^that was clip was pretty surreal and that priest or whatever you'd call him was creepy. I might hafta check that flick out.


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It was strange but I liked it.

10.10 probably one of the best movies I have seen in a long time..
The acting by Jared Leto and Matthew McConaughey‎ was just on point and incredibly moving..

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12 Years a Slave
One of the most devastating movies I've seen in a long time. Gut wrenching story, amazing acting across the board (especially from Ejiofor and Nyong'o) and gorgeous cinematography. I rarely cry during movies but I literally had tears rolling down my cheeks toward this end of this. A movie this brutal is not something everybody will want to see, but it's something everybody should see. 10/10

James Bond & Doctor No. Those old Bonds are way more hilarious than those new ones.

i defiantly think that 12 Years a Slave will sweep the awards season....and that it very much deserves it

that being said....i finally saw what is very likely my favorite film of 2013 (keep in mind i won't see Inside Llewyn Davis or Her until next week....and although i am positive that i will love both)

i just don't think they will register in me the same way as the brilliant simplicity of....

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Nebraska

first and foremost if you can see this in a theater....do....there really is something to be said about modern...well really all black and white films on the big screen....but the modern stuff is just amazing....so clean and beautiful

this movie is hilarious....from the opening shot to the endearing end....this movie will make you laugh for all the right reasons

there is literally a scene in this film which i have lived through almost verbatim

the ENTIRE cast is perfect.....not a bad role in the entire film

did i mention that the filming itself is breathtaking?....i honestly think that black and white and the midwest should always go hand in hand

also

ok unlike Janszoon....i almost always cry at movies....that commercial where the Irish Wolf Hound greats her owner who just got back from war.....or the one where the little girl paints the Great Dane's nails.....each make me cry on the spot....i have to leave the room when a god damn SPCA commercial comes on

that being said....i made it 9m22s in this one before i started streaming tears....by the end....Niagara Falls

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at the 9m22s mark....PL Travers says something along the lines of "i just can't let her go" and is referring to her books Mary Poppins....this gets to me on more levels than i'd like to express

overall the film is very fun, very serious, and in all honesty very well done

Hanks plays Disney...well like Hanks playing Disney

Thompson plays Travers remarkably well

the real gem in this film is a small part played by Paul Giamatti

i love Mary Poppins....and i can honestly say that i am very happy that movie was made

seeing this was just amazing and surprising....plus it's nice to see the Disney company make a movie that shows Walt for what he was.....a flawed but lovable business man

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Her

A week ago I thought I saw my film of the year. Inside Llewyn Davis was a bleak and ultimately devastating story about a folk singer who can never catch a break. It was soulful and moving and really just hit me in a way that no other film this year hit me. “Her” is the complete opposite. It is soulful and devastating but in the complete opposite direction. They are my ying and yang picks for films of the year.

I’ve been a fan of Spike Jonze since seeing him wear granny make-up and swing his boobs around in “Jackass”. His music videos are some of the most memorable videos of the late 90′s and early 2000′s and his films are visceral experiences that are unique and one of a kind. This time, Jonze puts his pen to the paper and crafts not only the best screenplay of the year, but one of the most intimate and personal films I’ve ever seen. The film stars Theodore, a lonely recently divorced man who is seeking a friend. Theodore walks past a kiosk advertising a new operating system which developing intelligence and personality. The operating that Theodore purchases is named Samantha and is voiced by Scarlett Johansson. The film takes place in an obvious future world but instead of being a dystopian nightmare, the future we see is vibrant and colorful. Social media seems to have evolved into a living breathing entity and everybody walks about with ear pieces in their ears which reads them the news, emails, or just converses with their user. This is really all you should know plot wise as the film grips you and takes you on the ride. Two hours never flew by so fast.

Having some relationship issues of my own at the moment, the film spoke to me. It’s premise is ultimately a very strange one. A man falling in love with a computer? How silly. Is it really that silly? Who is to say that a person can’t have a connection with somebody who is not there physically. I know it is usually frowned upon, but long distance relationships do work in small amounts. Those relationships are kept through phone conversations, letters, and recently with the ability of video conversations. I know people who have gotten married after meeting on the internet. I know people who have had extensive relationships with people miles away. Samantha may be a voice of a computer but in this world, that voice has a mind and personality that only builds more and more every day.

Spike Jonze created a perfect screenplay here. It is nearly flawless in its pacing and immersing in its intimacy. I don’t know what is going on in the mans life but he wrote from the heart and it showed. The whole film radiates red like it’s the center of a beating heart. I’m not usually a huge romance fan. I have been slowly integrating and finding wonderful films of this genre and am really warming up to the idea that romance films can not only be made well, but be considered important pieces of art. Jonze created a piece of art that is directly linked to the heart. Whether we have had many or only a few relationships, we each have gone through life changing events with another person. These events and the time we spend with somebody builds our character. They make us into the people we will eventually become. This is the main theme of Her. The relationships we have with other people, whether they end badly or flourish, create the people we turn into and help us learn from our mistakes until the next person comes along. I just can’t write enough how touched and moved I was with this film after this year. I have regretted more things than I can count. I wish I could change things. I wish there were some way to do things different. This is no way though. Those things happened and it’s only up to me to make sure that the future is made with all the love and happiness I experienced along the way. That is human nature. We push on and try to maintain happiness. The film just reiterated to me that everything is going to be okay.

I’m sorry I got a little personal there. It just it me hard.

The aesthetics of the film should also be noted. It’s a gorgeous film. Cinematographer Hoyte Van Hoytema should honestly win all the awards for this. As I stated before the film just radiates red which only goes to further the emotions thrown at us by the cast. Geez I haven’t even mentioned the cast. Scarlett Johansson could actually be nominated for a supporting role in which she doesn’t appear on screen in any way. She was that good. It was just a voice but it represented one half of a completely real and touching relationship with co-star Joaquin Phoenix who was incredible as always. Phoenix, who appears in nearly every single scene dominates as a lonely man who finally finds love after going through a difficult and draining divorce. Amy Adams, who really can’t do anything wrong recently, rounds out the trio by giving a heartwarming performance as Theodores friend and neighbor. It’s a film full of just amazing everything.

Go see this film. Take your girlfriend. Take somebody who is going through a rough time or recently lost somebody they love. It is a smart, funny, and incredibly real science fiction film that produces such honest and earned emotional response. Some people won’t get past the premise, but the people who have experienced loss in their lives are going to feel amazing at the fact that we still have so much to gain and learn. It’s my top film of the year along with “Inside Llewyn Davis”

5/5

^^^

Damn it, Exo. I wanna see that movie so bad I didn't even read more than a few sentences of your post, but I'm glad to see it's good if nothing else.

I have mixed feelings about seeing it. It reminds me too much of Lars and the Real Girl. Been there done that.

It's not even released here until Friday. DAMN YOU, EAST COAST.

You haven't been there or done that with Spike Jonze though.

Lars and the Real Girl was fantastic, anyway. Who wouldn't want more of that doing been.

Why would you want more of the same exact thing?

It was a bit much for me as it is.

It's not the same exact thing.

Edit: Also, Spike Jonze, so.

They are two entirely different movies.

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One of THE greatest drummers ever in one of THE best music docs ever. Opening with Ginger Baker physically attacking the film maker, Ginger commenting on John Bonhams and Keith Moons lack of prowess on drums and his various addictions whilst shaking like a leaf in his home due to his medication, it is refreshing to know that such characters exist in a bland world of musicians.

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The cornetto trilogy ends in style and it is much better than Hot Fuzz, the in jokes are better formed and it has an amazing streak of pathos not in the previous films BUT only a flash of a cornetto wrapper and the colour scheme regarding the cornetto tie in was gone :( Strawberry cornetto in shaun of the dead - red meaning blood and death, the blue vanilla in hot fuzz relating to the police and blue flashing lights but the mint cornetto means green and although it denotes aliens they oozed blue and that annoyed the crap out of me. However a film about a bunch of 40 year old men trying to recapture their lost youth is right up my street :)

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Greatest ****ing movie.

Wait you've only just seen this? Holy ****. I'd have thought you'd be all over it.

I just saw it. (Insert Johnny laugh here)

Dude http://www.musicbanter.com/media/618...on-thread.html

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A horror film that doesn't rely on gore, or jump scares, but doesn't shy away from them either. It's one of those films that just builds this intense atmosphere that will really freak you out. Also, that ending.

very much looking forward to "Her" on friday :)

Jackhammer - i'm with you on Worlds End....and would easily put it in any top 10 list for the year....and i loved all the Sisters of mercy references :)

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Gimme The Loot

not at all what i expected but actually much better

so what i expected was a film about graffiti artists trying to tag the golden apple at mets stadium...and i many ways it is that simple.....but what comes out is a really well done story about two people in NYC having a bad day....the script is witting and very realistic....both major players are played out very well....and the film overall just left me feeling good....highly suggest this

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This movie hit me right in the feels. It made me look more into the real life events that this movie portrays but after looking into it.

I'm a little mad at how the director decided to gloss over a few things and purposely went for a sympathetic reaction to something that was much more complex than he ended up portraying.

This movie also had the benefit of coming out around the time that the Trayvon Martin verdict was being given.

Once again Octavia Spencer shows off her great acting chops and I wouldn't be surprised to see her get an Oscar nom for supporting from this movie.

Yeah, I can see how you might be mad about the absolute sympathy for Oscar Grant. In fact, the movie may have been better and more thought provoking if it had been a little more balanced. I remember the real event like it was yesterday (it was news headlines for like months, complete with all kinds of video footage) and, unlike the Trayvon thing, this was just a very sad and frustrating event for almost everybody.

^this and American Hustle are next on my list

that being said i got the two big ones out of the way

and that being said......i agree 1000000 % with Exoskeletal....the best movie of 2013 is Her and Inside Llewyn Davis

and that being said....i have to admit that when it comes to something that hits me so personally like both of these films did....i just can't express myself well in this format....i am by far a more "conversation" person than i am a writer

and that being said....i still think Nebraska easily is the greatest achievement in cinematography this year....although i could watch two hours of the car scenes alone from Inside Llewyn Davis....and i can't even begin to describe the art that was done with the filming of Her

i'm not gonna try and write something for either of these films...as Exoskeletal covered them perfectly without any spoilers

what i will say about both of them....is that both stuck with me in both good and bad ways (bad having to do with forcing me to reflect which of course = good....but in both cases sucks for me) and that i actually think that both of these films should be seen by everyone....whether they understand them or not....i think the major points of both will seep through

i cannot think of a single person on this website that would not in some way benefit from both of these pictures

Even though I gripe and complain about Her. I am still going to see it today. Sunday Nebraska and the Inside... Movie this Monday.

Yeah, okay no. I have so many complaints about Her but I will only focus on a few of them.

Hell no it is not MY film of the year for 2013.

I hated Theodore so badly. He was so sensitive and a ball of emotions. He was basically a man child that hasn't learned to deal with his emotions properly over the years. There is one line in the movie that wrapped up how I felt. A friend of his at the office said "you are half man and half woman inside". I wanted to yell at the screen that he is all woman on the inside. He was a huge vagina in the worse of ways. I couldn't relate to him at all!!!

I understand the premise of the movie that with technology and social media we end up isolating ourselves and being locked into our own little worlds but I wanted to slap the **** out of Theodore for running away from reality and putting his life on hold to live out this fantasy with an AI.

The only bonus was the cinematography. I'm pretty sure everyone sitting in the theater with me was tired of hearing me groan loudly at the ridiculousness that I was watching on the screen.

In theaters, American Hustle, and right before that, The Desolation of Smaug.

In general, Safety Not Guaranteed.

I really enjoyed American Hustle, Smaug was all right, and Safety Not Guaranteed exceeded low expectations.

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Just saw Lone Survivor last night. **** me. Intense, brutal, and heart-wrenching. I didn't know it was actually a true story until right before the credits. That got to me. I've always been kind of undecided about the whole drone strikes in Pakistan thing, but now I'm all for them. I've got a buddy who's in the Coast Guard in Iraq (or at least he was last time I talked to him), and if you replace "Coast Guard" with "Army" and "Iraq" with "Afghanistan" and ask if I'd be willing to violate Pakistan's sovereignty to keep him from going through that, then let the bombs drop.

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8.8 way better then I expected... length, was a draw back.. then I saw the credits and I realized why Scorsese...always long...

Can't see the pic. Don't be lazy. Put the title of the movie above the pics you attempt to post.

Also I see why it didn't work. Don't try to hotlink pics from imdb.

Calm down dude, she wasn't being lazy lol. She probably just didn't think of putting the title.

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The Wolf of Wall Street

I feel like I should be on Quaaludes right now as I type this up. I feel like everybody should be on Quaaludes while they read this. How about just…Quaaludes.

Writing this a couple days after Leo won the Golden Globe for Best Actor, I’m starting to realize that this may be the year that Leo finally wins and Oscar, and he would totally deserve it. Leo stars in this absolutely insane film about rich people in the stock market and what kind of luxuries go with that. To my surprise, the theater in which I saw this film was still packed to the brim which was great but also horrible because I always seem to be a magnet for people like to talk during the entire duration of a film. The fact that this was three hours long only impressed me more on how awful people are. Even with those distractions, I still enjoyed the film.

Scorcese has always been a interesting director to me. Sometimes he’ll have a film that is a well balanced machine of great acting, wonderful camera work, and interesting story. Goodfellas, The Departed, Hugo, and Shutter Island come to mind. Then there is the Scorsese that seems to miss on the subject matter but still gets great performances out of his actors. Casino and Gangs of New York featured powerhouse performances but just fell a little short story wise although were entirely entertaining. The Wolf of Wall Street will be joining those two films. It’s a film filled with great acting and fun but really didn’t have any substance to carry in into my top film of the year.

Leo was amazing. I hope he does more comedies because the man is hilarious. The timing he developed with Jonah Hill was amazing to watch and like I said in the beginning I expect him to take home his first Oscar. In a year FILLED to the brim with amazing male performances, I hope Leo takes home the statue. He earned it. Like everything he does, he went full on crazy in this film. The scenes with him on drugs, which is like every scene, were some of the funniest scenes of the year and it was because of the brilliant way Leo controls his face. He’s always been a fantastic actor but this just rounds out his resume as being a jack of all trades. Jonah Hill cemented the fact that he can act with his supporting roll as Donny, Belfort’s Vice President.

The film was just a non stop freight train of debauchery that had many people laughing, gasping, and shutting their eyes while also being memorized with the circus unfolding at every angle. The only thing I could say was that the story just didn’t hold up. I honestly didn’t find myself engaged in fact that these people could possibly do serious jail time. I didn’t care if they were caught or died or anything. It was like dumping sprinkles, sugar, chocolates, and ice cream on a steak. The fun and craziness of the film completely overpowered any substance underneath. That being said, it’s one of the few films that adheres to that structure that I still found very good and worth the price of admission, if you can handle it that is.

****, the ludes are kicking in.

3.5/5

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Haha, supporting roll.

I'll have to see it to believe it. I understand his very specific charm but I'm still pretty confused about why Jonah Hill is suddenly on the A list.

Motherf*cker. I didn't even notice that. I'm changing it on my website but not on here.

Oh and I wouldn't say he's on the A-list but he's a very good character actor. The ROLE he plays in this is a little different than the one he usually plays.

I AM F*CKING CALM. DON'T DEFEND HER LAZINESS. SHE DOES IT ALL THE TIME. POSTING MOVIE POSTERS WITHOUT TITLES.

You should check out his other serious roles like in that one baseball movie. He deserves to BE on the A-list.

I was just using your innocent typo to make a lame Jonah Hill-fat joke. I do like the guy as an actor but man, talk about being in the right place at the right time.

I've seen a bunch of his films but I'm not sure which one you're talking about. I'll check it out.

You have seen a bunch of his comedies.

The movie is Moneyball. Check it out.

Oh right. I knew about that and I'll watch it eventually. I didn't know he had a significant role.

it was a supporting role but he did a really great job with it.

This image is really just screaming for someone to photoshop a dick into it.

Not on this site of course, but somewhere that isn't at the mercy of google.


I just have to say, as hilarious as Leo's little dance is here, it's the two guys to the left of him that really put it over the top. :laughing: