I liked The Lone Ranger. OK! I admit it! It’s not what people would expect from a summer tent pole type movie, which is probably why I liked it. Much better than Star Trek Into Darkness.
I didn’t get to see many movies this year but of the ones I did see Into Darkness was the worst.
I try to balance what the critics have said with what movie-goers have said. Also, previews are a really good indicator of crap/not-crap. Some people just hate action movies and will pan them no matter what; same with other genres. But I’m more likely to hit a theater movie with good reviews and take a chance, than to go to one that is universally panned. That’s what TV is for and I can wait 6 months or a year for it to be free.
Jack the Giant Slayer was the worst one “I saw” but after about 20 minutes into the movie I went to go pick up a friend, and that drive took me about 30 minutes. When I got back, I realized I hadn’t missed anything at all.
World War Z was fantastic and was a very good adaptation of the source material. Anyone who disagrees simply didn’t understand what the book was about.
World’s End was fantastic, and I loved loved loved it. I then went back and watched Hot Fuzz afterwards, and I thought Worlds End was slightly better.
I also saw Sharknado in 2013, but I’m not sure if we’re counting that.
The guards captain had some good snarky lines. All of which were in the previews.
Yeah, we’ll have to agree to disagree on that one.
Uh, out on a limb here maybe, but I get the impression he is willing to do some ridiculous-to-the-point-of-idiocy padding.
I had to go see Hobbit II because I am a Tolkien dork, but I had pretty low expectations after the first movie. It was surprisingly OK. I guess. Ridiculous padding expected of course.
Ditto.
In fact, I take back my snoboholic post and nominate World’s End as the year’s worst … sort of. There are probably others mentioned here that fail harder, but this one had the most potential. I mean Simon Pegg and Nick Frost – Hot Fuzz, Sean of the Dead, even Paul was funny, but this was painful to watch. I felt as sorry for Simon Pegg as I did for his character when I saw it.
Well then I guess the author of the book didn’t understand it either…
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dennis-miller/world-war-z-author-says-m_b_3244960.html
He hadn’t even seen the film or read the script by that time.
*At the time of the interview he had only seen the two-minute trailer.
“I cannot guarantee that the movie will be the book that they love,” Brooks said. “And I’m in no position to tell people to see this movie or not see it. If I’m asked I say: See the movie as a movie and judge it as a movie.”*
But you know, that’s Bullshit. He’s know exactly what Hollywood does to books, he even said so himself. They offered him a check, he took it. If he didn’t want them changing his story, he could have made demands or refused to sell it.
The guy who wrote League of Extraordinary Gentlemen has came out with the same BS for each of his films, and was even called on it by his own collaborator.
Once you take the check, it’s out of your hands. Don’t deal with the devil then try to complain afterwards.
I’m not sure if it qualifies as a 2013 movie since the international release was late 2012, but Bullet to the Head was by far the worst movie I saw that had a 2013 release in the USA. It has to be one of the most action-less action movies I’ve seen. All I can remember from the movie is Stallone and Kang constantly sitting in a car and talking. I’ve seen quite a few of the bad movies mentioned so far in this thread, but this one was my pick for worst by far.
I’m not arguing the quality of the film, only the notion that it was somehow faithful to the book.
Here’s another interview with Brooks after seeing the movie.