For many reasons, 2012 was an\u00a0off year in movie watching for me, which may not necessarily be a bad thing. \u00a0I managed to watch only\u00a062 movies last year, my first year under 100 since 2005 and after having averaged just over 131 movies over the past 5 years. \u00a0Many things contributed to this, chiefly my attempts to do more exercise and read more books\u00a0and the insane amount of TV I’ve been watching.<\/p>\n
Here’s a look back at the first 50 movies I did manage to watch last year and what recollection I have of them, if any. \u00a0The films are listed in the order I saw them.<\/p>\n
Hatchet II (2010)<\/strong> The Hangover Part II (2011)<\/strong><\/p>\n Nowhere near as funny as the original, but still a worthwhile effort.<\/p>\n Changeling (2008)<\/strong> Drive Angry (2011)<\/strong> Moneyball (2011)<\/strong> ’92 Skybox Alonzo Mourning Rookie Card (2011)<\/strong> Tanner Hall (2009)<\/strong> Cowboys & Aliens (2011)<\/strong> The Rock-afire Explosion (2008)<\/strong> The Hunger Games (2012)<\/strong> In Time (2011)<\/strong> The Avengers (2012)<\/strong> Bereavement (2010)<\/strong> Now You Know (2002)<\/strong> Battle: Los Angeles (2011)<\/strong> Final Destination 5 (2011)<\/strong> The Mechanic (2011)<\/strong> The Dark Knight Rises (2012)<\/strong> Contagion (2011)<\/strong> Quarantine 2: Terminal (2011)<\/strong> Prometheus (2012)<\/strong> Snow White And The Huntsman (2012)<\/strong> Safety Not Guaranteed (2012)<\/strong> The Caller (2011)<\/strong> Shark Night 3D (2011)<\/strong> Pure Luck (1991)<\/strong> Straw Dogs (2011)<\/strong> The Painted Lady (2012)<\/strong> The Cabin In The Woods (2012)<\/strong> Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011)<\/strong> Dark House (2009)<\/strong> 21 Jump Street (2012)<\/strong> The Human Centipede II: Full Sequence (2011)<\/strong> Silent House (2012)<\/strong> A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas (2011)<\/strong> The Innkeepers (2012)<\/strong> Brothers (2009)<\/strong> Hostel: Part III (2011)<\/strong> Sexting (2011)<\/strong> The Ides Of March (2011)<\/strong> You Don’t Know Bo (2012)<\/strong> The Descendents (2011)<\/strong> Paranormal Activity 3 (2011)<\/strong> 4.3.2.1 (2010)<\/strong> Horrible Bosses (2011)<\/strong> The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)<\/strong> The Descent: Part 2 (2009)<\/strong> The Thing (2011)<\/strong> Morning Glory (2010)<\/strong> Runaway Jury (2003)<\/strong> For many reasons, 2012 was an\u00a0off year in movie watching for me, which may not necessarily be a bad thing. \u00a0I managed to watch only\u00a062 movies last year, my first year under 100 since 2005 and after having averaged just over 131 movies over the past 5 years. \u00a0Many things contributed to this, chiefly my 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\nI remember thinking this was better than the first Hatchet film, but that isn’t exactly saying anything.<\/p>\n
\nAngelina Jolie’s search for her missing child.<\/p>\n
\nNicolas Cage has some bills to pay, and schlock like this is how he plans on paying them.<\/p>\n
\nOne of the most controversial books in the world of baseball hits the silver screen, chronicling the new approach taken by the cash-strapped Oakland A’s to field a successful team.<\/p>\n
\nA short about a screw-up who sells his brother’s Alonzo Mourning rookie card.<\/p>\n
\nA pre-Dragon Tattoo Rooney Mara stars in this school girl drama.<\/p>\n
\nA disappointing sci-fi romp through the old west.<\/p>\n
\nA documentary looking at the house band of the former Showbiz Pizza.<\/p>\n
\nMy first trip to the movie theater this year was for this adaptation of one of the best books I had read the year before.<\/p>\n
\nJustin Timberlake continues to impress as an actor.<\/p>\n
\nAnother trip to the theater for the smash adaptation of Marvel’s super-group from Joss Whedon.<\/p>\n
\nI remember nothing from this film besides Alexandra Daddario in a tight white t-shirt.<\/p>\n
\nJeff Anderson had to do something after starring in Clerks, and eventually he came up with this.<\/p>\n
\nAliens invade Los Angeles, putting a crimp in Aaron Eckhart’s retirement plans.<\/p>\n
\nThe latest film about cheating death and death getting its revenge.<\/p>\n
\nThe latest Jason Statham mindless action film.<\/p>\n
\nThe midnight showing after a night of drinking means I think I’ve seen the whole movie, but can’t be entirely sure.<\/p>\n
\nA superbug wipes out a large swath of the population starting with Gwyneth Paltrow.<\/p>\n
\nThe sequel to the remake of [REC].<\/p>\n
\nThe\u00a0alleged\u00a0prequel to the Alien franchise that I saw on the flight to Belfast.<\/p>\n
\nKristen Stewart and Chris Hemsworth star in the re-imagining of the classic tale that I saw on the flight home from Belfast.<\/p>\n
\nI also saw this quirky comedy about time travel on the flight home from Belfast.<\/p>\n
\nA not-very-good time travel horror film.<\/p>\n
\nA group of rednecks set some sharks loose to kill the popular kids there on vacation.<\/p>\n
\nAn early 90s comedy (and not in a good way) that I watched at work.<\/p>\n
\nJames Marsden and Kate Bosworth starred in this remake of the Dustin Hoffman revenge film.<\/p>\n
\nAn absurd short featuring nothing but a topless Jena Malone.<\/p>\n
\nA re-imagining of the horror trope of the college kids getting killed at a remote cabin.<\/p>\n
\nThe latest Mission: Impossible sequel adds Jeremy Renner to the cast.<\/p>\n
\nA young girl returns to the site of her childhood trauma and takes the fall for the latest attacks that happen there.<\/p>\n
\nThe 80s teen drama series is re-imagined as a comedy.<\/p>\n
\nA fan of the original movie goes overboard trying to recreate it in this disturbing sequel.<\/p>\n
\nA young woman battles her demons, which just happen to be her touchy-feely father and her uncle.<\/p>\n
\nThe estranged stoners reunite to save Christmas for Harold’s family.<\/p>\n
\nAn inn that is about to shut down is haunted.<\/p>\n
\nA man returns from Iraq to find that his ne’er-do-well brother has taken his place with his wife and children.<\/p>\n
\nA bachelor party goes horribly awry when the groom-to-be ends up at a killing club.<\/p>\n
\nCarly Pope helps us examine dating in a world where text messaging is the main form of communication.<\/p>\n
\nGeorge Clooney runs for President and disappoints Ryan Gosling terribly.<\/p>\n
\nThe excellent ESPN 30 for 30 documentary about Bo Jackson.<\/p>\n
\nGeorge Clooney finds out his dying wife was cheating on him.<\/p>\n
\nWeird things happen to the family with a video camera in the late 80s.<\/p>\n
\nBritish hijinks ensue thanks to the pen of the guy who played Mickey in Doctor Who.<\/p>\n
\nIf your job sucks, the obvious way to change your lot in life is to plan to kill your boss.<\/p>\n
\nThe origin of Spider-Man is retold nearly a decade after the previous version, but this time features the Lizard.<\/p>\n
\nThe one girl who made it out alive last time is sent back in to the caves to explain to the local police what happened to her and her friends.<\/p>\n
\nSomething bad is happeneing at the South Pole.<\/p>\n
\nThe same old tale about the cranky newsman who is forced to do morning news and eventually learns that even the goofy stories have a place on the air.<\/p>\n
\nSuffered greatly from my having just read the novel. Might have been a good time otherwise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"