Best and Worst performances of 2012

[spanky87]

What are your best/worst favorite/least favorite performances of 2012? If you think there's a difference between the two options, state which one. I think this deserves it's own thread, as it's not the same as oscar predictions.

Best
Sam Rockwell in Seven Psychopaths
Daniel Day Lewis in Lincoln
Michael Fassbender in Prometheus
Marion Cotillard in Rust and Bone
Parker Posey in Price Check
Mary Elizabeth Winstead in Smashed
Naomi Watts in The Impossible

Worst
Anne Hathaway in The Dark Knight Rises (I know, I'm in the minority.)
Charlize Theron in Snow White and the Hunstman
Blake Lively in Savages

*Have not seen: Django Unchained, The Master, Les Miserables, Silver Linings Playbook.

[TeamZissou]

Personally. My favorites were:

Michael Fassbender- Prometheus

[spanky87]

Originally Posted by TeamZissou

Personally. My favorites were:

Michael Fassbender- Prometheus

Ashamed that I missed that one. Adding it to my list.

[Abdrewes]

Best: Joaquin Phoenix (The Master)
Richard Gere (Arbitrage)
Denzel Washington (Flight)
Liam Neeson (The Grey)
Daniel Day Lewis (Lincoln)
Quvenzhané Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild)

Worst: Three way tie
Taylor Kitsch (Battleship)
Taylor Kitsch (John Carter)
Taylor Kitsch (Savages)

[Foggy]

Joaquin Phoenix (The Master)
Philip Seymour Hoffman (The Master)
Christopher Walken (Seven Psychopaths)
Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook)
Joseph Gordon Levitt (Looper)
Alice Lowe (Sightseers)
Steve Oram (Sightseers)
Quvenzhané Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild)
Richard Ayode (The Watch - for making the film watchable)

Worst:

The rest of the cast (The Watch)
Sam Worthington and co. (Man on a Ledge)
Rihanna and co. (Battleship)
Arnold, Bruce and Chuck (The Expendables 2)

[MarkJ801]

Logan Lerman - The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Ezra Miller - The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Daniel Day-Lewis - Lincoln
Suraj Sharma - Life of Pi
Dane DeHaan - Chronicle
Joseph Gordon-Levitt - Looper
Sam Rockwell - Seven Psychopaths
Bradley Cooper - Silver Linings Playbook
Jennifer Lawrence - Silver Linings Playbook

...and that's based on what I've seen obviously.

[Cinemach]

Originally Posted by Abdrewes

Worst: Three way tie
Taylor Kitsch (Battleship)
Taylor Kitsch (John Carter)
Taylor Kitsch (Savages)

This made me chuckle. He's certainly had quite the year. Sure-fire Razzie nom certified.

[tigertron]

Best:

- Tom Cruise (Stacee Jaxx)
- Liam Neeson (Taken 2)
- Judi Dench (Skyfall)
- Karl Urban (Dredd)
- Olivia Thrilby (Dredd)
- Kate Beckinsale (Total Recall)
- Sir Michael Cane (TDKR)

Worst:

- Rihanna and co. (Battleship)

[Abdrewes]

Originally Posted by Cinemach

This made me chuckle. He's certainly had quite the year. Sure-fire Razzie nom certified.

How disastrous has 2012 been to Kitsch? Its gonna be guest starring in 2 & a half men and fitness commercials from here on out

[88thCrazy]

Best
Michael Fassbender in Shame

Worst
The woman who played Ada Wong in Resident Evil: Retribution

[chris_sc77]

Best
Eva Green (Perfect Sense)
Ewan McGregor (Perfect Sense)
Daniel Day Lewis in Lincoln
Joaquin Phoenix (The Master)
Philip Seymour Hoffman (The Master)
Ian mcKellan (The Hobbit)
Ben Whishaw (Cloud Atlas)
Steve Carell and Kiera Knightley in Seeking a Friend for the End of the World

Worst
Entire cast of Life of Pi. One of the worst overall acted films I have seen in a large-scare Production
CHild Actors in Red Hook Summer (embarrassingly awful)
Dude who played Lincoln IN A. Lincoln Vampire Hunter
Reese Witherspoon (This Means War)
Rihanna (Battleship)
Younger romantic leads in ROck of Ages (ugh)

[JamesKurtovich]

Sir Ian McKellan in The Hobbit
Martin Freeman in The Hobbit

[blonde_devil]

Originally Posted by chris_sc77

Worst
Entire cast of Life of Pi. One of the worst overall acted films I have seen in a large-scare Production

you know, i just don't get this movie. I haven't seen it because the trailer just makes it seem uninteresting as hell but we have seen this sort of movie tons of times before - enemy becomes friend in order to survive unless I am mistaken. maybe it is good but it just looks like one of those movies where the right person said it was good and people want to look cool and are agreeing with them.

I can't really say much about which stars did good or bad as i have only seen a handful of movies this year(not a whole lot that grabbed my attention) but what about movies that under performed. they were promoting the hell out of the remake of Red Dawn and from what i heard, it just bombed at the box office - like half of its budget. it seems this year that either you did rather good at the box office or you were a bomb - no real inbetween movies. but i could be wrong here.

[Haikira]

Favorite performances so far:

Ben Affleck - Argo
Choi Min-sik - Nameless Gangster
Christopher Walken - Seven Psychopaths
Gary Oldman - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Joseph Gordon-Levitt - Looper
Michael Fassbender - Prometheus
Michael Fassbender - Shame (2012 in my country)
Sam Rockwell - Seven Psychopaths
Seann William Scott - Goon

I'm probably forgetting one or two. May update.



Off the top of my head, here's a few notable films I've yet to see:

Zero Dark Thirty, Django Unchained, The Master, Silver Linings Playbook, Smashed, Sightseers and Lincoln.

[Kevin Holly]

Best

Joaquim Phoenix - The Master
Philip Seymour Hoffman - The Master
Brad Pitt & co. - Killing Them Softly
Ben Affleck - Argo
Gyllenhaal and Pena - End of Watch
Michael Fassbender - Prometheus
Denzel Washington - Flight


Good

Gordon-Levitt and Willis - Looper
Shia LaBeouf - Lawless
Nicolas Cage - Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
Karl Urban - Dredd
Everyone - Seven Psychopaths
Liam Neeson - The Grey
Jason Statham - Safe, The Expendables 2
Mark Wahlberg - Contraband


Bad

Washington and Reynolds - Safe House
Colin Farrell - Total Recall
Will Ferell - The Campaign
Sam Worthington - Wrath of the Titans
Tyler Perry - Alex Cross
Chuck Norris - The Expendables 2
Taylor Kitsch - Everything


Worst

Blake Lively - Savages
Anne Hathaway - The Dark Knight Rises
Everyone - The Hunger Games

[Abdrewes]

Originally Posted by Kevin Holly

Best

Joaquim Phoenix - The Master
Philip Seymour Hoffman - The Master
Brad Pitt & co. - Killing Them Softly
Ben Affleck - Argo
Gyllenhaal and Pena - End of Watch
Michael Fassbender - Prometheus
Denzel Washington - Flight


Good

Gordon-Levitt and Willis - Looper
Shia LaBeouf - Lawless
Nicolas Cage - Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
Karl Urban - Dredd
Everyone - Seven Psychopaths
Liam Neeson - The Grey
Jason Statham - Safe, The Expendables 2
Mark Wahlberg - Contraband


Bad

Washington and Reynolds - Safe House
Colin Farrell - Total Recall
Will Ferell - The Campaign
Sam Worthington - Wrath of the Titans
Tyler Perry - Alex Cross
Chuck Norris - The Expendables 2
Taylor Kitsch - Everything


Worst

Blake Lively - Savages
Anne Hathaway - The Dark Knight Rises
Everyone - The Hunger Games

"I have orgasms while he has wargasms." Best line of the year!!!

[Kevin Holly]

Originally Posted by Abdrewes

"I have orgasms while he has wargasms." Best line of the year!!!

Well, one amusing line hardly saves that mess of a performance, but I will admit I did smile when that was said.

[ZooTv]

Best:
Daniel Day-Lewis - Lincoln
Tommy Lee Jones - Lincoln
Alan Arkin - Argo
Michael Fassbender - Prometheus
Helen Mirren - Hitchcock
Denzel Washington - Flight

Worst:
Rihanna - Battleship

[Pounder]

Originally Posted by Adam Sandlers Doom

The Best

Malcolm McDowell in Antiviral
Malcolm McDowell in Excision
Malcolm McDowell in The Employer
Malcolm McDowell in Vamps
Malcolm McDowell in The Philadelphia Experience
Malcolm McDowell in Silent Hill Revalation 3D
Malcolm McDowell in Home Alone: The Holiday Heist
Malcolm McDowell in A Green Story
Choi Min-Sik in Nameless Gangster
Ben Affleck in Argo
Robert Pattinson in Cosmopolis
Joacquim Phoenix in The Master
Michael Fassbender in Prometheus (it was no Shame, but it was good)
Alan Arkin in Argo
Anthony Hopkins in Hitchock



The Worst

Adam Sandler in That's My Boy
Adam Sandler in Hotel Transylvania
Everyone Else in That's My Boy
Everyone Else in Hotel Transylvania
Battleship

Lol at Malcolm McDowell.

[The Dragon]

Tom Hardy: Bane, The Dark Knight Rises




I'm biased.