MrPink Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 #11: Inception (2010) written and directed by: Christopher Nolan BWAAAAAHMMMMMMM (Seriously, though, for all the mangled exposition and the fundamental drabness of the dream-worlds, this is a really fun movie and the action scenes-within-scenes are fantastic.) I am rock hard. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalo Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 Yep, you are having a spiritual, long distance relationship with Mr Hardy it seems. But excuse me, this is none of my business. No. Tom is mine. I would know if he was cheating. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozymandias Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 #11: Inception (2010) written and directed by: Christopher Nolan BWAAAAAHMMMMMMM (Seriously, though, for all the mangled exposition and the fundamental drabness of the dream-worlds, this is a really fun movie and the action scenes-within-scenes are fantastic.) Sometimes I wonder if the Inception horns (BWWAAAAAHHHHMM) from that trailer are more memorable than the movie itself, you still see that in trailers these days. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dementeleus Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 (edited) #8. Her (2013) written and directed by: Spike Jonze One of the things I appreciate about this movie is how it’s unafraid to leap into exploring how AI technology would affect our lives, personally and socially. Most films would stretch the first act of this movie into a feature — basically, just the tagline concept of a man falling in love with his artificial assistant. But HER uses that as a springboard to explore falling into and out of love, how other people would embrace the technology in the same way, how the technology itself grows far past what humans need from it, and so forth. Deft and magical. Edited February 12, 2015 by Tele's Inert Goddess 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dementeleus Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 #7: All is Lost (2013) written and directed by: J.C. Chandor Minimalist, pure cinema at its best. Almost entirely dialogue-free, purely driven by visuals and sound design (and some very sparse music). Casting Redford was a master stroke, not only because he’s a good actor, but because the weight of his screen presence (and screen history) adds texture to the character and gives hints of back story where there’s very little. Beautifully, beautifully done… GRAVITY without all the glitz. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dementeleus Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 #6: Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) written and directed by: The Coen Brothers A wonderful (and bleak) look at the creative struggle to succeed in an artistic field, and what that struggle may even mean. Anyone who’s ever put serious effort into trying to make a professional career out of an artistic endeavor will recognize all the turmoil Llewyn Davis goes through. Bleak, yet oddly not a downer of a movie. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avatree Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 Hang me, oh hang me... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4815162342 Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 Hang me, oh hang me... If that's how you feel, I'll supply the rope. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dementeleus Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 #5: The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) written by: Terence Winter directed by: Martin Scorsese Raucous, profane, sprawling, yet hilarious, this is a brutal satirical look at Wall Street, capitalism, and the dark side of American exceptionalism. One of the funniest movies in quite awhile… and yet you feel anger, frustration, and (yes) a little envy as well. Scorsese doesn’t let the audience off the hook either… the final shot makes abundantly clear how all our desperate urges for success contribute to this selfish cancer at the core of our society. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dz57Eg6VgQE 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 2013 was a very good year for movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinHood26 Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 So far great list. Only maybe 5 I disagree with. Go Tele, excited for the top 4. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dementeleus Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 #4: Leviathan (2014) written by: Andrey Zvyagintsev, Oleg Negin directed by: Andrey Zvyagintsev Seriously beautiful and seriously, seriously bleak. Zvyagintsev’s story starts small (with a local man determined to fight off efforts by his mayor to buy up his land for a development project), and ends huge (becoming a savage indictment of the hypocrisy and corruption in Putin’s Russia, as well as a dark commentary on human nature). Elegiac, (mostly) subtle, and unexpectedly funny in places, although the humor increasingly becomes darker and darker. A towering achievement. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avatree Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 I only disagree with 8 films so far: Looper, The Raid, The Raid 2, Fast Five, Gone Girl, Gravity, Her, and The Wolf of Wall Street. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dementeleus Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 #3: The Grey (2012) written and directed by: Joe Carnahan Joe Carnahan is sort of a modern-day low-budget cinema Hemingway, making movies about manly men doing manly things in a manly way. His first no-budget feature was called BLOOD, GUTS, BULLETS, AND OCTANE, and that sums up his filmography pretty well. He does have an underlying poetic streak, though, and when he pulls back and keeps things low-key, he’s capable of great work (NARC, for example). The first thing to understand about THE GREY is that it’s not a Liam Neeson action movie (as it was assumed to be during its original release.) It’s a meditation on what it means to live life, what it means to face death, and how you choose to face death. It’s completely underrated and an masterpiece. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethan Hunt Posted February 13, 2015 Author Share Posted February 13, 2015 (edited) I didn't see that coming. Edited February 13, 2015 by 72 tints of green 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4815162342 Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Empire Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 The Grey is great and would make my list if I ever do one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avatree Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 Wow, I didn't expect that to show up. I thought it was just another boring Liam Neeson action film. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dementeleus Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 #2: The Social Network written by: Aaron Sorkin directed by: David Fincher A damn near perfect movie, honed to a fine brilliant sheen. Not a wasted frame. Almost the platonic ideal of what a Hollywood drama should be. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avatree Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 I think we can all agree on that one. TSN is just about the only film that I've never heard someone dislike. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...