Unlike with my best list, this will only consist of five because don't willingly go to the theaters to see a movie I know is going to suck. So films like:
A Good Day To Die Hard
The Host
White House Down
R. I. P. D.
Scary Movie 5
Getaway
Will not be on this countdown because I would rather burn my money than rather have seen any of those films in the theater.
And unlike with many other critics and reviewers, I didn't mind The Lone Ranger so that will not make an appearance on here!
That being said, here are my least favorite movies of 2013!
Are you surprised? It is understandable if you are. Elysium is a very strange movie for me because when I saw it in theaters, I thought it was super cool. But the more I thought about it and the more I started to think about the political message, it just started to annoy me. Over the next few weeks I went over the film and its flaws and issues. I drank the Kool Aid of Elysium big time. Looking back now, it's just okay.
The biggest disappointment of the year goes to Baz Lurhmann for The Great Gatsby. I have never been a fan of his work. His adaptation of Romeo and Juliet is actually one of my least favorite films. I despise that piece of trash. And while this nowhere near as bad as that, it isn't good either. I liked all the actors they chose to play the characters and their performances were fine. I was just let down by the script. It never fully had the emotional weight of Fitzgerald's novel. For me it's the same as Elysium. A lot of people like it but I'm in a minority. It's just meh.
There is no need for me to review Sharknado. We all know it stinks. What else can I say that everyone else hasn't already? "It's dumb but we all give it a pass because it's supposed to be dumb". No! You condemn those films for being a disgrace to both cinema and human intelligence.
Maybe I will like like the sequel more if it stars Gary Busey.
I saw this movie along with Jack the Giant Slayer in March. One month before I began this blog so I never got a chance to review either of those. I enjoyed Jack the Giant Slayer but this on the other hand..... Oh boy. Rise of Cobra was really lame and this sequel could have been a chance to at least be half decent whit the bar being set so low. Looks like the bar hasn't been raised any. Do you want to know the first sign to a bad movie? If on your drive home from the theater you completely forget that you saw that movie. And G. I. Joe: Retaliation was completely forgettable. It was I'm just glad I only paid $3 to see it.
It is hard to think that there was a time when M. Night Shyamalan was said to be "The Next Spielberg". How the mighty have fallen. After Earth was dull, lame, generic, forgettable, poorly written and badly acted. But worst of all: Boring! Talk about poor pacing. This film moved slower than a snail covered in molasses waiting in line at the DMV! I usually have a soft spot for Sci-Fi Action movies! But not here.
To be blunt, After Earth is one of the worst movies I have ever seen. I would put this alongside Wild Wild West and Romeo & Juliet. It is awful.
I actually disagree about GI Joe. I thought it was a step in the right direction for the franchise and found it entertaining. Come on! They killed Channing Tatum 5 min in! At least they got that right! Also, White House Down was pretty dumb. Olympus Has Fallen was much better.
ReplyDeleteI completely forgot that Tatum got the axe that early on! There actually was something I liked about Retaliation then!
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