Top Movies of 2012

[Marlow]

Take your pick. Here's the top 10 as rated by

Box Office

1. The Avengers
2. The Dark Knight Rises
3. The Hunger Games
4. Skyfall
5. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2
6. The Amazing Spider-Man
7. Brave
8. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
9. Ted
10. Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted

IMDB

1. Hobbit
2. Les Miz
3. Django
4. Cloud Atlas
5. Pitch Perfect
6. Jack Reacher
7. This is 40
8. Dark Knight Rises
9. Dredd
10. Life of Pi

Metacritic

1. Lincoln
2. Argo
3. Beasts of the Southern Wild
4. Moonrise kingdom
5. Looper
6. Skyfall
7. Silver Linings Playbook
8. Django
9. Life of Pi
10. Dark Knight Rises

Me

1. Skyfall
2. Avengers
3. Dark Knight Rises
4. Intouchables
5. The Artist
6. Prometheus
7. The Amazing Spiderman
8. Argo
9. Looper
10. Lincoln

Only one to make all lists: Dark Knight Rises.

[Brian]

Don't forget "Borat Returns".

To be followed next year by "Borat Rises."

And not to be confused with "Borat: The Musical" now showing on Broadway.


(Sorry, my friend. I couldn't resist. :] )
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[Brian]

On a serious note, being a big Joss Whedon fan since "Buffy" and "Firefly", I lean toward "The Avengers", surely the best superhero movie made so far.

That said, I am one of those sacrilegious few who haven't seen "Skyfall" yet. Which, BTW, pains me greatly.
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[jhc68]

I liked Skyfall and Argo. Most of the rest on the lists I either didn't care for wouldn't consider paying to see. Les Miz? Really?
Best film that no one saw: Robot and Frank

[Flumpy]

My favourite film of the year by far is 'Amour'.

Knowing how closely Marlow and my tastes match I'll have to assume it just missed his Top 10.

[Marlow]

My favourite film of the year by far is 'Amour'.
Knowing how closely Marlow and my tastes match I'll have to assume it just missed his Top 10.

Ha! But you have to proud of me that The Intouchables made my list, no? Nothing blowed up real good in it!

[jeremyp]

Haven't seen 0 dark thirty or Life of Pi so I'm flying blind.

1. Lincoln.
2. Argo.
3. Les Miz.
4. The Hobbit.
For me it's been a pitiable year in movies. Then I haven't seen any foreign movies yet since my local Art movie theater went belly up. C'mon Netflix!

[Marlow]

3. Les Miz

If I didn't love my wife SOOOOOOO much, I woulda walked in the first 30 minutes. As it was, even my wife ended up not liking it - said the Liam Neeson (non-musical) one was much better.

[Cooter Brown]

1. Argo
2. Django Unchained
3. The Avengers
4. Killer Joe
5. Moonrise Kingdom
6. Klovn
7. Safety Not Guaranteed
8. Skyfall
9. ParaNorman
10. Frankenweenie

[Mighty Favog]

My two favorite movies of the year were quirky and different: Moonrise Kingdom and Bernie.

[jeremyp]

3. Les Miz

If I didn't love my wife SOOOOOOO much, I woulda walked in the first 30 minutes. As it was, even my wife ended up not liking it - said the Liam Neeson (non-musical) one was much better.

Chacun a son goute. You say tomato I say Tohmahto!

[jeremyp]

Don't forget "Borat Returns".

To be followed next year by "Borat Rises."

And not to be confused with "Borat: The Musical" now showing on Broadway.


(Sorry, my friend. I couldn't resist. :] )
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Baron Cohen is the one thing in Les Miz I hated.

[Halfmiler2]

I liked Avengers, Argo, Life of Pi, and The Hobbit.

Also, enjoyed seeing 3-D re-issues of Wall-ie and Raiders of the Lost Ark.

I see quite a few animated films with my two sons but thought it a weak year in that department - although Rise of the Guardians and Hotel Transylvania had their moments.

[Vault-emort]

The Top Ten I've seen in 2012

01 The Avengers
02 Skyfall
03 The Dark Knight Rises
04 Magic Mike
05 The Hobbit
06 The Hunter (worldwide release in 2012 but a 2011 Aussie movie)
07 Cloud Atlas (probably need to see it again to determine exactly what I think...)
08 The Amazing Spider-Man
09 The Sapphires
10 A Royal Affair

[Flumpy]

Ha! But you have to proud of me that The Intouchables made my list, no? Nothing blowed up real good in it!

Incredibly enjoyable but cringy, corny and borderline racist.

Saw 'The Life of Pi' last night and loved it.

Hard to compare to 'Amour' as they are so totally different but they are battling for my top spot.

[Marlow]

There were three global $BILLION 2012 movies

Avengers
Dark Knight Rises
Skyfall

The Hobbit is well on its way to being 2013's first.

[Halfmiler2]

In the Box Office totals, The Hobbit is included in 2012, not 2013.

[Marlow]

In the Box Office totals, The Hobbit is included in 2012, not 2013.

Literally, The Hobbit will be the first movie to make a billion dollars in 2013.

[Flumpy]

Literally it will only be making about $300m of that $1 billion in 2013.

I

[Marlow]

Literally it will only be making about $300m of that $1 billion in 2013.
I

What a fun game!
Literally, it will the be the first movie to break the $1B mark in 2013.

[JaceyCarter]

I think these are the best movies of 2012

The Avengers
The Dark Knight Rises
Skyfall
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Hobbit
Jack Reacher
This is 40
Life of Pi

[Per Andersen]

There were three global $BILLION 2012 movies

Avengers
Dark Knight Rises
Skyfall

The Hobbit is well on its way to being 2013's first.

I was in NYC recently and a guy I met claimed all the Superheroes live in NYC, under the Frick museum. Could this be true?

[Marlow]

a guy I met claimed all the Superheroes live in NYC, under the Frick museum. Could this be true?

Undoubtedly!!

[26mi235]

Don't forget "Borat Returns".

To be followed next year by "Borat Rises."

And not to be confused with "Borat: The Musical" now showing on Broadway.


(Sorry, my friend. I couldn't resist. :] )
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Get a life, Brian
(Sorry, my friend, I couldn't resist, either.)


Hunger Games
The Hobbit
Brave
Life of Pi


As for mine, I have not seen many; I liked them all reasonably well. The one that I liked more than I expected was The Hunger Games.

I did not see it until this holiday season and had read all three books this fall. I was surprised at the number of things that I did not pick up on in the first book that were in the first movie (some put in without being mentioned, possibly).