2013 is undeniably, so far, the worst year ever for American movies.
— Bret Easton Ellis (@BretEastonEllis) September 5, 2013
I don't know if it's the worst year for American movies, but we've had some really lousy ones. The movies I've seen that I like the most: The Heat, Monsters University, and Turbo.
9 September update: We saw Lee Daniels' The Butler yesterday. It's not a perfect movie (I see you, Field Negro) but full of superb performances (Forrest Whittaker, Oprah Winfrey, Terrence Howard, Lenny Kravitz, David Oyelewo) and inspired cameos (especially James Marsden as JFK and John Cusack as Nixon). And would you have recognized Alan Rickman as Ronald Reagan? The direction is subtle for Daniels, and the music... is that a long-lost Gladys Knight song, or a new one?
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I keep going, "Serious critics are writing about this stuff? I paid to sit through this?"
I'd rather stare at a wall than see movies like the current offerings.
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