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Vic Sage Jan 02 2013 03:38 PM Edited 9 time(s), most recently on Jan 15 2013 09:05 AM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_in_film What i saw this year: [u:6d8shel9]liked so far:[/u:6d8shel9] THE AVENGERS THE CABIN IN THE WOODS THE DARK KNIGHT RISES DJANGO UNCHAINED THE GREY THE HUNGER GAMES JOHN CARTER LES MISERABLES LIFE OF PI LINCOLN SKYFALL TED [u:6d8shel9]eh:[/u:6d8shel9] ABRAHAM LINCOLN:VAMPIRE HUNTER AMAZING SPIDER-MAN BRAVE CHRONICLE DR. SEUSS'S THE LORAX DREDD DARK SHADOWS FRANKENWEENIE HOBBIT PROMETHEUS SNOW WHITE & THE HUNTSMAN TOTAL RECALL UNDERWORLD: AWAKENING [u:6d8shel9]hated:[/u:6d8shel9] 21 JUMP STREET BATTLESHIP GHOST RIDER 2 PROJECT X THREE STOOGES WRATH OF THE TITANS What i still intend to see: HAYWIRE MOONRISE KINGDOM SEEKING A FRIEND FOR THE END OF THE WORLD SAVAGES KILLER JOE BOURNE LEGACY ARBITRAGE THE MASTER LOOPER PARANORMAN ARGO 7 PSYCHOPATHS THE MAN WITH THE IRON FISTS WRECK-IT RALPH CLOUD ATLAS HITCHCOCK KILLING THEM SOFTLY ZERO DARK THIRTY JACK REACHER THE SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK The Perks of Being a Wallflower Flight Beasts of the Southern Wild Safety Not Guaranteed Ruby Sparks [u:6d8shel9]my current top 10:[/u:6d8shel9] LIFE OF PI LINCOLN DJANGO UNCHAINED THE AVENGERS THE DARK KNIGHT RISES THE GREY JOHN CARTER CABIN IN THE WOODS LES MISERABLES SKYFALL But based on what I've read and heard so far, I'd project my final top 10 will end up looking more like this: LIFE OF PI -ARGO LINCOLN -ZERO DARK THIRTY THE AVENGERS DJANGO UNCHAINED THE DARK KNIGHT RISES -MOONRISE KINGDOM -BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD -SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK

Benjamin Grimm Jan 02 2013 03:47 PM Re: films of 2012

Wow; I've only seen Avengers, Dark Knight, and Brave. There are a bunch that I do intend to see once they get to cable.

Edgy MD Jan 03 2013 07:32 AM Re: films of 2012

Dude, Madea's Witness Protection?

sharpie Jan 03 2013 07:39 AM Re: films of 2012

What I've seen this year: SEARCHING FOR SUGARMAN* SALMON FISHING IN THE YEMEN LINCOLN ARGO DJANGO UNCHAINED* SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK* THE QUEEN OF VERSAILLES BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD* FAREWELL, MY QUEEN FOOTNOTE MOONRISE KINGDOM* Top 5 are asterisked.

seawolf17 Jan 03 2013 07:50 AM Re: films of 2012

Just off Vic's list, I've seen pretty much the kid movies (Lorax, Brave, Paranorman, Ralph), plus The Hunger Games. Want to see Ted, Vampire Lincoln, Hobbit, and Django. (We don't do movies much.)

Edgy MD Jan 03 2013 07:56 AM Re: films of 2012

What I saw, in order of goodness: [list=1][*]Moonrise Kingdom[/*:m] [*]Safety Not Guaranteed[/*:m] [*]John Carter[/*:m] [*]Brave[/*:m] [*]Battleship[/*:m] [*]The Amazing Spider-man[/*:m] [*]The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey[/*:m] [*]The Avengers[/*:m] [*]Salmon Fishing in the Yemen[/*:m] [*]Trouble with the Curve * * * Plus:[/*:m] [*]The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel[/*:m] [*]Ruby Sparks[/*:m][/list:o] Basically, I didn't see anything all that wonderful. The best new film I saw was on the plane coming back from Africa, but it was a French film that didn't get a stateside release. What I missed, in alphabetical order: [Rec] 3: Genesis 10 Years 17 Girls 21 Jump Street 30 Beats 4:44 Last Day on Earth 5 Broken Cameras 6 Month Rule A Cat in Paris A Little Bit of Heaven A Royal Affair A Thousand Words About Cherry Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter Act of Valor Addicted to Fame Albatross Alex Cross All In: the Poker Movie All In: the Poker Movie American Reunion Americano Amour Anna Karenina Any Day Now Arbitrage Argo ATM Attenberg Bachelorette Backwards Bad Ass Bangkok Revenge Barfi! Battlefield America Beauty and the Beast 3D Being Flynn Bel Ami Beloved Bernie Beware of Mr. Baker Big Miracle Blue Like Jazz Brake Branded Bringing Up Bobby Bully Butter California Solo Casa De Mi Padre Celeste and Jesse Forever Chasing Mavericks Chernobyl Diaries Chicken with Plums Chico & Rita Chimpanzee Chronicle Cirque Du Soleil Worlds Away Cloud Atlas Comes a Bright Day Comic-Con: Episode IV: a Fan's Hope Compliance Contraband Coriolanus Cosmopolis Damsels in Distress Dark Horse Dark Shadows Dark Tide Darling Companion Deadfall Detachment Detention Detropia Diana Vreeland: the Eye Has to Travel Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days Django Unchained Don't Go in the Woods Dr. Seuss' the Lorax Dragon Dredd Ek Tha Tiger Elena Elena End of Watch Excuse Me for Living Extraterrestrial Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Farewell, My Queen Finding Nemo 3D First Position Flight Flying Swords of Dragon Gate Footnote For a Good Time, Call... For Ellen For Greater Glory For the Love of Money Francine Frankenweenie Freelancers Fun Size Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance Girl Model Gone Good Deeds Goodbye First Love Goon Grassroots Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai Haywire Headhunters Hecho En Mexico Hello I Must Be Going Here Here Comes the Boom Hermano Hick High School Hit and Run Hit So Hard Hitchcock Holy Motors Hope Springs Hotel Transylvania House at the End of the Street How to Grow a Band How to Survive a Plague Hyde Park on Hudson Hysteria Ice Age: Continental Drift In Darkness Intruders Jack Reacher Jeff, Who Lives at Home Jesus Henry Christ Jiro Dreams of Sushi Journey 2: the Mysterious Island Joyful Noise Katy Perry: Part of Me Keep the Lights On Keyhole Kill List Killer Joe Killing Them Softly Kumare L!fe Happens Last Call at the Oasis Last Ounce of Courage Lawless Les Miserables Liberal Arts Life of Pi Lincoln Little Birds Little White Lies Lockout LOL Lola Versus Looper (They made a film about Braden Looper?) Loosies Love Birds Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted Madea's Witness Protection Magic Mike Man on a Ledge Marley Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God MIB 3 Middle of Nowhere Mirror Mirror Miss Bala Monsieur Lazhar Monsters, Inc. 3D Musical Chairs My Uncle Rafael Nate & Margaret Not Born to Be Gladiators Not Fade Away October Baby On the Road Once Upon a Time in Anatolia One for the Money Paranormal Activity 4 ParaNorman Parental Guidance Patagonia Rising Peace, Love & Misunderstanding People Like Us Perfect Sense Piranha 3DD Pitch Perfect Playback Playing for Keeps Polisse Post Mortem Premium Rush Price Check Project X Prometheus Promised Land Pusher Rampart Red Dawn Red Hook Summer Red Lights Red Tails Resident Evil: Retribution Return Rise of the Guardians Robot & Frank Rock of Ages Ruby Sparks Rust & Bone Safe Safe House Samsara Savages Seattle Seeking a Friend for the End of the World Seeking Justice Serving Up Richard Seven Psychopaths Side by Side Silent Hill: Revelation 3D Silent House Silent Night Sing Your Song Sinister Skyfall Sleepwalk with Me Smashed Snow White and the Huntsman Solomon Kane Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You Something from Nothing: the Art of Rap Sound of My Voice Sparkle Star Wars: Episode I - the Phantom Menace 3D Step Up 4 Stolen Surviving Proress Take This Waltz Taken 2 Talaash Ted Teddy Bear That's My Boy The Ambassador The Apparition The Assault The Awakening The Barrens The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel The Bourne Legacy The Cabin in the Woods The Campaign The Central Park Five The Cold Light of Day The Collection The Cup The Dark Knight Rises The Day The Deep Blue Sea The Devil Inside The Dictator The Divide The Do-deca-pentathlon The Expendables 2 The Eye of the Storm The Fitzgerald Family Christmas The Five Year Engagement The Flowers of War The Good Doctor The Grey The Guild Trip The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey The Hole The Hunger Games The Hunter The Inbetweeners The Innkeepers The Invisible War The Iron Lady The Island President The Lady The Lion of Judah The Loneliest Planet The Lucky One The Man with the Iron Fists The Master The Moth Diaries The Odd Life of Timothy Green The Oogieloves in the BIG Balloon Adventure The Other Dream Team The Paperboy The Perfect Family The Perks of Being a Wallflower The Pirates! Band of Misfits The Possession The Queen of Versailles The Raid: Redemption The Raven The Runway The Samaritan The Sessions The Silver Linings Playbook The Tall Man The Three Stooges The Tortured The Trouble with Bliss The Turin Horse The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 The Vow The Waiting Room The Watch The Wicker Tree The Woman in Black The Woman in the Fifth The Words Thin Ice Think Like a Man This Is Forty This Means War This Must Be the Place Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie Titanic 3D To Rome with Love To the Arctic 3D Total Recall Touchback Toys in the Attic Trishna Turn Me On, Dammit! Twixt Unconditional Undefeated Underworld: Awakening Union Square Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning Virginia W.E. Wanderlust War of the Buttons We Have a Pope We Need to Talk About Kevin West of Memphis What to Expect When You're Expecting Why Stop Now Woman Thou Art Loosed!: on the 7th Day Won't Back Down Wrath of the Titans Wreck-It Ralph Wuthering Heights You May Not Kiss the Bride Your Sister's Sister Zero Dark Thirty

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jan 03 2013 07:59 AM Re: films of 2012

I threw up a poll for every flick I saw this year, so they should all be here. Do the community a solid and do the same in 2013!

Mets – Willets Point Jan 03 2013 08:09 AM Re: films of 2012

I saw no films in 2012.

seawolf17 Jan 03 2013 09:12 AM Re: films of 2012

Is that the complete list of 2012? Then I missed a few. Saw Magadascar 3, Star Wars 3D, Pirates! Band of Misfits, and the indescribably awful Casa De Mi Padre. And add Sasha Baron Cohen's "The Dictator" to my "want to see" list, as part of it was filmed out here.

Vic Sage Jan 03 2013 09:16 AM Re: films of 2012

it was as crappy a year in cinemAH as i can recall.

Edgy MD Jan 03 2013 09:38 AM Re: films of 2012

I went to a multiplex last weekend to see The Hobbit: An Unexpected Turkey, and walking around the lobby, virtually every poster and cardboard cutout features somebody pointing a big sexy gun at me. At least three of the previews shown before Bilbo and Thorin go to Erebor were set amidst an apocalyptic scenario. You see a film in the wake of Sandy Hook, you can't avoid it.

Swan Swan H Jan 03 2013 10:15 AM Re: films of 2012

We hardly get to the movies, but Silver Linings Playbook was the one that I made an effort to get to see, and it was totally worth it.

Frayed Knot Jan 03 2013 10:16 AM Re: films of 2012 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jan 03 2013 12:23 PM

Judging from the above list, I didn't have a very movie-going year. In rough order of goodness: Argo Premium Rush Looper The Grey Ted Safe House

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jan 03 2013 11:35 AM Re: films of 2012

In rough order of quality, not including re-releases: AVENGERS CABIN IN THE WOODS DARK KNIGHT RISES THE PIRATES! BAND OF MISFITS BRAVE GOON AMAZING SPIDER-MAN Might be my least-fillum-ic year yet.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jan 03 2013 11:58 AM Re: films of 2012

This looks like my list. Moonrise Kingdom Safety Not Guaranteed The Avengers 21 Jump Street Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days Dr. Seuss' the Lorax Ice Age: Continental Drift Jeff, Who Lives at Home Liberal Arts ParaNorman Rise of the Guardians Ted The Dictator The Hunger Games The Pirates! Band of Misfits Why Stop Now I'd still like to get to THIS IS 40, LINCOLN, DJANGO, ARGO and if what I read is accurate any/all 4 will top my 2K12 list. Was disappointed with most of what I saw this year.

Edgy MD Jan 03 2013 12:01 PM Re: films of 2012

Can you rank those? OE: Hey, wait. I know you saw Safety Not Guaranteed.

Ceetar Jan 03 2013 12:11 PM Re: films of 2012

I wanted to see at least twice as many and just never got to them. I will. in order: Django Unchained The Hunger Games Wreck-It Ralph The Avengers Premium Rush Ted 21 Jump Street Bourne Legacy (I think..) Alex Cross Anna Karenina

sharpie Jan 03 2013 01:11 PM Re: films of 2012

Okay, ordering mine: SEARCHING FOR SUGARMAN SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK DJANGO UNCHAINED MOONRISE KINGDOM BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD LINCOLN ARGO THE QUEEN OF VERSAILLES FOOTNOTE FAREWELL, MY QUEEN SALMON FISHING IN THE YEMEN

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jan 03 2013 01:21 PM Re: films of 2012

It's hard to put all these in order, as they are all about the same. (Edit, adding in 3 films I forgot and/or weren't listed above) Safety Not Guaranteed Chronicle The Dictator Oslo, Aug. 31 Jeff, Who Lives at Home The Hunger Games The Avengers Liberal Arts Why Stop Now 21 Jump Street Ted Klown Moonrise Kingdom Cartoons and Kids Movies None of these were outstanding, none were terrible (well, Ice Age deserves its spot on the caboose, but otherwise). ParaNorman Rise of the Guardians The Pirates! Band of Misfits Dr. Seuss' the Lorax Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days Ice Age: Continental Drift

Vic Sage Jan 04 2013 12:25 PM Re: films of 2012

WGA nominations announced -- adapted screenplay: "Lincoln" "Argo" ''Silver Linings Playbook" ''Life of Pi" "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" original screenplay: "Zero Dark Thirty" "Flight" ''Looper" ''The Master" "Moonrise Kingdom"

metsmarathon Jan 04 2013 01:36 PM Re: films of 2012

in order: 1. wreck-it ralph 2. skyfall 3. mib 3

Vic Sage Jan 07 2013 01:53 PM Re: films of 2012

2013 golden globe nominations: -drama ARGO DJANGO UNCHAINED LIFE OF PI LINCOLN ZERO DARK THIRTY – comedy/musical THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL ? LES MISERABLES MOONRISE KINGDOM SALMON FISHING IN THE YEMEN SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK -animation BRAVE FRANKENWEENIE HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA RISE OF THE GUARDIANS WRECK-IT RALPH -Foreign Language AMOUR (AUSTRIA) A ROYAL AFFAIR (DENMARK) THE INTOUCHABLES (FRANCE) KON-TIKI (NORWAY/UK/DENMARK) RUST AND BONE (FRANCE)

sharpie Jan 08 2013 09:30 AM Re: films of 2012

If the Golden Globes counting THE INTOUCHABLES as a 2011 film then I saw that, too (on a plane). Revised list: SEARCHING FOR SUGARMAN SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK DJANGO UNCHAINED MOONRISE KINGDOM BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD LINCOLN ARGO THE QUEEN OF VERSAILLES THE INTOUCHABLES FOOTNOTE FAREWELL, MY QUEEN SALMON FISHING IN THE YEMEN

Vic Sage Jan 08 2013 01:05 PM Re: films of 2012

DGA nominations: Ben Affleck - ARGO Ang Lee - LIFE OF PI Stephen Spielberg - LINCOLN Kathryn Bigelow - ZERO DARK THIRTY Tom Hooper - LES MISERABLES Hooper over Tarantino? I don't think so. LES MIZ was nearly ruined by his direction.

Vic Sage Jan 10 2013 10:19 AM Re: films of 2012

Best Picture Oscar nominees http://cdn.media.oscar.abc.com/media/20 ... minees.pdf "Beasts of the Southern Wild" "Silver Linings Playbook" "Zero Dark Thirty" "Lincoln" "Les Misérables" "Life of Pi" "Amour" (foreign) "Django Unchained" "Argo" the only surprises here i guess are the inclusion of the foreign language film AMOUR (which is somehow also eligible as best foreign language film) and the exlusions of MOONRISE KINGDOM, THE MASTER and FLIGHT, which all got some pre-nomination buzz. Also: [u:1vbmervd]Animated Feature Film[/u:1vbmervd] "Brave" "Frankenweenie" "ParaNorman" "The Pirates! Band of Misfits" "Wreck-It Ralph" [u:1vbmervd]Documentary feature:[/u:1vbmervd] 5 Broken Cameras The Gatekeepers How to Survive a Plague The Invisible War Searching for Sugar Man [u:1vbmervd]Foreign Language:[/u:1vbmervd] Amour (Austria) Kon-Tiki (Norway) No (Chile) A Royal Affair (Denmark) War Witch (Canada)

Edgy MD Jan 10 2013 10:31 AM Re: films of 2012

Updated the list to include Lincoln on top. And it's not like I lubbed it. [list=1][*]Lincoln[/*:m] [*]Moonrise Kingdom[/*:m] [*]Safety Not Guaranteed[/*:m] [*]John Carter[/*:m] [*]Brave[/*:m] [*]Battleship[/*:m] [*]The Amazing Spider-Man[/*:m] [*]The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey[/*:m] [*]The Avengers[/*:m] [*]Salmon Fishing in the Yemen * * * Plus:[/*:m] [*]Trouble with the Curve[/*:m] [*]The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel[/*:m] [*]Ruby Sparks[/*:m][/list:o]

Benjamin Grimm Jan 10 2013 10:49 AM Re: films of 2012

Amour is from Austria? And they made it in French? I saw The Impossible last week, and judging from the credits, it had every appearance of being a Spanish-made film, but it was entirely in English. Is this a new trend? Also, I'm wondering, if Amour can crossover and be nominated in two categories, has a documentary ever been nominated as best picture? Or an animated film since that category was created?

themetfairy Jan 10 2013 10:55 AM Re: films of 2012

I'm pretty sure that Beauty and the Beast was the last animated film to be nominated for Best Picture (and it should have won - IMO it was better than Unforgiven), but that was the last year before the Best Animated Film category was created.

sharpie Jan 10 2013 11:02 AM Re: films of 2012

Pretty sure a documentary has never been nominated for best picture. Several times, however, that foreign films have also been nominated for best picture. I believe the last time might have been Life Is Beautiful and also The Postman (Il Postino) as opposed to the Kevin Costner The Postman which wouldn't make anyone's shortlist of anything positive.

Mets – Willets Point Jan 10 2013 11:06 AM Re: films of 2012

It's rumored that due to suspicions of CGI enhancements in many of last year's films, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences won't be giving Oscar awards to any of these films.

Benjamin Grimm Jan 10 2013 11:08 AM Re: films of 2012

themetfairy wrote: I'm pretty sure that Beauty and the Beast was the last animated film to be nominated for Best Picture (and it should have won - IMO it was better than Unforgiven), but that was the last year before the Best Animated Film category was created. I think that Up and Toy Story 3 were nominated.

themetfairy Jan 10 2013 11:12 AM Re: films of 2012

OK - I think you're right. Beauty and the Beast was the last animated film nominated when only five films could be nominated for Best Picture.

Edgy MD Jan 10 2013 11:16 AM Re: films of 2012

Docs are definitely eligible for Best Picture.

seawolf17 Jan 10 2013 12:23 PM Re: films of 2012

Tough break for the other four "foreign film" nominees.

Vic Sage Jan 11 2013 08:25 AM Re: films of 2012

Critics’ Choice Movie Awards announced today (WINNERS IN BOLD): BEST FEATURE Argo Beasts of the Southern Wild Django Unchained Les Miserables Life of Pi Lincoln The Master Moonrise Kingdom Silver Linings Playbook Zero Dark Thirty BEST COMEDY Bernie Silver Linings Playbook Ted This Is 40 21 Jump Street BEST ANIMATED FEATURE Brave Frankenweenie Madagascar 3 ParaNorman Rise of the Guardians Wreck-It Ralph BEST ACTION MOVIE The Avengers The Dark Knight Rises Looper Skyfall BEST SCI-FI/HORROR MOVIE Cabin in the Woods Looper Prometheus BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM Amour The Intouchables A Royal Affair Rust and Bone BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE Bully The Imposter Queen of Versailles Searching for Sugar Man The Central Park Five West of Memphis

Vic Sage Jan 14 2013 09:19 AM Re: films of 2012

GOLDEN GLOBES BEST PICTURE: DRAMA "Argo" "Django Unchained" "Life of Pi" "Lincoln" "Zero Dark Thirty" BEST PICTURE: COMEDY OR MUSICAL "Exotic Marigold Hotel" "Les Miserables" "Moonrise Kingdom" "Salmon Fishing in the Yemen" "Silver Linings Playbook" BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM "Amour" "A Royal Affair" "The Intouchables" "Kon-Tiki" BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM "Brave" "Frankenweenie" "Hotel Transylvania" "Rise of the Guardians" "Wreck-It-Ralph"

Vic Sage Jan 31 2013 03:46 PM Re: films of 2012 Edited 2 time(s), most recently on Feb 01 2013 10:10 AM

[u:280tabs6]current top 10:[/u:280tabs6] LIFE OF PI ARGO LINCOLN THE AVENGERS DJANGO UNCHAINED THE DARK KNIGHT RISES BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD LOOPER JOHN CARTER SKYFALL [u:280tabs6]borderline:[/u:280tabs6] THE CABIN IN THE WOODS THE GREY THE HUNGER GAMES LES MISERABLES TED HOBBIT BRAVE SPIDER-MAN [u:280tabs6]still want to see:[/u:280tabs6] -SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK -MOONRISE KINGDOM -ZERO DARK THIRTY -THE MASTER -RUBY SPARKS -SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED -FLIGHT -SALMON FISHING IN THE YEMEN -WRECK-IT RALPH But you couldn't make me watch AMOUR if you put a gun to my head.

themetfairy Jan 31 2013 05:07 PM Re: films of 2012

Some of those films are available on On Demand. Wreck-It Ralph is very cute. My son (the Game Design major) especially loved it. The Master is well acted but a scattered bore of a film. Silver Linings Playbook is overrated but it features some good performances (primarily Jennifer Lawrence's). Flight comes out on DVD/On Demand on Tuesday - D-Dad and I will watch it then. Salmon Fishing and Moonrise Kingdom are both available on On Demand. Salmon Fishing was the better film IMO, but they're both watchable. Zero Dark Thirty isn't as good as advertised, but the final 45 minutes are riveting.

Edgy MD Feb 01 2013 07:28 AM Re: films of 2012

Bike movie --- not good enough to enter a lean top ten. [list=1][*]Lincoln[/*:m] [*]Moonrise Kingdom[/*:m] [*]Safety Not Guaranteed[/*:m] [*]John Carter[/*:m] [*]Brave[/*:m] [*]Battleship[/*:m] [*]The Amazing Spider-Man[/*:m] [*]The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey[/*:m] [*]The Avengers[/*:m] [*]Salmon Fishing in the Yemen * * * Plus:[/*:m] [*]Trouble with the Curve[/*:m] [*]Premium Rush[/*:m] [*]The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel[/*:m] [*]Ruby Sparks[/*:m][/list:o]

Vic Sage Feb 01 2013 10:06 AM Re: films of 2012

BATTLESHIP? Really? Can you explain? I'm not trying to be all judgy; I just don't understand.

Edgy MD Feb 02 2013 09:45 AM Re: films of 2012

It was a crappy year --- at least from where I stood. It was a two-bit popcorn movie whose best parts were stolen from other films, and has one of those headscratching hooray everything's great now post-climax wrap-ups that every jingoist action movie seems to have, but it went down better than, for instance, The Hobbit --- which, as you noted, was technically excellent, but largely heartless, despite being derived from a book overflowing with heart. It was comparable to John Carter (and hey! starred the same dude!). Goofy and absurd but with colorful and well drawn, if shallow, characters moving quickly. When you can't find nutritious viewing, sometimes the best you can do is shop in the cheese aisle. I'm apparently the only one who saw this lumpy summer cheesefest. Don't make too much of my ranking, as I only gave it 2 1/2 out of five stars. I just didn't like much of anything I saw this year.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 04 2013 10:09 PM Re: films of 2012

Yes, but BATTLESHIP over AVENGERS?

Edgy MD Feb 05 2013 06:03 AM Re: films of 2012

Yeah, how 'bout that? A lot of cheesy action is pretty bunched up there. My main issues with Avengers are in the thread devoted to it. The battlefield layouts were confusing, there were plot holes that could have been easily explained with a tossed-off line or two here or there but they just didn't bother. The characters were just more appealing. There's a reason Iron Man got a lot more money than Captain America or Thor to appear. Poeple love those characters on the page but these actors haven't exactly caught folks' imaginations with how they've brought the characters off the page. They're glorified ink. The one other guy who kinda did was Norton, and he didn't come back. Avengers was certainly more ambitious and I give them credit for that, but well, so was The Hobbit. They just didn't get there for me.

Benjamin Grimm Feb 05 2013 06:32 AM Re: films of 2012

I agree that Ed Norton was the best Bruce Banner.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 05 2013 06:55 AM Re: films of 2012

Agree about Banner. But as to the performances... well, maybe for the super-principals. But Jackson's job was maybe the best thing about the movie, and Hiddleston does more than credible work with a baddie with whom I've never really connected before.

Vic Sage Feb 05 2013 10:47 AM Re: films of 2012

S-S-Scarlett as B-B-Black widow. What in BATTLESHIP is better than that?

Edgy MD Feb 05 2013 10:55 AM Re: films of 2012

Well, my testosterone levels are falling even as I type this, but if you're looking for video sexuality, some younger and hornier folks than myself find that Brooklyn Decker and Rhianna push their buttons just fine.

Vic Sage Feb 05 2013 11:00 AM Re: films of 2012

But Johannson can act, too.

Edgy MD Feb 05 2013 11:03 AM Re: films of 2012

Oh, I'm sorry. I hadn't realized we were discussing The Craft.