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Re: Best and worst movies of 2012.

Postby Sydney Aradi » Sun May 06, 2012 3:41 pm

Why the Nic Cage hate? I don't find him to be the worst actor of all time like film purists make him out to be. Insane, hell yeah but that's what I like about him. Not every actor/actresses has to be a technical actor or actresses. Just sayin
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Re: Best and worst movies of 2012.

Postby Hellspawn28 » Sun May 06, 2012 3:43 pm

Kick Ass was Nick Cage's best film in the past few years and he is not even the main character of the movie. I do love Drive Angry as a guilty pleasure but the movie was both a box office failure and critical failure. People seem to stop taking Nick Cage seriously as a actor and I won't be surprise if he ends up doing direct to video movies like Val Kilmer has been doing after Red Planet in 2000.
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Re: Best and worst movies of 2012.

Postby GotengoXGodzilla » Sun May 06, 2012 3:49 pm

Sydney Aradi wrote:Why the Nic Cage hate? I don't find him to be the worst actor of all time like film purists make him out to be. Insane, hell yeah but that's what I like about him. Not every actor/actresses has to be a technical actor or actresses. Just sayin


To be fair, I don't hate Nic Cage. I don't see how someone could hate him. I just don't take him seriously. The guy is crazy in every meaning of the word, but he knows that he's crazy, and he loves that he's crazy. I respect him for that, but as such, I can't help but laugh whenever he tries to do anything of importance. This video demonstrates that perfectly:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xP1-oquw ... plpp_video
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Re: Best and worst movies of 2012.

Postby Gawdziller » Sun May 06, 2012 5:27 pm

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Gawdziller wrote:Wow. GXG enjoyed Ghost Rider. I totally didn't see that coming.

I'm not judging. I thought it was trashy fun, myself.


Oh yeah, the movie is absolute garbage. A terrible movie in almost every sense of the word...but it is so much fun! It really is the best example I can think of when it comes to a "So bad, its good" movie. I had so much fun cracking up at the terrible plot, terrible acting, laughable action and one-liners, and of course Nicholas Cage, the one actor I've never taken seriously.

The way I see it, if you go in to the movie with zero expectations and don't take anything seriously, you'll have a blast with Ghost Rider: Spirit Of Vengeance.


You know, that was exactly how I felt about it. The only thing I hoped for going in it was that the action consisted of more than Ghost Rider standing in place and pointing at people, which was probably my biggest knock against the previous film (to put it in my POV, I thought the previous Ghost Rider film was Marvel's second worst movie, after their 90's version of Captain America).

I was familiar with the directors, so I knew it would be off the wall nonsense. I pretty much went in thinking it would be exactly what it was, and I had fun giggling at both it and the angry people grumbling about how awful it was on the way out.

It was a good time. I wanted to see it again, but the theaters dropped it like a first wife hitting 35.
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Re: Best and worst movies of 2012.

Postby DaikaijuSokogeki! » Sun May 06, 2012 6:36 pm

The Grey - 4.5 out of 5
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance - 4 out of 5
The Hunger Games - 4 out of 5
The Avengers - 5 out of 5

That's all I've seen so far this year. I've honestly surprised myself by having not seen a single film I've NOT thought was great yet (hooray, triple negative!).

Rest of the year:

Brave
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
The Dark Knight Rises
Taken 2
Skyfall
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Django Unchained


Maybe:

Battleship
Prometheus
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
The Amazing Spider-Man
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The Expendables 2
The Great Gatsby
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Re: Best and worst movies of 2012.

Postby Tohosaurus » Sun May 06, 2012 6:49 pm

Sydney Aradi wrote:Why the Nic Cage hate? I don't find him to be the worst actor of all time like film purists make him out to be. Insane, hell yeah but that's what I like about him. Not every actor/actresses has to be a technical actor or actresses. Just sayin

To some degree it's the often mediocre or downright bad movies he's in that eventually give him a bad name to many people. If you look at the earlier stuff he did I think Cage looks better.

Ultimately there are movies of his that I like. 8MM was good, Knowing was good, Kick A** was good although he wasn't the main character, The Family Man was good, etc.
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Re: Best and worst movies of 2012.

Postby JAGzilla » Sun May 06, 2012 7:19 pm

I've only seen Avengers so far. Excellent movie.

The only others I might see are The Amazing Spider-Man and The Dark Knight Rises. I'm not particularly excited about either, though. I think Spider-Man could've used a longer break, and I wasn't a huge fan of the last two Batman movies. They weren't bad by any means, but I prefer my superhero movies a little more flashy and exciting.
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Re: Best and worst movies of 2012.

Postby Sydney Aradi » Mon May 07, 2012 2:48 am

JAGzilla wrote:I've only seen Avengers so far. Excellent movie.

The only others I might see are The Amazing Spider-Man and The Dark Knight Rises. I'm not particularly excited about either, though. I think Spider-Man could've used a longer break, and I wasn't a huge fan of the last two Batman movies. They weren't bad by any means, but I prefer my superhero movies a little more flashy and exciting.


Same here, Nolan's Batfilms were just a bit too grim & depressing
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Re: Best and worst movies of 2012.

Postby Spirit Ghidorah 2010 » Tue May 15, 2012 9:00 pm

The Avengers: 9.8/10
Chronicle: 9/10
The Hunger Games: 9.3/10
Wrath of the Titans: 6/10
American Reunion: 8.3/10
The Grey: 8.5/10

Looking forward to GI Joe: Retaliation, Battleship, Dark Knight Rises, Prometheus, Breaking Dawn Part 2, and Expendables 2.

Might watch Spider-Man; depends on the reviews, since I'm have reservations.
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Re: Best and Worst movies of 2012.

Postby Hellspawn28 » Sun Jun 10, 2012 9:40 am

I updated my list since I saw MIB3 and Prometheus. I guess after The Dark Knight Rises, my movie summer will be complete. I do plan to see The Expendables 2 but I'm not really hype up for it.
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Re: Best and worst movies of 2012.

Postby Sydney Aradi » Sun Jun 10, 2012 9:45 am

Sydney Aradi wrote:Best:

Avengers: 9.75/10
Cabin in The Woods-8.5/10
Underworld Awakening-8/10
Hunger Games-8/10
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengaeance-7.95/10

Worst:

Chronicle-4
Wrath of The Titans-5.50/10

so far more good films than bad films on my end


Updated:

Good:

Battleship: 8.50/10

Bad:

The Dictator: 5/10

Films I'm excited to see:

Amazing Spiderman
Expendables 2
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Re: Best and worst movies of 2012.

Postby Tohosaurus » Sun Jun 10, 2012 10:12 am

Sydney Aradi wrote:Updated:

Good:

Battleship: 8.50/10 (not every film needs to be Citizen Kane)

Bad:

The Dictator: 5/10

Films I'm excited to see:

GI Joe 2012
Amazing Spiderman
Expendables 2

Wasn't GI Joe: Retaliation delayed at the last minute until next year to reshoot a bunch of stuff? On the subject of the GI Joe movies, it'll be interesting to see Lee Byung-hun's continuation in big budget American movies considering few people here probably know him or his fame back in South Korea. I wonder if he'll branch out and do more American films.
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Re: Best and Worst movies of 2012.

Postby ghidorasauras » Sun Jun 10, 2012 10:14 am

Prometheus 7.5/10
The Avengers 8/10
The Hunger Games 7/10
The Dictator 6.5/10
Chronicle 8/10
John Carter 6/10
Red Tails 5/10
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Re: Best and Worst movies of 2012.

Postby Llante » Sun Jun 10, 2012 11:05 am

So far I have seen:

Devil Inside 1/10
Haywire 3/10
Underworld:Awakening 8/10
The Woman in Black 7/10
Ghost Rider:Spirit of Vengeance 0.5/10
John Carter 9/10
Hunger Games 8/10
Avengers 12/10
Exorcist (They had a special 1-day theater re-release) 9/10

That is all so far, but I will probably see plenty more in the future.
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Re: Best and worst movies of 2012.

Postby Tyler » Sun Jun 10, 2012 11:42 am

I wrote:Want to see
Dark Shadows
Men in Black 3
Prometheus
The Amazing Spider-Man
The Dark Knight Rises
Frankenweenie
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Django Unchained


I can knock the first three off that list.

The first two are flawed but I enjoyed them. Prometheus should have been much better. It lacked coherency.
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Re: Best and Worst movies of 2012.

Postby DaikaijuSokogeki! » Sun Jun 10, 2012 2:46 pm

Sydney Aradi wrote:Good:

Battleship: 8.50/10 (not every film needs to be Citizen Kane)


Not every film needs to be Transformers either...
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Re: Best and Worst movies of 2012.

Postby Gawdziller » Sun Jun 10, 2012 2:47 pm

Yet every film should be Back to the Future.
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Re: Best and Worst movies of 2012.

Postby Berzerkgodzilla » Sun Jun 10, 2012 3:29 pm

I've seen two films in theaters this year

Avengers and Chronicle, both of which I loved

I do plan on hopefully seeing Prometheus, Amazing Spiderman and The Dark Knight Rises in theaters though
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Re: Best and Worst movies of 2012.

Postby wataru » Sun Jun 10, 2012 4:22 pm

Of what Ive seen in theatres:

Good:
The Avengers
Prometheus
Dark Shadows

OK:
Wrath of the Titans
Snow White and The Huntsman

Disappointing:
Dr Seuss The Lorax
Underworld: Awakening
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance

Bad:
None Yet.
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Re: Best and worst movies of 2012.

Postby GotengoXGodzilla » Sun Jun 10, 2012 7:13 pm

GotengoXGodzilla wrote:Great:
The Avengers - 9.5/10
Chronicle - 9/10

Good:
Ghost Rider: Spirit Of Vengeance - 7.5/10

Okay:
The Hunger Games - 6.5/10
The Raid: Redemption - 6/10

Bad:
Chimpanzee - 5/10


Updated:

Great:
The Avengers - 9.5/10
Chronicle - 9.5/10

Good:
Men In Black 3 - 8/10
Ghost Rider: Spirit Of Vengeance - 7.5/10

Okay:
The Raid: Redemption - 6.5/10
The Hunger Games - 6/10
Prometheus - 5.5/10

Bad:
The Dictator - 5/10
Chimpanzee - 4.5/10

The only films I'm legitimately excited to see at this point are Brave and The Dark Knight Rises.
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