2012 Movie Recap

Seems to be a record breaking year for me. I read over 50 new books (I reread a bit more than a dozen books in addition to the new ones) and I was only trying for 24 (2 a month) and I watched over 70 movies this year. The movies are really impressive since I made it to 101! Next year's goal will have to be 100, but my low goal will be 80. I won't watch something I don't have any desire to watch.

At any rate, of the 101 movies I watched, 39 were movies from last year or earlier (so about 61% was from this year). I will say that I've watched so many movies this year that it's hard to remember those movies even came out this year! Funny how quickly the year flies by and, at the same time, January 1st felt like ages ago.

Here's my 2011 recap to compare. I did much better this year than last year's for my 2011's to see on DVD and I did okay on my 2012's to watch.

I didn't watch from 2011 (out of 19):

• Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
• The Beginners (technically, that's a 2010 movie, but it's on my 2011 list)
  

Have to say, 2/19 is really good. I didn't even realize The Beginners technically came out in 2010 till I tried finding it to watch earlier in the year. Oops. I still haven't watched it, for whatever reason. Girl with the Dragon Tattoo just didn't appeal to me in the end. I saw the Swedish ones and I wanted to watch this one to compare, but realized I really didn't need to watch it.

Ones I didn't watch from 2012 (out of 20):

• GI Joe: Retaliation
• Ice Age: Continental Drift
• The Bourne Legacy
• Rise of the Guardians
• Life of Pi
• The Great Gatsby
  

14/20 isn't bad, especially when I'm counting GI Joe and The Great Gatsby in my count and they were pushed back to 2013 (so, truly 14/18). Ice Age just came out on DVD and RedBox is getting it a month later so I'll watch it in January. Bourne Legacy I wanted to see, but kept putting it off. In fact, I so wanted to watch it that I actually thought I *had* watched it, but couldn't remember anything about it, which tipped me off to the fact I hadn't seen it. I'll watch it on DVD next year for sure. Rise of the Guardians is doing pretty well in theater right now, but it's going to be Wreck-It Ralph as the animation I *really* want to see this year that I haven't. I'll watch both on DVD. Life of Pi will be a movie rental (always thought that if I did want to see it), and Great Gatsby will also be a movie rental.

With that said...On to favorites of 2012 movies (will not include movies that came out in 2011 or earlier)!

Favorites of the year (no particular order):

• The Avengers
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
• Skyfall
• Dark Knight Rises
• Hunger Games
• Les Miserables
  

Definitely a short list of favorites this year...Kind of a dud of a year for me. Not to say there weren't good movies, but they weren't "favorites." I will say there were a lot of the indies I enjoyed that I probably wouldn't see again, but I did highly enjoy them (e.g., Moonrise Kingdom). 

Must see movie of the year: Avengers, Hobbit, Les Miserables (all tie!)
Runner-ups: Those three pretty much sum it up for me

Favorite stupid comedy: 21 Jump Street
Runner-up: N/A

Romantic/Romantic Comedy: Silver Linings Playbook (not your typical rom-com, but I'm putting it here)
Runner-ups: Moonrise Kingdom (more drama than comedy), What to Expect When You're Expecting (more comedy than rom), and This Means War (your typical rom-com)

Horror: Does Dark Shadows count? It was the only thing remotely close that I watched.

Family film (non-animated): The Hobbit (I'm counting it as family!)
Runner-up: N/A

Family film (animated): Brave
Runner-up: Lorax

Action-Adventure: Skyfall
Runner-up: Looper

Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Comic: Hobbit (actually surpassed Avengers)
Runner-ups: Avengers, Dark Knight Rises, Hunger Games

Drama: Les Miserables
Runner-ups: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel and Flowers of War

Worst of the year: By far, Wanderlust still beats everyone out! That movie leaves images in your head you wish you never saw! L!fe Happens, 5-Year Engagement, and Lawless would be the ones that follow (least to greatest). 

That was actually hard to compile. I feel like there were a lot of "notable" movies, but not a lot of stand outs.

2012 Movies to See on DVD in 2013 (no order):

• Ice Age: Continental Drift
• The Bourne Legacy
• Rise of the Guardians
• Life of Pi
• Wreck-It Ralph
• Lincoln
• Argo
• Flight
• The Impossible
• Anna Karenina
• The Perks of Being a Wallflower
• Frankenweenie
• Zero Dark Thirty (it hits theaters in a week, but came out in 2012)
• Promised Land
• Django
  

2013 Movies I Want to (Most Likely) See (release date order):

• Hansel and Gretal: Witch Hunters (1/25)
• A Good Day to Die Hard (2/14)
• Jack and the Giant Slayer (3/1)
• Oz: The Great and Powerful (3/8)
• GI Joe: Retaliation (3/29)
• The Host (3/29)
• Iron Man 3 (5/3)
• The Great Gatsby (5/10)
• Star Trek Into Darkness (5/17)
• The Hangover Part III (5/24)
• Now You See Me (6/7)
• This is the End (6/14)
• Man of Steel (6/14)
• Monsters University (6/21)
• Kick-Ass 2 (6/28)
• Despicable Me 2 (7/3)
• Lone Ranger (7/3)
• The Wolverine (7/26)
• Red 2 (8/2)
• Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (8/16)
• Mortal Instruments (8/23)
• Thor: The Dark World (11/8)
• The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (11/22)
• The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (12/13)

I am most excited for The Hobbit (duh!), Iron Man 3, Thor, Hunger Games, and Star Trek. I will most likely see all of those in theater. I'm also interested in Monsters University, but it may not be a theater watch, but we'll see. There's a few others I'm interested in too, but I can't remember what they are...Too many movie trailer watching. :) It looks like it'll be a better next year than this year, but we'll see. You never know!

So, next year's low goal will be 80 and high goal will be 100. I've listed 39 movies to watch next year, but we'll see.