1. Cabin In The Woods. I liked how this was very much a smaller movie, yet it still managed to feel big. The constant shift in tone and setting, which were very highly praised by MovieBob while we're at it, meant that you could never guess what was going to happen next, a rare quality nowadays for a horror movie.
2. The Avengers. Not really a gold star in story, but the sheer brilliance of it's characters and screenplay more then make up for that. Plus, brilliant marketing, and the fact that they got such an experimental enterprise so right with tons of funny jokes and action scenes that would make Michael Bay cry, earn it a number 2 spot.
3. Skyfall. For the first time in literally decades, we got a James Bond movie that was an actual James Bond movie. (Yes, I agree with MovieBob again) Beautiful action scenes, witty dialogue, and nearly as iconic as Goldfinger, it was a ton of fun.
4. Ted. It may not be the best or most refreshing movie of the year (see also: The Avengers) but it was simply so funny that I didn't care. Sometimes that is enough.
5. Resident Evil: Retribution. I know it is not even remotely close to being good, but much Like Ted, it had some stuff in it that I really liked, mostly in how it delivered on everything it promises: The fight between Jill Valentine and Alice, fantastic scene. Bringing down the facility, better then the collapse of Sauron's tower in LotR. I got a lot more of these. It may be a guilty pleasure, but there is also plenty of stuff everybody can enjoy.
My least favorite movie of the year, by a long shot, was The Dark Knight Rises. I didn't really hate it for what it was (though that certainly didn't help, because it let me down in more ways then one) but I hated it for what it represents: that the greed of Hollywood is also taking over the good people. After The Dark Knight, Nolan should have said: We had a hell of a run, and we made the best comic book movie ever. We're not going to top that, so we're not going to try.
2. The Avengers. Not really a gold star in story, but the sheer brilliance of it's characters and screenplay more then make up for that. Plus, brilliant marketing, and the fact that they got such an experimental enterprise so right with tons of funny jokes and action scenes that would make Michael Bay cry, earn it a number 2 spot.
3. Skyfall. For the first time in literally decades, we got a James Bond movie that was an actual James Bond movie. (Yes, I agree with MovieBob again) Beautiful action scenes, witty dialogue, and nearly as iconic as Goldfinger, it was a ton of fun.
4. Ted. It may not be the best or most refreshing movie of the year (see also: The Avengers) but it was simply so funny that I didn't care. Sometimes that is enough.
5. Resident Evil: Retribution. I know it is not even remotely close to being good, but much Like Ted, it had some stuff in it that I really liked, mostly in how it delivered on everything it promises: The fight between Jill Valentine and Alice, fantastic scene. Bringing down the facility, better then the collapse of Sauron's tower in LotR. I got a lot more of these. It may be a guilty pleasure, but there is also plenty of stuff everybody can enjoy.
My least favorite movie of the year, by a long shot, was The Dark Knight Rises. I didn't really hate it for what it was (though that certainly didn't help, because it let me down in more ways then one) but I hated it for what it represents: that the greed of Hollywood is also taking over the good people. After The Dark Knight, Nolan should have said: We had a hell of a run, and we made the best comic book movie ever. We're not going to top that, so we're not going to try.
