My Most Anticipated Movies of 2012

I am an admitted movie ignoramous. I might go to the movies once or twice a year. Maybe. A movie has to look really, really good to convince me it's worth a $15 tub of popcorn and having to contend with dumb mothertruckers who don't know how to STFU when the lights go down. (You know who you are and it is my mission in life to destroy you.) I can (and probably will) do a whole other post on movie theater etiquette. But I digress...

This year's movie lineup actually looks pretty good. It's possible I might venture out of the house MULTIPLE times. Watch out.

The Avengers
Release Date: May 4
Trailer
Nick Fury and the international agency S.H.I.E.L.D. bring together a team of super humans to form The Avengers to help save the Earth from Loki & his various membered army. 

They had me when I heard Joss Whedon was directing this. I am such a fangirl for him. The super hero movies are always fun and this is like a SUPER super hero movie. I will maim anyone who talks during this movie.

Snow White and the Huntsman
Release Date: June 1
Trailer
In a twist to the fairy tale, the Huntsman ordered to take Snow White into the woods to be killed winds up becoming her protector and mentor in a quest to vanquish the Evil Queen.

KStew stars in this movie and the trailer doesn't even show her blinking once. The rest of the cast is stellar, so I really hope it's good. The costumes look amazing and I'm a sucker for a show with a bad ass heroine.

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
Release Date: June 22
Trailer
Abraham Lincoln, the 18th President of the United States, discovers vampires are planning to take over the United States. He makes it his mission to eliminate them. 

I heard good things about the book this movie is based on. If I wasn't already in love with the title, the trailer plays Johnny Cash's "The Man Comes Around." This movie will have all of my money.


Taken 2 
Release Date: October 5

In Istanbul, retired CIA operative Bryan Mills and his wife are taken hostage by the father of a kidnapper Mills killed while rescuing his daughter. 


I freaking loved the first movie and I was stoked to see they were making another. I secretly hope they change the title to Tooked and have Liam Neeson kidnapped by tootheless hillbillies in the Ozarks instead.

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Release Date: December 14
Trailer
Bilbo Baggins, a Hobbit, journeys to the Lonely Mountain accompanied by a group of dwarves to reclaim a treasure taken from them by the dragon Smaug. 

This is kind of the prequal to the Lord of the Rings movies. Oh yeah, and it's based on a little book that's only sold about a bajillion copies. I've been looking forward to this movie for years. Is it December yet?


Ok, movie buffs, what are you intending to see this year? What size popcorn are you going to buy? Most importantly, do you put extra butter on it?

*Pretty much everything taken from IMDB.