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.
