Dementeleus Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 Every year, Armond White doesn't do a Top Ten, he does a "Better Than" list. ("Movie X" is better than "Movie Y", with Movie X being his choice over the more popular/critically acclaimed Movie Y). Here's this year's version. http://cityarts.info/2014/01/08/the-better-than-list-for-2013/ (Is it scary that I agree with one and almost agree with another?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#ED Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 Man of Steel > Gravity Zack Snyder’s powerful visionary re-imagining of the spiritual potential in comix trounces Alfonso Cuaron’s second-rate Kubrick-DePalma rip-off.Hahaha. I like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecstasy Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 Every year, Armond White doesn't do a Top Ten, he does a "Better Than" list. ("Movie X" is better than "Movie Y", with Movie X being his choice over the more popular/critically acclaimed Movie Y). Here's this year's version. http://cityarts.info/2014/01/08/the-better-than-list-for-2013/ (Is it scary that I agree with one and almost agree with another?) LOL No it's not scary. You know you're the Armond White of these forums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolioD1 Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet is definitely better than Computer Chess. The rest, idk. Some seem like pretty odd comparisons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dementeleus Posted January 8, 2014 Author Share Posted January 8, 2014 (edited) LOL No it's not scary. You know you're the Armond White of these forums. (Can you guess which one I agreed with, and the one I almost did?) Edited January 8, 2014 by Telemachos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecstasy Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 (Can you guess which one I agreed with, and the one I almost did?) LOL I don't know. I haven't even seen half of those movies. I'll take a wild guess and say: Bad Grandpa > Nebraska. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grim22 Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 Bitter Script Reader (probably one of the best people to follow on twitter) released his top 10 of the year as well: http://thebitterscriptreader.blogspot.com/2014/01/my-top-ten-films-of-2013.html 1. 12 Years a Slave 2. Gravity 3. Her 4. The Wolf of Wall Street 5. Captain Phillips 6. The Spectacular Now 7. American Hustle8. Man of Steel 9. The Conjuring10. Dallas Buyers Club Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 I could get behind 42 being better than 12YAS and The Butler. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dementeleus Posted January 8, 2014 Author Share Posted January 8, 2014 I could get behind 42 being better than 12YAS and The Butler. That was my "almost". 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dementeleus Posted January 8, 2014 Author Share Posted January 8, 2014 LOL I don't know. I haven't even seen half of those movies. I'll take a wild guess and say: Bad Grandpa > Nebraska. You think that poorly of me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 The thing about 12YAS is that it is a good film but it is not the most powerful film since Schindler's List and all that crap. Unless you are truly a hack, there is no way you could screw up a film about slavery. How could it not illicit a strong reaction from you? 42 had just as strong a performance from Ford as any performance in 12YAS and the subject matter is just as powerful. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolioD1 Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 That's an incredibly reductive stance to take. Did you see Beloved? That movie sucks. It's easy to make a movie that could seem too sappy or false in it's emotions, or maybe a movie that plays up the violence the slaves had to endure to an almost exploitive level, which would have been easy to do given some scenes in the film. Don't act like any asshole coulda wandered onto the set and made that movie. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dementeleus Posted January 8, 2014 Author Share Posted January 8, 2014 12 YEARS is pretty conventional, at least in terms of how it's made. However, I'll give it a lot of credit for showing how much slavery dehumanizes everyone (those enslaved, how they act towards each other, and even the enslavers). It's a subtle point that's usually missed by a lot of dramas. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecstasy Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 You think that poorly of me? LOL I was kidding. I have no clue Tele. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeCee Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 (edited) What person in their right mind wouldn't agree with this? American Hustle > August: Osage Country Edited January 8, 2014 by DeeCee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolioD1 Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 What person in their right mind wouldn't agree with this? American Hustle > August: Osage Country, The Place Beyond the Pines The Place Beyond The Pines is better than American Hustle by a lot. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeCee Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 I'll edit it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinHood26 Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 LOL Pain & Gain > Wolf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 That's an incredibly reductive stance to take. Did you see Beloved? That movie sucks. It's easy to make a movie that could seem too sappy or false in it's emotions, or maybe a movie that plays up the violence the slaves had to endure to an almost exploitive level, which would have been easy to do given some scenes in the film. Don't act like any asshole coulda wandered onto the set and made that movie. 12 YEARS is pretty conventional, at least in terms of how it's made. However, I'll give it a lot of credit for showing how much slavery dehumanizes everyone (those enslaved, how they act towards each other, and even the enslavers). It's a subtle point that's usually missed by a lot of dramas. Slavery is easy to show the horrors of though. Whip some black people, call them the N word, hang them, scare them, dehumanize them, southern accents, rape the women, beat them and so on. How can you screw this up? Roots is the blue print and that has been out for 30 years. I think 12YAS is a very good film, I just don't know how it couldn't be. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 The Place Beyond The Pines is better than American Hustle by a lot. Agreed! PBTP is one of the forgotten films of the year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
