It’s the end of the year, so we’re asking the Confabulators what their favorites of 2012 are. This week, they tell us what their favorite movie of 2012 was.<\/p>\n
Jason Arnett<\/a><\/p>\n The superhero films were EXCELLENT this year. Avengers<\/em> and Dark Knight Rises<\/em> were both very satisfying films to me.<\/p>\n Larry Jenkins<\/a><\/p>\n Full disclosure: I love movies, but I don\u2019t get to see near as many as I would like. That being said, I really enjoyed The Cabin in the Woods<\/em>, which is not so much a horror film as it is a film about horror films. If you\u2019re more the indie film type, I\u2019d recommend you check out Safety Not Guaranteed<\/em>. It\u2019s a nice film with both a mystery and a heart, and I appreciate movies that ask me to think and feel at the same time.<\/p>\n Kevin Wohler<\/a><\/p>\n Asking me to pick my favorite movie of the year is like asking a mother to pick her favorite child (“B-b-b-but.. I love them all!”). Even so, there’s one movie that I have gushed about more than any other this year. And it’s not The Avengers<\/em> or The Dark Knight Rises<\/em>. The truth is, my favorite movie this year has been John Carter<\/em>. Yes, it was ripped apart by harsh critics. Yes, it failed to be the box office blockbuster Disney wanted it to be. But the truth is, this was a marvelous movie. It’s visually stunning. It’s epic in scope. It’s a great adventure. The only flaw in John Carter<\/em> is that it had a horrible marketing team. That, and it should have been titled John Carter of Mars<\/em> (focus groups be damned).<\/p>\n Ted Boone<\/a><\/p>\n The Avengers<\/em>.<\/p>\n Christie Holland<\/a><\/p>\n It’s a tie between The Avengers<\/em>, because of Joss Whedon and the flawless way he juggled a huge cast and kept every character true to themselves, and The Hunger Games<\/em>, because it was a wonderful adaptation of a YA novel and hopefully ensures that other adaptations of YA novels are treated with just as much respect.<\/p>\n