Top 5 Big Summer Action Movies Without Bats, Spiders or Avengers

January 26, 2012 at 10:18 am

Top 5 Big Summer Action Movies Without Bats, Spiders or Avengers

It’s pretty difficult to look passed the end of a legendary trilogy when The Dark Knight Rises is released next summer.  Likewise, 4 larger than life heroes will assemble after years of hype.  And how can you ignore a hero like Spider-Man returning to the screen?  Today, I attempt to put aside the Bats, Spiders and Avengers to see what else the 2012 summer movie season has to offer.  There are a couple picks that could go either way but I’ve got high hopes nonetheless.

5. The Expendables 2

4. Total Recall

Big 2012 Summer Movies

3. G.I Joe: Retaliation

2. Battleship

1. Prometheus

2011 Movie Recaps & 2012 Movie Previews

January 25, 2012 at 1:14 am

The Athletic Nerd Movie Screenwriting Independent Film Blog

RECAPS AND REVIEWS… RECAP

January 2012 was packed with posts that looked back on 2011 and ahead to a very promising 2012.  I wanted to take a moment to recap all the content that was posted over the last few weeks.

You’ll find ‘best of’ posts, 2012 previews, announcements and much more!

2011 YEAR IN REVIEW

The Bottom 3: 2011 Worst Movies

The Top 5 Movies of 2011

All Time Best Movie Moment 2011

The Best Movie Trailer of 2011

Top 10 2011 Movies I didn’t see but I should have

Eric’s Top 5 Movies of 2011

2011 Movie Reviews

17 Interviews with screenwriting, indie filmmakers and more

2012 PREVIEWS

Top 38 movies to look forward to in 2012

Movies, Screenwriting & Independent Film in 2012

17 West Productions in 2012

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Short Film: The Climb is finished

Short Film: Playing Through now available online

The Completely Rebuilt 17WEST.CA

The Athletic Nerd Movie Reviews Evolve

Movie Blogging: Rediscovering Old Content

Top 38 Movies To Look Forward To In 2012

January 16, 2012 at 11:52 pm

Movies To Look Forward To In 2012 | Top 2012 Movies

Every movie fan has a must see list.  We are always looking ahead at the following year’s big releases.   Some even plan their holidays around movies that may or not get released on July 20, 2012…

My first instinct for this post was to create a top 10 list of my own and include any and all trailers that have been released thus far.  My list would have included films like The Dark Knight Rises, The Avengers, The Hobbit, Django Unchained, Skyfall and more.  But then I realized that my list is very similar to about 2.2 million other lists online.

Since I agree with 97% of them, I decided to avoid redundancy.  Instead I’ve selected 10 of these lists from around the web and created a point system.  It’s simple enough to understand.  Each of the posts rank the top upcoming movies of 2012.  Movies receive 1 point for a 10th place ranking, 2 points for 9th and so on with 1st place receiving 10 points.

The battle for 2012 biggest movie begins… Right after I list my sources:

I picked the lists that resembled my ‘list’ and they had to be ranked 10-1.  On to the results:

THE COMPLETE LIST

1. The Dark Knight Rises (77 points)

2. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (62 points)

3. The Avengers (59 points)

4. Prometheus (48 points)

5. The Hunger Games (40 points)

6. The Amazing Spider-Man (33 points)

7. Django Unchained (30 points)

8. Snow White & The Huntsman (16 points)

9. World War Z (16 points)

10. Looper (12 points)

11. Gravity (12 points)

12. Brave (12 points)

13. Skyfall (11 points)

14. The Expendables 2 (8 points)

15. The Master (8 points)

16. Cloud Atlas (8 points)

17. John Carter (8 points)

18. Only God Forgives (7 points)

19. The Cabin in the Woods (7 points)

20. Seven Psychopaths (7 points)

21. The Dictator (6 points)

22. The Pirates: In An Adventure With Scientists (6 points)

23. The Bourne Legacy (6 points)

24. The Great Gatsby (5 points)

25. Ted (5 points)

26. Argo (5 points)

27. Battleship (5 points)

28. Men In Black 3 (4 points)

29. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (4 points)

30. Wreck-It Ralph (4 points)

31. Moonrise Kingdom (3 points)

32. Wettest County (3 points)

33. Titanic 3D (3 points)

34. Gangster Squad (2 points)

35. This Is Forty (2 points)

36. GI Joe: Retaliation (2 points)

37. Total Recall (1 points)

38. Les Miserables (1 points)

MOVIES THAT APPEARED ON THE MOST LISTS

  • The Dark Knight Rises (10)
  • The Avengers (9)
  • The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (8)
  • The Hunger Games (7)
  • Django Unchained (7)
  • The Amazing Spider-Man (6)
  • Prometheus (6)

MOVIES WITH 1ST PLACE VOTES

  • The Dark Knight Rises (4)
  • Prometheus (3)
  • The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (1)
  • The Hunger Games (1)
  • Looper (1)

WHAT MOVIES ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO IN 2012?