This year I tried noting down every film I watched with a rating. I got 56 altogether, but I might have missed some towards the beginning of the year! They are presented below in chronological order.
Possible awards:
★ Good!
★★ Very good
★★★ Amazing!
★ Bad...
★★ Very bad
★★★ Awful!
These measure my subjective experience of the film, not my objective critique! If I enjoyed a movie, it got some gold stars, without deep analysis of whether it deserved it. And vice versa.
Also I've bolded some titles, to highlight significant films (one I was highly anticipating, is a well-known classic, was just really good, or has some sort of significance to me personally).
If it wasn't the first time I'd seen the film, that is also indicated.
★★ Predators
2010 sequel to the 1987 classic
★★ The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
2011 American adaptation of the book
★★ Agora (II)
2009 historical drama starring Rachel Weisz
★ Requiem for a Dream
2000 trippy film about drugs with a score by Clint Mansell
★ Chronicle
2012 sci-fi film
★ Dogma
1999 satirical film starring Matt Damon and Ben Affleck
★★★ The Adjustment Bureau (II)
2011 sci-fi film, starring Matt Damon and Emily Blunt
★★★ The Shawkshank Redemption (II)
1994 drama film
★★★ Megamind
2010 Dreamworks animation
★★ Scent of a Woman
1992 Al Pacino film
★ The Cabin in the Woods
2012 horror/satire film
★★★ The Fellowship of the Ring (many)
2001 Peter Jackson adaptation of the book
★ Prometheus
2012 prequel to the classic Alien franchise
Dark City
Bizarre 1998 sci-fi 'film noir' homage or something
★ Cowboys and Aliens
2011 western adventure
★ Men in Black 3
2012 addition to the franchise
★ The Amazing Spider-Man
2012 reboot
★ Brave
2012 Pixar film
★ The Lost Boys
1987 teen horror film
★ Iron Man (II?)
2008 superhero film
★ American Psycho (II)
2000 psychological thriller
★★ Batman Begins (III?)
2005 first part of Christopher Nolan's trilogy
★★ The Dark Knight (II?)
2008 second part of Christopher Nolan's trilogy
★ The Dark Knight Rises
2012 final part of Christopher Nolan's trilogy
★ 360
2011 drama starring Hopkins, Weisz and Law
★★ Blade Runner
1982 sci-fi classic
★★ The Avengers
2012 superhero film
★ The Secret of Kells
2009 animation
★★ My Neighbour Totoro
1988 Hayao Miyazaki film
★ Stand By Me
1986 coming-of-age film, starring Wil Wheaton
★ The Grey
2012 Liam Neeson survival drama
★ Bridge to Terabithia (II)
2007 children's fantasy-ish drama
★★ Sherlock Holmes (II)
2009 film starring Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law
★★ The Thing
1982 horror film
★ The Thing
2011 prequel to the 1982 film
★★ Road to Perdition
2002 gangster film starring Tom Hanks
★ Brokeback Mountain
2005 romantic drama
★★ Casino Royale (IV?)
2006 Bond film, the first of the Daniel Craig reboot
★★ Quantum of Solace (II)
2008 Bond film, the second of the Daniel Craig reboot
★★ The Fly (II)
1986 sci-fi horror film, starring Jeff Goldblum
Skyfall
2012 Bond film
★★ Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
1984 Hayao Miyazaki film
★★ Laputa: Castle in the Sky
1986 Hayao Miyazaki film
★ Porco Rosso
1992 Hayao Miyazaki film
★ Kiki's Delivery Service
1989 Hayao Miyazaki film
★★ Princess Mononoke (II)
1997 Hayao Miyazaki film
Spirited Away (II)
2001 Hayao Miyazaki film
★★★ Road to Perdition (II)
2002 gangster film starring Tom Hanks
★★ Howl's Moving Castle (II)
2004 Hayao Miyazaki film
★ Ponyo
2008 Hayao Miyazaki film
★★ The Two Towers (II or III)
2002 Peter Jackson adaptation of the book
★ Hook (many)
1991 children's film
★ The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
2012, first part of Peter Jackson's adaptation of the book
★★ The Return of the King (II)
2003 Peter Jackson adaptation of the book
★ Life of Pi
2012 adaptation of the 2001 adventure book
★ 27 Dresses
2008 romcom
Bring on 2013!
