2013, thus far

I'm almost embarrassed to admit how few movies I have seen this year.  It's a very small list:

Admission (7/10)
The Company You Keep (8/10)
Star Trek Into Darkness (9/10)
42 (8/10)
The Great Gatsby (6/10)
Monsters University (8/10)
Despicable Me 2 (7/10

And then the re-releases of Jurassic Park (10/10) and The Little Mermaid (10/10).

Wow, am I behind.  There is a loooooooooong list of films I really want to see right now, and now that I'm not saving money for Disney World anymore, I'm going to head back to the theater here soon.

Admission:  Tina Fey and Paul Rudd are always a good time.  A good movie, but nothing too special.

The Company You Keep:  Loved.  Latest directorial effort from Robert Redford.  I know I am biased toward him, but that doesn't matter.  I really liked the movie.  Great actor after great actor kept popping up.  I couldn't believe such a cast could ever be assembled.  If you like a solid suspense tale, this one is for you.  Especially if you value the greats like I do.

Star Trek Into Darkness:  A lot of Star Trek purist didn't like the alterations that were made.  I never watched the old movies and shows, so I don't have that point of reference.  All I can say is that I loved it.  It was fun and fast moving and the cast was great.  What more do you want from a summer blockbuster?

42:  I wanted to love this movie so much more than I did.  I liked it, but it didn't grab me like I was expecting it to.  I love baseball, especially baseball history.  I'm so glad this movie was made, and it was really solid.  I'm still holding out for a really great baseball movie.  Moneyball and Trouble with the Curve lately haven't done it for me.  This was better.

The Great Gatsby:  I'm growing a bit weary of Leonardo DiCaprio and all his accents.  He keeps picking these characters that I simply can't sympathize with, therefore don't find all that interesting.  This movie was a bit too much.  I didn't quite buy into it.  I'll always love Joel Edgerton, though, and found him quite charismatic as Tom.

Monsters University:  Solid movie from Pixar.  Fun to watch, and I loved the story of how Mike and Sully met.  I just had a problem with it:  At the end of Monsters Inc., you learn that laughter creates more power than screams do.  It was hard for me to really invest in a story that I knew wouldn't really matter.  Why should I care how great of scarers the monsters are when they are going to end up trying to make kids laugh instead of scream?  On its own, I think it was really good.  But with my love of Monsters Inc., I found it hard to separate it and appreciate it on its own.  I'm trying to, which is why I gave it a higher score.

Despicable Me 2 - Fun.  Nothing more.  Nothing less.  Just fun.

That about sums it up for what I've seen so far this year.  Really pathetic.  But stay tuned for what's to come.  There's a lot of great stuff out there in theaters right now ready for me to see.  I just need to find time to do it.