films 2012

This list does not include re-watches. Rating with stars is painful and not very constructive in my opinion, so don't take them too seriously because I certainly won't. They are there only to indicate my general feelings and thoughts.
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Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Guy Ritchie, 2011

Fun but not as fun as the first film.

Drive
Nicolas Winding Refn, 2011

Looks good but lacks all substance, don't understand the appeal tbh.

Radio Tekee Murron
Matti Kassila, 1951

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Tomas Alfredson, 2011

"There's a mole, right at the top of the Circus. And he's been there for years."

Star Trek
J.J. Abrams, 2009

"Space is disease and danger wrapped in darkness and silence."

Warrior
Gavin O'Connor, 2011

"The devil you know is better than the devil you don't."

Midnight in Paris
Woody Allen, 2011

"That Paris exists and anyone could choose to live anywhere else in the world will always be a mystery to me."

Ghostbusters
Ivan Reitman, 1984

Unlike rest of the world, didn't grow up with this film. :(

The Artist
Michel Hazanavicius, 2011

The Darjeeling Limited
Wes Anderson, 2007

"We haven't located us yet."

RocknRolla
Guy Ritchie, 2008

Sigh. But I could watch two hours of Idris Elba and Tom Hardy.

The Adventures of Tintin
Steven Spielberg, 2011

"How's your thirst for adventure, Captain?" "Unquenchable, Tintin."

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Wes Anderson, 2004

"They made soup out of my research turtles."

The Virgin Suicides
Sofia Coppola, 1999

"We knew that they knew everything about us, and that we couldn't fathom them at all."

The Hunger Games
Gary Ross, 2012

"May the odds be ever in your favor!"

Penelope
Mark Palansky, 2006

"It's not the power of the curse - it's the power you give the curse."

War Horse
Steven Spielberg, 2011

"We'll be alright Joey. We're the lucky ones, you and me. Lucky since the day I met you."

Sunshine
Danny Boyle, 2007

Definitely see why it's underrated, but also a very predictable film.

Fantastic Four
Tim Story, 2005

Chris Evans and Michael Chiklis made it at least enjoyable.

The Avengers
Joss Whedon, 2012

"Dr. Banner, your work is unparalleled. And I'm a huge fan of the way you lose control and turn into an enormous green rage monster."

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
Brad Bird, 2011

"That's it. Next time, I get to seduce the rich guy."

Iron Man 2
Jon Favreau, 2010

"I am Iron Man. The suit and I are one."

The Prestige
Christopher Nolan, 2006

"I knew a sailor once, got tangled in the rigging. We pulled him out, but it took him five minutes to cough. He said it was like going home."

The Count of Monte Cristo
Kevin Reynolds, 2002

"King's to you, Fernand."

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Sydney Pollack, 1969

"Well keep looking. And stick around for the end."

Sicko
Michael Moore, 2007

The Dictator
Larry Charles, 2012

Exit Through the Gift Shop
Banksy, 2010

Match Point
Woody Allen, 2005

"It would be fitting if I were apprehended... and punished. At least there would be some small sign of justice, some small measure of hope for the possibility of meaning."

The Brothers Bloom
Rian Johnson, 2008

"The perfect con is one where everyone involved gets just what they wanted."

Chinatown
Roman Polanski, 1974

"Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown."

Snow White and the Huntsman
Rupert Sanders, 2012

"Lips red as blood. Hair black as night. Bring me your heart my dear, dear Snow White."

Sleuth
Kenneth Branagh, 2007

All I got from this was homoeroticism and poor everything.

Closer
Mike Nichols, 2004

"No one will ever love you as much as I do. Why isn't love enough?"

Attack the Block
Joe Cornish, 2011

"What kind of alien would invade some council estate in south London?"

The Amazing Spider-Man
Marc Webb, 2012

"Thirty-eight of New York's finest, versus one guy in a unitard."

Hulk
Ang Lee, 2003

"You're making me angry. You wouldn't like me when I'm angry."

In Bruges
Martin McDonagh, 2008

"And I realized, fuck man, maybe that's what hell is: the entire rest of eternity spent in fuckin' Bruges."

Another Earth
Mike Cahill, 2011

"As a felon, I'm an unlikely candidate for most things. But perhaps not for this. Perhaps I am the most likely."

The Dark Knight Rises
Christopher Nolan, 2012

"When Gotham is ashes, you have my permission to die."

Armadillo
Janus Metz Pedersen, 2010

Sommaren med Monika
Ingmar Bergman, 1953

Archipelago
Joanna Hogg, 2010

Deep fractures within a family dynamic begin to surface during a getaway to the Isles of Scilly.

This Means War
McG, 2012

"Don't choose the better guy, choose the guy that's gonna make you the better girl."

Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath, Conrad Vernon, 2012

"What're you doing? Zebras can't drive, only penguins and people can drive!"

Atonement
Joe Wright, 2007

"I can become again the man who once crossed the surrey park at dusk, in my best suit, swaggering on the promise of life."

Dancer in the Dark
Lars von Trier, 2000

"There's no more to see."

Alien
Ridley Scott, 1979

"I can't lie to you about your chances, but... you have my sympathies."

The Cabin In The Woods
Drew Goddard, 2011

"Any of army of nightmares, huh? Let's get this party started."

Melancholia
Lars von Trier, 2011

"Life is only on Earth. And not for long."

One Week
Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton, 1920

Liberty
Leo McCarey, 1929

Behind the Screen
Charles Chaplin, 1916

Urbanized
Gary Hustwit, 2011

About Face: Supermodels Then & Now
Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, 2012

Teddy Bear
Mads Matthiesen, 2012

Kaivopuiston kaunis Regina
Toivo Särkkä, 1941

Moonrise Kingdom
Wes Anderson, 2012

"It's been proven by history: all mankind makes mistakes."

House of Tolerance
Bertrand Bonello, 2011
No idea how to rate this film.

Bernie
Richard Linklater, 2011

Naked Lunch
David Cronenberg, 1991

"Exterminate all rational thought. That is the conclusion I have come to."

A Royal Affair
Nikolaj Arcel, 2012

Unf, Mads Mikkelsen.

My Brother the Devil
Sally El Hosaini, 2012

Take Shelter
Jeff Nichols, 2011

"There's a storm coming like nothing you've ever seen, and not a one of you is prepared for it."

Höstsonaten
Ingmar Bergman, 1978

"Are the daughter's miseries the mother's triumphs?"

The We And The I
Michel Gondry, 2012

Argo
Ben Affleck, 2012

Intouchables
Olivier Nakache, Eric Toledano, 2012

This film was incredible and even better than I expected. Watch it.

Rust and Bone
Jacques Audiard, 2012

Shut Up And Play the Hits
Will Lovelace, Dylan Southern, 2012

The Last Laugh
F.W. Murnau, 1924

Stazione Termini
Vittorio De Sica, 1953

Prior to leaving by train for Paris, a married American woman tries to break off her affair with a young Italian in Rome's Stazione Termini.

Hypnotisören
Lasse Hallström, 2012

A detective pairs himself with a famous psychologist on a case involving a traumatized young witness to a crime.

The Maltese Falcon
John Huston, 1941

"You know, that's good, because if you actually were as innocent as you pretend to be, we'd never get anywhere."

The General
Clyde Bruckman, Buster Keaton, 1926

When Union spies steal an engineer's beloved locomotive, he pursues it single handedly and straight through enemy lines.

Once Were Warriors
Lee Tamahori, 1994

"If my spirit can survive living with you for eighteen years, then I can survive anything."

The Exorcist
William Friedkin, 1973

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
Bill Condon, 2012

Sometimes you need to see really bad films to appreciate the good ones...

Napapiirin sankarit
Dome Karukoski, 2010

Festen
Thomas Vinterberg, 1998

Skyfall
Sam Mendes, 2012

"007 reporting for duty."

Metropolis
Fritz Lang, 1927

Mies vailla menneisyyttä
Aki Kaurismäki, 2002

"What do I owe you?" "If you ever find me face down in the gutter, turn me around to my back."

Caché
Michael Haneke, 2005

Miesten vuoro
Joonas Berghäll, Mika Hotakainen, 2010

The Gold Rush
Charlie Chaplin, 1925

The Circus
Charlie Chaplin, 1928

The Kid
Charlie Chaplin, 1921

It's A Wonderful Life
Frank Capra, 1946

Le scaphandre et le papillon
Julian Schnabel, 2007

Man On Wire
James Marsh, 2008

"I personally figured I was watching something that somebody else would never see again in the world. Thought it was once in a lifetime."