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Re: Best & worst films of 2013

#21 Post by Betty Botter » Thu Dec 12, 2013 5:29 pm

Best films of 2013: o/
1. Django Unchained
2. Les Miserables
3. Saving Mr Banks
4. Iron Man 3
5. Monsters University
6. Lincoln
7. Philomena
8. Much Ado About Nothing
9. Captain Phillips
10. Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom

Worst films of 2013: :X
1. Don Jon
2. 21 and Over
3. The Eye of The Storm
4. Warm Bodies
5. Filth
6. Diana
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Re: Best & worst films of 2013

#22 Post by LondonCityNights » Thu Dec 12, 2013 8:03 pm

Celini wrote:My 10 favourite films
Lincoln
Wadjda
Mud
Much Ado About Nothing
Only God Forgives
The Selfish Giant
Only Lovers Left Alive
Blue is the Warmest Colour
Blue Jasmine
Nebraska

I am happy to say that I haven't seem many stinkers this year, the top of the worst would be... drum roll...
Justin and the Knights of Valours
Now this is a person with some gooood taste.
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Re: Best & worst films of 2013

#23 Post by kevinknapman » Thu Dec 12, 2013 8:59 pm

Best Films of 2013 (In no particular order other than the Number 1. I also tried to get it down to 10 but failed, so it's a Top 20 instead)
1) Inside Llewyn Davis*
Django Unchained
The Place Beyond The Pines
The Selfish Giant
Frances Ha
Nebraska
The World's End
Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa
Gravity
Before Midnight
Frozen
Only Lovers Left Alive*
12 Years a Slave*
Pacific Rim
Lincoln
Wadjda
Iron Man 3
Behind the Candelabra
Captain Phillips
All is Lost

*LFF screenings

Worst Films of 2013
A Good Day to Die Hard
Safe Haven
Riddick
The Killing Season
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Re: Best & worst films of 2013

#24 Post by Celini » Fri Dec 13, 2013 12:24 am

LondonCityNights wrote:
Celini wrote:My 10 favourite films
Lincoln
Wadjda
Mud
Much Ado About Nothing
Only God Forgives
The Selfish Giant
Only Lovers Left Alive
Blue is the Warmest Colour
Blue Jasmine
Nebraska

I am happy to say that I haven't seem many stinkers this year, the top of the worst would be... drum roll...
Justin and the Knights of Valours
Now this is a person with some gooood taste.
some would say "boring" though :D
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Re: Best & worst films of 2013

#25 Post by Ms Thrifty » Fri Dec 13, 2013 5:39 am

My list would be more a case of most and least engaging or entertaining, as I'm not claiming that those I enjoyed would necessarily qualify on artistic merit; conversely, one or two I didn't enjoy would be in others' "best" lists.

Most Enjoyed/Engaged By:

Hitchcock
No
Robot & Frank
Spirit Of 45
Populaire
The Way, Way Back
Wadjda
Rush
In A World
Nebraska

Not For Me:

The Bling Ring
Prince Avalanche
Lincoln

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Re: Best & worst films of 2013

#26 Post by emstainer » Sat Dec 14, 2013 11:22 am

Best:
Saving Mr Banks
Captain Phillips
Blue Jasmine
The Great Gatsby (I know, I know, not the best film, but with the costumes and the colour, I enjoyed watching it a lot..if you didn't like it, try watching it again, but forget everything you know about the novel? That's what I did) :D
Les Miserables
Philomena

Worst:
Romeo and Juliet (I tried so hard to like this film, but it's impossible, the screenplay ruined it..stick to the Zeffirelli version)

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Re: Best & worst films of 2013

#27 Post by RAZORBACK » Wed Dec 25, 2013 11:08 am

RAZORBACK wrote:Here's mine:

Top 10 films

1. This Is The End
2. Gravity
3. Les Misérables
4. The Conjuring
5. Rurouni Kenshin
6. Populaire
7. Rush
8. Pacific Rim
9. Dragon
10. Trance

Worst 10 films

1. The Eye Of The Storm
2. The Smurfs 2
3. The Moth Diaries
4. The Paperboy
5. Kill Your Darlings
6. Baggage Claim
7. Day Of The Flowers
8. FoxFire
9. The Citadel
10. Frances Ha
This needs an update following last night's screening:

Top 10 films

1. This Is The End
2. Gravity
3. Les Misérables
4. The Conjuring
5. Rurouni Kenshin
6. Populaire
7. Rush
8. Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
9. Pacific Rim
10. Dragon

Worst 10 films

1. The Eye Of The Storm
2. The Smurfs 2
3. The Moth Diaries
4. The Paperboy
5. Kill Your Darlings
6. Baggage Claim
7. Day Of The Flowers
8. FoxFire
9. The Citadel
10. Frances Ha
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Re: Best & worst films of 2013

#28 Post by David » Fri Dec 27, 2013 12:44 am

Best of 2013

1) Behind the Candelabra
2) Captain Phillips
3) Django Unchained
4) Fruitvale Station
5) Rush
6) Spring Breakers
7) Frances Ha
8) Nebraska
9) Mud
10) Alan Partridge
11) Pacific Rim
12) In the House
13) Prisoners
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Film of the year

#29 Post by john thomson » Wed Jan 01, 2014 4:52 pm

My choice is Mark Kermode's worst film of the year Pain and Gain a truly pitch black comedy starring The Rock in his best role yet. Its a marmite film with idiots doing idiotic things and darker than the Coen's "Burn After Reading." I love marmite but don't spread it around. Happy 2014

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Re: Best & worst films of 2013

#30 Post by moviejohnson » Wed Apr 23, 2014 10:42 am

Oh my god. I saw Diana last night and was honestly shocked at how bad it was. About the only thing that was acceptable were the costumes. I thought they did a good job of copying her jewellery including the pearl earrings, like those found here, that Kate now wears.

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