Comments on: The Worst Films Of 2013… So Far…

By: oogle monster

oogle monster — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:33:25 +0000

Curious to know what C. Bell thought of Blue Valentine. I don't agree that TPBTP is anywhere near the worst film of the year but it's no where near as great as Blue Valentine. After Gosling leaves the show, the picture goes down the drain. I know TP was really big on Blue Valentine (I think you guys gave it an A+) but curious to know if Bell likes any of Cianfrance's (rather small) output.

By: ia

ia — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:33:25 +0000

In a few years' time, people will look back (if they even remember to) at The Place Beyond the Pines and realize what a generic, cliched, overwrought, try-hard, pretentious mess it was. You are right on with this list.

By: David

David — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:33:25 +0000

I know it's all opinion but man, some of the films listed here are baffling. That includes 'Place Beyond the Pine'. I love this site. I really do. But man, it can get extreme here.

By: MDL

MDL — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:33:25 +0000

Christopher Bell admits further down that he hasn't seen other films that most would call the 'worst' of the year. So that means we should all chill a bit. Therefore, if one hasn't seen After Earth, Hangover III, Scary Movie 5, Safe Haven, A Good Day to Die Hard or Hansel and Gretel [to name but a few] then one cannot put them on a list of worst films. So instead what gets chosen is the 'worst' of the 'best'. Might be nice if they stated that up front. But it makes for an active comments section.

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:33:25 +0000

Star Trek Into Darkness. Complete and utter garbage, soulless, vapid, corporate-whoring commercialism at its worst. Idiotically written by Kurtzman and 9/11 truther Orci, with not an ounce of wit, style or any semblance of memorable dialogue. The wholesale lifting of the villain and ending of Wrath of Khan was kind of beyond belief, especially as Abrams and co spent two years vehemently denying they would do that. And the final insult to injury was Kirk's magical return from death.

Abhorrent garbage. Abrams, Kurtzman and Orci should stick to TV junk like Xena and Alias. Unfotunately Abrams will now fuck up Star Wars beyond belief too.

Jesus. I wonder what Nicholas Meyer, an intelligent, literate man if ever there was one, made of it all?

By: MishuPishu

MishuPishu — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:33:25 +0000

The WORST thing about this article of the worst movies so far is the idea that a movie that is considered the worst still has value. How is that even possible? Calling something the worst means that it has no value whatsoever and that the two hours (or three to four hours if your talking about Malick) spent watching such horribleness was a total waste of time.

By: Diana

Diana — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:33:25 +0000

Seriously? The Place Beyond The Pines? Okay, maybe Bradley Cooper was not the best person to play the cop turned politician but the rest of the cast was spot on. Gangster squad was pretty terrible. Man of Steel should have made the list as well.

By: Mst3kfan

Mst3kfan — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:33:25 +0000

No mentioning of InAPPropriate Comedy? Or Movie 43, the movie that many critics said could be a contender for one of the worst movies of all time? Come on, guys…

By: hank

hank — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:33:25 +0000

take a walk. playlist.

By: jdog

jdog — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:33:25 +0000

Apart from the failed blockbusters on the list, The Playlist staff have assembled a list of films with pretty solid artistic merit with respectable actors and filmmakers associated. It's totally understandable to be disappointed with a movie. Passionately disappointed. But can you really, REALLY call The Place Beyond The Pines, I'm So Excited and To the Wonder (I totally get your line about pretty visuals and that's about it) some of the worst movies of the year or are you just being haters? I understand being let down by flicks that had the potential to be good — and I think a bunch of these did — but were you really that offended by Malick and Almodovar's misguided visions of grandeur (I won't clump Cianfrance in there, cause I loved that movie) to the point that they should take the place of a shlockier flick in your article and be pooped on in a snarky tone? Or is it 'cause Fast and the Furious 15 is too obvious and keeping the article interesting and diverse means throwing in a few arthouse flick mentions along the way? With all the soul-less cash-grabs and DOAs out there, I'm sure something could've taken To the Wonder's place. Whether you liked that movie or not, it doesn't deserve the same kind of mean spirited critique reserved for movies called Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters. I'm not defending the indie flicks to be the defendor (see what I did there?) of all things pretentious but just to say that even a failed attempt at original and artful story telling makes these flicks too strong to be on the list.

Happy Holidays.

By: logan

logan — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:33:25 +0000

Evil Dead was fucking perfect. In every way.

Every other movie though is spot on.

By: jst

jst — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:33:25 +0000

Gangster Squad was laughably horrid. Why would anyone hire Emma Stone as a femme fatale ? Ha – Ha – Ha !

By: Sagi

Sagi — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:33:25 +0000

You are just trying to get buzz to your list so you put some amazing movies in your list….LAME.

By: Joe B

Joe B — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:33:25 +0000

YOU DISLIKED A MOVIE I LIKE AND I CAME DOWN HERE TO TELL YOU YOU'RE WRONG!!

But seriously, good writing, and you nailed exactly why "Place Beyond the Pines" was my least favorite movie experience of the year, starting with that gratuitous opening shot. Tracking shots do not automatically equal epic cinema.

By: Lucy

Lucy — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:33:25 +0000

I see Ryan Gosling fans. I agree with some on this list and others I don't but we all have different opinions so I dont understand why people get all pissy about it. It's almost laughable how uptight people get when someone disses a film they like. Oh how I love this site! Honestly I do not joking visit it all the time, love the reviews!

By: Kim

Kim — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:33:25 +0000

Parker? Bullet to the Head? The Company You Keep?

By: MemoriesWriter

MemoriesWriter — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:33:25 +0000

I love IndieWire, even if I don't always agree with them on such things. Not that I would consider any of this movies really good, but The Place Beyond the Pines, The Great Gatsby, Stoker & To The Wonder can't be on that list. I mean with so many shitty movies out there, surely there's something else you can think of. Mostly, that's four highly anticipated movies by arguably good directors that get criticized too much because of the hype created before they came out.

By: kate

kate — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:33:25 +0000

spring breakers? cmon

By: Ben

Ben — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:33:25 +0000

I have to agree on "Gangster Squad" but I enjoyed "Evil Dead" though. "Man of Steel" was terrible, it's possibly the worst movie I've seen this year. "The Wolverine" looks promising as well…

By: Om

Om — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:33:25 +0000

Thumbs down to this list. i agree with only 3-4 picks in this list. 'the place beyond the pines' and 'evil dead' don't belong here. and there are far worse movies than 'the incredible burt wonderstone'.

By: Owen

Owen — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:33:25 +0000

Movie 43?

By: honestly

honestly — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:33:25 +0000

Upstream Color is the worst movie of this decade (so far) so I'm not really sure how it wasn't included on this list.

By: MS

MS — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:33:25 +0000

I agree with all of these.

By: Jamie

Jamie — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:33:25 +0000

'Stoker' was "cartoonish and tonally misguided"?! That sentence robbed this article of any and all credibility.

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:33:25 +0000

I only agree with a few movies on this list. You have a really bad taste in movies