With so many franchises either refreshing their reputation anew (Alien) or bringing a heralded saga to a close (Batman), it’s natural to expect that the year has had its share of controversy, as it’s impossible to please everyone, and sometimes people just aren’t going to be happy no matter what you bring to the table. The year’s most popular films served up a wealth of surprises that largely proved divisive, particularly as far as the Internet conversation goes, whereby people were either dissatisfied that their beloved franchise didn’t close out in the manner that they envisioned, or they’ve made pains to highlight what they perceive as plot-holes within the narrative (regardless of whether they actually are). Other films crowbarred open political debates about race and torture, ensuring that this year’s film dialogue was as healthily provocative as any that has ever been conducted.
SPOILER WARNING: the below will include massive spoilers for many of the biggest and most popular movies of 2012, so make sure to proceed carefully if there’s any that you haven’t quite gotten round to seeing yet. Don’t worry about having the likes of Django Unchained ruined, though; the only films appearing on our list that aren’t out in UK cinemas yet are Cloud Atlas and Zero Dark Thirty, though neither entry deals with overt plot points, and given that we all know how the latter ends anyway, you needn’t worry about being inundated with spoilers.
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I was really happy that Coulson died. The first time I could make me an opinion of him was when I watched Thor, and I couldn’t help but hate his arrogance, he looked like he alays had that “I’m way more important than you and that makes me more worthy” attitude. Finally, we can have someone else to take his job !
I would add the “Drumstick Scene” from Killer Joe on here.
The spoiler warning is appreciated but it’s kinda pointless since we don’t know what films will appear on the list at all, for example the first page is ‘Agent Coulson dies in the Avengers’. Obviously everyone has seen the Avengers but there would be no way of avoiding that if you haven’t. Your first page should list the films included in your acticle, or maybe have the film title, and the break and then the spoiler. You said the list includes all the biggest and most popular films of 2012 but then page 2 is the Master, a film that made no box office, and no one, except critic circles has heard of.
Good list – I’d stick the ending of ‘Cabin in the Woods’ in there. It goes in looking like a meta-horror movie but the ending where the world doesn’t get saved and by the aware, intentional actions of two innocent people is a real kicker. :D
In what way is The Master’s ending controversial? Not only that, but it’s completely fitting for what the film was trying to do. You obviously haven’t watched many similar films, have you?
What about ‘bruce wayne lives’ ?
Im Pretty sure he became Robin at the end of the Dark Knight hthey basically said it.
You need to watch it again then…
i watched 3 times im pretty sure his name is robin,but it could be inferred that he will be taking over as the bat
I would argue that the Talia twist was more controversial than Robin becomes Batman.