive - Netflix Instant
Only God Forgives - free admission
Evangelion 1.11: You Are (Not) Alone - free admission
The Wolverine2D/3D - free admission/free admission
The Iron Lady - Showtime on Demand
Judge Dredd (1995) - Showtime on Demand
Fruitvale Station - free admission
Cheap Thrills - employee screenin'

Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox - DVD
Before Sunrise - Encore on Demand
The Way, Way Back - free admission
Turbo 2D - free admission
The Smurfs 2 3D - free admission
The Sitter - HBO on Demand
Mean Girls - Showtime on Demand
Carnage - Starz on Demand
Ghost Story of Yotsuya- free admission
Ghost Cat of Otama Pond- free admission
Trainspotting - free admission
Charlie Bartlett - Netflix Instant
Pitch Black: Unrated Director's Cut - bluray
The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury - DVD
The Chronicles of Riddick - bluray
The Canyons - free admission
The Chronicles of Riddick: Unrated Director's Cut - bluray
The Act of Killing - free admission
Flesh Pier - free admission
The Horizon Glitters - free admission
Adjust Your Tracking - free admission
Planes 2D - free admission
2 Guns - free admission
Elysium - free admission
Kick-Ass 2 - free admission
Five Easy Pieces - free admission
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters 2D - free admission
Jobs - free admission
Paranoia- free admission
Lee Daniels' The Butler - free admission
We're the Millers - free admission
Blue Jasmine - free admission
Clear History - HBO
The Apparition - HBO

Hung out at the motel yesterday, watched a couple of movies on HBO and napped a lot.

Clear History was about a guy (Larry David) who ridicules the idea of an electric car model named "the Howard" and refuses to be a part of its marketin'. So, he resigns...and the Howard becomes a huge success and David's character changes his name and hides out in Martha's Vineyard for a decade. When the creator of the Howard (Jon Hamm) comes to M'sV, David begins to plot his revenge.

Really good cast that included Eve Mendes, Michael Keaton, and Kate Hudson, but the movie was off the wall stupid, especially Larry David's rants, which reminded me of why I don't like Seinfeld and never watched his series on HBO.

Followed that up with The Apparition, which suggests that if ya don't believe in ghosts, you can't be hurt by ghosts, even if the ghosts are doin' everything they can to make ya believe in 'em so they can kill ya and stuff.

Terrible freakin' movie.

And if ya watch the trailer, they include the last scene of the movie in it, which makes no sense at all.

 

[Danny99]

1) This Is 40 - C+
2) Easy A - A-
3) The Bounty Hunter - B+
4) Crazy, Stupid, Love. - B-
5) What To Expect When You're Expecting - B+
6) Contagion - C
7) Identity Thief - A
8) We Bought A Zoo - A-
9) The Ides of March - B+
10) Top Gun - C+
11) It Could Happen To You - B+
12) Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close - A+
13) Mirror, Mirror - A
14) Seeking A Friend For The End Of The World - A
15) Inglorious Basterds - B+
16) Independence Day - B+
17) Star Trek – Into Darkness - B+
18) Kick-Ass - B
19) The Heat - B-
20) Monsters Inc. - B+
21) White House Down - B+
22) Saving Private Ryan - A
23) Air Force One - A-
24) MASH - B+
25) Airplane! - B+
26) The Island - B
27) Love, Actually - A-

Yes, it's a chick flick, but I think knowing that going in and expecting it to be awful helped increase it's grade when it surprised me.

There is real heart in this movie, unlike a lot of American made ones, where you just know that even if they fight, cheat, break-up with each other, they will get back together. Yes there is some of that here, but to even have a storyline like Alan Rickman and Emma Thompson's is groundbreaking, at least in my opinion. Showing that not everything perfect in a movie like this helped it out in my view.

But it also has some great humor. Martin Freeman and Joanna Page having small talk while doubling for sex scenes was perfect humor. And who doesn't love Rowan Atkinson?

Guys, if your girlfriend/wife is bugging you to watch a chick flick, make her throw this one in.

 

[CaptainCanada]

Yes, it's a chick flick

I wouldn't call it that.

 

[tomalak301]

I've already talked about this film early in the year but Life of Pi was on HBO tonight and I ended up watching most of it. Man what an incredible film this was. Maybe it was light on story, but the visual effects and what they did with the Tiger is nothing short of movie mastery. If I have one regret, it was I didn't see this film in 3D because if there was ever a movie where it was still worth going to the movie theater just for the experience, this movie was it. Avatar may say they were they best visual effects movie of the last several years, but I say Life of Pi was better.

Wasn't there some controversy over the visual effects company who did this movie? I remember something about the visual effects people being pulled off the stage at the Oscars but I wasn't sure if it was for this movie or another one.

 

[Lonemagpie]

Wasn't there some controversy over the visual effects company who did this movie? I remember something about the visual effects people being pulled off the stage at the Oscars but I wasn't sure if it was for this movie or another one.

Life Of Pi? Rhythm & Hues put so much into that they ended up going bankrupt when it was released. At the Oscars - which they won for best visual effects - their boss's microphone was cut off and the band started playing over him when he tried to bring up the company's fate during his acceptance speech.

Director Ang Lee leapt straight to their defence by complaining that the effects cost too much, and thanking everybody except* the visual effects crew at his acceptance speech... Oh, wait.

 

[CaptainCanada]

Spoiler: The rest of my list...

1. Jack Reacher (C+)
2. The Help (B+)
3. The Silver Linings Playbook (A-)
4. Kramer vs. Kramer (A-)
5. Super 8 (B+)
6. Hugo (B+)
7. Zero Dark Thirty (A)
8. Miss Bala (A-)
9. Monsieur Lazhar (A)
10. Trainspotting (B+)
11. True Grit (A)
12. Casino Royale (A-)
13. Le Mepris (D)
14. On the Road (B)
15. Barbara (B+)
16. Side Effects (B+)
17. Tom Jones (B+)
18. Les Miserables: Part 1: Tempest in a Skull (A-)
19. Les Miserables: Part 2: The Thenardiers (A-)
20. Les Miserables: Part 3: Liberty, Sweet Liberty (A)
21. Rust and Bone (B)
22. GoldenEye (A+)
23. Argo (A)
24. Cool Hand Luke (B+)
25. The Wild Bunch (A)
26. Quantum of Solace (B-)
27. Contact (B+)
28. Wooden Crosses (A-)
29. American Graffiti (A-)
30. The Silence of the Lambs (A)
31. Gone Baby, Gone (A)
32. A Royal Affair (A-)
33. Exotica (B+)
34. Peter Pan (B)
35. Amour (A-)
36. Moulin Rouge (B)
37. The Artist (A-)
38. Les Miserables (A+)
39. A Serious Man (A)
40. Slumdog Millionaire (A)
41. Mulan (A-)
42. Pitch Perfect (B)
43. Schindler's List (A+)
44. Iron Man 3 (B+)
45. Man of Steel (B+)
46. Lincoln (A-)
47. Beautiful Creatures (C-)
48. Pacific Rim (B+)
49. Apocalypse Now (B)
50. Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (A-)
51. The Sapphires (B)
52. The Wolverine (B+)
53. Much Ado About Nothing (B+)
54. Elysium (C+)
55. Kick-Ass 2 (B)
56. Before Midnight (A+)

57. The Butler (B)

A highly atypical film from director Lee Daniels, at times remarkably restrained (particularly in its central performance), though the enormous timespan covered by the film still leads to a lot of eras being summed up in really on-the-nose ways. The casting of the film is by times highly effective and strange. The whole story really would be better-served by a miniseries, but it's still a decent movie. The makeup used on the actors is superb; some of the best I've seen in recent years.

Cinema: 19 (+1)
Home Video: 34
Computer: 4