Best of 2012

Thanks just added Looper. I've actually seen Cabin in the Woods and half of Savages so i'll leave them off for now.

Seen them all except Life of Pi; planning on reading the book first but i'll get around to it.

I can only strongly recommend "Simon Killer","Reality" and "Frances Ha" from 2012, it was such a weak year in comparison to others now looking at it.
Then again, there are a few other films from said year that I still have yet to see, such as "Holy Motors", "Living", "90 Minutes", "A Hijacking", "What Richard Did" and "Nameless Gangster", so who knows, maybe all of them are masterpieces.

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In no order, I think The Master, Flight, The Place Beyond the Pines, Django, Looper, Mud, and Silver Linings Playbook, were the best movies I saw from 2012.

Rust and Bone is a really good one. Not as good as A Prophet but Marion Cotillard and Matthias Schoenaerts push it to next level. Again, really engaging work.

Might recommend Seven Psychopaths as well.

Worst 2012: Spring Breakers

Thanks guys added several of those. A Hijacking was one i was already planning on seeing actually.

Probably the most polarizing film of the decade. Oddly i think it's fine, seems most either love it or hate it but i'm neither.

I guess you've got plenty so I won't take an hour to come up with my list, even though it is kinda memory-jogging.

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The Bay is the worst 2012 I've seen I think

Ernest & Celestine
Berberian Sound Studio
Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning
It's Such a Beautiful Day
Grabbers
Killing Them Softly
Maniac
Safety Not Guaranteed
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Excision
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Holy Motors
The Dark Knight Rises
Django Unchained
Silver Linings Playbook (I need to rewatch this one, because I feel like I'll hate the sh*t out of it now)
Zero Dark Thirty
Moonrise Kingdom
Skyfall
Dredd
The Master
Wreck-It Ralph
Seven Psychopaths
Barbara


Some of those are obvious ones, some not. I like(d) all of these movies.

Do it! I'm sure other people might like the recs too.

So you are telling me i should trust you over this 9/10 IMDB Review?:

Think i'll take my chances with jacksongeorge56 thank you, added!


not really

*retweets*

Thanks seen most of those. Added Berberian and Holy Motors.

I'll be honest - I only watched it because I thought it was an autobiography of Michael
jacksongeorge surely knows his sh1t better than I

Pretty interesting watch, and I'm not even a music guy.


Fairly laid back and simple biography.

Seen Sugarman. I've been wary of Hitchcock but since you're recing it i'll give it a shot.

Just don't expect a cinematic marvel.

It was a better year than it's given credit I think, specially on animation. Wolf children, Ernest and Celèstine, Wreck-it-Ralph, It's such a beautiful day, the Madoka movies... and these are the great ones, because there's also a lot of stuff that I'd still consider good enough. I have also watched various great arthouse/unconventional narrative films: A woman's revenge, In search of Emak Bakia, 36, Otel·lo, Mi loco Erasmus, Final cut: Ladies and gentlemen, Viola, Caesar must die.

Aside from these, Django, The hunt or Amour are quite recommendable, though you have probably watched or considered them already. I also like The master, Brave or The avengers to name other popular movies from 2012 but not quite on the same level. For a less popular recommendation here: The we and the I from Michel Gondry.

I miss a lot of stuff and certainly my tastes this year are biased towards animation and arthouse films but there's quite a nice amount of great movies.