BIGBMH's Best of 2012

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Nice list. I would tend to agree with those

@LEVITIKUZ, I didn't see Dredd. As for Skyfall and MIB3, I wouldn't classify those as superhero movies.

@edwardshiro, Aren't you delightful?

@batman1216, this isn't about any beef or argument. i'm stating my opinion. i even gave tdkr the win in 2 categories. to my knowledge, rottentomatoes is pretty much the go to for critical consensus. it pulls from more sources than metacritic and you can narrow it down to top critic.

@Durf6199 and marvel54, thanks for reading and commenting!

@JStark, I did have some difficulty with that one. I've got a lot of issues with the way Bane was used. His role as the movie's main villain was really undermined by Talia. Then he was killed off so unceremoniously. However, I feel like Tom Hardy was able to create a very memorable version of the character that made a pretty big impact. I liked Loki a lot and Hiddleston was great, but I don't think audiences responded to the character the same way.

I have to say, the chemistry between Garfield and Stone was incredible.

@Acidic- He wasnt horrible, you have a terrible taste in actors...

@Fenix122, Thanks for reading! I really like Tobey's performance in the first movie because you can see the growth of the character. However, Peter was depicted a little to whiny for my taste in both 2 and 3.

i enjoyed dredd more than the dark knight rises & the amazing spider-man,don't get me wrong they both had their moments good & bad but to me the avengers & dredd were the two best comic book movies this year which also had good & bad moments but i think overall the avengers & dredd were better.

garfield was good as spidey but i think some scenes his parker came across as a bit of an arse hole towards his aunt & uncle.

best comic book movies of 2012

1st the avengers 4/5
2nd dredd 4/5
3rd the dark knight rises 2.5/5
4th the amazing spider-man 2.5/5
5th men in black 3 2.5/5
6th ghost rider spirit of vengeance 1/5

Give the Big BH a break, this was obviously about the main three superhero events. His logic is perfectly sound. He used Rotten Tomatoes, because, love it or hate it, it's universally accepted. He did this instead of construing other statistics to suit his tastes. I have no idea if BigB has any particular personal bias on any of these films. I suspect Spidey is the man's first love out of the three, but I can't be sure because there is not a sign of any bias influencing his opinion.
Quite frankly, I don't want to inflate the young fellow's ego, in any way, but if you disagree with any of his opinions, here, then you are a complete moron.
And Fenix122@? If you think that Tobey was the best Spider-Man, then you must have been mostly introduced to the character through him. I thought he did very, very well under the circumstances, but it still stands in my mind as being a historically bad casting decision. Really, it's right up there with Kirsten Dunst as MJ. This is a shame, because the Raimi films had such unprecedented, leftfield triumphs in casting the main three villians.

No problem, Biggie. Didn't mean to suck you off or nothing, but I stand by my comment.

Good stuff BIGBMH, can't say I have any problems with your choices.

@GoILL, Thanks for reading!

@ThunderKat, I pretty much agree. I think Bane was quite memorable though.

@brazilianbatman, you can't really get a number for critical consensus from imdb because their ratings are derived from users scores. metacritic doesn't pull from as many critics as rt, so it's kind of inferior for gauging consensus for movies. as for the "best of" lists, i feel like that is something worth noting but it's subject to a lot of bias. the same kind of bias that kept the dark knight from being nominated for best picture. tdk(94%) killed the reader(61%) and benjamin button(72%) on RT, but they were nominated for best picture in 2009. saying tdkr had better critical reception than avengers because of these lists is almost like saying those movies had better reception than tdk because they were best picture nominees. the avengers really isn't the type of movie critics would put on a best movies of the year list. however, when judging it objectively, they gave it pretty high praise.

when it comes down to it, rt is the most efficient way to get an objective look at what critics have said. in terms of ratings, tdkr was not higher there. both have an 8/10 overall. if you look at the top critics, tdkr does narrowly beat avengers in ratings (7.0 to 7.8.) however, avengers beats it in approval percentage (84 to 76). avengers has 1 fewer top critic review listed than tdkr, but 3 more positive reviews and 4 less negative. the most you can say is that more of the critics who liked tdkr seemed to like it a lot, but most of the evidence seems to suggest that critics as a whole are more in agreement that avengers is good.