Escape Goat
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How can a movie without any characterization be average?
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NeoGAF Movies of the Year 2012
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How can a movie without any characterization be average?
Thug Waffle
Member
This.
My progression was:
1. Wha?
2. WHA?!
3. WHAT THE FUCK?!
But I knew that was the point and it got a good chuckle out of me. If I never stepped into MovieGAF, though, I'd think Div was a lunatic.
shira
Member
Dread over Raid?
PTA is better than all of those imo.
Hot Coldman
Banned
hisssssssss
2012 was a pretty awesome year for film. But it's best films were definitely under the radar compared to say the likes of Tree of Life and A Separation.
Doctor Decimate
Member
i really think all the acclaim for Dredd is people being shocked it's not terrible. seriously, that is the only thing notable about it aside from maybe the slo-mo bits. the action isn't even that good.
Discotheque
Banned
It reminded me of the gritty 80s action films. So no, I put it as my number 1 because I was waiting for an action flick like it for a long ass time.
equippedwithtowel
Member
Moonrise kingdom right where it should be (Seven Psychopaths should have been higher). Looper at #5 might actually be the most baffling.
Seven Psychopaths is kinda amazing. I think I like it better than In Bruges.
friskykillface
Banned
glad to see Django was #1 
was my top movie of the year too
hmmmmm i would have had Avengers over dark knight returns but they were a close tie for me.
was my top movie of the year toohmmmmm i would have had Avengers over dark knight returns but they were a close tie for me.
Uno Venova
Banned
Yeah I would put TDK over avengers as well, loved both, but I like that TDK had great a villain.
Surface of Me
I'm not an NPC. And neither are we.
Top 5 is pretty embarrassing.
Seven Psychopaths robbed.
Seven Psychopaths robbed.
Doctor Decimate
Member
that's the main issue i had with the Avengers. generic aliens + recycled Thor villain is disappointing as hell.
disagree with putting it below TDKR, though.
I think this thread could use some unbridled optimism!
Django Unchained - Tarantino takes on the Western and gets a helluva lot of audiences to enjoy non-stop violence, Christoph Waltz being wonderfully Christoph Waltz, and people may have even thought about the history of slavery for a few minutes on the way out of the theater. Victory!
Moonrise Kingdom - Yes, it's the most twee thing you've ever seen, but that means it's also the most Wes Anderson of all Wes Anderson films. I like Wes Anderson, so I'm totally okay with this.
Skyfall - Considering that the Bond franchise completely drops the ball about half the time, it was great to see them do such a great job with their 50th anniversary outing. Also, Daniel Craig continues to rule.
The Dark Knight Rises - I have to admit that this is the weakest of Nolan's Batman trilogy, but considering how many film trilogies fizzle out in the third installment, I thought that TDKR was a perfectly decent finale. That may be faint praise, but it still counts as praise!
The Avengers - I'm a long-time fan of the Avengers comics and I'm terribly fond of Joss Whedon's snarky take on genre fiction in general, so I thought this was non-stop fun. Also, true confessions time: I've read more Avengers fanfiction recently than is really necessary, so the film keeps giving and giving. Yes, I am without shame!
Looper - Someone made a SF film that was an original story and not based on a comic or novel and wasn't a remake of an 80s film? Holy shit, it's a miracle. Oh, and the flick was pretty solid as well, so I'm not gonna argue with it hitting this year's top ten.
The Master - It's always a joy to see Scientology's creepy weirdness get wider exposure, especially when Paul Thomas Anderson gets such a terrific cast to portray said weirdness.
Silver Linings Playbook - I didn't see this flick. But, I like Jennifer Lawrence and am happy for her Oscar victory, so good enough.
Zero Dark Thirty - A dense procedural and a kick in the teeth all at the same time? Excellent.
Dredd - You know why this flick rules? Because Karl Urban kept his helmet on the entire film, the way God and 2000 AD would have wanted it.
Bonus Round!
Argo - This didn't make the top ten? Argo fuck yourself!
There, much needed positive thinking all around.
FnordChan
Django Unchained - Tarantino takes on the Western and gets a helluva lot of audiences to enjoy non-stop violence, Christoph Waltz being wonderfully Christoph Waltz, and people may have even thought about the history of slavery for a few minutes on the way out of the theater. Victory!
Moonrise Kingdom - Yes, it's the most twee thing you've ever seen, but that means it's also the most Wes Anderson of all Wes Anderson films. I like Wes Anderson, so I'm totally okay with this.
Skyfall - Considering that the Bond franchise completely drops the ball about half the time, it was great to see them do such a great job with their 50th anniversary outing. Also, Daniel Craig continues to rule.
The Dark Knight Rises - I have to admit that this is the weakest of Nolan's Batman trilogy, but considering how many film trilogies fizzle out in the third installment, I thought that TDKR was a perfectly decent finale. That may be faint praise, but it still counts as praise!
The Avengers - I'm a long-time fan of the Avengers comics and I'm terribly fond of Joss Whedon's snarky take on genre fiction in general, so I thought this was non-stop fun. Also, true confessions time: I've read more Avengers fanfiction recently than is really necessary, so the film keeps giving and giving. Yes, I am without shame!
Looper - Someone made a SF film that was an original story and not based on a comic or novel and wasn't a remake of an 80s film? Holy shit, it's a miracle. Oh, and the flick was pretty solid as well, so I'm not gonna argue with it hitting this year's top ten.
The Master - It's always a joy to see Scientology's creepy weirdness get wider exposure, especially when Paul Thomas Anderson gets such a terrific cast to portray said weirdness.
Silver Linings Playbook - I didn't see this flick. But, I like Jennifer Lawrence and am happy for her Oscar victory, so good enough.
Zero Dark Thirty - A dense procedural and a kick in the teeth all at the same time? Excellent.
Dredd - You know why this flick rules? Because Karl Urban kept his helmet on the entire film, the way God and 2000 AD would have wanted it.
Bonus Round!
Argo - This didn't make the top ten? Argo fuck yourself!
There, much needed positive thinking all around.
FnordChan
DUFFMCWALIN
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Its not very hard to be better than Kill Bill.
MidnightCowboy
Member
Looper is average as fuck, should not be in the top 10
ThanksVision
Member
I was originally upset that I didn't vote but now I see my list wouldn't have even made a dent anyway.
Charles Foster Kane
Rosebud
Glass Rebel
Member
Intouchables was 2012? Is that the French film with the rich quadriplegic? I enjoyed some of the top 10 but Intouchables was top 3 material for me.
Colonel Nasty
Member
Avengers wasnt a top 5 movie but it was certainly better than Rises.
Charles Foster Kane
Rosebud
People were upset about the crap others and me gave TDKR in the Rises thread, they thought the movie got too much hate on gaf. The way I see it it got too much love, it still does (considering it's #4).
Max Armstrong
Member
I hope next year Gravity will be on top of the list!
Riposte
Member
It is worse for sure.
SquiddyCracker
Banned
Looks like a good list. I haven't seen any of the top ten stuff aside from Sky falling, Dredd, and avengers.
I thought it would be fun!
Oh, I'm sure there are people out there that believe that.
Illithid Dude
Member
Maybe so, but since the movie pretty much admitted that there would be issues, and that those issues should be ignored because it's the plot and characters that are important, I'll give it a pass.
Anyways, Dark Knight, Skyfall, and Avengers in the top 10? Eeesh. I'd hate to see what GAF thinks are the bad movies.
Ventilaator
Banned
Even when accepting the premise that those are the top 10 movies of the year, I would still switch the ordering completely.
way more
Member
This all means nothing until a graph is made of all the movies released in 2012 comparing their illogical plot holes as well as errors; technical, continuity, and graphical.
It's sad to think that still in the 21st century movies are judged by ancient notions of themes, plots and characters. Unless strict boundaries are enforced who can tell if a movie is good or not?
It's sad to think that still in the 21st century movies are judged by ancient notions of themes, plots and characters. Unless strict boundaries are enforced who can tell if a movie is good or not?
way more
Member
True. People just make all those points in other threads and here they say, Sigh!, Really?, Yikes, Fuck! Terrible, Awful, LOL!
Such great criticism lets you know we have such a film literate community. Fanboy idolatry has crossed from gaming side to directors. I guess we should feel better knowing star fuckers has moved up the ladder.
teruterubozu
Member
I've honestly got more of a problem with Looper being in the top ten than Avengers, which was my number two, or Skyfall. Looper was touted as the successor to The Matrix and, well, it just isn't. It's not offensively bad - or even bad, really - but it never struck me as top tier.
The Dark Knight Rises was one of my least favourite movies of last year, though it's obviously unsurprising to see it on this list.
The biggest surprise is Moonrise Kingdom. Pleasant surprise, even though I didn't put it on my list. Or like it that much.
The Dark Knight Rises was one of my least favourite movies of last year, though it's obviously unsurprising to see it on this list.
The biggest surprise is Moonrise Kingdom. Pleasant surprise, even though I didn't put it on my list. Or like it that much.
DUFFMCWALIN
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TDKR doesn't belong on this list but skyfall was really, really good. Looper was pretty good, something new in sci fi.
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