BIGBMH's Best of 2012

I am dropping this beef. My only complaint is you only included rottentomatoes scores. Not the many other sites where TDKR was ahead. Anyway its a New Year and I am done with this tired argument.

the list is great

@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 totaly agree with all of your points! Great job!

@Acidic, I wouldn't say horrible. The problems with the depiction of Peter Parker came more from the script than from Garfield's acting. When he was doing the awkward side of Peter and the intelligent side of Peter, he did them well. Also, he was quite good once he put on the mask and was playing the Spider-man side of the role.

@SAT, Thanks!

@LoyalFan, Thanks for reading!

I didn't mind Garfield as Parker, but old Toby did it the best IMO. Agreed on all points except the one about Garfield :)

nice list, i only got a couple differences. maybe throw a "best story/plot" in there?

@Jollem, Thanks. I was considering best plot, but I didn't really feel strongly enough about the plot of any of them to put it above the others.

@marvel72, I've been hearing a lot of good things about Dredd. I'll probably have to see it eventually. I realize it is based on a comic book, but for this list I kept it to movies based on what more people would consider to be superhero characters/stories. I didn't even bother with Ghost Rider because pretty much everything suggested that it was awful.

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.