Escape Goat
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Dredd was average at best
How can a movie without any characterization be average?
Dredd was average at best
God damn at that op.
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Dredd was average at best
I was curious to see what trends exist in previous GAF Movie of the Year threads, so I went back to check out the previous winners. They are:
2007: No Country For Old Men
2008: The Dark Knight
2009: Inglourious Basterds
2010: Inception
2011: Drive
2012: Django Unchained
I noticed that Christopher Nolan and Quentin Tarantino both had two Movies of the Year apiece. That got me wondering which directors GAF tended to vote for. I collected all the Top 10 lists from the past six years and awarded points based on position (#1 = 10 points, #2 = 9 points, etc.). There were 48 different directors (counting director pairs like the Coens as a single director) in total, and six directors with more than one film in a Top 10. The most successful by sheer volume was David Fincher, with four different films making the list in different years.
Here's the top 10 (actually 11 due to ties) by points:
01. Christopher Nolan 27 (The Dark Knight, Inception, The Dark Knight Rises)
02. David Fincher 24 (Zodiac, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Social Network, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)
03. Quentin Tarantino 20 (Inglourious Basterds, Django Unchained)
04. Coen Brothers 15 (No Country For Old Men, True Grit)
--. Darren Aronofsky 15 (The Wrestler, Black Swan)
06. Paul Thomas Anderson 13 (There Will Be Blood, The Master)
07. Nicolas Winding Refn 10 (Drive)
08. Andrew Stanton 9 (WALL-E)
--. Neill Blomkamp 9 (District 9)
--. Terrence Malick 9 (The Tree of Life)
--. Wes Anderson 9 (Moonrise Kingdom)
The first six on that list had multiple films in different years, the bottom four had only a single film ever in a GAF Top 10. The following three directors have had multiple films selected, but none of them very high in a Top 10.
Kathryn Bigelow 7 (The Hurt Locker, Zero Dark Thirty)
Jason Reitman 6 (Juno, Up in the Air)
Tomas Alfredson 4 (Let the Right One In, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy)
Skyfall #3?
Didn't have to go far to discredit that list.
2012 was a pretty awesome year for film. But it's best films were definitely under the radar compared to say the likes of Tree of Life and A Separation.That was much better, it even had A Separation on t.
Seven Psychopaths is kinda amazing. I think I like it better than In Bruges.Moonrise kingdom right where it should be (Seven Psychopaths should have been higher). Looper at #5 might actually be the most baffling.
Yeah I would put TDK over avengers as well, loved both, but I like that TDK had great a villain.
Django is better than Kill Bill.
I was originally upset that I didn't vote but now I see my list wouldn't have even made a dent anyway.
Have you seen the GOTY 2012 results? It's worse than this. Maybe.
I thought it would be fun!
Oh, I'm sure there are people out there that believe that.God damn at that op....
i really think all the acclaim for Dredd is people being shocked it's not terrible. seriously, that is the only thing notable about it aside from maybe the slo-mo bits. the action isn't even that good.
Wow wtf guys, how can looper be on nr 5.
That movie has the most ridiculous plot and the most plotholes i have ever seen in a movie.
This all means nothing until a graph is made of all the movies released in 2012 comparing their illogical plot holes as well as errors; technical, continuity, and graphical.
It's sad to think that still in the 21st century movies are judged by ancient notions of themes, plots and characters. Unless strict boundaries are enforced who can tell if a movie is good or not?
I know this tendency to judge movies by those measures is annoying but I can't recall anyone bringing it up earlier in this thread.
Fanboy idolatry has crossed from gaming side to directors. I guess we should feel better knowing star fuckers has moved up the ladder.