Top 5 of the year 2012

A few people I know are doing their top 10 films of the year list. As I only saw 8 films at the cinema this year, disappointingly down from the 97 I saw one year back in my uni days, I will only do a list of my top 5 films, and it's going to include films I saw on dvd/download that weren’t necessarily released this year but seen this year for the first time (and there weren’t too many of those either...). Please feel free to comment and add any must-sees that I have probably missed and need to see. Maybe they’ll end up on this list in a years time. (And yes I did see The Hobbit, I just saw 5 films better than that this year.) No, I didn’t see batman yet :(

5. crazy stupid love
4. incendies
3. the intouchables
2. we bought a zoo
1. midnight in paris

Probably way different to all the other lists going round at the moment.

Top 5 books

My top 5 books of the year (I think I read more books than I saw films). Again, not certain when each book was released but out of what I actually read this year, these were my favourites. Each of them is reviewed of my goodreads page here.

5. everyday
4. hunger games
3. scenes from an impending marriage
2. no and me
1. ready player one

Top 5 live shows

This was hard because I can't remember everything I saw, will have to keep track of it better next year. But there is a clear number one. 

5. The Dandy Warhols at Harvest Festival Melbourne
4. Darren Hanlon Xmas show at Northcote Social Club
3. Sigur Ros at Harvest Festival, Melbourne
2. Sufjan Stevens, Nico Muhley, Bryce Dessner at the Sydney Opera House
1. Allo' Darlin at the Tote (also one of the best albums of the year)

Below is a video from the Sydney Opera House. An excerpt from the song 'Jupiter'



Edit 21/01/2013
*Forgot I had seen To Rome With Love which actually takes third place in my top five, pushing the others back. Can't believe I missed that one!