Hey all you DOVEnet Dialers out there~

I was wondering to myself what all you thought were the best movies of
2014. I don't get to the theater near enough myself; trying to think of
some I would consider "best" off of the top of my head is leaving me
without much of a conclusion.

One I have to nominate is "Big Hero 6". Yeah, it's a disney movie, but I
was pretty happy with how it subverted a lot of cultural expectations
about what exactly a superhero or a superhero team is. Also maybe I
watched too much Takashi Miike and I'm bored with violence.

I've heard that "Nightcrawler" is quite good, but I haven't gotten a
chance to see it.

Anyway, what were your favorite films of 2014 and why?
Nerds want to know!

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Re: Best Films of 2014?
By: Telerophon to Dovenet.Entertainment on Wed Jan 14 2015 15:57:01

Hey all you DOVEnet Dialers out there~

I was wondering to myself what all you thought were the best movies of
2014. I don't get to the theater near enough myself; trying to think of
some I would consider "best" off of the top of my head is leaving me
without much of a conclusion.

One I have to nominate is "Big Hero 6". Yeah, it's a disney movie, but I
was pretty happy with how it subverted a lot of cultural expectations
about what exactly a superhero or a superhero team is. Also maybe I
watched too much Takashi Miike and I'm bored with violence.

I've heard that "Nightcrawler" is quite good, but I haven't gotten a
chance to see it.

Anyway, what were your favorite films of 2014 and why?
Nerds want to know!

The Oscars are coming up so I'll wait and see what the "experts" say.

HusTler

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Re: Best Films of 2014?
By: Hustler to Telerophon on Thu Jan 15 2015 10:05 am

The Oscars are coming up so I'll wait and see what the "experts" say.

Hahaha.. The "experts" who gave "Avatar" nothing but "The Hurt Locker" everything?

Jeff

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Re: Best Films of 2014?
By: Jeff Friend to Hustler on Fri Jan 16 2015 07:27 am

Re: Best Films of 2014?
By: Hustler to Telerophon on Thu Jan 15 2015 10:05 am

The Oscars are coming up so I'll wait and see what the "experts" say.

Hahaha.. The "experts" who gave "Avatar" nothing but "The Hurt Locker" everything?

i didnt like avatar but i liked the hurt locker

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On 1/14/2015 3:57 PM, Telerophon wrote:

Anyway, what were your favorite films of 2014 and why?
Nerds want to know!

Of course, I also forgot to mention "The Grand Hotel Budapest", which
was excellent. I have a lot of bizarrely mixed feelings about Wes
Anderson's films, but his style is really evolving in scope and becoming "grander", if you will. I didn't like "The Darjeeling Limited" that
much, and felt that 'Budapest' really marked the maturation of the new, large-scale coming-of-age epic that he has been exploring in his later
films. Very solid, balanced, and well-placed, with fewer flourishes that distracted from the story like in 'Darjeeling'.

It definitely earned its Oscar nomination!

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On 1/15/2015 9:05 AM, Hustler wrote:

The Oscars are coming up so I'll wait and see what the "experts" say.

HusTler

Valid point, although the Oscars are basically a popularity contest at
this point. I'd be interested in seeing how our opinions differ from the "experts". :P

/TLR0

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Re: Best Films of 2014?
By: Mro to Jeff Friend on Thu Jan 15 2015 07:55 pm

i didnt like avatar but i liked the hurt locker

I have not seen the hurt locker. But I am not into war movies. Love Scifi, that's why I like Avatar.

Jeff

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Re: Best Films of 2014?
By: Jeff Friend to Mro on Fri Jan 16 2015 08:11 pm

Re: Best Films of 2014?
By: Mro to Jeff Friend on Thu Jan 15 2015 07:55 pm

i didnt like avatar but i liked the hurt locker

I have not seen the hurt locker. But I am not into war movies. Love Scifi, that's why I like Avatar.

Jeff

you should check out hurt locker. i didnt like avatar because it was too commercial.. too much of the same old stuff.

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On 1/15/2015 3:27 PM, "Jeff Friend" wrote:

Re: Best Films of 2014?
By: Hustler to Telerophon on Thu Jan 15 2015 10:05 am

> The Oscars are coming up so I'll wait and see what the "experts" say.

Hahaha.. The "experts" who gave "Avatar" nothing but "The Hurt Locker" everything?

Jeff

If we're agreeing to the presupposition that the Oscars are essentially
a popularity contest decided upon for political reasons as opposed to
overt cinematic quality of the films nominated, it's pretty simple to
conclude that "Avatar", a Sci-Fi Fantasy Film that's critical of the
military industrial complex, would lose to "The Hurt Locker", a film
which glorifies soldiers and, intentionally or not, warfare.

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Re: Best Films of 2014?
By: Telerophon to Jeff Friend on Fri Jan 16 2015 09:04 pm

conclude that "Avatar", a Sci-Fi Fantasy Film that's critical of the military industrial complex, would lose to "The Hurt Locker", a film
which glorifies soldiers and, intentionally or not, warfare.

uh, think you are looking into this way too far.

avatar was just eye candy. that's okay cause apparently that's what people want.

also, hollywood and the people attached to the oscars are mostly liberal jew who are normally against war.

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Re: Best Films of 2014?
By: Mro to Jeff Friend on Fri Jan 16 2015 03:44 pm

you should check out hurt locker. i didnt like avatar because it was too commercial.. too much of the same old stuff.

Hmm.. Dunno.. War movies are the same.. Same thing over and over again aren't they?

Jeff

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Re: Best Films of 2014?
By: Telerophon to Jeff Friend on Fri Jan 16 2015 09:04 pm

If we're agreeing to the presupposition that the Oscars are essentially
a popularity contest decided upon for political reasons as opposed to
overt cinematic quality of the films nominated, it's pretty simple to conclude that "Avatar", a Sci-Fi Fantasy Film that's critical of the military industrial complex, would lose to "The Hurt Locker", a film
which glorifies soldiers and, intentionally or not, warfare.

But wasn't the director of The Hurt Locker the wife of somoene in power of who got awards? That is just what I heard. I have never looked into it..

Jeff

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On 01-17-15 08:24, Mro wrote to Telerophon <=-

Re: Best Films of 2014?
By: Telerophon to Jeff Friend on Fri Jan 16 2015 09:04 pm

conclude that "Avatar", a Sci-Fi Fantasy Film that's critical of the military industrial complex, would lose to "The Hurt Locker", a film
which glorifies soldiers and, intentionally or not, warfare.

uh, think you are looking into this way too far.

avatar was just eye candy. that's okay cause apparently that's what
people want.

also, hollywood and the people attached to the oscars are mostly
liberal jew who are normally against war.

Is it wrong to be against war now??


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Re: Re: Best Films of 2014?
By: Bill McGarrity to Mro on Sat Jan 17 2015 01:56 pm

avatar was just eye candy. that's okay cause apparently that's what people want.

also, hollywood and the people attached to the oscars are mostly liberal jew who are normally against war.

Is it wrong to be against war now??

i wasnt talking about the rights and the wrongs. i'm just saying that hollywood is super liberal.

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On 01-18-15 08:56, Mro wrote to Bill McGarrity <=-

also, hollywood and the people attached to the oscars are mostly liberal jew who are normally against war.

Is it wrong to be against war now??

i wasnt talking about the rights and the wrongs. i'm just saying that hollywood is super liberal.

Not as liberal as you think.... :)


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Re: Re: Best Films of 2014?
By: Mro to Bill McGarrity on Sun Jan 18 2015 08:56 am

also, hollywood and the people attached to the oscars are mostly liberal jew who are normally against war.

i wasnt talking about the rights and the wrongs. i'm just saying that hollywood is super liberal.

And jew!

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Re: Re: Best Films of 2014?
By: Bill McGarrity to Mro on Sun Jan 18 2015 06:03 pm

i wasnt talking about the rights and the wrongs. i'm just saying that hollywood is super liberal.

Not as liberal as you think.... :)

pretty sure it is

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Re: Best Films of 2014?
By: Telerophon to Dovenet.Entertainment on Wed Jan 14 2015 15:57:01

Birdman, hands down was my favourite. So nice to see something different break through and scoop up a bunch of awards and recognition. Some great film making in action, there.

Honourable mentions for the LEGO Movie and Captain America, too!

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On 2015-04-20 19:06:00 +0000, Lazytitan said:

Re: Best Films of 2014?
By: Telerophon to Dovenet.Entertainment on Wed Jan 14 2015 15:57:01

Birdman, hands down was my favourite. So nice to see something different break
through and scoop up a bunch of awards and recognition. Some great film making
in action, there.

Honourable mentions for the LEGO Movie and Captain America, too!

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My best of 2014 in no particular order:

What We Do in the Shadows (Hilarious vampire comedy)
It Follows
The Guest
Phoenix
Citizenfour
Foxcatcher
Inherent Vice
Birdman
Comet
The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz
Before I Dissapear
Wild Tales (Hilarious Argentinian movie about Revenge)
Mommy
John Wick
Nightcrawler
Whiplash
Interstellar (I know, not everyone like this one. I did not care for
the love crap)
Gone Girl
Guardians of the Galaxy
Boyhood
The Raid 2 Redemption (One of the best if not the best action movie ever made) 22 Jump Street
Edge of Tomorrow
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Who Don't You Play in Hell? (must see if you like your movies crazy and
oozing with atmosphere)
Killers
Captain America: Winter Soldier (easily the best Marvel movie out there)
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Lego Movie
New World

It's tough to choose, but my personal favourite would have to be Nightcrawler.

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