2013 Flicks

So it's now early December, and critics' lists are starting to come out. Problem is that many of the films that they are listing haven't yet reached Kitchener-Waterloo, or I missed them. So this is a handy list for me to keep track of what I've seen and what I need to catch up with.

Thus far, my favourite flicks of the year are Blue Jasmine, Mud and Wadjda; and if you consider Caesar Must Die a 2013 film, then that, too. You may notice that almost all of the films listed as seen have ratings of B- or more... how could that be? I think it's that I have a pretty good sense of what I will like, and avoid what I think I won't. When I had more money or when I worked at the theatre I would give less thought to what I would see -- hence why my flickchart does include some sparkling gems like Battle: Los Angeles. But it's also that I tend to gravitate towards films that are critically acclaimed. Blockbusters don't really appeal to me, especially the glut of superhero movies -- but that doesn't mean that I avoid them entirely. I enjoyed Pacific Rim, checked out Star Trek Into Darkness, and will see The Hunger Games: Catching Fire when the crowds die down a bit.


What I've Seen
12 Years a Slave (A)
All is Lost (A-)
American Hustle (A)
The Angels' Share (B+)
A Touch of Sin (A)
Blackbird (A)
Blue Jasmine (A+)
Blue is the Warmest Colour (B)
Caesar Must Die (A+)
Captain Phillips (B+)
The Conjuring (B+)
Dallas Buyers Club (A)
The East (C)
Enough Said (B+)
Elysium (B)
Frances Ha (B-)
Frozen (A-)
Fruitvale Station (B+)
Gravity (A)
The Great Gatsby (A-)
Her (A)
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (B)
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (B)
The Hunt (A)
Inside Llewyn Davis (A)
The Iceman (C)
Kon Tiki (C+)
Lee Daniels' The Butler (B)
The Manor (B-)
Much Ado About Nothing (B)

Mud (A+)
Nebraska (A)

Olympus Has Fallen (B-)

Only God Forgives (B)

Pacific Rim (B)

Philomena (A-)

Prisoners (B+)

Renoir (B+)
Room 237 (B)

Rush (A)

The Sapphires (A-)

The Spectacular Now (B)

Star Trek Into Darkness (B-)

This is the End (A-)

Trance (B)

Wadjda (A+)

The Way, Way Back (B-)
The Wolf of Wall Street (A-)

World War Z (B)

What I Need to See
20 Feet from Stardom^
The Act of Killing^
August: Osage County*
Before Midnight^
Behind the Candelabra
Blackfish^
The Bling Ring^
Evil Dead^
Gloria*
Labor Day*
Monster's University^
Out of the Furnace
The Past*
The Place Beyond the Pines^
Saving Mr. Banks*
Short Term 12
Side Effects^
Stories We Tell^
The Wind Rises*
The World's End^

*Hasn't come yet
^Had an opportunity to, but missed it


What I Have No Real Interest in Seeing
42 (Sports movies don't do much for me.)
Don Jon (Looks like an ego-stroking project.)
The Heat (No.)
Fast & Furious 6 (Do I have to?)
Iron Man 3 (Yawn.)
Man of Steel (Ew, Zack Snyder!)
Oblivion (Looks dull.)
Oz The Great and Powerful (Looks terrible!)
Stoker (I've heard it's boring.)
Thor: The Dark World (Didn't see the first one.)
Warm Bodies (I don't know about this one, and I can't place my finger on it.)
We're the Millers (Looks stupid.)
The Wolverine (Another superhero film??)