Best Picture Possibilities 2013

•          Yeah, I know I'm late, but I think the movies of 2012 sucked and I haven't been able to formulate a decent Top10 List.  Plus, I look forward to making this list every year - I used to print them out and use high-lighters, and now it's on here.  This is the list of the 282 movies that were eligible for the Best Picture Academy Award nomination.  I have seen 52 so far and I'm still not impressed.  My color coding means:

  
  

  Possible Top 10 Candidate  (I haven't seen everything yet, so my list is not (ever) finalized)

  Seen it

  Must see ASAP

  Will see eventually

  Should see, but don't want to

  Will never watch and I'm offended that they could be even remotely considered for Best Picture

  
  

           Some have no coloring which means they are not on my radar for at all.  I have nothing against low-budget films or kids movies or even bad movies.  I do have a problem with expensive Hollywood crap and unnecessary, agenda-forcing malarkey and anything with Tyler Perry, but don't we all?

  
  

  ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER - Exact same plot as that other Lincoln movie.

  ACT OF VALOR

  ADVENTURES IN ZAMBEZIA

  AFTER THE WORLD

  ALEX CROSS - Ughhhhhh.

  ALREADY FAMOUS

  THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN - As unnecessary as a Katy Perry concert movie.

  AMERICAN REUNION - Better than the 2nd and 3rd ones.

  AMOUR

  ANNA KARENINA

  ANY DAY NOW

  THE APPARITION

  ARBITRAGE - Meh.

  ARGO - Pretty tense and way to go John Goodman and Clea Duvall.

  ATLAS SHRUGGED PART II

  BACHELORETTE - Adam Scott says "Sibilance" when testing a mike, and I laughed for 5 minutes.  It would have been better if he didn't name the reference.

  BARBARA

  BARRYMORE

  BATTLESHIP - Next up, Stratego or Milles Borne if you're old school.

  THE BAY

  BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD - Good story, but taken in a weird direction.

  BEING FLYNN

  BERNIE - Pretty weird and interesting.

  THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL - Old people with money.

  BIG MIRACLE

  BLUE COLLAR BOYS

  BLUE LIKE JAZZ

  BONSAI

  BOOKER'S PLACE:  A MISSISSIPPI STORY

  THE BOURNE LEGACY

  BRANDED

  BRAVE

  BROOKLYN BROTHERS BEAT THE BEST

  BROOKLYN CASTLE

  BULLY - Sad and horrifying and seemingly impossible to control or stop.  Bad news for society.

  BUTTER - Lots of celebrities, little reward.

  THE CABIN IN THE WOODS- Until I see something better, Joss Whedon rules my 2012.

  CALIFORNIA SOLO

  THE CAMPAIGN - I liked Elf and I think that's it for Will Ferrell vehicles.

  CARMEN G

  CASA DE MI PADRE

  CELESTE AND JESSE FOREVER

  CHASING ICE

  CHASING MAVERICKS

  CHERNOBYL DIARIES

  CHICKEN WITH PLUMS

  CHILDREN WHO CHASE LOST VOICES

  CHIMPANZEE

  CHRONICLE - May be on HBO when I have a fever.

  CIRQUE DU SOLEIL:  WORLDS AWAY

  CLOUD ATLAS

  THE COLD LIGHT OF DAY

  COLOR OF SKY

  COMPLIANCE -Interesting, but I don't recommend that anyone watch this - ever.

  CONTRABAND

  CRAZY EYES

  CROOKED ARROWS

  CROSSROAD

  DAMSELS IN DISTRESS

  THE DARK KNIGHT RISES - It was kind of long and she was too awful to be redeemed.

  DARK SHADOWS - It was incredibly long and just plain awful.

  DARLING COMPANION

  DEADFALL

  DEATH BY CHINA

  THE DEEP BLUE SEA - So this is not about sharks and I don't watch it constantly on TNT?

  DELHI SAFARI

  DETACHMENT

  THE DETAILS

  THE DEVIL INSIDE

  DIANA VREELAND:  THE EYE HAS TO TRAVEL

  DIARY OF A WIMPY KID:  DOG DAYS

  THE DICTATOR

  DJANGO UNCHAINED - I love QT, but do I love this?  It certainly was original.

  DR SUESS' THE LORAX

  DOWNTOWN EXPRESS

  DREDD 3D

  END OF WATCH - The Shield, The Wire and Sons of Anarchy are all better.

  ETHEL - Kennedy???

  THE EXPENDABLES 2 - I saw the first one and I want to see how it plays out.

  THE EYE OF THE STORM

  FAME HIGH

  FAREWELL, MY QUEEN

  THE FIRST TIME

  THE FIVE-YEAR ENGAGEMENT - Jason Segal had to lose weight, so he could 'realistically' date Emily Blunt, but he's married to Alyson Hannigan on TV.  I'm protesting.

  FLIGHT - Yeah, I'm not really into his movies, regardless of what America thinks.  

  FOR A GOOD TIME, CALL... - Way too girly and unrealistic at times - not the business plan.

  FOR GREATER GLORY:  THE TRUE STORY OF CRISTIADA

  FOR THE LOVE OF MONEY

  FRANCINE

  FRANKENWEENIE -  Dark Shadows has really soured me to the Burton experience.

  FRIENDS WITH KIDS - I love Jon Hamm but hate people with kids - you're super-boring now.

  FROM UP ON POPPY HILL

  FUN SIZE

  THE GATEKEEPERS

  GHOST RIDER:  SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE

  GINGER & ROSA

  THE GIRL - not the crappy HBO movie about Alfred Hitchcock which I unfortunately watched.

  GIRL IN PROGRESS

  GONE

  THE GOOD DOCTOR

  THE GREY - Did the wolves take his wife?

  THE GUILT TRIP - I've driven cross-country with my Mom, so I'm sure it's the same.

  HALLOWEEN PARTY

  HAYWIRE

  HERE

  HERE COMES THE BOOM - Someday, Kevin James will be in a watchable movie.

  HEY KRISHNA

  HIDDEN MOON

  HIT & RUN - Bradley Cooper certainly has a range, I guess.

  HITCHCOCK - The love story is boring - keep reenacting scenes and drama from the set.

  THE HOBBIT:  AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY - It's red, but really green.  Why are there 3?

  HOLY MOTORS

  HOME MINISTER

  HOPE SPRINGS

  HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA - Possibly the best Kevin James movie ever.

  HOU DE JARASA USHIR

  HOUSE AT THE END OF THE STREET - Filmed before she became respectable - I get it.

  THE HUNGER GAMES - I liked it, but next time just make the book - it's already been written.

  HYDE PARK ON HUDSON

  HYSTERIA - The history of vibrators not explained by Katie Morgan.

  ICE AGE:  CONTINENTAL DRIFT

  THE IMPOSSIBLE - I never would have survived this.

  THE IMPOSTER

  IN THE FAMILY

  THE INTOUCHABLES

  JACK REACHER - If Tom Cruise agrees to do your movie, you don't say no.

  JEFF, WHO LIVES AT HOME - Eh, you know.

  JOHN CARTER

  JOURNEY 2:  THE MYSTERIOUS LAND

  JOYFUL NOISE - They changed the commercial because Dolly Parton's face was too disturbing.

  JUST 45 MINUTES FROM BROADWAY

  KATY PERRY:  PART OF ME - A waste of time and effort for everyone involved.

  KEEP THE LIGHTS ON - Even gay romance can be boring.

  KILLER JOE

  KILLING THEM SOFTLY - Audiences hated it - that's a good thing.

  LAST CALL AT THE OASIS

  A LATE QUARTET

  LAWLESS

  LAY THE FAVORITE

  LEAST AMONG SAINTS

  LES MISERABLES - It was very long and filled with so many uncomfortable close-ups.

  A LIAR'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY: THE UNTRUE STORY OF GRAHAM CHAPMAN

  LIFE OF PI - That tiger better not die or it's the worst Calvin and Hobbes strip ever!

  LINCOLN - He did a great Lincoln, but no one knows what Lincoln was actually like.

  LITTLE BIRDS

  LOLA VERSUS - It's tough to be single when you're 29, 105 lbs, and blonde.

  THE LONELIEST PLANET

  LOOPER - What did they do to Joseph Gordon-Levitt's face?

  LOSING CONTROL

  THE LUCKY ONE

  LUV

  MADAGASCAR 3:  EUROPE'S MOST WANTED

  MAGIC MIKE - I am content that I am a woman who would never go to one of those shows.

  THE MAGIC OF BELLE ISLE

  MAN ON A LEDGE

  THE MAN WITH THE IRON FISTS

  MANILA SKIES

  MARVEL'S THE AVENGERS - Joss Whedon pick #2 - prove me wrong Life of Pi.

  THE MASTER - Who doesn't want to make fun of Scientology?  Turns out, it's just as boring as real religions.

  MEN IN BLACK 3 - I do want to see Josh Brolin imitate Tommy Lee Jones, but I don't want to ruin my streak of not watching these movies.

  MIDDLE OF NOWHERE

  MIGHTY FINE

  MIRROR MIRROR - You shouldn't be eligible if there is another movie with the same plot.

  MOONRISE KINGDOM - I want to love it, but it was no Royal Tenenbaums.

  THE MYSTICAL LAWS

  NEIL YOUNG'S JOURNEYS

  NOBODY WALKS

  NORTH SEA TEXAS

  NOT FADE AWAY

  THE ODD LIFE OF TIMOTHY GREEN

  ON THE ROAD

  ONE FOR THE MONEY - Katherine Heigl ruins everything.

  THE ORANGES

  OSLO, AUGUST 31ST

  THE PAINTING

  THE PAPERBOY - I heard Zac Efron pees on Nicole Kidman or I made it up.  Actually, she pees on him and it sucks for several different reasons.

  PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 4 - Move the eff on.

  PARANORMAN - Someday on cable, I guess.

  THE PARDON

  PARENTAL GUIDANCE - It's orange because people laughed at the trailer.

  PAUL WILLIAMS STILL ALIVE

  PEOPLE LIKE US

  THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER - It goes farther than I wanted, but I love this quote, "Do you ever think that if people knew how crazy you really were that no one would ever talk to you?  All the time." 

  PIRANHA 3DD

  THE PIRATES!  BAND OF MISFITS

  PITCH PERFECT - Glee goes to college with 30 year actors.

  THE POSSESSION

  PREMIUM RUSH - Is this a Quicksilver remake?

  PROJECT X - So this is not the Matthew Broderick/Helen Hunt chimp movie?  No thanks.

  PROMETHEUS - Best C-section ever!

  PROMISED LAND - What the frack is this about?  

  QUARTET - Old people with more money.

  THE RABBI'S CAT

  THE RAID:  REDEMPTION

  THE RAVEN

  RED TAILS

  RE:GENERATION

  RESIDENT EVIL:  RETRIBUTION

  RETURN

  RISE OF THE GUARDIANS

  ROBOT & FRANK

  ROCK OF AGES - Tom Cruise does sing, just not well.  At all.

  A ROYAL AFFAIR

  RUBY SPARKS - Alright.

  RUST AND BONE - Downer alert.

  SAFE

  SAFE HOUSE - Hey look, Denzel Washington is in a completely generic thriller.  Again.

  SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED - At least, it's original.

  SAINT DRACULA

  SALMON FISHING IN THE YEMEN

  SAMSARA

  SAVAGES

  SAVING GRACE B. JONES

  SCROOGE & MARLEY

  SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN

  SECRET OF THE WINGS

  SEEKING A FRIEND FOR THE END OF THE WORLD-not a super-fun end of the world film.

  THE SESSIONS - I feel like a jerk for complaining about my life and I'm totally iron lung-less.

  SEVEN PSYCHOPATHS - not at all what I thought it would be and not in a good way.

  17 GIRLS

  SIDE BY SIDE

  SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK - He was good, but the movie was all over the place. 

  SINISTER

  SISTER

  SKYFALL - Sure.

  SLEEPWALK WITH ME - It's super-easy to be a comic - Everyone should try.  Just stop inviting me to your shows, all of Facebook.

  SMASHED - Jesse from Breaking Bad is a drunk, I'm sold.  Not as fun as I would have hoped.

  THE SNITCH CARTEL

  SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN - See Mirror Mirror!

  SOMETHING FROM NOTHING:  THE ART OF RAP

  SPARKLE

  STAND UP GUYS

  STARLET

  STEP UP REVOLUTION

  STRUCK BY LIGHTNING - It's from the Glee kid, so I'll watch it on cable.

  TAKE THIS WALTZ

  TAKEN 2

  TED - Pretty long for a talking bear movie.

  10 YEARS

  THAT'S MY BOY

  THIN ICE

  THINK LIKE A MAN

  30 BEATS

  THIS IS 40 - It's not going to be my 40, so who cares?

  THIS MEANS WAR - Because they took so long to name it and this is what they decided on.

  THIS MUST BE THE PLACE

  A THOUSAND WORDS - The world would end if Eddie and Kevin James made a movie.

  360

  THE THREE STOOGES - Very strange casting decisions, not just the Jersey shore people.

  TO ROME WITH LOVE - Why not?  Because it's pretty boring and often not in English.

  TONIGHT YOU'RE MINE

  TOTAL RECALL

  TRASHED

  TROUBLE WITH THE CURVE

  THE TROUBLE WITH THE TRUTH

  21 JUMP STREET - Kind of funny - awesome cameos.

  THE TWILIGHT SAGA:  BREAKING DAWN PART 2 - Can you make a bad book into a good movie?  Only if title length corresponds to quality.

  2 DAYS IN NEW YORK

  TYLER PERRY'S GOOD DEEDS - Ecchhh

  TYLER PERRY'S MADEA'S WITNESS PROTECTION - Double Eccchhh

  UNDERWORLD:  AWAKENING

  UNFORGIVABLE

  UNION SQUARE

  UNTIL THEY ARE HOME

  VIRGINIA

  THE VOW

  WAITING FOR LIGHTNING

  WALTER & TANDOORI'S XMAS

  WANDERLUST - Hey, cast of The State, hold out for better projects.

  WAR OF THE BUTTONS

  WAR OF THE WORLDS:  THE TRUE STORY

  THE WATCH

  WEST OF MEMPHIS

  WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU'RE EXPECTING - I expect a really terrible movie.

  WHERE DO WE GO NOW?

  WON'T BACK DOWN

  THE WORDS

  WRATH OF THE TITANS

  WRECK-IT RALPH - Pretty good and it had some retro-cool references.

  YOUR SISTER'S SISTER

  ZARAFA

  ZERO DARK THIRTY - Do I want to watch this over and over?  Not really.