2012 Movie Breakdown
Here is my annual pre-Oscar breakdown of all the 2011 movies I have seen, including my top 15, bottom 10, and a ranking of all 118 movies I saw from 2011 (as of 2/24/13).
Top 15 (non documentary)
1. Les Miserables
2. Django Unchained
3. The Avengers
4. Moonrise Kingdom
5. The Cabin in the Woods
6. Skyfall
7. Argo
8. Zero Dark Thirty
9. Silver Linings Playbook
10. Beasts of the Southern Wild
11. The Dark Knight Rises
12. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
13. Brave
14. Wreck-It Ralph
15. Lincoln
Bottom 10:
10. Anna Karenina
9. The Woman in Black
8. Mirror Mirror
7. This Means War
6. 21 Jump Street
5. What to Expect When You're Expecting
4. Dark Shadows
3. Frankenweenie
2. Battleship
1. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
And here is my breakdown of all 70 movies I saw this year (slightly down from last year, I've been a little more picky)
Awesome (4.5-5 stars)
Les Miserables
Django Unchained
The Avengers
Moonrise Kingdom
The Cabin in the Woods
Skyfall
Argo
Zero Dark Thirty
Comic Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope
Great (4-4.5 stars)
Silver Linings Playbook
Beasts of the Southern Wild
The Dark Knight Rises
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Brave
Wreck-It Ralph
Lincoln
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
The Hunger Games
Amour
Haywire
The Secret World of Arrietty
Life of Pi
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Looper
Flight
The Invisible War
Searching for Sugarman
How to Stop a Plague
5 Broken Cameras
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
ParaNorman
Pitch Perfect
Prometheus
Seven Psychopaths
Arbitrage
Bernie
Jeff, Who Lives At Home
Good (3-4 stars)
End of Watch
The Bourne Legacy
Hitchcock
The Sessions
This is Forty
John Carter
Men in Black III
The Amazing Spiderman
The Master
Hotel Transylvania
American Reunion
Dredd
The Five Year Engagement
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Snow White and the Huntsman
The Grey
Rock of Ages
Chronicle
Red Tails
Safe House
Okay/Fun (2.5-3 stars)
To Rome With Love
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
Total Recall
Anna Karenina
The Woman in Black
Dissappointing (1.5-2.5 stars)
Mirror Mirror
This Means War
21 Jump Street
What to Expect When You're Expecting
Dark Shadows
Frankenweenie
Why did I Watch? (0-1.5 stars)
Battleship
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter