kobe(beast)
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I couldn't find anywhere to watch whiplash. 
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Rottentomatoes' top movies of 2014
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I'm not even sure you're really complaining about how RT ranked them, so much as you're complaining about how many critics liked those films. All RT is doing is plugging in the numbers (overall percentage versus the number of reviews that film got), and spit them back out in order.
I know how it works, I'm saying that after a year of movies putting them in order, does not represent the reality. Do you agree with that order (excluding the rules and math of RT)? Do you think some movies on top are indeed better than de ones bellow? I don't.
Except you. You did not have one. You just blew off the list. Do you have a opinion or not?
Miles Quaritch
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Cannot wait for Whiplash to come out over here. Trailers for it have looked incredible, really excited.
Also need to check out Gloria and Boyhood.
Good to see Starred Up on there. Fantastic movie.
Also need to check out Gloria and Boyhood.
Good to see Starred Up on there. Fantastic movie.
No (especially with Birdman being anywhere in the top 100), but the aim of RT is a lot different from a pure scoring aggregate, so I'm not going to be too pissed off at some of those films being higher than "worthier" ones. It's just math.
I was about to edit that to my post. Exactly. It lacks some human factor to it. I'm not pissed either do not get me wrong. But I won't take RT's list as the Best of 2014.
It's out on Blu-ray in a few weeks, and I imagine it's going to get an early VOD release, too. You'll get your chance soon enough.
Jazzy Network
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I dunno I definitely enjoyed Captain America The Winter Soldier more than Xmen.
I went in kind of hyped as so many people calling this the best horror film in years and I found it to be average to good in quality. It didn't really do anything new and wasn't very scary. A very solid but average film in my opinion.
I feel like people are forgetting the days when there were actual masterpiece horror films released fairly often. Now we get nothing but cheap found-footage and demon possession films and that's about it. None of which does anything new or even look good with good special effects.
I never even knew it was a Korean film, I just assumed it was an American straight to DVD release since I don't recall ever seeing it in cinemas here in the UK.
Looking it up I just read this on Wikipedia,
It honestly still amazes me that Chris Evans and John Hurt are in it as well.
Team Filler
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Ugh, I forgot about how that went down with the US release. Harvey Weinstein is such a fucking prick, a real cancer of a person. I didn't even care for Snowpiercer that much, but it deserved much better treatment.
Sho_Nuff82
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Snowpiercer...I'm just not in on the joke. Movie was thoroughly mediocre.
It does seem a strange decision to cut so much footage when the film isn't exactly all that long in the first place, and I never thought it had any issues with pacing. The only things I could think they would cut would be some of the exploration of the train and backstory of the world. Why cut that and replace it with an opening monologue to do exactly the same thing when you've already got all this footage recorded, edited and ready to go.
A closing monologue to give a bit of closure might have helped though, given how film ruining the ending was.
Xmen was better then both. Might be because I don't know nothing about GotG lore but X men heroes where infinitely more interesting and the way Singer tied real world events to the story was masterful. Oh, and Quicksilver scene amazing.
Shining Sunshine
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Welp at least GotG will be the best movie that made people eat the most crows.
Vulcano's assistant
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That's Edge of Tomorrow imo.
EatinOlives
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The entire list ranking RT aggregate scores of every movie is "irrelevant" because three superhero movies weren't ranked the way you wanted them to be.
Sometimes I wonder if people on GAF OT watch anything other than superhero flicks. You guys do know there's a shitton of other films comjng out each year, right?
TheChewyWaffles
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Snowpiercer sucked so bad.
alfredofroylan
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Number 100 has a 85%, The Raid 2 has a 79%
Vulcano's assistant
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The film of the year voting thread is actually a good indicative that this is not the case at all, although you ca see that there are people who fit that criteria, there are a lot who do not.
Fancy Clown
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Not getting the hate for Snowpiercer. It's a far better action thriller than any of the superhero blockbusters that came out this year. I really enjoyed it, and Bong Joon Ho didnt lose any of his South Korean cinema weirdness or texture in the translation to American films.
RustyNails
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Was it just me or too much crap was happening way too fast in LEGO movie for anyone to follow except kids with ADD?
Fancy Clown
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Dawn of the Planet of the Apes was easily the best blockbuster released this year, and I liked Interstellar.
I don't get the love for Boyhood. It's an uncommon approach to movie making, sure, and, for the most part, it was executed very well, but the script just left so much to be desired. Scene after scene just went nowhere. If it were an unscripted reality movie, I'd understand it better, but being written to try to be as uninteresting as reality is just made for a boring back third.
So, yeah, direction's great, the gimmick came off beautifully, the acting was great, but the movie just didn't do anything. I'm not looking for anything over the top, but a little drama would have been nice and would have given me reason to care about what's up on the screen.
So, yeah, direction's great, the gimmick came off beautifully, the acting was great, but the movie just didn't do anything. I'm not looking for anything over the top, but a little drama would have been nice and would have given me reason to care about what's up on the screen.
Fancy Clown
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Maitiú;145917313 said:
It has personality, a fairly unique premise, wasn't afraid to go to very dark and surreal places, had lofty ambitions, and had an interesting and--more importantly-- diverse cast. Basically it is unlike almost every action movie that comes out of hollywood.
plasmawave
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Snowpiercer also had the worst acting ever.
I have no clue why people say Chris Evans was great in it. He only had one expression in the entire movie. He was very monotone and boring.
Winter Soldier Chris Evans was 100 times better.
I have no clue why people say Chris Evans was great in it. He only had one expression in the entire movie. He was very monotone and boring.
Winter Soldier Chris Evans was 100 times better.
Fancy Clown
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Disagree. Evans was very solid in Snowpiercer (he was solid in Winter Soldier too, but Snowpiercer gave him much better material, especially in the third act).
Winter Soldier was very disappointing after everything I heard about it. It had a promising first half, with fun action beats, nice character moments, and some genuine intrigue...only for all of that to thrown out the window halfway through the second act in favor of hugely telegraphed and cliched plot "twists", incredibly boring and CGI heavy action sequences, and exposition in place character building.
I thought GoTG and especially X-Men were the far better superhero movies this year.
BlueTsunami
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Whiplash. What a fuckin film. I left the theater buzzing from the intensity.
MidnightCowboy
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Boyhood taking its rightful place.
Lots of great films on that list but this was my response too. Gone Girl was my number 1 of the year.
It was pretty bad, and exacerbated worse by all the fucking blog hype over the Weinstein controversy. "Harvey Scissorhands is going to cut up one of the greatest original sci-films in years!!", give me a break.
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