Top 10 films of 2013

Top 10 of 2013 (so far as of 9/20)

1. Oblivion
2. The Place Beyond the Pines
3. Maniac
4. Riddick
5. Olympus Has Fallen
6. Man of Steel
7. Stoker
8. The Wolverine
9. This is the End
10. Side Effects

Honorable Mentions (in no particular order)
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns pt. 2
The Last Stand
Bullet to the Head
Oz the Great and Powerful
Trance
Evil Dead
42
Iron Man 3
The Iceman
Star Trek Into Darkness
The Great Gatsby
Syrup
World War Z
V/H/S 2
Pacific Rim
The Conjuring
Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox
Europa Report
2 Guns
Elysium
The Butler
The World's End
You're Next
Insidious: Chapter 2

Bottom 10 of 2013 (so far as of 9/20)

1. To the Wonder
2. The Bling Ring
3. Only God Forgives
4. Movie 43
5. Spring Breakers
6. Getaway
7. The Host
8. Jack the Giant Slayer
9. The Last Exorcism Part II
10. The Hangover Part III


Honorable Mentions (in no particular order)
Texas Chainsaw 3D
Identity Thief
A Good Day to Die Hard
Dark Skies
Inappropriate Comedy
The Lords of Salem





Films I've Seen (this includes Blu rays/DVDs; bold titles means watched in a theater)

Texas Chainsaw 3D (Blu Ray)
Gangster Squad
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns pt. 2 (Blu Ray)
Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters (Blu Ray)
A Haunted House
Broken City (Blu Ray)
Mama
The Last Stand
John Dies at the End (Blu Ray)
Movie 43 (Blu Ray)
Parker (Blu Ray)
Bullet to the Head
Warm Bodies
Side Effects (Blu Ray)
Identity Thief (Blu Ray)
A Good Day to Die Hard
Snitch
To the Wonder (Blu Ray)
Escape from Planet Earth (Blu Ray)
Dark Skies (Blu Ray)
Jack the Giant Slayer
Stoker (Blu Ray)
The Last Exorcism Part II (Blu Ray)
Dead Man Down (Blu Ray)
Oz the Great and Powerful
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
The Call (Blu Ray)
Spring Breakers (Blu Ray)
Olympus Has Fallen
Inappropriate Comedy (DVD)
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
Trance (Blu Ray)
The Host (Blu Ray)
The Place Beyond the Pines (DVD)
Wrong (Blu Ray)
Evil Dead
Oblivion (IMAX)
42
The Lords of Salem (Blu Ray)
Pain & Gain
Mud (Blu Ray)
Iron Man 3
Superman Unbound (Blu Ray)
The Iceman (Blu Ray)
Star Trek Into Darkness
The Great Gatsby (Blu Ray)
The Hangover Part III
Epic (Blu Ray)
Only God Forgives (Blu Ray)
Fast & Furious 6
The Purge
Now You See Me
Syrup (Blu Ray)
This Is the End
Man of Steel (IMAX 3D) (2D)
The Bling Ring (Blu Ray)
World War Z
Maniac (Blu Ray)
White House Down
Man of Tai Chi (Blu Ray)
V/H/S 2 (Blu Ray)
Sharknado (TV)
Pacific Rim (XD 3D)
The Conjuring
The Wolverine (XD 3D)
Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox (Blu Ray)
Europa Report (Blu Ray)
2 Guns
We're the Millers (Blu Ray)
Chennai Express
Elysium
Jobs
Kick-Ass 2
The Butler
The World's End
You're Next
Getaway
Riddick
Insidious: Chapter 2
 
Top Favorite Films of 2013 (revised & to date - updates accompanied in Bold):

**** A+ to A (Great)

1: “Populaire”
2: “Only God Forgives”
3: “Blue Jasmine”
4: “Much Ado About Nothing”
5: “The Way, Way Back”
6: “Twenty Feet From Stardom”
7: “Frances Ha”
8: “Prisoners”
9: “Hannah Arendt”
10: “The Act Of Killing”
11: “The World’s End”

***1/2 A- to B+ (Very Good)

12: “Trance”
13: “Pacific Rim”
14: “The Place Beyond The Pines”
15: “Man of Steel”
16: “Star Trek Into Darkness”
17: “The Hunt” (Jagten)
18: “Salinger”
19: “Unfinished Song” (Song For Marion)
20: “Mud”
21: “Rush”
22: “The Spectacular Now”
23: “Iron Man 3”
24: “The To Do List”
25: “Disconnect”
26: “Stoker”
27: “Blancanieves”
28: “The Wolverine”
29: “Side Effects”
30: “The Grandmaster” (Yi dai zong shi)
31: “The Bling Ring”
32: “The Great Gatsby”

*** B to B- (Good)

33: “Süskind”
34: “Fruitvale Station”
35: “Now You See Me”
36: “I’m So Excited!” (Los amantes pasajeros)
37: “Elysium”
38: “The Lone Ranger”
39: “White House Down”
40: “Emperor”
41: “Thanks For Sharing”
42: “Passion”
43: “The East”
44: “In A World…”
45: “To The Wonder”
46: “World War Z”
47: “Kon-Tiki”
48: “The Iceman”
49: “Kick-Ass 2”
50: “Gangster Squad”
51: “A Hijacking” (Kapringen)

**1/2 C+ to C (Fair)

52: “Jobs”
53: “The Butler”
54: “Closed Circuit”
55: “Still Mine”
56: “The Attack”
57: “The Conjuring”
58: “Oblivion”
59: “42: The Jackie Robinson Story”
60: “The Company You Keep”
61: “Lovelace”
62: “Broken City”
63: “Girl Most Likely”
64: “Fill The Void”
65: “Byzantium”
66: “2 Guns”
67: “Red 2”
68: “Ginger & Rosa”
69: “Dead Man Down”

** C to D+ (Disappointing)

70: “This Is The End”
71: “Oz The Great And Powerful”
72: “Upstream Color”
73: “Jack The Giant Slayer”
74: “Pain & Gain”
75: “Paranoia”
76: “Dead Man's Burden”
77: “G.I. Joe: Retaliation”
78: “Olympus Has Fallen”

*1/2 D to D- (Very Disappointing)

79: “The Last Stand”
80: “Evil Dead”
81: “A Good Day To Die Hard”
82: “The Incredible Burt Wonderstone”
83: “Spring Breakers”

* F (Awful)

84: “R.I.P.D.”
85: “Bullet To The Head”
86: “The Numbers Station”
87: “After Earth”
 
Iron Man 3
This is the End
TDKR: Part 2/TDKR (Deluxe)
Wolverine
Kick-Ass 2
Man of Steel
Warm Bodies

Few movies I didn't see but wanted to (Gatsby, Oblivion, At World's End, Jobs), so that's on hold.

Thor: TDW is TBD, though I'm sure that'll be up there.
 
1. Oz The Great and The Powerful
2. Iron Man 3
3. Man Of Steel
4. Rush
5. About Time
6. Blue Jasmine
7. Kick-Ass 2
8. The Wolverine
9. This is the End
10. Into Darkness
 
It's a wonderful world we live in. :o:yellow:

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Haven't had much chance to visit theaters since August, hence it's taken a bit longer to hit 30 films.

1) Man of Steel
2) Olympus Has Fallen
3) The Wolverine
4) Iron Man Three
5) Oblivion
6) Furious 6
7) Elysium
8) Pain & Gain
9) The Last Stand
10) Pacific Rim
11) Riddick
12) G.I. Joe: Retaliation
13) Now You See Me
14) Bullet to the Head
15) This is the End
16) Snitch
17) A Good Day to Die Hard
18) Pawn
19) The Hangover Part III
20) Welcome to the Punch
21) Broken City
22) The Gangster Squad
23) Jack the Giant Slayer
24) Parker
25) Star Trek Into Darkness
26) The Package
27) Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
28) After Earth
29) The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
30) Movie 43
 
Updated and reevaluated:
1. The worlds end
2. Much ado about nothing
3. The grandmaster
4. Star Trek into darkness
5. The wolverine
6. Pacific rim
7. The conjuring
8. The bling ring
9. This is the end
10. Man of steel

Adding don Jon


1. The worlds end
2. Much ado about nothing
3. The grandmaster
4. Star Trek into darkness
5. The wolverine
6. Don Jon
7. Pacific rim
8. The conjuring
9. The bling ring
10. This is the end
 
My Top 10 of 2013, so far....

01. The Place Beyond the Pines
02. Mud
03. Prisoners
04. Ain't Them Bodies Saints
05. Only God Forgives
06. This is the End
07. The East
08. Iron Man 3
09. Star Trek Into Darkness
10. The Iceman
 
Star Trek Into Darkness
The Lone Ranger
The World's End
Hansel and Gretel Witch Hunters
Olympus has Fallen
Iron Man 3
Kick Ass 2
 
Top Favorite Films of 2013 (to date - updates in Bold):

**** A+ to A (Great)

1: “Gravity”
2: “Populaire”
3: “Only God Forgives”
4: “Blue Jasmine”
5: “Much Ado About Nothing”
6: “The Way, Way Back”
7: “Twenty Feet From Stardom”
8: “Frances Ha”

***1/2 A- to B+ (Very Good)

9: “Prisoners”
10: “Hannah Arendt”
11: “The Act Of Killing”
12: “The World’s End”
13: “Trance”
14: “Pacific Rim”
15: “The Place Beyond The Pines”
16: “Man of Steel”
17: “Star Trek Into Darkness”
18: “The Hunt” (Jagten)
19: “Salinger”
20: “Unfinished Song” (Song For Marion)
21: “Mud”
22: “Don Jon”
23: “Rush”
24: “The Spectacular Now”
25: “Iron Man 3”
26: “The To Do List”
27: “Disconnect”
28: “Stoker”
29: “Blancanieves”
30: “The Wolverine”
31: “Side Effects”
32: “The Grandmaster” (Yi dai zong shi)
33: “The Bling Ring”
34: “The Great Gatsby”

*** B to B- (Good)

35: “Süskind”
36: “Fruitvale Station”
37: “Now You See Me”
38: “I’m So Excited!” (Los amantes pasajeros)
39: “Elysium”
40: “The Lone Ranger”
41: “White House Down”
42: “Emperor”
43: “Thanks For Sharing”
44: “Passion”
45: “The East”
46: “In A World…”
47: “To The Wonder”
48: “World War Z”
49: “Kon-Tiki”
50: “The Iceman”
51: “Kick-Ass 2”
52: “Gangster Squad”
53: “A Hijacking” (Kapringen)

**1/2 C+ to C (Fair)

54: “Jobs”
55: “The Butler”
56: “Closed Circuit”
57: “Still Mine”
58: “The Attack”
59: “The Conjuring”
60: “Oblivion”
61: “42: The Jackie Robinson Story”
62: “Runner Runner”
63: “The Company You Keep”
64: “Lovelace”
65: “Broken City”
66: “Girl Most Likely”
67: “Fill The Void”
68: “Byzantium”
69: “2 Guns”
70: “Red 2”
71: “Ginger & Rosa”
72: “Dead Man Down”

** C to D+ (Disappointing)

73: “This Is The End”
74: “Oz The Great And Powerful”
75: “Upstream Color”
76: “Jack The Giant Slayer”
77: “Pain & Gain”
78: “Paranoia”
79: “Dead Man's Burden”
80: “G.I. Joe: Retaliation”
81: “Olympus Has Fallen”

*1/2 D to D- (Very Disappointing)

82: “The Last Stand”
83: “Evil Dead”
84: “A Good Day To Die Hard”
85: “The Incredible Burt Wonderstone”
86: “Spring Breakers”

* F (Awful)

87: “R.I.P.D.”
88: “Bullet To The Head”
89: “The Numbers Station”
90: “After Earth”
 
It appears that Alfonso Cuaron's Gravity will be at or near the top of many lists.
 
Well, just saw my favorite film of the year by a country mile, so of course I had to update:

1. Gravity (10/10)
2. Before Midnight (9.5/10)
3. The Place Beyond the Pines (8.5/10)
4. Much Ado About Nothing (8.5/10)
5. The World's End (8.5/10)
6. Rush (8/10)
7. In a World...(8/10)
8. Man of Steel (8/10)
9. Star Trek Into Darkness (8/10)
10. Furious 6 (8/10)


Honorable Mentions:
Kings of Summer (8/10), Iron Man 3 (8/10), The Heat (7.5/10), Pacific Rim (7/10), Kick-Ass 2 (7/10), Elysium (7/10), The Wolverine (7/10), Side Effects (7/10), Evil Dead (7/10), Oblivion (6.5/10)
 
UPDATED

1. The Place Beyond the Pines
2. Monsters University
3. Blue Jasmine
4. Mud
5. The Way, Way Back
6. Gravity
7. Spring Breakers
8. This is the End
9. The Iceman
10. Iron Man 3


11. Man of Steel
12. Pacific Rim
13. The Wolverine
14. Kick-Ass 2
15. Only God Forgives
16. Star Trek Into Darkness
17. The Hangover Part III
18. Oz the Great and Powerful
19. The Great Gatsby
 
I've now seen an even twenty films for the year, so my top ten (and "bottom ten") at the moment:

1. Gravity (A+)
2. Blue Jasmine (A+)
3. Before Midnight (A+)
4. Captain Phillips (A)
5. The Spectacular Now (A)
6. Rush (A-)
7. This Is The End (A-)
8. 20 Feet from Stardom (A-)
9. Fruitvale Station (B+)
10. The Wolverine (B+)


11. Much Ado About Nothing (B+)
12. Iron Man 3 (B+)
13. Pacific Rim (B)
14. The Butler (B)
15. Side Effects (B)
16. Kick-Ass 2 (B)
17. Man of Steel (B)
18. Spring Breakers (B-)
19. Elysium (C)
20. Beautiful Creatures (C)
 
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My top 4 change would change positions around by the hour if I thought about it...but as of this second.

1. Resolution
2. Magic Magic
3. Stoker
4. Upstream Color
5. Antiviral
6. The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh
7. The Place Beyond the Pines
8. Gravity
9. The Conspiracy
10. Errors of the Human Body
 
Updated(Black: I liked it/Red: I didn't like it):
1. Gravity
2. Monsters University
3. Iron Man 3
4. Rush
5. This Is The End
6. The Heat
7. Man of Steel
8. Kick Ass 2
9. The Wolverine
10. Oz: The Great and Powerful
11. Pacific Rim
12. Elysium
13. Star Trek: Into Darkness
14. Gangster Squad
 
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#1 man of steel
#2ironman 3
#4 the wolverine
#5 Percy Jackson's sea of monsters
#6 Gravity
#7 pacific rim
#8 cloudy with chance of meatballs 2
#9 after earth
#10 G.I. Joe: Retaliation
#11 the long ranger
#12Displace Me 2
#13 star treak into darkness
#14 turbo
 
Top 10:
1. The Little Mermaid-Diamond Edition
2. Mulan 1
3. Mulan 2
4. Lady and the Tramp
5. The Aristocats
6. Peter-Pan
7. Despicable Me 2
8. Monsters University
9. Iron Man 3
10. Oz: The Great and Powerful
 
My Top 10 of 2013, so far....

01. The Place Beyond the Pines
02. Mud
03. Prisoners
04. Ain't Them Bodies Saints
05. Only God Forgives
06. This is the End
07. The East
08. Iron Man 3
09. Star Trek Into Darkness
10. The Iceman

New #5.

01. The Place Beyond the Pines
02. Mud
03. Prisoners
04. Ain't Them Bodies Saints
05. Elysium
06. Only God Forgives
07. This is the End
08. The East
09. Iron Man 3
10. Star Trek Into Darkness
 
The Man of Steel
Pacific Rim
The Conjuring
Insidious: Chapter 2
Evil Dead
Star Trek: Into Darkness
 
Top 10 (seen at the cinema in blue, latest in bold):

1. Prisoners
2. Mud

3. The Way Way Back
4. Rush
5. The Kings of Summer
6. Elysium
7. Star Trek Into Darkness
8. The Place Beyond the Pines
9. John Dies at the End
10. The East

And the Rest:

Great:

The Iceman
Stoker
Song For Marion
Olympus Has Fallen
How I Live Now
The Heat
Warm Bodies

Good:

Man of Steel
Pacific Rim
Iron Man 3
The World's End
This is the End
Kick Ass 2

Epic
The Conjuring
Monsters University
Sharknado
Insidious 2
The Internship
We're the Millars
Odd Thomas
The Bling Ring
Gangster Squad

Oz the Great and Powerful
Jack the Giant Slayer

Hansel and Gretal

Okay:

Now you see me
The Great Gatsby
Disconnect
Oblivion
Superman: Unbound
Wrong
Maniac
Dark Skies
All Superheroes Must Die
The Croods
Escape from Planet Earth
After Earth
The Lone Ranger
Byzantium
Pain and Gain
21 and Over
Admission
The Host
Spring Breakers

Beautiful Creatures
Side Effects
RIPD
Despicable Me 2
The Hangover pt 3
Welcome to the Punch


Lost on me:

The Wolverine
Upstream Color
Trance
The Purge
Drinking Buddies

Top 10 Worst:

10. Batman: The Dark Knight Returns pt 2
9. GI Joe: Retaliation
8. I Give it a Year
7. Bullet to the Head
6. Identity Theif
5. Upside Down
4. Scary Movie 5
3. The Last Stand
2. The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
1. Movie 43

Total = 73 films
 
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The Man of Steel
Pacific Rim
The Conjuring
The Great Gatsby
Insidious: Chapter 2
Evil Dead
Star Trek: Into Darkness
 
In no specific order:

Gravity
The Place Beyond the Pines
Upstream Color
Prisoners
Pacific Rim
Iron Man 3
Maniac
You're Next
The World's End
 
Man of Steel
Iron Man 3
The Purge
Hansel and Gretel Witch Hunters
 
Updating my list from a few posts back as I go, as I'm having a bit of a cinema marathon today, but man I just had to say...

Prisoners = 10/10.

Absolutely beautifully constructed thriller with top notch performances all round!
 

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