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But it's also Christmas where both these type of movies can survive, plus I see Wolf skewing a bit more towards an older crowd due to the hard R rating and Hustle skewing a bit more towards the younger (even teens) because of the Light R and J-Law. (Although DiCaprio's a pull for Wolf too) I think they'll both survive fine though, similar to how both Phillips and Gravity did extraordinarily well.

Given that blu-ray is pretty cheap now for any movie that isn't a recent release, I just get all my movies on blu-ray. Heck, I was able to find a triple feature blu-ray pack that came with Goodfellas, The Departed, and The Aviator for 10 dollars, and some other newer (but not just out) releases for 5-10 dollars each, some were the same price as the DVD's. I also don't like getting DVD's because it's only a matter of time before they go the way of VHS.

The Incredibles winning is just weird.

Sharknado got a couple of theatrical releases after it broke out.

I'm not a Pixar hater, nor am I an anime addict (the only anime I think i've even watched are the Ghibli films, which hardly count), I agree in that Classic Disney tends to be my favorite. And Pixar has not been getting internet hate at all, it's just starting to get a minor backlash because their latest movies have been medicore, and they're still winning awards and getting praised for mediocrity (Brave is the most prime example of this). Also, their announcement of doing a lot more sequels gets people like me (who honestly would take a good original film over a sequel any day; even though there are some sequels I get on board with because I think there is still more they can do with the storyline, universe, or concept) kind of mad, especially when they're making a sequel to Nemo of all movies. I'm a fan of Pixar, but they are going downhill fast, my only hope for them currently is Inside Out.

18m Her

New Beverly Hills Cop The Fault in Our Stars or Edge of Tomorrow

An Expendables rip-off however this time all the actors are old non-action stars that were only known for playing in romantic comedies and Academy Award winning dramas. Zack Snyder screwed it up again

93% Believe

Unforgiven 2 Casablanca or Citizen Kane

From what I see too many people hype up Pixar's golden age films as if they're all masterpieces that can't be touched. Again what I said, you can't truly say the Pixar films are better liked overall than Spirited Away by most critics, because just look at film critic awards, the best reviewed film of the year doesn't always win. Pixar films are a lot like pepperoni pizza in that they're universally liked but not necessarily everybody's favorite, that's why they get ranked so high. Studio Ghibli films just from being a more anime style are little off-putting to some critics, but are seen as higher quality by the people that actually like them (and that group has grown pretty large). I don't think anybody underestimates Pixar, in fact I think people overestimate them to much, like last year when Brave won the Academy Award for pretty much being a Pixar film that didn't suck (unlike the year before with Cars 2). They make good movies (some of them great, I put many of them at the upper parts of my list), but many of them are way overhyped by their devote fans, and I don't find nearly as much depth in Pixar's film as I do in the better Ghibli films.

I feel happy because I was predicting Barkhad Abdi since before Captain Phillips even premiered.

I'd add Captain Phillips and replace The Spectacular Now with Nebraska (it's getting in).

It's not the type of song that'd win the award though.

They weren't a big fan of anything besides Frozen and the Wind Rises when it comes to animation this year honestly. (Although MU and DM2 got decent reviews)

The main problem is Best Actor is packed, who do you knock out to let Elba in? Ejiofer, McConaughey, and Dern are locked, if early word from Wolf is correct than DiCaprio is most likely in (meaning either Hanks or Redford would get knocked out), and so you have Hanks and Redford fighting for the last spot and Phoenix, Isaac, B. Jordan, and Whitaker fighting for an upset. I could see Hanks going out if they choose to give him a nod for supporting instead and don't feel like nominating him twice. I could see Redford going out because his movie was very small, and it isn't competing for anything except actor, so a snub is very possible. For Elba to get in, he'd not only have to get past those two (who have tons of buzz behind them), he'd also have to get past other others like Oscar Isaac, Michael B. Jordan, Forest Whitaker, and Joaquin Phoenix which have strong buzz behind them too. I wouldn't say that it is impossible, but I don't see it happening, especially with lackluster reviews.

From early reviews it sounds like the Hobbit may end up locked for second place (maybe Pacific Rim can sneak past it into second, but I doubt it), and then it's between Elysium, Iron Man 3, and STiD for 4th and 5th place. I don't see Oblivion, World War Z, Thor, or Man of Steel getting the nod.

I hope Despicable Me 2 gets a nom over the Croods, for the pure fact that Despicable Me was robbed of a nomination 2011 when they could only nominate 3 (and Tangled and Despicable Me both really deserved a spot to make 5). Honestly, this year could use just 3 noms.

Toy Story also only has 77 reviews, and from the top critics has an 8.6, Spirited Away has 158 reviews (and a 100% from Top Critics) and a top critic average rating of 8.7. Plus, Toy Story has the advantage classic films from before RT was around have in that many of the reviews written were years after its release meaning they are more likely to be higher as they are mostly nostalgia reviews (which let's face it, when looking back fondly, are pretty much always spun higher than a normal review). A better comparison would be Toy Story 2 (which still has a little but not complete nostalgia review bias that the original had) which has 8.6 all critics and 8.2 top critics (so again, pretty much evenly matched at that level, especially with an equal amount of reviews), and Toy Story 3 which is 8.8 all critics and 8.5 top critics. If you got technical the top critics like Spirited Away more than the Toy Story 2 and 3, and the overall critics liked Toy Story 3 better than Spirited Away but found Toy Story 2 to be about on par with it. Toy Story classic needs the reviews that were the initial reactions in order to be fairly compared. Don't get me wrong though, the scores are very close and at that level it is pretty much a matter of preference because the scores are so close. EDIT: I saw a mention of Up and Finding Nemo, Up is at an 8.6 and an 8.2, Spirited Away is at an 8.5 and an 8.7, you average it Spirited Away barely comes out on top. So again, it's so close it's pretty much a matter of preference. Finding Nemo has an 8.6 and an 8.6, so again Top Critics barely prefer Spirited Away and overall critics barely prefer Nemo (Nemo has some nostalgia reviews though due to the re-release). So again, it's pretty much a matter of preference because of how close those scores are. Then you can also look at Metacritic Spirited Away: 94 Toy Story 3: 92 Toy Story 2: 88 Toy Story: 92 Up: 88 Finding Nemo: 90 And Spirited Away has a higher score than all of the Pixar films The only Pixar film with a score equal to Spirited Away on Metacritic is Wall-E with a 94, and then Ratatouille has a 96 (which beats spirited away but then Spirited Away beats Ratatouille on and Wall-E on Rotten Tomatoes in both Top and Overall Critics). You can't justifiably claim that any of those movies were overall better reviewed than Spirited Away because the reviews have minor difference in how glowing they are, especially when you take Top Critics into consideration, and then if you look at Metacritic Spirited Away again beats all of the films mentioned. They are so close that these in depth comparisons are pretty much pointless. (I just made an overall in depth comparison because people were trying to make it look like Spirited Away wasn't close to as glowingly reviewed as the Pixar Golden Age films)

In the high 90s the exact percentage hardly matters.

Spirited Away > Everything Pixar has made with the exception of maybe Finding Nemo (which it is about on par with)

Spirited Away at number 4? It deserves better.

"it never gets dreary which this story could of easily become, instead he balances it with the optimism of Philomena and well-placed humor, as well as a couple of fairly touching moments." More At http://thepandaflicksreviews.blogspot.com/2013/12/philomena-review.html

"With smart humor, a nearly Disney cliche defying plot, and memorable music, Frozen reigns in as, not only the best animated film of the year by far, but one of the most entertaining outings 2013 has to offer." More At http://thepandaflicksreviews.blogspot.com/2013/12/frozen-reviewhttp://www.rottentomatoes.com/user/975422/reviews/-better-late-than-never.html

Yeah it was me, I figured they would though, they weren't going to buy out Lucas just to let Paramount keep the rights to Jones, it's Disney, they want every safe franchise they can muster.