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Gravity (2013)
Sandra Bullock in Space...and that's about it.
It's positives are good suspense and good camera work.
But that's it.
This is IN NO WAY comparable to 2001: A Space Odyssey, and is certainly not the best film of the year.
It's Sandra Bullock in space.
Sandra Bullock does what Sandra Bullock does for Sandra Bullock because Sandra Bullock IS Sandra Bullock.
I'm not trolling.
I am NOT kidding.
This film is NOT WORTH YOUR MONEY.
Go see something worth watching. Oh, and its 3D SUCKED.
Only God Forgives (2013)
The Best Film of The Year; Do NOT Listen To The Critics.
This is, without a doubt, the best film of the year as well as the most underrated film of the year.
There is so much to be seen in this piece of art, but the problem with it is that nearly everyone was expecting it to be Drive's sequel. If anything, this is Refn (who is a GENIUS) telling the world he isn't a one-string banjo.
First off, the scenery is beyond gorgeous and apparently filmed in real places, all magnified by Refn's art-house finesse. The story, while simple, is only there to bind these people together. It is not about a drug dealer in Thailand, it is about Julian being surrounded by evil people and feeling tremendous guilt about actions he took at the command of his domineering, psychotic (and possibly sexually abusive) mother. It is about him constantly seeing blood on his hands and the repercussions of his obviously destructive past. He turns on these bad people and receives forgiveness from God.
There is so much in this film that I could fund a "Room 237" film about it. It is just THAT amazing.
The critics will EAT THEIR WORDS about "Only God Forgives", just as they did with "Fight Club" and "The Shining", which were both universally hated when they come out.
This is a film for smart people, not for the masses.