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“Cinemageddon 2012” Raises The Bar For Retrospective Movie Videos

With the new year rapidly approaching, it seems to be an apt time to look back over what has been a pretty memorable year for cinema. Everybody is beginning to pick out their personal favourites from 2012 and various sites, blogs and publications are starting to release their yearly best-of lists as well. However, over the past few years, one of the most enjoyable ways which has emerged to pay homage to the year's cinematic offerings has been the retrospective video.

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With 2013 rapidly approaching, it seems to be an apt time to look back over what has been a pretty memorable year for cinema. Everybody is beginning to pick out their personal favourites from 2012 and various sites, blogs and publications are starting to release their yearly best-of lists as well. However, over the past few years, one of the most enjoyable ways which has emerged to pay homage to the year’s cinematic offerings has been the retrospective video. Last week an early contender was released in the form of the ‘2012 Movie Trailer Mash-up’, which you can view below.

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If you’re still itching for more, today we have a new video which will certainly take some beating in the highly competitive end of year retrospective movie montage stakes. Coming courtesy of Christopher Sherwood, ‘Cinemageddon 2012’ is a wonderfully edited mash-up video taking in a wide range of movies from across the cinematic spectrum.

“Every year I’ve loved watching the big year-end film compilations from editors like Matt Shapiro, Kees van Dijkhuizen, Gen Ip and others,” said Sherwood. This year I finally decided to make one. So thanks to all those who did it first, and a HUGE thanks to my sister, the best assistant editor I could ask for.”

You can check it out below:

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It’s a really well put together piece of work and one which will really remind you of how many great films have come and gone in 2012. If you’re anything like me, it will also remind you of how many awesome movies you never got round to seeing.  Christopher helpfully provided an alphabetical list of all the movies he used in his retrospective, you can check it out below.

How many have you caught this year?

21 Jump Street
360
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
Act of Valor
The Amazing Spiderman
American Reunion
Amour
Anna Karenina
Any Day Now
Apparition
Arbitrage
Argo
The Avengers
Battleship
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Being Flynn
Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Big Miracle
Big Wedding
The Bourne Legacy
Brave
Bully
Cabin in the Woods
The Campaign
Celeste and Jesse Forever
Chasing Mavericks
Chasing Ice
Chimpanzee
Chronicle
Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away
Cloud Atlas
Compliance
Coriolanus
Cosmopolis
The Dark Knight Rises
Dark Shadows
Deadfall
The Devil Inside
The Dictator
Django Unchained
Dredd 3D
End of Watch
The Expendables 2
Five-Year Engagement
Flight
Frankenweenie
Ghost Rider
The Grey
Haywire
Hitchcock
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Holy Motors
Hope Springs
House at the End of the Street
The Hunger Games
Hyde Park on Hudson
Hysteria
The Iceman
The Impossible
In Darkness
The Intouchables
Jack Reacher
Jeff Who Lives at Home
John Carter
Killing them Softly
Lawless
Les Miserables
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Looper
The Lorax
Madagascar 3
Magic Mike
Man on a Ledge
Man with the Iron Fists
The Master
Men in Black 3
Moonrise Kingdom
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
On the Road
One for the Money
The Paperboy
Paranormal Activity 4
Paranorman
People Like Us
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Piranha 3DD
Pitch Perfect
Playing for Keeps
Premium Rush
Project X
Prometheus
The Raid: Redemption
Rampart
Red Dawn
Red Tails
Red Lights
Resident Evil: Retribution
Rise of the Guardians
Robot and Frank
Rock of Ages
Ruby Sparks
Rust and Bone
Sacrifice
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
Seven Psychopaths
Silent Hill: Revelation 3D
Silver Linings Playbook
Sinister
Skyfall
Snow White and the Huntsman
Step Up Revolution
Tai Chi 0
Take This Waltz
Taken 2
Ted
This is 40
This Means War
A Thousand Words
To Rome with Love
Total Recall
Trouble with the Curve
Twilight: Breaking Dawn Pt. 2
Unconditional
Underworld: Awakening
V/H/S
The Vow
Wanderlust
Wrath of the Titans
Wreck-It Ralph
Wuthering Heights
Zero Dark Thirty