Thursday 1 March 2012

February 2012 In Review


February was basically the last month of my massive 4 month holiday before I start university (which I have since started), so it was a time for me to get a final rush of films watched before the distraction of studying arrived. And what a prosperous month it was. For the first time in years I re-visited one of the grandest and greatest movie trilogies of all time: The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, and what an experience it is. With February being Oscar month, I decided to get my fix of Best Picture winning films, so I watched all the "Best Pictures" from 2005 to 2009, as well as seeing this year's Best Picture winner, The Artist. I viewed many films this month that had a large impact on me, for better and for worse. In particular, I viewed not only the worst film ever made, but also the most disturbing and mortifying film ever made. So here are my viewings for February 2012.

Best Film of the Month: The Great Dictator
The Gold Rush 4/5
The Great Dictator 5/5
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans 0.5/5
Underworld: Awakening 1.5/5
The 40 Year-Old Virgin 4/5
Masculin Feminin: 15 Precis Faits 4/5
Batman Begins 4.5/5
The Dark Knight 5/5
Inception 5/5
The Holy Mountain 4.5/5

Biggest Surprise: Chronicle
Toy Story 3 5/5
Red Beard 5/5
Manos: The Hands of Fate 0/5
Sin City 4.5/5
Hunger 4/5
Shame 4.5/5
Ali G Indahouse 2/5
(500) Days of Summer 5/5
Picnic At Hanging Rock 4.5/5
Chronicle 4/5

 Worst Film of the Month: Ax'Em (a.k.a The Weekend It Lives)
8 1/2 4.5/5
28 Days Later 4/5
Wedding Crashers 3.5/5
Ax'Em (a.k.a The Weekend It Lives) 0/5
Rabbit Hole 4/5
Paranormal Activity 3 3.5/5
Martha Marcy May Marlene 4.5/5
Blue Velvet 4.5/5

 Best Lord of the Rings film: The Return of the King
The Human Centipede: First Sequence 2.5/5
The Human Centipede 2: Full Sequence 0.5/5
Breaking The Waves 4.5/5
Snowtown 4.5/5
The Virgin Spring 4.5/5
Eden Lake 3.5/5
127 Hours 4.5/5
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 5/5
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 4.5/5
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 5/5 

Best film seen in the cinema: The Artist
Crash 2.5/5
The Departed 5/5
No Country For Old Men 5/5
Slumdog Millionaire 4.5/5
The Hurt Locker 4.5/5
The Artist 5/5
The Iron Lady 2.5/5

Biggest Disappointment: Crash
 
Best Film of the Month: The Great Dictator
Worst Film of the Month: Ax'Em (a.k.a The Weekend It Lives)
Biggest Surprise: Chronicle
Biggest Disappointment: Crash
Best film seen in the cinema: The Artist
Best Lord of the Rings film: The Return of the King

Total films watched this month: 46