2012 Film List (Reviews, Discussion, Tracking)

2012 Film List

Total Films Seen: 6

Last Updated: 15 April 2012

Criteria: Seen in a cinema during 2012; 2012 North American releases seen on DVD in 2012

Date Film Title, Director, Star Rating (Movie Theater)
2012-01-27 Shame [2010], Steve McQueen, (Spectrum 8 Theatres)
2012-02-03 Chronicle, Josh Trank, (Madison Theater)
2012-02-25 Safe House, Daniel Espinosa, (Regal Crossgates Stadium 18 & IMAX)
2012-03-17 21 Jump Street, Phil Lord & Chris Miller, (Regal Crossgates Stadium 18 & IMAX)
2012-03-23 The Hunger Games, Gary Ross, (Spectrum 8 Theatres)
2012-04-15 Cabin in the Woods, Drew Goddard, (Bow Tie Movieland 6)
2012-05 The Avengers, Joss Whedon, (Regal Colonie Center 13)
2012-05-26 Dark Shadows, Tim Burton, (Regal Crossgates Stadium 18 & IMAX)
Edited by Adam Lenhardt - 5/26/12 at 7:49pm

2012 Film List

Total Films Seen: 13

Last Updated: May 20th

Criteria: North American Release

Films

Woman in Black (Director - James Watkins) **1/2
Underworld: Awakening (Directors - Måns Mårlind and Björn Stein) ***
Chronicle (Director - Josh Trank) ***1/2
John Carter (Director - Andrew Stanton) ***
21 Jump Street (Directors - Phil Lord and Chris Miller)***1/2
The Hunger Games (Director - Gary Ross) ***1/2
Wrath of the Titans (Director - Jonathan Liebesman) **
American Reunion (Directors - Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg) ***
Cabin in the Woods (Director - Drew Goddard) ***1/2
Marvel's The Avengers (Director - Joss Whedon) ***1/2
The Dictator (Director - Larry Charles) **1/2
Dark Shadows (Director - Tim Burton) **1/2
Battleship (Director - Peter Berg) ***

Ranking

1. Marvel's The Avengers
2. The Hunger Games
3. Cabin in the Woods
4. 21 Jump Street
5. Chronicle
6. American Reunion
7. Battleship
8. John Carter
9. Underworld: Awakening
10. Dark Shadows
11. The Dictator
12. Woman in Black
13. Wrath of the Titans
Edited by Travis_S - 5/20/12 at 9:45pm

Last Updated: 05/29/12
Last Seen: Tiny Furniture (2010) - 

Eligible 2012 Film Count: 10
2011 Film List Continued: 62
Pre-2011 Films Seen For the First Time: 25
Revisits: 11
Total Seen to Date: 108

2012 Film List

ALL RATINGS OUT OF (FIVE) STARS

 

The Cabin in the Woods

 

Chronicle
The Avengers

 

The Grey
Haywire

Contraband
 

Gone
John Carter
The Woman in Black

 

Underworld: Awakening
 

2011 Film List continued...
(these titles will also be added to the actual 2011 Film List)

ALL RATINGS OUT OF (FIVE) STARS
 

The Ides of March
Take Shelter
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
 

A Separation (Jodaeiye Nader az Simin)
The Adventures of Tin Tin
The Arbor
Coriolanus
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)
Incendies
Martha Marcy May Marlene
Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol
Project Nim
Puss in Boots
The Skin I Live In (La Piel Que Habito)
Young Adult

 

A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas
The Artist
Buck
Carnage
Hugo
The Interrupters
Ironclad
Life in a Day
The Muppets
Shame
Tucker and Dale vs Evil
Tyrannosaur 

 

A Dangerous Method
The Devil's Double
Our Idiot Brother
Immortals
Inni
Like Crazy
The Rum Diary
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
The Thing (2011)
Tower Heist
Paranormal Activity 3
War Horse
We Bought a Zoo
We Need To Talk About Kevin

Anonymous
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
Happy Feet Two
In Time
The Innkeepers
The Iron Lady
Killer Elite
My Week With Marilyn
Real Steel
The Way


The Darkest Hour
Dream House
The Future
The Sitter
The Three Musketeers (2011)

Alvin & the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked
Columbiana
The Smurfs
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1

ZERO STARS
Atlas Shrugged: Part 1
The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence)
 

Pre-2011 Films Seen For the First Time

ALL RATINGS OUT OF (FIVE) STARS

 

Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
Hard Eight (Sidney) (1997)
Mary and Max (2010)
Tiny Furniture (2010)


Claire's Knee (Le Genou de Claire) (1970)
The Guns of Navarone (1961)
Say Anything... (1989)
The War Room (1993)

 

The Apostle (1997)
Citizen Ruth (1996)
The Garden (2008)
Harmony and Me (2010)
Lost in La Mancha (2003)
Moulin Rogue (2001)
Vanya on 42nd Street (1994)
Walking and Talking (1996)
 

Highball (1997)
Throne of Blood (Kumonosu-jô) (1957)

 

Beautiful Girls (1996)
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
The Crossing Guard (1995)
The Human Stain (2003)
Parenthood (1989)
That Uncertain Feeling (1941)


Eraserhead (1977)

 

Revisits

ALL RATINGS OUT OF (FIVE) STARS
 

The Departed (2006)
Michael Clayton (2007)
Mission Impossible III (2006)
Moon (2009)
True Grit (2010)
Up in the Air (2009)
The Wind that Shakes the Barley (2007)

 

Idiocracy (2006)
Infernal Affairs (Mou Gaan Dou) (2004)
King Corn (2007)
Minority Report (2002)

Edited by Brian.L - Yesterday at 12:00 pm

2012 Theatrical

The Devil Inside
The Wicker Tree
The Grey
Chronicle
The Woman in Black
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
Gone
Silent House
Being Flynn
21 Jump Street
Mirror Mirror
Jeff, Who Lives at Home
American Reunion
The Raid: Redemption
The Three Stooges
Bully
The Cabin in the Woods
The Hunger Games
Lockout
Safe House
Dark Shadows
The Raven
The Avengers
The Dictator
Safe
Chernobyl Diaries
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Battleship

2012 Home Viewings

Roadie
Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie
Goon
The Hunter
Haywire
Meeting Evil
Mother's Day
God Bless America
Contraband
This Means War



2011 Films Theatrical

The Adventures of Tintin
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
War Horse
The Artist
Carnage
The Iron Lady
Shame
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Tinker Taylor Soldier Spy
A Dangerous Method
Albert Nobbs
Rampart
A Separation
We Need to Talk About Kevin


Pre-2011 Films Theatrical

The Godfather
Titanic 3D
The Godfather Part II
Edited by Michael Elliott - Today at 7:01 pm

1/1

Places in the Heart (1984)

1/3

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)

1/10

"Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol: The IMAX Experience" (2012)

We Bought a Zoo (2011)

1/16

Shame (2012)

1/18

No Way Out (1987)

1/23

Haywire (2011)

Edited by Henry Gale - 1/23/12 at 4:54pm

I am listing all the films I see at the cinema in 2012 in order of preference and with ratings out of 5

1. Martha Marcy May Marlene - 5/5
2. The Muppets - 5/5
3. Shame - 4/5
4. The Artist - 4/5
Edited by filmfandan - 2/21/12 at 8:57am

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Seen: 12

Haywire - ***
Man on a Ledge - **1/2
The Secret World of Arrietty - ***
Safe House - ***
The Lorax - **
The Hunger Games - ***
Wrath of the Titans - *
The Raid: Redemption - ***1/2
21 Jump Street - **1/2
The Avengers - **1/2
The Dictator - ***
Dark Shadows - **
Edited by Kirk Tsai - 5/23/12 at 3:00pm

Puss in Boots - 2.5/5* - Cinema



"Puss in Boots" - .5
Average fare.
Some very good parts, some poor parts. Overly confused finale.
Still okay for the kids and just enough for the adults.
Banderas has fun.
Edited by 42nd Street Freak - 1/31/12 at 11:06am

Yes.

 

But in previous years there wasn't a confusing second option in thread titles. 

 

Where were you when I needed you Michael?

 

Mox nix, there's so little traffic here anymore that I still got on the first page 23 days into the year.

 

That never would have happened before.

 

Last Updated: 05/05/2012

 

Latest Seen:

 

 

 

Total Film Count: 14

• 2012 Films: 6
• Pre-2012 Films - First-Time Viewings: 5
• Pre-2012 Films - Revisits: 3

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Rating System:

 

 - Excellent

 - Great

 - Good

 - Average

 - Poor

 - Bad

 - Garbage

 

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2012 Films

 

21 Jump Street /  / 04/07/2012

Chronicle /  / 03/18/2012

The Hunger Games /  / 03/27/2012

Jeff, Who Lives At Home /  / 03/18/2012

Marvel's The Avengers (3D) /  / 05/05/2012

Red Tails /   / 01/29/2012

 

 

Pre-2012 Films - First Time Viewings

 

The Artist (2011) /  /02/08/2012

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (2011) /   / 01/19/2012

Hugo (2011) /   / 01/05/2012

Into the Wild (2007) /  / 02/25/2012

War Horse (2011) /   / 01/26/2012

 

 

Pre -2012 Films - Revisits

 

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (3D) (1999) /  / 02/10/2012

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990) /  / 02/18/2012

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II - The Secret of the Ooze (1991) /  / 02/19/2012

Edited by Kristian - 5/5/12 at 5:13pm

Twelve films seen theatrically is without question a record for me in a single month (although the latest was actually on 2/1). Most of them were the leftovers from 2011.

Of the new viewings:

Roadie

I watched this one on television. After a slow start the film finally picked up but the downfall of a Blue Oyster Cult roadie isn't as fun as it should have been. Still, an interesting film for those who want to get away from Hollywood.

The Devil Inside

Sorry, this isn't the worst horror film ever made and the ending certainly isn't one of the worst of all time. There's a good lead performance but ZERO scares, no drama and the big twist at the end is so easy to see coming. This "documentary footage" stuff appears to be wearing thin.

The Wicker Tree

Finally, after nearly four decades the original WICKER MAN gets the second entry. I'm not certain if one should call it a remake, a sequel or a reboot but it's certainly disappointing. Anchor Bay released this and lets hope their DVD/Blu looks better than the 35mm prints, which are faded and the sound was pretty bad. Even worse is that there's a sex scene where English subtitles are turned on even though the actors are speaking English! Still, it was fairly neat to see such a limited release (10 theaters) come near my area.

Sad news about "The Wicker Tree'. I guessed as much though.



Puss in Boots - 2.5/5* -
Journey 2: Mysterious Island - 2.5/5*


"Journey 2: Mysterious Island" - .5

Dwayne Johnson rides a giant bee, gets kissed by comic fat guy in a bad shirt, plays a small guitar, sings, punches a monster lizard on the nose and calls Michael Caine a Grandma.

Thread Bump: Added 21 Jump Street, easily the most insane comedy I've seen this year.

I really meant to keep updating my theatrical viewings but fell behind.


I just got back from BEING FLYNN. It's funny how for the past decade people have screamed that Robert DeNiro just takes crap roles. Well, when he doesn't (this and EVERYBODY'S FINE) no one goes to see them. I really can't remember the last movie where I loved and cared for each character so much. Raw and depressing but powerful. Too bad it's bombing at the box office.

GHOST RIDER 2: I enjoyed the first one to a point but this here was just horrid. Cage has officially been taken over by the spirit of John Carradine. Both men could be brilliant at times and at other times appear in Z grade trash. I used to laugh and have a good time with Cage's madness but here is was just awful. I left the theater hoping to not see a worse movie for the rest of 2012 but that night I watched TIM AND ERIC'S BILLION DOLLAR MOVIE. I didn't give it a BOMB rating because it was unlike anything I've ever seen. The fact that those who do like it send me death threats tells me all I need to know about these two and their fans.

SILENT HOUSE, I wasn't really impressed with this "all shot in one take" movie. I thought Olsen was great in the film but the entire one take thing just didn't work. It didn't build any suspense, terror and it proves that editors are very important to movies. With that said, I didn't know it was a remake so I went and watched the original a few days later and hated it. This remake actually improves the ideas but it's still a fail.

GONE was certainly made by producers wanting to make cash instead of making a great film. There are moments here and a story that could have made for a great film but sadly they always go for the cheap route and in the end it just doesn't come together. Seyfried was good though but hopefully she gets back on the indie route and not these teenage stuff.

21 JUMP STREET.... Never watched the TV show but I thought this was a pretty funny movie. It ended up going on a bit too long but the majority of the jokes worked and the cameo was very good.

GOON is a hockey movie about a guy who beats people up. A few funny scenes but it's certainly not SLAP SHOT. About 30-minutes into the movie I just realized that I didn't care about ANY of the characters.

I finally got a chance to catch up with A SEPARATION and it's clearly the best film of 2011 and I'd really, really be shocked if I saw one better in 2012. I thought the movie was perfect in every way possible and I can't remember the last time a movie really struck such a spot with me.

I also just got back from WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN, which was a depressing but strong film that reminded me of something Polanski would have done in the 70s. What does a mother do when she's the only one who realizes she's given birth to an evil kid? Tilda Swinton was robbed by not even getting a nomination.

I also managed to see THE GODFATHER last week on its re-release. Even though the theater started it 30-minutes too long it was still fun seeing it on the big screen again. The new print was wonderful and I probably enjoyed it more this time than I have in the past. I still don't think it's one of the greatest films ever made and even though Brando is my favorite actor I'm still not completely sold on his performance here.

Looks like I'm the only one dropping $10 to watch movies.


MIRROR MIRROR....I let my girlfriend pick this one. The start was boring, the middle good and the end boring. I didn't care for any of the actors outside the dwarfs. Just wasn't fun enough to work.

JEFF, WHO LIVES AT HOME. If you've seen the trailer then you've pretty much seen the entire movie. Great performances, nice story but nothing that's going to change your life.

AMERICAN REUNION, after two bland sequels we get a very good movie. A lot of laughs and truths about growing up.

THE RAID: REDEMPTION if this one comes close you should really check it out. Even if you hate subtitles this Indonesian movie simply kicks ass. Non-stop action and violence. A great story. Just an all around good time that really raises the bar in regards to action movies.

THE THREE STOOGES isn't a classic but it's pleasant enough. It kept a smile on my face throughout and there were some pretty good laughs. It starts to grow old the final twenty-minutes but the three actors did a remarkable job. Jennifer Hudson should have been on the editing room floor.

BULLY doesn't teach you anything you already know. It's well-meaning and worth watching (not worth $10) but it answers no questions about bullying. Bullying has always happened but it seems just here recently has the end result been so many suicides. I wanted to know why but the film doesn't go there. It really doesn't give you any answers.

THE HUNTER has Dafoe offering up a strong performance but in the end the film just didn't work as well as the filmmakers were hoping. You just keep waiting for something to happen and when it does you're wondering what the entire point was. Yeah, there was no point.