Best and Worst movies of 2012.

[DaikaijuSokogeki!]

Good:

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

Not every film needs to be Transformers either...

[Gawdziller]

Yet every film should be Back to the Future.

[Berzerkgodzilla]

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

[wataru]

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.

[GotengoXGodzilla]

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.

[Gorosaurus Rex]

I normally grade the movies I see each year on a letter scale. I'll just keep it that way for now I guess.

Excellent:
Cabin in the Woods: A
Avengers: A

Very Good:
Hunger Games: B+
Prometheus: B+

Mediocre:
Men in Black III: C+
John Carter: C+

Poor:
Chronicle: -C

[Proofpoochie]

Thought I would bump this topic and update my list:

Best:
The Avengers- 9.5/10
The Cabin in the Woods- 9.5/10
Prometheus- 9/10
Ted- 8.5/10
Snow White and The Huntsman- 8/10
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance- 4/10( So bad, it's good)

Okay:
The Dark Knight Rises- 7/10


Worst:

The Dictator-6/10
Silent House- 6/10
Underworld: Awakening- 5.5/10
Chronicle- 3/10
The Devil Inside- 1/10

[Tohosaurus]

A bump to revisit everyone's progress on 2012 films. I've hit the 20 mark so I can pick five top films without taking a significant portion of the total films I saw (lol) along with a quick blurb on why I chose them.

The Avengers
Is The Avengers some soon-to-be-a-classic piece of artistic cinema? No, but it knows what its goal is and does it well in every conceivable way. It's really stolen the show in superhero movies for entertainment. It's loud and obnoxious, but it a very good way. The humor is well placed and plentiful, which added another interesting element that we didn't get too much of outside of the Iron Man movies (kinda).

Doomsday Book
In terms of overall quality, I actually find this South Korean film to be one of the best movies of 2012 both critically and subjectively. In fact, it has three short movies around 40 minutes each. The first was a finely crafted "infected population" type of horror drama, which is high praise since I'm not really into such movie types. The second is a silence-inducing science fiction drama about a robot that becomes "awakened" and presents it in a very believable fashion. A real ethical dilemma ensues, even for us viewers. The third short is an apocalyptic dramedy that is just a lot of fun. Each short has its own (excellent) characters, style, and tone. All so well done.

The Dark Knight Rises
Though more flawed than the films in the trilogy that preceded it, The Dark Knight Rises still held me on with a gripping atmosphere where at times I felt the real sense of fear and hopelessness that people in the film would've felt. I can see why some people wouldn't like the score but I liked it myself. A very good "experience" film is the way I would describe it. As just a film, again I say it falls short of BB and TDK.

John Carter
Unfortunately plagued by its own latecomer status and a budget that swelled to some $250M, John Carter actually turned out to be one of my favorite movies so far. True, I've criticized the flat chemistry between Carter and the Princess, but really aside from that the movie is exciting and fun to watch. For whatever reason it seems to get compared a lot to Avatar, but having seen both I'd take John Carter every time.

The Hunger Games
It is nice to pick out some of the social and political themes portrayed in this movie intentionally or otherwise. It doesn't manage to avoid every Hollywood pitfall but as a whole is a strong film that values family, what's right, and the greater essence of humanity itself. Since Catching Fire will have a new director, I guess we will just have to wait and see where the sequel will take this franchise. In all, probably the weakest of the five here, but being number five out of 20 is impressive nevertheless.

[Svitska Donkun]

Best:
1. Moonrise Kingdom
2. Cabin in the Woods
3. ParaNorman
4. The Raid
5. Safety Not Guaranteed
6. Headhunters
7. Chronicle
8. The Hunger Games
9. Beyond the Black Rainbow
10. The Dark Knight Rises


Worst(Of what I've seen in theaters):
1. Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
2. That's My Boy
3. Prometheus
4. Amazing Spider-Man
5. Brave
6. Battleship
7. Mirror, Mirror
8. John Carter
9. What to Expect When You're Expecting
10. Total Recall

[Spirit Ghidorah 2010]

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.

Excellent:
The Dark Knight Rises: 9.8/10
The Avengers: 9.5/10 (bumped it down a bit after watching in an American theater)
The Hunger Games: 9.3/10
Chronicle: 9/10

Decent:
Prometheus: 8.7/10
The Grey: 8.5/10
Battleship: 8.5/10
American Reunion: 8.3/10

Meh:
Amazing Spider-Man: 7.9/10
John Carter: 7/10

Bad:
Wrath of the Titans: 6/10

[Jomei]

I haven't seen any movies I really hated in a theater for a long time. I tend to scope reviews a bit before I drop that kind of money.

Great
Prometheus
The Dark Knight Rises
Brave
Chronicle
The Avengers

Good
The Hunger Games

Okay
The Watch

Want to see
Moonrise Kingdom
Cabin in the Woods
The Amazing Spider-Man
Men in Black 3
The Possession (Might turn out really bad, but I'm a sucker for these possession flicks)
Django Unchained
The Hobbit
Sinister
Wreck-it Ralph
Paranorman

[HeiseiGodzilla117]

Great:
The Avengers 9.8/10
The Amazing Spider-man 9/10

Good:
The Dark Knight Rises 8.8/10
The Hunger Games 8.2/10

Decent:
John Carter 7.5/10
The Lorax 7.2/10

Blech:
Total Recall 5/10
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter 3/10

[Sydney Aradi]

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

New update for Worst list:

Total Recall-4/10

[ゴジラさん]

The Avengers, Chronicle, and The Dark Knight Rises have been my favorite movies so far. Prometheus was a MASSIVE disappointment. I enjoyed it enough, but I expected SO much more.

I actually think my favorite has been The Cabin in the Woods, however. It was funny and satirical, while still remaining scary.

Wrath of the Titans was easily one of the shittiest big budget movies I've seen. And I've seen all three Transformers.

I'm hoping Dredd, The Master, Skyfall, Life of Pi, The Hobbit, and Django Unchained make up for the disappointments of 2012.

[Hellspawn28]

New list.

Great:
The Amazing Spider-Man
The Avengers
Cabin in the Woods
The Dark Night Rises
The Expendables 2
Prometheus

Good:

The Grey
John Carter
Men in Black III
The Lorax

Bad:

The Hunger Games
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
Underworld: Awakening

I might see Dredd but Skyfall and The Hobbit are the only major movies that I plan to see next. After that, my 2012 movie list will be complete. Everything else I will watch on DVD when it comes out at the Red Box.

[wataru]

Updated:

Good:
The Avengers
Dark Shadows
Hunger Games
Ted
Chronicle

OK:
Wrath of the Titans
Snow White and The Huntsman
John Carter
The Dictator

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

Bad:
Lockout

[Tyler]

Crap
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
John Carter

Okay
The Cabin in the Woods
The Avengers

Might have to see again
Prometheus

Really liked
Dark Shadows
Men in Black 3
The Amazing Spider-Man
The Dark Knight Rises

Want to see
Frankenweenie
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Django Unchained

[starsteam]

I haven't seen too many 2012 films so far, but I suppose enough to start a short list.

Good;
-John Carter

Decent;
-Wrath of the Titans

Mediocre;
-The Woman in Black
-Journey 2: The Mysterious Island

Bad;
None yet

Will see soon;
-Cabin in the Woods
-Prometheus
-The Dark Knight Rises
-Dark Shadows
-Battleship
-Underworld Awakening

Want to see;
-Amazing Spider-man
-Avengers
-Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter
-Men in Black 3

[RedZillaKing]

I've seen a depressingly low number of movies this year.

The Avengers 9/10
Cabin in the Woods 8/10
The Lorax 8/10 (!!!!!!!)
Prometheus 6/10
The Dark Knight Rises 6/10

[Spirit Ghidorah 2010]

Lockout

Good God, I have such clashing feelings about this film. I want to praise this since Guy Pearce is a god among men in it, but everything else is....eugh.