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<blockquote data-quote="shutyertrap" data-source="post: 126222" data-attributes="member: 134"><p>I've taken to doing this every year on Facebook, and I posted it here last year. So why break tradition? What follows is everything I saw for the first time in 2013. I find seeing what a person watches tells a lot about them, especially if they're honest about it! Feel free to strike up a conversation with me about what I did or didn't watch this year.</p><p></p><p>These are the movies I saw in 2013 for the first time and an asterisk indicates seeing it in a theater…</p><p></p><p><strong>Most Liked for 2013 (no particular order)</strong></p><p></p><p>-The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug*</p><p>-Iron Man 3*</p><p>-Fast & Furious 6*</p><p>-Despicable Me 2*</p><p>-The Wolverine*</p><p>-Gravity*</p><p>-The Hunger Games: Catching Fire*</p><p>-Django Unchained</p><p>-Silver Linings Playbook</p><p>-Pitch Perfect</p><p>-Dredd</p><p></p><p>Last year I picked ‘The Raid’ as the movie to see. Turns out ‘Dredd’ was almost the exact same movie! However, Gravity is the flick I knew I had to see in 3D on the big screen, and it didn’t disappoint.</p><p></p><p><strong>Better than average that I saw in 2013</strong></p><p></p><p>-Warm Bodies</p><p>-Evil Dead</p><p>-Frozen *</p><p>-Monsters University*</p><p>-Moonrise Kingdom</p><p>-This Is 40</p><p>-Seven Psychopaths</p><p>-Argo</p><p>-The Perks of Being a Wallflower</p><p>-Magic Mike</p><p></p><p>I’m not always a Wes Anderson fan, but I really dug ‘Moonrise Kingdom’. I may have just liked it because of how precise his camera moves.</p><p>‘Perks of a Wallflower’ is the other film that stands out just by sheer virtue of not pandering to the audience. </p><p></p><p><strong>Movies I Hated in 2013</strong></p><p></p><p>A Good Day To Die Hard*</p><p>Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (fell asleep by the end and didn’t bother to rewind)</p><p>Twilight: Breaking Dawn pt. 2 (thank God this crap is over)</p><p>Total Recall (why? Completely pointless)</p><p>The Watch (a fart of a movie)</p><p>Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (should have been fun, but no, just boring)</p><p>Project X (dammit I’m old. Grew angrier at kids every second I watched)</p><p></p><p>I love the Die Hard movies. I have zero love for this latest one. You could practically see Bruce just counting the money while he recited lines. So many convenient circumstances it was laughable. Stretched believability to the breaking point even for a Die Hard movie. I mean, a spray that cleans up radiation? A car managing to force a very armored truck into a concrete divide? C’mon now.</p><p></p><p><strong>Everything Else I Saw 2013</strong></p><p></p><p>54 new to me movies I saw this year. That’s 8 few than last year. Of that, 13 I saw in the theater, which is 3 more than last year. The difference was Mace actually wanting to see some things this year. While I feel the movies I liked most are much better than last year’s list, everything else didn’t really have much impact on me. Part of that comes from seeing many of these long after the hype has died down. The other part is seeing ‘em at home instead of in a theater. The enjoyment of seeing a movie with a crowd on a big screen doesn’t make a movie better, but it can make the experience more memorable.</p><p></p><p>The Last Stand</p><p>Oz the Great and Powerful</p><p>Olympus Has Fallen</p><p>Jurassic Park 3D*</p><p>Oblivion*</p><p>Star Trek: Into Darkness</p><p>Now You See Me</p><p>World War Z</p><p>Blackfish</p><p>Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2*</p><p>Red Tails</p><p>Jack Reacher</p><p>Zero Dark Thirty</p><p>Killing Them Softly</p><p>Life of Pi</p><p>Lincoln</p><p>Cloud Atlas</p><p>Frankenweenie</p><p>Killer Joe</p><p>Savages</p><p>The Amazing Spider-Man</p><p>Katy Perry: Part of Me</p><p>Ted</p><p>Brave</p><p>Dark Shadows</p><p>Goon</p><p></p><p><strong>Special Awards for 2013…</strong></p><p></p><p>Movie I knew was gonna suck but watched anyways: Hansel & Gretel</p><p>Movie I regret paying to see in the theater (which almost never happens): Die Hard 5</p><p>The “well that was depressing” movie that made me feel guilty for still wanting to visit Sea World: Blackfish</p><p>Despite the word ‘kill’, movies that didn’t excite: Killer Joe, Killing Them Soflty</p><p>Why I continue to watch small budgeted or indie films: Perks of a Wallflower, Magic Mike</p><p>Movie that reminds you Ah-nold is irreplaceable: Total Recal</p><p>Movie that reminds you Ah-nold is no longer himself: The Last Stand</p><p>The “curse you, shakey-cam!” award: Zero Dark Thirty</p><p>The “maybe I just don’t get it” award: Lincoln</p><p>The “yes I actually made a point of watching this” award: Katy Perry: Part of Me</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shutyertrap, post: 126222, member: 134"] I've taken to doing this every year on Facebook, and I posted it here last year. So why break tradition? What follows is everything I saw for the first time in 2013. I find seeing what a person watches tells a lot about them, especially if they're honest about it! Feel free to strike up a conversation with me about what I did or didn't watch this year. These are the movies I saw in 2013 for the first time and an asterisk indicates seeing it in a theater… [B]Most Liked for 2013 (no particular order)[/B] -The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug* -Iron Man 3* -Fast & Furious 6* -Despicable Me 2* -The Wolverine* -Gravity* -The Hunger Games: Catching Fire* -Django Unchained -Silver Linings Playbook -Pitch Perfect -Dredd Last year I picked ‘The Raid’ as the movie to see. Turns out ‘Dredd’ was almost the exact same movie! However, Gravity is the flick I knew I had to see in 3D on the big screen, and it didn’t disappoint. [B]Better than average that I saw in 2013[/B] -Warm Bodies -Evil Dead -Frozen * -Monsters University* -Moonrise Kingdom -This Is 40 -Seven Psychopaths -Argo -The Perks of Being a Wallflower -Magic Mike I’m not always a Wes Anderson fan, but I really dug ‘Moonrise Kingdom’. I may have just liked it because of how precise his camera moves. ‘Perks of a Wallflower’ is the other film that stands out just by sheer virtue of not pandering to the audience. [B]Movies I Hated in 2013[/B] A Good Day To Die Hard* Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (fell asleep by the end and didn’t bother to rewind) Twilight: Breaking Dawn pt. 2 (thank God this crap is over) Total Recall (why? Completely pointless) The Watch (a fart of a movie) Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (should have been fun, but no, just boring) Project X (dammit I’m old. Grew angrier at kids every second I watched) I love the Die Hard movies. I have zero love for this latest one. You could practically see Bruce just counting the money while he recited lines. So many convenient circumstances it was laughable. Stretched believability to the breaking point even for a Die Hard movie. I mean, a spray that cleans up radiation? A car managing to force a very armored truck into a concrete divide? C’mon now. [B]Everything Else I Saw 2013[/B] 54 new to me movies I saw this year. That’s 8 few than last year. Of that, 13 I saw in the theater, which is 3 more than last year. The difference was Mace actually wanting to see some things this year. While I feel the movies I liked most are much better than last year’s list, everything else didn’t really have much impact on me. Part of that comes from seeing many of these long after the hype has died down. The other part is seeing ‘em at home instead of in a theater. The enjoyment of seeing a movie with a crowd on a big screen doesn’t make a movie better, but it can make the experience more memorable. The Last Stand Oz the Great and Powerful Olympus Has Fallen Jurassic Park 3D* Oblivion* Star Trek: Into Darkness Now You See Me World War Z Blackfish Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2* Red Tails Jack Reacher Zero Dark Thirty Killing Them Softly Life of Pi Lincoln Cloud Atlas Frankenweenie Killer Joe Savages The Amazing Spider-Man Katy Perry: Part of Me Ted Brave Dark Shadows Goon [B]Special Awards for 2013…[/B] Movie I knew was gonna suck but watched anyways: Hansel & Gretel Movie I regret paying to see in the theater (which almost never happens): Die Hard 5 The “well that was depressing” movie that made me feel guilty for still wanting to visit Sea World: Blackfish Despite the word ‘kill’, movies that didn’t excite: Killer Joe, Killing Them Soflty Why I continue to watch small budgeted or indie films: Perks of a Wallflower, Magic Mike Movie that reminds you Ah-nold is irreplaceable: Total Recal Movie that reminds you Ah-nold is no longer himself: The Last Stand The “curse you, shakey-cam!” award: Zero Dark Thirty The “maybe I just don’t get it” award: Lincoln The “yes I actually made a point of watching this” award: Katy Perry: Part of Me [/QUOTE]
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