Movies I Watched at Home in 2013, List #3

Well, it's time for the rest of my 2013 movies. I think I'll do this again for 2014. I like making myself try to remember what I thought (even if I forgot a lot of it). As usual, there are lot of As and Bs but again I'm trying to avoid the Ds and Fs.

• Cinema Paradiso - C- ;  Man, was this disappointing!!! (There was a lot of ! in this script I think.)
• A Passage to India - C- ;  I hope someone takes another stab at adapting this novel, cuz this one is chock-full of bad decisions.
• Born Yesterday - A- ;  I'd always avoided this movie because I was afraid to watch the pretty young thing that beat out both Bette Davis and Gloria Swanson for an Oscar. Well, that was dumb. Judy Holliday is fantastic. The movie is just about as good as she is.
• Adam's Rib - B ; See previous comments on Woman of the Year
• Before Sunrise and Before Sunset - A ; I watched these ahead of seeing Before Midnight. These movies make my heart swell way too big, just like the Grinch's.
• Female - B- ; This movie is pre-code and you have to see it to believe how free and easy they are with this lady's libido.
• To Rome with Love - D- ; The presence of Judy Davis makes it impossible to give this an F.
• Lady in the Lake C ; The first-person camera makes for a good reason to watch this, even when it's unintentionally funny.
• Front Page Woman - B+ ;  It's no His Girl Friday, but it's crackin.
• Melancholia - A ; I felt like I had watched The Tree of Life in a funhouse mirror.
• Detective Story - B+ ; Welcome to the movies, Lee Grant!
• The Wild One - D;   The whole thing seems sensational and ridiculous. I identified with the old people.
• The Virgin Spring - A ;  Mythical, touching, remarkable.
• In Bruges - A- ;  Hard to beat a good slow burn.
• Behind the Candelabra - B ;  Once again, I do not really go for these relationship-over-the-years movies.
• The Lion in Winter - A-;  Wowza! The story seemed to take a lot of sudden turns - but really, who cares? Get familiar with the facts on Wikipedia, and then watch Katharine Hepburn and Peter O'Toole go at it.
• Shakespeare in Love - B+ ; Still not happy about those Oscars, but I watched this again to remember why I shouldn't dismiss it. Why? Tom Stoppard.
• Becket - B+ ;  Now, friendship-over-the-years movies?  I like those better, especially when the friendship has historically significant consequences.
• Tootsie - A+ ; Best acting ensemble ever? OK.....top 5?  I mean it. Watch it; let's discuss.
• Nothing Sacred - A- ;  Completely silly, and a pretty smart satire.
• It Happened One Night - A ; I am ashamed it took me this long to watch this.
• Silkwood - C+ ; I hate my job.
• The Dead - B+ ; I wish I were smart enough to appreciate the depth of this thing in one viewing.
• Minnie & Moskowitz - C ; There is this one scene near the beginning with Gena Rowlands and an  older friend talking and it is quiet and beautiful and got me really excited about what was to come. Then everyone just started over-reacting and yelling and I just can't stand it.
• Romeo and Juliet (1968)- A ;  It is too bad my 9th grade self was too obsessed with St. Elmo's Fire and the like to understand what all was going on here. 
• Happy-Go-Lucky - A- ; Slice of life and social commentary, with a little too much screaming. Did Mike Leigh make this? 
• Richard III (1995) - B ;  I love this shit.
• Elysium - B-;  It's no District 9, but no complaints. Except Jodie Foster. She's hilarious.
• The Rules of the Game ( La Règle du jeu)- A-; So many characters, so many relationships, so many conversations -- and I have to rely on the damn subtitles to pick up on any of it?  It's enough though. And those shots!
• Angel and the Badman - B+;  This would be a great candidate for a remake (maybe with less of a sledgehammer title).
• Get Low - B-; I'm afraid I nodded off somewhere(s), and as a result I think I missed the point.
• The Deadly Companions - C-; A Sam Peckinpah western with a female lead?! And the lead is Maureen O'Hara?  And Brian Keith is second billed?  Let me get this straight: a Sam Peckinpah western with the couple from The Parent Trap?!  Yeah, well, don't get too excited. This movie is a snooze.
• Love and Death -  A; There is nothing about this movie that I do not adore. Wheat.
• Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Sex -  B+  That last bit would be a hit if it were made tomorrow.
• American Psycho - B+ ; I watched this movie just so I could feel good about humanity after going to see The Wolf of Wall Street.
• Broadway Danny Rose - B+ ;  I feel comfortable saying that if I had seen this movie in high school, I would have been obsessed with Mia Farrow.