2013: Has It Been A Good Year For Movies? Your Feedback

Creasy47

@BAIN123, glad to find someone who agrees, though I thought the whole thing was hilarious, surprisingly. Haha, what could the one quality be?

"I am what you Colonials might call a 'bad-assed motherf***er."

Just when you think Roger Moore can't possibly be any more awesome.

EDIT: Hahah, @Murdock beat me to it. That's the one. He was hilarious throughout.

"Care for a bite of my...sausage?"

Whew, anyway, back on topic, I thought 2013 had a lot of highs and lows. Started off weak, then the summer hit and I lowered my expectations and was only disappointed twice ('Elysium' and 'The Hangover: Part III,' which were two of my most disappointing films of the year), got a little rocky through September and whatnot, and then I caught up on a bunch of movies the other day and was blown away, so the year had its moments, bringing unbelievable films such as 'Out Of The Furnace,' 'Prisoners,' 'Rush,' and 'Oblivion,' and some duds, too.

Agent007391

I'll admit, I've not watched a lot of 2013 films in 2013. I've only seen three in theaters (Iron Man 3, Prisoners, Thor: The Dark World) and maybe two others on DVD (World War Z and Star Trek Into Darkness is all I can think about as of now) and I've to to say, while I've enjoyed every 2013 film I've seen (with the notable exception of most of World War Z), I just feel that this year hasn't been worth it. I feel like 2013 is just a stepping stone to 2015, when the likes of Avengers: Age of Ultron, Batman Vs Superman, Star Wars Episode VII and Bond 24 hit the scene.

Creasy47

EDIT: Wrong topic, apologies. On topic, @Agent007391, thoughts on 'Prisoners'?

DoubleOhhSeven

Murdock wrote:

BAIN123 wrote:

Creasy47 wrote:

BAIN123 wrote:

Although Die Hard 5 was crap the worst film of the year by far for me was Movie 43. So bad I couldn''t even get through the whole thing.

I thought 'Movie 43' had some funny scenes. It got trashed, but to me, most of the low-budget comedies that everyone hates, I seem to have a soft spot for and love immensely: 'Boat Trip,' 'A Good Old Fashioned Orgy,' 'The Goods,' and 'White Chicks,' to name a few.

That had a few funny moments and ONE big redeeming quality ;)

This is the greatest thing I've ever watched. All hail Moore. ^:)^

SuperheroSith

It was a very mediocre year for film, I believe. You sometimes had the occasional gems (Star Trek Into Darkness, Gravity) but then you have the awful ones (Diana, Scary Movie V)

Average year in general really

BAIN123

DoubleOhhSeven wrote:

Murdock wrote:

BAIN123 wrote:

Creasy47 wrote:

BAIN123 wrote:

Although Die Hard 5 was crap the worst film of the year by far for me was Movie 43. So bad I couldn''t even get through the whole thing.

I thought 'Movie 43' had some funny scenes. It got trashed, but to me, most of the low-budget comedies that everyone hates, I seem to have a soft spot for and love immensely: 'Boat Trip,' 'A Good Old Fashioned Orgy,' 'The Goods,' and 'White Chicks,' to name a few.

That had a few funny moments and ONE big redeeming quality ;)

This is the greatest thing I've ever watched. All hail Moore. ^:)^

It is a funny scene. This one though always makes me cringe:

WillyGalore

Spooky. I've just used that shot in this week's caption competition! B-)

Agent007391

Creasy47 wrote:

EDIT: Wrong topic, apologies. On topic, @Agent007391, thoughts on 'Prisoners'?

I enjoyed the movie. If you haven't seen it, do so.

Creasy47

Agent007391 wrote:

Creasy47 wrote:

EDIT: Wrong topic, apologies. On topic, @Agent007391, thoughts on 'Prisoners'?

I enjoyed the movie. If you haven't seen it, do so.

I saw it the other night, it made my Top 3 Films of 2013 List. It was unbelievable. I picked it up on blu-ray right after I saw it. The acting and score in it was so phenomenal that it wasn't one of those films where you get the big answer to the question of the film (Where are the girls and who took them?) and you don't need to see it again. I could watch that movie over and over.

Coldfinger

Weak year for movies no doubt. I saw a few ...

Gravity - Pretty darn good.
Thor 2 - Average at best
Ironman 3 - Good not great
Hobbit 2 - Decent, too much bad cgi though. It's no LOTR i can tell you that.

dragonsky

I would say yes. IMHO this year had 2 movies that can easily be put as one of the best (500) movies of all time. Gravity and Rush and that speaks something. Good award nomination movies alongside some good blockbusters made this good year for movies.

hildebrand_rarity

@Creasy47 Judi was terrific and sweet, but she's very different from many of her other roles (in that her character is a bit of a dolt)

Creasy47

hildebrand_rarity wrote:

@Creasy47 Judi was terrific and sweet, but she's very different from many of her other roles (in that her character is a bit of a dolt)

That should be interesting to see, then, her playing a different character. I'm looking forward to it.

Torgeirtrap

Maybe the worst year for movies that I can remember. I only went to the cinema 3 (!) times this year, spending more time buying dvds and catching up on films through Netflix. All three films (World War Z, Fast & Furious 6, Iron Man 3) where good films, but none of them have made it to my "must buy"-list.

M_Balje

Update: 2 months later... Last update: 28 February 2014

39 ''2013'' movies in the Top 554 list.

01.01. Iron Man 3 $1,215.4
13.02. Frozen $986.1
02.03. Despicable Me 2 $970.8
09.04. The Hobbit 2: The Desolation of Smaug $893.8
03.05. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire$863.6
04.06. Fast & Furious 6 $788.7
05.07. Monsters University $743.6
07.08. Gravity $704.0
06.09. Man of Steel $668.0
08.10. Thor: The Dark World $641.2
10.11. The Croods $587.2
11.12. World War Z $540.0
12.13. Oz The Great and Powerful $493.3
14.14. Star Trek Into Darkness $467.4
15.15. The Wolverine $414.8
16.16. Pacific Rim $411.0
17.17. G.I. Joe: Retaliation $375.7
19.18. The Hangover Part III $362.0
18.19. Now You See Me $351.7
20.20. The Great Gatsby $351.0
21.21. The Smurfs 2 $347.5
--.22. The Wolf of Wall Street $338.8
22.23. The Conjuring $318.0
23.24. A Good Day to Die Hard $304.7
24.25. Oblivion $286.2
25.26. Elysium $286.1
26.27. Turbo $282.6
27.28. We're the Millers $270.0
32.29. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 $269.6
28.30. Epic $268.4
29.31. The Lone Ranger $260.5
30.32. Grown Ups 2 $247.0
31.33. After Earth $243.8
--.34. American Hustle $230.1
33.35. The Heat $229.9
34.36. Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters $225.7
35.37. Planes $219.8
36.38. Captain Phillips $217.7
37.39. White House Down $205.4

Unpexted Frozen beat Despicable Me 2. Both Frozen and The Hobbit release on 13/14 or 15 December 2013 in moost country's.

Also in The Netherlands Frozen deliever a lot of money, but Despicable Me 2 end on the second place.

1 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Warner Bros. $16,286,314 12/12
2 Despicable Me 2 UPI $10,669,906 6/26
3 Frozen (2013) Disney $10,315,131 12/12
4 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire n/a $8,845,950 11/21
5 Soof n/a $8,357,977 12/12
6 Verliefd op Ibiza AFD $7,581,025 1/31
7 De nieuwe wildernis DFW $7,084,997 9/26
8 The Smurfs 2 UPI $6,969,340 8/1
9 Fast & Furious 6 UPI $6,859,576 5/23
10 The Hangover Part III Warner Bros. $6,600,950 5/30
11 Iron Man 3 Disney $5,720,784 4/25
12 Mees Kees op kamp E1 $5,446,194 12/12
13 Gravity WB $5,291,979 10/3
14 Mannenharten DFW $5,062,196 11/28
15 The Croods Fox $4,591,462 3/28
16 Turbo WB $4,513,488 10/10
17 Django Unchained Sony $4,512,554 1/17
18 Now You See Me E1 $4,167,123 6/27
19 Spijt! DFW $3,968,590 6/20
20 We're the Millers WB $3,812,770 8/29
21 Bro's Before Ho's n/a $3,772,165 12/5
22 World War Z UPI $3,618,999 7/4
23 The Great Gatsby (2013) Warner Bros. $3,217,804 5/16
24 Thor: The Dark World Disney $3,212,754 10/31
25 The Lone Ranger Disney $3,196,615 8/8
26 Planes Disney $3,057,949 10/10
27 Man of Steel Warner Bros. $3,054,027 6/20
28 A Good Day to Die Hard WB $3,026,761 2/14
29 Les Miserables (2012) UPI $2,682,182 1/10
30 Elysium UPI $2,674,852 8/15

31 The Heat WB $2,651,807 8/1
32 Last Vegas E1 $2,504,125 12/19
33 Zambezia E1 $2,501,630 2/14
34 Monsters University Dis./Sony $2,486,483 7/18
35 La grande bellezza (The Great Beauty) n/a $2,474,050 11/7
36 Daglicht n/a $2,428,270 4/11
37 The Wolverine WB $2,313,537 7/25
38 Captain Phillips UPI $2,279,755 11/21
39 2 Guns UPI $2,246,994 9/26
40 Oz The Great and Powerful Disney $2,218,566 3/14
41 After Earth UPI $2,158,663 6/13
42 Oblivion UPI $2,060,940 4/11
43 Midden in De Winternacht n/a $2,015,130 11/28
44 Het Diner n/a $1,972,760 11/7
45 White House Down UPI $1,968,055 9/12
46 Valentino AFD $1,952,361 3/21
47 Smoorverliefd (2013) DFW $1,950,459 9/12
48 Pacific Rim WB $1,914,070 7/18
49 Star Trek Into Darkness UPI $1,913,528 6/6
50 Blue Jasmine PPI $1,906,867 8/22
51 Olympus Has Fallen E1 $1,890,239 5/9
52 Grown Ups 2 UPI $1,838,839 7/18
53 Escape Plan DFW $1,829,304 10/17
54 Walking with Dinosaurs DFW $1,826,573 12/19
55 De Club van Sinterklaas & De Pietenschool DFW $1,815,375 10/10
56 Ushi Must Marry DFW $1,746,598 2/14
57 The Impossible n/a $1,727,292 1/17
58 Safe Haven AFD $1,701,216 4/18
59 Epic Warner Bros. $1,674,477 5/30
60 Gangster Squad WB $1,650,916 1/10
61 Hoe Duur was de Suiker E1 $1,620,764 9/26
62 21 and Over AFD $1,581,578 3/28
63 Silver Linings Playbook AFD $1,561,238 2/28
64 47 Ronin n/a $1,513,226 12/26
65 G.I. Joe: Retaliation UPI $1,499,901 3/28
66 The Conjuring WB $1,383,781 9/5
67 Scary Movie 5 E1 $1,344,700 5/2
68 Nijntje de film WB $1,337,068 1/31
69 The Counselor WB $1,332,343 11/14
70 Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters WB $1,326,070 8/15
71 Red 2 E1 $1,271,003 7/25
72 About Time UPI $1,251,809 10/10
73 Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa UPI $1,251,590 10/24
74 Lincoln WB $1,250,868 1/31
75 Sinterklaas en de pepernoten chaos E1 $1,244,634 10/31
76 The Big Wedding E1 $1,205,559 5/9
77 Flight UPI $1,198,177 1/31
78 Lee Daniels' The Butler E1 $1,191,613 12/5
79 Las aventuras de Tadeo Jones n/a $1,179,043 2/14
80 Bobby en de Geestenjagers PPI $1,144,556 2/14
81 Mama UPI $1,137,451 3/7
82 Feuten het Feestje n/a $1,134,795 10/17
83 The Internship WB $1,017,340 7/11

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug deliever a litle bit more in The Netherlands then first movie. Jack the Giant Slayer ($909,311) where you expect more from deliever les then Hans en Grietje adaption Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters ($962,664). World War Z from Marc Forster did it amazing very well.

If i at official 2013 movie: The Wolf of Wall Street $7,545,891 (Dutch release date: 09 January 2014), mixed with the above movies the movie end on the 5th place. Also a movie where i not expect a lot of money from.

To get idea of other 2013 movies, released in 2014 in The Netherlands at the moment:

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty $1,148,750 (Release date: 02 January 2014)
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 $1,777,100 (Release date: 02 February 2014)
American Hustle $1,070,631 (Release date: 02 February 2014)
12 Years a Slave $601,451 (Release date: 20 February 2014)

CraigMooreOHMSS

Actually going to go out on a limb here against you all and say that it's been the best year in a long time for film in general, just not on the blockbuster circuit.

M_Balje

Update: 3 months later... Last update: 1 June 2014.

In the mean time Frozen beat Iron Man 3 at the boxoffice. Whyle there stil be some 2013 movies who be released in some country's in 2014 (Like The Wolf Of Wallstreet) i deside this be last update.

The count of movies isn't changed, there stil stay 39-2013 movies in the list who is now 566 big.

02.01. Frozen $1,232.6
01.02. Iron Man 3 $1,215.4
03.03. Despicable Me 2 $970.8
04.04. The Hobbit 2: The Desolation of Smaug $953.1
05.05. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire $864.6
06.06. Fast & Furious 6 $788.7
07.07. Monsters University $743.6
08.08. Gravity $716.4
09.09. Man of Steel $668.0
10.10. Thor: The Dark World $644.8
11.11. The Croods $587.2
12.12. World War Z $540.0
13.13. Oz The Great and Powerful $493.3
14.14. Star Trek Into Darkness $467.4
15.15. The Wolverine $414.8
16.16. Pacific Rim $411.0
22.17. The Wolf of Wall Street $389.6
17.18. G.I. Joe: Retaliation $375.7
18.19. The Hangover Part III $362.0
19.20. Now You See Me $351.7
20.21. The Great Gatsby $351.0
21.22. The Smurfs 2 $347.5
23.23. The Conjuring $318.0
24.24. A Good Day to Die Hard $304.7
25.25. Oblivion $286.2
26.26. Elysium $286.1
27.27. Turbo $282.6
29.28. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 $274.3
28.29. We're the Millers $270.0
30.30. Epic $268.4
31.31. The Lone Ranger $260.5
34.32. American Hustle $251.2
32.33. Grown Ups 2 $247.0
33.34. After Earth $243.8
35.35. The Heat $229.9
36.36. Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters $226.3
37.37. Planes $219.8
38.38. Captain Phillips $218.8
39.39. White House Down $205.4

Warner possible be a litle disapointed the second Hobbit movie not go over a billion and sadley deside to change the title of 3th Hobbit movie. If take a look to Top 5 of 2012 Frozen and Iron Man comes close to number 1 of 2012 The Avengers. Number 3 deliever les then number 2 in 2012 Skyfall, but more then number 5 of 2012 Ice Age 4.

Top 5 in 2012:

1. The Avengers $1,518.6
2. Skyfall $1,108.6
3. The Dark Knight Rises $1,084.4
4. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey $1,017.0
5. Ice Age: Continental Drift $877.2

In The Netherlands Despicable Me 2 stil stand on the second place with 163.000 +/- difrence on the number 3 be Frozen. The numbers of those 2 movies both be close to Ice Age 4 in 2012. Despicable Me 2 also have a hit at Dutch music charts, ''Happy'' from Pharrell Williams the title song of Despicable Me 2 stay now for the 43th weak in Top 40 and beat 35 year old record 2 weaks a go. The postion in 42th weak at this moment be the 25th place (25/40). Also Ed Sheeran ''I See Fire'' title song of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug have new record with 29 weeks in total and it at this moment it look like it wil not get 30th weak because song stay on 36/40, but stil great of course.

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug be winner of 2013 in The Netherlands with almoost 17 million. Because of Skyfall get 2 million views in the cinema, the first Hobbit movie in 2012 end on the 2th place. But 25 million is not easy to beat. Skyfall whas close in beat Avatar in 2009 who deliever 27 million.

Top 83 in The Netherlands (Movies who deliever more then 1 million.)

1 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Warner Bros. $16,286,314 12/12
2 Despicable Me 2 UPI $10,669,906 6/26
3 Frozen (2013) Disney $10,506,131 12/12
4 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire n/a $8,845,950 11/21
5 Soof n/a $8,795,777 12/12
6 Verliefd op Ibiza AFD $7,581,025 1/31
7 De nieuwe wildernis DFW $7,084,997 9/26
8 The Smurfs 2 UPI $6,969,340 8/1
9 Fast & Furious 6 UPI $6,859,576 5/23
10 The Hangover Part III Warner Bros. $6,600,950 5/30
11 Iron Man 3 Disney $5,720,784 4/25
12 Mees Kees op kamp E1 $5,651,752 12/12
13 Gravity WB $5,291,979 10/3
14 Mannenharten DFW $5,062,196 11/28
15 The Croods Fox $4,591,462 3/28
16 Turbo WB $4,513,488 10/10
17 Django Unchained Sony $4,512,554 1/17
18 Now You See Me E1 $4,167,123 6/27
19 Spijt! DFW $3,968,590 6/20
20 We're the Millers WB $3,812,770 8/29
21 Bro's Before Ho's n/a $3,772,165 12/5
22 World War Z UPI $3,618,999 7/4
23 The Great Gatsby (2013) Warner Bros. $3,217,804 5/16
24 Thor: The Dark World Disney $3,212,754 10/31
25 The Lone Ranger Disney $3,196,615 8/8
26 Planes Disney $3,057,949 10/10
27 Man of Steel Warner Bros. $3,054,027 6/20
28 A Good Day to Die Hard WB $3,026,761 2/14
29 La grande bellezza (The Great Beauty) n/a $2,706,032 11/7
30 Les Miserables (2012) UPI $2,682,182 1/10
31 Elysium UPI $2,674,852 8/15
32 The Heat WB $2,651,807 8/1
33 Last Vegas E1 $2,504,125 12/19
34 Zambezia E1 $2,501,630 2/14
35 Monsters University Dis./Sony $2,486,483 7/18
36 Daglicht n/a $2,428,270 4/11
37 The Wolverine WB $2,313,537 7/25
38 Captain Phillips UPI $2,279,755 11/21
39 2 Guns UPI $2,246,994 9/26
40 Oz The Great and Powerful Disney $2,218,566 3/14
41 After Earth UPI $2,158,663 6/13
42 Oblivion UPI $2,060,940 4/11
43 Midden in De Winternacht n/a $2,015,130 11/28
44 Het Diner n/a $1,972,760 11/7
45 White House Down UPI $1,968,055 9/12
46 Valentino AFD $1,952,361 3/21
47 Smoorverliefd (2013) DFW $1,950,459 9/12
48 Pacific Rim WB $1,914,070 7/18
49 Star Trek Into Darkness UPI $1,913,528 6/6
50 Blue Jasmine PPI $1,906,867 8/22

51 Olympus Has Fallen E1 $1,890,239 5/9
52 Grown Ups 2 UPI $1,838,839 7/18
53 Escape Plan DFW $1,829,304 10/17
54 Walking with Dinosaurs DFW $1,826,573 12/19
55 De Club van Sinterklaas & De Pietenschool DFW $1,815,375 10/10
56 Ushi Must Marry DFW $1,746,598 2/14
57 The Impossible n/a $1,727,292 1/17
58 Safe Haven AFD $1,701,216 4/18
59 Epic Warner Bros. $1,674,477 5/30
60 Gangster Squad WB $1,650,916 1/10
61 Hoe Duur was de Suiker E1 $1,620,764 9/26
62 21 and Over AFD $1,581,578 3/28
63 Silver Linings Playbook AFD $1,561,238 2/28
64 47 Ronin n/a $1,513,226 12/26
65 G.I. Joe: Retaliation UPI $1,499,901 3/28
66 The Conjuring WB $1,383,781 9/5
67 Scary Movie 5 E1 $1,344,700 5/2
68 Nijntje de film WB $1,337,068 1/31
69 The Counselor WB $1,332,343 11/14
70 Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters WB $1,326,070 8/15
71 Red 2 E1 $1,271,003 7/25
72 About Time UPI $1,251,809 10/10
73 Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa UPI $1,251,590 10/24
74 Lincoln WB $1,250,868 1/31
75 Sinterklaas en de pepernoten chaos E1 $1,244,634 10/31
76 The Big Wedding E1 $1,205,559 5/9
77 Flight UPI $1,198,177 1/31
78 Lee Daniels' The Butler E1 $1,191,613 12/5
79 Las aventuras de Tadeo Jones n/a $1,179,043 2/14
80 Bobby en de Geestenjagers PPI $1,144,556 2/14
81 Mama UPI $1,137,451 3/7
82 Feuten het Feestje n/a $1,134,795 10/17
83 The Internship WB $1,017,340 7/11

With a litle look to boxoffice of 2014. Official 2013 movie The Wolf of Wall Street be at this moment the unexpected number 1 movie at Dutch boxoffice 2014 with boxoffice who be simalar to Quantum Of Solace in 2008. Wil possible stand there til the 3th Hobbit movie. Second place be for a Dutch movie. Number 3 be at this moment two 2014 movies Rio 2 $5,385,634 and 4th place for The Lego movie and 5th place be again for official 2013 movie 12 Years a Slave who get a big boost.