Films/DVD Asylum

Best 2013 film list:

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tinear

The Great Beauty.
The Past.
All is Lost.
Wadjda.
Frances Ha.
No.
Films that reviewers liked and that looked very interesting but that haven't hit Netflix yet:
Like Someone in Love.
Museum Hours (well, Netflix has it, but the wait is months and months [so far]).
No, you won't find TWOWS or 12 Years or American Hustle: these are unoriginal, formulaic films, though expertly and excellently done. In a few years, no one will remember them.

Edits: 04/16/14

Follow Ups:

I liked Dallas Buyers Club the most... - eppis1 00:54:28 04/19/14 (1)
�And "All is Lost" and "The Great Beauty."
- I like Dallas the most (nt) - Bill the K 22:44:56 04/19/14 (0)
  ny
Made it about 30 minutes into Frances Ha - semuta 13:30:39 04/17/14 (4)
and couldn't take anymore. If you dislike unoriginal, formulaic films, it is curious that this film is on your list. Whether the ripoffs of Breathless, from the editing, to the photography, to the soundtrack, were intentional or not, original it ain't.
- You made it 15 minutes more than me - mbnx01 14:41:12 04/18/14 (3)
  This is a movie that hates men.
  
  HATES THEM.
  
  "The problem with quotes from the internet is that many of them just are just made up."
  -Abraham Lincoln
  - Total disagreement, with you and semuta! The movie showed a bright, independent woman - tinear 16:52:09 04/18/14 (2)
    who was hitting an age at which many bright folks (of both sexes) have to face a decision: continue chasing a dream or realize it may never happen.
    Frances is an original character, not a little based on the actress, herself, and filmed by her significant other.
    As far as it being derivative: I certainly don' see anything at all of Breathless in it, excepting it's also black and white.
    - RE: Total disagreement, with you and semuta! The movie showed a bright, independent woman - mbnx01 18:24:14 04/18/14 (1)
      Yes, the sun shines out of her ass and she shits marble. She's so wonderful and vibrant and alive, she's just a Goddess.
      
      And men are creeps with weird sexual problems.
      
      "The problem with quotes from the internet is that many of them just are just made up."
      -Abraham Lincoln
      - I wish you'd be more specific. SPOILER COMIN' - tinear 08:54:24 04/19/14 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: Total disagreement, with you and semuta! The movie showed a bright, independent woman posted by mbnx01 on April 18, 2014 at 18:24:14
        
        Frances was a failure at what she loved. She found "suits" boring and was shocked her best friend didn't. All pretty realistic, I thought. Her ebullience was infectious, to me and a lot of other viewers.
        As far as man-hating, I think you may be bringing some personal stuff to that? Noah Baumbach is a guy. Married to Jennifer Jason Leigh.
Where's 12 Years a Slave? Maybe not the most fun movie to watch (American Hustle best of fun movies) - Road Warrior 16:17:16 04/16/14 (8)
but a worthy Oscar winner.
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"I'd like to own a squadron of tanks"
- RE: Where's 12 Years a Slave? Maybe not the most fun movie to watch (American Hustle best of fun movies) - Bill the K 22:41:45 04/19/14 (1)
  There are so many soso slave movies and this one directed by a foreigner to boot. Did not deserve an Oscar.
  
  Roots is the most heart wrenching saddest movie ever. Take any one episode, its a masterpiece in acting and direction. Remember Kissy being taken away?
  
  Bill
  - Saw ever episode of Roots. Loved it ^ - Road Warrior 10:04:47 04/20/14 (0)
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    "I'd like to own a squadron of tanks"
- Seemed predictable, to me. I'll watch it, but if it has some - tinear 17:39:11 04/16/14 (5)
  uplifting theme, I'm going to hate it. Slavery didn't have a bright side. NO one suffered it and triumphed. That's the fact. Sometimes, shit happens. Falsifying history to make suffering noble isn't realistic.
  Rant over, I'll see it.
  - "All is Lost"... - mkuller 20:45:09 04/16/14 (1)
    ...is not predictable?
    
    You mean Redford dies?
    - See it. There is very little "predictable" in it. nt - tinear 08:16:41 04/17/14 (0)
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  - True story, it is what it is. Uplifting? One would be hard pressed to find an uplifting theme - Road Warrior 18:37:18 04/16/14 (2)
    bad guys played as bad to the bone, not eccentric miscreants. Slaves were most definitely not singing Camptown Ladies whilst working in the fields.
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    "I'd like to own a squadron of tanks"
    - You sold me. I'll zoom it to the top of the list. nt - tinear 18:51:11 04/16/14 (1)
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      - Let us know whatcha think ^ - Road Warrior 19:52:41 04/16/14 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: You sold me. I'll zoom it to the top of the list. nt posted by tinear on April 16, 2014 at 18:51:11
        
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        "I'd like to own a squadron of tanks"
RE: Best 2013 film list: - Mike B. 09:55:34 04/16/14 (2)
I recently watched American Hustle. What a convoluted mess. The best film from the Academy picks was Nebraska IMO.
- Nebraska: I've seen too many crusty old American guy films. All I read said this one - tinear 12:24:48 04/16/14 (1)
  was yet another. Earlier, we had the Robert Duvall/Bill Murray dud. I'm afraid we're about to have an avalanche of old guy films. Yawn�.
  - Hey! - Des 15:30:06 04/16/14 (0)
    All is Lost was an old guy flick!-- very watchable slightly mesmerizing if you were in the mood
    
    very good I thought too.
    
    Des

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