Topic: Rate 2013 so far...

[samuelrichardscott]

The Last Stand - 8/10
21 and Over - 7/10
Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters - 7/10
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone - 7/10
Mama - 7/10
Snitch - 7/10
12 Rounds 2: Reloaded - 6/10
Family Weekend - 6/10
The Hangover Part III - 6/10
I Give It a Year - 6/10
Identity Thief - 6/10
Parker - 6/10
The Wee Man - 6/10
Welcome to the Punch - 6/10
And Now a Word from Our Sponsor - 5/10
Good Day to Die Hard (A) - 5/10
Sexy Evil Genius - 5/10
Vehicle 19 - 5/10
Age of Dinosaurs - 4/10
A Haunted House - 3/10
Movie 43 - 3/10
Ooga Booga - 3/10


A couple of movies most class as 2013, but I've classed as 2012 as I go by imdb:
Django Unchained - 8/10
The Place Beyond the Pines - 8/10
Maniac - 7/10

[DSig]

I think you were a little tough on a couple like
  Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters - I would give I would give ... 8/10 .. this had some good bits in it
  Identity Thief - I would give ... 7.5/10 ... if I was drinking milk i would have shot it out my nose
  Parker - I would give ... 7.5/10 ... you know what you are getting and it was enjoyable.  Interesting take on story
  Good Day to Die Hard (A) - I would give ... 8.5/10 ... they tend to be protective of the franchise and and don't let you down

And just saw
  World War Z - I would give ... 8/10

[samuelrichardscott]

Hansel and Gretal was a laugh and not what I had expected at all. They could've made better use out of some of the secondary characters though. Definately up for a second.

Identity Thief was moderately amusing with one or two belly laughs. Not a fan of Melissa McCarthy, Sudeikis is underrated, but the big problem here was it was half an hour too long. It wasn't worthy of the critical mauling though.

Parker was good, just never reached my high expectations as a big fan of Statham.

A Good Day to Die Hard is a film where I think I was really generous to be honest. To me, Die Hard movies are about a regular cop caught in a bad situation, but the 4th and 5th have just added far too much stupidity and are too much of a stretch logics-wise. Granted, the effects were great and the main reason I scored it a 5 was the car chase at the beginning, even if McClane drove a Mercedes 4x4 over a traffic jam.

[samuelrichardscott]

The Last Stand - 8/10
21 and Over - 7/10
Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters - 7/10
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone - 7/10
Mama - 7/10
Snitch - 7/10
Warm Bodies - 7/10
12 Rounds 2: Reloaded - 6/10
Family Weekend - 6/10
The Hangover Part III - 6/10
I Give It a Year - 6/10
Identity Thief - 6/10
Parker - 6/10
The Wee Man - 6/10
Welcome to the Punch - 6/10
And Now a Word from Our Sponsor - 5/10
Good Day to Die Hard (A) - 5/10
Sexy Evil Genius - 5/10
Vehicle 19 - 5/10
Age of Dinosaurs - 4/10
A Haunted House - 3/10
Movie 43 - 3/10
Ooga Booga - 3/10

An interesting take on the zombie genre and well worth a watch. John Malkovich is great.

[DSig]

I liked "Warm Bodies" a little more than you.  It was a great new take on Zombies as you said.  I like it when people think outside of the box.  Sometimes, like here, it works.

[samuelrichardscott]

The Last Stand - 8/10
21 and Over - 7/10
Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters - 7/10
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone - 7/10
Mama - 7/10
Olympus Has Fallen - 7/10
Snitch - 7/10
Warm Bodies - 7/10
12 Rounds 2: Reloaded - 6/10
Family Weekend - 6/10
The Hangover Part III - 6/10
I Give It a Year - 6/10
Identity Thief - 6/10
Parker - 6/10
The Wee Man - 6/10
Welcome to the Punch - 6/10
And Now a Word from Our Sponsor - 5/10
Good Day to Die Hard (A) - 5/10
Sexy Evil Genius - 5/10
Vehicle 19 - 5/10
Age of Dinosaurs - 4/10
A Haunted House - 3/10
Movie 43 - 3/10
Ooga Booga - 3/10

This is what Die Hard 5 should have been.

[DSig]

...
Olympus Has Fallen - 7/10
...
Good Day to Die Hard (A) - 5/10
...

This is what Die Hard 5 should have been.

Oh my  well at least you have some thing below "Die Hard" 

[samuelrichardscott]

Fire in the Night: The Piper Alpha Disaster - 8/10
The Last Stand - 8/10
21 and Over - 7/10
Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters - 7/10
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone - 7/10
Mama - 7/10
Olympus Has Fallen - 7/10
Snitch - 7/10
Warm Bodies - 7/10
12 Rounds 2: Reloaded - 6/10
Family Weekend - 6/10
The Hangover Part III - 6/10
I Give It a Year - 6/10
Identity Thief - 6/10
Parker - 6/10
The Wee Man - 6/10
Welcome to the Punch - 6/10
And Now a Word from Our Sponsor - 5/10
Good Day to Die Hard (A) - 5/10
Sexy Evil Genius - 5/10
Vehicle 19 - 5/10
Age of Dinosaurs - 4/10
A Haunted House - 3/10
Movie 43 - 3/10
Ooga Booga - 3/10

A gripping documentary that provides many first person accounts of survival and sad stories of friends and colleagues lost.

[samuelrichardscott]

Fire in the Night: The Piper Alpha Disaster - 8/10
The Last Stand - 8/10
21 and Over - 7/10
Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters - 7/10
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone - 7/10
Mama - 7/10
Olympus Has Fallen - 7/10
Snitch - 7/10
Warm Bodies - 7/10
12 Rounds 2: Reloaded - 6/10
Assault on Wall Street - 6/10
Family Weekend - 6/10
The Hangover Part III - 6/10
I Give It a Year - 6/10
Identity Thief - 6/10
Parker - 6/10
The Wee Man - 6/10
Welcome to the Punch - 6/10
And Now a Word from Our Sponsor - 5/10
Good Day to Die Hard (A) - 5/10
Sexy Evil Genius - 5/10
Vehicle 19 - 5/10
Age of Dinosaurs - 4/10
A Haunted House - 3/10
Movie 43 - 3/10
Ooga Booga - 3/10

Yes. I gave an Uwe Boll movie 6/10. Surprisingly enjoyable.

[samuelrichardscott]

Fire in the Night: The Piper Alpha Disaster - 8/10
The Last Stand - 8/10
21 and Over - 7/10
Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters - 7/10
Hummingbird - 7/10
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone - 7/10
Mama - 7/10
Olympus Has Fallen - 7/10
Snitch - 7/10
Warm Bodies - 7/10
12 Rounds 2: Reloaded - 6/10
Assault on Wall Street - 6/10
Family Weekend - 6/10
The Hangover Part III - 6/10
I Give It a Year - 6/10
Identity Thief - 6/10
Parker - 6/10
The Wee Man - 6/10
Welcome to the Punch - 6/10
And Now a Word from Our Sponsor - 5/10
Good Day to Die Hard (A) - 5/10
Sexy Evil Genius - 5/10
Vehicle 19 - 5/10
Age of Dinosaurs - 4/10
A Haunted House - 3/10
Movie 43 - 3/10
Ooga Booga - 3/10

A nice change of pace and something a little more serious for Jason Statham. Shame they changed the title to Redemption for North American audiences though.

[samuelrichardscott]

Fire in the Night: The Piper Alpha Disaster - 8/10
The Last Stand - 8/10
21 and Over - 7/10
Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters - 7/10
Hummingbird - 7/10
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone - 7/10
Mama - 7/10
Olympus Has Fallen - 7/10
Snitch - 7/10
Warm Bodies - 7/10
12 Rounds 2: Reloaded - 6/10
Assault on Wall Street - 6/10
Family Weekend - 6/10
The Hangover Part III - 6/10
I Give It a Year - 6/10
Identity Thief - 6/10
Parker - 6/10
The Wee Man - 6/10
Welcome to the Punch - 6/10
And Now a Word from Our Sponsor - 5/10
Good Day to Die Hard (A) - 5/10
Sexy Evil Genius - 5/10
Vehicle 19 - 5/10
Age of Dinosaurs - 4/10
A Haunted House - 3/10
Movie 43 - 3/10
Ooga Booga - 3/10
Atlantic Rim - 2/10

Low budget rip-off of Pacific Rim from The Asylum. Typical feature for them, though the CGI is a little better than some of their previous efforts.

[goodguy]

Two lists, one by IMDb year and one by actual availability. IMDb year doesn't make much sense for current films, since it usually takes at least a year until the interesting stuff from festivals becomes available to the unwashed masses.

By IMDb year:

------- 8/10 -------
 1) Lotus Eaters  (Alexandra McGuinness)  UK
 2) Upstream Color  (Shane Carruth)
 3) Spring Breakers  (Harmony Korine)
------- 7/10 -------
 4) Stoker  (Chan-wook Park)  UK/US
 5) Sound City  (David Grohl)
------- 6/10 -------
 6) The Grandmaster  (Kar Wai Wong)  Hong Kong/China
 7) Side Effects  (Steven Soderbergh)
------- 5/10 -------
 8) Passion  (Brian De Palma)  France/Germany
 9) Beautiful Creatures  (Richard LaGravenese)
10) Phil Spector  (David Mamet)
11) Olympus Has Fallen  (Antoine Fuqua)
------- 4/10 -------
12) The Rambler  (Calvin Reeder)
13) Warm Bodies  (Jonathan Levine)
14) The Host  (Andrew Niccol)
------- 3/10 -------
15) Gangster Squad  (Ruben Fleischer)
16) The Last Stand  (Jee-woon Kim)
17) Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters  (Tommy Wirkola)
18) Behind the Candelabra  (Steven Soderbergh)
------- 2/10 -------
19) A Good Day to Die Hard  (John Moore)
------- 1/10 -------
20) Oz the Great and Powerful  (Sam Raimi)


By availability:

------- 10/10 -------
 1) To the Wonder  (Terrence Malick)
------- 8/10 -------
 2) Green  (Sophia Takal)
 3) Lotus Eaters  (Alexandra McGuinness)  UK
 4) Upstream Color  (Shane Carruth)
 5) Spring Breakers  (Harmony Korine)
------- 7/10 -------
 6) Vous n'avez encore rien vu  (AKA You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet, Alain Resnais)  France
 7) Ginger & Rosa  (Sally Potter)  UK
 8) De rouille et d'os  (AKA Rust and Bone, Jacques Audiard)  France
 9) Nobody Walks  (Ry Russo-Young)
10) Blancanieves  (AKA Snow White, Pablo Berger)  Spain
11) The Broken Circle Breakdown  (Felix Van Groeningen)  Belgium
12) Starlet  (Sean Baker)
13) Stoker  (Chan-wook Park)  UK/US
14) American Mary  (Jen & Sylvia Soska)  Canada
15) The Act of Killing  (Joshua Oppenheimer)
16) Sound City  (David Grohl)
------- 6/10 -------
17) The Grandmaster  (Kar Wai Wong)  Hong Kong/China
18) The Master  (Paul Thomas Anderson)
19) The Sessions  (Ben Lewin)
20) The Playroom  (Julia Dyer)
21) Price Check  (Michael Walker)
22) The Paperboy  (Lee Daniels)
23) Smashed  (James Ponsoldt)
24) Midnight Son  (Scott Leberecht)
25) Sun Don't Shine  (Amy Seimetz)
26) Nancy, Please  (Andrew Semans)
27) Side Effects  (Steven Soderbergh)
28) Sightseers  (Ben Wheatley)  UK
------- 5/10 -------
29) Celeste & Jesse Forever  (Lee Toland Krieger)
30) Electrick Children  (Rebecca Thomas)
31) Rebelle  (AKA War Witch, Kim Nguyen)  Canada
32) Not Fade Away  (David Chase)
33) Promised Land  (Gus Van Sant)
34) The Company You Keep  (Robert Redford)
35) Passion  (Brian De Palma)  France/Germany
36) The Day He Arrives  (Sang-soo Hong)  South Korea
37) Beautiful Creatures  (Richard LaGravenese)
38) The Place Beyond the Pines  (Derek Cianfrance)
39) Berberian Sound Studio  (Peter Strickland)  UK
40) Phil Spector  (David Mamet)
41) Le magasin des suicides  (AKA The Suicide Shop, Patrice Leconte)  France/Canada/Belgium
42) Olympus Has Fallen  (Antoine Fuqua)
------- 4/10 -------
43) John Dies at the End  (Don Coscarelli)
44) The Rambler  (Calvin Reeder)
45) Hello I Must Be Going  (Todd Louiso)
46) Antiviral  (Brandon Cronenberg)  Canada
47) Kid-Thing  (David Zellner)
48) Warm Bodies  (Jonathan Levine)
49) Foxfire  (Laurent Cantet)  France/Canada
50) Bullet to the Head  (Walter Hill)
51) The Host  (Andrew Niccol)
------- 3/10 -------
52) Flight  (Robert Zemeckis)
53) The We and the I  (Michel Gondry)
54) Jack Reacher  (Christopher McQuarrie)
55) Gangster Squad  (Ruben Fleischer)
56) The Last Stand  (Jee-woon Kim)
57) Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters  (Tommy Wirkola)
58) The Lords of Salem  (Rob Zombie)
59) Behind the Candelabra  (Steven Soderbergh)
60) The Color Wheel  (Alex Ross Perry)
61) Generation Um...  (Mark Mann)
------- 2/10 -------
62) The Impossible  (Juan Antonio Bayona)  Spain
63) The Ghastly Love of Johnny X  (Paul Bunnell)
64) Hitchcock  (Sacha Gervasi)
65) A Good Day to Die Hard  (John Moore)
------- 1/10 -------
66) Oz the Great and Powerful  (Sam Raimi)

[samuelrichardscott]

Fast and Furious 6 - 9/10
Fire in the Night: The Piper Alpha Disaster - 8/10
The Last Stand - 8/10
21 and Over - 7/10
Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters - 7/10
Hummingbird - 7/10
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone - 7/10
Mama - 7/10
Olympus Has Fallen - 7/10
Snitch - 7/10
Warm Bodies - 7/10
12 Rounds 2: Reloaded - 6/10
Assault on Wall Street - 6/10
Family Weekend - 6/10
The Hangover Part III - 6/10
I Give It a Year - 6/10
Identity Thief - 6/10
Parker - 6/10
The Wee Man - 6/10
Welcome to the Punch - 6/10
And Now a Word from Our Sponsor - 5/10
Good Day to Die Hard (A) - 5/10
Sexy Evil Genius - 5/10
Vehicle 19 - 5/10
Age of Dinosaurs - 4/10
A Haunted House - 3/10
Movie 43 - 3/10
Ooga Booga - 3/10
Atlantic Rim - 2/10

I'm a big fan of the F&F movies. They're dumb as hell, but an absolute blast and F&F6 may just be the best yet.