Top Ten Best Movies of 2012
These are my ten favorite movies from 2012
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- DirectorBen AffleckStarsBen AffleckBryan CranstonJohn GoodmanActing under the cover of a Hollywood producer scouting a location for a science fiction film, a CIA agent launches a dangerous operation to rescue six Americans in Tehran during the U.S. hostage crisis in Iran in 1979.Funny, suspenseful, and dramatic. All you could want in a movie. And I admire Affleck for knowing how to make a great movie in two hours- it's becoming a rare skill in Hollywood.
- DirectorKathryn BigelowStarsJessica ChastainJoel EdgertonChris PrattA chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L.s Team 6 in May 2011.Kathryn Bigelow's Zero Dark Thirty will not offer you a firm answer to the controversies of the War on Terror and I think that's the film's greatest strength.
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsDaniel Day-LewisSally FieldDavid StrathairnAs the Civil War rages on, U.S President Abraham Lincoln struggles with continuing carnage on the battlefield as he fights with many inside his own cabinet on his decision to emancipate the slaves.As someone who has studied the American Civil War for years, I dreaded this film for some time, but I am pleased to say that this is probably the best Civil War movie I have ever seen. It should have devoted a little bit more time to Lincoln's views on race and fleshed out its black characters more, but overall I think the film is remarkably accurate. Bravo Spielberg.
- DirectorQuentin TarantinoStarsJamie FoxxChristoph WaltzLeonardo DiCaprioWith the help of a German bounty-hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal plantation owner in Mississippi.Not as good as Kill Bill or Inglorious Bastards, but it's still one of the funnest experiences I've had at the movies.
- DirectorJoss WhedonStarsRobert Downey Jr.Chris EvansScarlett JohanssonEarth's mightiest heroes must come together and learn to fight as a team if they are going to stop the mischievous Loki and his alien army from enslaving humanity.My second favorite superhero film after The Dark Knight. All of the characters are perfectly realized and they have great chemistry- something the X-Men movies have never achieved.
- DirectorDavid O. RussellStarsBradley CooperJennifer LawrenceRobert De NiroAfter a stint in a mental institution, former teacher Pat Solitano moves back in with his parents and tries to reconcile with his ex-wife. Things get more challenging when Pat meets Tiffany, a mysterious girl with problems of her own.I'm not one for romantic comedies, but this movie just sucks you in. You can't help but love it.
- DirectorBenh ZeitlinStarsQuvenzhané WallisDwight HenryLevy EasterlyFaced with both her hot-tempered father's fading health and melting ice-caps that flood her ramshackle bayou community and unleash ancient aurochs, six-year-old Hushpuppy must learn the ways of courage and love.Magical.
- DirectorGareth EvansStarsIko UwaisAnanda GeorgeRay SahetapyA S.W.A.T. team becomes trapped in a tenement run by a ruthless mobster and his army of killers and thugs.I'm cheating because this came out in 2011, but it wasn't released in the United States until 2012 so I'm counting it as a 2012 film. It has a very weak plot but the action scenes are fantastic. It's like Die Hard and Crouching Tiger all in one.
- DirectorSam MendesStarsDaniel CraigJavier BardemNaomie HarrisJames Bond's loyalty to M is tested when her past comes back to haunt her. When MI6 comes under attack, 007 must track down and destroy the threat, no matter how personal the cost.Easily one of the top five best Bond films.
- DirectorRian JohnsonStarsJoseph Gordon-LevittBruce WillisEmily BluntIn 2074, when the mob wants to get rid of someone, the target is sent into the past, where a hired gun awaits - someone like Joe - who one day learns the mob wants to 'close the loop' by sending back Joe's future self for assassination.I'm a sucker for time travel movies.