The Best And Worst Of 2012 (Uncle Jesse)

Jesse's Top 10

1. The Grey -It's Liam Neeson. It's wolves, terror, suspense. It's a movie in which after you see it, you won't need a nail clipper. All your nails will be gone after 2 hours of chewing and biting. 2. Argo -Director Ben Affleck takes meat and potatoes filmmaking to a whole new level.  It's a straight up old fashioned great movie. 3. Cloud Atlas -The critics didn't love it, but this critic did. Audiences stayed away from it. I thought, maybe in 20 years this will be a much talked about cult classic. I hope I'm right. Oh yeah, watch for Tom Hanks playing like 6 or 7 different characters. 4. Silver Linings Playbook -Robert De Niro and Bradley Cooper were meant to work together. And a star is born in Jennifer Lawrence in this Philadelphia story about mental illness and unconditional love. 5.  The Dark Knight Rises -In my opinion, better than Dark Knight.  Director Christopher Nolan wraps up the final chapter of his trilogy with this dense, mature, and powerful action packed take on the Batman series. 6.  Life of Pi -Director Ang Lee does it again with a mind blowing film that should be the play book for special effects for every movie in the future. 7.  This is 40 -It's brutally honest, sweet, and funny. A film about married life and embracing middle age. I honestly didn't want it to end. 8.  Trouble With The Curve -Who wants to see Clint Eastwood play a grumpy old timer? I do! I do!  It's a baseball film that goes behind the scenes. Not as a good as Moneyball (2011), but still pretty serviceable. 9.  The Campaign -Oh it's funny. Will Ferrell does another Will Ferrell movie. I laughed so hard I think I broke a rib. 10. Flight -Star Denzel Washington channels his inner Nicolas Cage. Think Leaving Las Vegas (1996) for airline pilots. Jesse's Worst 5 1. Piranha 3DD -A movie that's bad and knows it's bad. It doesn't care. Result: Straight to video. 2. Paranormal Activity 4 -This is the first out of all four movies that is actually bad. The other three were surprisingly scary. This one just ran out of ideas and actually turned into a comedy. The only problem is the filmmakers didn't know it.  But we did. 3. Red Dawn -The 1984 original wasn't a great movie. That means that the remake was gonna be better, right? WRONG!  You know things are bad when Tom Cruise's son is part of the main cast (he has almost no acting experience) and action scenes feel like a video game from the early 90's. (Think Contra). 4. One For The Money -Katherine Heigl can act. But why does she continue to show up in films like this. She should have a long talk with her agent and then at the end, fire him. 5. Total Recall -As bad of a remake as I can remember. This movie makes the 1990 original feel like Citizen Kane.  Let's face it, Colin Ferrell doesn't belong in the same building as AAhhnolldd. Heck, he doesn't belong in the same floor. Total Recall is a shiny, bland, sci-fi snoozer that has incredibly pedestrian action sequences.