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The Top 10 worst films of 2012
philly ^ | December 28, 2012

Posted on 12/29/2012 5:48:56 AM PST by JoeProBono

They could have fed a Third World nation, or poured money into cancer research, or tried saving those polar bears stuck on itty-bitty ice floes. But no-o-o-o-o, Hollywood had better things to do with its hundreds of millions of dollars, like letting Adam Sandler make That's My Boy, and thinking we needed a remake of Red Dawn.

Sure, the film biz isn't in it for the philanthropy, and it's totally unfair to hold the expenditure of $250 million ( John Carter) or even a paltry $102 million ( Cloud Atlas) against actors, directors, and second grips engaged in earnest endeavors to create something memorable, or moving, or just fun.After all, no one intentionally sets out to make 90 minutes or two hours or three hours of stupefying dreck, right? Right?! RIGHT?!!

Herewith, the 10 dumbest, most misguided, wasteful, indulgent, soul-crushing, life-robbing films of 2012.

They're in alphabetical order, except for the last one. Maybe Peter Jackson's first installment in his new Middle-earth trilogy isn't really that awful, but it is an unexpected journey - unexpectedly twee and tech-obsessed, like being stuck in an endless video game, except a fellow with furry feet has run off with your gamepad.

Cloud Atlas Cross-dimensional, time-traveling cosmic hooey, although Tom Hanks and Halle Berry's postapocalyptic patois would make for a great comedy sketch. The gods of reincarnation should sue. And here's a question: Are codirector Lana Wachowski and Clementine Kruczynski, the heroine of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind played by Kate Winslet, the same person?

John Carter Pixar animator Andrew Stanton tried his hand with live-action in this $250 million Disney fiasco, an adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs' John Carter of Mars - or Barsoom, as the pulp scribe was wont to call the Red Planet. Lynn Collins is Princess Dejah, who hails from Helium, and some of the warring creatures she and Civil War-era Earthling Taylor Kitsch contend with are Tharks, Therns, and Zodangans. Never mind the giant green-skinned, multi-limbed creatures - look out for those Barsoomian subtitles!

Lola Versus

The Odd Life of Timothy Green

Playing for Keeps

Red Dawn

Seeking a Friend for the End of the World

That's My Boy

Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey


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KEYWORDS: 2012review; films; hollywood; moviereview; top10
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1 posted on 12/29/2012 5:48:59 AM PST by JoeProBono
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To: JoeProBono

I do not give money to the hollywood commies.


2 posted on 12/29/2012 5:51:21 AM PST by exnavy (Fish or cut bait ...Got ammo, Godspeed!)
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To: JoeProBono
The Top 10 worst films of 2012
Can't tell you because I haven't been to a theater in over 20 years. Eff Hollywood.
3 posted on 12/29/2012 5:53:01 AM PST by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: JoeProBono

We had to remake this?

Why was it made in the first place?

4 posted on 12/29/2012 5:55:14 AM PST by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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5 posted on 12/29/2012 5:59:56 AM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
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To: martin_fierro

Agreed.
Truly awful.
And they absolutely WASTED Bill Nighy in, what?, two minutes of screen time?

Bill Freaking Nighy ???!!!


6 posted on 12/29/2012 6:00:17 AM PST by SJSAMPLE
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To: JoeProBono

“The Hobbit”

Top ten worst films of 2012 ???

Granted it took a large license in adding to the story line....but I enjoyed it and it’s hardly in the top ten.....


7 posted on 12/29/2012 6:01:18 AM PST by JZoback
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To: martin_fierro
Why was it made in the first place????

I don't ........... recall.

8 posted on 12/29/2012 6:01:38 AM PST by gov_bean_ counter (Hope and Change has become Attack and Obfuscate.)
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To: JoeProBono
This film was dreadful, especially the ending:


9 posted on 12/29/2012 6:01:49 AM PST by relictele
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To: JoeProBono
We now know , looking back, that Joe was correct.

In fact, we are about to reap the harvest of ignoring Senator McCarthy.

10 posted on 12/29/2012 6:05:41 AM PST by exnavy (Fish or cut bait ...Got ammo, Godspeed!)
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To: JZoback

He added “The Hobbit” to the list for shock value, so that his readership might know how “BOLD”, EDGY” and “GRITTY” he is as he “SPEAKS TRUTH TO POWER!”

Similar to a kid sprinkling his talk with “f-bombs” to impress his playground buddies.

Puerile.


11 posted on 12/29/2012 6:11:41 AM PST by BwanaNdege ("To learn who rules over you simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize"- Voltaire)
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To: JZoback; TheOldLady

12 posted on 12/29/2012 6:13:21 AM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
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“Seeking a Friend for the End of the World”

Damn, how depressing is that?


13 posted on 12/29/2012 6:13:52 AM PST by V_TWIN (obama=where there's smoke, there's mirrors)
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To: martin_fierro

hollywood has been desperate for subject material for quite some time, this is just further proof IMHO.


14 posted on 12/29/2012 6:16:20 AM PST by V_TWIN (obama=where there's smoke, there's mirrors)
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To: JoeProBono

I loved The Hobbit, and I am fairly certain I’m going to immensely enjoy parts 2 and 3! :)


15 posted on 12/29/2012 6:25:25 AM PST by visualops (artlife.us)
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To: martin_fierro

To be fair the remake was better than the original, which isn’t saying much.


16 posted on 12/29/2012 6:30:58 AM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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Are codirector Lana Wachowski and Clementine Kruczynski, the heroine of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind played by Kate Winslet, the same person?

No, because Kate Winslet actually has a Y chromosome.
17 posted on 12/29/2012 6:32:24 AM PST by Thorliveshere
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The Hobbit is a very good movie.


18 posted on 12/29/2012 6:32:24 AM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: Thorliveshere

Oops, I meant “X”... I shouldn’t post in the morning till I’ve had breakfast. :)


19 posted on 12/29/2012 6:33:20 AM PST by Thorliveshere
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To: V_TWIN

Seeking a Friend for the End of the World was pretty interesting.

Cept everyone did die in the end.

Gotta love a FR thread on movies. Bunch of grouches “I’ve haven’t been to a movie in 20 years...now get off my lawn”....lol


20 posted on 12/29/2012 6:33:38 AM PST by Blackirish (Forward Comrades!!!!!!!!!)
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