The films that came out in 2012, that I saw, rated by how much awesome they were. There's a slightly questionably qualifying film - Blood technically comes out next year, but I SAW IT THIS YEAR AND I CAN DO WHAT I LIKE.
I didn't see Skyfall, Dark Knight or Hunger Games and... am not really that bothered by it. I've never seen a Bond film in the cinema, I lost interest in the Bat after the first Nolan film and... just wasn't interested in Hunger Games.

List by herdivineshadow Pro
2012: Rated
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1.Blood 2012
Yes, technically this film is released next year. I don't care. In fact, this film is so good, I'll probably go see again next year and put it high up on next year's ratings too. The cast in this film is astounding. I love Mark Strong. I love Paul Bettany. They are both spot-on in this film ("spot-on" has pretty much become my go-to end of year saying). The relationships between the characters are rightly at the heart of this film and that's what makes it so good. Forget that it's a police drama. Forget the totally amazing HOLY COW moment. How the brothers related to each other and their father. How they related to their colleagues. Everything. Best film.
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2.Red Tails 2012
Most exciting, edge of seat and constantly heart in mouth film all year. Unexpected too. Wow.
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3.The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 2012
I admit, my anticipation of this film had been through the roof. Possibly well up in orbit too, by the time it finally arrived. And rightly so. This was everything I could have wanted from the first instalment of The Hobbit apart from I could have done with another hour of it. Yes, you heard. I wanted it LONGER.
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4.The Avengers 2012
When I saw Avengers back at the end of April, I honestly thought that it would be my film of the year and then the week after I did an iLL Manors/Red Tails double bill that was so emotionally draining and incredible and awesome it was like my whole worldview was smashed and rearrange. Nevertheless, Avengers was a great film - and achieved the difficult task of squishing so many awesome characters, who either have their own franchise or deserve one, into the single film. Ok, so the balance could have been better. There could have been more of it. Overall though, it was a good, coherent film.
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5.Dredd 2012
AMAZING. The blood. The violence. The Dredd being totally Dredd. ANDERSON BEING COMPLETELY PERFECT IN EVERY WAY. Ma-Ma being BADASS. The 3D in this film was good. I don't usually go to see 3D because the glasses are annoying over my regular glasses and for the most part it's pointless. In this film it really worked.
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8.Looper 2012
WIBBLEY WOBBLY TIMEY WIMEY. It doesn't matter that JGL never really looked like Bruce Willis or that they never really explained how time travel worked in that universe - these things were unnecessary. Investigating just what you might sacrifice to get what you want, the morality of those decisions, whether you could go too far and how far you might go to do the right thing? That's what it was all about and it just happened to be squished into the future. Great.
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9.Ill Manors 2012
Unremittingly grim. Unconventionally arranged. Heavy emphasis on music. Referred to as "harrowing" in nearly every review I read. It was great. Sad-making to watch, Drew really brought together all the threads of the individual stories to paint the larger picture really well.
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10.Everybody Has a Plan 2012
Unexpected stuff happens. Stuff to do with identity and belonging happens. All of this is stuff that I like. Also, Viggo Mortensen.
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15.The Expendables 2 2012
Far far far more bloody, gory and violent then I had really expected. Not in a bad way though. My mum loved it.
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17.Great Expectations 2012
Enjoyable, but nothing new.
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18.Snow White and the Huntsman 2012
This one works best if you think of it as a love story (not really a romantic one, more a familial one) between Snow White and the Queen. I still have no idea why the Huntsman was even in the title.
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20.John Carter 2012
Only slightly better than Anna Karenina because of Mars.
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21.Anna Karenina 2012
Jude Law was awesome in this. Everyone else was a bit meh.
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22.Kiss of the Damned 2012
This was bad. I hated all of the characters. Even Twilight had one character that I could tolerate (Bella's dad). Disappointing.