So I asked Roger in the yap shop the other Wednesday what his picks of the year had been. He opined that, while technically excellent, The Master was perhaps too enamoured with being technically excellent to fully connect emotionally. As a result, his number one choice had to be Here Comes the Boom.
Lacking the same pithy analytical skills, I thought I'd just give a quick rundown of the more memorable things I saw in the pictures last year. Feel free to offer your own lists, argue or pick holes in my own. Also useful for reminding you of things you forgot about and might want to catch on DVD.
Fantastic films. See immediately.
Beasts of the Southern Wild. First film I've seen at the pictures more than once since, ah... since Attack of the Clones. It's a lot better than that.
The Raid. Fantastic kung fu action with no flab at all and a first rate evil henchman. First film I've ever consciously rushed out and bought the day it was released on DVD.
Martha, Marcy May, Marlene.
Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes. Would've been top of the pile if the new print I saw had been subtitled rather than (badly) dubbed.
Top class entertainment. Recommended without reservation.
Haywire
Killing Them Softly
Dark Knight Rises
Death Watch. A young Harvey Keitel and Harry Dean Stanton wandering the mean streets of Glasgow.
I enjoyed but it didn't blow me away or had big flaws and I can see why others wouldn't.
Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol
Shame
Avengers
The Hunter
Skyfall
The Hobbit
Not that great but watchable and elevated because of my own fondness for a particular element (in brackets)
Premium Rush (cycling)
Dredd (Dredd)
Underworld: Awakening (Kate Beckinsale's arse)
Expendables 2 (seaplanes)
Films no amount of Beckinsale arse could save
Total Recall
Prometheus
War Horse
Films I really wanted to see but didn't get round to it, hence their ommision from the above.
Amour; Resident Evil: Extinction; Rust and Bone; 2 Days in New York; The Man with the Iron Fists; Lawless.
Quote from: The Cosh on 31 December, 2012, 05:01:45 PM
So I asked Roger in the yap shop the other Wednesday what his picks of the year had been. He opined that, while technically excellent, The Master was perhaps too enamoured with being technically excellent to fully connect emotionally. As a result, his number one choice had to be Here Comes the Boom.
That's quality
Godpleton. Give him my love - he'd hate that.