The Month in Movies - December 2012

[A.J. Hakari]

Number of First-Time Viewings (this month): 31
Number of First-Time Viewings (this year, FINAL TALLY): 515

THE BRILLIANT (****)

(none)

THE GREAT (*** ½)

(none)

THE PURTY GOOD (***)

Sound of Noise
The Sessions
Secret Service of the Air
Asylum (1972)
Life of Pi
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Lincoln
Lockout
Code of the Secret Service
Flight

THE O.K. (** ½)

Hitchcock
Lost in a Harem
Rise of the Guardians
Trouble with the Curve

THE SO-SO (**)

The Big Broadcast of 1938
Dust Devil
Keep ‘Em Flying
Les Miserables (2012)
Breaking Dawn - Part 2
Life Returns
In the Land of Blood and Honey
Savages
This Is 40
Hyde Park on Hudson

THE SUCKY (* ½)

The Apparition
Blondes at Work
College Swing
The Birth of a Nation

THE REALLY SUCKY (* - no stars)

(none)

No rating:

Mystery Science Theater 3000: “Gamera vs. Zigra”
Mystery Science Theater 3000: “Kitten with a Whip”
Mystery Science Theater 3000: “Revenge of the Creature”

THE BEST:



THE WORST:



First Movie I Saw This Month: SAVAGES
Last Movie I Saw This Month: THE BIRTH OF A NATION

Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, LINCOLN
Best Actress: Helen Mirren, HITCHCOCK
Best Supporting Actor: Tommy Lee Jones, LINCOLN
Best Supporting Actress: Anne Hathaway, LES MISERABLES (2012)
Best Director: Ola Simonsson and Johannes Stjarne Nilsson, SOUND OF NOISE
Best Original Screenplay: Ola Simonsson and Johannes Stjarne Nilsson, SOUND OF NOISE
Best Adapted Screenplay: David Magee, LIFE OF PI
Biggest Surprise: LOCKOUT
Biggest Disappointment: LES MISERABLES (2012)
Most Fucked-Up Movie: DUST DEVIL
“I’m Pretty Damn Sure No One Else Has Seen This”: BLONDES AT WORK
Person/Character I Never Want to Meet: Dust Devil (Robert John Burke), DUST DEVIL
“Why Is He/She Still in Movies?”: Leslie Mann, THIS IS 40
Ultimate WTF? Moment: The fake-out ending, SAVAGES
Best Scene: The crash sequence, FLIGHT
Best Line: “I believe in a God with a sense of humor. I would find it absolutely intolerable not to be to able blame someone for all this.” - Mark O’Brien (John Hawkes), THE SESSIONS
Movie I Finally Got to Friggin’ See: THE BIRTH OF A NATION
Coolest Title: IN THE LAND OF BLOOD AND HONEY
Hottest Lady: Scarlett Johansson, HITCHCOCK
Oldest Movie Seen: THE BIRTH OF A NATION (1915)

[ilovemovies]

* = re-watch:

1. The Dark Knight Rises - 10/10*
2. Life of Pi - 9/10
3. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - 9/10
4. The Odd Life of Timothy Green - 8/10
5. Jack Reacher - 7/10
6. Deep Impact - 7/10*
7. Fun With Dick and Jane - 7/10*
8. Beverly Hills Cop II - 7/10*
9. Beverly Hills Cop III - 7/10*
10. Black Rain - 7/10

11. Jagged Edge - 7/10
12. The Collection - 6/10
13. Killing Them Softly - 4/10
14. Killing Streets - 4/10


Best Director: Ang Lee, Life of Pi
Best Actor: Saraj Sharma, Life of Pi
Beset Actress: Jennifer Garner, The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Best Supporting Actor: Richard Armitage, The Hobbit
Best Supporting Actress: Rosamund Pike, Jack Reacher
Best Screenplay: Life of Pi
Biggest Surprise: Life of Pi
Biggest Disappointment: Killing Them Softly
Person I'd Never Want to Meet: EVERYONE from Killing Them Softly
Hottest Lady: Jennifer Garner/Cate Blanchett (tied)
Coolest Title: Killing Them Softly