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Rottentomatoes' top movies of 2014
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I'm with Tsukumo in that Captain America was the best Marvel movie, cinematic universe or not. Guardians was a fun popcorn flick, and Days of Future Past flirted with what made First Class so great but didn't live up to its predecessor.
Winter Soldier is my favorite MCU movie, which is no small feat considering the first Captain America was my least favorite of them all. I loved the paranoid spy movie vibe. It kept me interested throughout.
Winter Soldier is my favorite MCU movie, which is no small feat considering the first Captain America was my least favorite of them all. I loved the paranoid spy movie vibe. It kept me interested throughout.
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Yeah I worded it poorly. I meant I stopped taking it seriously when the worst animation movie I've seen in years is in the top 3.
Baron Aloha
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I've only watched Grand Budapest Hotel, Xmen, and about 10-15 minutes of LEGO on cable which I thought was terrible and just not my cup of tea at all. The only others on this list I might make an effort to watch are Nightcrawler and Boyhood. I'm interested in Nightcrawler for the story/performances and Boyhood just because of the uniqueness of it.
I feel like Xmen was better than Winter Soldier (I actually enjoy Cap1 over WS even though it seems like a lot of folks like 2 better) but I enjoyed GotG more. None of the Xmen movies really hit the mark for me but the ones directed by Singer come the closest. My main issue was probably the future scenes. I would have liked a little more buildup and I hate when they just throw new characters at you without properly introducing them. I know they are in the comics but I'm only familiar with early 90s Xmen so I didn't really know anything about them and so I didn't care when they died. I get that they wanted to add a sense of urgency to those scenes but I still didn't like them.
I feel like Xmen was better than Winter Soldier (I actually enjoy Cap1 over WS even though it seems like a lot of folks like 2 better) but I enjoyed GotG more. None of the Xmen movies really hit the mark for me but the ones directed by Singer come the closest. My main issue was probably the future scenes. I would have liked a little more buildup and I hate when they just throw new characters at you without properly introducing them. I know they are in the comics but I'm only familiar with early 90s Xmen so I didn't really know anything about them and so I didn't care when they died. I get that they wanted to add a sense of urgency to those scenes but I still didn't like them.
Prophet Steve
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Yes. This pretty much just a simple math dump based on their metrics. That list inm8num2 linked to is a more accurate gauge of critical averages than what RT does.
SolidusDave
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I added some IMDB information to that list:
As someone who usually doesn't give a damn about documentaries/biographies of artists etc., I'm more in line with the ratings of IMDB (let's say, the >8 ones) over the adjusted percentages of RT. Only Snowpiercer sticks out to me as I would rate it much higher.
There are also three additions to the IMDB top250 list of all time that aren't even in this years RT top20 (Interstellar, Gone Girl, Guardians of the Galaxy). Watched and loved two of them.
As someone who usually doesn't give a damn about documentaries/biographies of artists etc., I'm more in line with the ratings of IMDB (let's say, the >8 ones) over the adjusted percentages of RT. Only Snowpiercer sticks out to me as I would rate it much higher.
There are also three additions to the IMDB top250 list of all time that aren't even in this years RT top20 (Interstellar, Gone Girl, Guardians of the Galaxy). Watched and loved two of them.
What you are trying to teach me is exactly what I was trying to prove with my post. Thanks for the condescending reply, and kudos for using my post to make the same point I was trying to. Next time you'll do an even better job if you'll actually read (and acknowledge) the whole thing.
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I haven't seen all of these films, but the list looks fine to me. I loved Boyhood and felt that Linklater's directorial choices were extremely well thought out. From the focus on "small" moments to where the film ends to the context of the final lines to characters referencing instances that the audience never actually sees, it was all just brilliant. This list also reminded me that I'd really like to see Whiplash and Life Itself.
This was, however, a great learning experience on the power a list on a website has to make two adults unaffiliated with that website yell at each other.
This was, however, a great learning experience on the power a list on a website has to make two adults unaffiliated with that website yell at each other.
Those things have a lot of influence in the quality of life that you grow up in. Of course there are always exceptions. Likewise, I'm merely failing to see the grandiosity of this film because the content of it is something I have seen many, many times - at least judging from the trailers and reviews. I don't see how this film is escapism though... perhaps some LGBT films are. I guess what I'm trying to say is that the film doesn't appeal to me, but I will still watch it. Who knows, maybe my opinion will change. However I can't stop looking at the film from a socio-political perspective, and that is okay in my opinion.
Yes. Lego bricks rule all.
Nah. X-men was fun, but GotG and Winter Soldier were much more enjoyable spectacles.
I can't understand Boyhood being at number one. Interesting concept but just... boring in execution.
Messofanego
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Honestly, the most entertaining part of threads about lists.
Matt_
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I've seen Lego Movie, Snowpiercer, Grand Budapest, X men and Dawn of the Apes
Wouldn't agree with Snowpiercer being on it
but everything else is fair game
Still need to see Boyhood, Nightcrawler, The Nightcrawler and Birdman. Maybe Mr Turner
Wouldn't agree with Snowpiercer being on it
because of that horrendous ending
Still need to see Boyhood, Nightcrawler, The Nightcrawler and Birdman. Maybe Mr Turner
Well, X-Men ain't DC. I did like CA:TWS better than DoFP
Loved reading trough this thread. People getting so offended by not seeing their favourite movies on top never fails to amuse
They could just ignore the list but no.
No capain Merica, Nymphomaniac or Pompeii??!? This autonomous single critic Mr. Tomatoes is infuriating!
"Escape" into a character does not necessarily mean a film is "escapism" in the pejorative sense. There are many queer viewers who "escaped" into Mason's story in Boyhood in a hugely satisfactory way.
Okay fair, but this is an exact argument queer artists take umbrage with when used against their works. Just know that your rhetoric is regularly accused of narrow-mindedness.
"Escape" into a character does not necessarily mean a film is "escapism" in the pejorative sense. There are many queer viewers who "escaped" into Mason's story in Boyhood in a hugely satisfactory way.
looks like the list has changed?
- Boyhood
- The LEGO Movie
- Life Itself
- Nightcrawler
- Whiplash
- Gloria
- The Babadook
- Starred Up
- Snowpiercer
- The Grand Budapest Hotel
- Mr. Turner
- The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
- Leviathan
- The Missing Picture
- Jodorowsky's Dune
- Guardians of the Galaxy
- We Are the Best!
- X-Men: Days of Future Past
- Birdman
- Citizenfour
Secret Fawful
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Yes, you should have.
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Caving to the internet nerds SMH.
You've unearthed a conspiracy!
RadioHeadAche
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I'm glad someone mentioned CNN airing Life Itself. I didn't really know much about Roger Ebert, so that was pretty interesting.
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