My Best/Worst 2012 Films, Oscar Rankings

Sure, it's 55 days into 2013 but why not take a trip back in time with me? Since I've finally seen all of the Oscar nominees for Best Picture, and I don't think there are any more 2012 releases that I'm going to see -- if any I haven't seen are even still in theaters -- it's time for my top ten of the sixty films (up by 6 from last year) I got to see. But first...

My Bottom 5 of 2012

5. Men in Black 3 -- An extremely tired sequel.
4. This Means War -- The worst rom-com and there's no Katherine Heigl or Gerard Butler in sight.
3. Silent House -- So bad I couldn't remember what it was about until I checked Wikipedia, and then it all came back to me.
2. Les Miserables -- I think I hated "Silent House" worse but I walked out of this one. But I did stay to the end of THE worst film of 2012...
1. Rock of Ages -- I will never understand why the film version, with the female lead's character named Sherrie, didn't bother to include the song "Oh Sherrie." Never. That song might have saved this from my only F of 2012...umm, probably not...

My Top 10 of 2012

TLFT: Wish I Got It On Video

Another quickie that won't fit into 140 characters...

This sight struck me as slightly surreal, but by the time I decided to act on my impulse to capture it on video it was too late.

On my way home from work I stopped at a Rite Aid, and after I went back to the corner to catch the bus for the rest of my trip home, a really nice convertible, top down, pulls up to the corner.

The driver looked like he wouldn't have been out of place on "Jersey Shore." Sleeveless t-shirt, muscled arms, wearing the headgear the guy in this picture is wearing.

The music is pumping out of the speakers -- not excessively loud but plenty clear enough. Was it some heavy metal song, or fist-pumping club jam?

Nope.

"Rumour Has It" by Adele.