Wow, I've seen so very few. TDKR, Life of Pi (only the other night), Django, and Cabin in the Woods.

Oh yeah, words.

I loved Cabin in the Woods. It was everything I could have wanted it to be. Life of Pi was good, too. But I wish I would have seen it on the big screen. Does make me want to try to live on a boat with a dangerous animal though. Or just chill on a boat with an orangutan. Django was good too, don't know if I'll ever have a desire to rewatch it though. Same with TDKR.

I would like to see a lot of the movies in the poll.

Django Unchained - just a fantastically entertaining and cathartic revenge movie. It's violent and exploitative in fun ways like all of Tarantino's work but like Inglourious Basterds it uses those qualities to more thoughtful ends.

The Avengers - What a fun fucking movie. Even now the idea of Marvel's grand scheme culminating in what was basically the funniest movie of 2012 seems ridiculous. People complain about how the direction and cinematography were very television-like (which is natural because of Whedon's history) but the real joy of the movie is the interactions of the characters.

Looper - Great action movie that relies more on tension than it does actual action scenes. JGL is stellar, and Bruce Willis is actually trying. The movie is so tightly paced and every shot is so perfectly composed that it almost feels POINTLESS to discuss how well-done every aspect of it is.

Silver Linings Playbook - People DIS on it because they feel it's dishonest. It kind of is. The sad realities of living with somebody who's mentally diseased are limited to the first half and the second is kind of a bizarre mix of wish fulfillment and screwball comedy. But it's still such a likable movie despite all that, with a great, wounded, funny performance from Bradley Cooper anchoring it.

The Hobbit - YEAH IT'S KINDA LONG and maybe didn't need to be but it's a fun fantasy adventure. A lot of my enjoyment of it may have come from the past LOTR movies, or the feeling of seeing Middle Earth on screen again, but I think it kind of stands on its own (minus the first 20 minutes or so). I suppose my only problem is that there are a few TOO many roller coaster action scenes. I liked them more than a lot of people (the cartoony nature in contrast to LOTR works because Bilbo is telling a story), but I would like more time for the movie to breathe. At least develop the dwarves a little.

Argo - Just a really solidly made thriller. I prefer the first half, with its jokes about (and reconstruction of) 70's Hollywood, but the scenes in Iran are powerfully tense. The movie is so focused and suspenseful in its last half that it's almost suffocating.

Lincoln - a very THEATRICAL piece. It almost felt ANTI-Spielberg in that way, being a low-key acting showcase rather than anything bombastic. I know some have accused DDL of hamming it up, but this movie shows how good he is at playing a recognizable character while still making the audience feel his every emotion.

Cabin In the Woods - Much like The Avengers it sends up the silly conventions of its genre while also reveling in them. Entertaining from the start, and only gets better the deeper it goes. I don't really think it had much to SAY about horror movies now (it could have been written in 98) but that's no knock against it.

Dark Knight Riss - VERY TEDIOUS EPIC tbh. It has some genuinely inspired moments (SCARECROW'S COURT for instance) , and I think Christian Bale's Bruce Wayne is the best he's ever been, but the plot of the movie is too silly and half-baked to accommodate how SERIOUS it is.

The Hunger Games - I DIDN'T LIKE IT. felt like a 3 hour tv pilot. get somebody who knows how to shoot things outside of shaky close-up and maybe we'll talk

Looper: fresh, good actors, interesting story --> 8.5/10
Django Unchained: in one word, masterpiece --> 9.5/10
Argo - kinda good, a little bit of an unusual movie these days but executed well --> 8/10
TDKR - can't say I liked it much. Hated catwoman, hated robin even more (cheap franchise milking bullshit). movies was dragged out...nolan should stop trying so hard --> 5.5/10

there you go, yours truly...the man who knows what's up

Curtis @ 2/9/2013 0:02

I own Django on DVD but I haven't watched it yet.

:hupu:

dude I have a LOT of movies on DVD I haven't watched yet. I get them from work for 3 dollars pre-viewed Rental DVDs like I'll buy like 5 at a time because it's dirt cheap for good movies to watch later. Just a quick glance at the unviewed section of my DVD case I see Ruby Sparks, Tree of Life, The Rum Diaries, The ides of march, the beaver, the whistleblower, anonymous, and legend of the millennium dragon.

....still

:hupu:

srsly, Django Unchained is better than all those movies combined

Henry_42 @ 4/9/2013 12:00

hated robin even more (cheap franchise milking bullshit)

(:

you know the franchise ended after that right

I'd put Tree of Life on equal footing with Django tbh, just for totally different reasons. But yes Mal, watch it. Watch both!

Henry_42 @ 4/9/2013 13:03

Curtis @ 2/9/2013 0:02 I own Django on DVD but I haven't watched it yet. :hupu:

I didn't say that!

Silver Linings Playbook :henry: :henry: :henry: :henry:
The Dark Knight Rises :henry: :henry: :henry:
The Avengers :henry: :henry: :henry: /2
Looper :henry: :henry: :henry: :henry:
Django Unchained :henry: :henry: :henry: :henry:
The Hobbit :henry: :henry: :henry: :henry:
The Hunger Games :henry: :henry: :henry:
Life of Pi :henry: :henry: :henry: :henry:

Are those rankings out of 5 henrys?

Out of all of those, I'm not sure whether to be proud or ashamed of the fact that I loved Cabin in the Woods more than any of them.

There's something about the black comedy of it all that makes it so great, (the best line being Marty offhandedly remarking about how he had to cut the zombie into pieces with a trowel, and then following it up with, "...so, what've you been up to?" The control booth guys were also amazing, but what really got me was the ending.

Spoiler	+
Marty choosing to destroy the entire world for literally no good reason was probably the best post-postmodern scene I've seen in any film, ever. I almost incoroporated it into my grad school essay, and still might.

The Hobbit... eh, refer to my massive rant in the actual Hobbit thread. I hate Tolkein's writing, and I hated the blatant idiocy on display here.

The Avengers was good, if you didn't count the dismal choice to have Scarlett Johansson talk about how she's Russian all the time despite having the most American accent in history. There were a lot of good jokes, and it was a genuinely enjoyable film. Not anything to write home about, though.

Looper, I got hung up in their broken timeline, and the fact that I will never be convinced that he shouldn't have just wasted that kid. Plus I had a hate-on for Emily Blunt at the time, so that didn't help anything.

The Hunger Games... well, any Battle Royale fan will see Hunger Games the way Dracula fans see Twilight. It's a modernized copy that isn't that good. It's decent for what it is, but it's been done, and better. That being said, I did love aspects of the original book, so I don't hate it, and I might still go see the second one, but I'm not buying into the hype.

all but 3

lol no love for Killing Them Softly

Great year for fillums!

Seen 'em all except The Master, Lincoln and Life of Pi!
Such good films though.