WORST 10-"MONSTERS UNIVERSITY" Unlike most of the other movies in this list, I knew this was gonna be bad going in. I went in this movie with zero expectations, so I wasn't actually dissapointed, which is why this movie is so low on the list. That being said...a "Monsters, Inc" prequel where Mike, Sully and Randall go to college? Really, Pixar? This is how low you have sunk? What's next, a movie about the fleas living in Remy's back? 9-"THE LONE RANGER" When I heard that Disney and Bruckheimer were doing another version of the Lone Ranger, I expected a thrill ride full of excitement, gunfights, one-liners, and a kickass score. And I got that...in the last 10 minutes of the movie. The remaining 80 minutes were filled with pointless bickering between the Lone Ranger and Tonto, Johnny Depp hogging the screen time to feed his massive ego, and scenes that, to me, are far too gruesome for a Disney movie. 8-"STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS" Khan is Space Jesus. Khan is frickin Space Jesus. Do I really need to say more? 7-"JACK THE GIANT SLAYERS" Giants and giantesses...they are my passion, my hobby, my children, my love. Jack isn't a hero, he is a serial killer. 6-"MAN OF STEEL" Superman doesn't kill. Period. No, I don't care if that's how the character started. Characters evolve into their current forms in time. Deadpool started as a shallow Deathstroke ripoff, does that mean he should be portrayed as a shallow Deathstroke ripoff? The Hulk started grey and turned into the Hulk when the sun went down, does that mean we need to see that in a movie? No,I don't think "there was no other way". Spider-Man would have found a way. Nanoha Takamachi would have found a way. Aang would have found a way. Hell, Batman himself would have found a way of defeating Zod without killing him. 5-"CORAZON DE LEON" What the hell was that? Seriously, what the hell did I just watch? How can you start with the premise "Guillermo Francella is a midget and he falls in love with a taller woman" and come up with something this bizarre? 4-"PERCY JACKSON: SEA OF MONSTERS" Why was this even made? Were people really desperate for a Percy Jackson sequel? Wasn't the first movie a complete flop? And this movie ends up being even worse. The plot is ripped off from "Harry Potter" and "Wrath of the Titans", the heroes from the first movie are portrayed as completely inept just to prop up Clarisse (this is especially bad when it comes to Annabeth, who was a total badass in the first movie), and Clarisse herself is nowhere near as muscular as she is supposed to be. And who the hell thought it was a good idea to replace Pierce Brosnan with Anthony Stewart Head? 3-"R.I.P.D." Just a lame ripoff of the "Ghostbusters" movies and the "Men in Black" movies. "Men in Black 3" came out last year, and you are better off seeing that. 2-"KICK ASS 2" This was just painful. Not only is Hit Girl saddled with the inept Kick Ass again, but now she is forced to pal around with an entire team of incompetent morons. Why can't they just give Hit Girl her own movie? My Universe Beta stories work just fine with Hit Girl going on her own (or as a part of a team of COMPETENT superheroes), and Chloe Moretz got enough clout by now, so why not just give Hit Girl her own movie? And why bother having Jim Carrey do a Bruce Campbell imitation when the real Bruce Campbell would happily take the role for half of the salary? 1-"DESPICABLE ME 2" This was rhinoceros testicles. Much like "Soledad y Laguirucho" and "Madagascar: Europe's Most Wanted", this is manure straight from the cow's ass. Not just bad, but painful. Everything was designed to hurt you: the soundtrack was painful, the jokes were painful, the writing was painful, the constant bright colors were painful. I know this is a family movie, but I think you must think children are the most moronic beings on Earth if you think THIS is acceptable entertainment for them. It's not only a very dissapointing sequel, but an horrible movie in general, glued with terrible lines, awful jokes and those stupid and annoying Minions that do nothing of value but steal valuable screentime that could be used to develop the characters better, or at least tell better jokes. It's, by far, the worst movie of 2013. BEST 10-"DRAGON BALL Z: BATTLE OF GODS" Yes, the jokes on this one were terrible. Yes, the villain is by far the most pathethic "Dragon Ball Z" villain ever. Yes, several great "Dragon Ball Z" characters have next to no lines. But still, it has great fight scenes, several good characters have great lines, it does have the humor element that was a part of the show from the beginning, and it genuinely feels like a movie, as opposed to just a 90 minute episode of the show. 9-"EQUESTRIA GIRLS" I want to reiterate that every negative thing I said about this movie still stands. But, with that being considered...they got most of the key characters right, some of the jokes are genuinely funny, it has the right length (it doesn't drag, but it isn't too short, either), and they do manage to defeat the villain without killing her (unlike in "Man of Steel". See? Even the Human Six found a way. "There was no other way", my ass). 8-"THE WOLVERINE" Sure, the movie's twist leaves you with hundreds of unanswered questions. But still, the movie has a nice plot, nice action, great lines, great character development for Wolverine, and it's one of the few modern-day American-made movies set in Japan that don't make you want to tear your eyeballs out. 7-"THE CROODS" This a nice, cute, little movie. It's not something as grand and epic as "How To Train Your Dragon" or "Rise of the Guardians", but it has a nice story, a great moral, great characters and it flows nicely. 6-"OZ, THE GREAT AND POWERFUL" Again, this was a pretty decent movie. It was very faithful to L. Frank Baum's original books while expanding characters that were very flat and one-note in the books. I even though the Wicked Witch of the West was done great (mainly because I saw the Latin American dubbed version, and the voice actress for Theodora is far greater than Mila Kunis). 5-"PIÑON FIJO Y LA MAGIA DE LA MUSICA" This one had great songs, a simple yet very thought-out plot, funny and likable characters, and it was very accessible for someone like me, who has never seen the show. Sure, it simple, but it's also very entertaining. 4-"THE HEAT" This was a very hilarious and action-packed buddy cop comedy, in the styles of such classics as "Lethal Weapon", "Bad Boys" and "Hot Fuzz". Sandra Bullock and Mellisa McCarthy are great in the roles, and the plot is suspénful enough without getting too tense. 3-"THE INTERNSHIP" Again, very hilarious, with great performances by Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson, great showing of how the Google company actually works, and it has a great message of teammwork, friendship, and never giving up on your dreams. 2-"HANSEL AND GRETEL, WITCH HUNTERS" As far as "Ghostbusters" tributes go, this was a far better movie than "R.I.P.D.". It also borrowed from such works as "Army of Darkness", "Blade", "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", "Van Helsing" and "Hellboy" to make one hell of a movie., It has great action, great performances, a great villain (hammy and powerful, just the way I like my villains), and a great care-free attitude that most movies this year desperately needed. 1-"EPIC" This movie has the same grandiose epic tone as "How To Train Your Dragon" or "Rise of the Guardians". It has brilliant writing, great characters, excellent action scenes, great morals that go beyond an enviromental message, the enviromental message itself is very subtle (ala the one in "Sonic SatAm" or the one in "Ponyo"), the acting was terrific, and it was a "shrinking man" movie that had a lot more to offer than just that gimmick. It was just as epic as the title promoised, and it's, by far, the best movie of 2013.
The movie was called Kickass 2, not Hit Girl. What the hell were you expecting? That the titular character wouldn't be in his own movie?
From TV Tropes: "This is a Common Fan Fallacy associated with Character Titles. It works as follows: The work is titled X; therefore, X is the protagonist. This is simply not always the case. The confusion arises from the title of the work referring to someone other than the main protagonist, such as a secondary character or antagonist. Viewers know who the person is but incorrectly assume said person is the protagonist. Protagonist Title Fallacy: People correctly know to whom or what the title refers but wrongly assume that the eponymous character is the protagonist because his/her name is the title." "After Earth" was just meh. It's actually nowhere near as bad as people made it out to be, people are just alienated by Shyamalan's name. It's decent enough to not make the "worst" list, yet it's too bad to make the "best" list. Personally, I think it's a superior movie than "Oblivion", because at least I understood what happened in "After Earth", while "Oblivion" was just one confusing and bizarre scene after the other. That being said, "Corazon de Leon" deserves the spot on the "worst" list more than "Oblivion" because "Oblivion" was weird from the first trailer, while nobody really expected a movie like "Corazon de Leon" to turn out this bizarre.
Pacific Rim was pretty good. Expected it to be in the worst list though. For some reason people tend to hate it :/
I disagree entirely on Despicable Me 2. Did I think it was a film for the ages? No. None of these were. But I thought it was pretty true to the original and had many cute moments. Was it successful at accomplishing what it set out to do? Pretty much. My few complaints were that it didn't stick to the "single dad" tone of the original, and the plot was pretty straight-forward. But once I got into it, I thought it was a pretty cute movie. I do agree with you on Oz, The Great and Powerful.
...Why is Gravity not in the top 10? Why? I do agree with Oz and Epic being in the top 10 though. Great films.
What floors me about "Pacific Rim" is that EVERYONE hates "The Hunger Games" because it's supposedly a ripoff of "Battle Royale". That really grinds my gears, since: 1-"The Running Man" predates "Battle Royale" for DECADES. if anything, "The Hunger Games" is a ripoff of "The Running Man". 2-It's a decent action movie on its own right, yet I feel pressured by the internet to hate it even though I don't want to. ...yet, somehow, "Pacific Rim" doesn't get nearly enough flack as it's an "OK" movie to enjoy. This despite "Pacific Rim" being a ripoff of: -Super Sentai -Voltron -Gigantor -Mazinger -Gundam -Gao Gai Gar -The Big Oh -Gurren Lagann -Evangelion -Megas XRL -The Beastie Boy music video "Intergalactic" -The Silver Age comic book "Neutro" -M.A.S.K. -Macross -Southern Cross -Mospeada -Megazone 21 -Ultraman ...and Celestia knows what else. If "it's a ripoff of Battle Royale" is your only argument for hating "The Hunger Games", then you have no bussiness saying anything remoptely positive about "Pacific Rim".
Honestly, i tent not to look at movies like that. Not only does it ruin the movie, but its also very arrogant to say that something is a ripoff of something else. SPecially when it comes to movies and games.
Man, I barely saw any movies this year. I remember thinking oz was a lot of fun, and I really enjoyed Blue is the Warmest Colour. One that REALLY stuck with me, though, was The Hunt. That one would be pretty heard to knock off my #1 spot this year if I were to make a list.
What I really think is that I won't have a favorite movie this year until The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug comes out.
I'm amazed at just how little I must go to the movies nowadays, because I've yet to see a single one of the films on either of your lists except for Equestria Girls... I did hear that Man of Steel was yet another shining example of Hollywood trying to oversaturate their movies in the "dark and brooding" departments, so I'm glad I didn't catch that one. That's not to say I'm for all-out camp, but filmmakers need to take the hint that grimmer =/= better, necessarily.
I don't understand why people bash on Man of Steel so much. It was a great film for what it's worth... People are mad that Superman is actually PUNCHING people now? Come on. In the past few movies Superman was just terrible. The only memorable part of any past Superman film in the last 10 years is-- WROOOOOOOOONG. He also killed Joe Chill in Speeding Bullets, and Green Arrow and Wonder Woman (Among others) in Absolute Power. So he has killed people, often for the greater good. Though in some universes he just went crazy.
I thought Man of Steel and Star Trek: Into Darkness were both fantastic. Khan being white was weird though. My favorite thing about Man of Steel is that not once did Superman fall into the "why didn't you do that in the first place" thing like he does in a lot of movies, where he comes up with a plan to curbstomp the foe after being trounced first. And the plan is usually pretty obvious too. Instead, in Man of Steel, Superman did everything he could against Zod when he could do it.
The reason i don't find his movies to be interesting is because of the fact that he is a god on earth. He can do whatever he wants and nothing can stop him.
Saying "Superman kills" just because he has killed in some occasional times (and most of those times heralded Superman's descent into outright villainy) is like saying "Tom and Jerry talk" just because they have talked in some occasional times. Read "What's So Funny About Truth, Justice and the American Way?" AND "Kingdom Come". Two great comics that explain in great detail why Superman doesn't kill. And how is Superman having massive amounts of power any different from the Mane Six having massive amounts of power? Twilight Sparkle has the Element of Magic, she more or less has complete control over magic, which is the single most powerful force in Equestria besides friendship. Yet I don't see anyone claiming that Twilight is "boring". Hell, I don't see anyone claiming Celestia is "boring", even though she dwarfs most Ponies in sheer power.
We're not saying Superman kills. We're saying Super man HAS killed before, so it's not a strain on the imagination that he kills in Man of Steel (not to mention he was REALLY torn up about doing it, IIRC).
>Pacific Rim >Ripoff of 50 million giant robot series have you considered the fact that this is a GENRE? Literally every giant robot show/movie/comic/whatever has giant robots fighting either giant aliens or other giant robots. Why? Because the premise is overblown fight scenes. You're basically claiming that Terminator is a rip off of Die Hard because it's a series centered on the same dude shooting other dudes.
Way to miss the point of that. My point is that "The Hunger Games" is ALSO part of a genre instead of just being "a ripoff of Battle Royale".
