Your Movie Picks of 2013

[[Kira Must Die]]

Both my best and worst are anime films.

Best Movie of 2013: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Movie III: Rebellion
I'm a huge Madoka fan, but eve I wasn't prepared for this film. I never came out of a movie with such conflicted feelings in a long time. I thought I'd come out of the film feeling good that I just watched Madoka, but I left that movie feeling devastated, but in a good way. It looks beautiful, the music is fantastic, the story caught me by surprise, and whether you love it or hate it, it really gets you thinking, and it will never leave you. It's the End of Evangelion of the series, and I do love EoE. In fact, it's a better Evangelion movie than the Evangelion movie we just got. Of the movies I saw this year, this one got the biggest reaction out of me.

Other movies I've enjoyed this year were: Frozen, Pacific Rim, Prisoners, Pain & Gain, Iron Man 3

Worst Movie of 2013: Nerawareta Gakuen
WHile this movie technically came out in 2012, I didn't see it until the DVD release this year, so I'm putting it for this year since it pissed me off that much. Anyways, this movie sucked. It looked pretty, but it was a goddamn mess. I watched this movie in disbelief in how bad it was, as I expected it to be mediocre at most. I never got that angry watching an anime since Penguindrum.

Other worst movies I've seen this year: Spring Breakers, A Good Day to Die Hard

Movies I didn't much cared for:
Man of Steel
Evil Dead (2013)
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Stoker

 

[KissingSunlight]

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1. I'm not here to argue with your definition of 'white-guilt.' I really don't care that much.
2. That's not the plot of '12 Years.' You're just innacurate, and I don't know what else to say.
3. You think 'The Butler' is rehashed, well so do I, but I've still seen no discussion of any kind of guilt, so cite your sources, or I'm just going to stop.
4. I want to back what I said about 'Fruitvale Station.' It's not really about race, it's a story about the last day in Oscar Grant, and his tragic death at the hands of a catastrophically stupid police officer. Seriously, 'inept' doesn't do it justice. Are the bigger themes there? Yeah, but they're not the focus.
5. Who cares? Does it harm you if people fight for the rights of minorities? Does it make the films worse? No? Then why bother? Your complaint is just petty, like those people who hate Portal because some fuckwit won't stop saying 'the cake is a lie.'

This was my description of 12 Years a Slave: I haven't seen 12 Years a Slave yet. What I do know is 2 white men kidnapped a free black man and sold him into slavery. The plantation owner is notorious for abusing his slaves. That's really evil. The only white man that isn't a violent racist is a Canadian. So, white Americans were all evil.

This is the summary of 12 Years a Slave from Metacritic: Summary: Based on an incredible true story of one man's fight for survival and freedom. In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup (Chiwetel Ejiofor), a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty (personified by a malevolent slave owner, portrayed by Michael Fassbender), as well as unexpected kindnesses, Solomon struggles not only to stay alive, but to retain his dignity. In the twelfth year of his unforgettable odyssey, Solomon's chance meeting with a Canadian abolitionist ( Brad Pitt) will forever alter his life.

Enough said about that.

As for your last point, my complaint is akin to not wanting to watch war movies during a time of war. Number one reason why people go to the movie theater is to be entertained and escape from the real world for a couple of hours. I'm not saying movies about hot button issues are bad or aren't worth seeing. Sometimes people have to see them on their own schedule instead of immediately when the movie is released.