films of 2012

[Benjamin Grimm]

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.

[Guest themetfairy]

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]

Docs are definitely eligible for Best Picture.

[seawolf17]

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

[Vic Sage]

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]

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]

[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.

Edited January 31, 2013 by Guest

[Guest themetfairy]

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]

Bike movie --- not good enough to enter a lean top ten.

1. Lincoln
   
2. Moonrise Kingdom
   
3. Safety Not Guaranteed
   
4. John Carter
   
5. Brave
   
6. Battleship
   
7. The Amazing Spider-Man
   
8. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
   
9. The Avengers
   
10. Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
    * * *
    Plus:
    
11. Trouble with the Curve
    
12. Premium Rush
    
13. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
    
14. Ruby Sparks

[Vic Sage]

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

[Edgy MD]

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.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Yes, but BATTLESHIP over AVENGERS?

[Edgy MD]

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]

I agree that Ed Norton was the best Bruce Banner.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

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]

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

[Edgy MD]

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]

But Johannson can act, too.

[Edgy MD]

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