30 Movies for 2014

[b l a n k]

Up to 11/30:

Wordplay (Creadon, 2006), 1-2-14 – 10/10
Annie Hall (Allen, 1977), 1-13-14 – 586/10
Runaway Train (Konchalovsky, 1985), 1-23-14 – 6/10
Paul (Mottola, 2011), 1-24-14 – 6.5/10
Risky Business (Brickman, 1983), 2-15-14 – 8.5/10
The Bridge on the River Kwai (Lean, 1957), 2-22-14 – 10/10
Admission (Weitz, 2013), 2-24-14 – 5/10
The LEGO Movie (Lord and Miller, 2014), 3-2-14 – 11.5/10
Hitchcock (Gervaski, 2012), 3-4-14 – 7.5/10
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (Reiner, 1982), 3-16-14 – 8.5/10
Moonrise Kingdom (Anderson, 2012), 3-26-14 – 9.5/10

I love the rich symbolism in this one from the visual cues to the sound cues. And it's like Romeo & Juliet with a happier ending. They do call it a comedy, so I guess it's natural that all's well that ends well (whoa, two Shakespeare references in one paragraph!). My only complaint is that it looks like much later in fall even though most of the movie is supposed to take place in late summer. Maybe that's just New England's climate, but I wouldn't know, as I don't live there.

[Thanous]

[QUOTE="metal boxes METAL BOXES, post: 1453752, member: 29448"]^ I'd say the comedy special counts if it's a theatrical release. Like Eddie Murphy: Raw would count but not Jim Gaffigan: King Baby.[/QUOTE]

I wouldn't know XD I just watch them on netflix so I'm not sure of if they were a theatrical release or not :/

[United Nations]

9/30
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (1-2-14) 7/10
Frozen (1-4-14) 9/10
Enough Said (1-5-14) 4.5/10
Despicable Me 2 (1-5-14) 6.9/10
Spirited Away (1-17-14) 7.5/10
My Neighbor Totoro (1-18-14) 9/10
American Psycho (1-24-14) 9.5/10
Lost in Translation (3-3-14) 6/10
Muppets Most Wanted (3-26-14) 7/10

[Booyakasha]

Hhhhhhh...

Movies 5/30---

John Dies at the End - 02/13/2014 - 6/10
Aguirre, the Wrath of God - 02/13/2014 - 9/10
The Lego Movie - 03/03/2014 - 10/10
Sita Sings the Blues - 03/04/2014 - 10/10
Frozen - 03/27/2014 - 07?/10

I don't entirely know what to think of 'Frozen'. It has so many adorable aspects. It has some nice, relatable characters. I love parts of it. But some of it feels so damn...I don't know...empty. Soulless. Like, I think about the Disney movies I rilly loved as a kid ('Robin Hood' and 'Great Mouse Detective' being my all-time faves, guy), and there's just this certain feeling there. A distinct personality. I don't feel it here. I super wish I did. I concede I didn't see the movie blind, nor entirely sober (give me a break, iss my day off, here)---maybe I needs to give it a second chance later on. We'll see. We'll see.

[Calamity Panfan]

Movies 39/30
Frozen - 1/3: A-
Space Jam - 1/5: C+ (Nostalgia Factor: A++)
Despicable Me 2 - 1/6: B
Face/Off - 1/7: B+
Man of Steel - 1/9: B-
Galaxy Quest - 1/14: B
How to Train Your Dragon - 1/16: A
American Pie Presents Band Camp - 1/23: F
Wrong Turn 5: Bloodlines - 1/23: F
The Music Man (Robert Preston, not Matthew Broderick) - 1/26: A
End of Watch - 1/28: B+
Crazy Stupid Love - 1/31: B
xXx - 1/31: D+
Van Helsing 2/1: C-
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World - 2/1: A+
The Conjuring - 2/11: B
Pet Sematery - 2/11: D+
The Lego Movie - 2/15: B+
The Evil Dead 2 - 2/15: A-
The Hangover - 2/16: B
Haunter - 2/16: C+
Sleepy Hollow - 2/16: C+
Machine Gun Preacher - 2/21: C
Over the Top - 2/23: C-
Vision Quest - 2/23: C-
Trollhunter - 2/25: B+
I, Robot - 2/26: C+
Don Jon - 2/27: C
21 Jump Street - 3/1: A-
Up - 3/4: A+
Inglorious Basterds - 3/5: A
Vampires Suck - 3/5: D-
The Starving Games - 3/10: **** Everything
Gravity - 3/11: A
The Room - 3/14: A++++++++++++++
The Ginger-Dead Man - 3/17: D ("so bad it's good" enjoyment factor, probably: B)
The Ginger-Dead Man 2: Passion of the Crust - 3/18: D+
Turbo - 3/26: C
Super Troopers - 3/26: B
Anger Management - 3/28: C-

[b l a n k]

Up to 12/30:

Wordplay (Creadon, 2006), 1-2-14 – 10/10
Annie Hall (Allen, 1977), 1-13-14 – 586/10
Runaway Train (Konchalovsky, 1985), 1-23-14 – 6/10
Paul (Mottola, 2011), 1-24-14 – 6.5/10
Risky Business (Brickman, 1983), 2-15-14 – 8.5/10
The Bridge on the River Kwai (Lean, 1957), 2-22-14 – 10/10
Admission (Weitz, 2013), 2-24-14 – 5/10
The LEGO Movie (Lord and Miller, 2014), 3-2-14 – 11.5/10
Hitchcock (Gervaski, 2012), 3-4-14 – 7.5/10
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (Reiner, 1982), 3-16-14 – 8.5/10
Moonrise Kingdom (Anderson, 2012), 3-26-14 – 9.5/10
Revenge of the Nerds (Kanew, 1984), 3-29-14 – ?/10

Is it good? Is it bad? Is it the good kind of bad? Is it the bad kind of good? What is this movie?

[Calamity Panfan]

Movies 42/30
Frozen - 1/3: A-
Space Jam - 1/5: C+ (Nostalgia Factor: A++)
Despicable Me 2 - 1/6: B
Face/Off - 1/7: B+
Man of Steel - 1/9: B-
Galaxy Quest - 1/14: B
How to Train Your Dragon - 1/16: A
American Pie Presents Band Camp - 1/23: F
Wrong Turn 5: Bloodlines - 1/23: F
The Music Man (Robert Preston, not Matthew Broderick) - 1/26: A
End of Watch - 1/28: B+
Crazy Stupid Love - 1/31: B
xXx - 1/31: D+
Van Helsing 2/1: C-
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World - 2/1: A+
The Conjuring - 2/11: B
Pet Sematery - 2/11: D+
The Lego Movie - 2/15: B+
The Evil Dead 2 - 2/15: A-
The Hangover - 2/16: B
Haunter - 2/16: C+
Sleepy Hollow - 2/16: C+
Machine Gun Preacher - 2/21: C
Over the Top - 2/23: C-
Vision Quest - 2/23: C-
Trollhunter - 2/25: B+
I, Robot - 2/26: C+
Don Jon - 2/27: C
21 Jump Street - 3/1: A-
Up - 3/4: A+
Inglorious Basterds - 3/5: A
Vampires Suck - 3/5: D-
The Starving Games - 3/10: **** Everything
Gravity - 3/11: A
The Room - 3/14: A++++++++++++++
The Ginger-Dead Man - 3/17: D ("so bad it's good" enjoyment factor, probably: B)
The Ginger-Dead Man 2: Passion of the Crust - 3/18: D+
Turbo - 3/26: C
Super Troopers - 3/26: B
Anger Management - 3/28: C-
South Park: Bigger, Longer, Uncut - 3/29: B
I Love You, Man - 3/29: B+
jOBS - 3/31: D

Ashton Kutcher sucks.

[CaptHayfever]

Movies: 28/30

The Land Before Time (30 Mar) - 9/10

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

[Bomby]

Movies 18/30

-Tokyo Story - 6 January 2014 - A+
Elysium - 11 January 2014 - C+
Before Midnight - 18 January 2014 - A
Her - 19 January 2014 - A-
Poetry - 8 February 2014 - A+
Side by Side - 11 February 2014 - B
Following - 21 February 2014 - B-
Notorious - 23 February 2014 - A-
Actresses - 24 February 2014 - B+
Once Upon a Time in High School: The Spirit of Jeet Kune Do - 26 February 2014 - B-
-Rope - 2 March 2014 - A+
My Friend and His Wife - 4 March 2014 - B+
Beau Travail - 8 March 2014 - B
The Wind Rises - 18 March 2014 - B+
American Hustle - 19 March 2014 - B+
-The Godfather Part II - 20 March 2014 - A+
Strange Circus - 25 March 2014 - First 40 minutes gets an A, rest of the film gets a C-
North By Northwest - 30 March 2014 - A+

Favorite film I've watched overall: Tokyo Story
Favorite film I've seen for the first time: Poetry
Favorite film from within the past year: Before Midnight

[b l a n k]

Up to 13/30:

Wordplay (Creadon, 2006), 1-2-14 – 10/10
Annie Hall (Allen, 1977), 1-13-14 – 586/10
Runaway Train (Konchalovsky, 1985), 1-23-14 – 6/10
Paul (Mottola, 2011), 1-24-14 – 6.5/10
Risky Business (Brickman, 1983), 2-15-14 – 8.5/10
The Bridge on the River Kwai (Lean, 1957), 2-22-14 – 10/10
Admission (Weitz, 2013), 2-24-14 – 5/10
The LEGO Movie (Lord and Miller, 2014), 3-2-14 – 11.5/10
Hitchcock (Gervaski, 2012), 3-4-14 – 7.5/10
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (Reiner, 1982), 3-16-14 – 8.5/10
Moonrise Kingdom (Anderson, 2012), 3-26-14 – 9.5/10
Revenge of the Nerds (Kanew, 1984), 3-29-14 – ?/10
To Rome with Love (Allen, 2012), 4-2-14 – 7.5/10

Simply put, this movie revisits Woody's multiple-protagonist story structure found in films such as Hannah and Her Sisters or Crimes and Misdemeanors and transfers it to Italy. I do sort of wish all four plots culminated in the end with the protagonists meeting each other, but other than that, it's a movie that gets you thinking about relationships with friends, lovers, and even strangers. I particularly liked the one plot where the guy gets famous for no reason. I think that may be a comment on either the Kardashians, social networking, or Andy Warhol's correct prophecy that, "In the future, everybody will be famous for fifteen minutes."

[Calamity Panfan]

Movies 43/30
Frozen - 1/3: A-
Space Jam - 1/5: C+ (Nostalgia Factor: A++)
Despicable Me 2 - 1/6: B
Face/Off - 1/7: B+
Man of Steel - 1/9: B-
Galaxy Quest - 1/14: B
How to Train Your Dragon - 1/16: A
American Pie Presents Band Camp - 1/23: F
Wrong Turn 5: Bloodlines - 1/23: F
The Music Man (Robert Preston, not Matthew Broderick) - 1/26: A
End of Watch - 1/28: B+
Crazy Stupid Love - 1/31: B
xXx - 1/31: D+
Van Helsing 2/1: C-
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World - 2/1: A+
The Conjuring - 2/11: B
Pet Sematery - 2/11: D+
The Lego Movie - 2/15: B+
The Evil Dead 2 - 2/15: A-
The Hangover - 2/16: B
Haunter - 2/16: C+
Sleepy Hollow - 2/16: C+
Machine Gun Preacher - 2/21: C
Over the Top - 2/23: C-
Vision Quest - 2/23: C-
Trollhunter - 2/25: B+
I, Robot - 2/26: C+
Don Jon - 2/27: C
21 Jump Street - 3/1: A-
Up - 3/4: A+
Inglorious Basterds - 3/5: A
Vampires Suck - 3/5: D-
The Starving Games - 3/10: **** Everything
Gravity - 3/11: A
The Room - 3/14: A++++++++++++++
The Ginger-Dead Man - 3/17: D ("so bad it's good" enjoyment factor, probably: B)
The Ginger-Dead Man 2: Passion of the Crust - 3/18: D+
Turbo - 3/26: C
Super Troopers - 3/26: B
Anger Management - 3/28: C-
South Park: Bigger, Longer, Uncut - 3/29: B
I Love You, Man - 3/29: B+
jOBS - 3/31: D
Captain America: The Winter Soldier: B+

[CaptHayfever]

Movies: 29/30

Captain America: The Winter Soldier (4 Apr) - 7/10

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

[Valigarmander]

Hey, Val finally saw a movie!

1/30
Frozen (Apr 4) - 4/10

The visuals were very pretty (the locations were beautiful, and everything with the ice was fantastic), and some of the songs were really good. The plot was uninteresting, and most of the characters were dull and uninspired. It was an okay film, but Val probably won't watch it a second time.

[b l a n k]

^For your amusement:

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[Spritedude]

oh yeah I forgot we were doing this thing

Movies 35/30

Wolf of Wall Street - 9/10
Pulp Fiction - 10/10
Cat in the Hat - 3/10
Elysium - 8/10
Lone Survivor - 8.5/10
The Mask - 7/10
Pacific Rim - 7.5/10
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit - 6/10
Dredd - 8/10
Upstream Color - ?/10
Dallas Buyers Club - 9/10
Blackfish - 8/10
Labor Day - 5/10
Dumb and Dumber - 7/10
The Monuments Men - 6/10
Nacho Libre - 4/10
Fearless - 7/10
Robocop (2014) - 7.5/10
3 Days to Kill - 6/10
Alien Planet - 7.5/10
Schindler's List - 9/10
Non-Stop - 7.5/10
Insmonia - 7.5/10
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - 9/10
Shutter Island - 8/10
Gravity - 9.5/10
Memento - 10/10
The Usual Suspects - 9/10
The Crying Game - 7.5/10
Need For Speed - 7/10
Full Metal Jacket - 9/10
Divergent - 6/10
Sabotage - 5/10
Paul - 8/10
Captain America: The Winter Soldier - 8.5/10

[Apollo the Just]

[[9. i watched frozen a while ago. 7/10 ? enjoyable, not god's gift to feminism, elsa would have been a much better protag]]

THREE MORE!!!! FRIENDS AND I HAD SATOSHI KON MARATHON, WAS GREAT

10. Perfect Blue -- 9/10, so so so so good, and i really loved how everyone who watched it with me came up with different interpretations at the end and we all talked about color theory and symbolism in it for like an hour

11. Millennium Actress -- 10/10 so so so so so so so good. I watched it as someone who did a LOT of theater growing up so I was watching it from that standpoint and I got a lot out of it and what was interesting was that again what I got from it was really different from what others did. I loved how it kind of dealt with the duality of an actress who uses her life experiences to fuel the life of her characters, but in turn, kind of ends up viewing her own life through the lens of the roles she's played. It's kind of an "I use my experiences to pretend to be other people so often that I'm not always certain whether what I'm feeling is genuinely my own reaction and experience, or if I'm just acting that way" ambiguity thing that I identified very strongly with

12. Paprika -- 8-9/10, I probably need to watch it a few more times before I can honestly say I really 100% get what's going on. Like, I sorta do, on the surface, but I can't say I got much out of it other than it was trippy and beautiful and really amazing[DOUBLEPOST=1396661879,1396661623][/DOUBLEPOST]13. oh, and bee movie. i feel like "had to drink a shot to get through it, it was so bad" is a rating on its own.

13/30

[Booyakasha]

'Perfect Blue' is so great.

[Softguitar]

Movies 11/30
A Beautiful Mind - 1/1/14 - 9/10
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 - 1/4/14 - 7/10
Don Jon - 1/7/14 - 6/10
Kiki's Delivery Service - 1/16/14 - 9/10
Frozen - 1/18/14 - 9/10
The Prestige - 1/25/14 - 9.5/10
Rush - 1/25/14 - 8.5/10
Prisoners - 2/1/14 - 8.5/10
The Lego Movie - 3/8/14 - 8.5/10
Rurouni Kenshin - 3/16/14 - 9/10
Captain America: The Winter Soldier - 4/5/14 - 8/10

[Apollo the Just]

Oh that reminds me. Watched

13. Rurouni Kenshin -- 9/10

after New Year's, forgot to post. Probably one of the only live action adaptations I can actually take seriously, and it is so fantastic

but then I went back and saw that I did put Frozen way back at the beginning of the thread, so we are back at 13/30. what is counting

[CaptHayfever]

Movies: 30/30

Cloud Atlas* (10 Jan) - 8/10
Fat Kid Rules the World* (17 Jan) - 7/10
Thumbsucker* (18 Jan) - 6/10
The Help* (19 Jan) - 8/10
Monty Python & the Holy Grail (31 Jan) - 9/10
Life of Brian (31 Jan) - 8/10
The Meaning of Life (31 Jan/1 Feb) - 6/10
[Crimson Permanent Assurance - 10/10]
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (1 Feb) - 10/10
And Now for Something Completely Different* (2/3 Feb) - 8/10
Head (6 Feb) - 10/10
UHF (8 Feb) - 10/10
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (9 Feb) - 10/10
Big Fat Liar (11 Feb) - 8/10
Real Steel (15 Feb) - 9/10
Stranger Than Fiction (16 Feb) - 10/10
The Princess Bride (16 Feb) - 10/10
Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back (17 Feb) - 7/10
Dogma (18 Feb) - 9/10
Clerks (19 Feb) - 9/10
Mallrats (21 Feb) - 5/10
Clerks II (26 Feb) - 9/10
Chasing Amy (26 Feb) - 8/10
Jersey Girl (28 Feb) - 8/10
Cop Out (6 Mar) - 6/10
Date Night (9 Mar) - 7/10
The Secret of NIMH (10 Mar) - 10/10
Veronica Mars* (15 Mar) - 9/10
The Land Before Time (30 Mar) - 9/10
Captain America: The Winter Soldier* (4 Apr) - 7/10
The Wolverine* (8/9 Apr) - 7/10

*First viewing

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"