2012 gave me not only one of the most fantastic, fanboytastic movies ever with The Avengers, it also gave me a movie that provided that sense of surprise, that brought me out of my genre comfort zones. I rented Pitch Perfect for my daughter on a night when she had a friend over. They'd requested it. Though I say I'm a total movie slut, and will basically watch anything, I had no plan or intention of watching this with them or at any point before returning it to the Redbox as soon as possible. The movie started, and I lingered a few seconds, and by the end of the opening scene I was hooked. By the end of it, I'd enjoyed a teen oriented musical comedy whose plot structure was closer to a sports movie than anything else. I still love it and have watched it multiple times now.
How did some of the other movies I HADN'T seen yet fare that I mentioned?
Lincoln: Wonderful, but I know not when I'll rewatch it again. Score: 0.604651163
Argo: I enjoyed it much more than I thought I would... Who'd have thunk anything about Battle for the Planet of the Apes would have ever been connected to an Academy Award!!! Now, we can't say EVERYTHING about it sucks... I kid, John Huston NEVER sucks, and with 15 Academy Award nominations and two wins, he alone gave at least part of Battle for the Planet of the Apes some respectability. Score: 0.73255814
Zero Dark Thirty: Definitive. Score: 0.581395
Looper: Looper is a mess. It's a complete disappointment. I know, I LOVE Millennium (and it has "time quakes") and Back to the Future (and it has Marty McFly fading) so why do I hate Looper for a very similar botching of time travel. Timecrimes has nothing like those movies, shouldn't, by nature of why I HATE Looper, I also dislike Millennium and Back to the Future as well? Looper has three qualities that the other two don't; First, It practically breaks the fourth wall and tells you to just accept that it works and not to question it. This same 'explanation' was given for time travel in Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me. I love that movie too, but it's a comedy, not sci-fi. Second, it litters it's universe with almost as much availability of Time Travel as Star Trek. It's easier to travel in time in Looper than it is in Doctor Who with less repercussions (it does the same thing with psionics too). Lastly; Looper is cynical and condescending to it's audience. It's not alone, most bad science fiction dwells on explanation, and wants an audience that is stupid, ignorant and against using their imagination. I'm surprised I like it as much as I do. Score: 0.203488
Dredd: Um, first... I don't dislike Judge Dredd. It's probably the most I enjoy a movie with Rob Schneider in a prominent role, and the rest of the cast, and the visuals are wonderful. The new Dredd, is better. In another year, it could have easily been the best comicbook movie of the year. This year, it's got to take third place to only Dark Knight Returns Part 1 and The Avengers. I think Dredd would make better HBO style television than movies, but I think that of many super-heroes. An installment of screen Dredd every 16 years is too long, and this time the title character is note perfect. Score: 0.825581
Rock of Ages: Tom Cruise, and the music are this movie. Score: 0.575581
Breaking Dawn Part II: Yay! I did the whole thing! I'm done with Twilight movies!
Score: 0.412791
The above movies mentioned in the "So Far" entry, and their current percentile ranks average .562, pretty close to the .570 that all the movies on the "So Far" list average with thie current scores. The movies I've seen since average only .413. Does anticipation or desire to see a movie increase the enjoyment of it? Or, do more appealing movies, the ones you'd enjoy more anyway have a way of mandating to be seen earlier?
Either or both, 2012 was a really fun year for movies.
- (tie) The Avengers
- (tie) The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
- Skyfall
- The Cabin in the Woods
- Pitch Perfect
- Starship Troopers: Invasion
- Batman: The Dark Knight Returns: Part 1
- Cloud Atlas
- Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn
- John Carter
- Justice League: Doom
- Dredd
- The Woman in Black
- Men In Black 3
- Iron Sky
- Paranormal Activity 4
- Brave
- Game Change
- Safety Not Guaranteed
- Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
- Argo
- Django Unchained
- Total Recall
- The Expendables 2
- The Watch
- William Shatner's Get a Life!
- Dark Shadows
- Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
- Snow White and the Huntsman
- Ted
- Tai Chi Zero
- Hotel Transylvania
- The Hunger Games
- Underworld: Awakening
- Lincoln
- Mass Effect: Paragon Lost
- Zero Dark Thirty
- Rock of Ages
- The Pirates! Band of Misfits
- The Man with the Iron Fists
- Prometheus
- Resident Evil: Retribution
- Rise of the Guardians
- The Amazing Spider-Man
- Jack Reacher
- The Dark Knight Rises
- Frankenweenie
- The Dinosaur Project
- ParaNorman
- Sinister
- The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
- Silver Linings Playbook
- Wrath of the Titans
- Unicorn City
- House at the End of the Street
- Piranha DD
- Katy Perry: Part of Me
- Mirror Mirror
- John Dies at the End
- 21 Jump Street
- Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
- The Campaign
- Lockout
- The Words
- Chronicle
- V/H/S
- Les Misérables
- This Means War
- The Raven
- Atlas Shrugged II: The Strike
- Taken 2
- Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
- Looper
- Magic Mike
- Ice Age: Continental Drift
- Dr. Seuss' The Lorax
- Life of Pi
- Branded
- Silent Hill: Revelation
- Chernobyl Diaries
- Hansel and Gretel: Warriors of Witchcraft
- Man on a Ledge
- The Grey
- Beasts of the Southern Wild
- Cosmopolis
- The Master
Oh... one last thing. A movie was supposed to come out IN 2012, and didn't. G.I. Joe: Retaliation was supposed to be released on June 29, 2012 against Ted and Magic Mike. So imaging that G.I. Joe came out in 2012... It's score would be...
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| 92nd Percentile! |
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