Best and Worst Movie of 2013

[Dev]

and we know you thought Only God Forgives is up there so what's the other?

The Lords of Salem

hmm, I might have to check that out, I also really want to get to Upstream Colour.

[Dev]

I would say that's cool, a lot of folks really loved that movie.

I remember you not being too happy with my affection for Trash Humpers. LOL

[LoathedVermin72]

I'm surprised and no one's mentioned The Wolf of Wall Street yet. And it makes me very, very happy that no one has mentioned 12 Years a Slave yet.

[Jorge]

I would say that's cool, a lot of folks really loved that movie.

I remember you not being too happy with my affection for Trash Humpers. LOL

I have complicated feelings about Trash Humpers. I was one of the few people in the audience who stuck around for the whole duration when it screened at a festival down here. At the time I said it got stale and boring quickly, but I then realized I found it seriously disturbing and couldn't get it out of my head for days. It's an easy film to make fun of, 'cause... y'know. But I think it accomplishes what it sets out to do, and it's genuinely disquieting. Today I view it a lot more favorably than I did at the time. But I don't know that I ever want to watch it again.

Dev, you should check out The Rebellion of Red Maria, a similarly disturbing Greek film from a couple of years ago. Based on your reaction to Trash Humpers, I'm interested to know what you'd think of that one.

As far as Spring Breakers, I think I was annoyed by it on first viewing and ranked it way at the very bottom of Harmony Korine's filmography, but found myself re-examining it with time and want to watch it again.

Overall, I think 2013 was a really strong year for movies, especially smaller independents.

[Jorge]

it makes me very, very happy that no one has mentioned 12 Years a Slave yet.

Racial tensions are at an all-time high on the board.

[Dev]

I would say that's cool, a lot of folks really loved that movie.

I remember you not being too happy with my affection for Trash Humpers. LOL

I have complicated feelings about Trash Humpers. I was one of the few people in the audience who stuck around for the whole duration when it screened at a festival down here. At the time I said it got stale and boring quickly, but I then realized I found it seriously disturbing and couldn't get it out of my head for days. It's an easy film to make fun of, 'cause... y'know. But I think it accomplishes what it sets out to do, and it's genuinely disquieting. Today I view it a lot more favorably than I did at the time. But I don't know that I ever want to watch it again.

Dev, you should check out The Rebellion of Red Maria, a similarly disturbing Greek film from a couple of years ago. Based on your reaction to Trash Humpers, I'm interested to know what you'd think of that one.

As far as Spring Breakers, I think I was annoyed by it on first viewing and ranked it way at the very bottom of Harmony Korine's filmography, but found myself re-examining it with time and want to watch it again.

Overall, I think 2013 was a really strong year for movies, especially smaller independents.

I will look into it.

[Malloy]

Can someone tell me which are the movies mentioned in this thread that are not part of the following categories: action movies / wizards and shit / something epic / character overcomes something

Only God Forgives, Ain't Them Bodies Saints, and Upstream Color.

I meant good ones only.

Then Only God Forgives.

Isn't that one a movie Harry Lime likes? I wouldn't feel comfortable watching it then.

it's not.

for me the best film of 2013 is either Only God Forgives or A Field in England

[LoathedVermin72]

I'm still bored, so here's my complete 2013 ranking. Well, currently. I might still see more, obviously.

Masterpiece:
1. Only God Forgives
2. The Lords of Salem
3. Spring Breakers
4. Venus in Fur

Amazing:
5. How I Live Now
6. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
7. Before Midnight

Great:
8. Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
9. The Wolf of Wall Street
10. Behind the Candelabra
11. Furious 6
12. Blue Jasmine
13. White House Down
14. Don Jon

Very Good:
15. All is Lost
16. The Butler
17. Blackfish
18. Pain & Gain
19. Enemies Closer
20. Jack the Giant Slayer
21. Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
22. Broken City

Good:
23. The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh
24. The Look of Love
25. Pacific Rim
26. The Hangover: Part III
27. Grudge Match
28. The Place Beyond the Pines
29. Evil Dead
30. Phil Spector
31. Saving Mr. Banks
32. At Any Price

Okay:
33. Seduced and Abandoned
34. The World's End
35. This is the End
36. Enough Said
37. The Punk Singer
38. Homefront
39. Birth of the Living Dead
40. Prince Avalanche
41. Milius
42. V/H/S/2
43. Roman Polanski: Odd Man Out
44. Bad Grandpa
45. A Band Called Death
46. Captain Phillips
47. The Conjuring
48. Toy Story of Terror!

Mediocre:
49. Stranger by the Lake
50. Elysium
51. Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie
52. Inside Llewyn Davis
53. Byzantium
54. The Wolverine
55. Dallas Buyers Club
56. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
57. Escape Plan
58. Snitch
59. The Last Stand
60. The Family
61. The Improv: 50 Years Behind the Brick Wall
62. You're Next
63. RED 2
64. The Bling Ring
65. Frozen
66. Now You See Me

Disagreeable:
67. Last Vegas
68. Interior. Leather Bar.
69. Beautiful Creatures
70. Her
71. Charlie Countryman
72. Stalingrad
73. Nebraska
74. World War Z
75. 2 Guns
76. Europa Report
77. Iron Man 3
78. Mama
79. Bullet to the Head
80. Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
81. Frances Ha
82. The Fifth Estate
83. Lovelace
84. The Iceman
85. Insidious: Chapter 2
86. The ABCs of Death
87. Mud

Annoying:
88. Lone Survivor
89. Prisoners
90. The Immigrant
91. After Earth
92. The Spectacular Now
93. Phantom
94. Philomena
95. Dead Man Down

Just Bad:
96. Thor: The Dark World
97. Texas Chainsaw
98. 12 Years a Slave
99. American Hustle
100. Sharknado
101. Olympus Has Fallen
102. Oz: The Great and Powerful
103. Side Effects
104. Oblivion
105. Movie 43

Garbage:
106. Blue is the Warmest Color
107. Gravity
108. The To Do List
109. The Lone Ranger
110. Oldboy
111. Star Trek into Darkness
112. The Way Way Back
113. Riddick
114. A Good Day to Die Hard
115. Out of the Furnace

Total Fucking Garbage:
116. Grown Ups 2
117. Machete Kills
118. Upstream Color
119. 47 Ronin
120. The Counselor
121. A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III
122. Man of Steel
123. To the Wonder
124. Ain't Them Bodies Saints

[E.H. Ruddock]

I loved Pain and Gain

[LoathedVermin72]

I loved Pain and Gain

It's pretty wonderful.

[Malloy]

Iron Man 3 and Upstream Color would also be high on my list

[Dev]

A Field In England was terrible.