Critics Consensus Special: My Reaction To The 2012 Oscar Nominations

Hi! We are Critics Consensus. We post the regular critics opinion for video games and movies! Today it is my reaction the the 2012 Oscar Nominations.

Best Picture:

"Beasts of the Southern Wild"

"Silver Linings Playbook"

"Zero Dark Thirty"

"Lincoln"

"Les Miserables"

"Life of Pi"

"Amour"

"Django Unchained"

"Argo"

To be honest this is fine in my book. Why no Looper though? Zero Dark Thirty should win.

Best Supporting Actor:

Christoph Waltz, "Django Unchained"

Philip Seymour Hoffman, "The Master"

Robert De Niro, "Silver Linings Playbook"

Alan Arkin, "Argo"

Tommy Lee Jones, "Lincoln"

No John Goodman?

Best Director:

David O. Russell, "Silver Linings Playbook"

Ang Lee, "Life of Pi"

Steven Spielberg, "Lincoln"

Michael Haneke, "Amour"

Benh Zeitlin, "Beasts of the Southern Wild"

No Argo or Zero Dark Thirty? Screw you Oscars

Best Actor:

Daniel Day Lewis, "Lincoln"

Denzel Washington, "Flight"

Hugh Jackman, "Les Miserables"

Bradley Cooper, "Silver Linings Playbook"

Joaquin Phoenix, "The Master"

Flight? But no Ben Affleck

Best Actress:

Naomi Watts, "The Impossible"

Jessica Chastain, "Zero Dark Thirty"

Jennifer Lawrence, "Silver Linings Playbook"

Emmanuelle Riva, "Amour"

Quvenzhané Wallis, "Beasts of the Southern Wild"

Good. Go Quvenzhané Wallis!

Best Original Screenplay:

"Zero Dark Thirty"

"Django Unchained"

"Moonrise Kingdom"

"Amour"

"Flight"
Good.

Best Adapted Screenplay:

"Lincoln"

"Silver Linings Playbook"

"Argo"

"Life of Pi"

"Beasts of the Southern Wild"
Good.

Best Animated Feature:

"Frankenweenie"

"The Pirates! Band of Misfits"

"Wreck-It Ralph"

"Paranorman"

"Brave"
Weak nominees. Go Pirates!

Critics Consensus: Anarchy Reigns

Hi! We are Critics Consensus. We post the regular critics opinion for video games and movies! Today it is Anarchy Reigns Sega's new fighting game!

Anarchy Reigns had a troubled development. It was supposed to come out in January 2011 but that never happened. Then summer 2012. That never happened. Finally January 2013. Anarchy Reigns is finally out but a troubled development does not fair well with games. (Duke Nukem Forever,SSX) Let's see if Anarchy Reigns can pull up it's Reigns and be a good game.
Anarchy Reigns is OK. Digital Chumps said that it was not perfect but still fun alone or with friends and Official Xbox Magazine praised the online multiplayer. The problem is as Game Informer said is that other fighting games kick their ass in comparison (no pun intended.)
Overall only get this game if you wanna. You probably have no money after last year but ya know..
Anarchy Reigns is rated M.

Critics Consensus Special: Quickie Update 2

So the Oscar nominations should becoming any day now. That day will announce my nominations. The next week I will say the winners.

Critics Consensus: Promised Land

Hi! We are Critics Consensus. We post the regular critics opinion for video games and movies! Today it is Promised Land, Matt Damon's new movie.

Promised Land came out in limited release at the very end of the year just like a bunch of other movies. Usually that's a hit or miss. Sadly no Oscar buzz has come for Promised Land. Here's why.

Promised Land is about a big business versus a small community owned town. It seems interesting but where most critics threw the hatchet is it's final 15 minutes. (ReelViews,New York Post,Time) I do not want to spoil but everything derails from there.

Overall rent this. Unless you really want to see it.

Promised Land is rated R.

Critics Consensus: Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3D

Hi! We are Critics Consensus. We post the regular critics opinion for video games and movies! Today it is Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3D.

Every year the first movie is a horror movie. It is rated R, Not screened before critics and usually has no big name actors. Texas Chainsaw 3D has Trey Songz and he's a rapper for Pete's Sake. This does not look good.

Texas Chainsaw 3D is the regular plot of a Leatherface movie. He's comin with a damn chainsaw and you better run fast or your pretty much dead. The highest big name review I could find was a couple of 60's from The A.V. Club and Variety. Also the positive reception that was only getting this a 32% is that the end is a new take for horror movies. Still sucks though because nearly all of the movie is super generic as Slant Magazine stated.

Texas Chainsaw Massacre is rated R.