The year 2013 was a very important year for Hollywood. With the studios releasing many sequels as well as franchise launching movies, there were many box office hits ('Despicable Me 2' and 'Iron Man 3') and many flops ('The Lone Ranger' and 'R.I.P.D'). But now that we are saying goodbye to 2013 and welcoming a new year, the most important thing must be done: announcing the best 2013 films. Here is Movie Freak 77's list for the best movies of this year. A reminder to all our readers that ratings is not the only factor taken into consideration while making the list.
Review: Monsters University *Spoilers Alert Do NOT forget to rate this post when you finish.
Official 'Monsters University' Poster.
'Pixar Animation' brings us the prequel of one of the most famous and beloved animation movies, 'Monsters, Inc.'. And though it may not be as iconic as its predecessor, 'Monsters University is sure a successful movie.
Review: Frozen *Spoilers Alert Do NOT forget to rate this post when you finish.
Official 'Frozen' Poster.
'Walt Disney Studios' continues to challenge
and to improve itself in animation by delivering once again a great movie, which
may be the best animated movie of 2013 by far.
Review: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug *Spoilers Alert Do NOT forget to rate this post when you finish.
Official 'The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug' Poster.
The second movie of
the most anticipated trilogy of this time really kicks off the story of the
whole 'Hobbit' trilogy and manages to pleases and improve upon the 'mistakes'
of the first one.
Review: The Hunger Games:Catching Fire *Spoilers Alert Do NOT forget to rate this post when you finish.
Official "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" Poster.
Bigger and Better, 'Catching Fire' improves in almost all the areas where 'The Hunger Games' fell short to provide an amusing and thrilling cinematic experience with the presence of a talented cast.
Review: World War Z *Spoilers Alert Do NOT forget to rate this post when you finish.
"World War Z" Poster.
A movie that was butchered by many critics,
even before its release, turned out to be both an enjoyable summer action
movie and has the potential franchise launcher.
Official 'The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones' Poster.
Another
attempt to create a new 'Twilight' or 'Hunger Games' saga, 'The Mortal
Instruments: City of Bones' does a better job than previous attempts, but still
a mediocre one with respect to its underlying potential.
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Official 'Thor: The Dark World'.
After
the tremendous success of both 'Marvel's The Avengers' and 'Iron Man 3', comes
the sequel of 'Thor'. It may not be the finest Marvel movie, but it sure offers
humor and enough high stake action to please its fans.
Review: The Heat *Spoilers Alert Do NOT forget to rate this post when you finish.
Official 'The Heat' Poster.
One of
the most anticipated comedy movie of the year, 'The Heat' was an expected hit and performed really
well both in the box office and critics perspectives.
Review: Turbo *Spoilers Alert Do NOT forget to rate this post when you finish
Official 'Turbo' Poster.
'Turbo' may not be the most creative animated movie ever made by DreamWorks
Animation. That said it sure is an entertaining movie thanks to its colorful
visuals and great cast.
Review: Gravity *Spoilers Alert Do NOT forget to rate this post when you finish.
Official 'Gravity' Poster.
A huge technically dazzling movie,
'Gravity' is one of the best movies of recent time that allows every single
audience to enjoy a great experience, that is relatively new to Hollywood.
Review: The Way Way Back *Spoilers Alert Do NOT forget to rate this post when you finish.
Official 'The Way Way Back' Poster.
Capitalizing on its talented cast, its
unusually deep script and its natural fun, 'The Way Way Back' is one of the
breakout movies of the year that surprised everyone by its authentic charm.
Review: White House Down *Spoilers Alert Do NOT forget to rate this post when you finish.
Official 'White House Down' Poster.
From the director of 'Independence Day' and
'2012', comes 'White House Down'. A movie that has it flaws, yet manages to
hold on thanks to its lead actors.
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Review: The Proposal
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Official 'The Proposal' Poster.
One of the best and
highest grossing romantic comedy movies of 2009 and ever in my opinion, ‘The
Proposal’ merges emotion and comedy in a great way especially with it leading
stars.
Review: Now You See Me *Spoilers Alert Do NOT forget to rate this post when you finish.
Official 'Now You See Me' Poster.
Depicted as the underdog movie of 2013, 'Now
You See Me' definitely pleasantly surprises many with being an effective movie
that has pretty much enough to be an entertaining movie.
Review: Pacific Rim *Spoilers Alert Do NOT forget to rate this post when you finish.
Official 'Pacific Rim' Poster.
One of the most anticipated movies of 2013,
'Pacific Rim' definitely showed all the people out there that a robot vs. alien
monsters movie can totally be made in a very epic and awesome way.
Review: The Great Gatsby (2013) *Spoilers Alert Do NOT forget to rate this post when you finish.
Official 'The Great Gatsby' Poster.
Dazzling, captivating, show stopping, and strangely
narrative movie, 'The Great Gatsby' is definitely one of the 2013 movie that
really surprised me that such over the top adaptation can be a great movie.
Review: Beautiful Creatures *Spoilers Alert Do NOT forget to rate this post when you finish.
Official "Beautiful Creatures" Poster.
One of the many attempts to launch the new
'Twilight' and 'Hunger Games' franchise, 'Beautiful Creatures' had potential to
do it, but ultimately failed.
One of the movie hits of 2013, 'The Croods' is an enjoyable and entertaining animated family movie that will captivate you with this engaging story and wonderful visuals.
'Eep'(Emma Stone) is a girl in a family of cavemen called 'The Croods', who are trying to survive the harsh prehistoric environments. Her father 'Grug'(Nicolas Cage) is an overprotective father, who always warns the family from the dangers of exploring 'new things'. One day 'Eep' meets 'Guy'(Ryan Reynolds), a small but movie evolved boy, who warns her about the end of the world. When the destruction of the world comes near and destroys 'The Croods''s home, they are forced to accompany 'Guy' to save themselves, something that 'Grug' isn't convinced of. And here 'The Croods' will go on a journey of exploration and self-discovery. Other characters include 'Ugga'(Catherine Keener) the open minded mother, 'Thunk'(Clark Duke) the nos so bright middle child, 'Gran'(Cloris Leachman) the crazy grandmother, and 'Sandy'(Randy Thom) the ferocious baby daughter.
When I saw the trailer and previews of 'The Croods', I got really intrigued to watch this movie. When it was first released I didn't watch it and to be honest I wasn't really encouraged to go and check it out in the theater. After hearing the unprecedented positive feedback and finally finding the time to watch it, I could say that I really saw one of the most entertaining and enjoyable animated movies ever. After being delayed due to the release of 'How to Train Your Dragon', DreamWorks Animation brought us again another exciting and compelling animated movie, that really just makes you interested in the movie and watch it from beginning to end due to its unique and beautiful visuals, as well as its compelling and full of emotions story. However, the narrative execution wasn't the best, but still good to make you want to care and engage with it. Surprisingly, I had very good and clever humor moments in it.
The opening scene was a clever way from the part of the writers to introduce us to the family and allowed them to develop the characters from there on, even though the character's journeys were simple and not that complicated. Overall the pace of the movie was acceptable, though it felt that it was taking too much time especially during the conversation scenes. But they were able to give breathing time between each scene. My favorite scenes were that when they decided to go with 'Guy' and start to discover the jungle, that of 'Grug' and 'Guy' working together to save themselves, and when 'Guy' and 'The Croods' jump to the other side and waiting for 'Grug'. The ending was somehow predictable, but at the same time satisfying and allows the setting up of the future sequels.
"Emma Stone".
"Ryan Reynolds".
In general, the movie had one of the most interesting casts for an animated movie due to the harmony they had between one another. "Emma Stone" has definitely proven herself as a force in the comedy scene. So her venture to an animated movie after becoming an international star in a small time was very clever from her part. And her voice fits perfectly with the character and she did a great job sculpturing a unique character with the material she had. "Nicolas Cage" was the surprise for me, and the reason for that is because I never thought he would make his big comeback in this movie genre. But he did an incredible job and his voice oddly fitted his character. "Ryan Reynolds" also performed and had great chemistry with "Emma"'s character. "Catherine Keener" plays one of the interesting characters, who should have been involved more in the story. "Clarke Duke" provided good moments with his character 'Thunk', same goes with "Cloris Leachman" and "Randy Thorn". An the non-speaking characters, such as 'belt' and the lion were great creative additions. 'The Croods' was able to establish itself during a year which had all the odds against doing such a thing. It may not be the most interesting animated movie; however, the elements it had were more than enough for it to succeed and improve on the mistakes it made in 'The Croods 2'.
Official "The Croods" Poster.
-'The Croods' Info:
-Starring: Emma Stone, Nicolas Cage, Ryan Reynolds, Catherine Keener, Clarke Duke and Cloris Leachman.
-Studio(s): DreamWorks Animation and 20th Century Fox.
-Directed by: Kirk DeMicco and Chris Sanders.
-Screenplay by: Kirk DeMicco and Chris Sanders.
-Music by: Alan Silvestri.
-Running Time: 98 minutes.
-Budget: $ 135,000,000.
-Box Office: -Domestic(US): $ 187,168,425.
-Foreign: $ 400,036,234.
-Ratings: -IMdb: 7.4/10.
-Rotten Tomatoes: 69%.
-Metacritic: 55%.
Review: The Wolverine *Spoilers Alert. Do NOT forget to rate this post when you finish.
Official "The Wolverine" Poster.
One of the most anticipated movies of 2013,
'The Wolverine' franchise was aiming to redeem itself in front of his fans and critics.
And for the most part this movie does exactly that and a bit more.
Review: Despicable Me 2 *Spoilers Alert. Do NOT forget to rate this post when you finish.
Official "Despicable Me 2" Poster.
"Despicable Me
2" was one of the most anticipated animated and sequel movies of 2013. And if
you ask anyone you would know the reason. And this sequel offered what was expected of
it: laughter, enjoyment, and more laughter.
One of the contenders of best 2013 movie,
'Man of Steel' definitely delivers in term of narration, characters, and action
sequences. And it is for many, including me, the 'Superman' movie we have been
waiting for.
Review: The Hangover Part III *Spoilers Alert Do NOT forget to rate this post when you finish.
Official "The Hangover Part III" Poster.
"The Hangover Part III" may not
be the epic finale of this trilogy that many expected; however, the changes that
were demanded by many fans made this movie an enjoyable one and a good farewell
movie.
Official "Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters" Poster.
"Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters",
a horror dark take on the known and lovable Grimm Tale 'Hansel and Gretel',
that will make you roll your eyes but at the same time want you to see more of
the characters adventures.
An animated comedy musical movie, all these
combinations adding that its main topic talk about an environment may not
appeal at first glance. However, Dr. Seuss's The Lorax with its different
elements will actually entertain you.
Review: Fast and Furious 6 *Spoilers Alert Do NOT forget to rate this post when you finish.
Official "Fast and Furious 6" Poster.
The 'Fast and Furious' transformation and
evolution continues, and this 6th installment of 'Fast and Furious' shows once
again why we all love this franchise.
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Official "Star Trek Into Darkness" Poster.
'Star Trek Into Darkness' was one of the most
anticipated movies of 2013. And thank god it didn't disappoint. For all those
who were waiting for a great sci-fi adventure with all the loved 'Star Trek'
characters, this is exactly what you will get in this movie.
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Review: Hairspray Do NOT forget to rate and comment on this post when you finish.
Official "Hairspray" Poster.
Being listed as one of the favorite movies of 2007, 'Hairspray' really did baffled many on how much fun it was, and how beautiful the performances and acting were.
Review: Iron Man 3 *Spoilers Alert Do NOT forget to rate this post when you finish.
Official "Iron Man 3" Poster.
One of the most anticipated movies of 2013 (Check Out 'Most Anticipated 2013 Movies') and surely one the blockbuster movie of all time,'Iron Man 3' isn't better than 'Marvel's The Avengers' but is surely one the best 'Iron Man' movie in the series and one of the good Marvel movies.
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Official "Snow White and the Huntsman" Poster.
"Snow White and the Huntsman",
included in my 'Best Movies of 2012' list, is a modern dark take on the classic
story, which delivers even though it had it weaknesses.
From the producers of the 'Transformers'
trilogy comes 'Battleship', a movie that failed to have a good story and fell
short in bringing an emotional attachment.
Review: The Host(2013) *Spoilers Alert Do NOT forget to rate this post when you finish.
Official "The Host" Poster.
"The
Host(2013)" is one of those movies that had great potential and had its
shining moment, but ultimately fell to be the next big thing due to many
things.
