30 Movies for 2014

[United Nations]

16/30
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
Howl's Moving Castle (4-6-14) 8.5/10
Son of Batman (4-19-14) 4.5/10
Captain America 2: (4-19-14) 5.5/10
The Lego Movie: 6/10
Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame:1/1000
GODZILLA '54 (5-9-14) 2/10, 200/10 with my own snark
Pan's Labyrinth (5-10-14) 10/10
New Godzilla (5-18-14) 9/10 watched it twice in one day

[Calamity Panfan]

^ It's good? I'm planning on seeing it with my dad in the next few days and I'm SUPER pumped for it.

[United Nations]

^ I enjoyed it so much, I saw it twice in one day. It was surprising and satisfying.

[b l a n k]

Up to 18/30:

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
LA Story (Jackson, 1991), 4-16-14 – 9.5/10
Hyde Park on Hudson (Michell, 2012), 5-5-14 – 7/10
The Way, Way Back (Faxon and Rash, 2012), 5-10-14 – 9/10
The Internship (Levy and Vaughn, 2013), 5-12-14 – 5/10
The Rock (Bay, 1996), 5-18-14 – 6/10

This is widely considered to be Michael Bay's...uh..."best" film. I can see why, though: he doesn't use CGI as a crutch, he actually does have a couple of establishing shots, and at least including Sean Connery makes Nicolas Cage's dumbest performances palatable.

If you want my full opinion on Mr. Cage, I will say that most of his recent movies after Adaptation (perhaps the last good movie he made) feature totally phoned-in performances on his part (he's been nominated four times at the Razzies for Worst Actor), but I guess speaking at random volumes in 70 movies over 30 years might get you an Oscar at some point during your career.

[Calamity Panfan]

you can say a lot of things about nicolas cage's acting, particularly that it has been VERY BAD recently (though apparently he's phenomenal in the recently released Joe), but I really can't describe anything he's ever done as "phoned in."

[Softguitar]

Movies 16/30
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
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 - 4-19-14 - 8.5/10
Divergent - 5-3-14 - 7.5/10
The World's End - 5-5-2014 - 6/10
Ghostbusters - 5-10-2014 - 9/10
Persona 3 The Movie: Chapter 1, Spring of Birth - 5-21-2014 - 8/10

If you like Persona 3, you'll like this movie. Now waiting for Aigis...

[Calamity Panfan]

Movies 56/30
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 - 4/3: A-
I Love You, Beth Cooper - 4/12: D-
A Haunted House - 4/12: F
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy - 4/12: B+
30 for 30: The Bad Boys - 4/18: B+
The Fab Five - 4/19: A-
Troll 2 - 5/2: A+
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 - 5/4: B-
Mean Girls - 5/7: B
Robocop (1987) - 5/8: A
Captain Ameerica: The First Avenger - 5/15: B+
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story - 5/16: A-
The Avengers - 5/16: A
Godzilla - 5/20: A-

[Spritedude]

Movies 42/30

Italic/bold - First time viewing
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
Transcendence - 6.5/10
Brick Mansions - 6/10
Super 8 - 8/10
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 - 8/10
Godzilla (2014) - 9/10
Jurassic Park - 10/10

[Kil'jaeden]

It might be too late to get in on this. I will try to remember what movies I had not seen before I have seen this year. I can't say I watch too many movies, and most of the ones recently I just ignore.

[United Nations]

17/30
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
Howl's Moving Castle (4-6-14) 8.5/10
Son of Batman (4-19-14) 4.5/10
Captain America 2: (4-19-14) 5.5/10
The Lego Movie: 6/10
Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame:1/1000
GODZILLA '54 (5-9-14) 2/10, 200/10 with my own snark
Pan's Labyrinth (5-10-14) 10/10
New Godzilla (5-18-14) 9/10 watched it twice in one day
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (5-22-14) 10/10

[Kil'jaeden]

What is this 1/1000?

[United Nations]

Smaller fraction. Worse rating. You know, science.

[Softguitar]

Movies 17/30
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
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 - 4-19-14 - 8.5/10
Divergent - 5-3-14 - 7.5/10
The World's End - 5-5-2014 - 6/10
Ghostbusters - 5-10-2014 - 9/10
Persona 3 The Movie: Chapter 1, Spring of Birth - 5-21-2014 - 8/10
X-Men: First Class - 5-23-2014 - 8.5/10

I needed to watch this before Future Past. I only watched the first X-Men movie, and I don't remember a thing about it. First Class was pretty good.

[Kil'jaeden]

^^Clearly not science. Your rating makes no sense.

[Valigarmander]

Your face makes no sense.

[United Nations]

^^But it's my rating and that's all that matters. ;)

[Valigarmander]

5/30
Frozen (Apr 4) - 4/10
Muppets Most Wanted (Apr 11) - 4/10
Godzilla '54 (May 9) - 6/10 (600/10 with UN's snark)
Pan's Labyrinth (May 10) - 10/10
DBZ: Cooler's Revenge (May 25) - 6/10

It's been a while since Val has watched any Dragon Ball. Also, for some reason Toonami's airing of the movie used the original Japanese music instead of Bruce Falconer's dubbed soundtrack. That's not necessarily a bad thing, just... different.

[Softguitar]

Movies 17/30
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
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 - 4-19-14 - 8.5/10
Divergent - 5-3-14 - 7.5/10
The World's End - 5-5-2014 - 6/10
Ghostbusters - 5-10-2014 - 9/10
Persona 3 The Movie: Chapter 1, Spring of Birth - 5-21-2014 - 8/10
X-Men: First Class - 5-23-2014 - 8.5/10
X-Men: Days Of Future Past - 5-25-2014 - 8.5/10

[b l a n k]

Up to 19/30:

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
LA Story (Jackson, 1991), 4-16-14 – 9.5/10
Hyde Park on Hudson (Michell, 2012), 5-5-14 – 7/10
The Way, Way Back (Faxon and Rash, 2012), 5-10-14 – 9/10
The Internship (Levy and Vaughn, 2013), 5-12-14 – 5/10
The Rock (Bay, 1996), 5-18-14 – 6/10
Quartet (Hoffman, 201?), 5-25-14 – 8/10

Thoughtful, beautifully photographed, marvelously scored, and made extra-fun with Billy Connolly's comic quips as well as an interesting comparison of opera and rap, this is a movie I'd see twice.

[Calamity Panfan]

Movies 57/30
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 - 4/3: A-
I Love You, Beth Cooper - 4/12: D-
A Haunted House - 4/12: F
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy - 4/12: B+
30 for 30: The Bad Boys - 4/18: B+
The Fab Five - 4/19: A-
Troll 2 - 5/2: A+
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 - 5/4: C
Mean Girls - 5/7: B
Robocop (1987) - 5/8: A
Captain Ameerica: The First Avenger - 5/15: B+
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story - 5/16: A-
The Avengers - 5/16: A
Godzilla - 5/20: A-
X-Men: Days of Future Past - 5/25: A-

Amazing Spider-Man 2 brought down to a C after further consideration. X-Men, Godzilla, and Captain America 2 are restoring a lot of my hope in Hollywood right now though, despite being more sequels/remakes. Can't wait until those hopes get crushed!