Top Movies 2012

This year was a great year for movies. There were some great dramas and equally good big budget movies. As has been the tradition, my top movies list for 2012 is here. 

5. Zero Dark Thirty

The one thing that impressed me the most about this movie was the screenplay. It's amazing how such a long period of time and such a long and complex manhunt was packaged nicely in a movie. The storyline keeps you well engrossed from start to end. 

4. Life of Pi
After watching the previews, I was not really looking forward to this movie. The movie is a fantastic story that has been visualised amazingly by Ang Lee. Definitely one of the best of the year.

3. Argo

Ben Affleck continues to show he is not just a pretty face. After one of my top 5 movies of 2011, The Town, he has made this fantastic follow up. The tension in this movie is nicely built. It's a shock to see Ben Affleck not nominated for an Academy Award for Direction.


2. A Separation
This is a fast moving thought provoking drama, where everyone involved has performed brilliantly. You are constantly going from one person's point of view to the other and disagree and agree at the same time. Loved this movie and kept me thinking even after the movie had ended. One of the best of the year!

1. The Dark Knight Rises

Can't get past the new Batman. Great ending to an amazing reboot trilogy. Even though there was huge hype around this movie, it still managed not to disappoint. Christopher Nolan has managed to make Batman cool again with this trilogy. He has once again proved that a blockbuster movie can also be with brains. Coming out of the theatre after watching the conclusion I felt I was satisfied with the end. 
Definitely goes down to being one of the best action movies of all time!

The full list of movies I have seen and rated in 2012:

5 stars ★★★★★	The Dark Knight Rises Argo A Separation
4 stars ★★★★	Zero dark thirty Silver Linings Playbook Life of Pi Django unchanged Lincoln Amour The Avengers Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
3 stars ★★★	Contraband Les Miserables The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Coriolanus Killing them softly Prometheus The chronicle Ice age 4 Madagascar 3 The woman in black The grey Skyfall Looper The Bourne Legacy The Hunger Games The Master
2 stars ★★	Paranormal activity 4 Man on a Ledge Men in Black 3 Dark shadows Snowhite and the Huntsman Twilight Breaking Dawn Part 2 Wrath of the titans Cabin in the woods
1 star ★	Underworld awakening