Wes's Worst Films of 2012

It comes to that time of year to look back upon the best and worst films of 2012, a highly subjective list that varies considerably from critic to critic. Here is my list and a few comments, most of them will come as no surprise that Eddie Murphy, Tyler Perry and Adam Sandler, among others, would make the list, but in this case, they're all very deserving. The list is in no particular order.

Madea's Witness Protection, Alex Cross
Tyler Perry makes the list twice this year in two different forms, as his Madea character and as police detective Alex Cross, first made famous by Morgan Freeman. He's not Morgan Freeman, and Madea, still a hit with audiences, is still not that funny.

A Thousand Words 
Eddie Murphy makes the list again, in a comedy that sat on the shelf for several years, where it should've stayed. Didn't take a thousand words to understand how bad this was.

That's My Boy
True, this profane Adam Sandler comedy wasn't as bad as "Jack and Jill," which isn't saying much but it was still pretty awful, and its awful box-office perhaps signaled that audiences are growing wearing of this crap. A word of warning for 2013: "Grown Ups 2."

One for the Money
You have to go all the way back to January 2012 for this dog, a lame Katherine Heigl comedy that left theaters pretty quickly. Heigl proves that she's still among the most annoying of actresses, and should've never left "Grey's Anatomy."

John Carter, Battleship
If you're name was Taylor Kitsch in 2012, then you were associated with two of the biggest flops of the year. First came "John Carter," based on an Edgar Rice Burroughs story, who must've rolled over in his grave several times after this. Next up was "Battleship," which proves that movies based on board games are rarely a good idea. While both films tanked in the U.S., they made decent money overseas, but not enough to still be considered huge flops.

Project X 
This cheap, lame teen party comedy was an early spring $100 million hit but was so incredibly loathsome it put a bad name for lost footage films, which became the rage in 2012.

Cosmopolis
This Robert Pattinson movie, directed by David Cronenberg, was slow, boring, borderline incomprehensible and unwatchable. And that's being nice.

Paranormal Activity 4 
The most unnecessary, money-grabbing horror sequel since "Saw" ended its run. Please put this out our misery. No more.