My Tops of 2012 - April

WRATH OF THE TITANS is highly forgettable and wasn't worth the time and energy to be created. Despite some very minor enjoyment, it's too miserable and whiny to bear with and too flimsy and laughable to take serious.

21 JUMP STREET broke from the confines of being another television adaptation to be a very funny meta-comedy that targets everything from the mindsets of modern high schoolers and studio executives, to the action cliches that we have accepted from these kinds of movies.

THE RAID: REDEMPTION is the action roller-coaster people waited for, with several broken bones and harsh violence, but the sappy melodrama and lame twists stall the joy ride at several intervals.

THE CABIN IN THE WOODS is a pure wow. Drew Goddard, Joss Whedon and the delightful cast bred a hilarious/creepy little gem that always keeps you guessing your allegiances and what to expect next. It needed to fix a big plot hole, though.

THE PIRATES! BAND OF MISFITS is sure to produce a smile but nothing else to give it much weight. The artistry of stop-motion is always breathtaking but the story and the limited focus on the pirate crew leave a lot to be desired.


Best Films of 2012


1. Chronicle

2. The Secret World of Arrietty

3. The Hunger Games

4. The Cabin in the Woods

5. 21 Jump Street


Worst Films of 2012


1. Project X