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December 28 2012, 03:53 PM
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Re: Movies Seen in 2012
355. Sorority Row (✩✩½) - DVD - Some girls pull a prank and one of them ends up dead. They then decide to cover it up. Months later, someone who knows what they did starts coming after them. It's Pretty Little Liars in a two-hour movie. It was a watchable thriller but it lacked a clever ending. The girls were hot though and I got to see Briana Evigan in a starring role. She's the daughter of Greg Evigan. 356. Into the Wild (✩✩✩½) - DVD - The story of Chris McCandless, the guy who left the modern world behind to roam around in the woods. I heard about his story on Oprah a while back. Sean Penn, who produced this movie, wanted Leonardo DiCaprio but got Emile Hirsch instead. He did good and looked like the real McCandless. I was also surprised to see that this thing had a pretty substantial supporting cast that included Kristen Stewart, Vince Vaughn, Zach Galifianakis, Catherine Keener, Marcia Gay Harden and William Hurt. I don't remember seeing Galifianakis. As for the story itself, it starts slow but grabs you eventually. 357. The Christmas Heart (✩✩½) - Live TV - Another Christmas TV movie. A boy needs a heart transplant and a lot of people and the right events come together to make it happen. It was alright. 358. Arbitrage (✩✩✩½) - On Demand - Richard Gere plays a hedge fund billionaire who accidentally kills his mistress in a car accident and then tries to cover it up. This is on top of his troubles with some Madoff-style fraud that he's also trying to cover up. It's a good thriller. Some things unfolded a little too easily for the sake of expedience but the meat of the movie, which was about a rich man's power and his attempt to make his troubles go away was pretty decent. I also enjoyed seeing Laetitia Casta in an acting role for the first time. Then there's Brit Marling. This is the first time I've seen her in a mainstream role. It's good to see her realizing her goals of using her independent films to jumpstart a career in film. Theatre: 22 DVD/Blu-ray: 139 Live TV: 142 Recorded TV: 5 On Demand: 46 Internet: 4 |
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December 28 2012, 03:56 PM
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The Tim Burton Version
Location: In Solitude
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Re: Movies Seen in 2012
About a Boy - Blu-ray Christmas Caper - DVD Die Hard - Blu-ray Die Hard 2 - Blu-ray Gremlins - Blu-ray Love Actually - Blu-ray The Santa Clause - Blu-ray The Santa Clause 2 - Blu-ray The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause - Blu-ray Too Cool For Christmas - DVD Christmas movies seen for the first time… A Christmas Kiss (✩✩½) - Live TV Baby's First Christmas (✩✩✩) - Live TV Bad Santa (Badder Santa) (✩✩✩✩) - Blu-ray Ben-Hur (✩✩✩✩½) - DVD Call Me Mrs. Miracle (✩✩½) - Live TV Christmas Mail (✩✩✩) - Live TV Finding Mrs. Claus (✩✩½) - Live TV Holiday in Handcuffs (✩✩½) - Live TV Holiday Spin (✩✩½) - Live TV Naughty or Nice (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV Reindeer Games (Director's Cut) (✩✩✩½) - Blu-ray Snow (✩✩½) - DVD Snow 2: Brain Freeze (✩✩½) - DVD The Christmas Heart (✩✩½) - Live TV Under the Mistletoe (✩✩½) - Live TV |
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December 29 2012, 08:07 PM
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Re: Movies Seen in 2012
198. Dave (B) 199. Soylent Green (B-) 200. How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog (B) Dave: Although slight, and with a premise that takes some machinations to swallow, this is a funny romantic comedy with larger, more adult aims than most of what the genre has produced in the past decade. Kevin Kline's work-for-all legislation might have been plausible as presidential policy in the early 1990s, but it would be denounced by the right and cable news as Stalinism today, which is depressing. Soylent Green: Parts of this movie are exceptional cinema -- Edward G. Robinson's final scene, the opening montage which appropriates the editing of Cuban cinema of the 60s, and the chaos of the long food lines which turn into riots. Parts of the movie are terrible cinema -- Heston's hilariously large New York apartment in a world where space is supposed to be at a premium, the clumsy staging of Heston's supposedly stealthy entrance into the Soylent factory, the awful 70s fashion raised to the limit (because this is the future!), and others I won't list. There's a great movie waiting to be found in this material, but the makers only foud an okay one in it. How to Kill your Neighbor's Dog: At times this verges on sentimentality, but most of the emotion feels earned, and the gleeful dickishness of Kenneth Branagh (apologies for the spelling) is amusing throughout. It nails Los Angeles, too, even though I am not convinced it was made there. Theatres: 61 Home Video: 124+3 Computer: 13
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December 29 2012, 09:57 PM
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Location: Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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Re: Movies Seen in 2012
150. It's A Wonderful Life (A+) I had originally planned to watch this before Christmas, but I was vacationing with relatives who turned out not to have a Blu-ray player (my cousin there has never seen this, either). But as a result it ended up being my 150th film of the year, which is a nice place to be. I've reviewed this in earlier years, so not much to say about it, really, other than it's obvious why it has endured for nearly 70 years. Cinema: 54 Home Video: 83 (+1) Computer: 13
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December 30 2012, 12:32 AM
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201. Trek Nation (C-) Trek Nation: This documentary has been in the works for nearly a decade, which only makes the end result all the more frustrating. Its principle problem is one of indecision - is this a movie about a son finding out about his father who he barely knew, or is it a movie about the Star Trek phenomenon that his father created? The movie never decides; it seems as if it began as one film and morphed into another during production, but that no one could choose which direction to ultimately take in editing. The result of this is a mixed bag. There are home videos and unedited interview clips that suggest a Gene Roddenberry the publicity machine could never allow. There are also a parade of talking heads praising Roddenberry's vision, even crediting him for the decisions of others (including the infamous interracial kiss during the original series' third year), as well as a parade of the wackiest of fans. These latter elements are really a distraction from Rod Roddenberry's attempt to understand his father, and, worse, old hat. Other elements are just missed opportunities; an interview with Majel Barrett before her death lets her be evasive and vague and an interview with George Lucas never seems to have a purpose or substance. Production values are top notch, but they can't provide this film with a focus. Theatres: 61 Home Video: 124 Computer: 14+1
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December 30 2012, 12:33 PM
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5 Star Day ✭✭½ Drama A Separation ✭✭✭✭ Foreign Albatross ✭✭ Drama Beatles Stories ✭✭✭✭ Documentary Brave ✭✭½ Animated Cemetery Junction ✭✭½ Drama Chalet Girl ★★★ Comedy Clash of the Titans 2010 ✭✭ SF&F Dark Shadows 2012 ✭✭ SF&F Despicable Me ✭✭½ Animated Don't Be Afraid of the Dark ✭ Horror Everything Must Go ★★★ Drama happythankyoumoreplease ✭✭½ Drama Horrible Bosses ✭✭✭ Comedy Jaws ✭✭✭½ Horror Lars and the Real Girl ★★★ Drama Liberal Arts 2012 ★★★ Drama Like Crazy 2012 ✭✭✭✭ Drama Looper 2012 ✭✭✭½ SF&F Lost in Translation ✭✭ Drama Love and Other Drugs ✭✭✭✭ Drama Moonrise Kingdom 2012 ✭✭ Comedy Office Space ✭✭½ Comedy On the Road 2012 ✭✭ Drama Open House ✭✭ Horror Paranormal Activity 4 2012 ✭✭ Horror Phantom of the Opera (Argento) ✭ Horror Prometheus 2012 ✭✭✭✭ SF&F Quarantine ★★★ Horror Religulous ✭✭✭ Documentary Safety Not Guaranteed 2012 ✭✭✭✭ SF&F Scream 4 ✭✭ Horror Seeking a Friend for the End of the World 2012 ✭✭✭½ Drama Session 9 ½ Horror Snow White and the Huntsman 2012 ★★★ SF&F Thankskilling ½ Comedy The Amazing Spider-Man ✭✭✭½ SF&F The Avengers 2012 ✭✭✭✭ SF&F The Ballad of Jack and Rose ✭✭½ Drama The Beaver ✭✭✭ Drama The Cabin in the Woods 2012 ✭✭✭✭ SF&F The Campaign 2012 ★★★ Comedy The Canyon ✭✭ Drama The Chameleon ✭✭½ Drama The Changeling ✭✭ Horror The Five-Year Engagement 2012 ✭✭✭½ Comedy The Mummy ✭✭✭✭ Horror The Perks of Being a Wallflower 2012 ✭✭✭½ Drama The Reef ✭✭✭ Horror The Sound of My Voice 2012 ★★★ SF&F The Texas Chainsaw Massacre ✭✭✭½ Horror The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 ✭✭✭ Horror Thunderstruck 2012 ✭ Comedy The Hangover Part II 2011 ★★★ Comedy Absentia ✭✭✭½ Horror Battle: Los Angeles ★ SF&F Battleship 2012 SF&F Being Elmo ★★★★ Documentary Bonnie and Clyde ✭✭✭ Drama Chronicle 2012 ★★★½ SF&F Downfall ✭✭✭✭ Foreign Drive 2011 ★★★ Drama Easy A ✭✭✭½ Comedy Fear Island ✭ Horror Hugo 2011 ★★★½ SF&F In Time 2011 ★★★ SF&F Ip Man 2008 ★★★★ Foreign Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III ½ Horror Martha Marcy May Marlene 2011 ★★★½ Drama Men in Black III 2012 ★★★ SF&F Mission Impossible ✭✭✭½ Drama Mission Impossible II ✭✭ Drama Mission Impossible III ★★★ Drama Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol 2011 ✭✭✭½ Drama Morning Glory 2010 ★★★½ Comedy My Week With Marilyn 2011 ★★★ Drama No Strings Attached 2011 ★★★ Comedy Paranormal Activity 3 2011 ★★★ Horror Rabbit Hole 2010 ★★★½ Drama Real Steel 2011 ★★★½ SF&F Retreat 2011 ★★ Horror Saved! ★★★ Comedy Shark Night ✭ Horror Sleepaway Camp ✭✭½ Horror Special 2005 ★★★½ Drama Take Shelter 2011 ★★★ SF&F Ted 2012 ★★★ Comedy The Adventures of Tintin 2011 ★★ Animated The Dark Knight Rises ✭✭✭✭ SF&F The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo 2011 ★★½ Drama The Innocents ★★★ Horror The Muppets 2011 ★★★½ Comedy The Rum Diary 2011 ★★½ Drama The Tree of Life 2011 ★★★ Drama TiMER 2009 ★★★ SF&F Total Recall 2012 ★★★ SF&F Trust 2010 ★★★ Drama Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn: Part 1 2011 ★★½ SF&F Vertigo 1958 ★★★½ Drama |
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December 31 2012, 06:09 PM
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The Tim Burton Version
Location: In Solitude
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359. The Words (✩✩✩½) - On Demand - A struggling writer becomes famous after finding and publishing someone else's manuscript as if it were his own. Stars Bradley Cooper, Zoe Saldana, Jeremy Irons, Dennis Quaid and Olivia Wilde. The movie didn't get rave reviews, but I thought it was pretty good for the most part. In hindsight, parts of it do seem a bit half-baked though, so I can see where some of the criticism lies. Still, I recomend it. It's worth a look. 360. Employee of the Month (✩✩✩½) - Live TV - Two employees who work at a Costco-style warehouse store compete for employee of the month as well as the affections of the hot new cashier. Stars Dax Shepard, Dane Cook and Jessica Simpson. I liked this movie. The comedic performances and wacky hijinks, especially from Dax, were pretty good. And Jessica Simpson played a genuine character. This is the kind of movie that's easy to dismiss at first glance, but I'm glad I saw it. This concludes my movie reviews for 2012. Theatre: 22 DVD/Blu-ray: 139 Live TV: 143 Recorded TV: 5 On Demand: 47 Internet: 4 |
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December 31 2012, 06:10 PM
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Location: In Solitude
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Re: Movies Seen in 2012
5 Stars None 4½ Stars Ben-Hur - DVD The Captains - DVD 4 Stars Bad Santa - Blu-ray Naughty or Nice - Live TV Now & Forever - DVD 3½ Stars Arbitrage - On Demand Employee of the Month - Live TV Five Million Years to Earth - Live TV Into the Wild - DVD It's Kind of a Funny Story - Live TV Reindeer Games - Blu-ray The Words - On Demand 3 Stars Baby's First Christmas - Live TV Christmas Mail - Live TV Let Me In - Live TV Supergirl - DVD 2½ Stars A Christmas Kiss - Live TV Call Me Mrs. Miracle - Live TV Finding Mrs. Claus - Live TV Finding Neverland - Live TV Holiday in Handcuffs - Live TV Holiday Spin - Live TV Letters to Juliet - Live TV Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles - DVD Scream 4 - DVD Snow - DVD Snow 2: Brain Freeze - DVD Sorority Row - DVD The Christmas Heart - Live TV Under the Mistletoe - Live TV 2 Stars Charlie St. Cloud - Live TV 1½ Stars I Do (But I Don't) - DVD 1 Star None ½ Star None 0 Stars None |
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December 31 2012, 07:02 PM
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Re: Movies Seen in 2012
202. Men In Black 3 (B) 203. A Bronx Tale (B-) Men In Black 3: After the first sequel, my expectations for this installment were pretty low, but it turned out to be pretty entertaining. Josh Brolin was an inspired casting choice for the role of young Agent K, and there are also nice supporting turns from Michael Stuhlbarg and Bill Hader. It is still lesser than the original, of course, but unlike the second film, worth a rental. A Bronx Tale: The first hour of this movie is awfully reminiscent of Goodfellas, but the second half goes off in a much more interesting direction that examines the relations between the Italian American community and the black community in the late 1960s. Unfortunately, the more interesting part is hampered by a couple of weak performances in key roles. Theatres: 61 Home Video: 126+2 Computer: 14
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December 31 2012, 09:24 PM
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Location: 東京
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199. The Gay Divorcee 200. In Bruges 201. The Snowman and the Snowdog 202. Keith Lemon: The Film 203. The Girl 204. Trek nation 205. The Hobbit: An unexpected Journey (and running time) Best films I saw this year were 'Shame', 'Invincible Shaolin', 'Tyrannosaur'.
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December 31 2012, 10:21 PM
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John Dies at the End (2012) ★★★★ Comedy/SF&F
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January 1 2013, 06:10 AM
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2) Midnight in Paris (2011) - B 3) Tree of Life (2011) - F 4) The Descendants (2011) - B 5) Drive (2011) - B 6) Hanna (2011) - C 7) Take Shelter (2011) - A- 8) 50/50 (2011) - B 9) Baby Mama (2008) - B- 10) United 93 (2006) 11) Rango (2011) - B 12) The Hunger Games (2012) - B+ 13) 21 Jump Street (2012) - B+ 14) Goon (2012) - A- 15) The Avengers (2012) - B 16) Cars 2 (2011) - C+ 17) Men in Black 3 (2012) - B+ 18) Prometheus (2012) - D+ 19) The Iron Lady (2011) - C- 20) Crazy, Stupid, Love (2011) - B+ 21) Moonrise Kingdom - (2012) - A 22) Fantastic Mr. Fox - (2009) - B+ 23) The Dark Knight Rises - (2012) - B+ 24) Contagion - (2011) - B 25) Jeff, Who Lives at Home (2012) - C 26) Premium Rush (2012) - B- 27) The Bourne Legacy (2012) - C 28) Haywire (2012) - B 29) LA Confidential - A (1997) 30) Boogie Nights - A- (1997) 31) Argo (2012) - A 32) Cloud Atlas (2012) - C 33) Flight (2012) - B+ 34) Skyfall (2012) - A 35) Silver Linings Playbook (2012) - B+ 36) Lincoln (2012) - B 37) Django Unchained (2012) - A 38) Les Miserables (2012) - C My Final reviews for 2012 Django Unchained This was one of the best movies I saw this year. It felt like a Quinten Terantino Film, with the violence and humor you would come to expect. I loved the soundtrack, the cast, the story, and that ending might be the coolest ending I've seen in a movie this year. I would love a sequel, mainly because Django is such a badass/cool character. Les Miserables I wonder what it is with me a musicals. There are some musicals (Rent and Chicago come to mind) that I really like, and there are some (This movie and Phantom of the Opera) that make me bored out of my mind. Maybe it's the musical that has 97% of the dialoge all sung, and that's what this movie was. The cast didn't do a terrible job, but I just found the movie tedious and boring. Thumbs up to Anne Hathaway who knocked I've dreamed a Dream" out of the park. Also, is it me or has Helana Bonhim Carter become just comic relief. I don't think I've seen her play a different character in any film. Theater: 19 (+2) BluRay: 9 On Demand/TV: 4 Itunes: 6 So that does it for 2012. I admit I don't see as many movies as all of you, but I see a good amount. The reason I participate in this thread each year is to remember the movies I've seen throughout the year the first time, and if I was asked to make a best of list, I could do it easily.
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January 1 2013, 07:02 AM
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Or she could at least do an album of risque Cockney songs.
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January 1 2013, 07:56 AM
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January 1 2013, 01:59 PM
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Re: Movies Seen in 2012
Theatre/Cinema 22. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 23. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
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