AFI TOP 10 MOVIES OF 2012

Nolan's movie once again made it into the AFI's (American Film Institute) Top 10 Movies of the Year ,with The Dark Knight Rises.This is the 3rd consecutive time and overall 4th movie of his (out of 8) that has made an appearance in the prestigious list (2010's Inception ,2008's The Dark Knight and 2001's Memento were the others).

Heres the Top 10 movies of 2012 selected by AFI :-
Argo
Beasts of the Southern Wild
The Dark Knight Rises
Django Unchained
Les Miserables
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Moonrise Kingdom
Silver Linings Playbook
Zero Dark Thirty

New pic from IronMan 3

After Earth Trailer

Trailer #1

Will Smith & Jaden Smith star in M.Night Shyamalan's latest movie,After Earth.The movie takes place in a future where humans live in spaceships.But after a terrible accident ,father & son are stranded in the isolated Earth.

The trailer is quite brilliant and looks like this will break Shyamalan's bad run as a director.
It releases on June 7 2013

Khiladi fails to impress ,Talaash slows down.

Khiladi 786

Akshay's new movie was critically panned ans didnt manage to do an impressive business.The poor humour ,recycled plot and below average performances.

The movie has made Rs.34cr in 3 days and it seems it will fall soon.

[Miss It]


Talaash [HIT]

After making a solid Rs.68cr in its first week ,Talaash made Rs.11cr in its second weekend ,bringing its total to Rs.79cr.This fall can be attributed to Khiladi 786's release.

Skyfall back to #1

1-There was no stopping Skyfall this week ,as it returned to #1 in its 5th week.It made $10.7million to push its domestic collection to $261million.But Skyfall did almost 3times better overseas collecting $656million.This puts its worldwide tally to $918million.Although the gap to the $1billion club is attainable ,the fact that Hobbit arrives this week will make it a hard task.

2-Rise of the Guardians,stood strong and made $10.4million in its 3rd week.The animated movie has so far made $61million domestically and has a worldwide total of $152million.ROG is expected to linger around for a longer time since its a Christmas movie ,but it has been a disappointment to the studio.

3-Twilight Breaking Dawn 2 ,finally stepped down from the top spot after 3 weeks.As expected ,the movie has been steeply falling and managed to make just $9.1million.It has made $751million worldwide and wont make more than 850 in its total run.Breaking Dawn 2 also has become the highest grossing movie in the Twilight series.

4-Lincoln gave another strong weekend ,making $8.9million.The movie has grossed $97million solely from the domestic market.And once it gets Oscar nominations ,it will be a sure fire in the international markets.

5-Life of Pi rounds up the Top 5 ,for the 3rd week in a row.The visual delight has made $8.3million bringing its domestic total to $60million.

The new movie of the week Playing for Keeps bombed at the box office making just $5.7million.The movie has been critically panned and has a horrible rating of just 2%.This is Gerard Butler's 2nd flop in 2months.His last 4 movies have tanked since 2011.

This week ,Hollywood ends its slow weeks and starts the festive season.Hobbit will be the only new movie on release and is expected to make a grand debut of $120+million.After the epic trilogy of LOTR almost a decade ago ,Peter Jackson is back to Middle Earth with The Hobbit.Although Jackson has tried a brand new style of shooting with the 48fps ,this approach has been criticized and my recommendation is to NOT watch it in 48fps.Its better to WATCH it in NORMAL PRINT 3D ,since the 48fps has a lot to be worked upon as of now

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TDKR #6

Out of all the directors of today ,Nolan is the most deserving to be honored with an award.He hasnt been nominated for Best Director till now ,but this might change.Academy might give Nolan a nomination but winning it is a hard deal this year.

Argo #6

Ben Affleck is a guarantee spot for the Best Director.As for winning it ,hes got a 80% chance.

Brave #4

The Brave FYC Ads are quite simple.This might be due to the fact they are highlighting their animation rather than fill up the ad with words.Quite a brave thing to to do 

Cloud Atlas #2

Even though it has got some excellent praise ,CA can miss out on the awards after Time Magazine included it in its list of Worst Movies of 2012.
BUt if CA does make it through it might just get one of the technical nominations.

Django Unchained #1

Quentin has made yet another great movie with Django (according to initial reviews) ,and Leo has been getting some excellent praise.So he can be expected to land in a Supporting Actor Nomination.As for Django ,Best Picture & Director nominations are a guarantee ,but winning them is not possible.

Hobbit #2

While Hobbit is a good movie ,it isnt actually attracting awards friendly reviews.Peter Jackson's Hobbit might feature in technical nominations rather than the major awards.So Peter Jackson getting a Best Director nomination is a 10%guarantee.

Life of Pi #3

The movie has been getting loads of great reviews and will be a guarantee to feature in majority of the categories ,it being a technical and a drama movie (like Hugo) .

Madagascar #3

The Best Animated Movie will be a tight competition this year,and Madagascar 3 has a strong chance to get nominated but wont be a winner.

The Master #1

This movie is one of the STRONG contenders for sweeping the awards.Its been highly praised in all aspects from direction to cinematography.So its guaranteed to collect loads of nominations and might end up as the winner of the Oscar night.

Moonrise Kingdom #3

This small budget movie has wowed the audience and critics alike and will be a favourite among the jury.The original screenplay is its strongest factor.

Silver Linings Playbook #1

David Russel has made another strong movie like his previous ,The Fighter.Jennifer Lawrence is guaranteed to get a nomination for Best Actress ,but Bradley Cooper might not make it through.

 

Skyfall #2,3

Skyfall is the best & the highest grossing Bond movie ,but this wont have any leverage on its success at the Oscars.With a strong competition this year ,Skyfall might miss on Best Picture & Director.The theme song was brilliant and has a good chance to get nominated.

Ted #1

Ted will only be looking for a Visual Effects Nomination.But unfortunately it has 0 chances (https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=564735510220044)

Zero Dark Thirty #1

Kathryn did it before with Hurt Locker and she has done it again with ZDT.The true story behind the hunt for Osama ,is another strong contender for the major awards.According to initial reviews ,ZDT is a guarantee nominee for Best Director,Picture,Actress. Winning them depends on the jurys state of mind.

Oblivion Trailer

Tom Cruise stars as a futuristic repairman who gets stranded on the world below.
Oblivion Trailer #1

The trailer is filled with some gorgeous shots ,but the story doesnt seem to be very interesting

Men In Black 3 (2012)

[another weak movie for MIB series]

Men In Black 3 (2012)
IMDB- 7.0
RottenTomatoes- 69%
RJG Rating- 30

Agent J travels to the past to save his partner from a time travelling criminal.

Starring- Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones ,Josh Brolin
Director- Barry Sonnenfeld

Will Smith & Tommy Lee return to the franchise after 10 years.As for Will Smith this is his first movie after 4 years.
Although its great to see the pair back again ,both look too tired and dull throughout this movie.Will Smith puts up an energetic performance but hes lost his touch and he drags himself through the movie.Tommy LJ is a complete wash out here, and somehow manages to mumble his lines.Fortunately he isnt there throughout the movie.Josh Brolin plays the younger version of Tommy ,Agent K.Hes the highlight of the movie and does a good job.If MIB plans to continue ,Josh Brolin better be there.

The story of MIB3 is average.Unlike the last 2 movies ,it doesnt explore much into the alien world.The movie enters the nonsensical area towards the end.But it does have an excellent climax involving the younger Agent K.

Direction by Barry was average.The pacing was average.While the original MIB had a thriller aspect ,this one doesnt.It just rambles on till the end

Overall ,MIB3 is a disappointment for fans of both the series as well as of Will Smith.

Acting- 2.5/5
Story- 2/5
Direction- 2/5
Action- 3/5
Comedy- 2/5

Man Of Steel Magazine Cover

Pain & Gain Poster

Poster for Micheal Bay's Pain & Gain.Starring Mark Wahlberg & The Rock ,the movie is about 2 bodybuilders who get caught up in a drug ring.

The action comedy is based on a true story and set for release on April 26 2013

Indiana JOnes /TDKR Mashup

A superb mashup of India Jones with TDKR Trailer .
For Fans of Indiana Jones !
Thanx to uploader -TheSynchroCosm
Indi Jones /TDKR mashup

Pics from Hobbit 2 & 3

This pic is from Hobbit:The Desolation of Smaug (Hobbit 2).In this we have Martin Freeman ,who plays the central character of Bilbo Baggins ,facing the terrifying dragon Smaug.Benedict Cumberbatch plays Smaug in motion capture (like Andy Serkis does for Gollum) and the image of Smaug is a much guarded secret as of now.
The second part to the Hobbit ,"The Desolation of Smaug" will release on December 13th, 2013.

This pic is from Hobbit:There and Back Again (Hobbit 3).In this we have Orlando Bloom ,reprising his role Legolas from the Lord of The Ring Trilogy , and Luke Evans who plays Bard the Bowmen.

The finale of the Hobbit trilogy ,"There and Back Again" will release on July 18th 2014.

Oblivion Poster

Teaser Poster for Tom Cruise starrer Oblivion.Its a futuristic ,sci-fi movie and is directed by Joseph Kosinski (Tron Legacy).Heres a short synopsis of the movie:

This film is set in the far future on a desolate Earth, where most people now live in a floating city. Cruise plays a "drone repairmen" whose life changes when he comes across a crashed spacecraft.

Along with Tom Cruise,the movie also stars ,Morgan Freeman and Olga Kurylenko.Trailer for the movie will come out on Dec 14 along with The Hobbit.
The movie is set for release on April 19th 2013.

Dark Knight Trilogy Fan Montage

One of the greatest series that has graced film history.Nolan's take on Batman will be remembered for all time.Heres a video by Syncopy ,which takes a look into the 3 epic movies of The Dark Knight Trilogy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1s4aAp8OxGg

The Expendables 2 (2012)

[better than the first]

The Expendables 2 (2012)
IMDB- 7
Rottentomatoes- 66%
RJG Rating- 70

The Expendables are given a simple task ,but as usual things never go simple.

Starring- Sylvester Stallone,Jason Statham,Van Damme
Director- Simon West

The Expendables are like 'The Avengers' of action stars.Bringing together the top action stars is a hard juggling act.The first Expendables was bloated with stars ,and giving all equal timing was a messy affair.But fortunately Sylvester (writer & Lead hero) learned from his mistakes and made the sequel with a well balanced cast.Sylvester gives a good performance ,more mature than his previous one.Jason Statham & the rest are great too.Jean Claude as the villain was excellent.Though the movie promised a larger cast that included Bruce Willis,Arnold S,Chuck Norris ,Jet Li ,they all turned out to be just cameo roles.

The story for Expendables 2 was average.But it was a huge improvement over the first part.Its simplistic and allows the action to be the front runner at all times.

Direction was good.The pacing was uneven though.There are dragging scenes littered here and there ,but the action scenes will provide enough excitement to keep you charged throughout the movie.

The action scenes were well placed and choreographed.Unlike the first part which just went over the top with the explosions ,the sequel keeps much of the action contained and thus keeping the movie fresh.

Overall ,Expendables 2 will be a great watch for action junkies and for fans of the main cast.

Acting- 3.5/5
Story- 3/5
Direction- 3/5
Action- 4.5/5