My Top 10 Most Anticipated Movies of 2012

Every year has its share of good movies, but when looking back on 2011, I found myself feeling very – mehhh – about the year that just came to an end. Maybe it’s just that 2010 was such a spectacular year, but while 2011 left me with a handful of movies I loved, very few stuck out as movies I’ll remember 10 years from now. Maybe 2012 is here to make up for the lackluster year, because not only is it filled with promising Oscar-worthies, but a ton of huge blockbusters that actually look like quality stuff. So here it is, my list of my top 10 most anticipated movie of 2012:

10. Django Unchained - Leonardo DiCaprio. Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Christoph Waltz. Samuel L. Jackson. Sacha Baron Cohen. All starring together in the same Quentin Tarantino film. While I love Tarantino, I can’t say that I’m the biggest fan of western movies (with the exception of a few, of course)…but with this much talent behind a film, I don’t know how to not be pumped for what is sure to be a badass movie!



9. American Reunion - American Pie will always hold the title as one of the favorite sex comedies, and while I enjoyed American Pie 2 and American Wedding, I did find that they, like most sequels, decreased in quality. But American Reunion seems to have waited long enough since the release of ‘Wedding’ that it has the potential to reboot this franchise and be as funny as the original. Plus who doesn’t want to be reunited with Stifler, Jim, and Jim’s dad?



8. The Woman in Black - I’m always down for a good horror movie, but in the past couple years it seems that movies with actual scares have mostly been replaced with torture porn and extreme gore…and I’m not into it. So when I first saw the trailer for The Woman in Black, Daniel Radcliffe’s first movie since the end of the Harry Potter films, I was hooked. Watch the trailer and tell me you don’t get goosebumps!



7. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 – I admit it, I’m a Twihard. While I’m not a big fan of the final Twilight book (it’s silly beyond words), I cant help but be excited to see the second half of the immensely enjoyable Breaking Dawn – Part 1. AND we get to see Bella as a vampire!



6. The Avengers – I don’t know much about comic books, but I do know that Thor, Captain America and Iron Man were all crazy awesome movies…so add them all together into the same movie, and you have what is sure to be one of the biggest movies of 2012.



5. Snow White and the Huntsman – There are two live action Snow White movies coming out this year, which is absolutely ridiculous. Especially since I find Snow White to be one of the least interesting Disney films. But with a dark new spin on the classic children’s tale, and what looks like an electrifying performance from the perfectly-cast Charlize Theron as the evil queen, Snow White and the Huntsman looks like it could be one of the best films of the year.



4. The Great Gatsby- Baz Luhrmann, the wonderfully over-the-top director of Moulin Rouge and the 1996 version of Romeo and Juliet, takes on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel The Great Gatsby. Throw in Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan, and 3D (what?!), and one thing’s for certain: The Great Gatsby will be an absolute visual treat.



3. Les Miserables- As a huge fan of the musical, I can’t express my excitement over seeing this Broadway show hit the big screen. With some incredibly powerful songs (I Dreamed a Dream, On My Own) and a cast of big-name actors more than capable of singing them (Hugh Jackman, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried), if done right, Les Miserables can be a truly fantastic, magical experience.



2. The Dark Knight Rises – I’m not going to lie, I’ve been amongst the people that don’t see how Christopher Nolan’s third and final Batman film can possibly top The Dark Knight. How can the next villain even compare to the Joker? And to take it further: how can anyone top the late Heath Ledgers iconic performance? But if there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s that Nolan is a visionary who not only knows what he’s doing, but refuses to make a film unless it can top the one that preceded it. So say it with me: In Nolan we trust.



1. The Hunger Games- First off: if you haven’t read The Hunger Games trilogy yet…GO DO IT NOW! This film adaptation of the first book in the series it set for ‘Twilight’ status fame – the main difference between the two though? Anyone who has watched the Hunger Games trailer can attest to the fact that not only does it pack an emotional punch, but has the production value to actually make a quality movie. Not to mention an Academy Award nominee as heroine Katniss. (Take that Kristen Stewart!)



Honorable mentions:

Taken 2, Lincoln, Prometheus, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Gravity, The Five-Year Engagement, The Cabin in the Woods, World War Z, 21 Jump Street, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, The Amazing Spider-Man, Wanderlust


Thoughts? Movies i'm missing? I want to know what movies you guys are most looking forward to!