True Best Picture of the Year.

bob. · 11-16-2016, 10:20 PM

"I was elected to lead...not to read."

djchameleon · 11-27-2016, 12:23 PM

86th Academy Awards

12 Years a Slave
American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Dallas Buyers Club
Gravity
Her
Nebraska
Philomena
The Wolf of Wall Street

I loved all the best picture nominations this year. My only issue was with Her and I still hold that same opinion to this day of it. I haven't bothered to watch that movie again since I saw it in the theaters. It rubbed me the wrong way that badly.

Movies that came out in 2013

Gangster Squad
John Dies at the End
Bullet to the Head
Side Effects
A Good Day to Die Hard
Spring Breakers
The Call
Olympus Has Fallen
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
Trance
The Host
The Place Beyond The Pines
Evil Dead
Upstream Color(I haven't actually seen this but I've heard so much praise for it)
Oblivion
Mud
Pain & Gain
Iron Man 3
Star Trek Into Darkness
The Great Gatsby
Fast and the Furious 6
Now You See Me
The Purge
After Earth(don't care what you guys think I still liked it)
This Is the End
The Bling Ring(wasn't sure if I was going to like this but I ended up entertained at least.)
World War Z
The Heat
White House Down(which I found to be slightly superior to Olympus Has Fallen)
Fruitvale Station
Pacific Rim
RED 2
The Conjuring
The World's End
The Wolverine
2 Guns
Elysium
We're The Millers
KickAss 2
You're Next(love love loved this)
Getaway
Insidious: Chapter 2
Prisoners
Battle of the Year
Don Jon
Gravity
Machete Kills
Ender's Game
Dallas Buyer's Club
Nebraska
Anchorman 2
Oldboy(also loved it...it was fine for what it was)
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
47 Ronin
The Wolf of Wall Street
American Hustle
Out of the Furnace

All of the bolded ones are films that I think were overlooked at the time and didn't get the recognition that they deserved.

Ol’ Qwerty Bastard · 11-27-2016, 12:26 PM

Her should have won. 10/10 beautiful film. 12 Years was great too, Steve McQueen is ****ing brilliant.

djchameleon · 11-27-2016, 12:31 PM

No ****ing way!

I can't stand Her. It won way too many awards.

Ol’ Qwerty Bastard · 11-27-2016, 12:32 PM

Pourquoi?

djchameleon · 11-27-2016, 12:36 PM

He just reeked of beta male and I couldn't take it. He also made himself out to be a victim when he was pretty much the one in the wrong in the relationship with his ex.

I also didn't like the whole idea about the social commentary they wanted to make about everyone being glued to their devices so much that they ignore others around them. Blah blah blah so damn preachy.

It was like an anti millennial stance.

The technology is only the tool, it's based on the person and it can be used it great ways to connect you to other human beings but this film was so one sided and leaning to the other side of it. I bet baby boomers loved this movie for vilifying technology. It's just like those youtube videos that people make saying "Look Up" *yawns* boring.

djchameleon · 11-27-2016, 12:36 PM

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Thanks alot for the double post ****ty internet connection.

**Exo** · 11-27-2016, 02:17 PM

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Originally Posted by djchameleon

He just reeked of beta male and I couldn't take it. He also made himself out to be a victim when he was pretty much the one in the wrong in the relationship with his ex.

I also didn't like the whole idea about the social commentary they wanted to make about everyone being glued to their devices so much that they ignore others around them. Blah blah blah so damn preachy.

It was like an anti millennial stance.

The technology is only the tool, it's based on the person and it can be used it great ways to connect you to other human beings but this film was so one sided and leaning to the other side of it. I bet baby boomers loved this movie for vilifying technology. It's just like those youtube videos that people make saying "Look Up" *yawns* boring.

I don't think you took the intended message of the film. Then again, you're entitled to your opinion, but I think you missed the point. It wasn't about the dependency on technology. It was about the ability to find love in foreign places. The path to true happiness can sometimes be the off beaten path. Also, some people grow out of relationships and that even if you're devastated about it, there could be an answer right around the corner. It wasn't preaching technology dependency. I just described it very cliche like but I feel the films strong suit was the ability to convey those messages without coming off contrived.

I'm going to do my list now. Bold are favorites.

12 Years a Slave
Ain't Them Bodies Saints
Al midan (The Square)
All is Lost
August: Osage County
Big Bad Wolves
Blackfish
Blue Jasmine
Captain Phillips
Charlie Victor Romeo
Cheap Thrills
Coherence
The Congress
The Conjuring
Cutie and The Boxer
Dabba (The Lunchbox)
Drinking Buddies
The East
Enemy
Enough Said
Europa Report
Evil Dead (Remake)
Finding Vivian Maier
Fruitvale Station
La grande bellezza (The Great Beauty)
Gravity
Her
I Know That Voice
Ida
The Immigrant
Inside Llewyn Davis
Jodorowsky's Dune
Joe
Kaze tachinu (The Wind Rises)
The Kings of Summer
Let the Fire Burn
Locke
Nebraska
Oculus
Only Lovers Left Alive
Le passé (The Past)
Prince Avalanche
Prisoners
Rush
Short Term 12
Side Effects
Snowpiercer
The Spectacular Now
Starred Up
Stoker
This is the End
Tim's Vermeer
Under The Skin
Upstream Color
The Way Way Back
We Are What We Are
Whitewash
The Wolf on Wall Street
The World's End

Great year. So hard to choose a best picture from so many amazing films. For me it comes down to Only Lovers, Prisoners, Her, Upstream Color, Under The Skin, and 12 Years a Slave.

I'm Ok with 12 Years actually winning but for me my gut goes with a tie between Under the Skin and Upstream Color. Both films were just so cathartic for me. Perfect science fiction, one film very dark, the other very uplifting. That was a hard choice though.

Ol’ Qwerty Bastard · 11-27-2016, 02:34 PM

OMG Upstream Color is amazing, didn't realize it came out that year. Prisoners was great as well.

**Frownland** · 11-27-2016, 03:39 PM

Under the Skin is like top ten of all time material.

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