Here's my projected best-of list:
1. Dark Knight
2. Hobbit (haven't seen yet)
3. Moonrise Kingdom (haven't seen yet)
4. Les Miserables (haven't seen yet)
5. Life of Pi (haven't seen yet)
6. The Avengers
7. Lincoln (haven't seen yet)
8. Brave (haven't seen yet)
9. Skyfall (haven't seen yet)
10. Hunger Games
And here's my best-of list for movies that I probably won't see:
1. Argo
2. Prometheus
3. Bourne
4. Spider Man
5. Twilight
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*UPDATE*
Over the break I successfully viewed The Hobbit (2D), Moonrise Kingdom, and Life of Pi (3D).
I thought the Hobbit was fantastic--a magical storybook experience--and still feel good about its #2 spot.
Life of Pi was also very good. The only thing I didn't really like was the overly subdued mood, and the single-mindedness of the visit between the present-day Pi and his author friend. For being such an adventurous, special child, why was Pi so boring in his adult years? It was interesting for me to learn that the actor originally shot all these scenes with Tobey Maguire and then they called him back to redo all the scenes with the Canadian dude they eventually went with. I wonder if that has anything to do with it.
Moonrise Kingdom was a big letdown for me. I was really into it for the first half of the movie but then the wheels came off for me. Everything got too outlandish that it stopped mattering. And it lacked consistency with the first half.
Still eager to see Lincoln.
*UPDATE*
Over the break I successfully viewed The Hobbit (2D), Moonrise Kingdom, and Life of Pi (3D).
I thought the Hobbit was fantastic--a magical storybook experience--and still feel good about its #2 spot.
Life of Pi was also very good. The only thing I didn't really like was the overly subdued mood, and the single-mindedness of the visit between the present-day Pi and his author friend. For being such an adventurous, special child, why was Pi so boring in his adult years? It was interesting for me to learn that the actor originally shot all these scenes with Tobey Maguire and then they called him back to redo all the scenes with the Canadian dude they eventually went with. I wonder if that has anything to do with it.
Moonrise Kingdom was a big letdown for me. I was really into it for the first half of the movie but then the wheels came off for me. Everything got too outlandish that it stopped mattering. And it lacked consistency with the first half.
Still eager to see Lincoln.
*UPDATE* (9/16/13)
I've seen a few more movies since. Here's the updated list. In retrospect, 2012 was a good year for movies.
1. Dark Knight Rises (*****)
I've seen a few more movies since. Here's the updated list. In retrospect, 2012 was a good year for movies.
1. Dark Knight Rises (*****)
2. Hobbit (****)
3. Les Miserables (****)
4. Bourne (****)
5. Lincoln (***)
3. Les Miserables (****)
4. Bourne (****)
5. Lincoln (***)
6. Life of Pi (***)
7. Amour (***)
7. Amour (***)
8. The Avengers (***)
9. Brave (haven't seen yet)
10. Skyfall (haven't seen yet)
11. Hunger Games (**)
