Seggie's Worst Movies of 2012

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  • Feb 22, 2013
    Seggie's Worst Movies of 2012

    The Oscars are this Sunday... are you tuning in?  Seggie made his call for the Best Movies of 2012, and now it's time for his Biggest Let Downs of 2012.
     

    LES MISERABLES


    Don't beat me up for this, but I thought the singing was less than par. Aside from Samantha Barks as Eponine, I wish they would have cast better singers for the major roles. Jackman was not convincing as Jean Valjean (easy on the vibrato, pal) and Russel Crowe…well, he tried right? Wrong. He butchered the role of Javert and insulted the writers of this beautiful music. Shame on Tom Hooper for allowing this to happen. While I think the movie was very well done as far as the acting and cinematography, the singing let me down. I know they've got to sell tickets, which resulted in this cast, but come on, this is arguably the biggest musical of all time.

    KILLING THEM SOFTLY


    Brad Pitt, you owe me $12. This movie sucked. Plain and simple. This movie is what I call a paycheck movie. This movie was made because they knew they could sell tickets with Pitt, but come on guys, put in a little effort in making a good movie.

    PROMETHEUS


    This movie was supposed to be huge. Swing and a miss. Super cheesy.

    HUNGER GAMES


    The book was incredible. So much potential to make a killer movie. However, I thought they made the movie a little too kid friendly. I know I know, kid friendly = more money at the box office, but I'm going to be a little selfish here. I thought this movie could have had a darker feel to it and more intensity portraying some of the amazing details in the book.

    THE DICTATOR


    Fail.

    THE GREY


    "Hey, Liam Neeson is at his peak, lets make a movie starring him and we'll make millions!" I saw this movie with Tyler when we were abroad in the UK. We both left thinking the same thing, I wonder if they even read the script before filming. Horrible.

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    Will Ferrel and Zach Galifinkajakhdjhskjkss. This movie HAS to be hilarious right? I didn't think so. While it had some moments, I thought a lot of the comedy was forced.

    TED


    I think this was the most overhyped movie of 2012. I don't think I've heard anyone say anything aside from "it was alright" in reference to this movie. I really wanted this movie to be amazing, sadly, it was not.

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on 22 February 2013 - 1:58pm

The Oscars are this Sunday... are you tuning in?  Seggie made his call for the Best Movies of 2012, and now it's time for his Biggest Let Downs of 2012.
 

LES MISERABLES


Don't beat me up for this, but I thought the singing was less than par. Aside from Samantha Barks as Eponine, I wish they would have cast better singers for the major roles. Jackman was not convincing as Jean Valjean (easy on the vibrato, pal) and Russel Crowe…well, he tried right? Wrong. He butchered the role of Javert and insulted the writers of this beautiful music. Shame on Tom Hooper for allowing this to happen. While I think the movie was very well done as far as the acting and cinematography, the singing let me down. I know they've got to sell tickets, which resulted in this cast, but come on, this is arguably the biggest musical of all time.

KILLING THEM SOFTLY


Brad Pitt, you owe me $12. This movie sucked. Plain and simple. This movie is what I call a paycheck movie. This movie was made because they knew they could sell tickets with Pitt, but come on guys, put in a little effort in making a good movie.

PROMETHEUS


This movie was supposed to be huge. Swing and a miss. Super cheesy.

HUNGER GAMES


The book was incredible. So much potential to make a killer movie. However, I thought they made the movie a little too kid friendly. I know I know, kid friendly = more money at the box office, but I'm going to be a little selfish here. I thought this movie could have had a darker feel to it and more intensity portraying some of the amazing details in the book.

THE DICTATOR


Fail.

THE GREY


"Hey, Liam Neeson is at his peak, lets make a movie starring him and we'll make millions!" I saw this movie with Tyler when we were abroad in the UK. We both left thinking the same thing, I wonder if they even read the script before filming. Horrible.

CAMPAIGN


Will Ferrel and Zach Galifinkajakhdjhskjkss. This movie HAS to be hilarious right? I didn't think so. While it had some moments, I thought a lot of the comedy was forced.

TED


I think this was the most overhyped movie of 2012. I don't think I've heard anyone say anything aside from "it was alright" in reference to this movie. I really wanted this movie to be amazing, sadly, it was not.

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4 March 2013 - 2:37pm — MichaelJacobs
Totally disagree with your review of "Ted". While it was not in the class of the Hangover, it was still hilariously funny and had numerous laugh out loud moments. One of my favorite movies of the year.
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27 February 2013 - 4:27pm — dsly4425
I likes Les Mis, but the singing was very mixed. I liked Anne Hathaway's singing in it, and totally thought she rightfully won the Oscar for the part. I don't think I've seen any of the other movies on the list.
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23 February 2013 - 7:47pm — music4jesus
I agree with you about the Hunger Games! It was too choppy. What they did, they did well, but there were missing details and it just didn't flow right. :/ The one thing I don't agree with is the kid-friendly part. I thought they did a good job with that aspect of it, and I'm glad they did it the way they did because if they'd made it any darker it might have been rated R and then I wouldn't have gotten to see it.
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22 February 2013 - 10:46pm — Lauren_8
I agree with you Seggie about Les Mis. Wonderful movie but the singing hurt my ears. I felt like my ears were literally bleeding throughout the whole movie. Why didn't they pick people who could sing and act?! I'm glad they were singing live and it wasn't the pre recorded crap but still... yea, I'm partial to the PBS versions. Colmn Wilkinson who played the Priest was the ONLY one who could sing. He was the original Jean Val Jean. Give me people who can SING for musicals. Is that really asking too much? Yea yea we can't all have his range, his falsetto and vibrato and just the colors of his voice, the emotions. I was missing the emotion too behind any of the singing in the movie. I know that's hard to believe, but I just wasn't feeling it the way I do when I saw it on Broadway or watch the PBS versions.
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22 February 2013 - 5:49pm — deborahhun
I agree with you about Les Mis. I though it was an ok movie that had music in it. It was not a good musical.
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22 February 2013 - 5:25pm — EileenR
Totally agree about "Ted"- it was mostly dumb. It pretty much proved that Seth MacFarlane does fine with 22-minute cartoons, but 106 minutes on the big screen is too much. I hadn't really considered that "Hunger Games" should be darker, like the book. I saw the movie first, then read the book. I have to say, the story haunted me for a long time after I read the book. I kept seeing parallels between the book's world and our current world. Haven't seen too many of the others, so thanks for the warning!