Movies Seen in 2012

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Spoiler: Movies Seen in January, February, March, April, May & June

Cowboys & Aliens- DVD
Rise of the Planet of the Apes - DVD
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close - free screenin'
Limitless - Netflix Instant
The Next Three Days - Netflix Instant
Man on a Ledge - free screenin'
Red State - Netflix Instant
Mars Needs Moms - Netflix Instant
S.W.A.T.: Firefight - Netflix Instant
Red Tails - free screenin'
Resident Evil: Degeneration - Netflix Instant
The Last Exorcism - Netflix Instant
Frozen - Netflix Instant
The Perfect Host - Netflix Instant
Tucker & Dale vs Evil - Netflix Instant
Brooklyn's Finest - Netflix Instant
Stone - Netflix Instant
The Woman in Black - free screenin'
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen - free screenin'
Haywire - free admission
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) - free admission
The Artist - free admission
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - free admission
Ted & Eric's Billion Dollar Movie - tech screenin'
Hugo - free admission
Safe House - free screenin'
The Captains - Netflix Instant
Troll Hunter - Netflix Instant
The Evil Dead (1981) - Netflix Instant
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 3D - tech screenin'
Underworld Awakening 3D - free admission
We Need to Talk About Kevin - free admission
The Innkeepers - free admission
Big Miracle - free admission
Chronicle - free admission
Underworld: Unrated Extended Cut - DVD
The Grey - free admission
Contraband - free admission
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island 3D - free admission
One for the Money - free admission
The Ouija Experiment - free admission
Ghost Rider - Extended Cut - DVD
The Secret World of Arrietty - free admission
Bullhead - free admission
Underworld Evolution - DVD
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance 3D- free admission
Castle in the Sky - free admission
Oscar-Nominated Short Films, Live Action: Pentacost, Raju, The Shore, Time Freak & Tuba Atlantic - free admission
This Means War - free admission
Alien Trespass - Netflix Instant
My Neighbor Totoro - free admission
Rampart - free admission
Dr Suess' The Lorax 3D - free screenin'
Comin' At Ya! 3D - free admission
Wanderlust - free admission
Act of Valor - free admission
Oscar-Nominated Short Films, Animated: A Morning Stroll, Dimanche/Sunday, La Luna, The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore & Wild Life - free admission
Dune (1984) - free admission
Doctor Strange - DVD
Project X (2012) - free admission
Martha Marcy May Marlene - free admission
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind - free admission
Friends with Kids - free admission
The Lincoln Lawyer - Netflix Instant
Gabriel Iglesias: Hot and Fluffy - Netflix Instant
John Carter 2D/3D - free admission/free admission
Silent House - free admission
21 Jump Street - free screenin'
Casa de Mi Padre - free admission
Support Your Local Gunfighter - Netflix Instant
The Grudge: Unrated Extended Director's Cut - DVD
Jeff, Who Lives at Home - free admission
My Bloody Valentine (2009) - DVD
Battle Royale (2000) - Alamo Drafthouse
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocal - discount theater
The Butterfly Effect - DVD
The Butterfly Effect 2 - DVD
Sound of Noise - free admission
The FP - free admission
Harold & Maude - free admission
The Double - Netflix Instant
No Strings Attached - Netflix Instant
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey - Netflix Instant
Louis C.K. Hilarious - Netflix Instant
Gamer - Netflix Instant
Rising Sun - Netflix Instant
Death Race 2000 - Netflix Instant
Beverly Hills Cop III - Netflix Instant
Inferno: The Making of The Expendables - Netflix Instant
Street Kings - DVD
Kiki's Delivery Service - free admission
Dark Country - DVD
Wrath of the Titans 3D - free admission
Jiro Dreams of Sushi - free admission
The Raid: Redemption - free admission
The Incredible Hulk Returns - DVD
Titanic 3D - free admission
The Hunger Games - free admission
Mirror, Mirror - free admission
American Reunion - free admission
Justice League: Doom - DVD
W. - DVD
Night of the Running Man - Netflix Instant
The Trial of the Incredible Hulk - DVD
The Hunter - free admission
An Education - DVD
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part Two - DVD
The Prophecy - DVD
Them Idiots Whirled Tour - DVD
The Prophecy II - DVD
Cabin in the Woods - free admission
Juan of the Dead - free admission
Lockout - free admission
Get the Gringo - free screenin'
Only Yesterday - free admission
Pirates! Band of Misfits 3D - free screenin'
Street Kings 2: Motor City - Unrated - DVD
The Cat Returns - free admission
The Prophecy 3: The Ascent - DVD
Marley - free admission
The Lucky One - free admission
Cool Hand Luke - free admission
The Grudge 2: Unrated Director's Cut - DVD
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans - DVD
The Raven - free admission
Colombiana - Unrated - DVD
Princess Mononoke - free admission
The Five-Year Engagement - free admission
Last Days Here - free admission
The Three Stooges - free admission
The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter - DVD
The Avengers 3D/2D - free admission
Damsels in Distress - free admission
Sound of My Voice - free admission
Yellow Submarine - free admission
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel - free screenin'
The Skulls - DVD
Dark Shadows - free admission
The Skulls II - DVD
Sleepless Night - free admission
Conan the Barbarian (1982) - DVD
Battleship - free admission
The Skulls III - DVD
The Dictator - free admission
What to Expect When You're Expecting - free admission
Men in Black 3 3D - free screenin'
Chernobyl Diaries - free screenin'
Batman: Year One/Catwoman - DVD
The Batma vs Dracula - DVD
Seven Pounds - DVD
He's Just Not That Into You - DVD
Final Destination - DVD
The Black Six (1973) - free admission
Final Destination 2 - DVD
Snow White and the Huntsman - free admission
Final Destination 3 - DVD
Piranha 3DD - free admission
The Final Destination - DVD
Final Destination 5 - DVD
Conan the Destroyer - Netflix Instant
Jesse Stone: Stone Cold - Netflix Instant
Ralphie May: Austin-tatious - Netflix Instant
Ralphie May: Too Big to Ignore - Netflix Instant
Shark Night 3D - Netflix Instant
Jesse Stone: Night Passage - Netflix Instant
Kevin Smith: Burn in Hell - Netflix Instant
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise - Netflix Instant
Jesse Stone: Sea Change - Netflix Instant
Moonrise Kingdom - free admission
God Bless America - free admission
Prometheus 3D/2D - free admission
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted - free admission
Rock of Ages - free admission
That's My Boy - free admission
Cursed - DVD
Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter 3D/2D - free screenin'
Escape 2000 (1982) - free admission
Brave 3D/2D - free screenin'
Dracula 2000 - DVD
The Sword and the Sorcerer (1982) - free admission
Superman vs The Elite - DVD
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World - matinee
Mr. Popper's Penquins - HBO
The Hangover Part II - HBO

Ted - free admission
The Amazing Spider-Man 3D - free admission
Powder Blue - DVD
Crazy, Stupid Love - HBO
To Rome With Love - free admission
The Do Deca Pentathlon - free admission
ZAAT! - free admission
Manhattan - free admission
Extraterrestre - free admission
Magic Mike - free admission
Coraline 3D - free admission
Ice Age: Continental Drift 3D - free admission
Beasts of the Southern Wild - free admission

First time seein' Coraline last week! Part of Drafthouse's Summer Kids' Camp series, it was playin' at Alamo Slaughter and in 3D, so I went...and got all kinds of grief for not havin' a kid with me. But I checked with the Alamo's twitter person, and they said a kid isn't necessary to get into the kids movie, so I was totally justified.

Also, that movie was pretty damn creepy.

Saw the fourth Ice Age in 3D at Alamo Slaughter the other day...not great, but not terrible, and pretty consistent with the previous movies in the series.

Went to Drafthouse South Lamar for the first show of the day of BotSW. Fairly decent film told from a child's perspective about life on a Louisiana barrier island before & after a hurricane (possibly Katrina, but no way to know for sure).

Saw Brave for a second time, in 2D, yesterday afternoon at Alamo Slaughter. Best part of that was the preshow - all Pixar shorts!

Not sure what I'll go to see tonight...

 

[Agent Richard07]

Spoiler: The rest of my list.

January

1. Daddy Day Care (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
2. Wild Child (✩✩) - Live TV
3. Fling (✩✩✩½) - DVD
4. Arthur 2: On the Rocks (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
5. Havoc (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
6. Contagion (✩✩✩✩½) - On Demand
7. The Blind Side (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
8. Batman: Under the Red Hood (✩✩✩✩½) - Live TV
9. The Andromeda Strain (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
10. The Last Man on Earth (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV
11. Network (✩✩½) - Live TV
12. Normal Adolescent Behavior: Havoc 2 (✩) - DVD
13. Starsky & Hutch (✩✩½) - Live TV
14. The Rundown (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
15. Mallrats (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
16. My Sister's Keeper (✩✩✩✩½) - Live TV
17. Valkyrie (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
18. The Anderson Tapes (✩✩✩) - Live TV
19. Jack Goes Boating (✩✩✩½) - DVD
20. Margin Call (✩✩✩½) - On Demand
21. Away We Go (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
22. Girl Fight (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
23. Superman & Batman: Apocalypse (✩✩✩✩) - Recorded TV
24. Pandorum (✩✩½) - Live TV
25. Paper Man (✩✩✩✩½) - DVD
26. In Like Flint (✩✩½) - Live TV
27. Blood Diamond (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
28. The Invisible Man (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV
29. Frankenstein (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
30. The Dilemma (✩✩✩½) - DVD

February

31. That One Night (✩✩✩½) - Internet
32. Sex Drive (✩✩½) - DVD
33. Chronicle (✩✩✩½) - Theatre
34. Couples Retreat (✩✩✩) - DVD
35. RV (✩✩✩) - Live TV
36. Chaos Theory (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV
37. Black Swan (✩✩✩✩✩) - DVD
38. One Missed Call (✩) - DVD
39. Kramer vs. Kramer (✩✩✩✩½) - Live TV
40. When in Rome (✩✩½) - Live TV
41. Love to Kill (✩✩✩) - TV
42. Possession (✩✩) - Recorded TV
43. Sex and the City 2 (✩✩✩½) - DVD
44. Little Fockers (✩✩✩½) - DVD
45. Breach: (✩✩✩½) - On Demand
46. Broken Flowers (✩✩✩✩½) - DVD
47. Bronson (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
48. Edge of Darkness (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
49. In & Out (✩✩✩) - Live TV
50. Secrets of Eden (✩✩½) - Live TV
51. Shooter (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
52. Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (✩✩✩½) - Live TV

March

53. 10 Items or Less (✩✩✩½) - DVD
54. The Old Man and the Sea (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV
55. The Reader (✩✩✩✩✩) - Live TV
56. The Stunt Man (✩✩) - Recorded TV
57. Nine (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV
58. Untraceable (✩✩½) - DVD
59. The Quiet (✩✩✩½) - DVD
60. My Mother's Secret (✩✩½) - Live TV
61. The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (✩✩✩½) - DVD
62. Sex and Death 101 (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
63. The Human Contract (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
64. The Craigslist Killer (✩✩✩) - Live TV
65. Life As We Know It (✩✩✩½) - DVD
66. She's the Man (✩✩✩) - Live TV
67. Witchslayer Gretl (✩½) - Live TV
68. The Adjustment Bureau (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
69. Young Adult (✩✩✩½) - On Demand
70. My Silent Partner (✩✩) - Live TV
71. Middle Men (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
72. The Rebound (✩✩) - On Demand
73. The Descendants (✩✩✩✩) - On Demand
74. Melancholia (✩✩✩✩) - On Demand
75. Walking the Halls (✩✩✩) - Live TV
76. Hoodwinked! (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
77. 21 Jump Street (✩✩✩½) - Theatre
78. Clerks II (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
79. Henry's Crime (✩✩✩½) - DVD
80. Hannah Montana: The Movie (✩✩✩½) - DVD
81. Chasing Amy (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
82. The Hunger Games (✩✩✩✩) - Theatre
83. Like Crazy (✩✩✩✩) - On Demand
84. Newlyweds (✩✩✩½) - On Demand
85. Dear John (✩✩✩) - Live TV
86. Carriers (✩✩½) - Live TV
87. The Karate Kid (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
88. Vertical Limit (✩✩✩) - DVD
89. Killers (✩✩½) - DVD
90. Cyberbully (✩✩½) - On Demand
91. The Change-Up (✩✩✩) - On Demand
92. 50/50 (✩✩✩✩½) - On Demand
93. The Seven Year Itch (✩✩✩) - Live TV
94. Confined (✩✩✩½) - On Demand
95. Love Happens (✩✩✩) - Live TV

April

96. La Jetée (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV
97. Some Like It Hot (✩✩✩) - Live TV
98. Starman (✩✩✩) - DVD
99. Adam (✩✩✩✩½) - DVD
100. The Other Woman (✩✩½) - DVD
101. The Good Night (✩✩✩) - DVD
102. The Spy Next Door (✩✩) - Live TV
103. Paranormal Activity (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
104. Breakaway (✩✩½) - Live TV
105. Moneyball (✩✩✩½) - On Demand
106. The Iron Lady (✩✩✩½) - On Demand
107. Crazy, Stupid, Love. (✩✩✩✩) - On Demand
108. American Reunion (✩✩✩½) - Theatre
109. Bedazzled (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV
110. Picture This (✩✩½) - Live TV
111. Hall Pass (✩✩✩) - DVD
112. Field of Dreams (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
113. Thirst (✩✩½) - Live TV
114. Saint John of Las Vegas (✩✩✩) - DVD
115. Shame (✩✩✩½) - On Demand
116. The Men Who Stare at Goats (✩✩½) - DVD
117. Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (✩✩✩½) - On Demand
118. The Company Men (✩✩✩½) - DVD
119. This Movie is Broken (✩✩) - DVD
120. Finding a Family (✩✩✩) - Live TV
121. Cop Out (✩✩✩) - Live TV
122. The Fantastic Four (✩✩✩) - Internet
123. The Illustrated Man (✩✩✩) - Recorded TV
124. Winter's Bone (✩✩½) - DVD
125. Never Cry Werewolf (✩✩½) - Live TV
126. The Astronaut Farmer (✩✩✩✩) - DVD

May

127. The Road (✩✩✩½) - DVD
128. Unstoppable (✩✩✩½) - DVD
129. The Avengers (✩✩✩½) - Theatre
130. The Runaways (✩✩✩) - Live TV
131. Anonymous (✩✩✩) - On Demand
132. The Hangover (✩✩✩) - Live TV
133. The Hangover Part II (✩✩✩) - On Demand
134. Duplicity (✩✩½) - Live TV
135. Leap Year (✩✩✩) - Live TV
136. Puncture (✩✩✩½) - On Demand
137. Amelia (✩✩½) - DVD
138. Lymelife (✩✩½) - DVD
139. Raising Helen (✩✩½) - Live TV
140. Waiting... (✩✩) - DVD
141. Still Waiting... (✩✩½) - DVD
142. Lemonade Mouth (✩✩✩) - Live TV
143. Justice League: Doom (✩✩✩) - On Demand
144. One for the Money (✩✩) - On Demand
145. One Day (✩✩✩½) - DVD
146. Red Riding Hood (✩✩✩) - DVD
147. Hollywoodland (✩✩✩½) - DVD
148. Whip It (✩✩✩) - Live TV
149. The Young Victoria (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
150. Trapped (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
151. DOA: Dead or Alive (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
152. Chernobyl Diaries (✩✩✩½) - Theatre
153. Harry and the Hendersons (✩✩½) - Live TV
154. The Last Song (✩✩✩) - Live TV
155. Women in Trouble (✩✩✩½) - DVD
156. Elektra Luxx (✩✩✩) - DVD
157. The China Syndrome (✩✩✩½) - Recorded TV
158. Men in Black 3 (✩✩✩½) - Theatre
159. The Way Back (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
160. It's Complicated (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
161. The Note (✩✩) - Internet

June

162. The Note II: Taking a Chance on Love (✩✩) - DVD
163. The Vow (✩✩✩✩) - On Demand
164. Helen (✩✩✩) - Live TV
165. Snow White and the Huntsman (✩✩✩✩) - Theatre
166. Living with the Enemy (✩✩✩) - Live TV
167. Insidious (✩✩✩) - DVD
168. How Do You Know (✩✩✩) - DVD
169. She Drives Me Crazy (✩✩½) - Live TV
170. Flirting With Disaster (✩✩✩) - Live TV
171. Earthquake (✩✩✩) - Live TV
172. 17 Again (✩✩✩½) - DVD
173. Prometheus (✩✩✩✩) - Theatre
174. How to Make Love to a Woman (✩✩✩✩) - Internet
175. Good Dick (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
176. Gojira (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV
177. Rodan (✩✩½) - Live TV
178. Mothra (✩✩✩) - Live TV
179. Adoration (✩½) - Live TV
180. Love, Wedding, Marriage (✩✩✩) - Live TV
181. The Ghost Writer (✩✩✩) - Live TV
182. 3000 Miles to Graceland (✩✩✩½) - DVD
183. Spartacus (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV
184. Last Night (✩✩✩) - DVD
185. Shutter Island (✩✩✩) - DVD
186. Hereafter (✩✩✩) - DVD
187. Waitress (✩✩✩) - Live TV
188. Bridesmaids (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
189. The Back-Up Plan (✩✩✩) - Live TV
190. Triage (✩✩✩) - DVD
191. Easy A (✩✩✩) - DVD
192. The Switch (✩✩✩) - DVD
193. Horrible Bosses (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
194. Hot Tub Time Machine (✩✩½) - Live TV
195. Eat Pray Love (✩✩✩½) - DVD

July

196. Columbus Circle (✩✩✩½) - On Demand
197. The Next Three Days (✩✩✩✩½) - DVD
198. The Amazing Spider-Man (✩✩✩) - Theatre
199. Date Night (✩✩✩) - DVD

200. 7 Faces of Dr. Lao: (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV - A mysterious man visits a small town riding on the back of a donkey and sets up a circus for all to see, with various townsfolk being taught a thing or two thanks to his involvement. Tony Randall plays the title character as well as six others and I must say... Each performance was fantastic and shows what a talented and underrated actor he is. The life lessons were good too. This one never became a big-time classic, but it's worth seeing.

201. It Came from Beneath the Sea: (✩✩✩½) - Live TV - Biologists are called in to battle a giant octopus. The best part of the movie was the love life of one of our biologists played by the beautiful and lovely Faith Domergue.

202. Fugitive at 17: (✩✩½) - Live TV - TV movie about a teen who goes on the run from the police after she's falsely accused of getting her friend to overdoes on drugs at a party. It's "The Fugitive" with a teenage girl. It'll hold your attention, but that's about it.

203. The Adventures of Robin Hood: (✩✩✩) - Live TV - Finally saw this classic. Very colorful, but slow and plodding. Apparently there was supposed to be a sequel, but it never got made due to the war effort.

204. The Three Musketeers: (✩✩½) - Live TV - Another classic. Even less engaging than Robin Hood, but I'm glad I tried to watch it. The only real positives were Vincent Price and seeing a young Angela Lansbury.

205. Ninja Assassin: (✩✩✩) - Live TV - A woman who's trying to expose a clan of ninjas associated with a slew of murders finds herself being hunted by them. There to help her, is a former member of that clan. Shot in Germany, this one has lots of ninja work, ninjas hiding in shadows and a whole lot of blood splattering around like red paint. Not a great action movie, but it did remind me of Bruce Wayne's relationship with Ra's al Ghul's clan from Batman Begins.

206. The Rival: (✩✩½) - Live TV - TV movie about a woman who's jealous of her husband's supposed relationship with the surrogate who'd been hired to carry her child. Watchable if you have to plop down in front of the TV.

207. Brokeback Mountain: (✩✩✩✩) - DVD - Finally saw this and loved it. The two main characters aging 20 years was also somewhat believable. What's funny though, are all the connections to Nolan's Batman trilogy. We get to see the Joker (Heath Ledger) and Catwoman (Anne Hathaway) in the same movie. Then we have Jake Gyllenhaal, the sister of the actress who played Rachel Dawes and Michelle Williams, the costar of the other actress who played Rachel Dawes.

208. Due Date: (✩✩✩) - DVD - Planes, Trains and Automobiles with Robert Downey, Jr. and Zack Galifianakis. It was engaging enough and somewhat humourous in places, but it wasn't a great movie and Zack's character was endearing, but crass and annoying at times. This movie also reunites Downey with Michelle Monaghan, his costar from Kiss Kiss Bang Bang and Jamie Foxx, his costar from The Soloist.

Theatre: 10
DVD/Blu-Ray: 76
Live TV: 88
Recorded TV: 5
On Demand: 25
Internet: 4

 

[Harvey]

Spoiler: Rest of List

1. Holy Rollers (B-)
2. The Kids Are All Right (B)
3. History of the World, Part 1 (C-)
4. Blazing Saddles (A+)
5. Scarface [1932] (B-)
6. The Purple Rose of Cairo (A)
7. Rampart (B+)
8. We Need To Talk About Kevin (A+)
9. Tucker and Dale vs Evil (B+)
10. They Live (B-)
11. Darling Companion (D)
12. A Dangerous Method (B-)
13. Haywire (C+)
14. Mission: Impossible (B+)
15. Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (B+)
16. Twixt (C+)
17. Burn After Reading (B+)
18. Tinker, Tailor, Solider, Spy (B-)
19. Drive (A)
20. Crazy Stupid Love (A)
21. The Omega Man (D)
22. The Adjustment Bureau (B+)
23. The Artist (A-)
24. Lady and the Tramp (B)
25. Hugo (A-)
26. The Secret World of Arrietty (B)
27. Twelve Angry Men (A)
28. Act of Valor (F)
29. Walker (A)
30. Lonely Are The Brave (A-)
31. Executive Action (C)
32. Three Colors: Blue (A)
33. Bright Leaves (A)
34. Photographic Memory (A)
35. The People Vs. George Lucas (C-)
36. Avatar (B-)
37. The Life of Reilly (A-)
38. Limitless (B-)
39. Star Wars (A)
40. The Empire Strikes Back (A)
41. Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story (A)
42. Machete (C+)
43. Unmasking The Idol (D-)
44. Alien (A+)
45. The Raid: Redemption (B-)
46. Attenberg (B)
47. 21 Jump Street (C+)
48. Piranha 3D (C+)
49. The Hunger Games (C-)
50. This Filthy World (B)
51. Bad Fever (C-)
52. The Conspirator (C)
53. We The Party (C-)
54. My Darling Clementine (C+)
55. Freakonomics (C+)
56 Sound of My Voice (A-)
57. Tales from the Script (C-)
58. Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (B+)
59. Me and Orson Welles (B)
60. Everything Must Go (B+)
61. The Avengers (C)
62. The Pirates! Band of Misfits (B)
63. One Day in the Life of Andrei Arsenevich (B)
64. Starship Troopers (A)
65. Alien (A+)
66. Aliens (A)
67. Into the Abyss (B)
68. The Expendables (D)
69. Dumbo (B+)
70. Bullet in the Head (B-)
71. City Streets (D)
72. Hard Boiled (A)
73. Burn After Reading (B+)
74. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (B+)
75. A Few Good Men (B)
76. Jiro Dreams of Sushi (A)
77. RoboCop (A-)
78. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (A-)
79. Star Trek: The Motion Picture (C-)
80. Your Sister's Sister (A)
81. The Gunfighter (B+)
82. The Sting (A-)
83. The Thin Blue Line (A)
84. Rango (A)
85. The Killing (B+)
86. The Order of the Black Eagle (F)
87. Jaws (A)
88. Marley & Me (B-)
89. Dominick Dunne: After The Party (B)
90. Prometheus (B-)
91. Collaborator (B-)
92. The Island of Lost Souls (B)
93. The Taking of Pelham 123 [1974] (B+)
94. High Anxiety (C+)
95. Carlos (A-)
96. Stargate (B)
97. Ben-Hur (B+)
98. Bringing up Baby (A)
99. The Trip (B+)
100. Observe and Report (D-)
101. The Conversation (A)
102. TRON (C)
103. Cat Ballou (B)
104. Monsters, Inc. (B)
105. Torn Curtain (C)
106. Marnie (A-)

107. Three Colors: White (A-)
108. Logan's Run (C+)

Three Colors: White: This has been called the slightest film of this trilogy, but I think it's only marks a marginal decline from Three Colors: Blue. It's biggest problem is getting audiences to sympathize with the principal character, who loves his wife (swiftly, his ex-wife) despite her constant abuse. She divorces him for being able to perform sexually, wipes out his bank account, frames him for arson, and taunts his impotence over the phone. Yet, through all this antagonism, he still loves her. Even when he's ultimately completed a scheme to destroy her life, he still cries for her (at least, that's how I read the final shot). I think the ending might be the film's greatest strength; if Hollywood were to use this premise, his victory over her would be played solely as a just and happy one. Here, it's more ambiguous, and lends the movie a greater sense of reality.

Logan's Run: I've seen this 1976 sf film get rather savaged on this board for representing the nadir of 70s cheese, but I think that's a bit unfair. Oh, sure, there are moments (like the laughable robot) that must have looked silly 35 years ago, and certainly look silly now, but there are others that are more effective (the production design of the 23rd century, although very 70s, is pretty interesting). It's by no means a masterpiece (the direction is at times workmanlike, at other times renders sequences incoherent), but it makes for a passable spectacle. There's definitely room for a remake to improve upon it, although it's hard to imagine it getting away with the casual nudity and the pretty experimental score (by Jerry Goldsmith) that are present here.

Judging from Wikipedia, it departs rather dramatically from the novel (novella?), which also has a bunch of sequels. Worth reading?

Theatres: 41
Home Video: 59 +2
Computer: 8

 

[nvek86]

88. Mirror Mirror

The other Snow White film from this year and I liked it better than Snow White & the Huntsman. The advantage here is that the film knew what it wanted to be: simple, funny and great to look at (and I'll simply pretend the song/dance scene at the end did not happen).

 

[Agent Richard07]

Spoiler: The rest of my list.

January

1. Daddy Day Care (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
2. Wild Child (✩✩) - Live TV
3. Fling (✩✩✩½) - DVD
4. Arthur 2: On the Rocks (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
5. Havoc (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
6. Contagion (✩✩✩✩½) - On Demand
7. The Blind Side (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
8. Batman: Under the Red Hood (✩✩✩✩½) - Live TV
9. The Andromeda Strain (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
10. The Last Man on Earth (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV
11. Network (✩✩½) - Live TV
12. Normal Adolescent Behavior: Havoc 2 (✩) - DVD
13. Starsky & Hutch (✩✩½) - Live TV
14. The Rundown (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
15. Mallrats (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
16. My Sister's Keeper (✩✩✩✩½) - Live TV
17. Valkyrie (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
18. The Anderson Tapes (✩✩✩) - Live TV
19. Jack Goes Boating (✩✩✩½) - DVD
20. Margin Call (✩✩✩½) - On Demand
21. Away We Go (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
22. Girl Fight (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
23. Superman & Batman: Apocalypse (✩✩✩✩) - Recorded TV
24. Pandorum (✩✩½) - Live TV
25. Paper Man (✩✩✩✩½) - DVD
26. In Like Flint (✩✩½) - Live TV
27. Blood Diamond (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
28. The Invisible Man (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV
29. Frankenstein (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
30. The Dilemma (✩✩✩½) - DVD

February

31. That One Night (✩✩✩½) - Internet
32. Sex Drive (✩✩½) - DVD
33. Chronicle (✩✩✩½) - Theatre
34. Couples Retreat (✩✩✩) - DVD
35. RV (✩✩✩) - Live TV
36. Chaos Theory (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV
37. Black Swan (✩✩✩✩✩) - DVD
38. One Missed Call (✩) - DVD
39. Kramer vs. Kramer (✩✩✩✩½) - Live TV
40. When in Rome (✩✩½) - Live TV
41. Love to Kill (✩✩✩) - TV
42. Possession (✩✩) - Recorded TV
43. Sex and the City 2 (✩✩✩½) - DVD
44. Little Fockers (✩✩✩½) - DVD
45. Breach: (✩✩✩½) - On Demand
46. Broken Flowers (✩✩✩✩½) - DVD
47. Bronson (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
48. Edge of Darkness (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
49. In & Out (✩✩✩) - Live TV
50. Secrets of Eden (✩✩½) - Live TV
51. Shooter (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
52. Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (✩✩✩½) - Live TV

March

53. 10 Items or Less (✩✩✩½) - DVD
54. The Old Man and the Sea (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV
55. The Reader (✩✩✩✩✩) - Live TV
56. The Stunt Man (✩✩) - Recorded TV
57. Nine (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV
58. Untraceable (✩✩½) - DVD
59. The Quiet (✩✩✩½) - DVD
60. My Mother's Secret (✩✩½) - Live TV
61. The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (✩✩✩½) - DVD
62. Sex and Death 101 (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
63. The Human Contract (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
64. The Craigslist Killer (✩✩✩) - Live TV
65. Life As We Know It (✩✩✩½) - DVD
66. She's the Man (✩✩✩) - Live TV
67. Witchslayer Gretl (✩½) - Live TV
68. The Adjustment Bureau (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
69. Young Adult (✩✩✩½) - On Demand
70. My Silent Partner (✩✩) - Live TV
71. Middle Men (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
72. The Rebound (✩✩) - On Demand
73. The Descendants (✩✩✩✩) - On Demand
74. Melancholia (✩✩✩✩) - On Demand
75. Walking the Halls (✩✩✩) - Live TV
76. Hoodwinked! (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
77. 21 Jump Street (✩✩✩½) - Theatre
78. Clerks II (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
79. Henry's Crime (✩✩✩½) - DVD
80. Hannah Montana: The Movie (✩✩✩½) - DVD
81. Chasing Amy (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
82. The Hunger Games (✩✩✩✩) - Theatre
83. Like Crazy (✩✩✩✩) - On Demand
84. Newlyweds (✩✩✩½) - On Demand
85. Dear John (✩✩✩) - Live TV
86. Carriers (✩✩½) - Live TV
87. The Karate Kid (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
88. Vertical Limit (✩✩✩) - DVD
89. Killers (✩✩½) - DVD
90. Cyberbully (✩✩½) - On Demand
91. The Change-Up (✩✩✩) - On Demand
92. 50/50 (✩✩✩✩½) - On Demand
93. The Seven Year Itch (✩✩✩) - Live TV
94. Confined (✩✩✩½) - On Demand
95. Love Happens (✩✩✩) - Live TV

April

96. La Jetée (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV
97. Some Like It Hot (✩✩✩) - Live TV
98. Starman (✩✩✩) - DVD
99. Adam (✩✩✩✩½) - DVD
100. The Other Woman (✩✩½) - DVD
101. The Good Night (✩✩✩) - DVD
102. The Spy Next Door (✩✩) - Live TV
103. Paranormal Activity (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
104. Breakaway (✩✩½) - Live TV
105. Moneyball (✩✩✩½) - On Demand
106. The Iron Lady (✩✩✩½) - On Demand
107. Crazy, Stupid, Love. (✩✩✩✩) - On Demand
108. American Reunion (✩✩✩½) - Theatre
109. Bedazzled (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV
110. Picture This (✩✩½) - Live TV
111. Hall Pass (✩✩✩) - DVD
112. Field of Dreams (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
113. Thirst (✩✩½) - Live TV
114. Saint John of Las Vegas (✩✩✩) - DVD
115. Shame (✩✩✩½) - On Demand
116. The Men Who Stare at Goats (✩✩½) - DVD
117. Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (✩✩✩½) - On Demand
118. The Company Men (✩✩✩½) - DVD
119. This Movie is Broken (✩✩) - DVD
120. Finding a Family (✩✩✩) - Live TV
121. Cop Out (✩✩✩) - Live TV
122. The Fantastic Four (✩✩✩) - Internet
123. The Illustrated Man (✩✩✩) - Recorded TV
124. Winter's Bone (✩✩½) - DVD
125. Never Cry Werewolf (✩✩½) - Live TV
126. The Astronaut Farmer (✩✩✩✩) - DVD

May

127. The Road (✩✩✩½) - DVD
128. Unstoppable (✩✩✩½) - DVD
129. The Avengers (✩✩✩½) - Theatre
130. The Runaways (✩✩✩) - Live TV
131. Anonymous (✩✩✩) - On Demand
132. The Hangover (✩✩✩) - Live TV
133. The Hangover Part II (✩✩✩) - On Demand
134. Duplicity (✩✩½) - Live TV
135. Leap Year (✩✩✩) - Live TV
136. Puncture (✩✩✩½) - On Demand
137. Amelia (✩✩½) - DVD
138. Lymelife (✩✩½) - DVD
139. Raising Helen (✩✩½) - Live TV
140. Waiting... (✩✩) - DVD
141. Still Waiting... (✩✩½) - DVD
142. Lemonade Mouth (✩✩✩) - Live TV
143. Justice League: Doom (✩✩✩) - On Demand
144. One for the Money (✩✩) - On Demand
145. One Day (✩✩✩½) - DVD
146. Red Riding Hood (✩✩✩) - DVD
147. Hollywoodland (✩✩✩½) - DVD
148. Whip It (✩✩✩) - Live TV
149. The Young Victoria (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
150. Trapped (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
151. DOA: Dead or Alive (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
152. Chernobyl Diaries (✩✩✩½) - Theatre
153. Harry and the Hendersons (✩✩½) - Live TV
154. The Last Song (✩✩✩) - Live TV
155. Women in Trouble (✩✩✩½) - DVD
156. Elektra Luxx (✩✩✩) - DVD
157. The China Syndrome (✩✩✩½) - Recorded TV
158. Men in Black 3 (✩✩✩½) - Theatre
159. The Way Back (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
160. It's Complicated (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
161. The Note (✩✩) - Internet

June

162. The Note II: Taking a Chance on Love (✩✩) - DVD
163. The Vow (✩✩✩✩) - On Demand
164. Helen (✩✩✩) - Live TV
165. Snow White and the Huntsman (✩✩✩✩) - Theatre
166. Living with the Enemy (✩✩✩) - Live TV
167. Insidious (✩✩✩) - DVD
168. How Do You Know (✩✩✩) - DVD
169. She Drives Me Crazy (✩✩½) - Live TV
170. Flirting With Disaster (✩✩✩) - Live TV
171. Earthquake (✩✩✩) - Live TV
172. 17 Again (✩✩✩½) - DVD
173. Prometheus (✩✩✩✩) - Theatre
174. How to Make Love to a Woman (✩✩✩✩) - Internet
175. Good Dick (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
176. Gojira (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV
177. Rodan (✩✩½) - Live TV
178. Mothra (✩✩✩) - Live TV
179. Adoration (✩½) - Live TV
180. Love, Wedding, Marriage (✩✩✩) - Live TV
181. The Ghost Writer (✩✩✩) - Live TV
182. 3000 Miles to Graceland (✩✩✩½) - DVD
183. Spartacus (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV
184. Last Night (✩✩✩) - DVD
185. Shutter Island (✩✩✩) - DVD
186. Hereafter (✩✩✩) - DVD
187. Waitress (✩✩✩) - Live TV
188. Bridesmaids (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
189. The Back-Up Plan (✩✩✩) - Live TV
190. Triage (✩✩✩) - DVD
191. Easy A (✩✩✩) - DVD
192. The Switch (✩✩✩) - DVD
193. Horrible Bosses (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
194. Hot Tub Time Machine (✩✩½) - Live TV
195. Eat Pray Love (✩✩✩½) - DVD

July

196. Columbus Circle (✩✩✩½) - On Demand
197. The Next Three Days (✩✩✩✩½) - DVD
198. The Amazing Spider-Man (✩✩✩) - Theatre
199. Date Night (✩✩✩) - DVD
200. 7 Faces of Dr. Lao (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV
201. It Came from Beneath the Sea (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
202. Fugitive at 17 (✩✩½) - Live TV
203. The Adventures of Robin Hood (✩✩✩) - Live TV
204. The Three Musketeers (✩✩½) - Live TV
205. Ninja Assassin (✩✩✩) - Live TV
206. The Rival (✩✩½) - Live TV
207. Brokeback Mountain (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
208. Due Date (✩✩✩) - DVD

209. Something Borrowed: (✩✩✩) - DVD - A woman (Ginnifer Goodwin) falls for her best friend's (Kate Hudson) fiancé. The two of them then carry on an affair. This is a romantic comedy with some serious undertones, and it's based on a novel. Goodwin and Hudson are fun to watch and the sotory is gripping in that you'll want to know what will happen to their friendship once she finds out. I didn't like the movie's ending, but then I saw that it had a mid-credit sequence that sets things up for a sequel. Will it ever get made? This movie didn't do well critically or in terms of box office revenues, so I'm not holding my breath. I may have to read about what happens in the follow-up novel Something Blue.

210. Something New: (✩✩✩) - DVD - This isn't the sequel to Something Borrowed. It's something new. A single black career woman is set up on a blind date with a man and she's not comfortable with the fact that he's white. It stars Saana Lathan and Simon Baker and tackles racial issues from the perspective of its black cast of characters. There probably isn't a good way to raise the issue, but this movie does try to tackle its subject matter with balance, sensitivity and a bit of naturalistic humor.

211. The Dark Knight Rises: (✩✩✩✩½) - Theatre - I talk more about the movie here. I wanted to give it 5 stars, but I can't. It was fantastic, but it didn't blow me away. I think high expectations got the better of me. The movie had some powerful themes and moments, but they weren't milked as much as they could have been.

Theatre: 11
DVD/Blu-Ray: 78
Live TV: 88
Recorded TV: 5
On Demand: 25
Internet: 4

 

[CaptainCanada]

Spoiler: the rest of my list.

1. My Week With Marilyn (B-)
2. Fantasia 2000 (B+)
3. Blade Runner (B)
4. The Hidden Fortress (A-)
5. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (B+)
6. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (A+)
7. The Descendants (A-)
8. Monsieur Lazhar (A)
9. The Prestige (A+)
10. Blood Simple (A-)
11. The Big Lebowski (B+)
12. West Side Story (A-)
13. The Hours (A-)
14. Lady and the Tramp (B)
15. An Officer and a Gentleman (B)
16. All Quiet On The Western Front (A)
17. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (B-)
18. Spellbound (B+)
19. Seven Samurai (A+)
20. X-Men: First Class (A)
21. Do The Right Thing (N/A)
22. Martha Marcy May Marlene (B)
23. The Artist (A-)
24. LA Confidential (A)
25. Young Adult (B)
26. Children of Men (B+)
27. Gaslight (B+)
28. North By Northwest (A+)
29. American Beauty (A-)
30. Revolutionary Road (A-)
31. Being There (B)
32. Coriolanus (C+)
33. To Catch A Thief (B+)
34. A Separation (A+)
35. The Hunger Games (B+)
36. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (A)
37. Saturday Night Fever (A-)
38. The Tree of Life (A-)
39. Hero (B-)
40. Boogie Nights (A+)
41. Magnolia (A-)
42. The Lives of Others (A)
43. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (A-)
44. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (A)
45. A Streetcar Named Desire (A)
46. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (A)
47. Downfall (A+)
48. In Darkness (B+)
49. Cabaret (C+)
50. The Avengers (A)
51. The Incredible Hulk (B)
52. The Last of the Mohicans (A-)
53. Alien (A)
54. Mystic River (A)
55. Amadeus (A+)
56. Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (B)
57. Snow White and the Huntsman (C)
58. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (B+)
59. Fast Times at Ridgemont High (B)
60. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (A-)
61. Field of Dreams (A+)
62. The Conversation (B)
63. American Gangster (A)
64. Rise of the Planet of the Apes (B+)
65. Damsels in Distress (B+)
66. 3 Days of the Condor (B+)
67. Star Trek (A)
68. Thelma & Louise (A)
69. Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (B)
70. Brave (B+)
71. The Grapes of Wrath (A-)
72. Where Do We Go Now? (B)
73. The Night of the Hunter (C)
74. Dangerous Liasons (A)
75. Amelie (A)
76. Glory (A)
77. Savages (B+)
78. The Amazing Spider-Man (B+)
79. There Will Be Blood (A)
80. Memento (A)
81. Nine (C)
82. Insomnia (B+)
83. Batman Begins (A+)
84. Margaret (A-)
85. The Dark Knight (A+)

86. The Dark Knight Rises (A)

Discussed more thoroughly in the review thread. It's an epic, and arguably a bit messy in its plotting, but overall it's a fitting conclusion to the trilogy.

Cinema: 20 (+1)
Home Video: 57
Computer: 8

 

[Harvey]

Spoiler: Rest of List

1. Holy Rollers (B-)
2. The Kids Are All Right (B)
3. History of the World, Part 1 (C-)
4. Blazing Saddles (A+)
5. Scarface [1932] (B-)
6. The Purple Rose of Cairo (A)
7. Rampart (B+)
8. We Need To Talk About Kevin (A+)
9. Tucker and Dale vs Evil (B+)
10. They Live (B-)
11. Darling Companion (D)
12. A Dangerous Method (B-)
13. Haywire (C+)
14. Mission: Impossible (B+)
15. Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (B+)
16. Twixt (C+)
17. Burn After Reading (B+)
18. Tinker, Tailor, Solider, Spy (B-)
19. Drive (A)
20. Crazy Stupid Love (A)
21. The Omega Man (D)
22. The Adjustment Bureau (B+)
23. The Artist (A-)
24. Lady and the Tramp (B)
25. Hugo (A-)
26. The Secret World of Arrietty (B)
27. Twelve Angry Men (A)
28. Act of Valor (F)
29. Walker (A)
30. Lonely Are The Brave (A-)
31. Executive Action (C)
32. Three Colors: Blue (A)
33. Bright Leaves (A)
34. Photographic Memory (A)
35. The People Vs. George Lucas (C-)
36. Avatar (B-)
37. The Life of Reilly (A-)
38. Limitless (B-)
39. Star Wars (A)
40. The Empire Strikes Back (A)
41. Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story (A)
42. Machete (C+)
43. Unmasking The Idol (D-)
44. Alien (A+)
45. The Raid: Redemption (B-)
46. Attenberg (B)
47. 21 Jump Street (C+)
48. Piranha 3D (C+)
49. The Hunger Games (C-)
50. This Filthy World (B)
51. Bad Fever (C-)
52. The Conspirator (C)
53. We The Party (C-)
54. My Darling Clementine (C+)
55. Freakonomics (C+)
56 Sound of My Voice (A-)
57. Tales from the Script (C-)
58. Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (B+)
59. Me and Orson Welles (B)
60. Everything Must Go (B+)
61. The Avengers (C)
62. The Pirates! Band of Misfits (B)
63. One Day in the Life of Andrei Arsenevich (B)
64. Starship Troopers (A)
65. Alien (A+)
66. Aliens (A)
67. Into the Abyss (B)
68. The Expendables (D)
69. Dumbo (B+)
70. Bullet in the Head (B-)
71. City Streets (D)
72. Hard Boiled (A)
73. Burn After Reading (B+)
74. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (B+)
75. A Few Good Men (B)
76. Jiro Dreams of Sushi (A)
77. RoboCop (A-)
78. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (A-)
79. Star Trek: The Motion Picture (C-)
80. Your Sister's Sister (A)
81. The Gunfighter (B+)
82. The Sting (A-)
83. The Thin Blue Line (A)
84. Rango (A)
85. The Killing (B+)
86. The Order of the Black Eagle (F)
87. Jaws (A)
88. Marley & Me (B-)
89. Dominick Dunne: After The Party (B)
90. Prometheus (B-)
91. Collaborator (B-)
92. The Island of Lost Souls (B)
93. The Taking of Pelham 123 [1974] (B+)
94. High Anxiety (C+)
95. Carlos (A-)
96. Stargate (B)
97. Ben-Hur (B+)
98. Bringing up Baby (A)
99. The Trip (B+)
100. Observe and Report (D-)
101. The Conversation (A)
102. TRON (C)
103. Cat Ballou (B)
104. Monsters, Inc. (B)
105. Torn Curtain (C)
106. Marnie (A-)
107. Three Colors: White (A-)
108. Logan's Run (C+)

109. Horrible Bosses (B+)

Horrible Bosses: Funny and well-acted (especially the bosses: Jennifer Aniston reminds us she can act; Colin Farrell plays completely against type; Spacey essentially reprising his superb turn from Swimming with Sharks), this comedy doesn't break any barriers, but is consistently entertaining. The leads do their job but aren't as memorable, except for Charlie Day, who proves he has absolutely no range as an actor, which doesn't stop him from stealing scene after scene. The characters behave like utter morons in a way that keeps the plot moving, but unlike most other movies, the point is that they actually are utter morons.

Apparently a sequel is in the works; although the ending is open rather than closed, I can't see a follow-up doing anything that isn't a complete repetition of this film's premise. Assuming the three leads remain the same, casting some horrible bosses as good as the group here might make it worth seeing, but they'll be difficult to top.

Theatres: 41
Home Video: 60 +1
Computer: 8

 

[nvek86]

89. The Cabin in the Woods

I thought this was quite boring, maybe because I don't watch a lot of horror films and didn't get all the references/allusions this film contained.
The one part I really did like was...

Spoiler: about the film

...pretty much everything in the control room. I wish the film had concentrated only on these guys and skipped the teenagers completely/showed them only in the backgroud or on the screens.

 

[tomalak301]

Spoiler: The List

1) The Artist (2011) - A+
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+

I'm going to try to not give spoilers, but if something slips, I apologize.

I went in to TDKR probably with a bit too high expectations, because while it was a good movie, there were parts of it that were a bit frustrating. Maybe it was the lack of power from Heath Ledgers Joker, or some lack of focus that made the first Nolan Batman film a lot tighter, I don't know, but I felt this one kind of went all over the place. The cast did very well and there was a great story here, but maybe with some editing, it could have been a lot better. I will say I really liked Hathaway as Catwoman, even though I kept thinking "she's no Michelle Pfeiffer" and Joseph Gordon Levitt continues to impress me with all the movies he is in. Right now in terms of probably favorite male/female young actors getting in their prime, I would rank Emma Stone and Gordon Levitt at the top.

Theater: 9 (+1)
BluRay: 6
On Demand/TV: 2
Itunes: 6

 

[stj]

The Chameleon, starring Ellen Barkin as the druggie mother of a missing son, Nick Stahl as his violent druggie brother, Emilie Ravin as his weepy sister and Famke Janssen as a cop of some sort. The plot starts when a boy speaking French claims to be the missing son. His sister comes to France, positively identifies him and he goes home. The movie takes a twist when he is exposed as a fraud. The resolution is that everyone identified him as the missing son so that he could provide an alibi. For the brother? Or possibly the mother?

The interesting thing is that after I saw this I found there is a new documentary out about the true case that inspired this. (The real case took place in Texas, not the more colorful Louisiana.) Like Monster or Daniel y Ana, the discovery it's supposed to be about real people is disconcerting and makes me uncomfortable. Accusing real people, instead of characters, of murder is serious business. The movie is indie solemn but I suspect takes far too many liberties with characters to feel right about fingering a real person.

Of course the thing about Monster is the way it exonerated the Wuornos' girlfriend and the thing about Daniel y Ana was the hysteria mongering. But the slapdash Hollywood approach to fact (shared by indies) makes movies about private figures seem intrinsically suspect. Public figures we usually know enough about (since they're public) to catch "artistic" deviations.

PS I saw an EW sidebar on this and they didn't even seem to be aware of this movie.

 

[tomalak301]

Spoiler: The List

1) The Artist (2011) - A+
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

Talk about a movie that hits the ground running. We pretty much start when people were starting to get sick and all the character development would have to happen deep in the plot. I thought that kind of format worked here. We're introduced to several characters and their own different stories and each one got it's time, except for Marion Cotillard, which seemed to be a little wasted in this film. Other than that, it was a pretty good movie with excellent pacing and a great cast.

Theater: 9
BluRay: 6
On Demand/TV: 3 (+1)
Itunes: 6

 

[Captain Craig]

Spoiler: The rest of my 2012 list of movies

Kicking off my 2012 list:

1. Edge of Darkness: A
2. Star Trek: The Motion Picture: B+
3. Repo Men: B-
4. Star Trek V: The Final Frontier: B-
5. Underworld: Awakening: B
6. Lost City Raiders: C+
7. Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist: B+
8. Contraband: B+
9. Kick-Ass: B+
10. Hereafter: A-
11. Ghost Rider Spirit of Vengeance: B
12. Act of Valor: C+
13. John Carter: B
14. Hunger Games: B+
15. Wrath of the Titans: C
16. Cabin In the Woods: B+
17. The Rum Diary: C
18. The Eagle: C+
19. The Avengers: A+
20. The Adjustment Bureau: A
21. Sucker Punch: B-
22. Knight & Day: C+
23. Mechanic: B
24. Devil: A
25. Dark Shadows: C+
26. Men In Black 3: B-
27. Columbiana: B
28. Haywire: C
29. Snow White and the Huntsman: B-
30. Meet the Parents: A-
31. Meet the Fockers: B
32. Prometheus: B
33. Chernobyl Dairies: B-
34. Little Fockers: B-
35. Halloween III: Season of the Witch: B+
36. Winters Bone: B+
37. Battleship: A-
38. Much Ado About Nothing: B+
39. Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs: B
40. Beauty & the Beast: A+
41. Bambi: A-
42. Sex & the City 2: D+
43. Top Gun: B
44. Abraham Lincoln-Vampire Hunter: B-
45. Brave: B+
46. Kill Bill vol.1: A-

47. Kill Bill vol.2: B
48. The Amazing Spider-man: B-
49. Virgin Territory: C-
50. 21 Jump Street: B+
51. The Dark Knight Rises: A-

My full review is here from the discussion thread. It's long...god is it long and not in a good way. That's my biggest glaring detraction. The narrative could've been sped along, too much exposition was happening at times imo. As Bruce's back healed mine was starting to ache from time in the seat.

Don't get me wrong, it's worth seeing at least once on the big screen. If this Nolan-verse is truly closed I'd like to have a tonal change for the next Batman world. I don't mean campy but there has to be a line of fun similar to what is happening at Marvel for Batman on screen. The character lends himself, and has as evidenced by '60's show, Burton and now Nolan to many variations.

 

[tomalak301]

I think a problem I had with DKR the more I think about it was it didn't feel like a batman movie to me. I'm not asking for the campiness of Batman and Robin, but it was almost as if it was a thriller and Batman was a bit of an afterthought. Perhaps, again, my expectations were too high and that diminished my feeling on the movie somewhat.

 

[Captain Craig]

Batman in the Nolan films has been a secondary character. I agree with that feeling.
He was even more backseat for this film. Long, long stretches with no Batman in a Batman film.

 

[od0_ital]

Spoiler: Movies Seen in January, February, March, April, May & June

Cowboys & Aliens- DVD
Rise of the Planet of the Apes - DVD
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close - free screenin'
Limitless - Netflix Instant
The Next Three Days - Netflix Instant
Man on a Ledge - free screenin'
Red State - Netflix Instant
Mars Needs Moms - Netflix Instant
S.W.A.T.: Firefight - Netflix Instant
Red Tails - free screenin'
Resident Evil: Degeneration - Netflix Instant
The Last Exorcism - Netflix Instant
Frozen - Netflix Instant
The Perfect Host - Netflix Instant
Tucker & Dale vs Evil - Netflix Instant
Brooklyn's Finest - Netflix Instant
Stone - Netflix Instant
The Woman in Black - free screenin'
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen - free screenin'
Haywire - free admission
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) - free admission
The Artist - free admission
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - free admission
Ted & Eric's Billion Dollar Movie - tech screenin'
Hugo - free admission
Safe House - free screenin'
The Captains - Netflix Instant
Troll Hunter - Netflix Instant
The Evil Dead (1981) - Netflix Instant
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 3D - tech screenin'
Underworld Awakening 3D - free admission
We Need to Talk About Kevin - free admission
The Innkeepers - free admission
Big Miracle - free admission
Chronicle - free admission
Underworld: Unrated Extended Cut - DVD
The Grey - free admission
Contraband - free admission
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island 3D - free admission
One for the Money - free admission
The Ouija Experiment - free admission
Ghost Rider - Extended Cut - DVD
The Secret World of Arrietty - free admission
Bullhead - free admission
Underworld Evolution - DVD
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance 3D- free admission
Castle in the Sky - free admission
Oscar-Nominated Short Films, Live Action: Pentacost, Raju, The Shore, Time Freak & Tuba Atlantic - free admission
This Means War - free admission
Alien Trespass - Netflix Instant
My Neighbor Totoro - free admission
Rampart - free admission
Dr Suess' The Lorax 3D - free screenin'
Comin' At Ya! 3D - free admission
Wanderlust - free admission
Act of Valor - free admission
Oscar-Nominated Short Films, Animated: A Morning Stroll, Dimanche/Sunday, La Luna, The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore & Wild Life - free admission
Dune (1984) - free admission
Doctor Strange - DVD
Project X (2012) - free admission
Martha Marcy May Marlene - free admission
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind - free admission
Friends with Kids - free admission
The Lincoln Lawyer - Netflix Instant
Gabriel Iglesias: Hot and Fluffy - Netflix Instant
John Carter 2D/3D - free admission/free admission
Silent House - free admission
21 Jump Street - free screenin'
Casa de Mi Padre - free admission
Support Your Local Gunfighter - Netflix Instant
The Grudge: Unrated Extended Director's Cut - DVD
Jeff, Who Lives at Home - free admission
My Bloody Valentine (2009) - DVD
Battle Royale (2000) - Alamo Drafthouse
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocal - discount theater
The Butterfly Effect - DVD
The Butterfly Effect 2 - DVD
Sound of Noise - free admission
The FP - free admission
Harold & Maude - free admission
The Double - Netflix Instant
No Strings Attached - Netflix Instant
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey - Netflix Instant
Louis C.K. Hilarious - Netflix Instant
Gamer - Netflix Instant
Rising Sun - Netflix Instant
Death Race 2000 - Netflix Instant
Beverly Hills Cop III - Netflix Instant
Inferno: The Making of The Expendables - Netflix Instant
Street Kings - DVD
Kiki's Delivery Service - free admission
Dark Country - DVD
Wrath of the Titans 3D - free admission
Jiro Dreams of Sushi - free admission
The Raid: Redemption - free admission
The Incredible Hulk Returns - DVD
Titanic 3D - free admission
The Hunger Games - free admission
Mirror, Mirror - free admission
American Reunion - free admission
Justice League: Doom - DVD
W. - DVD
Night of the Running Man - Netflix Instant
The Trial of the Incredible Hulk - DVD
The Hunter - free admission
An Education - DVD
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part Two - DVD
The Prophecy - DVD
Them Idiots Whirled Tour - DVD
The Prophecy II - DVD
Cabin in the Woods - free admission
Juan of the Dead - free admission
Lockout - free admission
Get the Gringo - free screenin'
Only Yesterday - free admission
Pirates! Band of Misfits 3D - free screenin'
Street Kings 2: Motor City - Unrated - DVD
The Cat Returns - free admission
The Prophecy 3: The Ascent - DVD
Marley - free admission
The Lucky One - free admission
Cool Hand Luke - free admission
The Grudge 2: Unrated Director's Cut - DVD
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans - DVD
The Raven - free admission
Colombiana - Unrated - DVD
Princess Mononoke - free admission
The Five-Year Engagement - free admission
Last Days Here - free admission
The Three Stooges - free admission
The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter - DVD
The Avengers 3D/2D - free admission
Damsels in Distress - free admission
Sound of My Voice - free admission
Yellow Submarine - free admission
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel - free screenin'
The Skulls - DVD
Dark Shadows - free admission
The Skulls II - DVD
Sleepless Night - free admission
Conan the Barbarian (1982) - DVD
Battleship - free admission
The Skulls III - DVD
The Dictator - free admission
What to Expect When You're Expecting - free admission
Men in Black 3 3D - free screenin'
Chernobyl Diaries - free screenin'
Batman: Year One/Catwoman - DVD
The Batma vs Dracula - DVD
Seven Pounds - DVD
He's Just Not That Into You - DVD
Final Destination - DVD
The Black Six (1973) - free admission
Final Destination 2 - DVD
Snow White and the Huntsman - free admission
Final Destination 3 - DVD
Piranha 3DD - free admission
The Final Destination - DVD
Final Destination 5 - DVD
Conan the Destroyer - Netflix Instant
Jesse Stone: Stone Cold - Netflix Instant
Ralphie May: Austin-tatious - Netflix Instant
Ralphie May: Too Big to Ignore - Netflix Instant
Shark Night 3D - Netflix Instant
Jesse Stone: Night Passage - Netflix Instant
Kevin Smith: Burn in Hell - Netflix Instant
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise - Netflix Instant
Jesse Stone: Sea Change - Netflix Instant
Moonrise Kingdom - free admission
God Bless America - free admission
Prometheus 3D/2D - free admission
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted - free admission
Rock of Ages - free admission
That's My Boy - free admission
Cursed - DVD
Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter 3D/2D - free screenin'
Escape 2000 (1982) - free admission
Brave 3D/2D - free screenin'
Dracula 2000 - DVD
The Sword and the Sorcerer (1982) - free admission
Superman vs The Elite - DVD
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World - matinee
Mr. Popper's Penquins - HBO
The Hangover Part II - HBO

Ted - free admission
The Amazing Spider-Man 3D - free admission
Powder Blue - DVD
Crazy, Stupid Love - HBO
To Rome With Love - free admission
The Do Deca Pentathlon - free admission
ZAAT! - free admission
Manhattan - free admission
Extraterrestre - free admission
Magic Mike - free admission
Coraline 3D - free admission
Ice Age: Continental Drift 3D - free admission
Beasts of the Southern Wild - free admission
The Dark Knight Rises - matinee

I reimbursed crusherdisciple for our tickets to see TDKR yesterday, since the show sold out & I couldn't use my employee discount to get in for free.

I liked the movie more than she did, but I still think TDK is the best of the three films.

Will probably see it a couple more times, once I can get in for free. And may pay to see it at the Bob Bullock IMAX after my next payday.

Been fallin' a bit behind in my movie watchin', since not a whole lot of new stuff has come out the last couple of weeks, and I haven't been able to watch DVDs, either.

Gonna have to play catchup if I'm goin' to get back to my new movie a day average...

 

[Starbreaker]

I'm not even sure where my last list left off... so here is mine from the beginning.

1. Timer ✭✭
2. Trust ✭✭✭½
3. No Strings Attached ✭✭✭
4. Special ✭✭✭
5. Morning Glory ✭✭✭
6. The Muppets ✭✭✭
7. Rabbit Hole ✭✭✭½
8. Vertigo ✭✭✭½
9. Chronicle ✭✭✭½
10. The Hangover Part II ✭✭✭
11. Drive ✭✭½
12. The Tree of Life ✭✭✭
13. Paranormal Activity 3 ✭✭½
14. The Rum Diary ✭✭½
15. Take Shelter ✭✭✭½
16. The Thing (2011) ✭½
17. Hugo ✭✭✭
18. Retreat ✭
19. In Time ✭✭✭
20. Real Steel ✭✭✭✭
21. Ip Man ✭✭✭✭
22. Breaking Dawn Part 1 ✭✭½
23. Being Elmo ✭✭✭✭
24. Battle Los Angeles ✭
25. Martha Marcy May Marlene ✭✭✭½
26. The Adventures of Tintin ✭
27. My Week With Marilyn ✭✭✭
28. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo ✭✭
29. Don't Be Afraid of the Dark ✭
30. 21 Grams ✭✭✭✭
31. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre ✭✭✭½
32. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 ✭✭✭
33. Clash of the Titans (2010) ✭✭
34. Phantom of the Opera (Argento) ✭
35. Religulous ✭✭✭
36. Thankskilling ½
37. Session 9 ½
38. The Changeling ✭✭
39. The Cabin in the Woods ✭✭✭✭
40. The Reef ✭✭✭
41. The Canyon ✭✭
42. Scream 4 ✭✭
43. Horrible Bosses ✭✭✭
44. The Avengers ✭✭✭✭
45. Prometheus ✭✭✭½
46. The Chameleon ✭✭½
47. Love and Other Drugs ✭✭✭✭
48. Jaws ✭✭✭½
49. Lost in Translation ✭✭
50. Lars and the Real Girl ✭✭✭
51. 5 Star Day ✭✭½
52. The Ballad of Jack and Rose ✭✭½
53. Everything Must Go ✭✭✭
54. The Amazing Spider-Man ✭✭✭½
55. Downfall ✭✭✭✭
56. Easy A ✭✭✭½
57. The Dark Knight Rises ✭✭✭✭

 

[CaptainCanada]

Spoiler: the rest of my list.

1. My Week With Marilyn (B-)
2. Fantasia 2000 (B+)
3. Blade Runner (B)
4. The Hidden Fortress (A-)
5. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (B+)
6. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (A+)
7. The Descendants (A-)
8. Monsieur Lazhar (A)
9. The Prestige (A+)
10. Blood Simple (A-)
11. The Big Lebowski (B+)
12. West Side Story (A-)
13. The Hours (A-)
14. Lady and the Tramp (B)
15. An Officer and a Gentleman (B)
16. All Quiet On The Western Front (A)
17. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (B-)
18. Spellbound (B+)
19. Seven Samurai (A+)
20. X-Men: First Class (A)
21. Do The Right Thing (N/A)
22. Martha Marcy May Marlene (B)
23. The Artist (A-)
24. LA Confidential (A)
25. Young Adult (B)
26. Children of Men (B+)
27. Gaslight (B+)
28. North By Northwest (A+)
29. American Beauty (A-)
30. Revolutionary Road (A-)
31. Being There (B)
32. Coriolanus (C+)
33. To Catch A Thief (B+)
34. A Separation (A+)
35. The Hunger Games (B+)
36. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (A)
37. Saturday Night Fever (A-)
38. The Tree of Life (A-)
39. Hero (B-)
40. Boogie Nights (A+)
41. Magnolia (A-)
42. The Lives of Others (A)
43. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (A-)
44. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (A)
45. A Streetcar Named Desire (A)
46. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (A)
47. Downfall (A+)
48. In Darkness (B+)
49. Cabaret (C+)
50. The Avengers (A)
51. The Incredible Hulk (B)
52. The Last of the Mohicans (A-)
53. Alien (A)
54. Mystic River (A)
55. Amadeus (A+)
56. Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (B)
57. Snow White and the Huntsman (C)
58. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (B+)
59. Fast Times at Ridgemont High (B)
60. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (A-)
61. Field of Dreams (A+)
62. The Conversation (B)
63. American Gangster (A)
64. Rise of the Planet of the Apes (B+)
65. Damsels in Distress (B+)
66. 3 Days of the Condor (B+)
67. Star Trek (A)
68. Thelma & Louise (A)
69. Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (B)
70. Brave (B+)
71. The Grapes of Wrath (A-)
72. Where Do We Go Now? (B)
73. The Night of the Hunter (C)
74. Dangerous Liasons (A)
75. Amelie (A)
76. Glory (A)
77. Savages (B+)
78. The Amazing Spider-Man (B+)
79. There Will Be Blood (A)
80. Memento (A)
81. Nine (C)
82. Insomnia (B+)
83. Batman Begins (A+)
84. Margaret (A-)
85. The Dark Knight (A+)
86. The Dark Knight Rises (A)

87. Inception (A)

Finishing my Nolan watch/rewatch. This movie went a bit up in my esteem on rewatching it; it really is a quite marvelous narrative construction, and one can see why Nolan brought back so many of these actors for his next film (the ones who weren't already in the Batman series, of course). We'll see if Christian Bale books any more return engagements.

Cinema: 20
Home Video: 58 (+1)
Computer: 8

 

[TrekNut87]

1. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows [2011] (B-)
2. Moonrise Kingdom [2012] (B)
3. The Amazing Spider-Man [2012] (A)
4. Ted [2012] (B)
5. The Dark Knight Rises [2012] (A)

 

[Starbreaker]

58. Sleepaway Camp ✭✭½

It's an interesting slasher film, but the acting is just so horrible it's hard to take seriously. There is definitely some shocking material in the film, though. I don't want to spoil the ending, but it's pretty bizarre.

59. Saved! ✭✭✭

I wanted to like this movie more than I did, but the third act really fell apart and resorted to Teen Movie Cliches! I'm a huge Jena Malone fan, and she practically carried the movie.

60. Absentia ✭✭✭½

This is how you make a low budget horror film! I'm pretty hard to scare and I got a handful of actually chills from this movie. I really don't want to spoil anything about this film. It's on Netflix, go check it out.

 

[Tom Hendricks]

The Dark Knight Rises - IMAX - While I thought it was a great movie, I consider it only good as a Batman movie. There were many problems with the movie logic and execution wise but not enough to effect the enjoyment of the movie, until to analyze it later.

The Good
Of course Bane, I skeptical of Tom Hardy at first. Even after seeing Him in Bronson. However his presence in DKR is palpable. He embodied Bane in every single way.

Selina Kyle (cat woman) I was actually impressed with Anne Hathaways performance here and consider here the actual standout of the movie.

Bad
Marion Cotillard I'm sorry, she was just awful in the movie. She was really distracting, I have liked her in other things. So it was a huge disappointment.

If you can see it IMAX, please do. It's the only way to experience it.