Let’s be honest: 2012 sucked. In fact, and I can say this because I’m secretly a history nerd, 2012 was the worst year since 1934. Who needs a zombie apocalypse when you’ve got 2012?
At the same time, it was also a strangely bland year for the movies. Just as there weren’t any massively brilliant films, there weren’t that many huge disasters. Instead, it was a year that celebrated blandness. Fortunately, for me and my love of making lists, there were still just enough remarkably bad films for me to make out my annual worst of the year list. Yay!
Listed in descending order, here are my picks for the worst of 2012.*
16) The Paperboy
15) Seeking a Friend For The End Of The World
14) Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
13) The Raven
11) Savages
10) A Thousand Words
9) 96 Minutes
8) Haywire
7) Dead Season
5) Rock of Ages
4) Project X
And my pick for both the worst film of 2012 and perhaps one of the worst films ever made…
1) Branded
Tomorrow, I’ll be continuing my look back at 2012 with my picks for the 10 best songs of the year.
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* Needless to say, these picks reflect my opinion and my opinion alone and do not necessarily represent the views of the other writers here at the Shattered Lens. Hopefully, some of them will post their own lists.
Only one I’d disagree with on this List of 16 would be Haywire. 🙂
Maybe it just reminded me of the late 80’s and early 90’s attempt by action film producers to make a kickass action heroine that Cynthia Rothrock action flicks were the rage of the Dollar Matinee.
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Every year, I see to hate one Soderbergh movie and love another. This year, I hated Haywire and loved Magic Mike. 🙂
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Well, difficult to hate on Magic Mike. 🙂
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Great list, great reviews! At least something didn’t suck in 2012 (your writing) – keep up the good work.
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