Best Movie: I have to say Bringing Up Baby, same as every year. In Roderick Heath's (brilliant, detailed, well-written) New Year's article, he mentions BUB as a film he saw for the first time in 2012. Lucky man.
Best Movies we saw in 2012: Here's the top 10. Surprising how many come from the last few years. I used to be much more into old movies.
- Hugo
- Moonrise Kingdom
- The Hidden Fortress
- The Artist
- Prometheus
- John Carter
- Hallelujah, I'm a Bum
- Beat Street
- The Raid: Redemption
- Tactical Force
Favorite TV Series we've been watching on Netflix in 2012: Mostly BBC and Westerns? We're still watching and enjoying Burn Notice and Psych as well.
- Sherlock
- Dr. Who
- Briscoe County, Jr.
- Cisco Kid (review to come)
- Haywire
- Expendables 2
- Avengers - this could have been on the Best Of list as well, but it was still a disappointment, based on the hype
- Immortals
- Conan
In Conclusion: We saw a bunch of pretty good movies in 2012, mostly action, like Detective Dee, Little Big Soldier, Captain America and Thor. Not disappointments or favorites. We also saw a lot of very marginal streaming stuff, often featuring Tim and Irene Ryan and/or directed by One-Shot Beaudine. Honestly, I think we can do better in 2013.
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year!
1 comment:
Hee hee - I had seen parts of Bringing Up Baby over the years, and I had an impression of having seen the whole thing once when I was pretty young. But when I finally sat down to watch it again, I realised I hadn't. So yes, that's the thrilling story of that particular plugged gap in the canon. Incredibly enough, it actually lived up to the hype, too. You comment about how The Avengers was both best-of candidate material and a disappointment based on its hype is also pretty darn accurate.
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