12 Years a Slave
So yeah, this was pretty amazing. Steve McQueen was kind of perfect for this film - his use of long shots and just all round creativity fitted in extremely well with the story. They find a perfect balance of not going overboard with the gruesome violence, but not shying away from it either. The manner in which they give so many characters some time to breath under such a serious setting was also brilliantly done. Excellent performances from Fassbender, Nyong'o and Ejiofor, with some really strong minor performances from the likes of Cumberbatch and Paul Dano. Perfect. 10/10
Anchorman 2
Started off well during the whole recruiting part of the film, but after that it just went downhill quickly. I might be alone here, but I found Brick unbelievably annoying with his constant loud noises and random bursts, easily the worst part about the film. His sub plot with Kirsten Wiig just didn't work at all. All that time focuses on him took away anything for Paul Rudd and Champ, who really weren't given a whole lot to do. It was like a clichéd sequel in many ways, taking everything from the first film and making it BIGGER and LOUDER, thinking that'd make it better somehow. It just didn't do it for me. 4/10