Films of 2014 that didn't suck (Part 2)

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1) Snowpiercer

Set in the future this sci-fi epic from director Bong Joon Ho (The Host, Mother), a failed global-warming experiment kills off most life on the planet. The final survivors board the SNOWPIERCER, a train that travels around the globe via a perpetual-motion engine, where a class system emerges. When cryptic messages incite the passengers to revolt, the train thrusts full-throttle towards disaster.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyWfZ9866DE

2) X-Men: Days of Future Past

The ultimate X-Men ensemble fights a war for the survival of the species across two time periods in X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST. The beloved characters from the original "X-Men" film trilogy join forces with their younger selves from the past, "X-Men: First Class," in order to change a major historical event and fight in an epic battle that could save our future.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsjtg7m1MMM

3) The Amazing Spider-Man 2

We've always known that Spider-Man's most important battle has been within himself: the struggle between the ordinary obligations of Peter Parker and the extraordinary responsibilities of Spider-Man. But in The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Peter Parker finds that a greater conflict lies ahead. It's great to be Spider-Man (Andrew Garfield). For Peter Parker, there's no feeling quite like swinging between skyscrapers, embracing being the hero, and spending time with Gwen (Emma Stone).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlM2CWNTQ84

4) Inherent Vice

The seventh feature from Paul Thomas Anderson and the first ever film adaption of a Thomas Pynchon novel. When private eye Doc Sportello's ex-old lady suddenly out of nowhere shows up with a story about her current billionaire land developer boyfriend whom she just happens to be in love with, and a plot by his wife and her boyfriend to kidnap that billionaire and throw him in a looney bin...well, easy for her to say.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUZgOQ186-A

5) Whiplash

Andrew Neyman is an ambitious young jazz drummer, single-minded in his pursuit to rise to the top of his elite east coast music conservatory. Plagued by the failed writing career of his father, Andrew hungers day and night to become one of the greats. Terence Fletcher, an instructor equally known for his teaching talents as for his terrifying methods, leads the top jazz ensemble in the school.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7d_jQycdQGo

6) Nightcrawler

A pulse-pounding thriller set in the nocturnal underbelly of contemporary Los Angeles. Jake Gyllenhaal stars as Lou Bloom, a driven young man desperate for work who discovers the high-speed world of L.A. crime journalism. Finding a group of freelance camera crews who film crashes, fires, murder and other mayhem, Lou muscles into the cut-throat, dangerous realm of nightcrawling.

7) Into the Woods

A modern twist on several of the beloved Brothers Grimm fairy tales, intertwining the plots of a few choice stories and exploring the consequences of the characters' wishes and quests. This humorous and heartfelt musical follows the classic tales of Cinderella (Anna Kendrick), Little Red Riding Hood (Lilla Crawford), Jack and the Beanstalk (Daniel Huttlestone), and Rapunzel (MacKenzie Mauzy)-all tied together by an original story involving a baker and his wife.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pjy5MK1X70

8) Hector And The Search For Happiness

Hector (Simon Pegg) is a quirky psychiatrist who has become increasingly tired of his humdrum life. As he tells his girlfriend, Clara (Rosamund Pike), he feels like a fraud: he hasn't really tasted life, and yet he's offering advice to patients who are just not getting any happier. So Hector decides to break out of his deluded and routine driven life. Armed with buckets of courage and child-like curiosity, he embarks on a global quest in hopes of uncovering the elusive secret formula for true happiness.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWFVAIbIkS4

9) The Raid 2

He thought it was over. After fighting his way out of a building filled with gangsters and madmen - a fight that left the bodies of police and gangsters alike piled in the halls - rookie Jakarta cop Rama thought it was done and he could resume a normal life. He couldn't have been more wrong. Formidable though they may have been, Rama's opponents in that fateful building were nothing more than small fish swimming in a pond much larger than he ever dreamed possible

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MG9uFX3uYq4

10) Under the Skin

A mysterious woman seduces lonely men in the evening hours in Scotland. Events lead her to begin a process of self-discovery.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoSWbyvdhHw

(Part 1) http://imgur.com/gallery/a1ioo
(Part 3) http://imgur.com/gallery/YB2Ah

luckylast203

Tried to watch "Under the Skin" yesterday. Terrible, boring movie. 10/10 would not recommend

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CalNaughtonJunior

Under the Skin was terrible though...

sipeycup

Under the skin was terrible in my opinion. Be prepared loose hours of your life. But, after all, that's just like, my opinion man.

ElmsiGreen

Downvoted as soon as I saw Amazing Spider-Man 2.

LiterallyYourMom

Give Jake Gyllenhaal all the Oscars. He was fantastic in Nightcrawler and excellent playing 2 characters in Enemy.

StarveTheEgoFeedTheSoul

I love The Raid series! So action-packed

smakweasle

I'm certain they're actually fighting and murdering eachother.

chemed

Under the Skin was just awful. Call me a philistine, but I say it was shite

ScruffyLookinScoundrel

I liked the book and hearing the film was being made interested me, but from the trailer alone I could see it was a travesty.

squarefire

Under the Skin sucked hard.

MarkStar

Under the skin was awful and didn't make any sense unless you read the book.

qassman

Amazing spiderman 2 is just awful...

IAteAllTheGummyBears

Edge of Tomorrow anyone?

FuckUpDebra

That's in the dude's first list.

RaoulTrifan

Under the skin. No.

theRyex

Under the skin was pretty bad... It's probably on the list due to the nude scene with Scarlett Jo.

OmegasParadox

I see these lists have already changed to 'movies that exist'

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TheJerkNessMonster

Nightcrawler sucked. It was written well, the acting was phenomenal, and the cinematography and production were fantastic. But it sucked.

Coolasslife

there were a lot better movies this year

TheThingNoNotThatOne

The second I saw Spiderman 2 on the list I knew this series was headed downhill.

Deadpo0l

I liked it. The more I think about it I really like the new ones more than the Raimi ones.

Kasumiwumi

I agree. Yeah, it was jumbled and made some mistakes, but when it was good, it shined like a fucking star.

Sarius121

Snowpiercer makes little sense. A perpetual motion engine probably would solve global warming on its own.

Wigoo

The movie is shit, but never thought of that. Makes it even more stupid..

I've not even watched it, just noticed that in the description. Thanks for the heads up.

taznbjbs

under the skin was absolutely rubbish!

Redstrife

As a wtf movie though it's hard to beat though, and I love an oddity!

Neuroscopist

Yeah what the F did I just watch there. Could have been good, maybe. Just wasn't. The movie never started. WHUT

RoomTemperatureCoffee

There was never any plot or point. There were complications that just disappeared randomly. There was nothing to it other than bullshit.

yourbassist

Understatement. 2 hours of ominous tones and awkward scenes.

CocoFucker

Thought so too. 2 hours of artsy fartsy quasi-philosophical self discovery vomit, nicely wrapped in ScarJo's boobies.

capnderp

yeah but fully nude ScarJo is a nice tough

orbitn

Snowpiercer sounds like a bad B movie and Spider-Man had some severe pacing issues. We can do better.

mistervimes

Snowpiercer did suck though.

TheSkeletonWar

I loved it so i guess opinions are divided.

bennythemink

It was just terrible....

TheyCallMeTheHiphopopotamusIgotFlowsThatGlowLikePhosphorous

This was my first thought. I had hopes but god damn it was a pile of trash. Night crawler blew me away though (giggity)

BOOMelephantnutsBADDUMBUM

Eh, coulda been better. Kinda mind fucky though

MattGlade

I totally agree

kuchen15

You have no ideea what you're talking about. Snowpiercer was an amazing film. An amazing alternative to the shitstorm that is Hunger Games

I didn't say Hunger Games was good. It was sure better than Snowpiercer though.

DynamicDash

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X05TDsoSg2Y People can't see how brilliant this movie.

EeezyMac

Gonna have to strongly disagree with Snowpeircer. Fucking hated it.

Vulgarsage

Agreed, actually stopped midway through..

crankcooker

me too, had great potential to become a great sci fi/dystopic movie but was just lame .

ichoseausernameok

Worst fucking movie i've ever seen

Burn After Reading

PeopleDoNotThink

You need to see more bad movies, then.

Krakencrotch

Looks like everyone's a movie expert today.

I find myself in the bad comments for saying there are movies worse than Snowpiercer. That's some hate for a movie right there...

The thing is both your comments are wrong.

Centroid

Nightcrawler was so fucking amazing

nqabl

Jake Gyllenhaal played the role so well.

He's really on a roll. Prisoners and End of Watch were also fantastic.

evanjm2

One of the best movies of the year. So well done.

100% agree. A better soundtrack was the only thing that movie was missing.

Didn't get it at 1st, but read this after & it all clicked. The soundtrack wasn't to create a tone. The music was how Jake felt at the time.

I suppose so. I need to watch it again. Either way he deserves an oscar nod. That movie was too cool to get a nod though.

I hope it does, I think he deserves that. The movie too but I'm less hopeful about that.

Lachtaube

I think it's important to mention that Into The Woods is a Sondheim play and should no way have been affiliated with Disney.

aguyuno

Disney owns so much shit by now, I'm just never surprised when it happens any more.

Mostly because way more people die in the musical than the film.

cherrytonic

And while I much prefer the original, I was AMAZED at how many songs they got in. Second Act was a downward spiral tho.

olyrachel

Yes. I was Jack's Mother earlier this year and am cringing at the PG rating without even having seen it, lol.

Slartifartbest

John. Wick.

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ThatGingerDude

Im no movie critic but it wasnt great. Omg you killed my dead wifes dog now i will kill your son. The equalizer is better imo. No hate pls.

Daloofus

Thank you so much, I didn't have the courage to make John Wick known but it was such a fun movie.

John. Fucking. Wick!

JangoDarkSaber

Mutha. Fckn. Bad. Ass

NiftyNips

My panties are in a bunch that so many of you guys loved John Wick. Tried explaining to my friend but she wasnt having none of it.

Gonna need photographic evidence of that username

Why? Are you a cop? I know my rights. You can't come in here without a warrant.

Just as I thought, your nips aren't nifty at ALL! You're a phony!

You asked for it.

sirflukesalot

its not out in the uk till april =(

Imreallynotsoclever

cough KICKASS cough DOT cough TO cough...

nah ill wait till February 2nd when thje dvd goes out in america THEN pirate it because fuck waitng 5-6 months for a movie

velkrai

easily the best action movie in the last few years

BobSagetDidNotRapeAndKillAGirlIn1990

I was just about to say that.

hollowbastionx

No. Nonononono. This movie was traumatic. WHY THE PUPPY?!

fonzysaysayyyy

Best action movie since TAKEN

WHOISTIRED

Want to see so bad.

Ozzythezombi

This one of the best action movie of this 10 last years, because he have his own univers and a real personnality, which is pretty rare.

BoozeHound001

This guy gets it.

ImaboutoChitonyaface

No lie. My cousin helped train Keanu in jujitsu and died twice in that movie

pixeedude

Oooh yeah that was pretty good!

P51VoxelTanker

John motherfucking Wick. Such a great fucking movie. Remember to look out for the baba yaga.

TheDaleGribbleBlueGrassExperience

Love how the dad knew how badly his kid fucked up

ImNotAsDumbAsIAm

JON FUCKING WICK

EytanMorg

The Hobbit: Battle of the five armies

Molkifier

So upset that this movie didn't get more recognition. It's been a while since I've seen such great fight choreography.

themisfit

no.

YouMightGetIdeas

Was nothing more than decent.

RawrImReallyNotGoodatThis

"Hello Jim" "Hello John" "Working again?" "Nope. Just working through some personal shit" "I'll let you get back to it then" BEST SCENE EVA

MonCheriePari

Yaaasss

LiquidMilk

"oh"

Mokisan

Awesome film, much better than i expected. Dog lovers: watch at your own risk.

harmlesspotato

No it's not a warning it's an instructional/warning video in case something like this were to happen

CNNBRFIINF

I wanna watch John Wick so bad but can't bc of the puppy scene. Can someone give me the minute to minute time frame I should just skip?

DLOBREWSKY

Just watch it. You will end up with a tear jn your eye and fire in your soul. Its all about the journey that makes the film great.

Johnsonschlager

Fuck

FloridaMansSideKick

Spoilers?

Not really, it's in the trailer as well :)

I'll put it this way: It is one of the greatest revenge pictures I have seen, and if you like dogs, all the killing still isn't enough.

chillsofdills

well alright sounds like i'm not watching it. legit thanks.

Nah still watch it. This just means you will root for him that much more.

mjso23

Thanks for the warning!

dontgooglegoogle

I'm glad to see Xmen on here. I feel the franchise has really made a comeback.

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AndSoWhat

Agreed.

ThaneDukes

Am I the only one who didn't like it? Felt that they just focused on Mystique because of J-Law. And everything that happened on

The Wolverine didn't even matter or made sense.

Harcorepkurharcoreprkur

Considering that they effectively undid a TON of the damage done by X-3, Days of future past is A ok in my book.

AATTVV

People can say whatever they want about it but that Quicksilver scene was FUCKING AWESOME

spankytanks

I would have liked this movie more if it wasn't for Fox's ever pressing and debilitating fear of female protagonists

CatrionaShadowleaf

It was because they made the B team too young to be born in the 70s. Not that I liked Rogue being a teenager either.

For clarity the central character of this movie should have been Kitty Pryde: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Days_of_Future_Past

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Erkhyan

Yeah, but in a way they couldn’t have done it even if they wanted: movie-version Shadowcat wasn’t even *born* yet in the 1970s.

Considering they couldn't even do the Dark Pheonix saga without making Magneto the evil puppeteer I didn't have high hopes to begin with.

graehall

The scenes with the sentinels were upsetting.

DHR107

Those scenes are horribly brutal. Especially seeing Colossus being torn in half D:

EndersdoyouthinkthisisafuckingGame

In what way? Were they non-canonical or aesthetically unpleasant in some way or did you find those sequences emotionally debilitating?

In the way that I like the characters and watching them get torn limb from limb in terror was upsetting :)

Gotcha! I was hoping that's what you meant, I didn't think there was anything wrong with them. :P

althanan

"Upsetting" is one way to put it. Agonizing is another.

JumpingBalogna

SPOILER: the scene where Colossus was torn in two was so upsetting. But it was a great movie and even Colossus can get rekt.

Yeah that was what broke me watching it. I was all "NUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU"

Hated that section, he even gets his head smushed at the start too :(

notnamedincredits

Movies that also didn't suck: Guardians of the Galaxy, Foxcatcher, Locke, The 100 foot journey, 22 Jump Street, Non-Stop, Lego Movie

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canuckfanatic

Gone Girl, The Hobbit, The Imitation Game, Birdman, The Theory of Everything

TwoRoadsDivergedInAWoodAndIITookTheOneLessTraveledBy

Imma go ahead and disagree with you on the Hobbit. I thought it was quite shit, actually. First two I liked, last one was all over the place

I wouldn't call it shit. It wasn't as good as the first two obviously, but I enjoyed it as a 3 hour piece of eye candy.

I'm boycotting the Hobbits, but I'm sure you're right. :D

FeralEggs

I feel ya. I could move past TLOR being 3 movies as it was 3 books. The Hobbit was 1 book that setup for TLOR not 3 epics of filler bullshit

Add The Babadook, The Double, John Wick, and A Walk Among the Tombstones to the list.

shaftinferno

I was VERY disappointed in The Double.

Really? I thought it was amazing.

I enjoyed Ayoade's Submarine much better, but to be fair, I've always felt Dostoyevsky a bit stuffy.

Well honestly, Ayoade's adaptation of The Double was only loosely based on the Dostoyevsky novel.

Brojan

I'd add The Imitation Game to the list. I thought Bembersnatch Cumbersniffle's acting was spot on.

I haven't seen it yet, but if his acting in this is as good as it was in Osage County, I don't doubt it.

ive seen it a few weeks ago, great acting, great directing, easily one of the top movies of the year

Milkiway

WHAT ABOUT NON-STOP THO?!!

GingerIsOurWord

Right? I was expecting Taken at 30,000 feet, but actually really, really good!

MikeOscarSierra

Everything was awesome!

Belcanto

How about fuckin BIRDMAN, arguably the best film of 2014

Oh wait nvm that was on his first list

Bricklemeyer

I loved watching Tom Hardy act in Locke, and I really liked the idea. However I think the execution of the overall premise fell flat.

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ThisFrickenGuy

Yet you still left off lots of good ones in favor of Spiderman...The 100 Foot Journey, The Hobbit, God's Not Dead, Anchorman 2.

sidfromtoystory

gods not dead lol

drbarrel

Off of these 2 lists, I have only seen Guardians of the galaxy...

mydawgisgreen

22 jump street, really?

thedarkknightress

YES REALLY

oateyboat

22 Jump Street was so funny man, and worked pretty well as as satire of sequels in general

I didn't hate it, but I don't think it was great. I had a couple laughs but not a great one of 2014 IMO.

MissSpaceFace

Christ, that movie sucked so bad. A complete plot-copy from the first one.

LennyKoggins

You're thinking of Hangover 2. 22 Jump Street was good by comparison.

My fiancé could barely watch it. Was too awkward for him.

UpvoteGoat

Lego Movie was last year homie.

Not in my country. :-(

Nope, February 2014.

Oops, nope, it was February after all. I should probably work on my memory

threepete

Oh god, Whiplash looks so good.

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nakedfingers

The climax made me climax. Best third act I've ever seen.

SuchUsernameVeryImgurWow

It was amazing. I had no expectations going into it and it turned out to be one of best movies I've seen.

Flyingballs17

My brother had a role in that movie, he was the bari sax player

McSpiffy

Wait was your brother Metz?

ChewableJim

JK Simmons is the fucking man in that movie.

bigblind168

It's great if you can get into it. I wasn't too into it and thought it was fairly good

Schmedes

He's not bad, but why are they trying to shove Miles Teller down our throats? He's in so much shit.

Livordie

Saw it today and was blown away by it.

TheIrishMike

Me too. All I will say about this is that J.K. Simmons needs an Oscar for his work in this

May get a nom, won't win. Too many great performances. Redmayne (Theory of Everything), Gyllenhaal (Nightcrawler), Carrell (Foxcatcher), etc

alopsidedpenguin

There's been a lot of talk about that. He'll definitely get nominated.

Piegiver

I had no idea Snowpiercer was a thing until I found it on Netflix, very good, but an unsatisfying ending. 9/10

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SamTheHuman12

I found it to be awful

nikosuave

I liked the fact that I never knew what was going to happen next, because nothing about that movie made any fucking sense.

greyfoxv1

It follow it's own logic and was consistent throughout so that's not true at all.

MichaelJordanAsHimselfInSpaceJam

Kinda corny but honestly I loved it.

Indeed. It was a hidden, and severely tarnished, gem.

shinobiswords

Up voting you based on your name alone

EnergyFiend

Personal taste is so odd, I only watched it last night and REALLY loved it.

OhNoImStuckInALoop

I agree, isn't it weird and interesting? I thought it was really cheesy and the acting was terrible. Barely made it thru the whole thing.

crazy how nature do dat

brianwantslolz

I always think the purposely unsatisfying endings are part of the movie's charm. It leaves you thinking about it more

Zorbick

Considering it was a primarily Korean production crew, that ending is pretty much what I expected. Happy endings are not for them.

Yea but I need closure. CAN'T YOU SEE I'M UNSTABLE?!

angrysloth

spoiler alert 1/2

The bear eats those fucking kids as soon as the camera pans away. End of humanity, end of story.

HatsAreEssential

Literally though, they would die long before they could reproduce. Humanity was fuuucked when that bomb when off.

brainbeater

I totally get it Piegiver; it was super great until it became blah :(

SJNorway

My guess is they die within a a day or so. A teenager taking care of a 5 year old in freezing conditions...even if they did survive.... Ewww

WaywardScientist

The dialog wasn't the best either but still very cool story

SlutForStarWarsLore

it was the director's first english film, apparently he's very popular in south korea

Icannevercomeupwithagoodorwittyusernamepleasehelp

Well it is a Korean film of a French book made with English speaking actors.

Yeah I'm going to read the book since I understand french :p

nakedlynutricious

Plus the fact that the entire concept was just plain dumb, I feel like they started with "Everybody lives on a train." And worked with that.

Winterous

And then at the end, they went all fucking weird magic technology bullshit. The fact that it was a train wasn't even RELEVANT!

Its fine if you didn't like it but dismissing it for its concept is ridiculous. Its like saying Jurassic Park is dumb because its impossible

That's actually a completely valid opinion. I love Jurassic Park and still think that's reasonable.

I got about 20 minutes in to it before I turned it off. I found it to be just too lacking in substance :/

Thank you! I was starting to wonder if we all watched the same movie. I'm far from a critic. I like most movies I watch. Snow piercer = bad

Barackrifle

It was AWFUL!

RonPaulWasAnInsideJob

I concur.

Jorvaty

That movie sucked soo bad I canceled my Netflixs

I just think it was a conceptually interesting story, I recommend giving it another chance!

ijd609

WHO BRINGS GUNS ONTO THE TRAIN THATS NOT SUPOSE TO HAVE ANY PROBLEMS ON IT LIKE WHAT THE FUCK!

Yeah why would all these rich white people have security guards? Like ugh guys what a plot hole amirite?

I would have liked it maybe if it were set on another planet. It expected me to forget too much to accept it existing on earth. It were dum.

Forget what? I mean, I hated that movie, but it was very well explained what happened and why they were on the train.

It felt like sci-fi written by someone who knows nothing about science? :/

Akrenos

Didn't enjoy snowpiercer, so many silly scenes couldn't really take it seriously.

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Curiousone545

Ugh god, I HATED snowpiercer, I thought it was a joke. Turns out it's not. and people like it. this is why I hate critics.

conroykeaton

"I just wrote this for you......" TRAIN

This...fucking this.

PanEdaCat

Bahhhhh it was so awful

Daealis

It was just another rehash of the post-apocalyptic caste-system re-invented: Hunger Games, Equilibrium, 1984 and the likes. And poorly done.

CameronCrenshaw

It was exactly 74% bad.

NordMan

I strongly disagree. It was 96% pure, distilled crap.

i fell asleep after the first like 7 minutes, but my friend still said i didn't really miss anything good

banicks

I thought I was the only one. The storyline was unrealistic and pathetic. Seemed like a movie you study in high school for it's meaning.

Pirkale

Didn't hear a single good review of this from my friends.

SuzetteTheSmoreSchnappsGirl

make your own decision?

Too many films I haven't had time to watch that *have* received good reviews from my friends...

HaveTardisWillTravel

i just watched it yesterday and I loved it!

CaptainEncoke

Worst Captain America yet.

itsGood4you

The last scene, with the bear, made me laugh uncontrollably.

UnfortunatelyTheHighKingofSkyrim

You need to embrace the ridiculousness and let it into your heart.

DuckTalesOohWooOoh

I agree. The dialogue was absolutely terrible. Production value was pretty high, but the script....blegh.

OMG, I loved it!

somebodykillme

Seriously, seeing this on the list pretty much means this is just a list of movies that came out in 2014.

cazzegiare

instant cult classic, with everything that comes with that kinda thing.

zeradeth

It was amazing up until the end. After a certain point it was poo. You know which point that was.

whatamiputtingoffnow

I stayed up late to watch it last night but should have slept instead...

CallMeInV

It was just so needlessly fucked up. Like 'ohh we're edgy, take Chris Evans seriously'. What a waste of 2 hours.

rollout25

"I know babies taste the best" actual line from the movie. I laughed out loud in a full theater

Reubonics

I never understood why that character got upset when he discovered that he'd been fed insects, seeing as he'd eaten babies.

Yeah, do you guys want to start eating babies again and not eat these insect bars?

Oh god you paid real money for it? Sorry bruh

DerpAntelope

Yeah it had some really cool scenes but it wasn't an amazing film.

impayshunz

I found it just too preposterous and yes, quite bad.

Exowe

The movie should've been call "everyone loses their fucking arms"

Axbix

This. I liked the movie yet, this.

MorganLeFay

Everytime a Chris Evans character gets on a train someone loses an arm

Terant4

Interesting. I've found Imgur to overwhelmingly hate this movie, yet I find it praised everywhere else. Rotten Tomatoes has it at 95% w/

This proves that I'm at the right place. I loathed it

aplanefullofgermermans

I loved Snowpiercer but I can see how it's not for everybody. It's definitely more of an intellectual movie than an action-packed movie

165 reviews, various comments section of other sites are filled with a combination of love, hate, and inbetween, and just about everyone I

personally know that has seen it at least appreciates it if not loves it. Yet Imgurians almost exclusively seem to hate it.

But what did you think about it?

VulcanP90

Nah, imgur was all over it before and right after it came out.

Secular

It felt like watching Chinese cinema or a live action anime. If someone is into that i guess it's not terrible but i hated it. Just so dumb

I doubt most critics SAW the film and just mimicked what their friend-critics wrote, who also mimicked what THEIR friend-critics wrote...

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Actually, it's really just my opinion, so as to the veracity of it...

straightcreepen

THIS someone tried to tell me "I didn't get it" but it was so over the top and ridiculous. I am all for suspending reality but come on.

fizyx

Yeah, I couldn't enjoy it either. Just to much that I would see it, and all I could think was "God, that is absolutely retarded."

g3r4r

Exactly what I thought about the scenario

The production values were pretty damn good, but jesus christ was the story just awful.

It was okay until the very end when they... you know... made the whole struggle pointless.

HereThereWhere

Yep. Had to go and bring in that element of "I WATCHED THE WHOLE FILM FOR THIS?"

magneticgumby

The ending was horrid. "Lets go get brutally mauled by that polar bear!"

sillysalmon

MOTHERFUCKING INTO THE WOODS WAS SO GODDAMN TRAUMATIC. HUMOROUS MY ASS. I need a neck brace for all that mood whiplash.

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Unicornpigs

WELCOME TO THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF MUSICAL THEATRE, MOTHERFUCKER

buttinvader

Words that Sondheim lived by

ColorblindCartographer

Into the woods was great and Agony was fucking hilarious, right until the point where the whole movie turned around and gut punched me.

shootxthexmessenger

You got Sondheim'ed.

xmsbeanx

I was about to say this whole list seemed like it should have been titled best Horror films. A lot of these are panic/scary or horror :/

huanthewolfhound

From what I understand, that's how Sondheim intended it to be with the original musical?

AllOutOfEucalyptus

Yeah, but the musical was more lighthearted about it.

ukalliq

That depends heavily on the staging and directing.

SirBraxton

THEY WON'T STOP SINGING! Musicals are fine and all, but dear GOD the WHOLE THING IS ONE LONG SONG! Oh look, ANOTHER SONG! AHHHHGH!

elijahriley

They cut all the dialogue... the confrontation with the giant is originally three times as long.

HogwartsAlumnus

Well yeah that's what it's supposed to be.

Kircala

AGONNYYYYYYYYYY *rips open shirt*

Galakan

You need to see the broadway version. Waaaaay more feels in that one.

When Rapunzel rode away with the second Prince. I couldn't. I just couldn't. THAT IS NOT WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS, DISNEY.

Ino right? And they got rid of the song with his dad.

Yeah. And I understand having a narrator in a movie is just way too hokey. But when they'd break that fourth wall and... *squish*

HostelRatintheBackWithaPint

I've been a huge fan since I was three and I finally saw it today, so happy.

MadEyeRix

Thanks for reminding me: the song "So Happy" wasn't in the film, and it made me so unhappy >:|

TheWhiteHouseChiefOfStaff

You've been Sondheimized.

Erotes

Yeah but Rapunzel doesn't die... she's supposed to die.

Yeah but it's Disney adapted. As shitty as it is that it's not true to the musical it sort of makes sense that they'd change it.

Of course it makes sense that they'd change a few details, but in general there's definite reason for it to be on this list.

solluxempora

That movie was beatiful I am a bit dissapoited in the lack of The Narratior and Agony part 2, but it was still fantastic.

pearlsandwhiskey

I hated that No More wasn't included.

Watch the Original Bway version, then watch the Regent's Park version: http://www.digitaltheatre.com/production/details/into-the-woods.

I'm actually listening to the soundtrack right now.

thenermis

while it has sad parts the underlying message is beautiful and optimistic!

PixieDoll

I take it you haven't seen the Broadway version. Even more traumatic. And way better than the movie

Albeit the movie was very good. The play is just magnificent.

UrGrammasMonkey

Into the woods was fantastic. Check out the musical. Even more tragic

accidentalslut

Oh shit. I wanted to see it, but I mistook this film for a musical from the trailer...

Vandercookie

It is definitely a musical. Few unsung lines at all.

he means live. This one does a great job keeping it true to the musical but it never is the same

BubbaSparky

I thought into the woods was really boring and kind of sucked. And I like musicals.

emirii614

it's not something I would go and watch again thats for sure. I was ready for it to be over at the first fake ending xD

In the original, that's the end of act one, and act two is 9 months later. It definitely feels less awkward.

The musical performances were great but I thought it was really poorly directed. Cold fish line readings from actors I know can do better.

jbfett

Tru dat

It got Disneyfied.

Moocat

Welcome to the wonderful world of Stephen Sondheim. Where he makes you laugh and then stabs you in the gut.

SteakBakeforPM

Was he the guy that wrote Wicked?

I've just done the prologue from into the woods about a week ago. This comment makes me feel like a turnip

No. He wrote Sweeney Todd and Assassins as well as a whole host of others, but these three are most well known.

Ah silly me. Thanks

I'd kill for an assassins movie! With NPH reprising his Broadway role

NPH and Michael Ceveris... -drool- I love Ceveris' voice. He's incredible.

Clitastrophe

I am worried now o-o. I fully intend to see it. I've got great memories from the stage built around Into the Woods.

See it. The changes are disappointing and the directing is lackluster, but the musical performances definitely make it worth it.

You are going to love Agony.

Okay, fine. So Agony was fucking hilarious, but dayum Disney that was unexpectedly painful. They went the full Grimm and then added tragedy.

105

Chris Pine fucking killed it. That is all.

SkillzShot77

U mean that part where he was with Emily Blunt? If so. Yes he killed it

THE PART WHERE HE RIPS HIS SHIRT OPEN AND FALLS TO HIS KNEES YOU FIEND

launchingships

Disney didn't do this, Stephen Sondheim did. Helloooo

In the play, Rapunzel is also killed, both princes are adulterers, Rapunzel also gives birth to twins in the desert etc

The narrator is also murdered

sadowl

in the original play the characters actually murder the narrator too

"You can't kill me, I'm not a part of this story!"

IMO, it really sold the idea that the characters were really on their own and it made the ending that much stronger.

TardCat

I'm more pissed with the romanticism of Adultery.

11 years ago (deleted Dec 31, 2014 5:03 AM) |

Ooo yay internet arguments!!!! Let get right on my high horse one moment! *finds soap box*

I fucking hated that part. Movie was good up until there

Same. lets just say my face was a mixture of extreme surprise and disgust when that part came on. was not expecting that from Disney

Shh, it's a musical. Everything is not meant to be taken literally.

Did you miss the part where she sang a song about regretting it and then fell off a cliff.

That's what truly ruined the movie. Boooo

She falls off a cliff? Dafuq?

Bruh. Spoiler alerts hither and yon. (Unless you know the story and are referring to lack of tree-fallings, in which case yes, a cliff.)

In the original she gets crushed by a tree the giant knocks onto her.

And Jack buries her in a footprint, yes yes, insert Disney excuses for changing it here.

SendMeUrDD214s

Apparently there were a couple more deaths in the play.

The witch doesn't die (or collapse into a puddle of goo) in the play. I thought that was weird.

"A couple."

GravityRush

yeah, the narrator gets killed by the giant(in the musical hes an actual physical character) and Rapunzel dies in the desert i think

DemographicUnknown

Rapunzel bizarrely dies of postpartum depression. She's overcome with grief and commits suicide by jumping underneath the giant. Yeah.

oh yeah that's right, haven't seen the play in years

HobbitySarah

Yep. Rapunzel bites it in the play instead of running away.

I'm really annoyed they didn't include that. It added to the macabre feeling of the whole thing. Sondheim is just perfect.

Also the witch's lament makes more sense after a death than after her running away.

xDestro

Putting Amazing Spider-man 2 up there discredits the whole list .-.

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Efreeti

You misspelled Snowpiercer.

I downvoted as soon as I saw it. I wish I could do more.

r3nt

Agreed

Seriously. That shit got a 53% on RT for a reason. The movie was a Hodge podge joke of a film.

11 years ago (deleted Nov 14, 2016 4:45 PM) |

Days of future past 93%, Bird Man 93%, Gone Girl 88% Guardians 90%. Yeah you're right RT is complete bull shit.

Jiryn

THANK YOU

These lists discredit themselves. Someone just lists off some movies, gives it an arbitrary title that seems interesting, boom, front page.

GotAGif4That

Someone works for sony

Sammyy

Why haven't they learned from their mistakes! Too _many_villains in a one movie. Argh!

AetherMcLoud

Yeah like WTF that was the worst Superhero movie of the last decades and definitely the worst movie ever made in 2014. List is bullshit.

ihatethiswebsite

The whole first 3 discredit the list. What the heck did OP think?

SocietyOfSensation

snowpiercer was a piece of garbage. Under the skin aswell. In any case its a matter of taste.

I enjoy TASM2 but even I have to say it's placement on this list is a little bit strange when so many other greats have been overlooked

therealmccoy

Yep

FelixG

Especially putting it over The Raid 2!

If any movie discredited the list for any reason, it would be Snowpiercer, because it's from 2013.

pointyteeth

The movie itself wasn't great, but I think Andrew was the best Peter Parker/Spider-Man so far

Melanisia

Snow Piercer sucked also. The ending was complete BS.

Simisaurus

It seems to be a popular opinion that Spider-Man 2 was bad. But I enjoyed it. Plenty of action, what else were you hoping for exactly?

CommanderWilliamTRiker

too many villains. hard to build up the characters of iconic villains like Rhino, Goblin, Electro, when they're all in the same film.

thisissomefuckingxshit

How about a movie that made sense

aveilofignorance

A coherent story and character motivations that seem reasonable.

WhereTheWildGooseGoes

Universe building that's subtle and/or organic as opposed to forced.

Okay, while I agree with that I'll also ask why people thought Captain America: Winter Soldier was so good, following that same idea?

The universe building in TWS felt like it served the story rather than the other way around.

RandomJPG

Yes because the action is just so amazing and better than any movie ever that who cares how shitty the story is!

I never said that. But I don't go to a superhero movie expecting the story to be that enthralling either. Good guy fights bad guy. Wins.

I hate this logic so much. Just because it's a blockbuster doesn't mean it has to be shitty. And it's not like it's that enjoyable anyway.

actualbeauquet

not a shitty story. sony doesnt do spiderman justice

Hey, they did well with him during the Sam Raimi years.

Isn't Marvel gonna buy back the rights or something

OllaniusPius

They're look at doing split-rights. Both studios get to use the character, and the other studio gets a cut of proftis.

all rumors, hope so, he had a big part in the civil war

Sure, but it sure as shit was better than the old Spider-Man movies. It wasn't groundbreaking, but it wasn't terrible either.

well in terms of how marvel studios handles their licenses compared to sony, spiderman is mediocre at best, just using him as a cashcow

Did you even see Spider-Man 2? It was probably the best comic book movie up until 2008.

surfvvax

I'm going to have to strongly disagree with The Amazing Spider-man 2 as being a film that didn't suck.

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ian9outof10

I've also heard tell that The Raid 2 suffers from some suckage.

Denvercoder09

Oh snap...

BurlRavenscroft

I dumped you but love you so why can't we be together but we can't be together you should go no don't go I love you but we can't WEB HAND!

Gawd, YES. The whole romantic dynamic between the two of them was so fucking melodramatic and stupid.

No kidding, right? I don't know why people praised the "chemistry." It was 2 hours of "no, yooooooou hang up."

porkchopexpress

I'm with you! Fucking garbage!

CarolsSpicyWiener

Can't agree more without sounding like a snob. I love superhero movies and go into them with appropriate expectations. It was bad.

Slayerformayor

Here here

BirdsBeerandBitches

"I gave you your 666th upvote, just so you know. You're welcome"--Satan

DontTalkToMeOrMyWaifuEverAgain

I agree, I wanted to like the movie so much but the villain was pitiful. No real back story, just a guy who was ignored

madwithinsanity

I strongly agree with you

paperstreetsoapco

I really enjoyed it.

MeSoMerry

I really hate that it wasn't just scenes of Spidey fighting crime/cracking jokes, intercut with Peter and Gwen being adorable

pinklebaboon

I can agree with OP that it didn't suck, but I was still disappointed by it. I really preferred the Raimi movies.

The Raimi movies were better, especially the first two. The third one, not so much.

Squigglyline91

Yea it was pretty bad.

iWantToBeTheVeryBest

http://www.troll.me/images/spider-man/psst-op-is-a-fag-and-this-is-now-a-spiderman-thread-thumb.jpg

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WowSuchDoge

The watermark though

thenonworkinglight

Url didn't disappoint

Poutrathor

Film that didn't suck : start list with snowsucker

RacistDragon

Snowpiercer was an incredible movie

PooPooInSpaghettiEveryoneUpsetti

I miss Tobey.

You are correct

RockYoWorld

And Snowpiercer...

dubhgradh

i pirated it, and i still want my ticket price back.

totallyirrelephant

Snowpiercer is the same for me. I just watched it a couple weeks ago, it was just too weird and too many plot holes for me. Super gross too

example1013

Personally I enjoyed the movie, but the pacing was extremely awkward in some spots and I have no problem seeing why a lot of people hate it.

I really liked it. It wasn't great but it's worth including in the list because it's been written off by pretty much everyone.

turbo2x

I'm going to have to agree with you on that.

AaaaaaaaaaJ

It... It was actually my favorite Spider-Man movie to date. Didn't get why people hated it so much...

ImmortalLoveRodd

Because people are nostalgic for Raimi's campy bastardization of Spiderman lore.

I think I may have liked it slightly better than part 3 with Tobey Maguire, but that's not saying much.

docsage

I'm with that guy, it it wasn't very good.

ShitSteve0Says

That movie was fucking awful.

Sparrowprince

Snowpiercer is also quite horrible in my opinion.

alenfishman

yea, it was pretty bad.

EverythingISeeIsAJojosReference

And X-Men too. X-Men movies are never good, especially first class, and I find Days of Future's Past to be lame.

Xeynid

The action scenes were amazing. But unfortunately, that was only like 10% of the movie.

Action scenes are the equivalent of decorations. In a poorly built house with all kinds of problems, decorations just make it look prettier.

Not in a comic book movie with an action-based plot. Spider-man is supposed to fight people.

vipe650r

(1/2) All other points aside (and there are many), there was never any explanation as to why...

(2/2) Spiderman could suddenly take electricity loads that fried city blocks. I was just supposed to accept his invincibility.

Haven't seen it since it came out...but in fact there *was* an explanation. There was a scene of him trying to figure out a solution, and

later a conversation between him and Gwen about what he can do to solve it. And then a shot of him modifying his web shooters and following

...through.

Must have missed it. I'll have to check up on it.

GoniMaster

I know its been a year, but I agree with you. Still right in 2016!

10 years ago |

bingokongen

Put Snowpiercer in with it. What a piece of garbage.

Iamahugefanofcamembert

I loved it! Great action scenes, good pace throughout it's length, and sweetness between Peter and Gwen. just imo ofc

Dekacube

X-men also, Lol.

notme222

TASP2, like all movies written by Kurtzman and Orci, was created to put scenes in trailers to sell tickets, not to actually tell a story.

kurk626

You said it best!

ManofScience

The main used image for posters and trailers. Spidey attacking Rhino with a manhole cover. Is the last scene in the movie...

Yeah. It's literally the last shot. The scene isn't even finished.

tony awks spro pater 2?

That's definitely what it seemed like to me after I saw it. That appears to be a growing trend in Hollywood. Sad..

I love Fringe, but those two have a real habit of fucking up movies.

I actually thought it was an improvement from the first one

TheMysteriousMoodeRider

really? I liked the first one but not the second one.

telkanuru

This is not a refutation of the statement that it sucked.

Verelse

...just a confirmation that the first one sucked slightly more.

delecti

I kinda liked the first, and thought the second was totally forgettable.

Me too. Except that I really liked the first one too.

I didn't particularly like the first one, but I thought the 2nd one was worse. I feel like it was an unnecessary reboot.

marvelboy

Yeh the first one almost made me cry with the cranes but the second one I didn't feel anything at the clock tower.

Seriously. I hate the new movies. Nothing about them is Peter. He isn't relatable at all and the shitty father storyline adds nothing.

nwawr

The only thing that could've made it worse if it had emo Toby Maguire playing peter parker

I thought it was hilarious because even when trying to be an evil badass, he was so painfully dweeby.

Sploich

Why does nobody ever realize that's the joke? You're not supposed to like Emo Peter. It was the symbiote. Him overcoming it is the point.

I actually thought the first and second one with him were alright, but yes, he got real emo and campy on the third one.

The third one was a terrible story. But at least it was a story, not a series of unrelated clips.

I really liked Alfred Molina as Doc Oc in the second one.

clutchthepearls

Emma's and Andrew's adorable-ness are the best parts of those movies. Jamie Foxx's acting is the worst part.

silver6kraid

But gosh he seemed to be having such fun ruining Electro. Seriously, who's idea was it to make Electro the main villain? That guy is C list.

SeraRelm

Jamie Foxx is a great actor, the shit role was to blame. If I wanted to watch Edward Nigma rise to power, I'd watch an old Batman movie.

HayabusaZeroZ

No, the worst part was the fucking pointless plot that takes forever for anything interesting to happen.

11 years ago (deleted Aug 28, 2015 6:11 PM) |

wrong.

drew2057

And character development, plot, less product placement, better dialog, and overall more understanding of what makes peter, "Spiderman"

walterpeck

No, sony needs to sell the rights back to Marvel and that's that.

mrpatrickcorr

In Whedon we trust

Just because you like Spider-Man doesn't mean you have to like every Spider-Man movie. The last three movies have been shit.

ILovePron

You know what OP, fuck ya! I loved that movie and I am a big Spidey fan too.

TrickYMickY

Im a huge Spiderman fan too. I had been really looking forward to this but it is one of the worst movies I have seen in years!

pronacc

That move is garbage. Not even in the same league as the rest of the list.

I thought the character development was shallow, and the acting was kind of cheesy. Also it was really campy, which I hate. Just my opinion.

11 years ago (deleted Jan 26, 2015 12:55 AM) |

Grooseland

Sorry you're getting downvoted for this, OP. I also like the amazing Spider-Man movies.

It is a bold statement after all. Until the film actually comes out I can't back it up with facts.

LesbianTrappedInManBody

As a HUGE spiderman fan/nerd as much as I want it to be it probably won't.

I can't imagine Spiderman without camp. Maybe this isn't the superhero for you?

There is camp and then over the top camp. In a comic that works but adjustments need to be made on film as its a different medium.

I disagree. A comic book movie should be expected to be campy, and some should even be over the top. Spiderman - from his character, to

(2) his jokes, to his rogues gallery...should definitely be expected to be over the top. Sure, some superhero movies avoid camp and go for

(3) dark/gritty//serious...but those are exceptions.

Zephronias

While I enjoyed the 1st rebooted movie more than the original one, I gotta say the original 2nd was better than the reboot 2nd.

Take 60 seconds and describe the plot to yourself. I bet you either forget the order because it makes no sense, or hate it for same reason.

I'm a big Spidy fan and I hate it. There were good parts but it was mostly just Sony trying to keep the rights. Nevermind if it was any good

luxveniae

Sam Rami's Spider-Man 2 I would say would be the best follow by both of the 1st for their series. AS2 only beast Spidey 3 disaster.

JMANUNIT

i honestly loved it, i didnt even know people thought it was a bad movie until today.

I really liked it too, but evidently *everyone else hates it* and many think it killed the series.

i personally cant wait for the rest of the series.

Hopefully there is one...the Sinister Six movie sounded especially interesting

I don't really hear good arguments on why except for "it sucked, I hate it". Meh, hate away, I think they're nice.

Imgonnatipyouwell

If you're interested this guy gives his thoughts on it pretty entertainingly. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJUk8ZHckxo

Thanks!

i agree, people are entitled to their opinions though, im honestly just suprised it seemed to get this much hate.

I know. I agree with people that complain about way too much ad placement, but story-wise, it seemed fine? I've definitely seen worse.